1.09 Roll Call - Goals, Progress, Finds

Re: 1.09 Roll Call - Goals, Progress, Finds

Thanks for you input, but there are a few things I want to add, as I am not sure I understand.

When you mention damage:hp ratio, I guess you mean we have high damage vs low life. Whenever I hit anything while IM'd, I almost one hit myself, and if it's during a WW, it's a guaranteed death. I do about 550-770 with WW, and I have 845 hp, at level 56.

Another problem is, I think I made a noob mistake, by putting lots of points in Dex, to compensate the lack of AR, and to be able to have around 3.5K AR, which is enough IMO. I calculated I would need 135 base Dex for that, so I put all my points in Dex already. Normally I would only need to pump Vita until the end, BUT I have only 45 base Strength, just enough to wear all my gear. If I wanted to wear a Martel de Fer, I'd have REALLY low HP.

I already think about remaking this barb again, but only if I find a decent Martel de Fer. Maybe I should imbue some.

As for using Bonesnap, since I think I'm just killing myself spamming WW in Chaos sanctuary (in presence of Oblivion Knights), I prefer having a bit of IAS (40% on SteelDriver) so I can use Level 1 Berserk when IM'd, and Concentrate to kill the Oblivion Knights "safely".

I want this Barb to be able to run CS safely once the cows will stop giving enough XP, because my real goal is to have all my characters at the highest level possible.

I haven't thought of playing 1.06b. Actually, I didn't know this version had the same gambling mechanics as 1.03. Thanks man !!!
 
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ERayz said:
Thanks for you input, but there are a few things I want to add, as I am not sure I understand.

When you mention damage:hp ratio, I guess you mean we have high damage vs low life. Whenever I hit anything while IM'd, I almost one hit myself, and if it's during a WW, it's a guaranteed death. I do about 550-770 with WW, and I have 845 hp, at level 56.

Another problem is, I think I made a noob mistake, by putting lots of points in Dex, to compensate the lack of AR, and to be able to have around 3.5K AR, which is enough IMO. I calculated I would need 135 base Dex for that, so I put all my points in Dex already. Normally I would only need to pump Vita until the end, BUT I have only 45 base Strength, just enough to wear all my gear. If I wanted to wear a Martel de Fer, I'd have REALLY low HP.

I already think about remaking this barb again, but only if I find a decent Martel de Fer. Maybe I should imbue some.

As for using Bonesnap, since I think I'm just killing myself spamming WW in Chaos sanctuary (in presence of Oblivion Knights), I prefer having a bit of IAS (40% on SteelDriver) so I can use Level 1 Berserk when IM'd, and Concentrate to kill the Oblivion Knights "safely".

I want this Barb to be able to run CS safely once the cows will stop giving enough XP, because my real goal is to have all my characters at the highest level possible.

I haven't thought of playing 1.06b. Actually, I didn't know this version had the same gambling mechanics as 1.03. Thanks man !!!
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You shouldn't invest into Dexterity. Sigons helm+another piece or Hsaru's belt+boots provides decent AR without wasting jewelry slots. (Sigons' provides a whopping 10% LL as well). About the damage:hp ratio, no I meant the other way around. You're already pretty much already maximized your damage for a Bonesnap/Steeldriver wielder while your HP should easily be 3k+ once you get to level 80+ when you haven't wasted stats on Dexterity. You can even go to 4k+ with the low str req on those two weapons.

Cows are decent exp until clvl 88 but they aren't very efficient for Barbarians because there's so many of them and the AoE damage output of barbarians just isn't enough; the cows will regenerate alot of the damage you deal to them when they are in larger packs.

I would take the Barbarian to clvl 74, imbue 3 Martels and then remake it. (I hope you did that as well with the first one, unless you spent the imbues prematurely.)
 
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I haven't spent any imbue with my previous Barb, but he's only clvl 68 right now. This means clvl 74 is optimal for imbuing? I guess I could level him up there and see what I can get.
 
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ERayz said:
I haven't spent any imbue with my previous Barb, but he's only clvl 68 right now. This means clvl 74 is optimal for imbuing? I guess I could level him up there and see what I can get.
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It is optimal in terms of maximizing your chance of hitting Merciless+King's prefix on Martel De Fers and Gothic Bows


Klonki said:
An amazing find at pit with my vengfana-pala! :evil2:

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Why are you running The Pits in 1.09 again?
 
Re: 1.09 Roll Call - Goals, Progress, Finds

So, after over a year of dedicated Pindle running, and on recorded run #14,729 with my Nova Sorc (267 MF, including a stylish Ist in the Wizzy), I finally got...

TEH WINDEH FROM PINDEH!!!! with 8% Mana Leech for extra style!

So, time to finish planning and implement my 1.09 WF Strafer! I'm thinking Gayle for a name (though Wendy does come to mind as well!). I'm also thinking Bows only (no xBows) so I can really try out a GSA and Eaglehorn along the way. I'm also thinking of popping that Cham Rune in an eth Blackhorn's Face for my merc so he can wear Smoke and not get slow.

So, anyone interested in a side-by-side? I have a 4os +3 Skills +10ED GMB found years ago for Faith - how about 1.09 vs 1.13 Bowas?

Funny thing - I've never found an eth Hone in 1.09.
 
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Yes do the comparison, and name the 1.09 char Wendeh, obviously. Pre-1.13 cham for the MERC? Woah. Then again, if you still plan on doing more 1.09 and blackhorn's is the best helm evar then why not?
 
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RobbyD said:
So, after over a year of dedicated Pindle running, and on recorded run #14,729 with my Nova Sorc (267 MF, including a stylish Ist in the Wizzy), I finally got...

TEH WINDEH FROM PINDEH!!!! with 8% Mana Leech for extra style!

So, time to finish planning and implement my 1.09 WF Strafer! I'm thinking Gayle for a name (though Wendy does come to mind as well!). I'm also thinking Bows only (no xBows) so I can really try out a GSA and Eaglehorn along the way. I'm also thinking of popping that Cham Rune in an eth Blackhorn's Face for my merc so he can wear Smoke and not get slow.

So, anyone interested in a side-by-side? I have a 4os +3 Skills +10ED GMB found years ago for Faith - how about 1.09 vs 1.13 Bowas?

Funny thing - I've never found an eth Hone in 1.09.
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Wow! What a find! Congrats! May I ask how you know exactly how many runs you have done? What do you use to count the runs for you?
 
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I run with Silospen's Run Counter (linked in the stickies). Gives you number of runs, average run time (My Sorc's is 24.051s over 14,729 runs) Total time (100:25 hours) and fastest run.

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I though the event merited an update in my 1.09 Flavie (as of 2013-6-4) : Grail -5
 
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RobbyD said:
I run with Silospen's Run Counter (linked in the stickies). Gives you number of runs, average run time (My Sorc's is 24.051s over 14,729 runs) Total time (100:25 hours) and fastest run.

***EDIT***

I though the event merited an update in my 1.09 Flavie (as of 2013-6-4) : Grail -5
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Hmm. Yes, you should definitely run pindeh for those missing TC 90s. I see gris set is missing as well ;)
 
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RobbyD said:
I run with Silospen's Run Counter (linked in the stickies). Gives you number of runs, average run time (My Sorc's is 24.051s over 14,729 runs) Total time (100:25 hours) and fastest run.

***EDIT***

I though the event merited an update in my 1.09 Flavie (as of 2013-6-4) : Grail -5
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Awesome thank you for that.
 
Re: 1.09 Roll Call - Goals, Progress, Finds

MagicFind, I think you brought the essence of your name to my quest. I've seriously been running Pindle for a WF for well over a year, and then I see you post about wanting to make a good 1.09 Pindle runner - I respond with my best advice, and settle in for another long night of Pindle running - then about 5 runs in, BAM, Teh Windeh!

It should be noted that my Nova Sorc, GIEB_VEX, is easily my champion for ITAMZ - not only did she get like 4 Vex Runes from Countess, but also a Cham Rune, BKTG (TC90), and my Preccciousssss from Pindle! So, I'd say, make you a Nova Sorc for Pindle (and run Countess for runes). She needs gear though, so I'd get that Mephy running Frenzy Barb going.

Couple things with 1.09 Barbs - a single point in a weapon mastery is bugged to give you 100% Critical Strike, so for untwinked, put a point in each of Sword Mastery, Mace Mastery, and Axe Mastery to help you maximize whatever weapons you find. He's also the easiest to gear up, because you can roll Champion Swords with 3 open sockets using the 3 chipped gem recipe. Finally, you can use a poor-man's MF armor (4 Perfect Topazes in an armor) since he has that handy natural resists.

Run Mephy for a Wizzy, a Skin of the Vipermagi, a Shako, and a Lidless Wall, and you should be able to gear up a pretty darn effective Nova Sorc with 105 FCR who can run Countess (especially) and Pindle faster than any other character. I also STRONGLY suggest a Blackhorn's Face for your merc to allow him to survive going up against MSLE monsters.

I did some math and realized that the average total run time for a fast Nova Sorc with modest MF is much shorter than that of higher MF but slower target-running characters.
 
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Robby, Could you show me what gear your Nova Sorc uses and what skills she uses? please :)
 
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For Nova to shine, you need 103+ faster cast rate (FCR) and lots of mana. I got there with a Wizzy (I put an Ist in it cuz she's my champ MFer), Skin of Vipermagi, Shako, Lidless Wall, and a crafted Caster ammy. I wanted Frostburn over Magefist for the huge mana. Now, she has 2x SoJ cuz I had them, but I'm assuming you're not sitting on 2 of those, so you can get 10% FCR on a ring and not have to rely on a caster ammy.

Keep in mind that she's not a universal runner. She struggles with Act5 cold caves and Baal due to Blood Mana, and cows cuz she's comparatively fragile.
 
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Huge congrats for getting that Windeh! =)

Hmm, I'm considering firing up a nova sorc in 1.09 at some point. It looks like it could collect enough runes for 1.10s CtA from countess running in a some what "reasonable" time. Yet another project I would like to start. I will probably wait until I have something to bring from 1.07 though.
 
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I have chosen to make a Frenzy/Bezerk barb. I am level 9 in Cold Plains right now. My first stop will probably be NM meph for lots of runs.
 
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