[Hessah]

They got done in by level

You most likely won't get the spider kill either unless you have 2 Mages in your party or an archer only attacking Great Spider.

I didn't know you had 8 hearts every time I did Spider KQ I always saw 5 hearts

What you mean by that?

I got my Spider Kill with only 2 fighters in my party... they were both running, so i was the one that got the last hit all by myself... Full DDer party are often all dead very quickly...

Have you noticed that the 5 hearts doesnt start disappearing till you've died 2-3 times?