The 12 Labors Tournament

Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

All this happy MFing has been living in willful ignorance of the looming next task- /players 8 Ancients. I did some SC experiments earlier and computations to come to the following conclusions:

1) There is no case in which a dual immune Ancient will have either of their immunities removed by a skill level 3 Lower Resist charge except the LI on Madawc, unless Madawc has any mod which boosts his LR, making him unbreakable LI. (And level 3 LR takes an ilvl 99 item, not so easy to shop! level 2 is more likely at that point.)

2) It still may be worth using switch for LR charges, as speed of killing is quite important.

3) There is a non-zero chance of getting one or more dual-immune Ancients with 90% resist to the third element (with Spectral Hit or Magic Resistant.) Or Talic with only fire immuinity but 90% resists to cold and lightning.

More specifically, keeping track of various Ancients immunities as I rerolled them:

Korli the leaper, always cold immune (150 CR, forget breaking that)
cold only 55 times
CIFI 35 times
CILI 11 times

Madawc the thrower: always lightning immune (100 LR, always breakable with LR charges unless boosted by LE or spectral hit mods)

light only 22 times
FILI 10 times
CILI 18 times

Talic the whirler: always FI (110 FR, not breakable by LR charges):
fire only 33 times
FILI 14 times
FICI 3 times

With bad rolls (all three are dual-immune, have boosted resists, manaburn thrower or LE, nasty auras, etc.) , I think Megara is simply dead. But it doesn't seem to happen too often that there is a terrible combo. Usually, I'm happy to wimp out and reroll via TP multiple times to get something nonthreatening but that will not be an option in this deathmatch scenario.

LI is quite important at /players 8, because if they aren't LI, static will get them down to /players 4-ish levels quite quickly, and that is a huge help. The survivability of the merc will be crucial, and at this point he's noticably more fragile on /players 3 Meph runs versus /players 1 ones, so he's got a long way to have a chance of holding up to /players 8 Ancients. Life Tap charges may be helpful there but I think LR will be a better use of switch.

And LR charges will be very important if there are high resists but not immune. A 90% resist will be reduced to 49%, basically speeding up the kill by a factor of 5, which would be huge. The 70% to 29% reduction is still a factor of 2.5, and 50% (if I'm fortunate enough to see that!) will go down to 9% which is not quite doubling of speed. These are for non-cold elemental damage, of course, as cold mastery means the main thing is broken or not. And the LR won't have any effect on that.
 
Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

Another 3 tasks completed. Two survival labors went alright. In Cavern Hope was lucky to choose the right way and without any returning or dodge she aimed to chest. Roll of monsters was convenient and right next to the chest was surprisingly empty space. Dark passage was even easier (with ~50 frw).

And then my all thoughts were directed to big Kaa as this guy seemed as real challenge. I thombs Hope was lucky that she didn't meet as much Greater Mummies as I was afraid, again convinient monster roll. Her killing speed wasn't bad, but repairing of javs together with her mana thirst made all much slower (if she manage to get to hell Ancients, she will need pile of javs right beside huge pile of pots :)). I was collecting/gambling/shopping gear for Kaa for some time, so most of her final gear she had already on. I sacrificed 3xRal and PSapphire to socket her bow and fight could start. Tactic was traditional, first lure all minions and "co-workers" away and then face Kaa. I was impressedd by merc high ability to survive and step by step Kaa was closer to his doom. When he was on the edge of his life, he started to resist and regenerate more, but no matter how he tried, he finally died. Very relieving!

Although there will be many dangers on Hope's way, task number 10 feels incredibly depressive. Subconsciously I even don't want to get there :scratchchin:.

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Kestegs          AWorkingStiff   Necromancer  85 Guardian           No  12/12
Krupa            DannyCrane      Paladin      86 Kurast Docks H     Yes  9/12
purplelocust     Megara          Sorc         86 Harrogath   H      No   9/12
jdkerrr          Asparagus       Paladin      74 Valley of Snakes H No   8/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie2         Amazon       66 Harrogath NM       No   7/12
Sint             WorkedUp        Druid        67 River of Flame NM  No   6/12
sequana          Hope            Amazon       61 Kurast Docks NM    Yes  6/12
jdkerrr          SlogTheFrog     Barbarian    43 Lut Gholein NM     No   5/12
Wolron           Dumber          Necromancer  48 Rogue Camp NM      Yes  5/12
Jocular          BornToFolk      Druid        33 River of Flame     Yes  3/12
ancalagon        JabberWalk      Amazon       30 River of Flame     No   3/12
Thaurus          Boadicea        Amazon       22 Dry Hills          Yes  1/12
Jason Maher      Jason           Necromancer  17 Outer Cloister     Yes  1/12
Ojimijam         Evelyn          Assassin     13 Black Marsh        No   1/12
Eureka           Workaholic      Barbarian     4 Cold Plains        No   1/12
pwangsta         Labors          Assassin      1 Cold Plains        Yes  1/12
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JimmyOfJudecca   Heracles        Barbarian    75   Harrogath NM          7/12
Krupa            ThisIsMalaga    Paladin      64   Plains of Despair     6/12
Nightfish        Hammertime      Paladin      60   NM Durance II         7/12
jdkerr           BrusselSprouts  Sorceress    51   NM Durance II         5/12
LordMay          Stone           Barbarian    27   Diablo                2/12
jdkerr           MrSchizo        Druid        24   Duriel                1/12
jdkerr           Adria           Sorceress    21   Canyon of the Magi    1/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie          Amazon        1   Corpsefire            0/12
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GoldenredDragon  Vein            Paladin      28 City of the Damned No   2/12
Jason Maher      Jacinta         Amazon       30 Kurast Docks       No   3/12
Thaurus          TrevorTheTimid  Druid        50 Undergrd. Passage  No   4/12
 
Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

sequana said:
Although there will be many dangers on Hope's way, task number 10 feels incredibly depressive. Subconsciously I even don't want to get there
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Megara too is pausing in the face of the Ancients. She's now at the Ancient's Way but has been spending a lot of time MFing, almost all Meph, (some Trav runs as well) and she's continuing to make grail progress and is at 51% now and well into level 89. She did some CS runs which were probably good practice for switching her attacks around which will be essential for the Ancients, I think.

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Kestegs          AWorkingStiff   Necromancer  85 Guardian           No  12/12
Krupa            DannyCrane      Paladin      86 Kurast Docks H     Yes  9/12
purplelocust     Megara          Sorc         89 Harrogath   H      No   9/12
jdkerrr          Asparagus       Paladin      74 Valley of Snakes H No   8/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie2         Amazon       66 Harrogath NM       No   7/12
Sint             WorkedUp        Druid        67 River of Flame NM  No   6/12
sequana          Hope            Amazon       61 Kurast Docks NM    Yes  6/12
jdkerrr          SlogTheFrog     Barbarian    43 Lut Gholein NM     No   5/12
Wolron           Dumber          Necromancer  48 Rogue Camp NM      Yes  5/12
Jocular          BornToFolk      Druid        33 River of Flame     Yes  3/12
ancalagon        JabberWalk      Amazon       30 River of Flame     No   3/12
Thaurus          Boadicea        Amazon       22 Dry Hills          Yes  1/12
Jason Maher      Jason           Necromancer  17 Outer Cloister     Yes  1/12
Ojimijam         Evelyn          Assassin     13 Black Marsh        No   1/12
Eureka           Workaholic      Barbarian     4 Cold Plains        No   1/12
pwangsta         Labors          Assassin      1 Cold Plains        Yes  1/12
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JimmyOfJudecca   Heracles        Barbarian    75   Harrogath NM          7/12
Krupa            ThisIsMalaga    Paladin      64   Plains of Despair     6/12
Nightfish        Hammertime      Paladin      60   NM Durance II         7/12
jdkerr           BrusselSprouts  Sorceress    51   NM Durance II         5/12
LordMay          Stone           Barbarian    27   Diablo                2/12
jdkerr           MrSchizo        Druid        24   Duriel                1/12
jdkerr           Adria           Sorceress    21   Canyon of the Magi    1/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie          Amazon        1   Corpsefire            0/12
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GoldenredDragon  Vein            Paladin      28 City of the Damned No   2/12
Jason Maher      Jacinta         Amazon       30 Kurast Docks       No   3/12
Thaurus          TrevorTheTimid  Druid        50 Undergrd. Passage  No   4/12



 
Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

Hope reached Frozen Tundra NM. It was quite easy part, all the way /p8 except for Diablo. Even on /p3 it took a while, especially because Diablo decided to be very active, hunt Hope as mad and imprison her in not fitting while and so on. But she successfully managed this battle and bad drop was her reward.

Merc's temporary weapon for task 7. He wasn't really happy with it, although his regular weapon is only upped The Battlebranch. The ultimate weapon would be Reaper's, but I can only wish this in single pass.

Now she is ready for NM Ancients, I'm considering to try them on /p8 just out of practise, but I doubt I will bother, it sounds desperate even on NM.

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Kestegs          AWorkingStiff   Necromancer  85 Guardian           No  12/12
Krupa            DannyCrane      Paladin      86 Kurast Docks H     Yes  9/12
purplelocust     Megara          Sorc         89 Harrogath   H      No   9/12
jdkerrr          Asparagus       Paladin      74 Valley of Snakes H No   8/12
sequana          Hope            Amazon       71 Frozen Tundra NM   Yes  7/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie2         Amazon       66 Harrogath NM       No   7/12
Sint             WorkedUp        Druid        67 River of Flame NM  No   6/12
jdkerrr          SlogTheFrog     Barbarian    43 Lut Gholein NM     No   5/12
Wolron           Dumber          Necromancer  48 Rogue Camp NM      Yes  5/12
Jocular          BornToFolk      Druid        33 River of Flame     Yes  3/12
ancalagon        JabberWalk      Amazon       30 River of Flame     No   3/12
Thaurus          Boadicea        Amazon       22 Dry Hills          Yes  1/12
Jason Maher      Jason           Necromancer  17 Outer Cloister     Yes  1/12
Ojimijam         Evelyn          Assassin     13 Black Marsh        No   1/12
Eureka           Workaholic      Barbarian     4 Cold Plains        No   1/12
pwangsta         Labors          Assassin      1 Cold Plains        Yes  1/12
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JimmyOfJudecca   Heracles        Barbarian    75   Harrogath NM          7/12
Krupa            ThisIsMalaga    Paladin      64   Plains of Despair     6/12
Nightfish        Hammertime      Paladin      60   NM Durance II         7/12
jdkerr           BrusselSprouts  Sorceress    51   NM Durance II         5/12
LordMay          Stone           Barbarian    27   Diablo                2/12
jdkerr           MrSchizo        Druid        24   Duriel                1/12
jdkerr           Adria           Sorceress    21   Canyon of the Magi    1/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie          Amazon        1   Corpsefire            0/12
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GoldenredDragon  Vein            Paladin      28 City of the Damned No   2/12
Jason Maher      Jacinta         Amazon       30 Kurast Docks       No   3/12
Thaurus          TrevorTheTimid  Druid        50 Undergrd. Passage  No   4/12
 
Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

Dumber has defeated Duriel and Ancient Ka. I thought the challenge was going to be a problem because I ran into a champion pack of Unravellers and could not kill the possessed one. Oh, I finally did kill him, but it took six trips back to town to get more potions. It appeared that the sucker was gaining health even though my merc and several skeletons were pounding him while I gave him a steady stream of BONE SPEAR. I fully expected to have to retire when I went up against Ka. To prepare, I killed all the other minions and then went back to town to get loaded with mana potions (about thirty of them and four health potions and four full rejuvs). Well, it took about 30 seconds and one mana potion to kill him. I was not at all dissappointed!:girly:

QUESTION:

My next challenge is DeSeis. I already have the runes to spell his name, but I have not seen anything like a six socket weapon. I suppose they do drop at this point in the game and one might drop during the next two acts, but what if I cannot find a six socketed weapon???? Is that the end of the game for dumber???

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Kestegs          AWorkingStiff   Necromancer  85 Guardian           No  12/12
Krupa            DannyCrane      Paladin      86 Kurast Docks H     Yes  9/12
purplelocust     Megara          Sorc         89 Harrogath   H      No   9/12
jdkerrr          Asparagus       Paladin      74 Valley of Snakes H No   8/12
sequana          Hope            Amazon       71 Frozen Tundra NM   Yes  7/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie2         Amazon       66 Harrogath NM       No   7/12
Sint             WorkedUp        Druid        67 River of Flame NM  No   6/12
Wolron           Dumber          Necromancer  58 Kurast Docks NM    Yes  6/12
jdkerrr          SlogTheFrog     Barbarian    43 Lut Gholein NM     No   5/12
Jocular          BornToFolk      Druid        33 River of Flame     Yes  3/12
ancalagon        JabberWalk      Amazon       30 River of Flame     No   3/12
Thaurus          Boadicea        Amazon       22 Dry Hills          Yes  1/12
Jason Maher      Jason           Necromancer  17 Outer Cloister     Yes  1/12
Ojimijam         Evelyn          Assassin     13 Black Marsh        No   1/12
Eureka           Workaholic      Barbarian     4 Cold Plains        No   1/12
pwangsta         Labors          Assassin      1 Cold Plains        Yes  1/12
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JimmyOfJudecca   Heracles        Barbarian    75   Harrogath NM          7/12
Krupa            ThisIsMalaga    Paladin      64   Plains of Despair     6/12
Nightfish        Hammertime      Paladin      60   NM Durance II         7/12
jdkerr           BrusselSprouts  Sorceress    51   NM Durance II         5/12
LordMay          Stone           Barbarian    27   Diablo                2/12
jdkerr           MrSchizo        Druid        24   Duriel                1/12
jdkerr           Adria           Sorceress    21   Canyon of the Magi    1/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie          Amazon        1   Corpsefire            0/12
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GoldenredDragon  Vein            Paladin      28 City of the Damned No   2/12
Jason Maher      Jacinta         Amazon       30 Kurast Docks       No   3/12
Thaurus          TrevorTheTimid  Druid        50 Undergrd. Passage  No   4/12
 
Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

Well done!

It's too early in the game for a six-socket weapon- that task was updated to just be SEIS in a four-socket one instead!
 
Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

Dumber has defeated Mephisto on P7. It was an interesting battle. He took 4 health potions, 12 mana, and 4 full rejuv potions with him. He used his army of 10 skeletons and 4 skel mages and an iron golem. He never had to go back to town. The mercenary did not die. However, as Mephisto approached death the last of the army died and the mercenary had to finish him alone. Oh, Dumber was there to help, but of course he was out of mana and could not cast bone spear any longer. The merc killed Mephisto about 5 seconds later and it was all over. I don't think that I have ever seen the resources last so perfectly. The only resource that remained was one health potion.

The next challenge is Deseis. I have a War Scythe with 4 sockets. And I have the runes to spell Seis. However, the real challenge is going to be getting started in Act 4. He will have to assemble his army again, so I guess he will start at P1 to acquire a few easy corpses.

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Kestegs          AWorkingStiff   Necromancer  85 Guardian           No  12/12
Krupa            DannyCrane      Paladin      86 Kurast Docks H     Yes  9/12
purplelocust     Megara          Sorc         89 Harrogath   H      No   9/12
jdkerrr          Asparagus       Paladin      74 Valley of Snakes H No   8/12
sequana          Hope            Amazon       71 Frozen Tundra NM   Yes  7/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie2         Amazon       66 Harrogath NM       No   7/12
Sint             WorkedUp        Druid        67 River of Flame NM  No   6/12
Wolron           Dumber          Necromancer  64 Panda. Fort. NM    Yes  6/12
jdkerrr          SlogTheFrog     Barbarian    43 Lut Gholein NM     No   5/12
Jocular          BornToFolk      Druid        33 River of Flame     Yes  3/12
ancalagon        JabberWalk      Amazon       30 River of Flame     No   3/12
Thaurus          Boadicea        Amazon       22 Dry Hills          Yes  1/12
Jason Maher      Jason           Necromancer  17 Outer Cloister     Yes  1/12
Ojimijam         Evelyn          Assassin     13 Black Marsh        No   1/12
Eureka           Workaholic      Barbarian     4 Cold Plains        No   1/12
pwangsta         Labors          Assassin      1 Cold Plains        Yes  1/12
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JimmyOfJudecca   Heracles        Barbarian    75   Harrogath NM          7/12
Krupa            ThisIsMalaga    Paladin      64   Plains of Despair     6/12
Nightfish        Hammertime      Paladin      60   NM Durance II         7/12
jdkerr           BrusselSprouts  Sorceress    51   NM Durance II         5/12
LordMay          Stone           Barbarian    27   Diablo                2/12
jdkerr           MrSchizo        Druid        24   Duriel                1/12
jdkerr           Adria           Sorceress    21   Canyon of the Magi    1/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie          Amazon        1   Corpsefire            0/12
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GoldenredDragon  Vein            Paladin      28 City of the Damned No   2/12
Jason Maher      Jacinta         Amazon       30 Kurast Docks       No   3/12
Thaurus          TrevorTheTimid  Druid        50 Undergrd. Passage  No   4/12
 
Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

Dumber has defeated both Deseis and Diablo. The challenge was easy enough. I do believe that the merc actually was the assassin that he was meant to be. Even with his War Scythe (not as powerful as his Kelpie Snare) he did more damage than the rest of Dumber's army put together.

Diablo was interesting. I decided to do it on P7. I put together the usual army of 10 skels, 5 mages and an iron golem. They lasted a short while and Diablo was only about 20% gone. That meant several more armies would have to be acquired and expended to do him in. Not good.

So, Dumber went back to a spont near the City of the Damned waypoint where he purposely left an area unexplored for the purpose collecting bodies for his army. It took a while to get there, to kill 15 monsters, and to get back. I moved him from P7 to P1 for that purpose so that it would be fairly quick. However, when he got back to Diablo. Diablo was at full strength again. Not good.

I expected that Dumber would have to save and exit and come back at P1 to kill diablo. But, I decided to try once more before doing that. The battle took a little while (5 minutes??) but it was remarkably easy. The merc did not need rejuv potions, the army still had 6 skels and 2 mages left at the end.

Question: I activated Diablo at P7. However, I forgot to go back to P7 after I replaced Dumber's army (at P1). Did Diablo change to P1?? If not, why was this second battle so easy?

My current thought is that Diablo became P1 strength and the entire second battle was just as though I had generated him at P1. But I did not think that could happen.

Well, in any case, it is time to seek out Baal and see if Dumber is ready for Hell.

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Kestegs          AWorkingStiff   Necromancer  85 Guardian           No  12/12
Krupa            DannyCrane      Paladin      86 Kurast Docks H     Yes  9/12
purplelocust     Megara          Sorc         89 Harrogath   H      No   9/12
jdkerrr          Asparagus       Paladin      74 Valley of Snakes H No   8/12
sequana          Hope            Amazon       71 Frozen Tundra NM   Yes  7/12
Wolron           Dumber          Necromancer  67 Harrogath NM       Yes  7/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie2         Amazon       66 Harrogath NM       No   7/12
Sint             WorkedUp        Druid        67 River of Flame NM  No   6/12
jdkerrr          SlogTheFrog     Barbarian    43 Lut Gholein NM     No   5/12
Jocular          BornToFolk      Druid        33 River of Flame     Yes  3/12
ancalagon        JabberWalk      Amazon       30 River of Flame     No   3/12
Thaurus          Boadicea        Amazon       22 Dry Hills          Yes  1/12
Jason Maher      Jason           Necromancer  17 Outer Cloister     Yes  1/12
Ojimijam         Evelyn          Assassin     13 Black Marsh        No   1/12
Eureka           Workaholic      Barbarian     4 Cold Plains        No   1/12
pwangsta         Labors          Assassin      1 Cold Plains        Yes  1/12
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JimmyOfJudecca   Heracles        Barbarian    75   Harrogath NM          7/12
Krupa            ThisIsMalaga    Paladin      64   Plains of Despair     6/12
Nightfish        Hammertime      Paladin      60   NM Durance II         7/12
jdkerr           BrusselSprouts  Sorceress    51   NM Durance II         5/12
LordMay          Stone           Barbarian    27   Diablo                2/12
jdkerr           MrSchizo        Druid        24   Duriel                1/12
jdkerr           Adria           Sorceress    21   Canyon of the Magi    1/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie          Amazon        1   Corpsefire            0/12
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GoldenredDragon  Vein            Paladin      28 City of the Damned No   2/12
Jason Maher      Jacinta         Amazon       30 Kurast Docks       No   3/12
Thaurus          TrevorTheTimid  Druid        50 Undergrd. Passage  No   4/12
 
Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

Well done!

I'm not sure about the changing players count questions. I remember some years ago Hrus did experiments to check what happened if you changed player counts mid-battle but I don't remember the results and I don't think he left the area in between. And I think he was mostly interested in the number of items dropped.

Were the mages the same composition as before? If there were different distributions that may make a noticeable difference.
 
Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

well its been a while!
but since i ripped both of my family budget tournament chars today, i couldn´t leave it at that. so i dusted off DannyCrane. the last time i played him, he had to S/E in a temple. in the meantime a few of my other chars ripped equipment of danny. so i am pretty certain he won´t be able to accumulate 200 mf for the 11th labor. but he had enough replacement quipment in stash. since dannys journey has been full clears on /p8, he´ll continue like that.

i started in the upper kurast and cleared everything, except the temple i started exploring the last time. a 3 soc death mask dropped, so i put the ist rune i had stashed to use and made a delirium. a little later another one dropped
just minutes later mephisto was slain. he left 4 crappy rares and 2 magics

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Kestegs          AWorkingStiff   Necromancer  85 Guardian           No  12/12
Krupa            DannyCrane      Paladin      87 Pande Fortress H   Yes  9/12
purplelocust     Megara          Sorc         89 Harrogath   H      No   9/12
jdkerrr          Asparagus       Paladin      74 Valley of Snakes H No   8/12
sequana          Hope            Amazon       71 Frozen Tundra NM   Yes  7/12
Wolron           Dumber          Necromancer  67 Harrogath NM       Yes  7/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie2         Amazon       66 Harrogath NM       No   7/12
Sint             WorkedUp        Druid        67 River of Flame NM  No   6/12
jdkerrr          SlogTheFrog     Barbarian    43 Lut Gholein NM     No   5/12
Jocular          BornToFolk      Druid        33 River of Flame     Yes  3/12
ancalagon        JabberWalk      Amazon       30 River of Flame     No   3/12
Thaurus          Boadicea        Amazon       22 Dry Hills          Yes  1/12
Jason Maher      Jason           Necromancer  17 Outer Cloister     Yes  1/12
Ojimijam         Evelyn          Assassin     13 Black Marsh        No   1/12
Eureka           Workaholic      Barbarian     4 Cold Plains        No   1/12
pwangsta         Labors          Assassin      1 Cold Plains        Yes  1/12
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JimmyOfJudecca   Heracles        Barbarian    75   Harrogath NM          7/12
Krupa            ThisIsMalaga    Paladin      64   Plains of Despair     6/12
Nightfish        Hammertime      Paladin      60   NM Durance II         7/12
jdkerr           BrusselSprouts  Sorceress    51   NM Durance II         5/12
LordMay          Stone           Barbarian    27   Diablo                2/12
jdkerr           MrSchizo        Druid        24   Duriel                1/12
jdkerr           Adria           Sorceress    21   Canyon of the Magi    1/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie          Amazon        1   Corpsefire            0/12
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GoldenredDragon  Vein            Paladin      28 City of the Damned No   2/12
Jason Maher      Jacinta         Amazon       30 Kurast Docks       No   3/12
Thaurus          TrevorTheTimid  Druid        50 Undergrd. Passage  No   4/12
 
Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

Well, Magara is enjoyable to play and she's been quite happily MFing. She's run Meph a great deal, and Trav a great deal, AT somewhat, and she's been running the CS as well. She tried running Nihi a bit but scared herself with an NDE there, so that's on hold, despite the fact that would be probably a good plan as far as experience at this point. Having three elements makes it interesting to deal with various monster combos. So she's been accumulating a fair amount of gear but is ducking the obvious question- will she face the Ancients at some point? It's intimidating so I'm just postponing that battle at least for now. Her self-found grail is really getting up there at this point and passed 50% a while ago.

[highlight]Hardcore[/highlight]
Code: 
Forum Name       Character Name  Class      Clvl Current Location  SP? Labors
=============================================================================
Kestegs          AWorkingStiff   Necromancer  85 Guardian           No  12/12
Krupa            DannyCrane      Paladin      87 Pande Fortress H   Yes  9/12
purplelocust     Megara          Sorc         90 Ancient's Way  H   No   9/12
jdkerrr          Asparagus       Paladin      74 Valley of Snakes H No   8/12
sequana          Hope            Amazon       71 Frozen Tundra NM   Yes  7/12
Wolron           Dumber          Necromancer  67 Harrogath NM       Yes  7/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie2         Amazon       66 Harrogath NM       No   7/12
Sint             WorkedUp        Druid        67 River of Flame NM  No   6/12
jdkerrr          SlogTheFrog     Barbarian    43 Lut Gholein NM     No   5/12
Jocular          BornToFolk      Druid        33 River of Flame     Yes  3/12
ancalagon        JabberWalk      Amazon       30 River of Flame     No   3/12
Thaurus          Boadicea        Amazon       22 Dry Hills          Yes  1/12
Jason Maher      Jason           Necromancer  17 Outer Cloister     Yes  1/12
Ojimijam         Evelyn          Assassin     13 Black Marsh        No   1/12
Eureka           Workaholic      Barbarian     4 Cold Plains        No   1/12
pwangsta         Labors          Assassin      1 Cold Plains        Yes  1/12
[highlight]Fallen Heroes[/highlight]
Code: 
Forum Name       Character Name  Class      Clvl   Current Location    Labors
=============================================================================
JimmyOfJudecca   Heracles        Barbarian    75   Harrogath NM          7/12
Krupa            ThisIsMalaga    Paladin      64   Plains of Despair     6/12
Nightfish        Hammertime      Paladin      60   NM Durance II         7/12
jdkerr           BrusselSprouts  Sorceress    51   NM Durance II         5/12
LordMay          Stone           Barbarian    27   Diablo                2/12
jdkerr           MrSchizo        Druid        24   Duriel                1/12
jdkerr           Adria           Sorceress    21   Canyon of the Magi    1/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie          Amazon        1   Corpsefire            0/12
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Code: 
Forum Name       Character Name  Class      Clvl Current Location  SP? Labors
=============================================================================
GoldenredDragon  Vein            Paladin      28 City of the Damned No   2/12
Jason Maher      Jacinta         Amazon       30 Kurast Docks       No   3/12
Thaurus          TrevorTheTimid  Druid        50 Undergrd. Passage  No   4/12
 
Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

Danny finished up act 4. he gained another level along with his merc. he did encounter souls in the plain of despair, but hes preparations were sufficient and his 85% resistances kept him safe - no conviction or unique at all were encountered. the hell hellforge rewarded him with a mal rune, after defeating hephaisto. the chaos sanctuary took some time, but progress was all in all steady. the upper seal boss was the only that caused a close call. a kelpie was found and the merc is now, while still dealing no sufficient damage, a real slowing machine with the 75% from kelpie and his holy frost aura. diablo provided the last missing rune for an obedience pack, but i just checked and it is ladder only, so that is not going to happen (no base ready anyway...). so what to do with the runes, is somwthing don´t know. as always his stash is filled, even the cube up to the last spot


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Code: 
Forum Name       Character Name  Class      Clvl Current Location  SP? Labors
=============================================================================
Kestegs          AWorkingStiff   Necromancer  85 Guardian           No  12/12
purplelocust     Megara          Sorc         90 Ancient's Way  H   No   9/12
Krupa            DannyCrane      Paladin      88 Harrogath H        Yes  9/12
jdkerrr          Asparagus       Paladin      74 Valley of Snakes H No   8/12
sequana          Hope            Amazon       71 Frozen Tundra NM   Yes  7/12
Wolron           Dumber          Necromancer  67 Harrogath NM       Yes  7/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie2         Amazon       66 Harrogath NM       No   7/12
Sint             WorkedUp        Druid        67 River of Flame NM  No   6/12
jdkerrr          SlogTheFrog     Barbarian    43 Lut Gholein NM     No   5/12
Jocular          BornToFolk      Druid        33 River of Flame     Yes  3/12
ancalagon        JabberWalk      Amazon       30 River of Flame     No   3/12
Thaurus          Boadicea        Amazon       22 Dry Hills          Yes  1/12
Jason Maher      Jason           Necromancer  17 Outer Cloister     Yes  1/12
Ojimijam         Evelyn          Assassin     13 Black Marsh        No   1/12
Eureka           Workaholic      Barbarian     4 Cold Plains        No   1/12
pwangsta         Labors          Assassin      1 Cold Plains        Yes  1/12
[highlight]Fallen Heroes[/highlight]
Code: 
Forum Name       Character Name  Class      Clvl   Current Location    Labors
=============================================================================
JimmyOfJudecca   Heracles        Barbarian    75   Harrogath NM          7/12
Krupa            ThisIsMalaga    Paladin      64   Plains of Despair     6/12
Nightfish        Hammertime      Paladin      60   NM Durance II         7/12
jdkerr           BrusselSprouts  Sorceress    51   NM Durance II         5/12
LordMay          Stone           Barbarian    27   Diablo                2/12
jdkerr           MrSchizo        Druid        24   Duriel                1/12
jdkerr           Adria           Sorceress    21   Canyon of the Magi    1/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie          Amazon        1   Corpsefire            0/12
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Code: 
Forum Name       Character Name  Class      Clvl Current Location  SP? Labors
=============================================================================
GoldenredDragon  Vein            Paladin      28 City of the Damned No   2/12
Jason Maher      Jacinta         Amazon       30 Kurast Docks       No   3/12
Thaurus          TrevorTheTimid  Druid        50 Undergrd. Passage  No   4/12
 
Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

so i´ve made it to the crystalline passage and got the wp. when i started to clean the frozen river, which had spawned souls, i switched the delirium on my merc. suddenly the game closed with an error message. i remember there being an issue with CoS and game crashes in A5, but that can´t have caused it. it is a bit annoying as i have to clear that areas again, while i actually play single pass p8 all the way...

does anyone know what this might have caused?
 
Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

[highlight]Hardcore[/highlight]
Code: 
Forum Name       Character Name  Class      Clvl Current Location  SP? Labors
=============================================================================
Kestegs          AWorkingStiff   Necromancer  85 Guardian           No  12/12
purplelocust     Megara          Sorc         90 Ancient's Way  H   No   9/12
jdkerrr          Asparagus       Paladin      74 Valley of Snakes H No   8/12
sequana          Hope            Amazon       71 Frozen Tundra NM   Yes  7/12
Wolron           Dumber          Necromancer  67 Harrogath NM       Yes  7/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie2         Amazon       66 Harrogath NM       No   7/12
Sint             WorkedUp        Druid        67 River of Flame NM  No   6/12
jdkerrr          SlogTheFrog     Barbarian    43 Lut Gholein NM     No   5/12
Jocular          BornToFolk      Druid        33 River of Flame     Yes  3/12
ancalagon        JabberWalk      Amazon       30 River of Flame     No   3/12
Thaurus          Boadicea        Amazon       22 Dry Hills          Yes  1/12
Jason Maher      Jason           Necromancer  17 Outer Cloister     Yes  1/12
Ojimijam         Evelyn          Assassin     13 Black Marsh        No   1/12
Eureka           Workaholic      Barbarian     4 Cold Plains        No   1/12
pwangsta         Labors          Assassin      1 Cold Plains        Yes  1/12
[highlight]Fallen Heroes[/highlight]
Code: 
Forum Name       Character Name  Class      Clvl   Current Location    Labors
=============================================================================
Krupa            DannyCrane      Paladin      88   Cristal Passage H     9/12
JimmyOfJudecca   Heracles        Barbarian    75   Harrogath NM          7/12
Krupa            ThisIsMalaga    Paladin      64   Plains of Despair     6/12
Nightfish        Hammertime      Paladin      60   NM Durance II         7/12
jdkerr           BrusselSprouts  Sorceress    51   NM Durance II         5/12
LordMay          Stone           Barbarian    27   Diablo                2/12
jdkerr           MrSchizo        Druid        24   Duriel                1/12
jdkerr           Adria           Sorceress    21   Canyon of the Magi    1/12
Quickdeath       Lizzie          Amazon        1   Corpsefire            0/12
[highlight]Softcore[/highlight]
Code: 
Forum Name       Character Name  Class      Clvl Current Location  SP? Labors
=============================================================================
GoldenredDragon  Vein            Paladin      28 City of the Damned No   2/12
Jason Maher      Jacinta         Amazon       30 Kurast Docks       No   3/12
Thaurus          TrevorTheTimid  Druid        50 Undergrd. Passage  No   4/12

Dannys time is over. after he successfully rescued anya he encountered a pack of claw vipers, that he could hold in check with an attract curse, but once it faded, he was killed with one salve of their spears without time to rejuv
 
Ah...that sucks! That's a pretty nasty viper pack. Those things are a bit underrated as far as killers go. There damage isn't resistable like gloams are.
:rip: :(


Where is your sorc purple???
 
Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

Sorry to hear of the loss of DannyCrane!

Megara has become addicted to MFing and levelling, which is an avoidance method of her impending Ancients battle. She's been fun to play and I've actually been running CS with her pretty well. At some point I plan to gear her up to face the Ancients but that's daunting. As time goes I'm getting attached to her, as she has alone found quite a decent chunk of a grail at this point. I had originally approached this task as "well, I'll give it a go with a dispos-a-Sorc" and see what happens, but now she's way beyond disposable!

She has a great selection of gear to choose from for the potential Ancients deathmatch so I need to strategize about that some. One thing that I'm worried about is that so often when I face the Ancients, I reroll them reflexively when either the mods are bad or things go south. So I think the only way I can really do the battle would be to not hold any TPs at all when I touch the altar, which is a scary thought!
 
Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

Jeez, it's been so long since I've seen/entered this tourny. Pretty awesome that it's still going. I would rejoin with a Phoenix Strike Assassin, but my LoD cd's are at my friends house :/

Good luck with Ancients Purple, I don't think I've ever even gone against hell Ancients in a 8 player game in my entire d2 experience :o (something to put on my d2 bucket list)
 
Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

I've done them many times at /players 8, but always with the option to TP to reset them. And since their immunities have the potential of really affecting things for a sorc, even a somewhat balanced tri-elemental sorc, it's particularly an issue!
 
Re: The 12 Labors Tournament

An update here, although not much actual progress. I've been playing Megara a lot, but as an MF-character and she's doing quite well with lots of nice finds and steady-ish levelling. She hasn't faced the Ancients though and I'm rearranging gear and plan to take on the Ancients soon. The fact that jiansonz beat the Ancients at /players 8 (inadvertently) with his mastery-only sorc means I should certainly not be so shy about facing them with what is now quite a powerhouse! So I'll rearrange her gear for Ancients battling instead of MFing, and I'm also planning to run the Ancients with an old but kind of similar SC sorc to practice coping with various possibilities as practice.
 
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