Escape from Castrum Centri help.

What am I doing wrong here? I'm trying to beat this as a level 46 Gladiator. I have all high quality arms and armor and at least one Strength III material. But every time I play, I take out the first two soldiers, but the big guy cant take a lot of damage from me. And I can't stop him from hitting my NPC, who has already lost half of his hit points after killing the first two soldiers. Also, they won't let me free the prisoners. I've watched YouTube videos that show the playable character freeing the prisoners during combat, did they change the rules for this?

That was a frustrating fight when I did it all those years ago (and yes I failed it once or twice myself), but the key to success is you indeed have to free Urianger and Papalymo by clicking on them to free them. Unfortunately, as you mentioned this is easier said than done when you have Garleans hitting you which will almost always interrupt your attempts to free them. You can use Shield Bash to try stunning the enemies but unfortunately having to do that individually on each enemy means that once you've done it to all of them the first one has already had the effect worn off so it becomes wasteful.

The best thing I can suggest is once the duty begins, immediately run to Urianger and Papalymo and free them. As it takes a few moments for the enemy to rush to you and engage you, you may be able to beat them to the punch. Once they're freed, they'll actually help you in the fight, Urianger especially has ACN spells he uses to heal you so he's particularly useful for keeping you alive. So it basically comes down to freeing them asap.

Either way, don't get discouraged! :)

But whenever I try to free them, I keep getting a message that I have other things to do no what. Even if its just the big guy remaining, I can't free them.

It's been ages. Gotta check more videos. Some videos are misleading and cut on on the needed mechanics.

Both Papalymo (THM) and Urianger (ACN) should have physick, they're still on old cross-class system (unless they changed it).
Difference is Urianger has to summon his pet first, so best to go with Papalymo first.
If you noticed your NPC friend, Wedge is distracting (aggroing) the others except for 1 Cohort Signifier (a tank). Kill the signifier then free Papalymo and Urianger.
Also worth it to do your job quests and equip soul stone as PLD, the skills and traits are needed for doing MSQ on same level.

Garlean Signifiers are actually THM class though (hence magic DPS), not tanks - they usually nuke you from afar with Thunder and occasionally like to muck up things with Paralyze (but that can be avoided by simply moving behind them). But other than that, you're right. Thank you for that clarification. :)

Also I remember the actual cause of the problem trying to free Urianger and Papalymo - clicking on them specifically doesn't work, the actual target you have to click is the ropes that bind their hands behind them. Doing so will interact with them and free them after a few moments. Once they're free things should be a lot easier.

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Originally Posted by DeWiPf

What am I doing wrong here? I'm trying to beat this as a level 46 Gladiator.

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Gladiator or Paladin? That might be your issue.