What is it with the spiders? This game must be hell for those with severe arachnophobia. In my opinion, they are the single most annoying mob in the game - partly because of frequency and partly because of the damn stacking poison.
There are plenty of other beast class mobs so why the massive quantities of spiders?
My friend, you left out the web they throw that locks you in place for 2 seconds and can be spammed by them so you are almost stun locked.
Makes me shake my head also.
Omg, Yes! Holy Moly, they are tough to fight. We went at it with a Wizard and Rogue. We lost many times. Came back with a Necro and Druid to beat them. The druids ground smash ability is awesome for clearing pesky spiders.
Ah, yes, I did forget to mention that