Random Tournament 2024!
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DarkMaster
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It's a D2R bug they introduced in patch 2.7, naturally they didn't fix it during their most recent "bug fixes" patch 2.7.3 (they only changed D2R's age requirement in Korea lol). There's some more info about it here:
Decoy "dying in one hit" bug explained, courtesy of Bonesy
Bonesy from D2R-Modding wrote this up after he did some research on why Decoy isn’t working properly after patch 2.7 and asked me to share it here. I’ll put Bonesy’s post in this quotation box to distinguish it from my own text: [BUG] Decoy There are several issues with Decoy using the...
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TL;DR: Decoy's life and resistance bonuses stack repeatedly with any skill casts (even non-Decoy skills), becoming tankier and tankier until it eventually rolls over and dies to anything in 1 hit. Also some other issues with double/triple/quadruple dipping on life% bonuses from Battle Orders and such.
My progress has slowed a bit with my Amazon. I have defeated NM Baal and I'm plugging away in NM Terror Zones. Currently at level 75. She does just fine in NM but I don't feel great about moving ahead to Hell difficulty just yet. Catacombs are Terrorized at a good time for me the next three nights in a row, so I might try my luck there to see if Andy gives me any nice pieces of gear.
Meantime, I am thinking about playing a second character for a bit while I take the slow-and-steady approach with my Amazon.
Can somebody please roll me a random character out of the following classes? (Assassin, Barbarian, Necromancer, Paladin)
Meantime, I am thinking about playing a second character for a bit while I take the slow-and-steady approach with my Amazon.
Can somebody please roll me a random character out of the following classes? (Assassin, Barbarian, Necromancer, Paladin)
Sure, sorry for the delay was out of town on vacation with the family.
(3) Necromancer
(3) Summoning Tree, (14) Corpse Explosion, (15) Bone Wall, (25) Terror, (30) Lower Resist
(10) Light Plate, (8) Gothic Shield, (1) Cap, (2) Zombie Head
(1) Wand, (2) Yew Wand, (2) Dirk
July's 2024 Roll:
(2) Leather Armor, (4) Studded Leather Armor, (14) Full Plate Mail
(9) Circlet, (5) Spiked Shield
(15) All Boots, (2) Heavy Leather Gloves, (5) Gauntlets, (2) Light Belt
(5) Crystal Sword, (19) War Scythe, (6) Long Battle Bow, (9) Throwing Spear
(2) Leather Armor, (4) Studded Leather Armor, (14) Full Plate Mail
(9) Circlet, (5) Spiked Shield
(15) All Boots, (2) Heavy Leather Gloves, (5) Gauntlets, (2) Light Belt
(5) Crystal Sword, (19) War Scythe, (6) Long Battle Bow, (9) Throwing Spear
These are some very nice rolls—thanks @Vang ! Summons + Corpse Explosion is an OP combo. And I can get Amo Damage and/or Decrepify off a wand or shrunken head. Should be a relatively easy run.
Jcakes
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Act 1 Hell is done. Initially tried it on /players 3 but was a bit too slow for my taste, so the latter stages were done at /players 1. I don't tend to full clear hell on my single pass characters as I get a bit fed-up with the slow clear speed. Plus I am rushing to get to Guardian. The only real notable drop was a 4 socket CV, which could be used for an insight if my merc could wield it ....
Otherwise on to Act 2.
I'm going to finish the necromancer I think today or tomorrow or at latest friday, so I want to get a jump on it, Can I get an Assassin rolled up please.
Whelp this just happened..
Jcakes
Well-known member
Sorry about the Deeds @Vang.
Here is your Assassin (I think I did it right)
30 Traps
10 Phoenix Strike, 8 Blades of Ice
15 Cloak of Shadows, 12 Psychic Hammer
Helm = 5 Great Helm,
Armor = 12 Plate Mail
Shield = 7 Bone Shield
Claws = 6 Blade Talons, 3 Hatchet Hands
1-handed = 16 Mace
July's Rolls
(2) Leather Armor, (4) Studded Leather Armor, (14) Full Plate Mail
(9) Circlet, (5) Spiked Shield
(15) All Boots, (2) Heavy Leather Gloves, (5) Gauntlets, (2) Light Belt
(5) Crystal Sword, (19) War Scythe, (6) Long Battle Bow, (9) Throwing Spear
That stinks! Dolls?
At least @Jcakes hooked you up with some solid rolls for your next character. Good luck with the Trapsin!
TwentyMu|eTeam
Member
Hey guys, just got d2r, haven't played in awhile. This looks fun! Could somebody roll me a char? Anything but sorc please.
I've got you covered! You got (3) Barbarian. I'll update this post in a minute after I finish rolling the skills and items. Nice avatar of the Boognish btw
Here is your random Barbarian:
(8) Warcries, (15) Throwing Mastery, (17) Increased Stamina, (21) Bash, (29) Whirlwind
Weapons: (8) War Sword, (3) Giant Sword
Helm: (2) Skull Cap
Armor: (10) Light Plate
Shield: (3) Large Shield
Barb. Helm: (1) Jawbone Cap
July's Rolls
(2) Leather Armor, (4) Studded Leather Armor, (14) Full Plate Mail
(9) Circlet, (5) Spiked Shield
(15) All Boots, (2) Heavy Leather Gloves, (5) Gauntlets, (2) Light Belt
(5) Crystal Sword, (19) War Scythe, (6) Long Battle Bow, (9) Throwing Spear
Interesting mix of rolls. If you don't want to play a War Cry build then I guess Whirlwind is the way to go. Good luck!
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TwentyMu|eTeam
Member
Thanks fellow ween fanI've got you covered! You got (3) Barbarian. I'll update this post in a minute after I finish rolling the skills and items. Nice avatar of the Boognish btw
Looking forward to giving this a go. Cheers!
TwentyMu|eTeam
Member
Just need a little clarification;
- White/socketable items are available to use as you see fit, though no runeword can be made from them. (For instance, you could add 3 Rals to a long bow and use it)
Yep, that's correct.
Magic, Rare, Set, Unique, and Runeword items have to use the base item that you were rolled. E.g. in your case for weapons: War Sword, Giant Sword, and the July rolls Crystal Sword, War Scythe, Long Battle Bow, and Throwing Spear.
All white and grey items are fair game as long as you don't make runewords in them. Early on, for example, you could load up a 3os Broad Sword or Long Sword with gems or runes for extra damage, like RalRalRal or TalTalTal. Or load up any grey armor you find with Topazs for MF. But if you wanted to make a 'Stealth' armor then you'd have to do it in one of Light Plate, Leather Armor, Studded Leather Armor, or Full Plate Mail, as those were your rolls.
Jcakes
Well-known member
DONE
Although stupidly I just save and exited instead of going through the portal so didn't get the nice Guardian splash screen
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I don't think I did write ups for Act 2,3,4. So I will see what I can remember.
Act 2 - The only really challenging place was the maggot lair. I couldn't do anything against the maggots so relied on Valk + the Merc to kill them. This was an exercise in frustration and resulted in a lot of TPs to relocate them.
I ended up socketing the Nats helm I found with a P-Amethyst so the Merc could wield a CV insight. I can't recall if this was done here or later, but once I did it significantly improved his kills speed. He still drank pots like they were going out of fashion though....
I actually full cleared the tombs for a bit of extra experience, surprisingly not many poison immune in there.
Act 3 - Jungle was easy enough, just did the bare minimum to get through. There was no stair trap in the ruined temple luckily so the Lam Essen Tome was easy enough to get. Durance of Hate was a little painful. Stygian Dolls are poison immune so had to take them on carefully. I did end-up running around some packs (leaving them with a decoy) when I got bored of waiting for Merc to kill them.
Act 4 - again surprisingly not too bad. The non-poison immunes died quick enough while the Valk and merc soaked up damage.
This was used in a 3os eth great hauberk to make a treachery for the Merc
Pretty much all the Act Boss drops were terrible lol.
Finally Act 5. Being so close to the end I skipped through much of this act (particularly when there were poison immunes). I full cleared the bloody foothills and cleared most of the frigid highland. Arreat plateau had a few too many poison immunes so I mostly ran through it using decoy to dodge.
I saved Anya without too much trouble, but decided to skip Nihlathuk and Pindle. Skipped most of the Glacial Trail and Frozen Tundra (had a really lucky glacial trail map).
The Ancients Way had a good mob type so i spent some time clearing it just in case of items or exp. Ancients themselves were relatively easy. I separate Talik from the other two with an invulnerable decoy and between Merc, Valk and Plague Javelin they died relatively easily. Talik did kill my merc unfortunately, but the valk + me where more than enough to take him down.
WSK was uneventful. No gloams (which I was dreading for their high phys resist +poison immunity).
Throne of Destruction was similarly relatively easy to clear and the only wave that gave me any trouble was Listers. Ventars wave were surprisingly easy for the Valk + Merc to kill. I think slow missile helps a bit to reduce their damage output and I fought them far enough away from baal.
Listers group took forever to kill. I managed to separate them with decoys, but even still the poison damage was just a tickle and if anything was just stopping their natural regeneration. I finally managed to get them caught in a corner fighting the valk + decoy while the merc did most of the damage.
Baal fight was also tedious, just run around throwing plague javelins at him until he eventually succumbed.
Although stupidly I just save and exited instead of going through the portal so didn't get the nice Guardian splash screen
.I don't think I did write ups for Act 2,3,4. So I will see what I can remember.
Act 2 - The only really challenging place was the maggot lair. I couldn't do anything against the maggots so relied on Valk + the Merc to kill them. This was an exercise in frustration and resulted in a lot of TPs to relocate them.
I ended up socketing the Nats helm I found with a P-Amethyst so the Merc could wield a CV insight. I can't recall if this was done here or later, but once I did it significantly improved his kills speed. He still drank pots like they were going out of fashion though....
I actually full cleared the tombs for a bit of extra experience, surprisingly not many poison immune in there.
Act 3 - Jungle was easy enough, just did the bare minimum to get through. There was no stair trap in the ruined temple luckily so the Lam Essen Tome was easy enough to get. Durance of Hate was a little painful. Stygian Dolls are poison immune so had to take them on carefully. I did end-up running around some packs (leaving them with a decoy) when I got bored of waiting for Merc to kill them.
Act 4 - again surprisingly not too bad. The non-poison immunes died quick enough while the Valk and merc soaked up damage.
This was used in a 3os eth great hauberk to make a treachery for the Merc
Pretty much all the Act Boss drops were terrible lol.
Finally Act 5. Being so close to the end I skipped through much of this act (particularly when there were poison immunes). I full cleared the bloody foothills and cleared most of the frigid highland. Arreat plateau had a few too many poison immunes so I mostly ran through it using decoy to dodge.
I saved Anya without too much trouble, but decided to skip Nihlathuk and Pindle. Skipped most of the Glacial Trail and Frozen Tundra (had a really lucky glacial trail map).
The Ancients Way had a good mob type so i spent some time clearing it just in case of items or exp. Ancients themselves were relatively easy. I separate Talik from the other two with an invulnerable decoy and between Merc, Valk and Plague Javelin they died relatively easily. Talik did kill my merc unfortunately, but the valk + me where more than enough to take him down.
WSK was uneventful. No gloams (which I was dreading for their high phys resist +poison immunity).
Throne of Destruction was similarly relatively easy to clear and the only wave that gave me any trouble was Listers. Ventars wave were surprisingly easy for the Valk + Merc to kill. I think slow missile helps a bit to reduce their damage output and I fought them far enough away from baal.
Listers group took forever to kill. I managed to separate them with decoys, but even still the poison damage was just a tickle and if anything was just stopping their natural regeneration. I finally managed to get them caught in a corner fighting the valk + decoy while the merc did most of the damage.
Baal fight was also tedious, just run around throwing plague javelins at him until he eventually succumbed.
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SP? D2R? Forum Name Character Name Class Level Post # Location Score
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Yes Yes Jcakes Diana Ama 83 113 Guardian 54
No Yes Vang RagerX Pal 85 3 Guardian 45
No Yes Vang Linda Soc 84 98 Guardian 45
No Yes Vang Johnnie Nec 61 139 NM Act 4 24
Yes Yes Grisu Aegea Ama 60 23 NM Kurast Docks 24
No Yes little birdy fivefeetunder Ama 59 134 NM Lower Kurast 21
Yes Yes Kruemelmonschda Erdbär Dru 53 125 NM Lut Gholein 21
Yes Yes sug_knight DuckPond Ama 38 92 NM Rogue Camp 18
No Yes Vildecor Zerlina Ama 32 147 Frigid Highlands 12
No Yes ranagrande Arek Pal 20 70 Lut Gholein 3
? No Miron ? Nec ? 6 ? ?
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Departed Died against/in
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No Yes little birdy idunno Ass 81 22 River of Flame Hell 39
No Yes Vang ShiftingFool Dru 64 80 Glacial Trail NM 27
No Yes Sven F Urs Dru 42 39 Forgotten Tower NM 15
Yes Yes Vildecor Steinar Pal 34 34 Infector of Souls 9
Yes Yes skoolbus Slaybraham Bar 35 111 Diablo 9
No No SirName RandoCarlissian Sor 21 14 Duriel 3
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I got back to work today with my Amazon. Decided I was bored with NM Terror Zones, which are a bit slow on /p8 with Plague Javs and weren't producing many good drops. I have jumped into Hell instead. My resistances need a boost for sure, but I should be okay for now as long as I'm careful.
I tried to also start the Necro that Vang rolled for me... but my game didn't save the character. Something funky has been happening. I don't know if it's my Switch or the SD card... I might have to delete some stuff again.
I tried to also start the Necro that Vang rolled for me... but my game didn't save the character. Something funky has been happening. I don't know if it's my Switch or the SD card... I might have to delete some stuff again.
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SP? D2R? Forum Name Character Name Class Level Post # Location Score
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Yes Yes Jcakes Diana Ama 83 113 Guardian 54
No Yes Vang RagerX Pal 85 3 Guardian 45
No Yes Vang Linda Soc 84 98 Guardian 45
No Yes little birdy fivefeetunder Ama 76 134 Hell Stoney Field 30
Yes Yes Grisu Aegea Ama 60 23 NM Kurast Docks 24
Yes Yes Kruemelmonschda Erdbär Dru 53 125 NM Lut Gholein 21
Yes Yes sug_knight DuckPond Ama 38 92 NM Rogue Camp 18
No Yes Vildecor Zerlina Ama 32 147 Frigid Highlands 12
No Yes ranagrande Arek Pal 20 70 Lut Gholein 3
? No Miron ? Nec ? 6 ? ?
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Departed Died against/in
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No Yes little birdy idunno Ass 81 22 River of Flame Hell 39
No Yes Vang Johnnie Nec ?? 139 Hell Durance of Hate 36
No Yes Vang ShiftingFool Dru 64 80 Glacial Trail NM 27
No Yes Sven F Urs Dru 42 39 Forgotten Tower NM 15
Yes Yes Vildecor Steinar Pal 34 34 Infector of Souls 9
Yes Yes skoolbus Slaybraham Bar 35 111 Diablo 9
No No SirName RandoCarlissian Sor 21 14 Duriel 3
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------@little birdy switch does that sometimes on SP unfortunately, I got a buddy who has that issue.
