We are apex predators. Unkillable machines of fire and ice tearing through what pitiful resistance Diablo and Baal can muster. Last night we ripped through the Chaos Sanctuary like a wet paper bag. While Yogi and I were sorting through blue items on one of the wings, Tai reduced Diablo to a sliver of life, setting the tone for a productive evening. A couple of slaps and traps and we were on to Harrogath.
Act 5 took less than an hour, which gave us time for a few Baal runs. Not one serious threat or incident. I'm not sure we even used any Juves, though group consumption of blue pots must have exceeded 10 per minute at peak times. Kudos to Tai for the teleporting!
The evening's highlights were some Amns and a Shael, Hwanin's belt, a nice pair of rare boots with dual res and 30 frw, as well as some ias gloves for the fire slapper. Lots of absolutely useless rares, and chips (never the one we needed), but we managed to socket an ethereal partizan for our insight. Tai finally found that chip (to cube our Amns to Sol), so we'll open next week with a wicked insight.
Ball runs to level 45-50 and then on to Nightmare? I've got a wicked rare sabre that dropped with 40 IAS. The problem is that it's level 48. Once that bad boy is equipped, my attack should be 10 or even 9 frames.
Alternatively, if anyone wants to Baal during the week, I'll probably have some time on Wednesday night. We could slip in 45-60 minutes of runs to get us ready for NM. We need Tai, though. Why walk when you can transcend time and space?