Nicely done, jiansonz!
I think I can't keep up with you, since I still have to do 1700 Mephisto runs for the Mephathon...so you can easily slow down a bit and take a breath :wink3:
And the Stealskull is an awesome find! Congrats on that!
[2007] Tournament : The Bountyhunter's heaven [by Merlin The Wizzard]
- Thread starter Grisu
- Start date
Pfft! Too funny! You should wear it anyway, to enhance Maryam's inner barb. Who knows, she might croak out a Find Item or two.jiansonz said:An early Hungry Dead boss dropped an amulet. Cool! What can it be, what can it be?
+2 to Warcries
That was quite a high-impact Andy drop! Sweet set-up for a desert merc, despite heavy item restrictions. Nice Stealskull, popular even among high-end twinkers, and it even rolled excellent MF (highly variable much like Tarnhelm.)
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Well, I decided to join the tournament. Here was my first roll:
Spike Fiend
Slinger
Council Member
Vile Mother
Reanimated Horde
Mephisto
Everything about this roll is fine except for the Council members. I really think that forcing SU items to be equipped hurts the spirit of the tournament - we should be looking forward to superunique drops, rather than being screwed by them. The Reanimated Horde are fantastic though (multiple drops), and Mephisto is great. Any non-Duriel boss is fine, really.
Ultimately, I decided to reroll though because I didn't get any of the cool magical-type dropping monsters. I'd really like to get some Ghosts, Gloams, or Finger Magi in there. And most importantly, Council Members have the potential to make the game unplayable, forcing me to trudge through 3 acts only to be forced to equip unusable gear and die.
So here's my reroll:
Goatman
Sabre Cat
Council Member
Oblivion Knight
Blood Lord
Duriel
LOL. So much worse in every way. There's just no way I'm playing with Council Members. They could drop something good, but chances are that they will just screw me over and make the whole thing a waste of time. And having Duriel as the act boss is just horrible. So I guess I'm not playing in this.
Can you believe that I got them twice in a row? Sheesh.
Last time i checked it was Merlin's tournament. Hrrrm maybe i need to get my eyes checkedwakiki said:.
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Heh, I 'spose I was busy thinking about my first roll. Silly me.
Actually, it was in the spirit of the tournament to force people to wear SU drops. They are, so to speak, the bounty.
That being said... I did mention that Tentacle beasts should be excluded. Since you included it in your first roll and count, it invalidates the roll, so I guess a reroll should be used. But, as Butzull mentioned earlier in the tourney, the councilmembers are not nearly as bad as they seem to be... provided yyou live for a while. Since it will provide you with more SU mobs, and thus SU drops... So, after a while, you will get more options rather then restrictions. Because, after the slots have been equipped with an SU bountymob, only other such drops can be used to replace them...
I think your second roll is good though (apart from the little D, who I thoroughly hate). I would most certainly have played for the first set, but I guess you are pickyWell, I hope you will enter, and good luck with the reroll!
A note from someon who rolled Council, too: :wink3:
Depending on how many SUs you rolled, the council really doesn't mess things up. You usually get so much crappy weapons from SUs, that the Council only means: more weapons to choose from...
let's say, 2 of your first 3 SUs drop a Magical Crappy Short Sword of No Use, the council drops can only improve your chances of getting a better weapon.
On the other hand, if you only have 3 SUs in total, you might be better off without the council, since chance might be you can choose a bought weapon.
Anyways - would be great I you joined!
More competition
Ahh, after reading through the thread, I see now that Council Members are actually quite good in the long run. My first roll was actually quite good -- except for the fact that it was invalid.I still consider the second roll to be very bad because of Duriel. I have gotten good drops from all act bosses besides Duriel, from whom I have gotten nothing useful. Ever.
Meet Arya the Charged Strike Amazon! Here's what I rolled:
Skeleton (Bonebreaker)
Probably the single best bountymob in the whole game. I get loads of these in Act I & II, and several in III. Wonderful.
Swarm
A good mob, but the only problem is the lack of a Superunique. I've always thought it was funny seeing big fat Full Plate Mails drop from these guys.
Zealot
Another fine roll. I would have preferred Gloams though, for the magical drops (runes & jewelery) and for the challenge factor. Oh well.
Vile Mother
Well, these annoy me. I mean, there are enough of them, but they aren't fun to fight. Bleh
Frozen Horror (Snapchip Shatter)
Another good roll. I love playing in the Ice Cave regions, and having a Superunique is just great.
Andariel
My second favorite boss to have in this tournament. The gems are great, and the fact that she comes early helps alot. I think that Diablo would be the very best.
Overall I don't have very many SU's which could be a big problem, but the monsters themselves are plentiful. If I had gotten some Ghosts, Gloams, or Finger Magi, I would have been happier, but that's hard to do.
I might post an update today to get myself in the thing. It will be small, but considering that many people have died in Act I, it may be a large chunk of her life!
Heh, well, Arya cleared the entire Moor, Den, and Cold Plains without using a health potion. The Cold Plains mocked her by dropping 3 small charms, 2 large and 2 grand. She also found 2 unusable topazes and 1 unusable ruby.
She found skeletons in the Cave which were very kind - dropping a bow, 2s leather armor, and a cracked sash. Best of all was a ring with 35% gold find. Wow! Something that enhanced the drops of all enemies. She also found some junk like a cracked club and a cracked cap. She cleared the entire cave, Coldcrow and all, before realizing that she had been using Javelins the whole time when she should have equipped the club! Oops. Stupid me.
She's been deleted, but I'll restart her tomorrow.
It's a whole lot of fun, anticipating each skeleton drop, and being delighted every time a potion or key drops from a Fallen.
I think you wouldn't have had to delete her...don't think Merlin would have requested that either ;-)
Well, but good to see you enjoy it! I actually think it's one of the most - if not the most - entertaining tournament I ever played!
Concerning your rolls: I have had bad experiences with Swarms - they usually don't drop any useful items for me. I hope you're more lucky!
Now get going - you've got a whole difficulty level to catch up :wink3:
Glad you liked the excitement! But.. .ehm... no keys from non-trophymobs...wakiki said:Heh, well, Arya cleared the entire Moor, Den, and Cold Plains without using a health potion. The Cold Plains mocked her by dropping 3 small charms, 2 large and 2 grand. She also found 2 unusable topazes and 1 unusable ruby.
She found skeletons in the Cave which were very kind - dropping a bow, 2s leather armor, and a cracked sash. Best of all was a ring with 35% gold find. Wow! Something that enhanced the drops of all enemies. She also found some junk like a cracked club and a cracked cap. She cleared the entire cave, Coldcrow and all, before realizing that she had been using Javelins the whole time when she should have equipped the club! Oops. Stupid me.
She's been deleted, but I'll restart her tomorrow.
It's a whole lot of fun, anticipating each skeleton drop, and being delighted every time a potion or key drops from a Fallen.
It's health/mana/stamina/antidote/thawing pots, and the scrolls (and gold drops) only
Haha, thanks for kind responses. I didn't notice that we couldn't pick up keys. Oops!
I thought you would probably let me keep going if I asked, but I decided to restart anyway, because the way I killed Coldcrow involved running and throwing poison javelins. With the club (or the bow), I probably wouldn't have been able to beat her, so it would sort of taint the hero. That and I wasn't very far, so it's no big deal.
This won't be a problem when I fill all my slots up and get used to the rules.
Shockfrosted battled his way on p8 through Act I. Was kind of edgy sometimes, since I either could
A) do damage with Holy Shock Or Holy Freeze and gulp Potions every other second, especially versus Tainteds (Resists: -5/16/1/57)
or
B) stay alive without having to use 10 potions during one battle with Salvation on (63/77/69/57), but with pathetic damage (14-40)
So I decided for
C) Use the bow as often as possible and try to keep my mercenary alive.
Fallens proved to be quite a good mob, since they provided me with enough items to keep my gold balance up:grin:
For Andariel I switched player settings to p3, since I didn't know how well I'd fare. Quite well actually...the Iratha's Collar I found proved quite useful...although I almost never hit her once my mercenary (Blessed Aim merc) died...
Btw, a shame I can't use drops from chests and sarcophagi.
My score:
Normal
Fallen in Act I wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +1 +5 = +6
Sabre Cats in Act II wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +1 +5 = +6
High Council in Act III wiped out: +12 (includes SU bonus)
Megademons in Act IV wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +2 +5 = +7
Reanimated Hordes in Act V wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +1 +5 = +6
40 WPs: +40
27 quests: +27
completed Act I, II, III, IV, V: +15
All quests, all WPs in Act I, II, III, IV, V: +5
SU Bonus (Rakanishu, Blood Witch, Infector of Souls, Pindleskin, Bonesaw Braker, Bartuc the Bloody, Ventor the Unholy down): +14
Nightmare
Fallen in Act I wiped out: +1
10 WPs: +10
5 quests (imbue still open): +5
completed Act I: +3
SU Bonus (Rakanishu): +2
Level 53: -53
Total: +106
Code:[highlight]ALIVE[/highlight] [U]Score Character Class Forum Name Level Act WP[/U] 106 Shockfrosted Paladin Grisu 53 NM A2 Lut Gholein 21 Maryam Assassin jiansonz 31 A3 Kurast Bazaar [highlight]DEAD/RETIRED[/highlight] [U]Score Character Class Forum Name Level Act WP[/U] 76 Mary Assassin jiansonz 49 A1 NM Cold Plains 31 Bobbie_Fett Sorc Butzull 31 A3 Durance II 2 Pasmani Druid Merlin 21 A2 Sewers Lv 2 -6 Lloyd Necromancer Merlin 19 A1 Inner Cloister -7 Tryman Paladin Jaelen 19 A1 Jail Level 1 -7 Floyd Necromancer Merlin 17 A1 Outer Cloister
Code:[highlight]BOUNTY MOBS[/highlight] [U]Character Act I Act II Act III Act IV Act V Boss[/U] Maryam Zombies Vulture Dem Willowisps Vile Mother Siege Beast Andariel Shockfrosted Fallen Sabre Cat Council Megademon Reanimated Mephisto Pasmani Skeleton Bat Demon Giant Mosqu OK Stygian Fury Andariel
So, I don't post here to bump the thread (well, perhaps a little bit of bumping it) But, I was wondering whether Wakiki was making any progress on his new char?
Also, to once more compliment both Grisu and Jiansonz for sticking it out this long in a quite difficult tournament. Santa checked his bag of compliments, and saw that he had heaps upon heaps left for good tourney players, so xpect some more to come.
In the immortal words of Boyd the lousy necrobountyhunter:
"You can never have too many feathers stuck up your hiney. Enough of those allow you to disguise as poultry and use a stealthy attack!"
