2018 Spring RFL Sign-Up and Running Thread: 2nd Round

You went to CERN and didn't invite me, you're dead to me :cool:

But I bought you a T-shirt, isn't that enough?

On Topic: I decided to divide this round evenly between the zealot and the blizzard sorc. Will probably do the same in round 3, share the pit runs with light sorc and frenzy/hoarker barb.

My blizz sorc has a decent trav map where all spawns inside the temple, not as good as the balcony configuration but I cant stand re-rolling more maps for a while :O
 
Some great vids from everyone, great running. Grats on 18s @ffs, that's no small task!

As for me, a couple hours in and I think I'm adjusted to necro life in the Trav. I started out at ~27s runs, but have since honed it to 23s on average, with a lower limit of ~21s when all goes well. I think that's as quick as I'll be able to get with this particular setup, but I'm perfectly comfortable with that.

I also tested running with Spirit instead of Homunculus, and although it was a bit faster in my testing the necro felt a bit too squishy for my liking, so I'll stick with my original setup since I can't be bothered to re-jig the rest of his gear to compensate. ;) I'm having fun with the necro so far so I might just stick it out with him for the duration instead of rotating the Blizzy in. We'll see!

Good luck to everyone, may your runs be quick and orange!
 
@Pb_pal thanks, definitely getting there wasn't easy for me at least. :)

Cool to hear about your Necro. Have you compared DWeb vs. Beast for your setup by chance?

I'd love to try with my untwinked 99er Necro, but he just lacks the necessary Merc gear and would need to respec. At the moment too much of a hassle, considering I strongly suspect I'll just find out that the Merc dies all the time. ;) But might give it a shot after finishing the round 2 set.
 
@Pb_pal You definitely make me want to try out my Necro too. I might take him out for a spin near the end or the round.

I still just click 'Hell' instead of using the 'H' button. Just an old guy being reluctant to learn new things probably.

As to the RFL at hand ... I'm 7 hours and 10 minutes in. Found my 8th and 9th Isenhart's case today, but then got unlucky, as the next breast plate to drop was a golden one ... . After that second Shako:

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A Demon Limb:

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Then 2x Light Sabre (actually didn't id the first one, just assuming that council can't drop Azurewrath), my second Demon Machine, a 4os Runemaster (still no 5os one :( ), followed by second Demon's Arch:

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Last but not least, after a Saracen's Chance, something which could have been a superb drop: an eth Runemaster. I was actually thinking: 'if this one rolls 5os and high ED%, I might consider putting a Zod into it, just because'. But it was only 3os ...

Run times are increasingly better, although still nothing compared to the fast runners here. Still this last batch I was at some 23s on average, which is fine by me :). I passed the 1000 runs mark by some 70 runs now, so well on my way.

As to qualifers ... I guess the 'I already found 2 Zods at Travincal lolz' joke is getting old, so ... just wait and see.

Keep up the good running everyone. Very much looking forward to updates from RFL giants like @Grape and @NanoMist !!!
 
@ffs - Haven't tested Beast, no. I don't have one made so I doubt I will. We'll see if I get bored enough as the Round goes by to give it a try. ;)
 
Rune drops are pretty sad but have found a pair of Drac's and an ethereal Reaper's Toll (225/14). I know the Wrath merc is kinda sexy, but I get significant Decrep maybe once every 3 or 4 runs. Seriously considering switching over to a Might Merc now that I have something shiny for him to hit with. Would he make it without GA? (would be CoH and 5 absorb Steelshade)
 
I'm doing Fortitude and 9 absorb Steelshade. He is doing fine most of the time. I'd think the same should apply to CoH and Steelshade.

O yes, congrats on the eth Reaper's !!
 
@T72on1 Keep the right hand on mouse and the left hits H with the pinkie and Return with the thumb - Gotta be worth at least another 0.5s. Until you miss and hit N instead ....

@Brak - V Jealous about the eReapers. I have still never found one, lost count of how many I have picked up hoping now - Must be around 50ish
 
@Pb_pal Reason is I was thinking council members only have 33% PR, so I thought maybe their life drops at a decent pace from Nova also without DWeb. Beast will then deliver the first corpse faster, and I wondered whether the CE chain can still be started more or less immediately after first corpse, resulting in faster runs.

Well, surprise surprise, turns out Gripphon has tested that as well, and apparently couldn't beat the DWeb setup with it. However, in his tests the Beast variant was only 0.3s slower on average (granted, small samples of 30 runs). So I might indeed respec Ric (my untwinked 99er Fishymancer) to Nova and give it a try. He does have the key pieces (Enigma, Beast, Infinity and ebug Fortitude on Merc), so it might work... if I manage to get his and especially the Merc's survivability up to speed...

Of course there's always the DWeb with Beast IG variant. Yeah... right. ;)
 
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@Brak - V Jealous about the eReapers. I have still never found one, lost count of how many I have picked up hoping now - Must be around 50ish
Best part is I horked it
and it's my second Reapers :D

Thanks for the tips guys. If I can get over the nostalgia of playing with a bow merc, I'll try running an AII moron
 
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