Gta-maloy] I will most likely be on bnet M-F 4-7pm and 10pm-2am PST and on Sat-Sun I could be on at any time.
Wathombe As per this [post=279354]post[/post] there was a test in a mace (Tir Sol) which failed but was not recorded in the spreadsheet.
flech and anybody else who is interested in trying to make a Classic rusher, take a look at this [post=2706940]post[/post], it might help you. If you are looking for more advice just let me know, though goj_pariah, dawns_requiem and some others may be able to help you as well
ZergRepellant- and others, as with runeword testing each person should choose to rush for the hellforge the way they want. There are advantages to rushing through Classic that can save time.
The first and most obvious is that Act 5 does not exist in Classic. The second is a bit more difficult to explain, but derives from the absence of Act 5 in Classic. In LoD for a character to pass Act 5 there are two methods:
1- Be present in the Worldstone Chamber when Baal dies and either land the killing blow or be partied to the killer.
or
2- Be in town and partied to someone who has not yet done the Kill Baal quest for that difficulty and is present in the Worldstone Chamber when Baal dies.
In order to use method one the character must reach the Worldstone Chamber, and this can only be done by completing the Ancients quest. The minimum level to complete the Ancients quest is 20 in normal and 40 in nightmare. So the character must spend the time necessary to reach level 40; this is not necessary in Classic rushes.
In order to use method two the character must rely on some one else to reach the Worldstone Chamber and then party up with the character before the Kill Baal quest is completed. Now this other character can be a friend who has spent the time and effort to reach level 40 and thus can get past both the normal and the nightmare Ancients quests. And if this is the case then there is little difference in time from the first method I described.
The other option is to rely on a stanger to help out, but of course beggars can't be choosers and this solution has its own little problems. One can create games with names like "Baal for Quest" and hope that someone will come along and finish the quest for you and party up with you. Now determining the time that is required for this to occur is mostly guess work, but the few friends I knew who tried found it frustratingly long. Though I would guess that it would be a good deal shorter than leveling up to 40. Once again this is not necessary in a Classic rush.
Of course it will take an investment in time to actually make a Classic rusher, but at least in softcore this will be a one-time investment. Of course the same can be said for making an LoD rusher, though leveling and equiping your rusher will go quicker in LoD.
As I said at the beginning, do it whichever way you want. Playing in Classic is not for everybody, as the differences make for a tough adjustment when you are coming from the expansion. Building your rusher in Classic can be quite frustrating at times.Though no one has made an accurate analysis of rushing times, in the final measure Classic rushing should always be faster.
By the way, I found a cracked War Scepter, used the cube recipe to uncrack it and used the other cube recipe to socket it. This is when I realised the Eld thing automatically sets the item's level to one, hence it is impossible to have more than three sockets on a War Scepter that way. Agh.