Fable Anniversary

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Making Tough Decisions

Will you hear the words "Hero, your health is low" again? Choices were made, but were they right…

How to unlock the Making Tough Decisions achievement in Fable Anniversary - Definitive Guide

MEGAMAN962

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09 Feb 2014 22:26

This is another story related achievement from the Fable: The Lost Chapters content. There will be spoilers, so if you are happy knowing you will get the achievement regardless of what you do, so long as you keep progressing you can feel at ease. If you're curious as to what lies ahead, read on...

You have options on these quest objectives.
The first soul you must collect for this quest can be either Thunder's or gathered from the Arena.
Option 1: My choice was to spare Thunder. When you enter the Arena, you will have to face waves of enemies before you can collect the soul. 2 waves of Minions and Trolls, 2 waves of Minions and Balverines, and 2 waves of Minions and Summoners.

Option 2: Kill Thunder. I didn't go this route, but looked it up see what you'd go through. My understanding is this is basically the same as when you fought him (if you fought him) to marry Lady Grey.

Next, you must either retrieve your mother's soul from Oakvale Memorial Gardens or kill Briar Rose.
Option 1: Here, I went for the mother's soul. When you enter the cemetery there are numerous Screamers. One will be inside a ring of fire. This one should be your primary target. When it dies, you are done here and can collect the soul.

Option 2: Kill Briar Rose. I read up on this one too. It seems Briar Rose uses the Drain Life spell, the Heal Life spell, and an Illusion spell (to make you see multiple of her). Just wait for the illusion to fade and attack the real her.

The last soul you must collect can be either that of the Guildmaster or Nostro's Soul from the Circle of the Dead.

Option 1: I decided to go for Nostro's Soul. Fast travel to Lychfield Graveyard. You will have to fight your way through the Old Graveyard Path. When you reach the Circle of the Dead, you have to fight Nostro for his soul. In order to harm him, you must first kill 1 of his undead underlings. When they die, he can be hurt temporarily. When he turns transparent again, kill another underling. Follow this pattern and his soul will be yours.

Option 2: Kill the Guildmaster. I looked this one up too. Head to the Guild Woods. Here you will be fighting the Guildmaster's guards. He will cast Physical Shield on them and heal them. Once they are defeated, his soul is yours.

When you return to Archon's Shrine the last time the quest will be completed and you will get your shiny new cheevo.

*** I've had an idea. Because this game lets you play any way you want, everyone is going to develop a fighting style they are comfortable with. Since everyone is going to have their own way to handle these fights, I'd like to encourage the TA community to post their strategies for the actual fights in the comments. Anyone looking for actual fight techniques can go there and find out what works and pick the style that works best for them (this was why I was reluctant to do a blow-by-blow of how to handle the fights...and because Fable isn't really that difficult with regards to the combat

)***
Thanks to DJH4311, the first commenter, for taking the initiative to post his thoughts on the fights. This inspired my idea.

09 Feb 2014 22:26

9 Comments

Thought I'd throw my strategy in here too.

I play full light side/good guy, so my Physical Shield is free (I've even seen my mana regenerate with it active a few times, then I'd f' up and target a guard by mistake or something). I use this spell alone. For offense, I default to melee, but if an enemy is tough up close (brute strength) I'll go with archery.

My strategy for the Arena fight was simple. Keep Physical Shield up and flourish a lot to break through the Minion's blocks. Keep an eye out when the Summoners come. They can wipe out you mana fast with a shot or 2. Keep popping mana potions as needed.

The fight in the graveyard was relatively simple. The only thing to note is Screamers' main attack is a Drain Life sort of attack. This (or something I am unaware of) bypassed my Physical Shield. Because I normally don't take any damage, I wasn't watching my health. When the fight ended, I had around 3/10 of my life remaining.

Last, there was the fight in the Circle of the Dead. Again, just keep the Physical Shield up and attack as you prefer. I didn't lock on so that I could easily change targets. Swing towards one of the underlings. When it dies, change direction and attack Nostro until he is transparent. Rinse and repeat as needed. ^^

By MEGAMAN962 on 11 Feb 2014 00:30

So the achievement popped for you if you went the Noble route? I went renegade just in case and it popped for me that way. The wording is kind of misleading.

Thunder - The fight is almost identical to the Gibbet Hill battle, only it doesn't move from place to place. I recommend using a Flourish to knock him down, get behind him and smack him until he raises his shields.

Briar Rose - If you keep knocking her down with Florishes, she doesn't get much chance to use the Life spells, but the illusion spells are scripted at certain health values.

Guildmaster - Once the guards are defeated he will ask you to go after Nostro instead, refuse to get his soul.

By DJH4311 on 10 Feb 2014 23:32

Ya, the achievement pops regardless. This is just another one of the story achievements for the game. So long as you keep playing, you can't miss it. It is good to get more info on the fights I didn't participate in though.

By MEGAMAN962 on 11 Feb 2014 00:16

I found the fight against Nostro the easiest and quickest. I used my Upgraded Time Spell, and my Tears of Avo sword. Slow time, attack one undead, then continually attack Nostro. Other undead will approach, so you will extend the time you have to attack Nostro without switching enemies.

+1 for the solution. Note that we do have spoiler tags now, which may make the solution a bit tidier.

By drabik on 15 Feb 2014 11:44

Thanks for the positive. I wouldn't mind knowing how to use the spoiler tags. Is there somewhere on the site that show or tells how?

By MEGAMAN962 on 15 Feb 2014 21:01

The code is [spoiler ] before and [/spoiler ] after, without spaces. Or you can just highlight what you want to spoiler-ise and click the 'Spoiler' button.

By drabik on 15 Feb 2014 22:46

Nice! Thanks. Feel kinda stupid not seeing the spoiler button right above the typing box ><

By MEGAMAN962 on 15 Feb 2014 23:57

If you want to add my info to the guide under the spoiler tag mate, feel free. Don't forget to delete my comment afterwards, if you can. PM me if you can't and I'll get rid of it.

By DJH4311 on 17 Feb 2014 02:27

I want to wait and see if people add some other strategies before I decide what to do there. If there aren't too many after a month, I might add another spoilers tag at the bottom and consolidate all strategies that are posted there for people's convenience. I'll thank the submitters of any strategies and give credit where appropriate, of course.

By MEGAMAN962 on 17 Feb 2014 04:35

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