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

Now when MF tourney is over, i can finally do some update....

Most important information - Kaira reached lvl 94 during the tourney :)

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And second very important information, thanks to tourney i'm much closer to Enigma now :)

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And because pictures are better then simple words, there are some finds:

Before tourney started:



During the tourney (except JAH posted before)


[HIGHLIGHT]Hall of Fame[/HIGHLIGHT]
Rich (BB code):
Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
---------------  ---------------  -----  -----  -----  ----  ----------  ---  ----  -----  ------  -----
zticazzy         Perkele          SC     Barb   99     3.52  2016-07-12  No      -      -       -      -
Pb_pal           Eleanor          SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2016-11-09  No   3068    437       5      -
NanoMist         Izuna            SC     Sin    99     3.52  2016-12-25  No   5109    470       4    360
PhineasB         Mercy            SC     Sin    99     3.52  2017-05-23  Yes     -    475      11      -
PhineasB         Hiatus           SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2017-12-25  Yes     -    471      21      -
ffs              HelpYourself     SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2018-04-29  Yes     -    447       -      -
[HIGHLIGHT]Questing Heroes[/HIGHLIGHT]
Rich (BB code):
Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
---------------  ---------------  -----  -----  -----  ----  ----------  ---  ----  -----  ------  -----
Neksja           Aura             SC     Pala   98.8   3.46  2018-07-29  Yes  lots    476       -      -
T72on1           Neverland        SC     Sorc   98.66  3.42  2018-07-29  Yes  lots    480      13    300+
Yng              Sophie           SC     Sorc   98.3   3.31  2018-07-14  Yes     -      -       9      -
PhineasB         Phaedrus         SC     Pala   98.1   3.26  2018-07-10  Yes     -    370      13      -
ffs              Ric              SC     Necro  97     2.96  2018-07-10  Yes     -      -       -      -
darkstarhub      Neptune          SC     Sorc   97     2.96  2018-07-23  Yes     -    470       -      - 
Bewitch          itssoftcore      SC     Sorc   96     2.85  2018-07-02  Yes     -      -       -      -
Ashenshugar      Natur            SC     Druid  96     2.71  2018-04-24  Yes  2529      -       -      -
Gynli            Amazon           SC     Ama    96     2.71  2018-06-14  Yes     -      -       -      -
PhineasB         Pestilence       SC     Necro  95     2.60  2018-07-10  Yes     -      -       -      -
CrustyRusty      Space_Oddity     SC     Ama    95     2.49  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
RIP              Kaira_II         HC     Sin    94     2.32  2018-07-03  Yes     -    318       -      -
Zenigma          Ayura            SC     Barb   93     2.11  2018-04-26  No      -      -       -      -
Pb_pal           Klaus            HC     Druid  93     2.09  2018-06-21  Yes     -      -       -      -
Potent           Challenge(CL)    SC     Sorc   92     1.96  2018-07-30  no      -      -       -      -
Hutton           Terrahork        HC     Barb   91     1.81  2018-07-30  Yes     -      -       -      -
Lord Molybdenum  Verisimilitude   SC     Ama    90     1.62  2018-06-02  No     98     77       3      -
Trapin'          ceegee           SC     Pala   90     1.62  2018-07-04  No      -      -       -      -
Zenigma          Gnosis           SC     Druid  89     1.56  2018-04-26  No      -      -       -      -
T72on1           ShouldBeEasy     HC     Pala   8_8    1.36  2018-06-26  Yes    59     52      NA     42
Lord Molybdenum  Cruise_Control   SC     Necro  87     1.25  2018-06-02  No    128    101      22      -
Burgomaster3     Hastur           SC     Druid  86     1.14  2018-07-02  Yes     -      -       -      -
Smittyphi        TheLongRun       SC     Sorc   85     1.11  2018-05-28  Yes    30      -     Yes      -
DaveW            Long_Term        SC     Sorc   84     0.97  2018-05-02  Yes Heaps      -    Lots     30+
sanguillen       GordonChen-UT    HC     Necro  81     0.80  2018-07-29  Yes     -      -       -      -
Xul's Gull       Xul              HC     Necro  81     0.74  2018-03-26  No      -      -       -      -
Vildecor         Trina            SC     Ama    80     0.68  2018-06-07  Yes     -      -       0      -
ioupainmax       Durnik           SC     Pala   79     0.63  2018-06-28  Yes   177    111       0      -
Burton Roberts   Arizona          SC     Ama    56     0.08  2018-06-12  No      -      -      15     38
Lord Molybdenum  Essa             SC     Sorc   55     0.08  2018-06-02  No     20     19       5      -
AlexTheNextOne   Orion            SC     Pala   49     0.00  2018-07-22  No     14      -       0     26
Pijus            AGoodBoy         HC     Druid  45     0.00  2018-05-29  Yes     -      -       -      -
kstuart          Nena             SC     Sorc   30     0.00  2018-07-22  Yes     -      -       -      -
RIP              Espada           HC     Necro  24     0.00  2018-06-01  Yes     -     13       -      -
DaveHutt         Alice            SC     Ama    13     0.00  2018-05-18  Yes     -      -       1      -
[HIGHLIGHT]Resting Heroes[/HIGHLIGHT]
Rich (BB code):
Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
---------------  ---------------  -----  -----  -----  ----  ----------  ---  ----  -----  ------  -----
hasuprotoss      Reina            SC     Sorc   97     2.96  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes  1751    384       -      -
Tarantella       Tarasha          HC     Sorc   96     2.72  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Grim             Furious_Blonde   SC     Ama    96     2.72  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
XyleneCyanol     Fishie           HC     Sorc   95     2.49  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -      -
ThomasJohnsen    xInTheBuffx      HC     Sorc   95     2.49  2017-03-31  Yes     -      -       -      -
NamelessPenguin  Rockatansky      SC     Barb   95     2.49  2017-12-14  Yes     -      -       -      -
Dezrok           Salome           SC     Sorc   95     2.49  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   792    318       -      -
Reyz             Qty              SC     Sorc   93     2.10  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -      -
Me2Nik           Fugu             HC     Ama    93     2.10  2018-02-05  Yes    80      -       -      -
Chaostar         Prairie          SC     Sorc   91     1.76  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   659    261      12    126
OldSoldier       Battleforge      HC     Pala   91     1.76  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -    236       -      -
kyndig           DrearyAura       HC     Sorc   91     1.76  2018-02-20  Yes     -      -       -      -
tokerdin         tokeress         SC     Sorc   91     1.76  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Southpaw         Njord            SC     Druid  90     1.62  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Qwernt           CanbeOnlyBlizz   SC     Sorc   90     1.62  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       ?      ?
MercMan          Este             SC     Ama    90     1.62  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes  1212    278       2      ?
Lynchgrinch      Tattersail       SC     Sorc   89     1.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -    321       ?      ?
LiquidClear      Sally            SC     Sin    **     1.36  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   225      -       1      -
liquid_mage      zDadColdSorc     SC     Sorc   **     1.36  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -    160       -      -
Neksja           Turirao          SC     Druid  87     1.25  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   191    124       5      -
Gladstone        Socrates         HC     Druid  86     1.15  YYYY-MM-DD  -       -      -       -      -
hackedagainanda  Hugo             HC     Necro  85     1.05  2017-12-17  Yes     -      -       -      -
Naturallog       Athos            HC     Barb   84     0.96  YYYY-MM-DD  No    159    105       0      -
Qwernt           AmaAgainstAll    SC     Sorc   81     0.74  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Gambit           Mallenroh        SC     Sorc   81     0.74  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     0      0       0      0
Lord Molybdenum  But_Why          SC     Sin    81     0.74  YYYY-MM-DD  No     55     51      53      -
aarrgus          Acala            SC     Barb   80     0.68  2017-12-30  Yes     -      -       5      -
Jean Avila       SpeedAdict       SC     Ama    77     0.52  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -     50
logoutzero       Digimon          HC     Necro  76     0.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes    85     65       0      -
TwentyMuleTeam   Rayne            SC     Sorc   76     0.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   195    140       -      ?
Gripphon         Ryu              SC     Sorc   76     0.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       ?     13
Darke Rahl       Bells            HC     Ama    74     0.40  YYYY-MM-DD  No     19      -       0      -
Smittyphi        SliceNDice       SC     Sin    70     0.30  2018-03-27  Yes    15      -       6      -
Xul's Gull       Araphel          HC     Necro  60     0.12  2017-12-21  No      -      -       -      -
Sleepybear123    Rob_theBarb      HC     Barb   50     0.05  2018-01-06  Yes     -      -       -     10
Klonki           Dualizt_Ann      SC     Sorc   48     0.01  2018-02-24  Yes     -      8       -      9
TrU              Henryk           SC     Barb   41     0.02  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -      22     12
Gambit           Colossus         SC     Pala   39     0.02  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     0      0       0      0
Smancer          Smancer          SC     Necro  26     0.00  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     1      -       -      -
drmalawi         Liv              SC     Sorc   24     0.00  2018-05-01  Yes     -      -       0      -
BKC              FearsomeFreddie  SC     Necro  23     0.00  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Ergroilnin       Erilinda         HC     Sorc   20     0.00  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -      -

[HIGHLIGHT]The Fallen[/HIGHLIGHT]
Rich (BB code):
Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
---------------  ---------------  -----  -----  -----  ----  ----------  ---  ----  -----  ------  -----
Bewitch          itsreal          HC     Sorc   87     1.xx  2018-04-24  No      -      -       -      -
MizzouFTW        Pure             HC     Necro  86     1.15  2018-01-10  Yes     -      -       1      -
Vildecor         Celia            HC     Ama    84     0.99  2018-05-30  Yes   125     97       1      -
coju             NintyNine_orRiP  HC     Sorc   81     0.74  2016-04-07  Yes     -      -       1      -
TwentyMuleTeam   Valus            HC     Barb   76     0.48  2016-10-27  Yes     -      -       1      -
Pb_pal           Stevesy          HC     Pala   76     0.48  2017-06-19  Yes     -      -       1      -
weezaard         Cypher           SC     Druid  66     0.00  2018-02-21  Yes     -      -      20+     -
Tenecabo         OldShatterhand   HC     Druid  49     0.04  2016-06-16  Yes     -      0       1      -
Pijus            Pyrestarter      HC     Druid  36     0.00  2018-05-21  Yes     -      -       1      -
coju             fB               HC     Sorc   29     0.00  2016-04-09  Yes     1      1       1      2
Kitteh           Verallus         HC     Druid  26     0.00  2016-03-25  No      -      -       1      -
logoutzero       Rolex            HC     Barb   21     0.00  2016-03-26  Yes     0      0       1      1
 
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@Neksja @T72on1 Great progress from you guys, getting so close!
@Pb_pal 0 Surs at 5k runs is quite unfortunate. I feel a Ber coming soon as redemption!

Since updates are in the air..

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Sophie has made it past the 40% mark (44.5%, or a little over 57% after Ancients which will not be done until I'm 40m away from the end). Could've probably pushed to nearly 50% if I wouldn't have took an L from Might Vipers and if I wouldn't have focused on picking drops more than usual (we saw a drop in experience to some ~3-3.2m/hour) but I enjoyed the change of pace. All the flawless gems gave me a chance to cube some more ilvl 50 GCs hoping for Sparking but we had no such luck (2 more skillers rolled out of my right under 20 attempts, none worth mentioning). Didn't end up doing so well in regards to set/unique/rune drops for the tournament, but my non qualifiers were quite nice landing a second SoJ and first BKWB. Oh, this fine ass helmet (-15/14 roll) as well (I just knew he'd cough it up before the end). After some discussion with @ffs I decided to change my Merc's gear around a bit, swapping out an eth bugged CoH/eth bugged Delirium for minimal defense Treachery and Delirium, hoping to maximize chance for procs on Confuse/Mind Blast/Terror. I must say I'm quite pleased with the way the new setup is performing and confirmed my suspicions that lowering his defense value by 700+ (nearly 20%) would result in a good bit more procs and Fade up time is actually really good (I'd estimate as high as 1/3-4 runs). Every now and then I'll inadvertently land on a pack of Zealots on the way to HoV (or god forbid a pack of Vipers near my final landing spot at the platform) and with 1/16.6 and 1/7.14 chance when struck to cast Mind Blast and Terror respectively, a lot of times he just instantly thwarts any chance for a bad situation. It's just an extra fail-safe for the off chance that one of those spawns with Might and you have to test your escape press reaction time vs 2.5%-10% experience. I also improved my corpse recovery setup which is quite a bit more safe now thanks to Shako taking over Kira's spot now that I'm using Griffon's primarily. I removed the Sol from Shako and actually invested one of my Cham in it since that's what will be in it post 99 (on Pit Zerker) and the CBF is actually really nice to have for corpse recovery since if you died you probably died to Vipers and its best to just run up cautiously rather than risk it all teleporting into a stacked poison cloud. After finishing up the tournament I spent a few minutes at Shenk/Eldritch for FRPs and a few more minutes at Travincal with a GF setup. Needless to say, we should be all set to focus on Nihlathak and nothing else for quite some time..



[HIGHLIGHT]Hall of Fame[/HIGHLIGHT]
Rich (BB code):
Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
---------------  ---------------  -----  -----  -----  ----  ----------  ---  ----  -----  ------  -----
zticazzy         Perkele          SC     Barb   99     3.52  2016-07-12  No      -      -       -      -
Pb_pal           Eleanor          SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2016-11-09  No   3068    437       5      -
NanoMist         Izuna            SC     Sin    99     3.52  2016-12-25  No   5109    470       4    360
PhineasB         Mercy            SC     Sin    99     3.52  2017-05-23  Yes     -    475      11      -
PhineasB         Hiatus           SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2017-12-25  Yes     -    471      21      -
ffs              HelpYourself     SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2018-04-29  Yes     -    447       -      -
[HIGHLIGHT]Questing Heroes[/HIGHLIGHT]
Rich (BB code):
Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
---------------  ---------------  -----  -----  -----  ----  ----------  ---  ----  -----  ------  -----
Neksja           Aura             SC     Pala   98.8   3.46  2018-07-29  Yes  lots    476       -      -
T72on1           Neverland        SC     Sorc   98.66  3.42  2018-07-29  Yes  lots    480      13    300+
Yng              Sophie           SC     Sorc   98.44  3.35  2018-07-14  Yes     -      -      10      -
PhineasB         Phaedrus         SC     Pala   98.1   3.26  2018-07-10  Yes     -    370      13      -
ffs              Ric              SC     Necro  97     2.96  2018-07-10  Yes     -      -       -      -
darkstarhub      Neptune          SC     Sorc   97     2.96  2018-07-23  Yes     -    470       -      - 
Bewitch          itssoftcore      SC     Sorc   96     2.85  2018-07-02  Yes     -      -       -      -
Ashenshugar      Natur            SC     Druid  96     2.71  2018-04-24  Yes  2529      -       -      -
Gynli            Amazon           SC     Ama    96     2.71  2018-06-14  Yes     -      -       -      -
PhineasB         Pestilence       SC     Necro  95     2.60  2018-07-10  Yes     -      -       -      -
CrustyRusty      Space_Oddity     SC     Ama    95     2.49  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
RIP              Kaira_II         HC     Sin    94     2.32  2018-07-03  Yes     -    318       -      -
Zenigma          Ayura            SC     Barb   93     2.11  2018-04-26  No      -      -       -      -
Pb_pal           Klaus            HC     Druid  93     2.09  2018-06-21  Yes     -      -       -      -
Potent           Challenge(CL)    SC     Sorc   92     1.96  2018-07-30  no      -      -       -      -
Hutton           Terrahork        HC     Barb   91     1.81  2018-07-30  Yes     -      -       -      -
Lord Molybdenum  Verisimilitude   SC     Ama    90     1.62  2018-06-02  No     98     77       3      -
Trapin'          ceegee           SC     Pala   90     1.62  2018-07-04  No      -      -       -      -
Zenigma          Gnosis           SC     Druid  89     1.56  2018-04-26  No      -      -       -      -
T72on1           ShouldBeEasy     HC     Pala   8_8    1.36  2018-06-26  Yes    59     52      NA     42
Lord Molybdenum  Cruise_Control   SC     Necro  87     1.25  2018-06-02  No    128    101      22      -
Burgomaster3     Hastur           SC     Druid  86     1.14  2018-07-02  Yes     -      -       -      -
Smittyphi        TheLongRun       SC     Sorc   85     1.11  2018-05-28  Yes    30      -     Yes      -
DaveW            Long_Term        SC     Sorc   84     0.97  2018-05-02  Yes Heaps      -    Lots     30+
sanguillen       GordonChen-UT    HC     Necro  81     0.80  2018-07-29  Yes     -      -       -      -
Xul's Gull       Xul              HC     Necro  81     0.74  2018-03-26  No      -      -       -      -
Vildecor         Trina            SC     Ama    80     0.68  2018-06-07  Yes     -      -       0      -
ioupainmax       Durnik           SC     Pala   79     0.63  2018-06-28  Yes   177    111       0      -
Burton Roberts   Arizona          SC     Ama    56     0.08  2018-06-12  No      -      -      15     38
Lord Molybdenum  Essa             SC     Sorc   55     0.08  2018-06-02  No     20     19       5      -
AlexTheNextOne   Orion            SC     Pala   49     0.00  2018-07-22  No     14      -       0     26
Pijus            AGoodBoy         HC     Druid  45     0.00  2018-05-29  Yes     -      -       -      -
kstuart          Nena             SC     Sorc   30     0.00  2018-07-22  Yes     -      -       -      -
RIP              Espada           HC     Necro  24     0.00  2018-06-01  Yes     -     13       -      -
DaveHutt         Alice            SC     Ama    13     0.00  2018-05-18  Yes     -      -       1      -
[HIGHLIGHT]Resting Heroes[/HIGHLIGHT]
Rich (BB code):
Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
---------------  ---------------  -----  -----  -----  ----  ----------  ---  ----  -----  ------  -----
hasuprotoss      Reina            SC     Sorc   97     2.96  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes  1751    384       -      -
Tarantella       Tarasha          HC     Sorc   96     2.72  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Grim             Furious_Blonde   SC     Ama    96     2.72  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
XyleneCyanol     Fishie           HC     Sorc   95     2.49  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -      -
ThomasJohnsen    xInTheBuffx      HC     Sorc   95     2.49  2017-03-31  Yes     -      -       -      -
NamelessPenguin  Rockatansky      SC     Barb   95     2.49  2017-12-14  Yes     -      -       -      -
Dezrok           Salome           SC     Sorc   95     2.49  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   792    318       -      -
Reyz             Qty              SC     Sorc   93     2.10  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -      -
Me2Nik           Fugu             HC     Ama    93     2.10  2018-02-05  Yes    80      -       -      -
Chaostar         Prairie          SC     Sorc   91     1.76  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   659    261      12    126
OldSoldier       Battleforge      HC     Pala   91     1.76  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -    236       -      -
kyndig           DrearyAura       HC     Sorc   91     1.76  2018-02-20  Yes     -      -       -      -
tokerdin         tokeress         SC     Sorc   91     1.76  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Southpaw         Njord            SC     Druid  90     1.62  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Qwernt           CanbeOnlyBlizz   SC     Sorc   90     1.62  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       ?      ?
MercMan          Este             SC     Ama    90     1.62  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes  1212    278       2      ?
Lynchgrinch      Tattersail       SC     Sorc   89     1.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -    321       ?      ?
LiquidClear      Sally            SC     Sin    **     1.36  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   225      -       1      -
liquid_mage      zDadColdSorc     SC     Sorc   **     1.36  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -    160       -      -
Neksja           Turirao          SC     Druid  87     1.25  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   191    124       5      -
Gladstone        Socrates         HC     Druid  86     1.15  YYYY-MM-DD  -       -      -       -      -
hackedagainanda  Hugo             HC     Necro  85     1.05  2017-12-17  Yes     -      -       -      -
Naturallog       Athos            HC     Barb   84     0.96  YYYY-MM-DD  No    159    105       0      -
Qwernt           AmaAgainstAll    SC     Sorc   81     0.74  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Gambit           Mallenroh        SC     Sorc   81     0.74  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     0      0       0      0
Lord Molybdenum  But_Why          SC     Sin    81     0.74  YYYY-MM-DD  No     55     51      53      -
aarrgus          Acala            SC     Barb   80     0.68  2017-12-30  Yes     -      -       5      -
Jean Avila       SpeedAdict       SC     Ama    77     0.52  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -     50
logoutzero       Digimon          HC     Necro  76     0.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes    85     65       0      -
TwentyMuleTeam   Rayne            SC     Sorc   76     0.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   195    140       -      ?
Gripphon         Ryu              SC     Sorc   76     0.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       ?     13
Darke Rahl       Bells            HC     Ama    74     0.40  YYYY-MM-DD  No     19      -       0      -
Smittyphi        SliceNDice       SC     Sin    70     0.30  2018-03-27  Yes    15      -       6      -
Xul's Gull       Araphel          HC     Necro  60     0.12  2017-12-21  No      -      -       -      -
Sleepybear123    Rob_theBarb      HC     Barb   50     0.05  2018-01-06  Yes     -      -       -     10
Klonki           Dualizt_Ann      SC     Sorc   48     0.01  2018-02-24  Yes     -      8       -      9
TrU              Henryk           SC     Barb   41     0.02  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -      22     12
Gambit           Colossus         SC     Pala   39     0.02  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     0      0       0      0
Smancer          Smancer          SC     Necro  26     0.00  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     1      -       -      -
drmalawi         Liv              SC     Sorc   24     0.00  2018-05-01  Yes     -      -       0      -
BKC              FearsomeFreddie  SC     Necro  23     0.00  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Ergroilnin       Erilinda         HC     Sorc   20     0.00  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -      -

[HIGHLIGHT]The Fallen[/HIGHLIGHT]
Rich (BB code):
Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
---------------  ---------------  -----  -----  -----  ----  ----------  ---  ----  -----  ------  -----
Bewitch          itsreal          HC     Sorc   87     1.xx  2018-04-24  No      -      -       -      -
MizzouFTW        Pure             HC     Necro  86     1.15  2018-01-10  Yes     -      -       1      -
Vildecor         Celia            HC     Ama    84     0.99  2018-05-30  Yes   125     97       1      -
coju             NintyNine_orRiP  HC     Sorc   81     0.74  2016-04-07  Yes     -      -       1      -
TwentyMuleTeam   Valus            HC     Barb   76     0.48  2016-10-27  Yes     -      -       1      -
Pb_pal           Stevesy          HC     Pala   76     0.48  2017-06-19  Yes     -      -       1      -
weezaard         Cypher           SC     Druid  66     0.00  2018-02-21  Yes     -      -      20+     -
Tenecabo         OldShatterhand   HC     Druid  49     0.04  2016-06-16  Yes     -      0       1      -
Pijus            Pyrestarter      HC     Druid  36     0.00  2018-05-21  Yes     -      -       1      -
coju             fB               HC     Sorc   29     0.00  2016-04-09  Yes     1      1       1      2
Kitteh           Verallus         HC     Druid  26     0.00  2016-03-25  No      -      -       1      -
logoutzero       Rolex            HC     Barb   21     0.00  2016-03-26  Yes     0      0       1      1
 
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@Yng Nice progress !!! I forgot you still have Ancients left. In that case, you'll finish your journey well before I will, especially considering I won't be playing Neverland until the MFO ends.

Btw, I haven't realized this before, but 4 people on the way from 98 to 99, and two more already past 97 ... ?! All on top of the 6 people who already finished the journey. This iteration of the untwinked 99ers is just so epic !!!
 
@Yng Nope, Hell Ancients was done way back when I got to lvl98. So no magical 40mil boost at this point, just straight up grind. Good job on saving yours, though my personal recommendation is to do them at 40.1mil left, so you don't level up at Ancients because that's just lame. Show some respect to your character and finish up by beating Nihlathak for one last time. Just don't die on the way there...
 
I’ll continue the theme with post-MFO warmup updates. But first want to echo the congrats on progress—the tourneys really help keep things fresh on the way to 99—and epic-ness of the untwinked 99er reboot. :cool: Thanks to @Kitteh for launching it and the SPF for making it so great!

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Pestilence is half way to level 97, moving from 95.5 to just short of 96.35 during the 20 hours, with one dumb death as he got close to 96 mixed in, and getting the rest of the way in a few days after he finished his set.

His MFO warmup results are here, with key progress updates here (hitting 96 just short of the 10-hour mark), here (including one of three item upgrades for him along the way with a 6th fungal charm!), and here (with a 40MF Gheeds for his second upgrade). The third item upgrade was Griffon’s, which beats his 1/20 circlet due to +1 all skills helping BO (no useful secondary mods on either). And the roll was solid to boot:
Code:
Griffon's Eye
Diadem
Defense: 234
Durability: 19 of 20
Required Level: 76
Fingerprint: 0xab4bab6d
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to All Skills
+25% Faster Cast Rate
-18% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+14% to Lightning Skill Damage
+177 Defense
He also picked up another Darkforce Spawn and a 5/5 cold facet in the final stretch to 96.5. So, all in all, a very nice stretch. And surprisingly solid progress from the Pit at this level, so the point that I will do some serious testing to consider continuing there or moving to Nihl from 97-98 rather than CS runs.

But that’s still a ways off! First things first is to get back to Phaedrus, hoping to get to 98.2 before MFO, while also progressing my S/U tourney zon so she can partake in Pindle for MFO. I may mix in some runs with Pestilence, but it’s unlikely he’ll make much more progress toward 97 until after my September vacation (unless I neglect Phaedrus in favor of Pit runs . . . we’ll see :)).

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[HIGHLIGHT]Hall of Fame[/HIGHLIGHT]
Rich (BB code):
Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
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zticazzy         Perkele          SC     Barb   99     3.52  2016-07-12  No      -      -       -      -
Pb_pal           Eleanor          SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2016-11-09  No   3068    437       5      -
NanoMist         Izuna            SC     Sin    99     3.52  2016-12-25  No   5109    470       4    360
PhineasB         Mercy            SC     Sin    99     3.52  2017-05-23  Yes     -    475      11      -
PhineasB         Hiatus           SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2017-12-25  Yes     -    471      21      -
ffs              HelpYourself     SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2018-04-29  Yes     -    447       -      -
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Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
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Neksja           Aura             SC     Pala   98.8   3.46  2018-07-29  Yes  lots    476       -      -
T72on1           Neverland        SC     Sorc   98.66  3.42  2018-07-29  Yes  lots    480      13    300+
Yng              Sophie           SC     Sorc   98.44  3.35  2018-07-14  Yes     -      -      10      -
PhineasB         Phaedrus         SC     Pala   98.1   3.26  2018-07-10  Yes     -    370      13      -
ffs              Ric              SC     Necro  97     2.96  2018-07-10  Yes     -      -       -      -
darkstarhub      Neptune          SC     Sorc   97     2.96  2018-07-23  Yes     -    470       -      - 
Bewitch          itssoftcore      SC     Sorc   96     2.85  2018-07-02  Yes     -      -       -      -
PhineasB         Pestilence       SC     Necro  96     2.84  2018-07-31  Yes     -      -       -      -
Ashenshugar      Natur            SC     Druid  96     2.71  2018-04-24  Yes  2529      -       -      -
Gynli            Amazon           SC     Ama    96     2.71  2018-06-14  Yes     -      -       -      -
CrustyRusty      Space_Oddity     SC     Ama    95     2.49  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
RIP              Kaira_II         HC     Sin    94     2.32  2018-07-03  Yes     -    318       -      -
Zenigma          Ayura            SC     Barb   93     2.11  2018-04-26  No      -      -       -      -
Pb_pal           Klaus            HC     Druid  93     2.09  2018-06-21  Yes     -      -       -      -
Potent           Challenge(CL)    SC     Sorc   92     1.96  2018-07-30  no      -      -       -      -
Hutton           Terrahork        HC     Barb   91     1.81  2018-07-30  Yes     -      -       -      -
Lord Molybdenum  Verisimilitude   SC     Ama    90     1.62  2018-06-02  No     98     77       3      -
Trapin'          ceegee           SC     Pala   90     1.62  2018-07-04  No      -      -       -      -
Zenigma          Gnosis           SC     Druid  89     1.56  2018-04-26  No      -      -       -      -
T72on1           ShouldBeEasy     HC     Pala   8_8    1.36  2018-06-26  Yes    59     52      NA     42
Lord Molybdenum  Cruise_Control   SC     Necro  87     1.25  2018-06-02  No    128    101      22      -
Burgomaster3     Hastur           SC     Druid  86     1.14  2018-07-02  Yes     -      -       -      -
Smittyphi        TheLongRun       SC     Sorc   85     1.11  2018-05-28  Yes    30      -     Yes      -
DaveW            Long_Term        SC     Sorc   84     0.97  2018-05-02  Yes Heaps      -    Lots     30+
sanguillen       GordonChen-UT    HC     Necro  81     0.80  2018-07-29  Yes     -      -       -      -
Xul's Gull       Xul              HC     Necro  81     0.74  2018-03-26  No      -      -       -      -
Vildecor         Trina            SC     Ama    80     0.68  2018-06-07  Yes     -      -       0      -
ioupainmax       Durnik           SC     Pala   79     0.63  2018-06-28  Yes   177    111       0      -
Burton Roberts   Arizona          SC     Ama    56     0.08  2018-06-12  No      -      -      15     38
Lord Molybdenum  Essa             SC     Sorc   55     0.08  2018-06-02  No     20     19       5      -
AlexTheNextOne   Orion            SC     Pala   49     0.00  2018-07-22  No     14      -       0     26
Pijus            AGoodBoy         HC     Druid  45     0.00  2018-05-29  Yes     -      -       -      -
kstuart          Nena             SC     Sorc   30     0.00  2018-07-22  Yes     -      -       -      -
RIP              Espada           HC     Necro  24     0.00  2018-06-01  Yes     -     13       -      -
DaveHutt         Alice            SC     Ama    13     0.00  2018-05-18  Yes     -      -       1      -
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Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
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hasuprotoss      Reina            SC     Sorc   97     2.96  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes  1751    384       -      -
Tarantella       Tarasha          HC     Sorc   96     2.72  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Grim             Furious_Blonde   SC     Ama    96     2.72  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
XyleneCyanol     Fishie           HC     Sorc   95     2.49  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -      -
ThomasJohnsen    xInTheBuffx      HC     Sorc   95     2.49  2017-03-31  Yes     -      -       -      -
NamelessPenguin  Rockatansky      SC     Barb   95     2.49  2017-12-14  Yes     -      -       -      -
Dezrok           Salome           SC     Sorc   95     2.49  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   792    318       -      -
Reyz             Qty              SC     Sorc   93     2.10  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -      -
Me2Nik           Fugu             HC     Ama    93     2.10  2018-02-05  Yes    80      -       -      -
Chaostar         Prairie          SC     Sorc   91     1.76  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   659    261      12    126
OldSoldier       Battleforge      HC     Pala   91     1.76  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -    236       -      -
kyndig           DrearyAura       HC     Sorc   91     1.76  2018-02-20  Yes     -      -       -      -
tokerdin         tokeress         SC     Sorc   91     1.76  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Southpaw         Njord            SC     Druid  90     1.62  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Qwernt           CanbeOnlyBlizz   SC     Sorc   90     1.62  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       ?      ?
MercMan          Este             SC     Ama    90     1.62  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes  1212    278       2      ?
Lynchgrinch      Tattersail       SC     Sorc   89     1.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -    321       ?      ?
LiquidClear      Sally            SC     Sin    **     1.36  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   225      -       1      -
liquid_mage      zDadColdSorc     SC     Sorc   **     1.36  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -    160       -      -
Neksja           Turirao          SC     Druid  87     1.25  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   191    124       5      -
Gladstone        Socrates         HC     Druid  86     1.15  YYYY-MM-DD  -       -      -       -      -
hackedagainanda  Hugo             HC     Necro  85     1.05  2017-12-17  Yes     -      -       -      -
Naturallog       Athos            HC     Barb   84     0.96  YYYY-MM-DD  No    159    105       0      -
Qwernt           AmaAgainstAll    SC     Sorc   81     0.74  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Gambit           Mallenroh        SC     Sorc   81     0.74  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     0      0       0      0
Lord Molybdenum  But_Why          SC     Sin    81     0.74  YYYY-MM-DD  No     55     51      53      -
aarrgus          Acala            SC     Barb   80     0.68  2017-12-30  Yes     -      -       5      -
Jean Avila       SpeedAdict       SC     Ama    77     0.52  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -     50
logoutzero       Digimon          HC     Necro  76     0.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes    85     65       0      -
TwentyMuleTeam   Rayne            SC     Sorc   76     0.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   195    140       -      ?
Gripphon         Ryu              SC     Sorc   76     0.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       ?     13
Darke Rahl       Bells            HC     Ama    74     0.40  YYYY-MM-DD  No     19      -       0      -
Smittyphi        SliceNDice       SC     Sin    70     0.30  2018-03-27  Yes    15      -       6      -
Xul's Gull       Araphel          HC     Necro  60     0.12  2017-12-21  No      -      -       -      -
Sleepybear123    Rob_theBarb      HC     Barb   50     0.05  2018-01-06  Yes     -      -       -     10
Klonki           Dualizt_Ann      SC     Sorc   48     0.01  2018-02-24  Yes     -      8       -      9
TrU              Henryk           SC     Barb   41     0.02  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -      22     12
Gambit           Colossus         SC     Pala   39     0.02  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     0      0       0      0
Smancer          Smancer          SC     Necro  26     0.00  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     1      -       -      -
drmalawi         Liv              SC     Sorc   24     0.00  2018-05-01  Yes     -      -       0      -
BKC              FearsomeFreddie  SC     Necro  23     0.00  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Ergroilnin       Erilinda         HC     Sorc   20     0.00  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -      -

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Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
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Bewitch          itsreal          HC     Sorc   87     1.xx  2018-04-24  No      -      -       -      -
MizzouFTW        Pure             HC     Necro  86     1.15  2018-01-10  Yes     -      -       1      -
Vildecor         Celia            HC     Ama    84     0.99  2018-05-30  Yes   125     97       1      -
coju             NintyNine_orRiP  HC     Sorc   81     0.74  2016-04-07  Yes     -      -       1      -
TwentyMuleTeam   Valus            HC     Barb   76     0.48  2016-10-27  Yes     -      -       1      -
Pb_pal           Stevesy          HC     Pala   76     0.48  2017-06-19  Yes     -      -       1      -
weezaard         Cypher           SC     Druid  66     0.00  2018-02-21  Yes     -      -      20+     -
Tenecabo         OldShatterhand   HC     Druid  49     0.04  2016-06-16  Yes     -      0       1      -
Pijus            Pyrestarter      HC     Druid  36     0.00  2018-05-21  Yes     -      -       1      -
coju             fB               HC     Sorc   29     0.00  2016-04-09  Yes     1      1       1      2
Kitteh           Verallus         HC     Druid  26     0.00  2016-03-25  No      -      -       1      -
logoutzero       Rolex            HC     Barb   21     0.00  2016-03-26  Yes     0      0       1      1
 
Interesting about Pits as good xp source even at level 96. Well not surprising that it still works, but that it could maybe even beat CS and Nihl for you. With my Blizzard Sorc I had the impression that CS was better (than AT, admittedly) from level 93 or so on. Although those are obviously two completely different characters, and I didn't have the xp tool available at the time, nor did I do some significant testing.

Still, just shows that it won't hurt to do some testing, and we may still find new or at least additional ways to make it work. Which also makes the 99er compendium an 'always-in-progress' sort of guide, I guess :).
 
Curious how effective Bone Spear is for P8 Vizier/Infector since PN apparently has issues clearing it at a competitive speed? It would transition nicely to a Nihlathak runner at 98 as well (he has 70 base poison resistance compared to 25 base magic resistance). Just a thought.

E: 0 base magic resistance for Vizier and Infector. ;)
 
I think Necro always comes down to how to get the first corpses fast and then blow everything else up with CE. So Nihl or Vizier/Infector resists won't matter that much. Venomancer has the advantage of already weakening enemies, and as such needing less corpses to be able to chain CE. At least that was my experience at Cows.
 
@Yng for Nihlathak, PN was stronger than Bone Spear in my tests above by a huge margin (some ~8-10 seconds run time difference). As far as CS goes, IMO Summoner is best for P1/P7 and PN is best for P8 Seals. Bone Spear for P8 seals I didn't try, it would have been worth a shot for sure as it might have been slightly faster than Fishymancer. But at least for 97-98, Fishymancer running P1/P7 is fastest for me in any case.

The issue with P8 Seal runs is the Infector seal crowd being fire immune and having high HP, which greatly hurts CE damage on high player settings. Those guys are kind of swarming you, so the linear AoE of Bone Spear will leave many of them at full HP, whereas PN will weaken all of them and surrounding mobs which helps a ton for clearing the seal. With DWeb, their PR is also not that much of an issue. The problem for PN is rather that you can get swarmed and will need to reposition (as @PhineasB had mentioned). But that issue is the same for Bone Spear. Less of a problem for Summoners, but these lack the AoE of PN. Bone Spear's AoE is better than Summoner, but might not be faster in the end when having to reposition from time to time.

I'm very curious as to @PhineasB's XP gain numbers for the different targets once he hits 97. P8 Nihl or P8 seals are the two approaches where a Novamancer could be faster than a Summoner running P1/P7 CS or P8/P3 Baal for 97-98. I've improved my Baal run times a bit with a couple of tweaks, and it's tough to beat for Necros at 97-98 I think. However, I killed Ancients some time ago. Factoring in the quest might just be enough to change things for Necro strategies, given the very similar XP gain in the areas mentioned.
 
Just to clarify, I’ve done no PvM testing on Necro for any of these type of runs so take my comments as just throwing out ideas and with a grain of salt.

If the big issue is positioning and the Infector seal “swarming” wouldn’t Bone Spear be much better for that purpose? PN is effectively forced to used Lower Resists (I’m assuming?) while Bone Spear can use any CC curse to keep them occupied until that first corpse is up then swap to Amp and chain CE. The Infector “wing” of CS is actually fairly narrow as well so if they’re occupied Bone Spear should be able to hit most of the pack simulataneously since it pierces. Hell, Bone Wall should also serve pretty well for the purpose of keeping them away from you as well. Might be worth it to skip Stone Skin Infector rolls.
 
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Interesting about Pits as good xp source even at level 96. Well not surprising that it still works, but that it could maybe even beat CS and Nihl for you.
In fairness, I didn't do real thorough testing in CS or attempt to play around too much with gear, as I knew he would be running the Pit for the MFO warmup tourney anyhow.

So it will be important to do some more thorough tests when he hits 97. In the meantime, I've spent some time looking at numbers and comparing to testing others have done (with Necros and in general at 96, 97 and 98) and will post a more detailed write-up on my thinking when I have time this weekend.
 
@Yng I wouldn't say being swarmed is the main issue, but rather that CE is not very effective vs Infector (and as a result monsters staying alive just leads to them approaching). It's irrespective of which skill is used to support CE, though PN does the best job in that regard with its overall higher DPS, hitting all monsters given its radial AoE. It's possible that Bone Spear outperforms Summoner for P8 seals though, maybe someone will test this. Like I said for me it doesn't make sense anymore at this point.

@PhineasB Looking forward to your testing, in particular for Nihl. I feel I've narrowed it down to the general approach I'll be going with, but there's lots of tweaking to be done, different sequences for curses etc. At some point I'll need to do some number crunching as well in terms of LR vs AD and weapon choice. I admit I'm dreaming of a Death's Web drop in time for 98-99. :rolleyes: Also what I thought is interesting is that apparently 98-99 will "only" take ~1.4-1.5 times longer than 97-98, much smaller difference than for other characters. I guess it's just because Necro seems to be a decent Nihl runner, whereas sub-98 he's significantly slower than other characters in later levels...

But it's a long way to go, currently Ric is at 97.1 and I'm not really focusing on him at the moment. Though I am looking forward to a little friendly side-competition as to becoming the first SPF untwinked 99er Necro. ;)
 
GordonChen took out Hephasto in Hell last night, and was finally rewarded with a decent Hellforge rune after getting Eld and Sol with the first two. He was happy to see an Um drop, and seeing as I don't really see many other options for a merc that is already equipped with Insight, I plan on making a Duress Ornate Plate for him to finally get him some Crushing Blow. Then I'll either craft a Blood Helm, or maybe try to gamble a circlet/coronet with life leech on it first, to replace the LL lost when replacing Skin of the Flayed One with Duress.
 
Then I'll either craft a Blood Helm, or maybe try to gamble a circlet/coronet with life leech on it first, to replace the LL lost when replacing Skin of the Flayed One with Duress.

Not sure if you use extended stash, but if you do, take a look at your Normal uniques. Stuff like Undead Crown, Wormskull have life leech on them, which might work as a temporary solution. In Exceptional uniques you have some decent stuff like Stealskull and Crown of Thieves, and arguably the best Merc helmet, Vampire Gaze. While crafts/gambles are a good backup option, rummage through your stashes first. I always keep forgetting that there are so many useful items in the game, if you only use them as temporary solutions instead of permanent!
 
I do use extended stash but an untwinked stash is a far cry from the regular stashes I have otherwise and as such, GordonChen has yet to find any of those so far (though he did just manage to find a Reaper's Toll in the AT, which is of course pretty pointless for a Necro, so I've muled it away for my Frenzy barb). That being said, those are all highly viable solutions for sure....if I can find one! :)
 
Hi guys,

After a hiatus for more than a year of not playing Diablo II, real life finally allows for some more gaming again.
So today I reinstalled the game and GoMule and I was happy to find all my characters and stashes right where I left them.

Today will be used to play with some of my favourite chars and afterwards the time is right for a new challenge...
I was still lurking quite actively last year and especially this thread fueled the desire to play again. Even though I have a hammerdin, semi-twinked, parked @ level 97 and I painfully remember the long and steep climb from 96 > 97. A prospect that kind of frightens me. However, that was wthout using the knowledge here that will ensure a swift rise to level 99 ;-).

To the point, I have currently three different builds I would like to try.

1 Novamancer: this character and its sheer strenght is really something I look forward to exploring, however, I have a very nice Dweb in my stash which I want to use for him and using that kind of defeats the purpose of untwinked, so thats a no-go.

2 Frost maiden: I have seen some very nice videos about her and its a nice change on the standard cold damage dealers. However, in my stash I have 3 nice fletcher+life skillers, so same story as above.

3 Wind druid: this character I have been wanting to make for a very long time, and I have not found any +5/+6 nado pelt, so no argument as above :). I have never ever played a wind druid or used skills of the elemental three. An extra bonus is that no druid has completed the challenge yet, although "Natur" and "Klaus" are quite far...

I kind of made my mind up that I will make a wind druid,so a couple of questions:
- What do you guys think of using a wind druid for the untwinked 99'er challenge? Viable?
- How easy/ difficult are the primary attacks to master? I read about tornado's having a mind of their own.
- What advice do you have for skill progression?
- Which skills work well besides the synergies for hurricane and tornado? Oak sage/ Heart of the wolverine/ vines/ Grizzly?
- Where do you suggest to let this guy farm uniques and runes? Is he a descent LK runner?
- What item setup do you suggest for windy and merc? Links to descent builds?

I really look forward to playing the game untwinked again and trying out this build. Furthermore, with all those high level runners in the tables we need some low levels as well to keep this going :).

Now, which name to choose...

Cheers.
 
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