1.07 News, Info and Gossip

[galtwish]

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screenshot/Atma readout please! I'm sure there are uses for such a weapon (not least showing it to us here) :grin:

Re your shadow sin, I think you'll find venom works much better with a bow full of emeralds. I know you want the safety a shield offers, but all you should need to do is tag any ok mobs with the bow then switch back to your main setup.

Still hunting for that bow with my rack-runner/mf Zon and Sorc. Found a nice 4os Eth Wire Fleece, but not much else. Here's the sword and a matching pair of gloves:

Bitter Thirst
Colossus Sword
One-Handed Damage: 68-243
Two-Handed Damage: 175-373
Durability: 46 of 50
Dex: 91
Str: 170
RLvl: 72
Sword Class-Slow Attack
Item Version: Expansion
ILvl: 53
Fingerprint: 0x6397c273
+281% ED
+434 AP
+14 poison damage over 2 seconds
24% Life Stolen per hit

Storm Clutch
Heavy Gloves
Defense: 8
Durability: 13 of 14
RLvl: 78 (don't reember what it is in game, but it's not this high)
Item Version: Expansion
ILvl: 52
Fingerprint: 0x461635a7
+15% enhanced defense
23% Life Stolen per Hit
6% chance of Crushing Blow

Both crafted with a L81 sorceress (gloves were crafted at L80, I believe). I'm working on a Frenzy/Berzerk Axe barb when I tire of the 'Sin, and have a Feral Axe that I'll be working on crafting for the Berzerk part. Right now it's at 25-222 without any good mods, so I will reroll until I get IAS or 250%+ ED. Already have two 30%+ IAS Berzerker Axes for the frenzy part.

I think crafted elites are the 1.07 runeword equivalents, allowing for builds outside of the cookiecutter set builds. Unfortnately the crawl from levels 60-72 is hard without access to these endgame goodies.

 

[Zarfen]

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After crafting a nice pair of blood gloves today (had to run 5 of the tombs before I found my first jewel :grin, then I realised I had to level 6 levels before using them -.-

So I decided to give diablo another try with my current gear, the tip about luring him to the passages was GREAT! I had no idea he couldn't follow you trough there :hide:
It took a logn time though, and when I went back to finish of the last of his hp I had 70 gold in my stash, 9 full pruprles, 3 tp's and about ~500 arrows, yup it was a though battle :tongue:

Pushing on it act 5 now, hopefully I'll reach level 31 and can equip my 9cb/4ll/some resists/life(pretty nice for 1st craft imo) blood gloves for the figth vs baal :grin:

 

[galtwish]

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Congrats on the nice gloves. Crafting will really help fill the power gap between monsters and weapons in 1.07. It's been said dozens of times, but 1.07 is all about crushing blow and fast attacks.

 

[Zarfen]

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I'll give a more detailed updatet:
I screwed my ideas of a pure no-vita char, I dumped about 30 pts in vita after realising nearly everything in act 4 took me down to 10-ish hp in 1 hit :tongue:
I've also killed baal and made it to nm :grin:

I gambled an awsonme pair of boots, this is from memory so the numbers might not be 100% accurate, but the mods are there:
frw
20-29 (where one is 20, one is 29 and the last is somewhere in between) fire/cold/light resist
20 magic find
random minor mod(s)
EDIT: I'll get a hold of a screenie later, currently sitting on another comp. /Edit.

from what I read that is pretty much what you look for in end game boots for 1.07 (even I can see they are pretty nice )
I also gambled a +1fire skills, +mana, mpk, 20 fcr circlet.
I have also found complete sigons -the helm, not that I use anything other than belt+gloves for the nice ias on non-bosses where I use the cb gloves.

I'm looking to upgrade my bow now though, and I'll start cubing some rings/amus as supplies rolls in.
I got the tip to try and shop for a elemental bow, but so far I've not seen any better than 15-ish to a single element at any vendor, will, say nm charsi, be able to sell me something nicer? For the beginning of nm, what is the better option, too look for a fast magical elemental bow and hope for 4 sockets from larzuk, or shop for a fast 6os bow/plain bow and take it to larzuk? The nstuff orts/pgems in either.
Edit2: If I'mm totalyl out of it, where should I look for a nice(r) bow? /edit2.

Are all the AS weapons info (like wsm etc) accurate for 1.07? Doesnt really make sense that they would change them alot, but I just wanna make sure, also does ias tables on these forums work properly for 1.07?

Other than that my plans are to gamble/craft whatever I feel I need to upgrade, and push myself to nm lk and run for a guil's face for the cb :grin:

Also, I remember someone telling me to hold anyas quest gift until I reach ~80's in the hope of a gmb, I didn't think about it in normal, so she threw me some crappy javelins, but should I hold my nm anya gift or does only hell have the possibility of a gmb if I wait until higher level before claiming it?

Thanks for any help, I'm havign a blast now that my zon starts to pick up a decent level of strafe and decent gear/tanks/skills

 

[yiuman]

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Re: Where to shop for bows: This is completely anecdotal, but I've had most of my luck with bows in Acts 3 (can't remember her name - the one who does the mercs) and Larzuk in Act 5. Do remember however, that the affixes that spawn are related to your level, so you won't get the higher elemental affixes until high(ish) levels. You also can't buy a bow that would get 6 sockets from Larzuk - you need to find an ilvl 41+ Long Battle/War bow or their exceptional counterparts and take that to Larzuk. One of those full of Orts/Emmeralds would do you well until you can make a Death bow.

ASFAIK all of the AS info is correct except: 1) Weapon damage is different in 1.07 (esp on elite weapons), 2) Monarch shields can only get 3 sox in 1.07 (I'm not sure about Ageis and Wards) 3) Circlet types can only get 1 sox 4) Pally shields have lower def in 1.07. I'm pretty sure WSM is all correct.

Re IAS, I've asked this before and never really got an answer. I just use the tables and hope that they are correct.

Re Anya and the GMB, there has only been one guy who posted he got a GMB and he said he got it at level 63 (IIRC - its a few pages back in this thread if you want to check yourself), so you probably don't need to go all the way to 80. I'm not sure if its worth holding your norm/NM Anya rewards until higher levels, but as they chance of her giving you anything worth while is pretty low, you may as well.

Good luck and congrats on the crafts/gambles.

On a completely different note, I meant to post this a while back, but this was actually my first ever hydra bow craft and so far my best:

Shadow Bolt
Hydra Bow
Two-Hand Damage: 43 to 294
Required Dexterity: 161
Required Strength: 134
Required Level: 74
Bow Class - Slow Attack Speed
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 52
Fingerprint: 0x4a70ed14
+333% Enhanced Damage
Cold Resist +15%
Adds 22-65 cold damage
Adds 12-28 poison damage over 4 seconds
Attacker Takes Damage of 5
5% Chance to cast Level 8 Frost Nova when struck
Socketed (3: 0 used)

 

[Zarfen]

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nice bow!
Thanks for answears, I got tired of my bow last nioght so I shopped a +20 max dmg hunters and took it to larzuk, got 3 sox taht I filled with 2 orts and a ral, it does nicely in act1 nm at least :tongue:
Still saving my 2 jewels for more late game crafts. gonna push myself to lk and rack it for a while (iirc nm lk is not really worth it, but I heard gull's face and some other nice items could be racked there)
newbie q: does clvl affect racks in any way?

My flatmate is playing a sorc he's cheesying past me bit by bit, my other flatmate is playing a melee/ds assa, but he's a but behind us other 2, it's fun with some competition, just they wait until I rack a akraines :grin:

 

[helvete1]

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Only area lvl affects racks. NM LK is well worth it for the superchests, and if you hit a decent base item rack (circlets, grim helm, russet armor come to mind) then go right ahead.

 

[Zarfen]

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Ok, thanks for that :smiley:

Also, can someone confirm that winged helms (guil's face) can be racked in nm lk? iirc I read it somewhere and I had my mind set on it, but I dont wanna run around rerolling russet armor racks for somethign that doesnt exist... :wink3:

 

[Naab]

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Yes they can,also if you are lucky you might get a valk's wing:smiley:

 

[yiuman]

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Only area lvl affects racks. NM LK is well worth it for the superchests, and if you hit a decent base item rack (circlets, grim helm, russet armor come to mind) then go right ahead.

IMHO there are quite a few racks that are worth running in addition to the above: pavise (Gerkes has +vit/level), winged helm (Guilarms and Valk Wing), demonhide sash (string of ears has max stats), sharkskin belt (mav's belt has 40%FRW and 15%ML), cantor trophy (Trangs shield), heirophant trophy (not as good as the 1.10 homnucleous but worth using in 1.07), battle boots (45%MF on War Travs), slayer guard (Arreats is also different), guilded shield (HoZ has CBF and scaling dmg to undead), greater talons (good for a 1.10 kicker), cutlass (coldsteel eye has 50%CB) and fuscina (100%slow! on kelpie snare) racks are worth running in NM LK. Very annoyingly Totemic helm racks can appear in NM LK, but they don't have a high enough qlvl to drop Jalals so don't waste your time on these (Durance 2 is the earliest you can get a Jalals I think).

That said, I'd still push on to hell rather than rack in NM if your character can take it - if not there are a surprisingly large number of worthwhile possibilities in NM LK - mostly armor, but a couple of weapons too.

 

[Jaedhann]

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One thing. According to d2realm the base item for HoZ is a aerin shield, not a gilded one. And if i remember correctly, also atma says it's a aerin shield. Could someone confirm?

 

[Naab]

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No it's Gilded shield.

Herald of Zakarum
Gilded Shield
Defense: 142
Chance to Block: 57%
Smite Damage: 20 to 28
Durability: 32 of 50
(Paladin Only)
Required Strength: 89
Required Level: 42
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 87
Fingerprint: 0x3717a79d
+50% Enhanced Defense
+48% Enhanced Damage
+89 to Attack Rating
+15% Increased Chance of Blocking
+2 to Paladin Skill Levels
50% Faster Block Rate
Cannot Be Frozen
+1 to Offensive Aura Skills (Paladin Only)
2% Damage to Undead (2 per Character Level)
10% Bonus to Attack Rating Against Undead (10 per Character Level)

 

[Zarfen]

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Thanks! Is there a full list somewhere, or any reference on how to know what is rackable in nm lk? I don't plan on parking there, but things like mavs belt and guil's face would make life so much easier...

 

[yiuman]

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I created an excel file with the locations that sets/uniques start becoming available a while back. Its yours for the price on an email address.

 

[Zarfen]

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:grin:
zarfen_490 AT hotmail DOT com

it's so nice that there are a group of people that holds such great knowledge for 1.07 :smiley:

 

[yiuman]

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Its sent. Let me know if its useful.

 

[omgwtfbbqpwned]

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I think I'll have another go at 1.07, even though the first time was pretty bad for me.

joel____ (at) hotmail (dot) com

I could use it too. ^^

Edit: I tried scanning the pages, but 55 is really hard. :starry: Also the search function doesn't seem to be working nice for me, so if anyone could answer a couple of questions, I would appreciate it (sorry, I know they've probably been asked 10000 times before).

I already have a level ~60 Sorc in 1.07.

1) How does one embark on the quest of getting leet 300+ED/3os items? What are good Jewel sites?
2) How does one embark on the quest of getting leet hax Charms?
3) Do I rack a Valk's in NM or Hell?
4) Do I rack a Jalal's Mane in NM or Hell?
5) What are the popular craft recipes?

Edit2: Managed to stumble across Helvete's mini guide, that helps.

Question for helvete: "However, once you hit hell, and roll a map with 2-3 very desireable racks (balrog skin, decapitator, thunder maul, bramble mitts and shakos on my current) you really don't want to visit NM as that will reroll your hell map."

With a sorc, I could never find a LK map that had racks that dropped items on a consistent basis. Is this because I teleport around? Also how long would one expect to take to find a sweet map like that?

Edit3: There's a link to a good guide on the first page. :doh:

 

[helvete1]

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1) How does one embark on the quest of getting leet 300+ED/3os items? What are good Jewel sites?
2) How does one embark on the quest of getting leet hax Charms?
3) Do I rack a Valk's in NM or Hell?
4) Do I rack a Jalal's Mane in NM or Hell?
5) What are the popular craft recipes?

Edit2: Managed to stumble across Helvete's mini guide, that helps.

Question for helvete: "However, once you hit hell, and roll a map with 2-3 very desireable racks (balrog skin, decapitator, thunder maul, bramble mitts and shakos on my current) you really don't want to visit NM as that will reroll your hell map."

With a sorc, I could never find a LK map that had racks that dropped items on a consistent basis. Is this because I teleport around? Also how long would one expect to take to find a sweet map like that?

1)You craft elite items and bring them to larzuk. Many elites MUST be shopped or racked first.
2)LK runs, pop the superchests on your rack route. For ilvl 99 charms, go with the ones from the sparkly chest in nihlathak's temple. Remember to bring them forward to 1.09+ before you attempt to reroll them though.
3)As long as the area_level is high enough, it doesn't matter where your racks are. NM LK can drop Valk Wing IIRC.
4)See 3), but NM LK can't drop Jalal's
5)I personally like these the best:
The "weapon" recipes (can be any weapon, any color)
Blood amulets
Blood boots/gloves/belts/rings
Safety armors, preferrably greater.
Caster boots

When racking, you don't want to tele around. You want to take direct routes to racks. Also note, that which side you approach the rack from and what racks you have popped before will change what drops from the rack.

 

[omgwtfbbqpwned]

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Thanks wangnala and helvete.

Further questions.

2)LK runs, pop the superchests on your rack route. For ilvl 99 charms, go with the ones from the sparkly chest in nihlathak's temple. Remember to bring them forward to 1.09+ before you attempt to reroll them though.

Why? How many chests do I need to open before I can expect one SC? How do I get GC?

3)As long as the area_level is high enough, it doesn't matter where your racks are. NM LK can drop Valk Wing IIRC.

Can Hell LK also drop it?

5)I personally like these the best:
The "weapon" recipes (can be any weapon, any color)
Blood amulets
Blood boots/gloves/belts/rings
Safety armors, preferrably greater.
Caster boots

Any preference between the Greaters/Lessers? What's so good about Safety Armors?

Thanks!

 

[Jaedhann]

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Why? How many chests do I need to open before I can expect one SC? How do I get GC?

rerolling charms in 1.07 resets their ilvl to1. And be prepared to do a lot of chestruns for charms (my guess is about 100 per charm).

For leet h(m)axdamage charms, NM travincal council is about the best you can get. Their level is high enough to get the best damagemods and they can drop skillers. They have a 1:90 chance to drop a charm. There are about 9 members there, so one in three runs you will find a sc, lc or gc. They go down very easy with static and a decent merc.