The Untwinked Level 99 Progress Thread, Revenge of the 99ers

@Timinator - It's not so much the issue of replacing them, but the fact that since it's untwinked we will only have 3 socket quests and no more. So I want to make sure to use them efficiently (ie. something I will be using for a long time, that will help me the most.)

Since I plan on switching to lightning, it's hard to stomach socketing my cold equipment which will (most likely) get ditched later.
 
Wow that's a sweet diadem! Jaw dropper for me anyway.

I had a problem where I misclicked and went onto battle.net one time a couple weeks ago and of course it tried to automatically update me to 1.14 something, which crashed my game and required a fresh install. So I am not sure where my screenshots were going tonight, perhaps into the abyss, but I thought I captured two good runs.

The first was an Andariel run (Battleforge is still level 84 and still searching for a Shako and a Ravenfrost and either Sander's boots or Aldur's boots (preferable due to the fire resist) so he's still toodling around with the loser bosses) where he scored, on the same run, a 1%-from-perfect ED The Gavel of Pain, a nice The Minotaur, and a mediocre Langer Briser, all on the same drop. That was cool, this character had not found any of those three items yet. TGOP would be a great Charger weapon, and I've never made one of those before. Hmmm.

The second run was my last LK run of the night, my merc had been cornered and killed (it happens fast at /P8 and only level 84) and I was in a hut alone with an ape demon. I almost just S&E and went to bed because it was really fast, almost able to keep up with me with 129% FRW, but decided to dodge him to run around to the very last chest, and out popped a Vex. Like I said, sorry that I don't have a shot of it laying on the ground, but I was excited to say the least. I knew my HOTO was close! So I collected it (it was in a huge stack of junk but visible on the screen) and went looking for my other reagents. Well it appears my end game weapon will have to wait a while longer, because I have not found a 4 socket flail (haven't been able to cube one either) nor a Pul yet. This is only my second Vex I've ever seen on my own computer monitor in-game, the other sits unused in my SC stash from years ago.

I have not seen anything higher than a Fal with Battleforge until this drop. This has been a weird character with rune drops so far. I only have three Tal runes and three Eld runes in my stash, have been on a critical Tal and Amn shortage nearly the whole time so far, and have gotten no mid level runes other than the single Fal, a single Io, four Kos and a Lum. Nothing else. I guess I need to keep hunting in the LK, the Countess is way too dangerous. I hate those archers!
 
@Tarantella That Assassin Diadem is awesome !!!

@OldSoldier Congrats on the Vex ! And after running LK for some time now, I agree with you: stick to LK. Easier to run, potential of HRs, lots of gems, jewels and charms, and a good source for low and mid runes as well. About your screenshots: they should be there somewhere. I'm not at my home computer at the moment, so I'm not sure, will post it later. I think it's in something like Documents\Save (or Save Games)\DiabloII , but that could be completely wrong. Like I said, I'll post it when I get home, if someone hasn't already before that. It's in \program files (x86)\DialboII\ . At least for me in win7.

I did 100 more LK runs. Didn't go for the 105 fcr breakpoint because, ... well, I'm lazy at times :oops:. My average running time, including upgarding gems, id'ing and selling stuff, stashing, ... is some 43 seconds. Regular runs without all of those require some 35 seconds I'd think, so popping some 5 - 10 poppables along the way definitely takes me some 4 - 5 seconds, it seems.

Anyway, it's still fun and interesting to me, so I keep doing that, with occasionally some AT runs in between. I'm getting closer to getting a HR: from Pul and then Mal as highest rune in LK up to now, I got 2 Guls yesterday. Within 10 runs of each other actually. Nothing too fancy for the rest, except for my first Sorc skiller. Fire of course, the one element this Sorc won't be using :(.

Those two Guls mean I can cube up to Vex and make HotO. So that is great news. I hope I picked up a 4os Flail somewhere along the way, it would be a shame I'd have to wait for that to be able to make the runeword.

Still hoping for that Ohm soon. Statistically speaking, I should't hope for it too much though, as I'm only 250 runs in. Then again, I still need an Ist as well for CtA.

Code: 
Name (F)    Name (C)       SC/HC   Class   Level/exp   Extended Stash   #of S/U   Grail/504   #of deaths   # of Hours
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Pb_pal      Eleanor         SC      Sorc      94             No          506        246            2           -
NanoMist    Izuna           SC      Sin       92             No          271        169            1           55
PhineasB    Mercy           SC      Sin       90             Yes           -        190            7           -
T72on1      Neverland       SC      Sorc      88             Yes          76         69            4          24.45
Tarantella  Tarasha         HC      Sorc      86             Yes           -          -            -           -
OldSoldier  Battleforge     HC      Pala      83             Yes           -        114            -           -
Gambit      Mallenroh       SC      Sorc      81             Yes           0          0            0           0
logo        Digimon         HC      Nec       76             Yes          85         65            0           -
Darke Rahl  Bells           HC      Ama       74             No           19          -            0           0
Kitteh      Cyanosis        HC      Assassin  45             No            -          -            -           -
Tenecabo    OldShatterhand  HC      Druid     40             Yes           -          0            0           -
Gambit      Colossus        SC      Pal       39             YES           0          0            0           0
Ergroilnin  Erilinda        HC      Sorc      20             No            -          -            -           -
Smancer     Smancer         SC      Necro     19             Yes           -          -            -           -

[highlight]The Fallen:[/highlight]
Code: 
Name (F)    Name (C)       SC/HC   Class   Level/exp   Extended Stash   #of S/U   Grail/504   #of deaths   # of Hours
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coju        NintyNine_orRiP HC      Sorc      81             Yes          -           0            0         a few
coju        fB              HC      Sorc      29             Yes           1          1            0           2
Kitteh      Verallus        HC      Druid     26             No          N/A        N/A            0          N/A
logo        Rolex           HC      Barb      21             Yes           0          0            0           1
 
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@T72on1 I searched my HD, nothing anywhere. I went into the game controls and remapped the screen shot from spacebar to spacebar and tried one more time and it showed up so I'm not quite sure what happened. I decided not to post a shot of the Vex in my stash because that's no big deal. Regardless, I think I'm back online with screenies. Of course that'll come in handy when I have 3 consecutive Bers on my next three runs, right!?! OK maybe that is a bit optimistic. Maybe there will be an Ohm in there too somewhere.
 
If nothing else works, you can always take the screenie with the print screen button, open up something like Word or Office, and paste it there. Than you can save it to anywhere on your computer.
 
OldSoldier said:
@T72on1 I searched my HD, nothing anywhere. I went into the game controls and remapped the screen shot from spacebar to spacebar and tried one more time and it showed up so I'm not quite sure what happened.
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you can remap the screenshot button?
now wonder i keep dying when I try to grab screenies
 
Brak said:
Welcome to Lower Kurast
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Well, for now I've reverted to AT runs. I have the runes I need, the base items will drop eventually. Speaking of which ...

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Third Flail I tried my luck on with the cube recipe. Better resist roll would have been, well better obviously, but still, I'm happy with it :).

Like I said, I'll probably be focusing on AT for now, which gives very good xp. The only runeword I obviously want now is Infinity, but I don't feel like it's that needed until I switch to a Lightning sorc. Which isn't anytime soon.
 
Nice LK finds!

Some more of my own:

7 mfsc with 11% lr
Sur#3 - Run#2496

Updating my other numbers-

Code: 
Name (F)    Name (C)       SC/HC   Class   Level/exp   Extended Stash   #of S/U   Grail/504   #of deaths   # of Hours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pb_pal      Eleanor         SC      Sorc      94             No          506        246            2           -
NanoMist    Izuna           SC      Sin       92             No          277        173            1           67
PhineasB    Mercy           SC      Sin       90             Yes           -        190            7           -
T72on1      Neverland       SC      Sorc      88             Yes          76         69            4          24.45
Tarantella  Tarasha         HC      Sorc      86             Yes           -          -            -           -
OldSoldier  Battleforge     HC      Pala      83             Yes           -        114            -           -
Gambit      Mallenroh       SC      Sorc      81             Yes           0          0            0           0
logo        Digimon         HC      Nec       76             Yes          85         65            0           -
Darke Rahl  Bells           HC      Ama       74             No           19          -            0           0
Kitteh      Cyanosis        HC      Assassin  45             No            -          -            -           -
Tenecabo    OldShatterhand  HC      Druid     40             Yes           -          0            0           -
Gambit      Colossus        SC      Pal       39             YES           0          0            0           0
Ergroilnin  Erilinda        HC      Sorc      20             No            -          -            -           -
Smancer     Smancer         SC      Necro     19             Yes           -          -            -           -

[highlight]The Fallen:[/highlight]
Code: 
Name (F)    Name (C)       SC/HC   Class   Level/exp   Extended Stash   #of S/U   Grail/504   #of deaths   # of Hours
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coju        NintyNine_orRiP HC      Sorc      81             Yes          -           0            0         a few
coju        fB              HC      Sorc      29             Yes           1          1            0           2
Kitteh      Verallus        HC      Druid     26             No          N/A        N/A            0          N/A
logo        Rolex           HC      Barb      21             Yes           0          0            0           1
 
Well done with all the high runes!

Not keen on fast runs in LK hell so slotted some topazes into bought gear and went back to nightmare having avoided sequential Baal and Mephisto runs there previously but mainly to run Andariel. Dropped many useful items including several Gheeds, Goldwraps, low Vipers, Chancies, a cuddly toy, Shaftstop, Tal's mask, Aldurs boots, Nagels, Um,Pul and Lum - (Baaling), a handy rare ring with 20 strength, a ward shield with 50 resists, a 50 Tarnhelm, a 30 ED magefist, a Sigon set with perfect stats etc but no Thundergods, Shako or SoJ. However on about the 200th Andy run during which around 20 flawless Amethysts were upgraded did drop Tals ammy so returned to Hell well satisfied and made lvl 87 running the Tower with some mid range success.

View attachment 3103


Also saw these running the shrines for upping gems

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Code: 
Name (F)    Name (C)       SC/HC   Class   Level/exp   Extended Stash   #of S/U   Grail/504   #of deaths   # of Hours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pb_pal      Eleanor         SC      Sorc      94             No          506        246            2           -
NanoMist    Izuna           SC      Sin       92             No          277        173            1           67
PhineasB    Mercy           SC      Sin       90             Yes           -        190            7           -
T72on1      Neverland       SC      Sorc      88             Yes          76         69            4          24.45
Tarantella  Tarasha         HC      Sorc      87             Yes           -          -            -           -
OldSoldier  Battleforge     HC      Pala      83             Yes           -        114            -           -
Gambit      Mallenroh       SC      Sorc      81             Yes           0          0            0           0
logo        Digimon         HC      Nec       76             Yes          85         65            0           -
Darke Rahl  Bells           HC      Ama       74             No           19          -            0           0
Kitteh      Cyanosis        HC      Assassin  45             No            -          -            -           -
Tenecabo    OldShatterhand  HC      Druid     40             Yes           -          0            0           -
Gambit      Colossus        SC      Pal       39             YES           0          0            0           0
Ergroilnin  Erilinda        HC      Sorc      20             No            -          -            -           -
Smancer     Smancer         SC      Necro     19             Yes           -          -            -           -

[highlight]The Fallen:[/highlight]
Code: 
Name (F)    Name (C)       SC/HC   Class   Level/exp   Extended Stash   #of S/U   Grail/504   #of deaths   # of Hours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
coju        NintyNine_orRiP HC      Sorc      81             Yes          -           0            0         a few
coju        fB              HC      Sorc      29             Yes           1          1            0           2
Kitteh      Verallus        HC      Druid     26             No          N/A        N/A            0          N/A
logo        Rolex           HC      Barb      21             Yes           0          0            0           1
 
@NanoMist Congrats on the to-be-Infinity (I assume) :).

@Tarantella Might and Spectral Hit, very dangerous pack there ... ;).

After last post, I did AT runs with Neverland, until I hit level 90. Nothing too fancy dropped, although I did find my first TC81+ item: M'avina's Embrace. I also found an Andariel's Visage for my merc, which is always a nice thing. Still looking for that 5os sword to make CtA. It would definitely help me a lot, as currently my AT running times are quite slow, due to me not daring to blindly teleport all the time. Especially when amp'ed. O yes, and also because I have a really crowded AT map, and I can't resist killing large mobs. CtA won't help me there, I'm afraid :oops:.

This actually leads me to a question: for xp, is it worth it to kill larger packs in AT, or should I only kill bosses and minions? Champs, are they worth it, or not beyond a certain point? Also, /p8 is best, right? Or should I stick to /p7 for some reason?

After I hit level 90, I started switching between AT and LK, depending on what I felt like running. Nothing good yet unfortunately, although I did get some plain skillers. No Sorc cold ones though, which leads me to yet another question: is it worth it to reroll GCs found in LK, or should I stick to those dropped by Baal, whenever I start running him?

I will keep focusing on AT, with some LK in between, until I manage to make that CtA. At that point, I might start throwing other areas, like CS, Throne Room and Travincal into the mix, depending on map rolls.

Edit: o yes, I made a new stick for my merc, in case I don't need Insight anymore after I manage to make CtA, and if I don't have Infinity at that point:

View attachment 3105
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Couldn't resist making it after the 5os eth Thresher dropped.

Code: 
Name (F)    Name (C)       SC/HC   Class   Level/exp   Extended Stash   #of S/U   Grail/504   #of deaths   # of Hours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pb_pal      Eleanor         SC      Sorc      94             No          506        246            2           -
NanoMist    Izuna           SC      Sin       92             No          277        173            1           67
PhineasB    Mercy           SC      Sin       90             Yes           -        190            7           -
T72on1      Neverland       SC      Sorc      90             Yes         138        109            5           33
Tarantella  Tarasha         HC      Sorc      87             Yes           -          -            -           -
OldSoldier  Battleforge     HC      Pala      83             Yes           -        114            -           -
Gambit      Mallenroh       SC      Sorc      81             Yes           0          0            0           0
logo        Digimon         HC      Nec       76             Yes          85         65            0           -
Darke Rahl  Bells           HC      Ama       74             No           19          -            0           0
Kitteh      Cyanosis        HC      Assassin  45             No            -          -            -           -
Tenecabo    OldShatterhand  HC      Druid     40             Yes           -          0            0           -
Gambit      Colossus        SC      Pal       39             YES           0          0            0           0
Ergroilnin  Erilinda        HC      Sorc      20             No            -          -            -           -
Smancer     Smancer         SC      Necro     19             Yes           -          -            -           -

[highlight]The Fallen:[/highlight]
Code: 
Name (F)    Name (C)       SC/HC   Class   Level/exp   Extended Stash   #of S/U   Grail/504   #of deaths   # of Hours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
coju        NintyNine_orRiP HC      Sorc      81             Yes          -           0            0         a few
coju        fB              HC      Sorc      29             Yes           1          1            0           2
Kitteh      Verallus        HC      Druid     26             No          N/A        N/A            0          N/A
logo        Rolex           HC      Barb      21             Yes           0          0            0           1
 
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@Tarantella - Good progress there, from our HC leader!

@T72on1 - Great Obedience there with the thresher base. Nice runeword that gets overshadowed by its aura-wielding competition. The GC's in LK can get up to 40 life, and the Baal GC's 41-45, so it's up to you if you want to wait until then. May take a while to get that GC though. I initially rerolled LK GC's but stopped due to limited stash/inventory space.

Bosses + minions and Berserkers are worth 5x exp and the Champions are worth 3x exp. Also important is that these monsters are at a higher mlvl, so the exp penalty for level difference sets in later. I would focus on boss packs for exp efficiency, at P8.

Edit: Forgot to mention, I will be going enigma first. It will speed up the remaining LK runs. :)
 
@Kitteh No major incidents. Just good progress. I think @Tarantella 's last post is a good hint as to what has been happening lately for the most part, mainly thanks to some people running LK. Including me, for the first time in my life, and having a lot of fun with it. And quite some luck already: Sur, Ohm, 2x Gul, Ist and Mal in my first 500 runs.

@NanoMist Thanks for the answer. I will start rerolling GCs as I go in LK already I think. And try to force myself to only kill boss packs in AT, not regular mobs. I had a much better map with my HC Sorc in that respect. It might be wise to reroll, but I don't want to give up my LK map yet. On the other hand, on my current AT map, it often just means that, while I'm killing the champs and bosses, I'm taking a rather large amount of normal creeps with them. This can never be a bad thing. I just need to have the discipline not to stop for regular mobs when there aren't any champs or bosses around.

Good luck on getting that Enigma !!! Only 2 Surs or a Ber to go.
 
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