Speaking of such things, when I was at the forums, I believe @WoRG was on hiatus, but I still remember his old posts in the item find threads, which reminds me--WorG, did you ever get to up and fill the sockets on that Spear of the Gods? I think it was a yellow with crazy insane mods. I was nostalgically showing my kids some of the old items some of you guys found in the old forums, but despite the fantastic job you guys have done archiving the site, there are sadly a lot of defunct image hosting sites that poofed the screenshots.... and then I see WorG is still doing tha thang. Amazing!
I dropped the thunder belt for the piercing one in act IV Hell. Cleared the room a lot faster.Progress on a Javazon is going well. Made it hell in a couple of days playing. One of my favorite things about d2 is you can play it while working when you’re having to make phone calls.
Have the thunder belt and titans javelin.
Really... I had wondered if pierce was that much stronger. That would save a lot of str!I dropped the thunder belt for the piercing one in act IV Hell. Cleared the room a lot faster.
Those darn Titans are still no where to be found. And I actually would love to have them before I make my zon a Matriarch, just for the fun of it.
She’s so fun to play. Good luck on completing the game with her
I think you’ll need the strength for a spirit Monarch shield anyway so that’s maybe not that much of an issue.Really... I had wondered if pierce was that much stronger. That would save a lot of str!
Only have 40 points skilled right now basically. Bolt and Strike (the two main skills yaknow).
Have 27 or so unskilled. Thinking about making one of the lower runewords for a bow for her for now and do the fishyzon (last cold bow skill max with it's synergy).
Oh crap… that’s harsh…Man... I really wanted to Pat/Mat my first untwinked character with no deaths, but I was hacking away at Hell Griswold last night pretty steadily, full health bulb, and then suddenly instakilled. I was doing a Paladin since that was the first character I ever played D2 with. Before that, my chief complaint with the character is just that he doesn't kill too quickly... the best weapon I've found so far is Bloodletter, but looking to hack my way through some Pit & Countess runs until something better drops or I can build Oath.
He's a Fanazealot, lvl 75 starting Hell with max resists, max block, 24% ll, CBF, 86% FHR, and 5/5/5/5/9 zeal. I thought that would be enough to keep me safe but I guess not. I still have mixed feelings about max block. Even with a lot of points in Holy Shield (~15?) I've still had to pump dexterity a ton, and as a result I only have 800 life, which I'm guessing isn't enough to save you from instakills even in Act 1 Hell.
tl:dr- this game is harder than I recalled, and now I remember why I don't play HC.
Just more inspiration to git gud and makes me respect all those HC players all the more. Once I Pat/Mat an untwinked with no deaths I'll try HC again...Oh crap… that’s harsh…
Hi there, it's Grape, does someone still remember?
So many familiar names. It seems you are still keeping the traditions alive. Thanks ffs et al. with the RFL and all, I kind of fade off, sorry. Just had suddenly too much else to do.
Haven't seen the pink champagne lately, but still got the Hotel California vibes when I suddenly got the urge to check how the SPF is doing.
I'm amazed. You managed to save most of the old stuff. I'm so humbled to see even one of my old characters still being linked to collections. Pb_pal, Vildecor, PhineasB etc. it seems you did one hell of a job. Thanks.
I remember! I used to be called TrubbaNot, and did absolutely nothing of note so I doubt I'm remembered. I am also amazed to see so much of the old stuff! Great (and labor-intensive) work.