Re: 1.07 News, Info and Gossip
This is the part I was thinking about. It's posted earlier in this thread.
This is the part I was thinking about. It's posted earlier in this thread.
1.07 News, Info and Gossip
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I don't know the extent or nature of this testing, but I assume it either wasn't rigorous enough or the amazon was too low a level, if clvl even affects it. I'll see if I have any backups left of my zon before she talked to anya but it's unlikely, I have ATMA set to keep only the last 2. I'm almost certain it was from Anya. I'm rushing a second zon at the moment who I intend to kit out in 1.07, level in 1.09 then bring to 1.11, hopefully she'll be given another one.
edit:found a file from when my zon was 67, before I reinstalled d2 and got given a GMB again.
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I don't know the extent or nature of this testing, but I assume it either wasn't rigorous enough or the amazon was too low a level, if clvl even affects it. I'll see if I have any backups left of my zon before she talked to anya but it's unlikely, I have ATMA set to keep only the last 2. I'm almost certain it was from Anya. I'm rushing a second zon at the moment who I intend to kit out in 1.07, level in 1.09 then bring to 1.11, hopefully she'll be given another one.
edit:found a file from when my zon was 67, before I reinstalled d2 and got given a GMB again.
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That's great news indeed! Now if we only knew what clvl was needed...
That's great news indeed! Now if we only knew what clvl was needed...
I hope I won't die a lot since I'm playing HC...:grin: but thanks for the tip and gg on the GMB!:thumbsup:
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All of a sudden I can see myself rushing zons to hell ancients........
All of a sudden I can see myself rushing zons to hell ancients........
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That was what I was thinking, but very afraid to utter :undecided:
That was what I was thinking, but very afraid to utter :undecided:
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Disagree on this: leveling in NM A5 caverns provides you with excellent monster density and 12k+ exp per kill until L70 or so. Good for melee and ranged characters. Sorcs and Zons can do well on the plains as well, since the imps have low life. Getting to L65+ before going on to Hell should take you less than a dozen clears, so maybe 6 hrs (unless you are using a Pentium 500 like me :embarassed
. Nilithak's temple is also good for gaining exp.
Disagree on this: leveling in NM A5 caverns provides you with excellent monster density and 12k+ exp per kill until L70 or so. Good for melee and ranged characters. Sorcs and Zons can do well on the plains as well, since the imps have low life. Getting to L65+ before going on to Hell should take you less than a dozen clears, so maybe 6 hrs (unless you are using a Pentium 500 like me :embarassed
. Nilithak's temple is also good for gaining exp. Re: 1.07 News, Info and Gossip
Could make an interesting craft. You could get +3 static, +3 CM, +3 orb, +3 Cold skills, 20 FCR and 3 sockets (I've been told that the sockets would have to come from the jewelers prefix as Larzuk won't socket Orbs) and some other mods, and although the chances of something that uber is pretty rare - the chance is there. I'd use the caster or safety weapon recipes if I were you.
Could make an interesting craft. You could get +3 static, +3 CM, +3 orb, +3 Cold skills, 20 FCR and 3 sockets (I've been told that the sockets would have to come from the jewelers prefix as Larzuk won't socket Orbs) and some other mods, and although the chances of something that uber is pretty rare - the chance is there. I'd use the caster or safety weapon recipes if I were you.
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One quick question. How can I enable HC mode in 1.07 without playing trough normal difficulty? It's easy to edit one register string for 1.11, but how it's done in 1.07? (I assume this is allowed here in SPF? I don't see a reason why it wouldn't be).
...edit: Oh I feel so stupid. Totally forgot that you can make characters via ATMA!
One quick question. How can I enable HC mode in 1.07 without playing trough normal difficulty? It's easy to edit one register string for 1.11, but how it's done in 1.07? (I assume this is allowed here in SPF? I don't see a reason why it wouldn't be).
...edit: Oh I feel so stupid. Totally forgot that you can make characters via ATMA!
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Disco-neck Ted
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As for the testing, I did that with some other people a couple of years ago and may have misremembered the results. The conclusion may have been that: "Anya doesn't always give out a class-specific" which might have mutated in my mind to "Anya doesn't give out a class-specific."
Either way, I definitely got a Great Bow, and during testing I'm pretty sure she also gave out a rare Ghost Spear. These results may have stuck out since the expectation was for zon gear.
I'm working on another project at the moment (pretty sure I found a way to survive Baal's mana burn attack without outrageous amounts of FHR) but have a 'zon in NM Act V who might reach the Hell Anya quest in a few weeks. More research on what she hands out definitely seems in order.
@Grisu: I agree with Galtwish about levelling in NM. There is more to life than just ancients and cows, plus I sincerely hate dying a lot along the way. Level 32 is fine for NM and if you kill everything you come across, you should reach Act V around level 37. With Orb, Bloody Foothills will be your playground, and a good map of any of the ice passages with boss packs and urns will take you a long way. I also believe in saving Hell Ancients until after levelling as far as you reasonably can since experience gains seem to slow down a lot once you've bagged them. That's my two cents.
Cool news about the bow. Always nice to see people adding their findings to the knowledge pool.
As for the testing, I did that with some other people a couple of years ago and may have misremembered the results. The conclusion may have been that: "Anya doesn't always give out a class-specific" which might have mutated in my mind to "Anya doesn't give out a class-specific."
Either way, I definitely got a Great Bow, and during testing I'm pretty sure she also gave out a rare Ghost Spear. These results may have stuck out since the expectation was for zon gear.
I'm working on another project at the moment (pretty sure I found a way to survive Baal's mana burn attack without outrageous amounts of FHR) but have a 'zon in NM Act V who might reach the Hell Anya quest in a few weeks. More research on what she hands out definitely seems in order.
Nice ring. Any idea how many tries it took to craft this?
@Grisu: I agree with Galtwish about levelling in NM. There is more to life than just ancients and cows, plus I sincerely hate dying a lot along the way. Level 32 is fine for NM and if you kill everything you come across, you should reach Act V around level 37. With Orb, Bloody Foothills will be your playground, and a good map of any of the ice passages with boss packs and urns will take you a long way. I also believe in saving Hell Ancients until after levelling as far as you reasonably can since experience gains seem to slow down a lot once you've bagged them. That's my two cents.
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OK, thanks Galtwish and Disco-neck Ted! I am now in Act III NM and currently level 35. Equipment is quite crappy, but at least I have maxed Fire resistance (action shot to prove it worthwhile - didn't have focus on the witch doctor since one can easily see I was running for my life...the other half of the crew is off-screen)
Now I need to push my sorceress some more...need to get to Hell LK :grin:
btw, there is no other way in 1.07 to feed your merc potions than to drop them on his icon?
OK, thanks Galtwish and Disco-neck Ted! I am now in Act III NM and currently level 35. Equipment is quite crappy, but at least I have maxed Fire resistance (action shot to prove it worthwhile - didn't have focus on the witch doctor since one can easily see I was running for my life...the other half of the crew is off-screen)
Now I need to push my sorceress some more...need to get to Hell LK :grin:
btw, there is no other way in 1.07 to feed your merc potions than to drop them on his icon?
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Is there a guide for the best rack-runner/mf character in 1.07? I bet it would be frozen orb sorc, but how about blizzard? I'm playing HC and I think that blizzard is a bit safer skill, although I haven't played with frozen orb for years
Just a short guide to how to put my skill/statpoints and which merc to get would be awesome!
Is there a guide for the best rack-runner/mf character in 1.07? I bet it would be frozen orb sorc, but how about blizzard? I'm playing HC and I think that blizzard is a bit safer skill, although I haven't played with frozen orb for years
Just a short guide to how to put my skill/statpoints and which merc to get would be awesome!
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That ring took me just 3 or so tries actually
I do agree you shouldn't ignore enemies but I do think the best bet is to go as fast as possible and then maybe do a couple of reruns in a place better for xp. I didn't realise HC though, I wouldn't feel at all safe teleing on HC with less than 105 fcr which is really hard to get untwinked, at least not without having +0-1 skills and loads of negative res.
A perfect serrated small charm of maiming would be +12 maximum damage (+6 per affix). Grand charms are actually a little better here, they can get +40.
You've got a list of the max/min charm affixes here in yiuman's addendum, you should definitely read this if you haven't already.
http://www.purediablo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=573119
I like act 5 mercs because they have awesome regen.
I doubt blizz is safer than orb but yeah I'd recommend something like 20 static 20 blizz 5 cold mastery 1+ tele 1+ energy shield at the core of the build and the rest in some back up attack. Static, chain lightning, nova, firewall, orb, blizzard are I hear all viable damaging skills, don't know about hydra or fireball, etc.
I think es is something every 1.07 sorc should use. It lets you put points in energy for better energy regen, makes the best use of the rejuv bug as both mana and health goes down at the same time, effectively increases your max health considerably which helps prevent getting 1 hitted by hell meph, and if you have a 50% ES and wear nightsmoke then you'll basically take half damage with no downside. ES doesn't mean you can basically forget about res unlike in 1.11 though.
That ring took me just 3 or so tries actually
I do agree you shouldn't ignore enemies but I do think the best bet is to go as fast as possible and then maybe do a couple of reruns in a place better for xp. I didn't realise HC though, I wouldn't feel at all safe teleing on HC with less than 105 fcr which is really hard to get untwinked, at least not without having +0-1 skills and loads of negative res.
A perfect serrated small charm of maiming would be +12 maximum damage (+6 per affix). Grand charms are actually a little better here, they can get +40.
You've got a list of the max/min charm affixes here in yiuman's addendum, you should definitely read this if you haven't already.
http://www.purediablo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=573119
Is there a guide for the best rack-runner/mf character in 1.07? I bet it would be frozen orb sorc, but how about blizzard? I'm playing HC and I think that blizzard is a bit safer skill, although I haven't played with frozen orb for years
Just a short guide to how to put my skill/statpoints and which merc to get would be awesome!
I like act 5 mercs because they have awesome regen.
I doubt blizz is safer than orb but yeah I'd recommend something like 20 static 20 blizz 5 cold mastery 1+ tele 1+ energy shield at the core of the build and the rest in some back up attack. Static, chain lightning, nova, firewall, orb, blizzard are I hear all viable damaging skills, don't know about hydra or fireball, etc.
I think es is something every 1.07 sorc should use. It lets you put points in energy for better energy regen, makes the best use of the rejuv bug as both mana and health goes down at the same time, effectively increases your max health considerably which helps prevent getting 1 hitted by hell meph, and if you have a 50% ES and wear nightsmoke then you'll basically take half damage with no downside. ES doesn't mean you can basically forget about res unlike in 1.11 though.
