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@pharphis when playing HC I understand your more cautious approach especially lvling mules. NM A4 can be fast too when lvling as until about lvl 55. This gives the toon a chance to increase the BO get to 1.5K+ of life and bigger mana pool and get ready for Hell. If you have Iceblink and leech covered you are much less likely to die. I suggest keeping a mule to store full rejuvies and you should be have enough to get you out some sticky situations if required and through to the A4 Hell
The lvls between 31 - 37 can go slowly in NM when leeching
The lvls between 31 - 37 can go slowly in NM when leeching
ya I think I'm getting bored of leveling mules I might not ever use (don't really have much direction except try to beat hell, atm, since I got all those SoJs) so after I get a few to 30 I think I'll just move on.
My barb has about 1200 life but if I get another 10 levels or so I should be at maybe 1400? BO is almost max so not much more benefit there (maybe 1-2% more) but I plan to pump VIT from here on. I have ~50 dex and ~100 str so I think I'm fine. I also really need some nice rare rings which could easily boost me further. Thankfully I've been putting full rejuvs on my mules
My barb has about 1200 life but if I get another 10 levels or so I should be at maybe 1400? BO is almost max so not much more benefit there (maybe 1-2% more) but I plan to pump VIT from here on. I have ~50 dex and ~100 str so I think I'm fine. I also really need some nice rare rings which could easily boost me further. Thankfully I've been putting full rejuvs on my mules
GalaXyHaXz
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You will do fine in hell with 1k+ life. The game isn't nearly the chore it is later on, and the damage/life ratio of monsters scales much differently. For example an Oblivion Knight:
As you can see the life is greatly increased and damage decreased. But then the damage gets applied bonuses when it hits you. This is why Thorns/Reflected damage is useless in later patches, because monsters have really high life and do low damage. Nonetheless, you'd be better off just going to A4 hell. As long as you have 20% LL or better, you'll be able to handle it.
Don't forget to gamble/Cow King a few uniques for leech, such as Broc's, Etlitch, Undead Crown, etc.
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1.00 1.09
(N)
HP 80-106 80-106
A1 13-29 13-29
A2 10-23 10-23
(NM)
HP 284-376 539-713
A1 34-76 28-62
A2 25-59 21-49
(H)
HP 683-905 1342-1776
A1 58-129 53-117
A2 43-102 39-92As you can see the life is greatly increased and damage decreased. But then the damage gets applied bonuses when it hits you. This is why Thorns/Reflected damage is useless in later patches, because monsters have really high life and do low damage. Nonetheless, you'd be better off just going to A4 hell. As long as you have 20% LL or better, you'll be able to handle it.
Don't forget to gamble/Cow King a few uniques for leech, such as Broc's, Etlitch, Undead Crown, etc.
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Eggs breaking here (not from me but on their own) over ~45 mins all dropping the same thing. I suppose with absurd luck you could get a map seed with a maggot who drops SoJs or Ume's or something heh
Eggs breaking here (not from me but on their own) over ~45 mins all dropping the same thing. I suppose with absurd luck you could get a map seed with a maggot who drops SoJs or Ume's or something heh
GalaXyHaXz
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If only those linear drops applied to LoD. Then we'd all be scouting out a map to quaff Valor's or Jah/Ber's lol.
heh
BTW all 4 of them had different affixes, and I'm finally done getting my mules to 30.
That is, a sorc (with no real skill yet for killing lol), a second barb without a mastery chosen, a crappy necro which I started with and have been kinda aimless with points (some skellies, CE, amp...) and a dumb pally with 20 in prayer now pumping meditation
BTW all 4 of them had different affixes, and I'm finally done getting my mules to 30.
That is, a sorc (with no real skill yet for killing lol), a second barb without a mastery chosen, a crappy necro which I started with and have been kinda aimless with points (some skellies, CE, amp...) and a dumb pally with 20 in prayer now pumping meditation
You'll see this when bonefarming as well; bone walls in the same spot will drop the same base item. And the Cow King killed in the same spot drop a very limited amount of patterns, etc. Poppables are limited to extremely few drops, usually one or two, with the same fingerprints, causing them to have identical stats down to the durability, and even amount of gold pieces.
When it comes to gold, the "X% more gold from monsters" means exactly that. Gold drops from objects are unaffected.
When it comes to gold, the "X% more gold from monsters" means exactly that. Gold drops from objects are unaffected.
Well, got to RoF in NM.
This time I tried the gidbinn quest with all of my mules in game and having not killed the monster or even activate the gidbinn until everyone was ready. I picked it up, and the quest failed for all the chars except the one who picked it up... so what's the deal, here? Is there a level requirement or something? Why is this quest so broken?
This time I tried the gidbinn quest with all of my mules in game and having not killed the monster or even activate the gidbinn until everyone was ready. I picked it up, and the quest failed for all the chars except the one who picked it up... so what's the deal, here? Is there a level requirement or something? Why is this quest so broken?
BKC
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I think it is just broken
GalaXyHaXz
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That amulet is near perfect. If only some ML instead of rep life. But still awesome! You could make a lance zon in 1.06, since jab ignores speed.
I wanted to record a session going from 0 to max gold with my 89 pike barb, but fraps seems to crash D2 too frequently to do that. I tried the nVidia program, but my card isn't a high enough model for that to work. Anyone with advice?
It really is a great map, and it takes only 13-14 minutes to go from 0 to 1.34M gold (which is max for a lvl 89 char). I don't even have any extra gold on my rings! I suspect a sword barb with one Patriarch and one badass exec sword would be even better than my pike barb, though.
It really is a great map, and it takes only 13-14 minutes to go from 0 to 1.34M gold (which is max for a lvl 89 char). I don't even have any extra gold on my rings! I suspect a sword barb with one Patriarch and one badass exec sword would be even better than my pike barb, though.
