1.07 News, Info and Gossip

Fabian said:
I hope you guys don't mind a few questions I could probably find the answers for if I did more searching. It's not like this thread has too much traffic as it is though so I hope it's cool :)

Anyway I'm a 1.07 noob, I just reached LK in NM and I was thinking of doing my first racking. Are there any more racks I should be looking for other than the ones listed in the 1.07 guide? What I'm mainly looking for are items that are useful in 1.11 that are better when you find them in 1.07

Thanks guys.

Edit: A superchest dropped me a Po rune, yay.
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Not a lot of stuff from NM racks that can't drop from monsters. You're better off pushing to be mat/pat as soon as possible, level at cows (if you even bother, only crafting benefits from being high level) and do your racking in hell LK and nilly temple.

However, when I hit NM LK, I had a fairly reliable Russet Armor rack, so I racked a skullder there in a few days. So if you have a reliable rack which drops something potentially awesome, run it. If not, push to hell. It's not too hard with a caster, and the ancients give a niice level boost.



 
helvete said:
Not a lot of stuff from NM racks that can't drop from monsters. You're better off pushing to be mat/pat as soon as possible, level at cows (if you even bother, only crafting benefits from being high level) and do your racking in hell LK and nilly temple.

However, when I hit NM LK, I had a fairly reliable Russet Armor rack, so I racked a skullder there in a few days. So if you have a reliable rack which drops something potentially awesome, run it. If not, push to hell. It's not too hard with a caster, and the ancients give a niice level boost.
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Whilst its true that you can get most of the stuff that you can rack from NM Kurast from mobs, the chances of them actually doing so are pretty low.

Off the top of my head, the things (IMHO) that are worth racking in LK NM are:
1) Russet armors (Skulders)
2) Demonhide Sash (String)
3) Winged Helm (Valk helm and the set version is useful too)
4) Grim Helm (Vamp Gaze)
5) Sharkskin Belt (Mav's)
6) Gilded Shield (HoZ)

I agree with Helvete that unless you A) have a very stable rack dropping from the above list or B) are really struggling to progress, you'd be better off pushing on to Hell LK and racking there.

In terms of things worth racking that aren't in the guide, I mention a few in my addendum (which is linked to on the first page of this thread).



 
This is/was my to get list

Tal belt, tal armour, tal orb or tal amu, gris corona, naj armour
^these don't have superior stats but they're harder to get in 1.10/11 or are for the benefit of the 1.07 chars

prismatic tal’s amu+angelic amu, Cr/fr/lr angelic rings+soj, crafted hydra bow(s), matriarchal javs,
^stuff to roll/craft

eth 0/4/5/6 sox warspike, berzerker axe, thresher, giant thresher, gpa, war pike, scourge, balrog blade, 15%ed ap, dusk shroud and ba, etc
^socketables

harlequin crest
skullder’s ire
arkaine's valour
wizardspike (x2)
laying of hands
viscerataunt
jalal’s mane
highlord’s wrath
titan’s revenge
grandfather
razortail
kelpie snare
valkyrie wing
vampire gaze
infernostride
mav belt
arreat’s face
herald of zakarum
baranar's star
doombringer
^stuff with interesting or superior stats for bringing forward and use in 1.07

I'd wait til hell, it's enough of an effort getting a decent seed for racking without being limited to only about 5 item types that are actually worth the effort. Exceptions would be sets which are really easy to rack and in some cases very good, I love my mav belts and gface.
 
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Just bought this from Hell Larzuk:

Prefix 869 War Scythe of Quickness
Two-Hand Damage: 59 to 142
Durability: 55 of 55
Required Dexterity: 80
Required Strength: 80
Required Level: 38
Polearm Class - Fastest Attack Speed
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 85
Fingerprint: 0x245c4a24
+297% Enhanced Damage
40% Increased Attack Speed

So close and yet so far....... why couldn't he have upgraded this one to elite (or even exceptional)? On the plus side, in doing a bit of shopping I've picked up some very nice helms and shields - how about these for starters:

Prefix 1067 Great Helm of the Mammoth
Defense: 33
Durability: 40 of 40
Required Strength: 63
Required Level: 60
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 85
Fingerprint: 0x7465604e
+34 to Life
Lightning Resist +28%
Socketed (3: 0 used)

Prefix 1002 Bone Shield of the Mammoth (I also picked up some +60 life & some +30 res all, but this was by far the best combo)
Defense: 17
Chance to Block: 40%
Smite Damage: 3 to 6
Durability: 40 of 40
Required Strength: 25
Required Level: 51
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 85
Fingerprint: 0x14d5d1fb
+35 to Life
All Resistances +28
Socketed (3: 0 used)

Prefix 1002 Bone Shield of Amicae
Defense: 15
Chance to Block: 40%
Smite Damage: 3 to 6
Durability: 40 of 40
Required Strength: 25
Required Level: 43
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 85
Fingerprint: 0x4bebf05e
Damage Reduced by 11
All Resistances +26

I'm really hoping the last one gets three sockets as well.
 
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I thought the 'Jeweler's' prefix was 1097... so those aren't actual ATMA readouts, are they?


@Fabian: racking in NM is probably best limited to items you can use to get through the game or items that give FRW for better future racking. So, the answer depends on what kind of character you have and what merc, if any.

Set items are easiest to rack so you might try Hwanin's Bill for Act II merc, Mav's Belt and so forth.

@KrAzY3: Tal's Orb is available from the NM council or Hell council with reasonable odds. If you aren't up to killing Hell council with enough MF for "all set" drops, then just kill the NM council as fast as possible. I got both mine from Hell Travincal with no MF to speak of, just kill-fast gear.
 
jeweler's prefix is pretty uselss in 1.07 as blues can get 4 sox from larzuk. crafts can get 3.

When shopping for elite/exceptional items I like to use a char with insufficient str/dex req to meet the requirement of what I'm after but enough to use lower tier equipment, saves time and irritating near misses.
 
I'm trying to max out my amazon's run speed, currently has highlords+mav belt+rare circlet+sander boots, is there a way of getting a blinkbats form or any weapons with frw (don't think these exist?) that will be worth the time spent getting them? If anyone knows whether I can run a boss for a razortail, that'd be great too. I want 2 of them, 1 for 1.07 java and 1 for 1.11 non ama builds, but hardly seems worth racking compared to stuff like shako.
 
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phool said:
I'm trying to max out my amazon's run speed, currently has highlords+mav belt+rare circlet+sander boots, is there a way of getting a blinkbats form or any weapons with frw (don't think these exist?) that will be worth the time spent getting them? If anyone knows whether I can run a boss for a razortail, that'd be great too. I want 2 of them, 1 for 1.07 java and 1 for 1.11 non ama builds, but hardly seems worth racking compared to stuff like shako.
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Hell act bosses with 556% MF would be your best bet for those, I think. Good chance for unique jewelry too.



 
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I'll do some more baal runs or maybe give duriel a spin. I've done Andy and Meph quite a bit and found they each drop a small selection of the same uniques almost all the time, to the extent where I doubt it's a coincidence. I'd be interested in knowing if anyone else has had the same experience... I may start recording drops for a bit.

I may also farm cow king a little with sets only mf amount, I've never had even one piece of CK's leathers in SP before. Plan is to poison him, tp to town, let king die, then return and pick up items - can anyone confirm this won't complete cow king quest? 2 player games isn't really an option for me atm.
 
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phool said:
I'll do some more baal runs or maybe give duriel a spin. I've done Andy and Meph quite a bit and found they each drop a small selection of the same uniques almost all the time, to the extent where I doubt it's a coincidence. I'd be interested in knowing if anyone else has had the same experience... I may start recording drops for a bit.
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I've had that expirience, and I know others have too. I think it may be a map seed issue, but I'm unwilling to test that atm because I have too great a rack map atm.

You're not seriously concidering hell baalruns with 556%MF? Baal will use his one-shot attack on you, most likely, so be sure to do it just after a lvl up (to avoid too much exp loss).

About the cow king, I have no idea.



 
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phool said:
jeweler's prefix is pretty uselss in 1.07 as blues can get 4 sox from larzuk. crafts can get 3.
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It is hard to imagine having socket quests to spare outside of rushing a bunch of characters to the Bloody Foothills. For me, they are rare and valuable, so the jeweller's prefix is good. Otherwise, possibly barring MF, my mercs sure as hell aren't getting any sockets in their gear.

Bosses in NM and Hell drop from the same TCs as their Normal counterparts, so Meph is capped at TC 33 and Baal at 39 regardless of difficulty level. As for Razortail, Baal can drop it but why would you want it? The 1.07 version only has 1% chance to pierce.

@yiuman: would you mind posting an actual cut-n-paste of the ATMA readout on the Prefix 1067 Great Helm of the Mammoth and the Prefix 1002 Bone Shield of the Mammoth? Thanks.



 
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1%? I guess all the mods like the 1% fcr on crafts is a bug then, I think it's meant to be this (off d2realms archive).

Razortail Sharkskin Belt
Defense: 56-61 (varies)(Base Defense: 31-36)
Required Level: 32
Required Strength: 20
Durability: 14
16 Slots
+25 Defense
Attacker Takes Damage of (0.25 Per Character Level) 0.25-24.75 (Based On Character Level)
Piercing Attack (50)
+5 Strength

If it's 1% I obviously won't bother...
 
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That'll make me max cold mastery as well, regardless of diminishing returns. Don't really have much to spend skillpoints on, so it's either that or maxing ES.


....and THIS drops from the rack next to my Tmaul rack.... :rant:

Dread Claw
Ogre Gauntlets
Defense: 70
Durability: 36 of 72
Required Strength: 185
Required Level: 73
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 99
Fingerprint: 0x9d246de
+8 to Dexterity
+38 to Mana
Cold Resist +9%
Poison Resist +15%
14% Chance to cast Level 5 Charged Bolt when struck
 
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Disco-neck Ted said:
It is hard to imagine having socket quests to spare outside of rushing a bunch of characters to the Bloody Foothills. For me, they are rare and valuable, so the jeweller's prefix is good. Otherwise, possibly barring MF, my mercs sure as hell aren't getting any sockets in their gear.
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Thats exactly what I do (I currently have about 45 toons at the start of Hell waiting to be HF rushed if/when i go back to 1.1 and most of them have socket quests/Ral Ort (for crafting) Tal rewards to use). Cheesy I know, but I'm not against a bit of cheese with my D2. I don't trade and I only MP with brand new untwinked toons with some RL friends (and that rarely) so I play the game in the most fun way for me, and that means cheese :grin:

Disco-neck Ted said:
@yiuman: would you mind posting an actual cut-n-paste of the ATMA readout on the Prefix 1067 Great Helm of the Mammoth and the Prefix 1002 Bone Shield of the Mammoth? Thanks.
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You were right that they weren't cut-n-pastes (I only realized when you posted that that you can actually copy and paste from ATMA - how dumb am I!), and even more embarrassingly the shield only got 2 sockets (despite my earlier post with 3 - that'll teach me to post when I really should be in bed - sorry for misleading y'all). I still think that it is a fairly kickin shield though. Here are the actual readouts with the real prefixes in brackets afterwards.

Prefix 1002 Bone Shield of the Mammoth (actually Chromatic)
Defense: 17
Chance to Block: 40%
Durability: 40 of 40
Required Strength: 25
Required Level: 51
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 85
Fingerprint: 0x14d5d1fb
+35 to Life
All Resistances +28
Socketed (2: 0 used)

Prefix 1067 Great Helm of the Mammoth (actually Coral)
Defense: 33
Durability: 40 of 40
Required Strength: 63
Required Level: 60
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 85
Fingerprint: 0x7465604e
+34 to Life
Lightning Resist +28%
Socketed (3: 0 used)

If you want I could have a go at screenshot/imagehosting them although I've never done that before (I think that there is a guide in the stickys though)



 
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I have 2 rising suns but they're both ilvl 90 which means meph I think - I don't think Andy is the best target for them. She gave me highlords though.

Beware, they have no +2 fire skills in 1.07 so they're basically completely useless except for the integer absorb.


Oh and yeah when I run baal I run a pretty high chance of getting 1 hitted and my merc always dies once. You can static from a position you can't get hit by baal's worst attack though using the pillars and it's not hard to get my merc (act 5 with ptopaz eth corona, ptopaz wire fleece, bk big) to finish off once I'm ready to tp and res.
 
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More mockery:

Carrion Hand
Ogre Gauntlets
Defense: 83
Durability: 60 of 72
Required Strength: 185
Required Level: 73
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 99
Fingerprint: 0x14d9f0c6
+8 to Maximum Stamina
+16% Enhanced Defense
Poison Resist +6%
14% Chance to cast Level 5 Charged Bolt when struck

And I had really really hoped for 40%FRW on these:

Viper Blazer
Boots
Defense: 7
Durability: 11 of 12
Required Level: 44
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 53
Fingerprint: 0x32768fb9
+15 to Mana
+98% Enhanced Defense
Regenerate Mana 5%
Heal Stamina Plus 50%
Increase Maximum Mana 8%
34% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
 
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Having a hard time w/Hell Baal (shocker!): my L75 Strafeazon is getting worked over after crusing through the Ancients and WSK. After two deaths and facing the prospect of corpse retrieval with Baal clone standing on my corpse, I S&E. Died x2 to the manaflame cone with 850ish life and 75/35/75 FR/CR/LR. He cloned right next to me and that was that.

I may put Hawkmail back on and rejigger my charms, but the strategy of casting Decoy every 2 seconds and strafing to kill off tentacles that worked in NM is not successful in Hell. GA is getting distracted by his quick tentacle and clone casting. Baal's just too fast in Hell. Another option is getting a Might merc going w/Kelpie Snare and Hawkmail. Current merc has Riphook, I've got GSA w/"Death" on switch in an Ashwood bow + greater Blood gloves & Goldwrap for IAS.

Advice?
 
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