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Nicely done, Kool69! (That sweet gear probably didn't hurt, either.)Kool69 said:MY FIRST GUARDIAN EVER!!
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Nicely done, Kool69! (That sweet gear probably didn't hurt, either.)Kool69 said:MY FIRST GUARDIAN EVER!!
Major congrats Kool69
That's quite the impressive feat, and a very nice writeup as well...
Congratulations!
On a completely different note, does anyone know whether it's even possible for rare belts to spawn with "Rune" in the name?
Edit: Scratch that request. Overconfidence got the better of me - in the form of a might enchanted frenzytaur pack in Abbadon. I'd become so used to nothing doing damage at an appreciable rate (basically because everything died so quickly as soon as it was close) that I clicked for a healing potion instead of a rejuvenation. They didn't take many hits to wipe me out, though.
Still never taken a HC character to Nightmare.
Final score:
Waypoints (32): +32
Quests (22): +44 (Also killed shenk, but hadn't got the sockets used so no points for that)
Perfect Acts (4): +12
Level (37): -37
Total: 51
Code:[highlight]ALIVE[/highlight] [B][U]Character Class Forum Name Level Act Last WP Score[/U][/B] LordOfTheBones Mummy Kool69 81 A5 Guardian 283 Bone_Wrap Mummy Wolron 76 A1 [H]Outer Cloister 169 Consoul_Avenger Martyred Saint Glenstorm 66 A5 [NM]Frigid High 135 Light_Wight Toxic Wight Old Soldier 52 A2 [NM]Sewers 2 89 Mi-T-Bone Mummy jgreg7 26 A3 Lut Gholein 25 ToxicMungo Toxic Wight EmperorMoo 22 A2 Far Oasis 9 FuryAndChaos Poltergeist Rashiminos 20 A2 Lut Gholein 5 FollowinAnAngel Angel EJB 18 A2 Lut Gholein 5 Havoc_Pavarotti Poltergeist Grisu 20 A2 Lut Gholein 5 ANGELofRAINBOW Angel RedHeadedDeath 21 A2 Lut Gholein 4 O_Rourke Poltergeist Tadzio 21 A2 Lut Gholein 4 Rougarou_Beast Werewolf Medea 20 A2 Lut Gholein 1 TheToxicViper Toxic White HiMyNameIs..24 A2 Lut Gholein 0 Toxic_Avenger Toxic Wight Hoop76 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Ophelia Valkyrie EmperorMoo 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Thunder Valkyrie Ilshad 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Funny_Bone Mummy pwangsta 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Dubbel Poltergeist IronCrown 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Angelectric Angel Butzull 16 A1 Outer Cloister -2 Bonekeeper Mummy LordMay 12 A1 Stony Field -5 [highlight]DEAD/RETIRED[/highlight] [B][U]Character Class Forum Name Level Act Death Site Score[/U][/B] White_Death Toxic Wight GuraKKa 69 A1 [H]Catacombs 2 174 Beaster Werewolf PetePizza 62 A5 [NM]Highlands 143 Rune_Hunter Valkyrie mwille 63 A4 [NM]River Flame 131 ALRuner Valkyrie Butzull 65 A4 [NM]River o Flame 127 Beast_Six Werewolf OldSoldier 59 A3 [NM]UK Temple 114 Angela Angel Mursilis 61 A3 [NM]Travincal 113 Angel_Electra Angel Wolron 59 A3 [NM]Great Marsh 107 Rune_Rage Valkyrie Wolron 57 A2 [NM]Canyon Magi 97 Polterhoop Poltergeist Hoop76 48 A1 [NM]Catacombs 2 83 Boneaparte Mummy Butzull 51 A1 [NM]Catacombs L2 80 PlagueKrack Toxic Wight Saucy 36 A1 [NM]Rogue Camp 72 Soul_Seeker Martyred Saint goltar25 32 A4 Chaos Sanctuary 52 Ort_Rune Valkyrie Scatha 37 A5 Abbadon 51 ALSaintSparky Martyred Saint Butzull 33 A4 River of Flame 46 Sangelia Angel goltar25 27 A3 Durance Lvl 3 45 DeathViper Toxic Wight Gabriel74 30 A4 pand fort 43 EarlJHickey Martyred Saint EmperorMoo 29 A2 Durance Lvl 3 41 BoneDaddy Mummy Old Soldier 28 A3 Stupid Mephisto 39 Boner Mummy PetePizza 28 A3 Stupid Mephisto 31 ChaosZerker Poltergeist Butzull 26 A2 Canyon Of Magi 19 Bone_Horror Mummy ToI 25 A2 Canyon of Magi 16 BillyThePally Martyred Saint HiMyNameIs..20 A2 NOT DEATH 4 UnholyMoley Mummy EmperorMoo 17 A1 Catacombs 2 3 AngelofHamsters Angel EmperorMoo 18 A1 Catacombs 2 3 Rune_Obsessee Valkyrie ToI 20 A1 Catacombs 2 1 St_Michael Martyred Saint Quickdeath 19 A1 Catacombs 3 1 Saint_Pwangsta Martyred Saint pwangsta 19 A1 Catacombs 4 0 Plague_Huntress Toxic Wight pwangsta 6 A1 Stony Field 0 Divine_Radiance Angel Rashiminos 16 A1 Barracks -2 Orions_Fury Poltergeist pwangsta 11 A1 Tristram -3
Good work, Kool! I doubt that I'd be able to top that (since I've never gotten a guardian myself - you can no longer say that). Congrats! You really flew through NM and Hell, it must have taken a toll on you.
Nope, it didn't haha xD Infact, it helped, a lot, because I know if I hadn't had max lighting resist in Hell, Gloams would of toasted me on multiple occasions haha xDjgreg7 said:Nicely done, Kool69! (That sweet gear probably didn't hurt, either.)
Mursilis said:Major congrats Kool69
That's quite the impressive feat, and a very nice writeup as well...
Thanks hah xD I would of written a better write up, but, at 3 am, really all I wanted to do was to hurry up and sleep hahaha xD
OldSoldier said:Good work, Kool! I doubt that I'd be able to top that (since I've never gotten a guardian myself - you can no longer say that). Congrats! You really flew through NM and Hell, it must have taken a toll on you.
Oh yes, I lost 14 pounds on my way through NM and Hell haha xD
Actually wasn't so bad hah! It's summer, so, meh, I got time to waste hahah xD
And I believe in you! You can make it to Guardian status! =D
Mi-T-Bone has finished act 3.
His low vitality is starting to make itself known. Vampire fireballs and meteors hurt him more than most of my characters, and Bremm Sparkfist really did a number on him. Conviction aura plus LE is a nasty combo! Mi-T-Bone’s life ball dropped to almost nothing in an instant before he could gulp a rejuv and hightail it out of there. Fortunately Ahsab was willing to tank Bremm while Mi-T-Bone lobbed bone spears from a safe distance. Compared to all that Meph himself was a pushover.
We had a fantastic map for Meph runs, but only two were needed. On the second kill he dropped both the Angelic Mantle and Hsarus’ Iron Heel. Mi-T-Bone kept the boots, replacing the ethereal ones he’d been wearing. During the act he also shopped for a Fungal bone wand with +2 to bone spear, and gambled mediocre rare bone helms and shields.
Off we go to find Diablo…
Code:[highlight]ALIVE[/highlight] [B][U]Character Class Forum Name Level Act Last WP Score[/U][/B] Bone_Wrap Mummy Wolron 76 A1 [H]Outer Cloister 169 Consoul_Avenger Martyred Saint Glenstorm 66 A5 [NM]Frigid High 135 Light_Wight Toxic Wight Old Soldier 52 A2 [NM]Sewers 2 89 Mi-T-Bone Mummy jgreg7 30 A4 Fortress 43 ToxicMungo Toxic Wight EmperorMoo 22 A2 Far Oasis 9 FuryAndChaos Poltergeist Rashiminos 20 A2 Lut Gholein 5 FollowinAnAngel Angel EJB 18 A2 Lut Gholein 5 Havoc_Pavarotti Poltergeist Grisu 20 A2 Lut Gholein 5 ANGELofRAINBOW Angel RedHeadedDeath 21 A2 Lut Gholein 4 O_Rourke Poltergeist Tadzio 21 A2 Lut Gholein 4 Rougarou_Beast Werewolf Medea 20 A2 Lut Gholein 1 TheToxicViper Toxic White HiMyNameIs..24 A2 Lut Gholein 0 Toxic_Avenger Toxic Wight Hoop76 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Ophelia Valkyrie EmperorMoo 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Thunder Valkyrie Ilshad 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Funny_Bone Mummy pwangsta 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Dubbel Poltergeist IronCrown 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Angelectric Angel Butzull 16 A1 Outer Cloister -2 Bonekeeper Mummy LordMay 12 A1 Stony Field -5 [highlight]DEAD/RETIRED[/highlight] [B][U]Character Class Forum Name Level Act Death Site Score[/U][/B] LordOfTheBones Mummy Kool69 81 - Guardian 283 White_Death Toxic Wight GuraKKa 69 A1 [H]Catacombs 2 174 Beaster Werewolf PetePizza 62 A5 [NM]Highlands 143 Rune_Hunter Valkyrie mwille 63 A4 [NM]River Flame 131 ALRuner Valkyrie Butzull 65 A4 [NM]River o Flame 127 Beast_Six Werewolf OldSoldier 59 A3 [NM]UK Temple 114 Angela Angel Mursilis 61 A3 [NM]Travincal 113 Angel_Electra Angel Wolron 59 A3 [NM]Great Marsh 107 Rune_Rage Valkyrie Wolron 57 A2 [NM]Canyon Magi 97 Polterhoop Poltergeist Hoop76 48 A1 [NM]Catacombs 2 83 Boneaparte Mummy Butzull 51 A1 [NM]Catacombs L2 80 PlagueKrack Toxic Wight Saucy 36 A1 [NM]Rogue Camp 72 Soul_Seeker Martyred Saint goltar25 32 A4 Chaos Sanctuary 52 Ort_Rune Valkyrie Scatha 37 A5 Abbadon 51 ALSaintSparky Martyred Saint Butzull 33 A4 River of Flame 46 Sangelia Angel goltar25 27 A3 Durance Lvl 3 45 DeathViper Toxic Wight Gabriel74 30 A4 pand fort 43 EarlJHickey Martyred Saint EmperorMoo 29 A2 Durance Lvl 3 41 BoneDaddy Mummy Old Soldier 28 A3 Stupid Mephisto 39 Boner Mummy PetePizza 28 A3 Stupid Mephisto 31 ChaosZerker Poltergeist Butzull 26 A2 Canyon Of Magi 19 Bone_Horror Mummy ToI 25 A2 Canyon of Magi 16 BillyThePally Martyred Saint HiMyNameIs..20 A2 NOT DEATH 4 UnholyMoley Mummy EmperorMoo 17 A1 Catacombs 2 3 AngelofHamsters Angel EmperorMoo 18 A1 Catacombs 2 3 Rune_Obsessee Valkyrie ToI 20 A1 Catacombs 2 1 St_Michael Martyred Saint Quickdeath 19 A1 Catacombs 3 1 Saint_Pwangsta Martyred Saint pwangsta 19 A1 Catacombs 4 0 Plague_Huntress Toxic Wight pwangsta 6 A1 Stony Field 0 Divine_Radiance Angel Rashiminos 16 A1 Barracks -2 Orions_Fury Poltergeist pwangsta 11 A1 Tristram -3
Knew toe to toe fighting in hardcare is extremely difficult. And the tourney rules make it even harder especially when its late!
So my HSadin SaintP***** decided he'd had enough of running away from Big D and decided to stay and knock that tiny bit of life the big red dog had left. Dumb idea and the last one he had. RIP. Got to level 32 with all the waypoints, Q's and stuff.
Thanks for the tourney idea.
Oh my barbarian got spanked by the smith, only found one ethereal weapon up until then and my mind was wandering when I ran into the Smith. Going to give it a second go with an assassin. Will post once I get her named figured out and here up and running.
Yes, here is one that I found a while back:Scatha said:Congratulations!
On a completely different note, does anyone know whether it's even possible for rare belts to spawn with "Rune" in the name?
Rune Harness
Belt
Defense: 7
Durability: 8 of 16
Required Strength: 25
Required Level: 11
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 23
Fingerprint: 0xca71826e
+4 to Strength
+17 to Life
+32% Enhanced Defense
Fire Resist +7%
Cold Resist +11%
10% Faster Hit Recovery
Nice work Kool!!! I am sorry I missed your guardian post, but I have been out of town visiting Skunkbelly. I told him that you were almost certainly going to guardian in this tournament and he thought that was an amazing feat. Thanks for not making me out to be too over optimistic:wink3:
By the way, if you have so much spare time, why not try another character type:evil:
Sorry to hear that your first shot was a short one. good luck with the Toxic Wight.Vang said:Oh my barbarian got spanked by the smith, only found one ethereal weapon up until then and my mind was wandering when I ran into the Smith. Going to give it a second go with an assassin. Will post once I get her named figured out and here up and running.
Good show! You ought to try again with another character.Elfstones said:Knew toe to toe fighting in hardcare is extremely difficult. And the tourney rules make it even harder especially when its late!
So my HSadin SaintP***** decided he'd had enough of running away from Big D and decided to stay and knock that tiny bit of life the big red dog had left. Dumb idea and the last one he had. RIP. Got to level 32 with all the waypoints, Q's and stuff.
Thanks for the tourney idea.
Bone_Wrap has received his reward for killing Hell Andariel (twice). The first attempt was on Players 1 and there was no reward to be had at that level. So, we tried Players 5. That worked fine for a Unique Broadsword (Griswald's Edge). If I switch to an act 3 merc, that would be a decent sword for him to carry. Otherwise, it is useless.
Speaking of mercs, Bone_Wrap has fallen in love with a Rogue cold bowyer and ditched his Act 2 merc for her. The relationship seems to be working. She has not died much and actually survived both battles with Andariel.
No significant improvements in equipment, but the merc is using "Endlesshail", the unique double bow that Bone_Wrap found. Of course, Bone_Wrap could not use it unless he personalized it.
Here is the score update:
Score:
Quests (60): +120
Waypoints (**): +**
Perfect Acts (11): +33
Level (77): -77
destroyer bonus: +5
conqueror bonus: +10
Total: 179
Well, that is good enough for second place overall. Of course, first place is probably impossible. Bone_Wrap would have to finish Hell in just four more levels. Not likely. I guess I should switch to Players 1 exclusively, even if it is a bit easy.
Code:[highlight]ALIVE[/highlight] [B][U]Character Class Forum Name Level Act Last WP Score[/U][/B] Bone_Wrap Mummy Wolron 77 A2 [H]Lut Gholein 179 Consoul_Avenger Martyred Saint Glenstorm 66 A5 [NM]Frigid High 135 Light_Wight Toxic Wight Old Soldier 52 A2 [NM]Sewers 2 89 Mi-T-Bone Mummy jgreg7 30 A4 Fortress 43 ToxicMungo Toxic Wight EmperorMoo 22 A2 Far Oasis 9 FuryAndChaos Poltergeist Rashiminos 20 A2 Lut Gholein 5 FollowinAnAngel Angel EJB 18 A2 Lut Gholein 5 Havoc_Pavarotti Poltergeist Grisu 20 A2 Lut Gholein 5 ANGELofRAINBOW Angel RedHeadedDeath 21 A2 Lut Gholein 4 O_Rourke Poltergeist Tadzio 21 A2 Lut Gholein 4 Rougarou_Beast Werewolf Medea 20 A2 Lut Gholein 1 TheToxicViper Toxic White HiMyNameIs..24 A2 Lut Gholein 0 Toxic_Avenger Toxic Wight Hoop76 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Ophelia Valkyrie EmperorMoo 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Thunder Valkyrie Ilshad 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Funny_Bone Mummy pwangsta 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Dubbel Poltergeist IronCrown 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Angelectric Angel Butzull 16 A1 Outer Cloister -2 Bonekeeper Mummy LordMay 12 A1 Stony Field -5 [highlight]DEAD/RETIRED[/highlight] [B][U]Character Class Forum Name Level Act Death Site Score[/U][/B] LordOfTheBones Mummy Kool69 81 - Guardian 283 White_Death Toxic Wight GuraKKa 69 A1 [H]Catacombs 2 174 Beaster Werewolf PetePizza 62 A5 [NM]Highlands 143 Rune_Hunter Valkyrie mwille 63 A4 [NM]River Flame 131 ALRuner Valkyrie Butzull 65 A4 [NM]River o Flame 127 Beast_Six Werewolf OldSoldier 59 A3 [NM]UK Temple 114 Angela Angel Mursilis 61 A3 [NM]Travincal 113 Angel_Electra Angel Wolron 59 A3 [NM]Great Marsh 107 Rune_Rage Valkyrie Wolron 57 A2 [NM]Canyon Magi 97 Polterhoop Poltergeist Hoop76 48 A1 [NM]Catacombs 2 83 Boneaparte Mummy Butzull 51 A1 [NM]Catacombs L2 80 PlagueKrack Toxic Wight Saucy 36 A1 [NM]Rogue Camp 72 Soul_Seeker Martyred Saint goltar25 32 A4 Chaos Sanctuary 52 Ort_Rune Valkyrie Scatha 37 A5 Abbadon 51 ALSaintSparky Martyred Saint Butzull 33 A4 River of Flame 46 Sangelia Angel goltar25 27 A3 Durance Lvl 3 45 DeathViper Toxic Wight Gabriel74 30 A4 pand fort 43 EarlJHickey Martyred Saint EmperorMoo 29 A2 Durance Lvl 3 41 BoneDaddy Mummy Old Soldier 28 A3 Stupid Mephisto 39 Boner Mummy PetePizza 28 A3 Stupid Mephisto 31 ChaosZerker Poltergeist Butzull 26 A2 Canyon Of Magi 19 Bone_Horror Mummy ToI 25 A2 Canyon of Magi 16 BillyThePally Martyred Saint HiMyNameIs..20 A2 NOT DEATH 4 UnholyMoley Mummy EmperorMoo 17 A1 Catacombs 2 3 AngelofHamsters Angel EmperorMoo 18 A1 Catacombs 2 3 Rune_Obsessee Valkyrie ToI 20 A1 Catacombs 2 1 St_Michael Martyred Saint Quickdeath 19 A1 Catacombs 3 1 Saint_Pwangsta Martyred Saint pwangsta 19 A1 Catacombs 4 0 Plague_Huntress Toxic Wight pwangsta 6 A1 Stony Field 0 Divine_Radiance Angel Rashiminos 16 A1 Barracks -2 Orions_Fury Poltergeist pwangsta 11 A1 Tristram -3
Bone_Wrap has killed Duriel on P7 (The rest of Act 2H was on P1). He received two green items (Hwanin's Blessing belt and Cathan's Rule staff). The belt will be recorded as his reward, but the Hsarus belt will continue to be used based on its cold resistance of +20.
The best item find in Hell Act 2 was the Unique Ward Bow. This is a grail item for me, and it makes my Act 1 Rogue merc a much better killer. The only trouble is that it has magic damage which is what bone spear provides already. It also has considerable physical damage though and that is very useful.
Widowmaker
Ward Bow
Two-Hand Damage: 59 to 157
Required Dexterity: 146
Required Strength: 72
Required Level: 65
Bow Class - Normal Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 87
Fingerprint: 0x48e17cbb
+198% Enhanced Damage
+3 to Guided Arrow
Ignore Target Defense
33% Deadly Strike
Fires Magic Arrows
Here is the score update:
Score:
Quests (66): +132
Waypoints (97): +97
Perfect Acts (12): +36
Level (79): -79
destroyer bonus: +5
conqueror bonus: +10
Total: 201
Code:[highlight]ALIVE[/highlight] [B][U]Character Class Forum Name Level Act Last WP Score[/U][/B] Bone_Wrap Mummy Wolron 79 A3 [H]Kurast Docks 201 Consoul_Avenger Martyred Saint Glenstorm 66 A5 [NM]Frigid High 135 Light_Wight Toxic Wight Old Soldier 52 A2 [NM]Sewers 2 89 Mi-T-Bone Mummy jgreg7 30 A4 Fortress 43 ToxicMungo Toxic Wight EmperorMoo 22 A2 Far Oasis 9 FuryAndChaos Poltergeist Rashiminos 20 A2 Lut Gholein 5 FollowinAnAngel Angel EJB 18 A2 Lut Gholein 5 Havoc_Pavarotti Poltergeist Grisu 20 A2 Lut Gholein 5 ANGELofRAINBOW Angel RedHeadedDeath 21 A2 Lut Gholein 4 O_Rourke Poltergeist Tadzio 21 A2 Lut Gholein 4 Rougarou_Beast Werewolf Medea 20 A2 Lut Gholein 1 TheToxicViper Toxic White HiMyNameIs..24 A2 Lut Gholein 0 Toxic_Avenger Toxic Wight Hoop76 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Ophelia Valkyrie EmperorMoo 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Thunder Valkyrie Ilshad 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Funny_Bone Mummy pwangsta 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Dubbel Poltergeist IronCrown 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Angelectric Angel Butzull 16 A1 Outer Cloister -2 Bonekeeper Mummy LordMay 12 A1 Stony Field -5 [highlight]DEAD/RETIRED[/highlight] [B][U]Character Class Forum Name Level Act Death Site Score[/U][/B] LordOfTheBones Mummy Kool69 81 - Guardian 283 White_Death Toxic Wight GuraKKa 69 A1 [H]Catacombs 2 174 Beaster Werewolf PetePizza 62 A5 [NM]Highlands 143 Rune_Hunter Valkyrie mwille 63 A4 [NM]River Flame 131 ALRuner Valkyrie Butzull 65 A4 [NM]River o Flame 127 Beast_Six Werewolf OldSoldier 59 A3 [NM]UK Temple 114 Angela Angel Mursilis 61 A3 [NM]Travincal 113 Angel_Electra Angel Wolron 59 A3 [NM]Great Marsh 107 Rune_Rage Valkyrie Wolron 57 A2 [NM]Canyon Magi 97 Polterhoop Poltergeist Hoop76 48 A1 [NM]Catacombs 2 83 Boneaparte Mummy Butzull 51 A1 [NM]Catacombs L2 80 PlagueKrack Toxic Wight Saucy 36 A1 [NM]Rogue Camp 72 Soul_Seeker Martyred Saint goltar25 32 A4 Chaos Sanctuary 52 Ort_Rune Valkyrie Scatha 37 A5 Abbadon 51 ALSaintSparky Martyred Saint Butzull 33 A4 River of Flame 46 Sangelia Angel goltar25 27 A3 Durance Lvl 3 45 DeathViper Toxic Wight Gabriel74 30 A4 pand fort 43 EarlJHickey Martyred Saint EmperorMoo 29 A2 Durance Lvl 3 41 BoneDaddy Mummy Old Soldier 28 A3 Stupid Mephisto 39 Boner Mummy PetePizza 28 A3 Stupid Mephisto 31 ChaosZerker Poltergeist Butzull 26 A2 Canyon Of Magi 19 Bone_Horror Mummy ToI 25 A2 Canyon of Magi 16 BillyThePally Martyred Saint HiMyNameIs..20 A2 NOT DEATH 4 UnholyMoley Mummy EmperorMoo 17 A1 Catacombs 2 3 AngelofHamsters Angel EmperorMoo 18 A1 Catacombs 2 3 Rune_Obsessee Valkyrie ToI 20 A1 Catacombs 2 1 St_Michael Martyred Saint Quickdeath 19 A1 Catacombs 3 1 Saint_Pwangsta Martyred Saint pwangsta 19 A1 Catacombs 4 0 Plague_Huntress Toxic Wight pwangsta 6 A1 Stony Field 0 Divine_Radiance Angel Rashiminos 16 A1 Barracks -2 Orions_Fury Poltergeist pwangsta 11 A1 Tristram -3
Light_Wight has taken the fight to Duriel, twice, and emerged victorious. The first time through I forgot to take the players setting off of P8 so I ended up going back to town at least 15 times to get more mana and heal myself and/or create another shadow warrior meat shield. My merc went down in mere seconds the first two times I was in the room with the fat bug, so I thought not to keep spending the money to resurrect, despite the slowing effect of the good guys' holy freeze. Five LS, dead shadow, recast shadow, Duriel kills shadow within 6 seconds, run around and evade capture until timer expires, stop to cast shadow, get hit once, retreat a few steps, drink a blue, recast 5 LS, continue to do so until I am out of mana pots or don't feel good mojo. This is a level 11 shadow too: my first matriarch had a shadow master that didn't often die, I don't remember it being this rough, but I don't have any +skills (I do have an amulet but keep my MF amulet on most of the time). Anyway, Duriel didn't drop anything S/U, so I went back through on P1 and kept the merc alive with only three trips back to town this time. Enter room, cast 5 LS, open portal immediately, leave if merc drops into red, repeat. Not too shabby. The second time Duriel dropped Ripsaw, which I won't use but may give to a barb merc if I feel like it (probably won't). The 80% OW is nice though...
Score:
Quests (39): +78
Waypoints (58): +58
Perfect Acts (7): +21
Level (57): -57
destroyer bonus: +5
Total: 105
She has over 40 unspent stat points. I keep waiting for when I'll need points for the end of act bonus but I can't think of a need for that many saved up. Is anyone else having a problem with this? My vitality is 116, which doesn't seem too bad...
Code:[highlight]ALIVE[/highlight] [B][U]Character Class Forum Name Level Act Last WP Score[/U][/B] Bone_Wrap Mummy Wolron 77 A2 [H]Lut Gholein 179 Consoul_Avenger Martyred Saint Glenstorm 66 A5 [NM]Frigid High 135 Light_Wight Toxic Wight Old Soldier 57 A3 [NM]Kurast Docks 105 Mi-T-Bone Mummy jgreg7 30 A4 Fortress 43 ToxicMungo Toxic Wight EmperorMoo 22 A2 Far Oasis 9 FuryAndChaos Poltergeist Rashiminos 20 A2 Lut Gholein 5 FollowinAnAngel Angel EJB 18 A2 Lut Gholein 5 Havoc_Pavarotti Poltergeist Grisu 20 A2 Lut Gholein 5 ANGELofRAINBOW Angel RedHeadedDeath 21 A2 Lut Gholein 4 O_Rourke Poltergeist Tadzio 21 A2 Lut Gholein 4 Rougarou_Beast Werewolf Medea 20 A2 Lut Gholein 1 TheToxicViper Toxic White HiMyNameIs..24 A2 Lut Gholein 0 Toxic_Avenger Toxic Wight Hoop76 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Ophelia Valkyrie EmperorMoo 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Thunder Valkyrie Ilshad 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Funny_Bone Mummy pwangsta 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Dubbel Poltergeist IronCrown 1 A1 Rogue Camp 0 Angelectric Angel Butzull 16 A1 Outer Cloister -2 Bonekeeper Mummy LordMay 12 A1 Stony Field -5 [highlight]DEAD/RETIRED[/highlight] [B][U]Character Class Forum Name Level Act Death Site Score[/U][/B] LordOfTheBones Mummy Kool69 81 - Guardian 283 White_Death Toxic Wight GuraKKa 69 A1 [H]Catacombs 2 174 Beaster Werewolf PetePizza 62 A5 [NM]Highlands 143 Rune_Hunter Valkyrie mwille 63 A4 [NM]River Flame 131 ALRuner Valkyrie Butzull 65 A4 [NM]River o Flame 127 Beast_Six Werewolf OldSoldier 59 A3 [NM]UK Temple 114 Angela Angel Mursilis 61 A3 [NM]Travincal 113 Angel_Electra Angel Wolron 59 A3 [NM]Great Marsh 107 Rune_Rage Valkyrie Wolron 57 A2 [NM]Canyon Magi 97 Polterhoop Poltergeist Hoop76 48 A1 [NM]Catacombs 2 83 Boneaparte Mummy Butzull 51 A1 [NM]Catacombs L2 80 PlagueKrack Toxic Wight Saucy 36 A1 [NM]Rogue Camp 72 Soul_Seeker Martyred Saint goltar25 32 A4 Chaos Sanctuary 52 Ort_Rune Valkyrie Scatha 37 A5 Abbadon 51 ALSaintSparky Martyred Saint Butzull 33 A4 River of Flame 46 Sangelia Angel goltar25 27 A3 Durance Lvl 3 45 DeathViper Toxic Wight Gabriel74 30 A4 pand fort 43 EarlJHickey Martyred Saint EmperorMoo 29 A2 Durance Lvl 3 41 BoneDaddy Mummy Old Soldier 28 A3 Stupid Mephisto 39 Boner Mummy PetePizza 28 A3 Stupid Mephisto 31 ChaosZerker Poltergeist Butzull 26 A2 Canyon Of Magi 19 Bone_Horror Mummy ToI 25 A2 Canyon of Magi 16 BillyThePally Martyred Saint HiMyNameIs..20 A2 NOT DEATH 4 UnholyMoley Mummy EmperorMoo 17 A1 Catacombs 2 3 AngelofHamsters Angel EmperorMoo 18 A1 Catacombs 2 3 Rune_Obsessee Valkyrie ToI 20 A1 Catacombs 2 1 St_Michael Martyred Saint Quickdeath 19 A1 Catacombs 3 1 Saint_Pwangsta Martyred Saint pwangsta 19 A1 Catacombs 4 0 Plague_Huntress Toxic Wight pwangsta 6 A1 Stony Field 0 Divine_Radiance Angel Rashiminos 16 A1 Barracks -2 Orions_Fury Poltergeist pwangsta 11 A1 Tristram -3
Hmmm, if that is a problem, why not spend a few points on dexterity or energy?? I have a mummy (necro) who had been putting 1 into both Vitality and Strength all along, and then spending 5 on each at the end of each act boss fiasco. That has given me much more strength than I need, so now I use a lot of points on energy and a few on dexterity. Dexterity seems a waste, but it does a bit of good on defense and you never know when you might want to use something that takes dexterity. I currently have 15 points saved up for the last three acts in Hell. I hope I need them; they will be used in vitality because you never have enough of that!OldSoldier said:She has over 40 unspent stat points. I keep waiting for when I'll need points for the end of act bonus but I can't think of a need for that many saved up. Is anyone else having a problem with this? My vitality is 116, which doesn't seem too bad...
I'll probably keep them handy until I run across something that requires dexterity; it does just seem like a waste. I stopped pumping strength but maybe I'll start up again because you just never know when that cool item comes along and you're 3 points short of being able to throw it on. I'd hate to put it into energy when insight is a sol rune away (still haven't seen one halfway through the entire game) and mana potions are covering the ground.
Remember, you can stow a few charms in ATMA that have strength or dexterity and then pull them out if you need some extra strength/dexterity. I usually use charms mainly for resistance, but it is an option.OldSoldier said:I'll probably keep them handy until I run across something that requires dexterity; it does just seem like a waste. I stopped pumping strength but maybe I'll start up again because you just never know when that cool item comes along and you're 3 points short of being able to throw it on. I'd hate to put it into energy when insight is a sol rune away (still haven't seen one halfway through the entire game) and mana potions are covering the ground.
Agreed, I think I have a few rolling around there; before the +1 Str/level started to catch up with my needs I used several, and they went into storage.Wolron said:Remember, you can stow a few charms in ATMA that have strength or dexterity and then pull them out if you need some extra strength/dexterity. I usually use charms mainly for resistance, but it is an option.
Light_Wight found Khalim's eye (the one in the spider cavern anyway) and the WP and called it a night. She's chewing through stuff pretty well so far, and has maxed out LS, 10 in DS, 11 in SW and the rest in prereqs or one point skills. I really need that sol rune (for insight) to keep my mana high, the drag right now is stopping to keep my mana potion column of the belt full, since a set of five lightning sentries pretty much decimates my mana bulb. After NM I gather I'll be running away from many things in hell because I can't deal with LI monsters very well. I am not doing so well controlling my Shadow, I can't get it to use any of the allowed martial arts skills that I spent four hard-earned points in. Oh well, it's only four points I guess...
The final note, which is nice for me, is that I found some demonhide gloves in the chest that dropped the eye, so I decided to craft some caster gloves out of them, and they spawned with the Viper name, so buh bye Cleglaw's gloves and hello better ones. They spawned with good mods too, +1 bow amazon skills, 10% IAS, and 17% MF in addition to the preset mods. No resists but I'll get there eventually.
Light_Wight has made it to Harrogath, and not really had any problems so far. I used a couple of healing potions and a cold explosion took me down to about 150 life once, but other than that my trip has been pretty smooth. Her drops have picked up very well in this playing session today. Mephisto dropped Twitchthroe the second time around, which brought my blocking up to 74%, and one single point later in dex it was max block, not too shabby. Izual dropped a Crainte Vomir, which I can't use obviously, but it is a nice weapon. Hellforge dropped an Um rune, which might be nice to put into that Twitchthroe if I can ever find some correct runes to upgrade it. I also found an ethereal self repairing ghost armor with fire and lightning resist, which I might put the Um into, I haven't decided yet. I found that coming right into the Chaos Sanctuary by a random boss monster. Diablo died after I decided to stop resurrecting my merc and shadow and just run around waiting for the LS to smoke him (/p8 BTW), and I also found Treads of Cthon as my Diablo drop. In addition to that, Diablo dropped a rare claw weapon with +1 traps and "viper" in the name. Woo hoo!
However, perhaps my best drop was a "sol" rune, don't remember where but it was somewhere in act III, sewers maybe. It finished my ethereal bardiche insight for the merc, and my game speed went up by at least three times. No more mana problems, and even in hell (act 4) the first lightning immunes showed up in the city of the damned. My plan of action was to use cloak of shadows to shut down the lightning balls and allow the merc to pick them off one at a time. Once a couple were down I used DS to blow them up (even though at reduced efficacy because of players 8) and that should work pretty well until I hit a champion pack which isn't susceptible to CoS.
Finally, she did find a teleport amulet, which I haven't figured out when to use yet, but along with the +2 shadow skills (prebuff warrior), +1 assassin skills (better trap damage) and MF amulet, really gets me going in the right direction.
Score:
Quests (48): +96
Waypoints (70): +70
Perfect Acts (9): +27
Level (66): -66
destroyer bonus: +5
Total: 132
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