1.09 Roll Call - Goals, Progress, Finds

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Great! The eth makes all the difference I think. At least in my experience on my melee chars it's made a huge difference before and after. The repair costs do get a little crazy when doing the cows I'll agree.
 
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Yeah seriously, I never thought Eth would do much of a difference, but oh god I was wrong, the number of hits I hear during a WW is nothing to be compared with before (of course there's also the factor that I now use two swords but still). Sure I'm kinda disapointed I rolled the lowest possible Cruel after wasting so many gems, but oh well, it's part of the game.

Since I don't use Stormshield anymore for my Barb, I decided to give it to my druid, but he needed more space in his stash so I leveled him up so he can wear the gear he had there. He was in Act3, level 25, just after finding Khalim's Eye, and also had the Spider Forest Waypoint. I wanted to play him until he could wear Jalal's Mane. Using Bonesnap, then Steeldriver, and then Ribcracker, he had no problem taking down the ennemies, especially once he learned Fury. I played on P8 and he reached level 43 just before getting the WorldSton Keep Waypoint.

Next thing I'll do is to level up my Barb in cow level until I find a few MF charms.
 
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ERayz - funny - I'm working on a Wolf Druid in a very similar situation. Both my 1.09 and 1.13 Wolf Druids have completed Normal Act 3 at level 31, and both are sporting a handy Ribcracker, which is laying waste to the baddies in epic fashion. My 1.13 Druid has a 299% ED Ribby, so that will be upgraded and used throughout the rest of the game. My 1.09 Druid will likely use a Buriza at level 42, though I still might work on collecting crafting jewels in 1.07 for WoRG to try to craft me an awesome Thresher or Giant Thresher much like the swords my WW Barb is using.

On your sword - you can always shop another sword and go for a better roll while you're using that sword! Just pick up all the chippies that fall for your Druid. I've rolled probably 8 or more Cruel swords as I've collected chippies with each new character I play in 1.09 - and I've rolled some nice ones and some crappy ones.
 
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Anybody still playing 1.09? Me, I've gotten a second wind playing my 1.09 v 1.13 Fury Wolves, and I'm still running Pindle/Baal/Snapchip with my WW Barb (97 well on the way to 98). I found that playing P3 instead of P8 makes a tremendous difference in funding the weapon repairs - I don't have to sweat the gold if I run on P3. A really sweet drop was actually a gray - an eth 5os Partizan - I've been looking for a Partizal or Yari like this for a long time, to make the ultimate development Merc weapon. So I made Honor in this, and the thing dishes about 150-300 damage with a 103 Str requirement. I put it to immediate use by my Fury Wolf's merc. I still don't have an eth Hone in 1.09 (though I do in 1.13) - that would be even better.

I noticed a Fury Druid bug in 1.09 like the Sin PS bug, and updated my 1.09 guide for it. My Fury Druid is laying waste to NM Act 2 swinging with the Buriza.

So, anybody else making progress?
 
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Just starting? Act 1 IC. Pushing with p8 is a push with a bowazon.
 
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Yeah, it's tough at the start. If you fill a bow with emeralds it does decent damage. It's almost better to use your javelin throw plain attack until you find an okay bow. That can take a while, and then when you do find an alright bow you have the mana management to deal with since MS and any other skill eats through your mana pretty quick going untwinked. I might have some low level unique/set bows if your interested?

Haven't been doing any 1.09 as I've been working on my Vanity Challenge character in 1.13c. Maybe I'll get back this weekend though and work on my pally through hell some more or getting my sorc going to up to 1.10a/1.10s. My barb has had a serious hiatus and needs to get past 80 (I think that's where he was). I had been putting points into his WW for when I do the Moo Moo farm with him and I've got just enough room to max it out when (if?) he makes it to 99. That's a lot more runs to go though. So much to do and so little time.
 
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Y'all all do SC, right? I may start me up a SC to do a nice run through, as it's quite a bit different from 1.13
 
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Ohh, yeah. Forgot that you run HC. We are SC. I get too sleepy while I'm playing late at night to be able to really do HC. Falling asleep mid-run at 2 a.m. has led to plenty of deaths, so I would hate to have that happen on some HC guy I've been working on for a while. It's not too bad of an idea to go through SC with the trial and error of 1.09. No respec's can make it tough if you mess something up, even though Hell is a lot more forgiving than in 1.10+.
 
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I did start a HC 1.09 Barb a while back - almost deeds'd to Rakanishu, lol. It will be untwinked by necessity if I decide to try to take him all the way through, and that makes me very afraid of trying HC with a melee character since I have no Blackhorn's or TGod's to deal with MSLE.
 
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Melee would be quite a bit tougher going HC even with a barbs high life or the high life that a wolf can reach. I suppose maxed light res at all times and just paying really close attention in NM/Hell wouldn't be too bad. Avoid all MSLE's at all costs and hope that your merc can tank anything that does end up having to be killed for progress.

@Coju: If you stick with the zon, things should get a little easier once you have a decent meatshield to take some of the slack. Try lower psettings for A1 as A2 mercs are lower level anyway. I think the highest starts out at 13 so if he's more around your level it will make it easier for him to keep up with you. 1.09 mercs are even more idiotic that 1.13 morons. Make him defensive and throw the highest def armor/helm on him then make a savage pole with the Kris+diamond+staff+belt (IIRC) cube recipe. Might have a high str req but sockets and amethysts can quickly take care of that.

I am hopefully getting the internet at home today, if my wife makes it to the cable company, and could MP at night over the weekends sometime if anyone is close to Central Time America. I'll have to figure out that Hamachi stuff that you have a channel set up for RobbyD.
 
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@Coju - I know I struggled with my first Zon - I started her untwinked when I first heard how overpowered Zons are in 1.09, but early game untwinked is not a breeze. I didn't resume her until I had plenty of Zon gear from my Frenzy Barb (i.e. Buriza). But, no character puts the best 1.09 twink item - the Envy Bow - to better use than a Zon, because Multi Arrow carries the poison in every arrow (unlike 1.10+).

Your best bet might be to just put a Javalin and a shield on her and melee with Jab (there's plenty of skill point flexibility with a Zon) until you find a decent bow (most exceptional uniques are pretty decent).

Now a question to my 1.09 Buds: What build would put that Grandfather I found a while back to best use? I have a Realgar Jewel of Fervor that would get it to [-10] for the 6fpa WW breakpoint, so a Grandfather/Doombringer WW Barb might be a fun counter to my current WW Barb using those 1.07 crafts, but that's a lot of WW Barbs. I don't think it would be the best Frenzy weapon because it just too slow, even fervored. I've never built a Leap Attacker, but I can't imagine that build being fun in, say, Act 3 jungles. Concentrate Barb? Or do I just keep it in my stash as a trophy? Shame to leave such a legendary weapon unused, though.
 
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@RobbyD: Ohh, that's tough to say for the GF. I remember them being popular for the WW since people didn't have 1.07 crafts on bnet. But they were always challenged by a really good ccboq. Otherwise, I think some people used them on Fury druids and that's about the best thing that I can think of. Maybe a crazy zealadin or chargadin could put it to some decent use having Fanat to speed it up. It was always the barb weapon on the realms. You're right about the speed issues and Leap Attack annoyance. Maybe make a one handed zerker and howl it up? Either way, it'll probably be more of a trophy than anything compared to those blood crafts.

No 1.09 progress for me this weekend. I worked on my 1.13c rabies druid some and for the life of me can not find the Flayer Dungeon. I think I went over the entire A3 jungles 2-3 times and have not been able to find it. Argh! He's kicking some real tail at level 28 though so I can't complain about that at least.

I need to work on my sorc to up to 1.10/1.11 for that beta bramble. It will go to good use for my four different poison chars in 1.13. I'm just worried about how to get the Sur for it. Are HF runs, Countess runs, LK runs, Trav runs, or LK/Trav runs the way to go? Or is something like AT viable for sorcs in 1.11? Given those options, is a pure cold blizz sorc the way to go for taking out AT/Trav and other mf targets and up the runes as I go or what...? I know the meteorb is the way to go for Andy in 1.10a (which I might end up skipping to start working on the runes), but would a meteorb be able to take out the Council or A85 areas as well as the pure cold?
 
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@cheer - I was afraid of that - those crafts (with the cheap-o Eth rune) are extremely hard to beat, lol.

I've posted in the Fury Druid thread about my progress, but basically, Alaric PWNS NM with that Buriza.

On your Sur - I think your best best is HF rushing - you can get the characters to Hell Act 4 in 1.09 to bypass the blocking quests since you already have some good characters, and then use your 1.10a/s collector to get the HF rewards (ONE AT A TIME - don't collect HF for more than one character). Let's say you get 2xGul each group of 7 rushees (maybe a bit optimistic, but assuming some Mal/Ist drops makes it a decent talking point) - that means 16 runs gets you a Sur - sure, a bit tedious, but the outcome is MUCH more stable than running targets runes (plus you get the benefit of all those socket rewards) - a week of work and you have yourself a crazy beta Bramble (and maybe a Crescent Moon, Delerium, and Call to Arms to boot!). I can help with RW bases since you'll be making them in 1.10s anyway.
 
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Wow, that sounds much better than weeks of running all of those targets. And with my new computer, I'd be able to split the load to run all the rushees pretty easily. Now I just have to hope that I actually get internet at home this week! They were closed when I went today to talk about getting it. Well, that and I have to get the sorc or someone ready to finish out the HF reward part. I've been trying to collect bases a little bit in 1.09 and I think I've got a PB that's ready to go, or it might need some more sockets. I can't remember... I'm on the look out for an AP for the bramble but if I need to, I think I've got a dusk shroud or something of the like. I'll look forward to the assistance though! Thanks!

I need to figure out how to get the game to run right in windowed mode, especially if using the multiple instances. The switching around on the new laptop takes forever going from the compatibility mode (windows 7) to the desktop or to other windows. It wants to switch back to normal and then back to compatibility each time and does all that god awful video/color/dimensional junk with screen flashing. Might have the rusher go on the old laptop and run all the rushees on the new laptop.

Rerolled the map and did finally find the flayer dungeon with RabidWolf. I'm using spirit sword/sigon's shield for the +skills to enhance the rabies. Hit one little flayer and the whole crowd goes nuts! I'm really pleased so far. I'm just not looking forward to the slowing down of the poison effectiveness later once hell comes around.

Woot!! Got my first 1.09 occy finally! Was doing some NM p30 cow runs with my nova sorc to level up my 1.10/11 sorc and on the second run the swirling crystal fell! immediately it was put to use to up my nova damage. I think I'm still casting at the same frame rate so the only loss is a little bit of Mana and some +res (which makes no difference in NM). Cows are falling like flies and the sorc levelled from 7 to 20 in just 4 runs (starting at 8, then 16, then 24, and the last at 30; and I could probably still go higher without spending much more time). Yay! Getting closer to 1.09 HF rushing :D

Man, I dislike getting a sorc started. So being at lvl 20 I threw on Angelic sword, armor, ammy, and rings with Sigon's shield, gloves, boots, and belt and a tarnhelm for a whopping +3 to all skills. Only thing is that my mana is low and my merc isn't keeping up (hired at 13) so I'm frustrated. She's only got 1 in her pre-reqs as I'm saving the rest to put in meteor/orb once she obtains those levels. I suppose a few in FB for levelling wouldn't hurt since it is a synergy later... Maybe the internet will be hooked up by this weekend for more self mp cow runs to level up. I could even level my zon up who is stuck at 24 at the same time...

Maybe I just need to switch where I'm levelling? I'm trying for A2 arcane with my zon and that was going okay, just slow with the pEmerald bow. And I went through the sewers for the +skill with the sorc gaining little exp. Need to consult the 1.09 levelling guide I suppose to make sure I'm not too far under or over the monsters I'm going up against.
 
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I got the internet at home!!! YES!!! Finally, after 6 years without it! Yes, that long... Still no cable though. Get ready for some awesome HF rushing action for that super sweet 1.10s beta bramble and other awesome beta goodness for some 1.13 peeps :D And some MP if anyone is close to my timezone/play time woohoo
 
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Congrats on the Net, cheer! I want to see that Bramble when you make it!

My updates:

Got Aleksandr to level 98 on Pindle/Baal/Snapchip runs. No WF yet, ofc, but he's not done yet. Did pick up a Sazabi sword.

Alaric is handling Hell Act 1 OK so far on P8. Actually levelled from 71 to 73 by the time he took down Countess. PIs are just as common as I expected, and while Baranar's + Tiamat's is not a speedy solution, the only PI Unique he had to bail on was a Fana Goatman boss.
 
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98, sheesh! that'll make for your second 99 am I right? The WF is pretty elusive to me as well but I haven't been searching for it much either...

My pally was having a heck of a time in A1 with the PI's regardless of the /p settings. The maxed holy shock and that 1-500~ or so lightning damage sword just don't cut it :( Should've gone with the avenger PI solution instead. I could always sink some points from the next few levels in to get there I suppose. At least he'll be able to go hunting for chippies really easily! No bstar or tiamiats have dropped for me so I unfortunately don't have those solutions.

I'll definitely show off that beta bramble once I finish my sorc up. She is taking precedence over finishing up the pindeh running pally for now. I'll finish that Sanctuary idea another time... Hopefully some good playing time will arise this weekend to work on any of these many projects at least.
 
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My .09 WW barb is only level 24 (untwinked) but he is wondering what merc to use?
 
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@cheer: Actually, I have a 99 Frenzy barb and 99 BuriZon, and I took my MeteOrb to 99 before converting to 1.10a, so Aleksandr will be my 4th when I get him there.

@Pegleg: Good to see you back! I'd say an A2 Holy Freeze merc for some crowd control to keep himself alive.

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Update: I don't pick many greens/golds up in 1.09 anymore, but THIS DROP is a nice one! I have to figure out who might wear it though.
 
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@RobbyD do you find your self leveling your Burizon doing Baal runs or cow runs?
 
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