2017 Winter RFL Signup and Running Thread: Grande Finale

[Gripphon1]

I'd gladly trade levels for runes. I'm basically just hitting a cow every 30 second and running around in a panic waiting for them to die. The mana per kill on Jalal's is actually pretty nice as I can tell when my last batch is done and it's time to sift through the corpses.

I should make a sped up vid with Yakety Sax for background music.

Game will reward you with Zod for your effort there!
(it might not be a bad idea to make Enigma/Infinity/cta/whatever company for future use, you never know when you will want to have some fun like this RFL)

 

[Pb_pal1]

Are people bothering with poppables? (other than Brak, I know he will be popping them )

My gut tells me they aren't worth it in this scenario as they'd slow you down too much, but I have no actual information to back that up. I've been kind of hitting them half-heartedly when I feel like it, but wondering what others have been up to.

 

[pharphis]

cow poppables can't drop past vex or something around there. They're limited by A1 object drops.

 

[Pb_pal1]

Ew. Well, that answers that.

 

[Yann1]

Vex is correct:

Itemname Chance Relation
Ort Rune 0.0703088% 1:1422
Tal Rune 0.0703088% 1:1422
Amn Rune 0.0543328% 1:1841
Eth Rune 0.0492201% 1:2032
Ral Rune 0.0468767% 1:2133
Thul Rune 0.0468767% 1:2133
Sol Rune 0.0362243% 1:2761
Tir Rune 0.0351591% 1:2844
Ith Rune 0.0328154% 1:3047
Shael Rune 0.0326023% 1:3067
Nef Rune 0.0234404% 1:4266
Dol Rune 0.0217358% 1:4601
Hel Rune 0.0181134% 1:5521
El Rune 0.0140647% 1:7110
Io Rune 0.0120759% 1:8281
Lum Rune 0.0095602% 1:10460
Eld Rune 0.0093767% 1:10665
Ko Rune 0.0063735% 1:15690
Fal Rune 0.0049129% 1:20354
Lem Rune 0.0032753% 1:30531
Pul Rune 0.0024906% 1:40151
Mal Rune 0.0016939% 1:59035
Um Rune 0.0016604% 1:60226
Gul Rune 0.0011943% 1:83730
Ist Rune 0.0011293% 1:88553
Vex Rune 0.0007962% 1:125594

 

[pharphis]

is that the chance per item per chest or something?

 

[Yann1]

It's the total chance (with % chance of nodrop accounted for), but actually the above was for p1. P5 would be:

Ort Rune 0.1559476% 1:641
Tal Rune 0.1559476% 1:641
Amn Rune 0.120521% 1:830
Eth Rune 0.1091825% 1:916
Ral Rune 0.1039853% 1:962
Thul Rune 0.1039853% 1:962
Sol Rune 0.0803594% 1:1244
Tir Rune 0.0779966% 1:1282
Ith Rune 0.0727983% 1:1374
Shael Rune 0.0723257% 1:1383
Nef Rune 0.0520028% 1:1923
Dol Rune 0.0482215% 1:2074
Hel Rune 0.0401858% 1:2488
El Rune 0.0312041% 1:3205
Io Rune 0.0267919% 1:3732
Lum Rune 0.0212107% 1:4715
Eld Rune 0.0208036% 1:4807
Ko Rune 0.0141408% 1:7072
Fal Rune 0.0109003% 1:9174
Lem Rune 0.007267% 1:13761
Pul Rune 0.005526% 1:18096
Mal Rune 0.0037583% 1:26608
Um Rune 0.003684% 1:27144
Gul Rune 0.0026499% 1:37738
Ist Rune 0.0025056% 1:39911
Vex Rune 0.0017666% 1:56606

http://mfb.bplaced.net/dropcalc/dro...ch=113&mode=lod&interface=default&window=true

 

[Gripphon1]

That is only 3x better chance than from a random killed cow. OP. I guess many dreams were crushed with this knowledge.

 

[pharphis]

I think even if you had a cow lvl filled with chests on the floor it would be faster to kill a billion cows than it would be to click them lol

 

[T72on1]

Two more grailers for my sorc, didn't expect any from cows:

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Too late for my sorc, since she switched to Fire recently, but still nice to have, and good roll on the cold damage and dex.

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4 more unique TC3s to go.

 

[Brak]

Are people bothering with poppables? (other than Brak, I know he will be popping them )

I have to do something while I'm waiting around for Rabies to work
It also helps me keep track of where I've been

I've gotten a Unique Ammy (Nokazon unfortunately) and a 1XX AR, 3X life Grand Charm from them so far though

 

[Brak]

Game will reward you with Zod for your effort there!
(it might not be a bad idea to make Enigma/Infinity/cta/whatever company for future use, you never know when you will want to have some fun like this RFL)

I wouldn't be doing too bad if I hadn't accidentally killed the King with both my Zon and Sorc.
I don't know if I'm going to do Enigma/Infinity any time soon as there are still multiple less popular runewords on my bucket list, but my Sept Sorc will definitely be geared and roll a map for future Trav running if she ever gets completed.

 

[Gripphon1]

Just looked at a stash and saw I have quite a few eth bonehews. Shael + Amn + made Iron Golem out of it. Now he is a badass. Corpses do come faster now in comparison to clay golem. Also those bonespears he casts while attacking... cool. Agreed.

 

[pharphis]

Why not IK maul? cold dmg?

 

[Gripphon1]

Because this does higher damage and is more stylish. But IK maul is very strong option too, also really cheap.

Possible upgrade to necro would be to go max block with weakened nova and max. golem mastery to make IG from eth zerk Beast. Though I don't like the idea of losing 2/3 of nova damage in the process, but amount of skills would remain the same. Also losing mpk lpk from Web. But, there is an idea for someone who might be willing to do that I'm using 1 pt golem mastery and golem is... fine. Sometimes in danger, but possible to keep alive without too much nursing. With 20 pts he should be tank, and with max block nec would be pretty much unkillable too.

 

[Brak]

Wouldn't Obedience be cheap enough?
Oath would be fun, see if he tries to cast himself
Or do you really need the life leech?

 

[pharphis]

sacrificing just 10 pt to golem mastery should be enough that in cows it never dies imo unless you're letting it stand in fanat cows and paying no attention at all.

beta crescent moon is a decent choice for high ctc static field iirc + -elr + infinity on merc. Makes the initial kill that much faster if he gets 1 per every few herds...?


edit: I finally got my new frenzy barb to 81, so I can use it for cows to see how crappy it is. 4k life should be enough with 50% DR, right (temporary shaftstop + SoE)?

 

[Gripphon1]

There are plenty of cool options to use as weapon. Problem with Obedience is that Insight is better, I'd rather do that then. But kinda don't have reserve sticks. I'll probably use IK maul if golem or I die.

Actually, it isn't only golem that is really at risk, it is also my nec who can die if I tele into fanaticism while cursed. I tend to die once in 5 hours or so, so this golem is meant to die sooner or later anyway.

 

[pharphis]

update: at lvl 81 my frenzy barb has only ~80% cth hell bovines and they have ~46% cth me, which means this takes too long.

saracen's for amp dmg makes a HUGE difference, though, so I plan to get a rogue for a secondary amp dmg source. It's fun horking 300+ cows or whatever it is though RMB for both frenzy and hork is quite tiring for me these days

 

[PhineasB1]

Almost 5 hours into set. I forgot that I had killed the Cow King with all nercos (it was the final act before retiring them), so I was stuck with a respeced Javazon in addition to the 99er Sin. After an hour of Javazon, I'm sticking with the Sin.

Still pretty slow, but a nice little break from Nihl and the chance to fill out her grail is attractive. Also, mad runes!

Spoiler: Click for spoiler

For Steel weapons

Her finds: Second Cow King's horn and, of course, two Twitchthroes and one Gorefoot (or whatever unique heavy boots are called). She thought she had an exceptional unique missing from her grail, but it was Rune Scepter instead of Holy Water Sprinkler .

Other finds were Stonecrusher and Leviathan, plus a nice little Pally skiller:

Captain's Grand Charm of Maiming
Grand Charm
Required Level: 63
Fingerprint: 0x2e894150
Item Level: 81
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+1 to Offensive Aura Skills (Paladin Only)
+4 to Maximum Damage

I am now pretty sure I'll get more than 10 hours, but probably not a full set. Good luck to all the runners.