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Re: Man does 5k AT runs ... tells forum about it.
@Thomh: Actually, I wouldn't call it that bad, especially for a second char after restart. Lots of room for improvement, but the weapon and shield give you a ton of leeway (congrats on those rolls, btw). Yeah, the MF is a little low, but with that much improvement possible it shouldn't take long at all to see some progress. Good luck!
@Pandadude and Protomagus: Thanks!
@poops: That's a really good question. Had to think about it a bit. This will probably be a lot longer than you wanted and, most likely, not helpful in the least. But let's give it a shot.
It's a little tough to say just how things would have gone at a lower level with this char, because I didn't really start AT running until she was >=91. I did maybe 200 AT runs before the alvl85 tournament, and those were probably in the 2 minute plus range because I didn't know what I was doing.
Whenever I started the tournament I watched bassano's vid a few times and tried to emulate him best I could, but was still doing ~80-90 second runs at the start. Quickly got down to averaging 70 seconds within the first 5 hours or so of that tourney (did a lot of short runs in that tourney to keep the runs per hour up). Afterwards, I did another 1k-1.5k between there and the MFO, and was staying around the 65-70 second range.
The MFO was the big break in terms of runtimes, because real life constraints forced me to get faster to squeeze in as much as possible. Got down to about the same runtimes I'm at now, but picking up fewer items.
So, really, it didn't take a lot to get down around where I'm at in terms of run times, considering a concerted effort to get faster. I have done some AT runs with other cold sorcs that were lower level, and found them to be safe enough at a little slower pace (mostly not teleporting directly on top of stuff like I do with Blizzy).
I imagine the FN sorc will do better than you imagine. If you're not really attached to that idea, I'd suggest you give the GS sorc a go. too. I gave mine about 10 runs in AT and she was almost as fast as Blizzy (granted, that was with Nightwing's, HotO, Vipermagi, etc. - in other words, no MF) but I think you could do really well with one that has 105 FCR and 3 part Tal's. Maybe DF + 3 part Tal's + 35 spirit + trang's gloves + FCR ring? Or, that crazy circlet of yours and drop Trang's for chancies, for style points.
I'm actually interested in seeing how well the FN sorc works out. I honestly don't think it'll be as inefficient as most people would think. The lack of a casting delay and assured hit can make a big difference. I'd like it if you kept me informed on how it works out for you.
@Thomh: Actually, I wouldn't call it that bad, especially for a second char after restart. Lots of room for improvement, but the weapon and shield give you a ton of leeway (congrats on those rolls, btw). Yeah, the MF is a little low, but with that much improvement possible it shouldn't take long at all to see some progress. Good luck!
@Pandadude and Protomagus: Thanks!
@poops: That's a really good question. Had to think about it a bit. This will probably be a lot longer than you wanted and, most likely, not helpful in the least. But let's give it a shot.
It's a little tough to say just how things would have gone at a lower level with this char, because I didn't really start AT running until she was >=91. I did maybe 200 AT runs before the alvl85 tournament, and those were probably in the 2 minute plus range because I didn't know what I was doing.
Whenever I started the tournament I watched bassano's vid a few times and tried to emulate him best I could, but was still doing ~80-90 second runs at the start. Quickly got down to averaging 70 seconds within the first 5 hours or so of that tourney (did a lot of short runs in that tourney to keep the runs per hour up). Afterwards, I did another 1k-1.5k between there and the MFO, and was staying around the 65-70 second range.
The MFO was the big break in terms of runtimes, because real life constraints forced me to get faster to squeeze in as much as possible. Got down to about the same runtimes I'm at now, but picking up fewer items.
So, really, it didn't take a lot to get down around where I'm at in terms of run times, considering a concerted effort to get faster. I have done some AT runs with other cold sorcs that were lower level, and found them to be safe enough at a little slower pace (mostly not teleporting directly on top of stuff like I do with Blizzy).
I imagine the FN sorc will do better than you imagine. If you're not really attached to that idea, I'd suggest you give the GS sorc a go. too. I gave mine about 10 runs in AT and she was almost as fast as Blizzy (granted, that was with Nightwing's, HotO, Vipermagi, etc. - in other words, no MF) but I think you could do really well with one that has 105 FCR and 3 part Tal's. Maybe DF + 3 part Tal's + 35 spirit + trang's gloves + FCR ring? Or, that crazy circlet of yours and drop Trang's for chancies, for style points.
I'm actually interested in seeing how well the FN sorc works out. I honestly don't think it'll be as inefficient as most people would think. The lack of a casting delay and assured hit can make a big difference. I'd like it if you kept me informed on how it works out for you.