23 Runeword Search Thread

Ax2grind - do you have read ahead optimization on for the drive? I have to turn it off completely w/ win98 in order to get d2 expansion to run. Just an idea - it was a response from bliz when I had problems loading the game onto my new computer a while back.
Dan
 
*satanistical2 and I did some runs last night and tested the following

Eld Nef El Tal Nef 5 sok Sword Gemmed

Io Ral 2 Sok Wand Gemmed

Sol Ort Dol 3 Sok Sword Gemmed

Ral Tir Eld Thul 4 Sok Armor Gemmed
 
tonight

Won't be on till Midnight (eastern time) on UsEast. If your doing cows around that time, send me a whisper.

Oh yea, something else I need info on. My buddy made me a bet that I couldnt create an impaleazon that could get to Hell. So any ideas on that build would help. I figure tons of passive skills just to survive, but any help would be greatful.
 
Well, the forums rolled back to yesterday morning, as Rushter (quietly) said in his Announcment at the top of the forum index. I wasn't entirely sure to what time he was referring by "tomorrow," but I copied the end of page 59 just in case. Unfortunately, I did not copy any of page 60, so we lost about ten posts, but I did log all the tests (including Zackardo's long list posted just a bit ago).

EDIT: Well, the Rushter announcement is now gone, too, so none of you have any idea what I'm talking about. At any rate, they switched servers yesterday, but put the old servers back up overnight/this morning, then the new servers went live a bit ago, minus any posts made in the interim. I saved some of it (lucky me).

Just so the link is handy: wathombe's runeword spreadsheet

Here's the balance of page 59 for posterity's sake:

Debikichi22-09-2004 11:35 PM



I might start focusing on staff class weapons as shopping for polearms is
way too painful. Test results from last night - all gemmed.

Polearms:
Eld Thul
Tir Thul
Nef Ral
Nef Amn
Eth Thul
Ith Eld
Ith Tir
Ith Nef
Tal Nef
Tal Ith
Tal Ort
Ral Nef
Ral Eth
Ral Tal
Ral Thul
Ort Ith
Ort Amn
Thul Nef
Thul Eth
Amn Nef
Amn Ith
Sol El
Sol Tir
Sol Amn

Staves:
El Eld
El Nef
El Eth
Eld El
Eld Tir
Eld Nef
Tir Eld
Tir Nef
Nef El
Nef Eld
Eth El
Eth Eld
Eth Nef
Tal El
Ort El

Happy hunting

wathombe22-09-2004 11:57 PM



Argh, forums down all day...withdrawal.

For future reference: Feel free to e-mail me test results during forum
outages. I will continue to update and repost the spreadsheet. I've put my
e-mail address on the front page of the spreadsheet, and here it is for
posterity: [email protected]

Updated: wathombe's runeword spreadsheet

That's all for tonight. Talk to everyone tomorrow.

Ax2Grind23-09-2004 12:11 AM



Failed:

EL+AMN = mummified trophy

Read-ahead optimization doesn't change what's trying to be accessed. The
drive still won't read that second set of files, something is preventing
it. Luckily I dusted off an 8x CD-ROM from my old P120 system that's not
in much better shape but still works.

I may be rough on my drives, but when I press the eject button and nothing
happens for ten seconds I get pissed. Button = gimme the disc, damn it.

As for Impalazons, I wasn't aware there were cars in this game (rimshot).
I'll have to check the synergies to find out what the pure build is and
get back to you. I rarely play Amazons.

Sokar Rostau23-09-2004 01:03 AM



Quote:
Originally Posted by talas
Won't be on till Midnight (eastern time) on UsEast. If your doing
cows around that time, send me a whisper.

Oh yea, something else I need info on. My buddy made me a bet that I
couldnt create an impaleazon that could get to Hell. So any ideas on
that build would help. I figure tons of passive skills just to
survive, but any help would be greatful.


The main problem you will have with an Impalazon is the appalling attack
speed. Blizzard went to all the trouble of adding synergies to nearly
every other skill but neglect one that needs it the most...all they had to
do was make Jab add 5% IAS for Impale per level. If the bet is based
around getting an Imaplazon (as opposed to a Spearazon specializing in
Impale) through Hell then you can kinda cheat and use Javelins with the
replenish mod to get past the % -dur issue and use SS to keep you alive
longer. I dunno if I can post a link but there is an entire forum
dedicated to Spearazons at theAmazonBasin. You may also find something
helpful in the Amazon forum here, but I'm not sure...Impale is a very
scary skill to use as main attack so very few people actually use it, even
with as much IAS as you can muster it's still incredibly slow. In fact,
and again I'm not sure, Impale is so slow that Passive skills may be more
of a hindrance than help as whenever Dodge kicks in it interrupts your
attack.

OK I have started reading the WoW history and there are possibilities
buried in there. Just a couple because I havn't even finished the first
chapter, I was reading in a Baalrun break so didn't have much time. There
are some languages (Hebrew being an example) that have no written vowels
and the speaker must place them into the written word when reading out
loud, I have used this here for Kalimdor.

Kalimdor - The Land of Eternal Starlight - Ko Lem Mal Dol Ral

Eonar - the Titan Patron of All Life - El Ort Nef Amn Ral

I want to go through the entire thing in MSWord with the highlighter tool
so I can easily cut and paste the thoings I want in one go but I'm not
sure how to do this in Office2001, I knew how to do it in '98 but can't
find the tool now.

Also wanted to add that Blizzard has indeed borrowed from Norse (and many
other) Mythology but that they have changed things a bit so that whilst
the World Tree in Norse myth is called Yggdrasil, in WoW it is called
Teldrasil. There are very very few people capable of creating a cohesive
language without borrowing extensively from others, even the languages
created by Tolkien are Indo-European and he borrowed heavily from the
Skandinavian families. This being the case it may be worth looking at DURO
(Dol Um Ral Ort) as a variant of THOR. Given enough distance in time and
locality this is exactly how the name of this Norse god would be
pronounced. Durotan is the land of the Orcs (and there is another one
using the method I mentioned above of removing the vowels - Dol Ral Thul
Nef).

Anyway Baal calls...

Evilspork23-09-2004 01:07 AM



no posts today, weird.

well that necro is comming along, STRONG too. very strong. gunna have
enigma, hoto, shako, 2 sojs, maras, ect, the whole bit. sooooo i forsee
some crazy cow murder.

no one on to cow or level with ohwell

this weekend will be fun at least!

tlaloc2423-09-2004 03:41 AM



Quote:
Originally Posted by Evilspork
no one on to cow or level with ohwell
this weekend will be fun at least!


Yeah, sorry about leaving you hanging...my wife took over the computer.
After which, I promptly fell asleep...

Claw tests:

ITH/ETH
SOL/ELD
TIR/THUL
NEF/ITH
TAL/RAL
ETH/RAL
ORT/RAL

I have been thinking about moving on to something else to test since most
of the low rune tests have been done on claws. Any suggestions? I am going
to continue to test mid/high level words on claws as runes become
available...

916_Andy23-09-2004 04:53 AM



jebus these 2 socket wands were hard to find. anyways,

El Dol in 2 Socket Bone Wand. Gemmed Bone Wand.
Dol Nef in 2 Socket Bone Wand. Gemmed Bone Wand.
Dol Eth in 2 Socket Bone Wand. Gemmed Bone Wand.

X_X off to find more Dol runes (trying to square off the wand grid)

Hel Tal in 2 Socket Bone Wand. Gemmed Bone Wand.

crusader23-09-2004 05:05 AM



916_andy: you can buy socketed wands from drognan in luth golein on Normal
difficulty. just open games until the city entrance is near drognan and
than leave and reenter town. You will find 2 socketed wands quite fast in
his shopping offer.

916_Andy23-09-2004 05:09 AM



yah i know, i eventually found 4 from him but he sells so many 1 socket
and normal and magic wands and etc. hard to find with my 81 zon (took
about 7 minutes. man he's wack)

Diabolic Apom23-09-2004 05:19 AM



Sokar Ratsau :

Interstingly enough, Yggdrasil is the name of the Overlord hero in
Stacraft (I'm not sure you actually meet him in any of the campaigns
though, perhaps Scavengers which I haven't completed, but it's in the
editor anyway). Yggdrasil, not Tegdrasil or whatever.

Pandorapuss23-09-2004 08:22 AM



I am back on, THANK GOD!!!!!! What's the first thing that happens to me?
Forum Servers are down.

So I think and I think of what to do, so I logged in. Cheetah
was on and right before it got thick in the catacombs of hell act 1 I
believe I saw tlaloc24 log in, but I was a little busy at that time.

Anywho, tonight, I have wifey time with the boob tube, but I should be on
later to see about more TEAM USWEST COW RUNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let's all fill up McDonalds freezers tonight. Evilspork, that necro is
gonna be SOOOOOOO fun for you, I am sure that you know. Cheetah, whenever
you have time, did you want to help me with getting to act 4 or 5 hell?

Nice to be back.

Pandorapuss

Ax2Grind23-09-2004 10:00 AM



Failed:

NEF+AMN = elegant blade

Well, I think LE cows are done. Most of the names on that list never get
online and the ones that do don't whisper, so I'm ending the habit of
MFing in Cowbeater **/** until people show up. Shame, too, since I always
drop three-and-higher-socketed items as well as rares in town so people
can use a bunch of runes they may have stored up. My technique is to hold
whatever runes I find for the next two-socket item then check which runes
to test to fill the chart.

I'll be glad when all the AMN-AMN squares are full, I'll be able to cube
runes to SOL again for trading/crafting. Nothing higher, though, without
eight-player cows. =[


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 03:49 PM.Page 59 of 60«

Show 25 posts from this thread on one page

Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.0.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2004, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
 
We did some Cows in US East and here are our results:

Tal Thul - gemmed sword
Dol Ith - mace
Thul Ort El - mace
Eld Sol - gemmed polearm
Eld Eth - gemmed Bow
Tal Ral - gemmed axe
Thul Nef - gemmed sword
Dol El - gemmed sword
Dol Ith -gemmed armor
 
Important Notice

Hi guys, I'm sorry to inform you all of my retirement from Diablo 2. I've decided to quit after almost 4 years of playing. I wish I could continue with the 23 runeword search, it's been a lot of fun. In fact I've given a lot of effort into it i'm kinda sad to not have been able to help find one of the new runewords, but it's ok i'm sure i'll read all about it in the future. I gave my account away on U.S. East to a friend. It's been fun knowing y'all, and Wathombe, ur the leader of it all dude, best of luck

peace to my peeps

bye to my bros (n sis)

InsaneFarmer bids yee farewell

Frank
 
InsaneFarmer said:
Hi guys, I'm sorry to inform you all of my retirement from Diablo 2. I've decided to quit after almost 4 years of playing. I wish I could continue with the 23 runeword search, it's been a lot of fun. In fact I've given a lot of effort into it i'm kinda sad to not have been able to help find one of the new runewords, but it's ok i'm sure i'll read all about it in the future. I gave my account away on U.S. East to a friend. It's been fun knowing y'all, and Wathombe, ur the leader of it all dude, best of luck

peace to my peeps

bye to my bros (n sis)

InsaneFarmer bids yee farewell

Frank

sad to see ya go man, but ya gotta make peace with urself and in the end thats all that really matters. It's not what you've seen or done in the end but if you kept to yourslef through it all. go in peace man, dont regret a moment lived, only regret those unlived.
 
Tested:
Scepter: Tir,Eth = gemmed
NecroHead: Nef, Ral = gemmed
Claw: Eth, Ral = gemmed
Claw: Ith, Tal = gemmed

Mace: Eld, Nef, Tir = gemmed

That's all for tonight.
 
Hi, I read through about 40 or so of the pages here, maybe I'll get to the rest tomorrow to get fully caught up.... but I'm interested in helping out. I play on East (just finished hell with lvl 85 meteorb on non-ladder -- solo'ing the ancients was a ton of fun), but I've only just begun on ladder as of yesterday. I now have a level 12 wannabe meteorb sorc and just picked up my first 3 runes from the countess! (El, Nef, Eth, whoopty do!)

Anyway, I'm available most evenings after 9pm eastern to help do hellforge rushes or whatever needs to be done to get more runes for testing. Probably by Saturday I will have a second copy of d2x installed on another machine, and could then contribute 2 characters for rushes simultaneously. I'm hoping to level my new meteorb quickly (considering my time constraints) and start doing hell countess runs within 2 weeks.

Please add my name to the spreadsheet... *Cher0kee (that's with a zero) and let me know if there's anything special I can help with.
 
an idea guys, but i think you need a post where you have a total of whats been tested and failed, and what to test in the near future, otherwise they have to trawl over 60 pages of info
 
Partial testing from tonight (thanks to a donation from someone's friend...evilspork's?...I'll have to find out):

maces
ElNef
ElEth
ElIth
ElTal
EldTir
TirNef
TirEth
NefIth
TalRal
RalOrt
RalThul
ThulAmn
ThulSol
ThulDol
AmnSol
AmnDol

helms:
ThulShael
SolShael
SolHel
HelSol
HelLum
IoIo
IoAmn
IoLum
IoShael
LumAmn
ShaelSol
ShaelThul
HelShael
ShaelHel
IoDol
SolIo

I'll update everyone else's tests later.

blacksun24: An idea blacksun, click the Weekly Runeword Search update thread in the stats forum, which has all that info in it.
 
blacksun24 said:
an idea guys, but i think you need a post where you have a total of whats been tested and failed, and what to test in the near future, otherwise they have to trawl over 60 pages of info

You'll find Wathombe's Runeword Spreadsheet on pretty much every page which is regularly updated and is basically a log of all runeword testing so far. Walthombe is doing a great job keeping this up to date and is basically the glue holding all the testers together.

Edit: Pfft..Wathombe beat me to it. Either way, keep up the good work Wathombe.
 
More test results:

Eld Eth - gemmed claw
Eth Ith - gemmed bow
Eld Tal - gemmed bow
Eth El - gemmed scepter
Ort Eld - gemmed orb
Nef Eld - gemmed barbarian helm
Tir Ort - gemmed scepter
Ort El - gemmed spear
 
Fyi

Im going to be out of commission for a few days. I have to get tested for sleep apnea tomorrow night, so no Diablo for me tomorrow. Will be on Saturday (most of the day)

Later guys!
 
Hero Runeword?

i was just lurkin in the hardcore trade channel and someone says he's heard rumors everywhere of a new runeword called Hero. supposedly, the runes are, Ist Ohm Jah Eld. he did not say if he was just kidding or anything. anyone got any info on this?
 
Cheetah and I buddied up for testing just now and managed to burn through 122 runes on 2 socket blind testing, most of the runes came from Cows and Krucker13 who donated some to Cheetah. Anyway here is the list that took us what felt like forever to do. (N) = Normal Item Type (not class specific).

Axe Amn+Nef Failed
Axe Tal+Ort Failed
Axe Amn+Eld Failed
Axe Eth+Orth Failed
Axe Sol+El Failed
Axe Sol+Eld Failed
Axe Ral+Nef Failed
Axe Thul+Eth Failed
Axe Eld+Tal Failed
Axe El+Nef failed
Axe Eld+Ith Failed
Axe Tir+Ith Failed

Helm (N) Shael+El Failed
Helm (N) Lum+Thul Failed
Helm (N) Io+El Failed
Helm (N) Fal+Dol Failed
Helm (N) Io+Eld Failed
Helm (N) Ko+Thul Failed

Bow (N) Sol+Eld Failed
Bow (N) Tir+Ord Failed
Bow (N) Eth+Nef Failed
Bow (N) Eth+Ral Failed
Bow (N) Amn+Eld Failed
Bow (N) Ral+Eth Failed
Bow (N) Tir+Ith Failed

Claw Nef+Ral Failed
Claw Ort+Tir Failed
Claw Tal+Eld Failed
Claw Eth+Orth Failed

Club Eth+Ort Failed
Club Eth+Nef Failed
Club Nef+El Failed
Club Tir+Eth Failed
Club Ral+Eth Failed
Club Eld+Eth Failed
Club Eld+Tal Failed
Club El+Nef Failed
Club Tal+El Failed

Mace Eth+El Failed
Mace Tal+Nef Failed
Mace Ort+Ith Failed
Mace Tal+Tir Failed
Mace Tir+Eld Failed
Mace Eld+Nef Failed

Spear El+Eld Failed
Spear El+Nef Failed
Spear Tir+Tal Failed
Spear Tal+Eld Failed
Spear Eth+Tir Failed
Spear Tir+Eth Failed
Spear Eld+Tir Failed
Spear Eld+Eth Failed
Spear El+Eth Failed
Spear Tal+Tir Failed
Spear El+Ort Failed

Sword Sol+Eld Failed
Sword Sol+Tir Failed
Sword Nef+Sol Failed
Sword Eth+Amn Failed
Sword Ith+Thul Failed
Sword Ith+Amn Failed
 
916_Andy said:
i was just lurkin in the hardcore trade channel and someone says he's heard rumors everywhere of a new runeword called Hero. supposedly, the runes are, Ist Ohm Jah Eld. he did not say if he was just kidding or anything. anyone got any info on this?

To my knowledge the runeword name must come from the list in the client's mpq, and Hero does not appear anywhere in the 1.07 list. So from this I would say at the very least if it is a real runeword the name is not Hero but something else; but it is more likely that it is not a runeword at all.
 
Cheetah said:
To my knowledge the runeword name must come from the list in the client's mpq, and Hero does not appear anywhere in the 1.07 list. So from this I would say at the very least if it is a real runeword the name is not Hero but something else; but it is more likely that it is not a runeword at all.
The name can vary a bit from what is listed in the runes.txt, but the translation of the runeword's name must be in expansionstring.tbl or patchstring.tbl. I did not find Hero in those files, so the rumor is fake.
 
New words ideas:
Tal Rasha: Tal Ral Shael
Chamber: Cham Ber
Shallom: Shael Lum or Shael Ohm
Helium: Hel Io Um
J. Lo: Jah Lo
Hello: Hel Lo
Vortex: Vex Ort
Ethereal: Eth Ral (one mod: makes item ethereal) :thumbsup:
 
Back
Top