2020 Spring RFL Sign Up and Running Thread: Round 2 (Travincal)

[Luhkoh]

I've been lazy about posting to the forum lately, but thought I'd give a quick update. Am up to just under 13 hours now and am fatiguing fast. Was trying to grind pretty hard in order to leave myself enough time for a second set, but I'm doubting I'll want to do start one. We'll see . My terrible start of a set has rebounded and clawed its way up to mediocre, so thats good . And runtimes are staying just under 22s, which I'm pretty satisfied with. And coolest non qualifier so far was this. First of these ever, and crap roll but I'll still take it.

Spoiler

I did run with 3 piece tals for a couple hundred runs, but was exceeding 23s runs with it, so I went back to viper (which is my max dmg setup). I wanted good chances at a poison and cold die facet, as well as wisp and bk for grail purposes. I found that poison die facet, as well as deaths sash (which was my last set item I needed for the grail), and have found 2 cold facets, but both were lvl-up. No bk/wisp yet. Anyways all this to say I also did this little analysis about my chance to get these grailers.

Spoiler: facet and rings chances

So a decent difference in chance to find the grailers while trading off ~200 runs in the set. I regretted not trying harder in the cows set, so I decided to maximize my rune potential and stick with the dmg setup. But if I work up the willpower to do a second set, it will be with 3 piece tals and I'll probably relax the pace too and let the runs creep up higher than the 23.5 I estimated for this. Or I may just get back to mf'ing in pits, we'll see .

 

[zemaj]

So, it might be a little late for the asking, but has the idea of minimizing the blind spots by rolling a map where as many as possible spawn in the doorway/stairway area just been abandoned? Know I've enjoyed that bit of assurance, but everyone keeps talking about them spawning "on the end of the balcony"...

I mean, really, how efficient is it if you miss the Cham when it finally drops?

 

[maxicek]

8h in, nothing spectacular yet. I may even get a second set started at this rate.

 

[Gripphon]

Balcony cluster running is basically a barbarian's try to compete with sorc. Without it winner between the two is not questionable. Mathematically speaking.
In a tournament environment it doesn't matter much considering winning odds depend 90% on luck and 10% on actual running style. Having two groups may be beneficial for barb to have, although even then we can't expect to avoid all blind spots, only reduce them. Barb needs to perform additional walk on the right side of all drops looking for orange flash. Some may argue it isn't needed and you can see everything that dropped same as when running LK... I had a rune drop I didn't see until I performed additional walk, but I also used the typical balcony cluster running style, not two groups.

 

[D2DC]

Runs 301-400. Ho-hum..

Circlets:

Storm Mask
Coronet
Defense: 59
Durability: 23 of 30
Required Level: 52
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x58708e97
+46% Enhanced Defense
Damage Reduced by 4
All Resistances +10
Replenish Life +9
20% Faster Cast Rate
+2 to Lightning Skills (Sorceress Only)

Class-Specific:

Prefix 1252 Glowing Orb
One-Hand Damage: 8 to 21
Durability: 11 of 20
(Sorceress Only)
Required Dexterity: 20
Required Strength: 20
Required Level: 24
Orb Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 88
Fingerprint: 0x34d0eab3
+63 to Mana
+2 to Sorceress Skill Levels
+2 to Energy Shield (Sorceress Only)
+2 to Meteor (Sorceress Only)

Misc.

Prefix 1117 Grand Charm
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x384052d1
+1 to Fire Skills (Sorceress Only)

Prefix 886 Small Charm of Maiming
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 43
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 88
Fingerprint: 0x3d950b31
+11 to Maximum Stamina
+6 to Maximum Damage

 

[Babyhell]

13h30 in, couldn't play much lately due to work restart at awful hours for gaming time Fourth qualifiers dropped, I get pretty confident in hitting a full set of them.

On the same run, a 161ed/6ll Arreat's, and a 23ar/17life sc...I guess I got all my drops of the hour played packed on this very run!

 

[Kstil3227]

Well I said I wouldn't update til the set was over, but I've gotten really frustrated with still having NO qualifiers after 15 hours of running with the WW barb. Just hit 450+ runs total. Leveled from 89xx to just dinging on lvl 91 on my last run. I've found 2 Lenymo sashes, Alma Negra (Grailer for me), 2/20/17 life sc , and a 5 FRW/6 MAX/46 AR LC in the last 120 runs since last update. So I've decided these last 5 hours of this set, plus the next set I'll start this weekend/week will be run with the Blizz sorc. See if she has some better RnG...She sure can't have any worse LOL. Haul pic? and Readouts will come after this dreadful set is complete. Maybe a small miracle happens in the last 5 hours.

 

[Babyhell]

Now at 90.5, 16 hours in, roughly 700 runs done. Sorry @Kstil3227, but got my 5th on my HC pally, and it's a bit of a surprise here. Now i look after upgrade(s)!

Got some non-qualifiers worth a drop screenshot...somehow. This Travincal round is the first real MF session in HC, so i bet there are things i wouldn't even screenshot in SC Anyway, the Bloodfists are a great find for the HC characters to come!

Since last time, here are the dumps of the most noteworthy drops i checked. The best drops shall be disclosed later on

The Eth Fest

Shadow Killer
Battle Cestus
One Hand Damage: 168 - 196
Durability: 54 of 72
Required Level: 78
Required Strength: 100
Required Dexterity: 100
Fingerprint: 0xafd11178
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
33% Chance to cast level 8 Frost Nova on striking
Indestructible
212% Enhanced Damage
-25% Target Defense
Freezes target +2
+13 to Mana after each Kill
Ethereal

Swordguard
Executioner Sword
One Hand Damage: 99 - 165
Two Hand Damage: 192 - 330
Durability: 26 of 26
Required Level: 48
Required Strength: 80
Required Dexterity: 50
Fingerprint: 0x365116dd
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+20% Faster Hit Recovery
20% Increased Chance of Blocking
175% Enhanced Damage
+375 Defense (Based on Character Level)
+200 Defense vs. Melee
+100 Defense vs. Missile
All Resistances +11
30% Damage Taken Goes To Mana
Requirements -50%
Ethereal

Ripsaw
Flamberge
One Hand Damage: 23 - 54
Two Hand Damage: 34 - 85
Durability: 26 of 26
Required Level: 26
Required Strength: 60
Required Dexterity: 39
Fingerprint: 0xf7824b6a
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
80% Enhanced Damage
+15 to Maximum Damage
6% Mana stolen per hit
80% Chance of Open Wounds
Ethereal

The other ones

Arioc's Needle
Hyperion Spear
Two Hand Damage: 103 - 352
Durability: 20 of 30
Required Level: 81
Required Strength: 155
Required Dexterity: 120
Fingerprint: 0x362c9fe2
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+4 to All Skills
+30% Increased Attack Speed
196% Enhanced Damage
Ignore Target's Defense
Adds 394 Poison Damage Over 10 Secs (250 Frames)
50% Deadly Strike

Immortal King's Stone Crusher
Ogre Maul
Two Hand Damage: 231 - 318
Durability: 59 of 60
Required Level: 76
Required Strength: 225
Fingerprint: 0xc8c75bed
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Indestructible
+40% Increased Attack Speed
200% Enhanced Damage
+200% Damage to Demons
+350% Damage to Undead
40% Chance of Crushing Blow
Set (2 items): Adds 211 - 397 Fire Damage
Set (3 items): Adds 7 - 477 Lightning Damage
Set (4 items): Adds 127 - 364 Cold Damage Over 6 Secs (150 Frames)
Set (5 items): Adds 204 Poison Damage Over 6 Secs (150 Frames)
Set (6 items): Adds 250 - 361 Magic Damage
2 Sockets (0 used)


Arreat's Face
Slayer Guard
Defense: 315
Durability: 29 of 55
Required Level: 42
Required Strength: 118
Fingerprint: 0xd7a45b66
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Combat Skills (Barbarian Only)
+2 to Barbarian Skill Levels
+30% Faster Hit Recovery
20% Bonus to Attack Rating
6% Life stolen per hit
+161% Enhanced Defense
+20 to Strength
+20 to Dexterity
All Resistances +30


Kuko Shakaku
Cedar Bow
Two Hand Damage: 25 - 74
Durability: 19 of 28
Required Level: 33
Required Strength: 53
Required Dexterity: 49
Fingerprint: 0xabca0583
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+3 to Bow and Crossbow Skills (Amazon Only)
Fires Explosive Arrows or Bolts
Piercing Attack
158% Enhanced Damage
Adds 40 - 180 Fire Damage
+3 to Immolation Arrow (Amazon Only)

Fine Small Charm
Small Charm
Required Level: 21
Fingerprint: 0xfef3dfff
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+1 to Maximum Damage
+19 to Attack Rating

Beryl Small Charm of Balance
Small Charm
Required Level: 29
Fingerprint: 0xd2a5f5c9
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+5% Faster Hit Recovery
Poison Resist +5%

Griswold's Heart
Ornate Plate
Defense: 924
Durability: 51 of 60
Required Level: 45
Required Strength: 102
Fingerprint: 0x53dd9133
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+2 to Defensive Aura Skills (Paladin Only)
+500 Defense
+20 to Strength
Requirements -40%
3 Sockets (0 used)

Gerke's Sanctuary
Pavise
Defense: 227
Chance to Block: 54
Durability: 68 of 172
Required Level: 44
Required Strength: 133
Fingerprint: 0xc8e2f182
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
30% Increased Chance of Blocking
+188% Enhanced Defense
Replenish Life +15
All Resistances +29
Damage Reduced by 12
Magic Damage Reduced by 16
+100 Maximum Durability

Bloodletter
Gladius
One Hand Damage: 31 - 97
Durability: 13 of 54
Required Level: 30
Required Strength: 25
Fingerprint: 0x5cec104f
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+20% Increased Attack Speed
140% Enhanced Damage
Adds 12 - 45 Damage
+90 to Attack Rating
8% Life stolen per hit
+3 to Whirlwind (Barbarian Only)
+3 to Sword Mastery (Barbarian Only)
10% Slower Stamina Drain
+30 Maximum Durability

Moser's Blessed Circle
Round Shield
Defense: 178
Chance to Block: 37
Durability: 50 of 64
Required Level: 31
Required Strength: 53
Fingerprint: 0x2d527bd8
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+30% Faster Block Rate
25% Increased Chance of Blocking
+219% Enhanced Defense
All Resistances +25
2 Sockets (0 used)

Dark Clan Crusher
Cudgel
One Hand Damage: 17 - 61
Durability: 19 of 24
Required Level: 34
Required Strength: 25
Fingerprint: 0x7eac8dbd
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+2 to Druid Skill Levels
195% Enhanced Damage
20% Bonus to Attack Rating
+200% Damage to Demons
+200 to Attack Rating against Demons
+150% Damage to Undead
+15 Life after each Demon Kill

Bloodfist
Heavy Gloves
Defense: 17
Durability: 12 of 14
Required Level: 9
Fingerprint: 0x8595a80d
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+10% Increased Attack Speed
+30% Faster Hit Recovery
+5 to Minimum Damage
+14% Enhanced Defense
+10 Defense
+40 to Life

Telling of Beads
Amulet
Required Level: 30
Fingerprint: 0xaa1f0314
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+1 to All Skills
Cold Resist +18%
Poison Resist +47%
Attacker Takes Damage of 10

 

[Gripphon]

10 hours in with 2295 full xp runs done. At this point I'll just make it my goal to reach over 4500 runs by the end.
Found only one facet which is terrible luck, but on the other side found two charms which I value higher than Cham. I rechecked the math, there is roughly 1/550 chance for me to find charm I will actually use. So, I welcome this good luck since cows didn't deliver anything meaningful for me. Rare jewels are usual garbage, I don't know why I even pick those up. It's not like I need any jewel at all... Found some solid uniques with high rolls. But more about it in results thread.

 

[D2DC]

found two charms which I value higher than Cham.

Just glanced quickly, and I only saw "found two .. higher than Cham."

 

[Luhkoh]

Alright, I finished my set! Blazed through it in order to have enough time for a second set. Not sure if I'll do one though. Trav isn't one of my favorite runs, but it sure is profitable. Some stats on the set:

runtime     21.865 s (p3)
runs        3292

unique rings    19    (1 soj)
unique amulets  18    (metalgrid, seraphs, 27@ maras)
facets          7     (5/5 cold)
set amulets     60    (3 arcannas, 2 tals, 1 telling of beads)
jewels          256
sc's            287
7mf sc's        4     (one with 7 fire res, and a 6mf 6AR)
gc's            255
skillers        9     (2 traps, one with frw, 1 fire, and a pnb w/ 11 life)
flawless ameth  152
total flawless  521
rare rings      161
rare circlets   34
rare pelts      49
rare claws      10
rare orbs       63

I did get the two missing facets I needed for grail, which was nice, but no wisp or bk. I'll take a few days and maybe do some crafting and play some other chars and see if I feel inspired to return .

 

[Babyhell]

Alright, I finished my set! Blazed through it in order to have enough time for a second set. Not sure if I'll do one though. Trav isn't one of my favorite runs, but it sure is profitable. Some stats on the set:

runtime     21.865 s (p3)
runs        3292

unique rings    19    (1 soj)
unique amulets  18    (metalgrid, seraphs, 27@ maras)
facets          7     (5/5 cold)
set amulets     60    (3 arcannas, 2 tals, 1 telling of beads)
jewels          256
sc's            287
7mf sc's        4     (one with 7 fire res, and a 6mf 6AR)
gc's            255
skillers        9     (2 traps, one with frw, 1 fire, and a pnb w/ 11 life)
flawless ameth  152
total flawless  521

I did get the two missing facets I needed for grail, which was nice, but no wisp or bk. I'll take a few days and maybe do some crafting and play some other chars and see if I feel inspired to return .

Congrats on this set already i'll check previous messages for your MF, but it is already a big number of runs compared to my probable 875/900!

Also, I like the amulets/rings given as best drops...when I am happy to find a couple of Ravenfrost xD

 

[Luhkoh]

@Babyhell the vast majority of the runs with 155mf, but i did a couple of hundred test runs with 3 piece tals (303mf) and actually did find a couple of unique rings and facets during that time, so didn't feel like i could say 155mf overall. Also added in the totals of the rares I found. Forgot to do that. Looks like I got a few useful rare rings, but nothing jaw dropping, and still zero fcr rings with mana leech .

 

[art_vandelay]

Only 13,3 hours in here, kinda lost interest over the last few days. I'll finish this set but that's it for this round, luckily my wishes for this set came true

Also @Gripphon : Fruit checked and psetting never increases elemental damage. It does increase physical melee damage though and in a few cases that results in ranged damage being increased as well (bug where melee damage is added to ranged, happens with quillrats for example)

 

[Vildecor]

@Babyhell - That's a pretty sweet Arioc's you got there! I've always wanted to make a Spearbarb/Spearzon with a +4 skills Arioc's.

Even though I can't compete this year, I'm still enjoying watching from the sidelines. Nice progress reports everyone!

 

[zemaj]

Finally started on my set... ~2.5 hours in with one qualifier and nothing else worth mentioning, but this is better than my usual luck during tourneys so still 'excited' to see how it goes.

In other news: Dwarf Fortress is effin amazing and terribly frustrating, like another game I sometimes play... if I don't finish my set (as is all too likely) this will be why...

 

[Babyhell]

@Babyhell - That's a pretty sweet Arioc's you got there! I've always wanted to make a Spearbarb/Spearzon with a +4 skills Arioc's.

Is it for HC characters?

 

[Vildecor]

Well, I do have a HC Spearzon in Act I normal.

 

[Babyhell]

And you are leveling her there until she can wear an Arioc's?! True dedication!

Spoiler

Well I will not use it in my own in HC, so I think you found her a weap Let's see how we can deal with it later, it's not like she was lvl 79

 

[CaseyJones]

1st Set complete - results sent.

Not running a second set...I found Trav to be a little more annoying to run than cows for the characters I have.
Likely due to their more random possibilities and movement patterns. Sometimes they would scatter quite a bit, sometimes their random boss mods would overlap in bad ways,
might/fana/extra fast, etc. Just wasn't as relaxing as I found the cows sets to be.

Character:
Started at lvl 85 - Finished at lvl 91
Blizzsorc

Full Tals,Magefists, 35 FCR Spirit, Aldurs boots, 2xDwarf Star rings (1 BO CTA + Spirit on switch)


Now for some summary results (I picked a lot of stuff again):
1356 runs - 48 seconds per run - certainly not a contender speed for Trav with so many running 2 to 3 times faster - Will work to improve for next year (might make a different runner)

355 total runes (8 qualifiers)
112 total jewels (3 facets - 4/4 psn lvl, 5/3 fire die, 4/5 light die)
303 total charms (113 grand including 4 gheeds, 2 pal def, 2 druid summon, 1 druid ele, 1 barb mast)
553 total flawless (84 amethyst)
1 unique amulet (eye of etlich)
8 unique rings (3xDwarf star, 2xRaven frost, 2xManald, 1xNagel)
59 set rings (thinking of doing cathan's grail so picked all of these:16xAngelic - 43xCathans)

Class sets:
2 Aldur's Rhytm, 1 Aldurs Advance
6 IK Maul, 3 IK Will, 3 IK Forge, 2 IK Pillar, 2 IK Detail
2 Mavina's Tenet, 1 Mavina's Clutch
2 Nat's Totem, 1 Nat's Shadow, 1 Nat's Soul
2 Tals Adjudication, 2 Tals Spun Cloth, 1 Tals Crest, 2 Tals Lidless
4 Trang-Oul's claws

Elite Uniques:
Wolfhowl (Ethereal)
2 Reapers Toll (none eth)
3 Ormus' Robes (Fireball eth, Glacial spike eth, Meteor non eth)
2 Ethereal Edge
1 Rune Master
1 Ravens Charge
1 Gimmershred
1 Windhammer
1 Demons Arch
1 Firelizards Talon
1 Ondals Wisdom
1 Stone Raven
2 Demon Limb
2 Lightsabre

A couple of nice rares - :

Spoiler

Ghoul Song
Blade Talons
One Hand Damage: 43 - 76
Durability: 45 of 69
Required Level: 48
Required Strength: 50
Required Dexterity: 50
Fingerprint: 0x17cf0f3f
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+2 to Martial Art Skills (Assassin Only)
331% Enhanced Damage
+16 to Maximum Damage
+83 to Attack Rating
4% Life stolen per hit

Plague Necklace
Amulet
Required Level: 51
Fingerprint: 0x69b686a3
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+2 to Shape-Shifting Skills (Druid Only)
+11 to Strength
+16 to Dexterity
+21 to Life
Lightning Resist +8%
9% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

Skull Necklace
Amulet
Required Level: 48
Fingerprint: 0x16a586b
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+1 to Offensive Aura Skills (Paladin Only)
+1 to Maximum Damage
+10 to Energy
Cold Resist +5%
Fire Resist +18%
Level 2 Teleport (13/25 Charges)

All in all, decent drops though I often spent too long looking for things to pick up