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USeast Hellforge Runs

Hey, I have 4 cd keys, and I usually do hellforge runs every couple of days or so when I have the time (3 mules on laptop, lvl87 meteorb rusher on desktop). My usual order of progression:

-Rush 3 mules to Act V

-Exit Meteorb from game, enter enchantress. Outfit one mule (usually a character class I want to play later) with power levelling gear (sigons's, ravenclaw, biggin's, angelic rings + ammy) and then enchant him. Let him run around Act I til clvl12, then tomb runs til clvl20, then cows til clvl25.

-Make a new public game with Meteorb called 'itelebaal XXX' and enter clvl25. Hope that 6 others are able to join. Level to clvl40. Or, if I don't feel like tele'ing, look for a fast norm game. But if you want something done right . . .

-Make a new game, enter three rushees, kill ancients, kill baal with clvl40 present in chamber while clvl1 mules are partied. Make nm game, rush through, kill baal. Make hell game, rush to forge.

So why the long winded post on rushing in a thread like this? Well, there are 4 extra slots in my hellforge games, so to help you guys out I'd like to bring 4 of you along as 'extras' and then you can get some more hellforge runes for your testing. Unfortunately I'll be keeping my runes, since I'm not that rich and am saving up for some gear I've always wanted. This is on USEast Ladder BTW.

Since I play D2 sporadically these days, I think the best way to co-ordinate things would be for me to whisper people when I have a clvl40 player ready to go. So if I had a /f list of 4+ runehunters on USEast Ladder, I could just whisper them whenever I had my clvl40 ready to kill norm Baal. I'd be willing to rush the 4 runehunter mules through to Act V in a separate game, and then we could all join my Mules in a new game, do baal, then nm, then up to hell hellforge. Time permitting I'll even join you in individual games afterwards to complete your forge.

If you're on East and are interested in this, post or pm me your account name and I'll add you to my /f list. Sorry I can't do more or promise to do runs at specific times, but I don't have the time or resources to contribute more than this at the present. Good luck with your testing, and I hope to see some of you in my hellforge games,

Ryu-Khan
 
I'm happy to contribute 2 rushees, but I don't quite understand the signifigance of the level 40 char. You can't just rush a bunch of level 1 chars with your 87 meteorb?
 
Forgot to add that this is expansion (don't have any classic characters), so you need at least a lvl40 who can do nm ancients and get into the worldstone chamber.
 
Ryu_Khan said:
Forgot to add that this is expansion (don't have any classic characters), so you need at least a lvl40 who can do nm ancients and get into the worldstone chamber.
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Yeah, that's the whole point of the Classic rusher : you don't need the levelling. This dramatically decreases the time required for a full rush : even if the Classic rusher takes some time to kill the required Hell bosses (Andariel and Duriel, namely), it is still way faster than levelling a character to 40.

I'm only level 50, without a single piece of twinked gear, and I still killed the council without too much difficulty in a four-player game (of course, the other three guys didn't participate, or it wouldn't make much sense). Mephisto took me a couple of minutes and I didn't have the Naga at this point (20-30% more powerful), so it should definitely go fast enough when I close completion (my offensive abilities will be maxed by level 60), and Diablo shouldn't be too hard either. Andariel is a joke if you use antidotes, but I still have doubts about Hell Duriel. We'll see.


about Hardcore

Actually, it's just setting a new challenge to yourself. Death is indeed quite frustrating, because death means defeat, and you don't want to lose. But playing a game in which you can actually lose is certainly worth it. Now that I have acquired enough experience through normal play, Hardcore has become quite attractive to me. If I had the time, I'd definitely start a fresh character in Hardcore, just to see how far I could get if I watched my back (I died out of TPPK). But I don't have the time...

By the way, I think Andy_916 is a serious Hardcore player, he certainly can tell better than me ;)
 
It takes me about 30 mins to get to lvl25, and then about 30-45 mins to get to 40. The plus side is that I have a character at lvl40, ready to use.
 
Hello,

today some runetests in wands (all gemmed)
Problem: I dont remember exactly which we tested, yhenon please correct me if I am wrong or missed something (i thought we tested 8 total)
I just post it, because these are the ones i remember and to prevent double testing (especially the high ones with lem)
Hope this doesnt cause too much confusion
lem ko
lem fal
el io
eld io
tir io

runes from
*yhenon
*flumhum
*fragtil1
*crvsader
 
wathombe: although rushing 2 or more chars to forge, will give 1 rune, it is easier this way because, you can always unparty and do 1 forge at a time (make a new game and do another forge then). and i find doing nm forge rushes are easier and faster than rushing all the way to hell (since it's so much harder with 1 char and so many immunities, unless you have a friend to help) this way, you only need a lvl 20 char to get ancients, and kill baal at lvl 21, to get to nm. this you can do at least 4 or 5 chars easily. that's about 4 or 5 nm forges. maybe the total of rune value won't compare to hell forges, but it would be quicker if you can't rush hell.

cadogan: i know a lot of high runes arent being used but a lot of us have been testing the wand grid with a brute force. the wand grid is starting to reach towards the high rune range so only time is what keeps us waiting (oh yeah, not sure if we all are doing wand tests, but a lot of testers have done a lot of wand testing in the past few days (about 25+ of them involves Dol+)
 
iv been keeping up with this thread for a while now not 100% but still... i really wanna help u guys but it seems ur really accelerating with the low end runes. as for high end.... :innocent: ...well i have never owned an enigma/hoto/botd...ever and am saving runes for them im tryin to figure out a way to get rich like all those owning hammerdins with 1337 gear but...meh nm..if theres any way i can help let me know

BTW soon i will start a javazon s*t*r*i*c*t*l*y for cows if some1 could help me rush her then i could help /w cows :winner:
 
I think one of the easist ways to get nm forge is to rush someone for there forge nm. Most of the newbess will want this anyways, plus most of the newbs dont leave or "drop" right before forge. Ive gotten about 5 nm forges from this in the last couple of days. I even got a pul, which i used to upgrade me titans.

also i might start working on the classic rusher some more... maybe.... all the classic players are morons.... anyways...
 
testing:
PallyShield: Ith,Tal = gemmed
Wand: Sol,Shael = gemmed
Bow: Shael,Tal,Amn,Ral (STAR) = gemmed
(Yeah, I know we are looking for this in a mace. I remembered that after I did it :P)
 
A few more

Failed:

ELD+ITH = bone shield
ELD+AMD = small shield
ETH+ORT = large shield
EL+NEF = grand scepter
EL+TAL = grand scepter
TAL+EL = grand scepter
ELD+TAL = scepter
TAL+ELD = scepter
 
if u all really need high runes, u can do classic rush for 'hell' forge. as there is no act 5 in classic, there is no acients. therefore there is no need to get to lvl 20 for normal and 40 for nm. all u need is a blizz sorc in nm. as u all noe, the onli cold immune monster from act 1 to 4 needed for quest most likely is just the king maggot in act2. u cant do so with a fire sorc cos the doom knight in cs is fire immune in nm. anyway a blizz sorc will have the highest damage with no excep and elite gear. there will also be no runeword in classic and that merc will not follow u through acts if i am correct
the onli gear u need is a tarnhelm, silk of victor, lenyo sash, the ward, forsty, and crap boot and + skill ammy. soj is optional but will be good to have. all of this except soj can be gotten from normal meph so it shouldnt be too hard.
k. so after ur classic char finish nm and is in hell, u convert him to a expansion char and just use ur ladder char to rush him to act4.(personnally my fire sorc can do that solo except that i cant do cs but there is no need for it. we are onli interested in the forge). yup so there u have it. a hell forge without the need to be lvl 20 or 40
this is the onli uber way to get quick forge rushs but it require alot of team effort which we have here. :thumbsup: we just need like 4 people playing classic ladder together to build a sorc capable for nm rushing solo. this should take about 2 weeks including the finding of all the above mentioned gear and we should be able to start high rune hunting. this should be more effective than hell cow as a normal to nm rush will take like 15 min which is like 2 cow games. the solo hell rush will take another 10 min i guess. so if u have 7 player and a rushr, u will get like 7 high runes in 30 mins which is never achievable just by doing hell cow
hope this bit of info will help since we tried most of the low rune already. anyway found this info in a forum i read some days ago
 
I will be cowing again tonight... on USEAST SC

Just wisper *A7N8X

Test:

RalEl - Chu Ko Nu
EldOrt - Fanged Knife

*Failed

Care of: *Manowar-
 
Zslim said:
if u all really need high runes, u can do classic rush for 'hell' forge. as there is no act 5 in classic
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yes this have been discussed early on in the posts. there are ppl who have made classic rushers

Remlin said:
Wand: Sol,Shael = gemmed
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heh, has been tested before :) maybe you should look at the grid before testing (not saying that you don't) maybe you missed it hehe. Sol and Shael was probably nothing much anyways
 
Updated: wathombe's runeword spreadsheet

Tonight's tests (help from Cadogan, from runes donated by evilspork and y2kbug):

helms (normal):
IthIo
IthLum
IoIth
IoRal
IoOrt
KoIth
KoTal
KoOrt
KoAmn

missile weapons:
ElDol
NefIth
NefTal
NefRal
NefDol
IthNef
OrtNef
AmnNef
SolNef
ShaelNef
DolEld
DolEth
DolNef
DolRal
DolOrt
DolAmn
DolSol

spears:
RalEl
RalEld
SolEl

poles:
ShaelEl

maces:
EldTal
OrtEld
SolEl

claws:
EthSol
SolTir
HelEld

clubs:
TalEld
 
Yo Folks!

Hey im adrenaline friend, i usually do cow runs with him ,me and him are herding runes to give away to testers .... i already have a total number of 60 when i reach 120 i will post here. Good luck guys and keep the good job!
And another hail to wathombe to the excellent working organizing the stuff on his spreeshet list! you are the best man! :clap:
Tonight test:
NefIth on Gothic plate = Gemmed.
 
wathombe said:
Updated: wathombe's runeword spreadsheet

Tonight's tests (help from Cadogan, from runes donated by evilspork and y2kbug):
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woowoo!

i have another 60 or so runes for you wathombe. didnt run tonight, took a break, but my nifty little necro is too stuffed full of runes to hold more anyway!

glad i can help, the goal makes it really fun to do runs.
 
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