"I got the Melee blues" tournament scoreboard if

Code: 
BlueLight       LS 'zon         76      A3/Hell    Cormallon        159
AllBlues        Werebear        78      A2/Hell    azn_apocalypse   133
Indigo Lin      Lightning Zon   77      A1/Hell    Insane Wayne     129
Bluemoon        Rabid wolf      69      A5/NM      jgreg7           114
Aimee           MA Assassin     69      A5/NM      jiansonz         106
Artemis         GoMoLeeMancer   41      A2/NM      Kool69            93
Kul_IronMan     IronBarb        50      A3/NM      KultharSavus      89
True_Blue       Paladin         45      A2/NM      Hoop76            74
Blue_Shadow     Avenger         35      A1/NM      Ter               62
Blue-Skunk      Conc. Barb      45      A1/NM      Skunkbelly        62
BlueSummoner    PureSummon      40      A1/NM      atigdng           57
Aquis           Martyr          32      A5/Norm    Swivelguy2        54
DedoMraz        HF/HS Paladin   33      A5/Norm    Kugel             44
Bluebird        Phoenix Assy    53      A1/NM      GreyEagle         43
BlueCrusader    Berserker       28      A3/Norm    ImmortalSlayer    23 
Moody_blues     Werebear        22      A3/Norm    Tasdaz            21
Illuminatus     Cleric          24      A2/Norm    Summoned          16
SirFreezeALot   FrostZealot     24      A2/Norm    ComeOutAndPlay    14
Ploppy_TheBlue  Meleeassy       25      A2/Norm    DX                13
BlueMind        Tesladin        15      A2/Norm    greenmind          7
Brack           Golemmancer     19      A2/Norm    Jake_b74           6
EdCookieJarvis  LanceBarb       16      A2/Norm    ScarsOfTomorrow    6
Harris.C.Long   WW Druid        19      A2/Norm    sirpoopsalot       5
Roland          HF Paladin      18      A2/Norm    Ashmer Amadeus     4
DeadMeat        Tesladin        18      A2/Norm    FodderCannoned     4
Red             PStrike Sin     18      A2/Norm    Kirbybabo          4
Electric_blues  Tesladin        18      A2/Norm    Rugruth            4
Valkyrie        Fendazon        20      A2/Norm    Flayed One         2
GrandmaMcgee    Enchantress      1      A1/Norm    GrandmasAreYummy   0
Fritz           Berserker        1      A1/Norm    Thadar             0
BillTheBlue     Conc/WW          1      A1/Norm    Johney             0
Nugay           Fireclaw bear    1      A1/Norm    Hrus               0
OxDEADBEEF      WWBarb           1      A1/Norm    JicamaEater        0
Blue            HF Paladin       1      A1/Norm    bradley_turner     0
PokingIsGood    Spearzon         1      A1/Norm    GodofWar           0
BleuCheese      Shadow Assasin   1      A1/Norm    Hephaestus         0
t3h_Justan      Paladin          1      A1/Norm    carrothers         0
Worg            furywolf         1      A1/Norm    arramor            0
LenaPH          Melee Sorc       1      A1/Norm    Nacaa              0
CapnWhiteMullet Venom/Jail       1      A1/Norm    #endgame           0
Phoenix         Assy             1      A1/Norm    Mordalles          0
BigTarget       MA Assassin      8      A1/Norm    HarleyWulf        -1
VanillaIce      FrostZealot     14      A1/Norm    hoidoimenoi       -3
gerberkid       FURYWOLF        14      A1/Norm    g3rb              -4
BlueBeast       werebear        10      A1/Norm    martinkingss      -4
Ogg             Iron Barb       11      A1/Norm    Wonko the Sane    -4

Fallen Heroes:
Blue_Movie      Frenzy axe barb 76      A3/Hell    Dune6836         164 R.I.P
Colbalta        PS Assasin      67      A5/NM      crazy_bear       108 R.I.P.
OneFingaPushup  TS/DT 'sin      53      A3/NM      skoolbus          90 R.I.P.
Bluedgeon       HF Paladin      56      A2/NM      Hiedran           67 R.I.P.
Foebuyl         Shadow Assasin  45      A1/NM      Sint              65 R.I.P.
AzureSky        Bash&ShoutBarb  48      A1/NM      Quickdeath        51 R.I.P.
Smurfette       Amazon          27      A4/Norm    PetePizza         43 R.I.P.
CobraClaw       Assassin        30      A4/Norm    PatB              40 R.I.P.
Wizardhawk_blue LS Amazon       30      A4/Norm    Wizardhawk           R.I.P.
Hysteria        ES Enchantress   ?      A4/Norm    Docturnal            R.I.P.
SapphireClaw    "Shadowwalker"  25      A2/Norm    San               15 R.I.P.
Bluey           LightningZon    23      A1/Norm    Gaz               15 R.I.P.
EtherDragon     Dragoness       24      A2/Norm    Quietus           14 R.I.P.
Blue_Velvet     Assassin        25      A2/Norm    Gimli              4 R.I.P.
Bembo           Frenzy Barb     20      A2/Norm    Vanai                R.I.P.
Azul            Jumpbarb        14      A1/Norm    Saucy                R.I.P.
BluePoker       Spearzon         ?      A1/Norm    Wolron               R.I.P.


Uff ... BlueLight finally made it through the tomb. Duriel was like a walk in the park afterwards. It took me two days and several NDEs to get to him though. I don't want such a hassle too soon again... but I fear A3 will be even worse, with more LIs in there :(

Scoring:
Normal+NM: 192
A1+A2 Hell: 42
Kurast Dock WP: 1
Clvl: -76
Total: 159

Darn, still second... :D
 
Code: 
BlueLight       LS 'zon         76      A3/Hell    Cormallon        159
AllBlues        Werebear        78      A2/Hell    azn_apocalypse   133
Indigo Lin      Lightning Zon   77      A1/Hell    Insane Wayne     129
Bluemoon        Rabid wolf      71      A1/Hell    jgreg7           125
Aimee           MA Assassin     69      A5/NM      jiansonz         106
Artemis         GoMoLeeMancer   41      A2/NM      Kool69            93
Kul_IronMan     IronBarb        50      A3/NM      KultharSavus      89
True_Blue       Paladin         45      A2/NM      Hoop76            74
Blue_Shadow     Avenger         35      A1/NM      Ter               62
Blue-Skunk      Conc. Barb      45      A1/NM      Skunkbelly        62
BlueSummoner    PureSummon      40      A1/NM      atigdng           57
Aquis           Martyr          32      A5/Norm    Swivelguy2        54
DedoMraz        HF/HS Paladin   33      A5/Norm    Kugel             44
Bluebird        Phoenix Assy    53      A1/NM      GreyEagle         43
BlueCrusader    Berserker       28      A3/Norm    ImmortalSlayer    23 
Moody_blues     Werebear        22      A3/Norm    Tasdaz            21
Illuminatus     Cleric          24      A2/Norm    Summoned          16
SirFreezeALot   FrostZealot     24      A2/Norm    ComeOutAndPlay    14
Ploppy_TheBlue  Meleeassy       25      A2/Norm    DX                13
BlueMind        Tesladin        15      A2/Norm    greenmind          7
Brack           Golemmancer     19      A2/Norm    Jake_b74           6
EdCookieJarvis  LanceBarb       16      A2/Norm    ScarsOfTomorrow    6
Harris.C.Long   WW Druid        19      A2/Norm    sirpoopsalot       5
Roland          HF Paladin      18      A2/Norm    Ashmer Amadeus     4
DeadMeat        Tesladin        18      A2/Norm    FodderCannoned     4
Red             PStrike Sin     18      A2/Norm    Kirbybabo          4
Electric_blues  Tesladin        18      A2/Norm    Rugruth            4
Valkyrie        Fendazon        20      A2/Norm    Flayed One         2
GrandmaMcgee    Enchantress      1      A1/Norm    GrandmasAreYummy   0
Fritz           Berserker        1      A1/Norm    Thadar             0
BillTheBlue     Conc/WW          1      A1/Norm    Johney             0
Nugay           Fireclaw bear    1      A1/Norm    Hrus               0
OxDEADBEEF      WWBarb           1      A1/Norm    JicamaEater        0
Blue            HF Paladin       1      A1/Norm    bradley_turner     0
PokingIsGood    Spearzon         1      A1/Norm    GodofWar           0
BleuCheese      Shadow Assasin   1      A1/Norm    Hephaestus         0
t3h_Justan      Paladin          1      A1/Norm    carrothers         0
Worg            furywolf         1      A1/Norm    arramor            0
LenaPH          Melee Sorc       1      A1/Norm    Nacaa              0
CapnWhiteMullet Venom/Jail       1      A1/Norm    #endgame           0
Phoenix         Assy             1      A1/Norm    Mordalles          0
BigTarget       MA Assassin      8      A1/Norm    HarleyWulf        -1
VanillaIce      FrostZealot     14      A1/Norm    hoidoimenoi       -3
gerberkid       FURYWOLF        14      A1/Norm    g3rb              -4
BlueBeast       werebear        10      A1/Norm    martinkingss      -4
Ogg             Iron Barb       11      A1/Norm    Wonko the Sane    -4

Fallen Heroes:
Blue_Movie      Frenzy axe barb 76      A3/Hell    Dune6836         164 R.I.P
Colbalta        PS Assasin      67      A5/NM      crazy_bear       108 R.I.P.
OneFingaPushup  TS/DT 'sin      53      A3/NM      skoolbus          90 R.I.P.
Bluedgeon       HF Paladin      56      A2/NM      Hiedran           67 R.I.P.
Foebuyl         Shadow Assasin  45      A1/NM      Sint              65 R.I.P.
AzureSky        Bash&ShoutBarb  48      A1/NM      Quickdeath        51 R.I.P.
Smurfette       Amazon          27      A4/Norm    PetePizza         43 R.I.P.
CobraClaw       Assassin        30      A4/Norm    PatB              40 R.I.P.
Wizardhawk_blue LS Amazon       30      A4/Norm    Wizardhawk           R.I.P.
Hysteria        ES Enchantress   ?      A4/Norm    Docturnal            R.I.P.
SapphireClaw    "Shadowwalker"  25      A2/Norm    San               15 R.I.P.
Bluey           LightningZon    23      A1/Norm    Gaz               15 R.I.P.
EtherDragon     Dragoness       24      A2/Norm    Quietus           14 R.I.P.
Blue_Velvet     Assassin        25      A2/Norm    Gimli              4 R.I.P.
Bembo           Frenzy Barb     20      A2/Norm    Vanai                R.I.P.
Azul            Jumpbarb        14      A1/Norm    Saucy                R.I.P.
BluePoker       Spearzon         ?      A1/Norm    Wolron               R.I.P.
Bluemoon has gone to Hell! He finished up the rest of Act 5 NM, and dispatched the cow king. Neither the Ancients nor Lister nor Baal was a big problem, although we did drop back to /players 1 for each. The ancients were re-rolled twice, first because one was FE and the second time by accident (I was fumbling through potions in my inventory and clicked the TP tome instead).

Baal did give us one scare: his cold wedge knocked Bluemoon onto a forbidden tile or some such thing. He seemed to be paralyzed in hit recovery, unable to move. Fortunately after a few seconds another wedge came along and knocked him free again. Despite that trick Baal didn’t stand a chance. Infernostride was the only somewhat interesting drop. Before leaving NM Bluemoon used the socket quest to put two perfect sapphires in his sturdy grim shield of deflecting.

The cow portal spawned in the middle of a triangle with the cow king and two random boss packs at the corners. One of the packs had a might aura, so a lot of fancy footwork was required to pick off individuals without being overwhelmed. After dispatching them all we weren’t in the mood to do any exploring around the farm, so moved on.

I’ll be on vacation for the next 2.5 weeks, but we’ll see how far we can go before the month of August runs out...

Conqueror Bluemoon, rabid wolf.
clvl 71 score: 125
Act 1 Hell. Next stop: Blood Raven ​
 
Experimental just made it to the Halls of the Dead waypoint, hoping to finish the rest of act 2 tonight. Been working on his resists which are about perfect now. Need to get some more + skills now...

Experimental lvl 51
Normal + 96
Nightmare + 7 quests +13 wps = 123-51= 72 points total for Experimental.

I am trying to get + skills but haven't had much luck. Does anyone know what the best ways to get + to skills? (druid summoning)
The only thing I have is +1 on my helm. Hoping to get a few more.
Are we allowed to upgrade items? To reroll an item you use 3 pgems right? I tried it but didn't seem to work, maybe I got it wrong. Anyway thanks for the help!
 
AllBlues completed Act 2 Hell. He also made some progress through Act 3.

Act 2 started terribly for me. As soon as I entered the sewers I encountered a multiple shots/holy freeze/CE skeleton archer and his pack. He proceeded to decimate my party, killing my merc and making me pay the hefty resurrection fee at least five times. At last I finally killed the bugger.
I proceeded down the hallway -- and ran into three skeleton archer/warrior packs with the absolute worst set of mods possible. Between the three bosses, they had Cursed, Extra Strong, Fanaticism AND Might. Everyone in my party was killed almost instantly (except for me), and I was barely able to get away and regroup. Eventually I also killed these guys.

After that I had little trouble, until the Far Oasis, when I ran into some FE (I think) beetles. I didn't know they were FE until I started hitting them, and by the time I started running away it was almost too late. I came SO close to dying...my druid got so low on life that he actually shapeshifted back to human form as he was running away! I think that means if I had taken one more hit I would have died. I fought beetles more cautiously after this NDE.

The rest of Act 2 was pretty easy. I played the areas from Arcane Sanctuary to Duriel on players 1 purely because of those darn phys immune ghosts, which I could kill but slooowly. I was a little worried about Fangskin, who spawned Conviction, but I was able to beat him by running past his pack and clearing the rest of the chamber before I took him on. Duriel wasn't as bad as I thought he would be.

In Act 3 I was extremely worried about Gloams, but I got lucky. The first time I entered the Great Marsh, there were midgets and those giant tree things, but NO gloams. Thank goodness! I grabbed the Great Marsh WP, then went on and grabbed the Flayer Jungle WP before I quit so I wouldn't have to go back to the Marsh. That's where I stand now.

One more thing: right before I left Act 2 Fara sold me THIS beauty for my merc. :clap:

Grandmaster's War Pike
Two-Hand Damage: 94 to 509
Durability: 25 of 25
Required Dexterity: 106
Required Strength: 165
Required Level: 66
Spear Class - Slow Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 85
Fingerprint: 0x42d0fc7b
+186% Enhanced Damage
+271 to Attack Rating

AllBlues
Level 81 = -81
Quests= [(27 * 2) + 13] * 2 = 134
WPs = (39 * 2) + 21 = 99 (for some reason, I still don't have the Spider Forest WP)
CK = 6
Score = 158
 
BlueLight only found the jade statue, that's two more points (total 161 now). I need a break from that char, the masses of LIs in A3 are really really annoying. If these were just Fetishes, I could handle that. But I continuously get other LIs beside these, and after severel NDEs I decided to do something different for a while. The tourney is only halfways done, we have another month... I'll be back for sure ;)
 
Well, BlueSkunk finally got to Act 2 NM last night. His damage is still a disgrace, but he cubed himself a prismatic amulet with +8 minimum damage as a secondary mod, so that could be helpful. At least his resists are nearly maxed (only poison is lower than 70).

I have two open sockets in my gear right now, and I can't think of what to fill them with (not that I have too many options). I might save them for Hell difficulty, assuming I get there, and use them to help with resists... but I could also drop in a jewel of fervor, or something to help with damage a little (nothing too good there, though). I guess they'll stay empty for now.
 
Code: 
BlueLight       LS 'zon         76      A3/Hell    Cormallon        161
AllBlues        Werebear        78      A2/Hell    azn_apocalypse   158
Indigo Lin      Lightning Zon   77      A1/Hell    Insane Wayne     129
Bluemoon        Rabid wolf      71      A1/Hell    jgreg7           125
Aimee           MA Assassin     69      A5/NM      jiansonz         106
Artemis         GoMoLeeMancer   41      A2/NM      Kool69            93
Kul_IronMan     IronBarb        50      A3/NM      KultharSavus      89
True_Blue       Paladin         45      A2/NM      Hoop76            74
Blue_Shadow     Avenger         35      A1/NM      Ter               62
Blue-Skunk      Conc. Barb      45      A1/NM      Skunkbelly        62
BlueSummoner    PureSummon      40      A1/NM      atigdng           57
Aquis           Martyr          32      A5/Norm    Swivelguy2        54
DedoMraz        HF/HS Paladin   33      A5/Norm    Kugel             44
Bluebird        Phoenix Assy    53      A1/NM      GreyEagle         43
BlueCrusader    Berserker       28      A3/Norm    ImmortalSlayer    23 
Moody_blues     Werebear        22      A3/Norm    Tasdaz            21
Illuminatus     Cleric          24      A2/Norm    Summoned          16
SirFreezeALot   FrostZealot     24      A2/Norm    ComeOutAndPlay    14
Ploppy_TheBlue  Meleeassy       25      A2/Norm    DX                13
BlueMind        Tesladin        15      A2/Norm    greenmind          7
Brack           Golemmancer     19      A2/Norm    Jake_b74           6
EdCookieJarvis  LanceBarb       16      A2/Norm    ScarsOfTomorrow    6
Nugay           Fireclaw bear   16      A2/Norm    Hrus               6
Harris.C.Long   WW Druid        19      A2/Norm    sirpoopsalot       5
Roland          HF Paladin      18      A2/Norm    Ashmer Amadeus     4
DeadMeat        Tesladin        18      A2/Norm    FodderCannoned     4
Red             PStrike Sin     18      A2/Norm    Kirbybabo          4
Electric_blues  Tesladin        18      A2/Norm    Rugruth            4
Valkyrie        Fendazon        20      A2/Norm    Flayed One         2
GrandmaMcgee    Enchantress      1      A1/Norm    GrandmasAreYummy   0
Fritz           Berserker        1      A1/Norm    Thadar             0
BillTheBlue     Conc/WW          1      A1/Norm    Johney             0
OxDEADBEEF      WWBarb           1      A1/Norm    JicamaEater        0
Blue            HF Paladin       1      A1/Norm    bradley_turner     0
PokingIsGood    Spearzon         1      A1/Norm    GodofWar           0
BleuCheese      Shadow Assasin   1      A1/Norm    Hephaestus         0
t3h_Justan      Paladin          1      A1/Norm    carrothers         0
Worg            furywolf         1      A1/Norm    arramor            0
LenaPH          Melee Sorc       1      A1/Norm    Nacaa              0
CapnWhiteMullet Venom/Jail       1      A1/Norm    #endgame           0
Phoenix         Assy             1      A1/Norm    Mordalles          0
BigTarget       MA Assassin      8      A1/Norm    HarleyWulf        -1
VanillaIce      FrostZealot     14      A1/Norm    hoidoimenoi       -3
gerberkid       FURYWOLF        14      A1/Norm    g3rb              -4
BlueBeast       werebear        10      A1/Norm    martinkingss      -4
Ogg             Iron Barb       11      A1/Norm    Wonko the Sane    -4

Fallen Heroes:
Blue_Movie      Frenzy axe barb 76      A3/Hell    Dune6836         164 R.I.P
Colbalta        PS Assasin      67      A5/NM      crazy_bear       108 R.I.P.
OneFingaPushup  TS/DT 'sin      53      A3/NM      skoolbus          90 R.I.P.
Bluedgeon       HF Paladin      56      A2/NM      Hiedran           67 R.I.P.
Foebuyl         Shadow Assasin  45      A1/NM      Sint              65 R.I.P.
AzureSky        Bash&ShoutBarb  48      A1/NM      Quickdeath        51 R.I.P.
Smurfette       Amazon          27      A4/Norm    PetePizza         43 R.I.P.
CobraClaw       Assassin        30      A4/Norm    PatB              40 R.I.P.
Wizardhawk_blue LS Amazon       30      A4/Norm    Wizardhawk           R.I.P.
Hysteria        ES Enchantress   ?      A4/Norm    Docturnal            R.I.P.
SapphireClaw    "Shadowwalker"  25      A2/Norm    San               15 R.I.P.
Bluey           LightningZon    23      A1/Norm    Gaz               15 R.I.P.
EtherDragon     Dragoness       24      A2/Norm    Quietus           14 R.I.P.
Blue_Velvet     Assassin        25      A2/Norm    Gimli              4 R.I.P.
Bembo           Frenzy Barb     20      A2/Norm    Vanai                R.I.P.
Azul            Jumpbarb        14      A1/Norm    Saucy                R.I.P.
BluePoker       Spearzon         ?      A1/Norm    Wolron               R.I.P.

Finally started to play this tourney. Nugay made it to Lut Gholein.
I have updated Cormallon and azn, but I am confused about atigdng's character. Is Experimental the same character as BlueSummoner?
 
For some reason when I changed my name in the beginning it never got changed in the code, so yah, that is the same character. I just don't do well with the code table so I don't try to bother with it myself. Thanks for the help!
 
From Your Friendly Tournament Moderator

If you wish to update your Melee Blues character to patch 1.11, you may do so. The main advantage that this will confer, obviously, is the FE bug will be fixed for 1.11 players.

I don't think it will be a big issue, but I understand that there might be a situtation in which a 1.10 player in serious contention dies to the FE bug. I will take this into consideration when awarding loot to the winner(s). The easiest way to do this is that if a 1.11 player wins, then the highest-ranking 1.10 player (IF they died to FE, and not something un-patched (like, for example, carelessness or stupidity :D ) will also have a chance at some prizes.

P.S.: I will post the rules for part three of the Skunkbelly Tournament Trilogy on Thursday, so watch out! This one will be... more unusual ;)
 
I am back from my botanical adventures. It was something like a jackpot for me: I got to see almost every species there was a chance for. Some of them are more rare than Elite Uniques...


Aimee has been crowned Conqueror. The rest of act 5 couldn´t put up much of a fight. This character pwns.


Status at the start of Hell:

STR 79, DEX 168+11, VIT 193, ENE 25, Life 1139, Mana 136

Resist in Hell (with Fade): Fire 72, Cold 75, Lightning 75, Poison -8

Claw Mastery 2
Cloak of Shadows 1
Burst of Speed 1+6
Fade 20+6 (lasts 420 seconds and gives 26% PDR, +67% Resist All and 84% curse time reduction)
Mind Blast 1
Shadow Master 11+6

Phoenix Strike 20+9
Fists of Fire 6+9
Claws of Thunder 6+9
All other MA skills 1+9

Blade Shield 0+1

4 skill points saved (will go to either PS synergies, SM, Claw Mastery or CoS)

Aimee´s gear
* Kenshi´s Circlet of Worth, reward-socketed with a Dun Jewel (+3 min damage, 12% damage to mana)
* Kenshi´s Amulet
* Fine Greater Talons of Quickness (+24% ED, +34 AR, +3 Dragon Flight, +1 Blade Shield)
* Mechanic´s Studded Leather of the Whale with 2 jewels: lightning resist 28, +4 DEX, +95 life)
* Aimee´s Russet Tower Shield of Deflecting, reward-socketed with 2x PSapphire (14)
* Kenshi´s Gauntlets
* Ring of the Wraith (4% mana steal)
* Cobalt Plated Belt of the Squid (29/70)
* Coral Ring of Skill (26/5)
* Amber Greaves of Speed (34)

* Shadow Wrist Blade
* Shadow Hatchet Hands of the Glacier
(for buffing Burst of Speed, Fade and Shadow Master)

* Charms taking up a total of 29(!) inventory spaces, giving +2 DEX, +62 AR, slight poison, fire & lightning damage, 5% poison resistance, 71% fire resistance and +217 Life

Brom´s gear
* Chromatic Circlet of the Locust (28/6%)
* Cruel Zweihander of Gore (+269% ED, +10 max damage)
* Jeweler´s Gothic Plate with 4 jewels: +15% IAS, +15% damage, adds 10-11 damage, poison resist 11, cold resist 12



Code: 
BlueLight       LS 'zon         76      A3/Hell    Cormallon        161
AllBlues        Werebear        78      A2/Hell    azn_apocalypse   158
Indigo Lin      Lightning Zon   77      A1/Hell    Insane Wayne     129
Bluemoon        Rabid wolf      71      A1/Hell    jgreg7           125
Aimee           PS Assassin     75      A1/Hell    jiansonz         118
Artemis         GoMoLeeMancer   41      A2/NM      Kool69            93
Kul_IronMan     IronBarb        50      A3/NM      KultharSavus      89
True_Blue       Paladin         45      A2/NM      Hoop76            74
Blue_Shadow     Avenger         35      A1/NM      Ter               62
Blue-Skunk      Conc. Barb      45      A1/NM      Skunkbelly        62
BlueSummoner    PureSummon      40      A1/NM      atigdng           57
Aquis           Martyr          32      A5/Norm    Swivelguy2        54
DedoMraz        HF/HS Paladin   33      A5/Norm    Kugel             44
Bluebird        Phoenix Assy    53      A1/NM      GreyEagle         43
BlueCrusader    Berserker       28      A3/Norm    ImmortalSlayer    23 
Moody_blues     Werebear        22      A3/Norm    Tasdaz            21
Illuminatus     Cleric          24      A2/Norm    Summoned          16
SirFreezeALot   FrostZealot     24      A2/Norm    ComeOutAndPlay    14
Ploppy_TheBlue  Meleeassy       25      A2/Norm    DX                13
BlueMind        Tesladin        15      A2/Norm    greenmind          7
Brack           Golemmancer     19      A2/Norm    Jake_b74           6
EdCookieJarvis  LanceBarb       16      A2/Norm    ScarsOfTomorrow    6
Nugay           Fireclaw bear   16      A2/Norm    Hrus               6
Harris.C.Long   WW Druid        19      A2/Norm    sirpoopsalot       5
Roland          HF Paladin      18      A2/Norm    Ashmer Amadeus     4
DeadMeat        Tesladin        18      A2/Norm    FodderCannoned     4
Red             PStrike Sin     18      A2/Norm    Kirbybabo          4
Electric_blues  Tesladin        18      A2/Norm    Rugruth            4
Valkyrie        Fendazon        20      A2/Norm    Flayed One         2
GrandmaMcgee    Enchantress      1      A1/Norm    GrandmasAreYummy   0
Fritz           Berserker        1      A1/Norm    Thadar             0
BillTheBlue     Conc/WW          1      A1/Norm    Johney             0
OxDEADBEEF      WWBarb           1      A1/Norm    JicamaEater        0
Blue            HF Paladin       1      A1/Norm    bradley_turner     0
PokingIsGood    Spearzon         1      A1/Norm    GodofWar           0
BleuCheese      Shadow Assasin   1      A1/Norm    Hephaestus         0
t3h_Justan      Paladin          1      A1/Norm    carrothers         0
Worg            furywolf         1      A1/Norm    arramor            0
LenaPH          Melee Sorc       1      A1/Norm    Nacaa              0
CapnWhiteMullet Venom/Jail       1      A1/Norm    #endgame           0
Phoenix         Assy             1      A1/Norm    Mordalles          0
BigTarget       MA Assassin      8      A1/Norm    HarleyWulf        -1
VanillaIce      FrostZealot     14      A1/Norm    hoidoimenoi       -3
gerberkid       FURYWOLF        14      A1/Norm    g3rb              -4
BlueBeast       werebear        10      A1/Norm    martinkingss      -4
Ogg             Iron Barb       11      A1/Norm    Wonko the Sane    -4

Fallen Heroes:
Blue_Movie      Frenzy axe barb 76      A3/Hell    Dune6836         164 R.I.P
Colbalta        PS Assasin      67      A5/NM      crazy_bear       108 R.I.P.
OneFingaPushup  TS/DT 'sin      53      A3/NM      skoolbus          90 R.I.P.
Bluedgeon       HF Paladin      56      A2/NM      Hiedran           67 R.I.P.
Foebuyl         Shadow Assasin  45      A1/NM      Sint              65 R.I.P.
AzureSky        Bash&ShoutBarb  48      A1/NM      Quickdeath        51 R.I.P.
Smurfette       Amazon          27      A4/Norm    PetePizza         43 R.I.P.
CobraClaw       Assassin        30      A4/Norm    PatB              40 R.I.P.
Wizardhawk_blue LS Amazon       30      A4/Norm    Wizardhawk           R.I.P.
Hysteria        ES Enchantress   ?      A4/Norm    Docturnal            R.I.P.
SapphireClaw    "Shadowwalker"  25      A2/Norm    San               15 R.I.P.
Bluey           LightningZon    23      A1/Norm    Gaz               15 R.I.P.
EtherDragon     Dragoness       24      A2/Norm    Quietus           14 R.I.P.
Blue_Velvet     Assassin        25      A2/Norm    Gimli              4 R.I.P.
Bembo           Frenzy Barb     20      A2/Norm    Vanai                R.I.P.
Azul            Jumpbarb        14      A1/Norm    Saucy                R.I.P.
BluePoker       Spearzon         ?      A1/Norm    Wolron               R.I.P.
 
Act 3 went pretty well, last night I got all the way through the kurast bazaar and made it to travincal. After doing a few lower kurast runs I found this just by chance:

Shaman's Cudgel
One-Hand Damage: 6 to 21
Durability: 24 of 24
Required Strength: 25
Required Level: 22
Mace Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 55
Fingerprint: 0x30a09380
+1 to Druid Skill Levels
150% Damage to Undead

It may not seem that much to you all, but I had been searching, spending loads of money and time just never finding anything with plus skills, this still isn't that good, but it made things go smoother for me.
The council wasn't that big of a deal. Then after a long time I finally found the dueance 2 wp. Man did I spawn a bad map, it is like 2 screens away from lvl3. Once in lvl 3 I took care of bremm and company with ease, then clearing everything else first then I did meph, suprisingly like in normal, he took a long time to just kill a single wolf, and didn't ever really target my merc, so he went down pretty fast. Then I was stupid enough to save the game right then and there, never going through the red portal. Too many meph runs where you just hit escape and do it all over again. So we went back going to lvl 3 but on the way had like 3 NDE which literally gave me goose bumps, I ran into a pack of dolls with might along with 2 packs of night lords one with conviction, another extra fast. Almost dieing 3 times I ended up clearing them after taking them down slowly one by one, which must of took over 20 mins. Then I go clear the rest make it again to bremm, this time he was stone skin... which took awhile, then meph was no problem, killed him, then went through the red portal, upon making to to act 4 my computer froze! Then I had to exit and get back into the game, finding that it said I STILL hadn't gone to act 4 yet. By this time I am pretty frustrated, but everything goes much smoother except for ressurecting my merc once after the bremm fight, killed meph for the 3rd time, then got to act 4 and saved the game!! It was a relief. I thought I just may die trying to get there! Meph dropped Lycanders aim, the 1st time and the 3rd mosers circle, and the council dropped the unique bill, just can't remember the name. I don't have magic find but I guess on p4 they still drop good every once in awhile.

One amulet I gambled was pretty good I thought:
Rainbow Amulet of the Whale
Required Level: 37
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 56
Fingerprint: 0xf4c7bf02
+100 to Life
All Resistances +10

And I have a pretty sweet shield that I found a long while back:
Chromatic Small Shield of Deflecting
Defense: 8
Chance to Block: 45%
Smite Damage: 2 to 3
Durability: 16 of 16
Required Strength: 22
Required Level: 42
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 52
Fingerprint: 0xde70ce11
+20% Increased Chance of Blocking
All Resistances +22
30% Faster Block Rate

Hoping to use the socket quest on that one!

Ok enough nonesense...

Experimental lvl 61 Druid (Summoner only)

Normal 96 points
Nightmare up to Pandemoniam forest 18*2+28 wps = 64
Total 160 - clvl 61 = 99 :D

It seems that I haven't been updated for awhile, and nobody ever changed the name, just to clear things up when I started I changed from Bluesummoner to Experimental. If someone could update me on the code I would very much grateful for your help!
 
dune6836 said:
so Blue_Movie is now clvl 74

results of gambling for axes..
61 useless war axes 5 of them rare
21 useless naga's 1 rare
0 beserker axes
damn it!
Click to expand...

The clvl is way too low to hope for Berserker Axes. To even have the slightest chance for a gamble to upgrade to a Berserker Axe, you need to be clvl 81.



Aimee is trying to do something similar: gamble a Champion Sword for the merc. I want something to cube her 400+ gems on. Champion Swords are only qlvl 77, so they are possible to gamble much earlier than (the qlvl 85) Berserker Axes. No luck so far, though.

I am doing my best in other ways to find a crude, normal, magical or socketed version of any of three biggest elite 2h-swords to cube. That means that I played the high-level areas (Crypt, Mausoleum, Pit) in Act1 Hell on /players 7*. NOT level 2 of the Pit, though. It´s far too dangerous for that! Players 1 was tough enough, thankyouverymuch! Damn archer bosses...

(* remember, I only have one chance in each area)

Just like in the Rare Pleasures tourney, I found a ridiculously rare item in Hell Crypt/Mausoleum. This was a grail item for me in more ways than one. :) Although I´ve seen Caduceuses for sale before, this was actually the first I´ve seen drop. And then I go and roll Set quality on it, with +0% MF! Probablilty and luck work in mysterious ways.


The gameplay is surprisingly easy. In all areas not mentioned above, I have been playing on /players 3. I have decided not to invest more in Claw Mastery or CoS. This character doesn´t need to hit to stay alive. She takes her time, has good tanks, mobility and crowd control. I don´t mind the whiffing. Aimee has an AR of over 3000 with Phoenix Strike, so that certainly hits consisitently. I know Nightfish and others considers 8k AR to be low (!), but for me, 3k is plenty. The normal attack suffers, though. Only about 1300 AR. It isn´t that bad, but if I get tired of 5-6 whiffs in a row and really wants to release a charge before it vanishes, I have DTalon to fall back on (like I wrote before).

Conqueror Aimee, Phoenix Assassin
Level: 78
Next area: Barracks, Hell
Score: 128 pts.
 
AllBlues killed Hell Meph to move into Act 4. This is the closest I have ever been to Guardian, and I am having crazy thoughts of actually not failing this time.

Didn't really have any problems. As my last update said, I managed to avoid Gloams in the Great Marsh, which was my main worry. Nothing in Kurast/Travincal gave me trouble except for those darn phys immune Itchies. Although I killed a bunch of normal Itchies, I avoided Itchies boss packs like the plague; they were just too annoying to kill. The Durance was not bad at all, and Meph was pretty easy, thanks to my merc's amazing weapon.

I made a minor weapon change, switching out my Merciless Feral Axe for a King's Decapitator that I found, figuring that the increased dmg/AR would be worth the slight drop off in IAS. I still have the Feral Axe in my stash just in case.

So now I'm in Act 4. My next step is to run Hell Act 1 areas for some cash, and shop Halbu/Jamella since I don't have to run all the way to Hratli anymore. Hopefully I can get something as good as the merc weapon for myself.

AllBlues
Level 82 = -82
Quests= [(27 * 2) + 18] * 2 = 144
WPs = (39 * 2) + 28 = 106
CK = 6
Score = 174
 
Hell next...

Baal has just meet his match once again as Experimental completes his Nightmare rounds, I think everything went lots easier this time around, with me actually remembering to put the pX settings done for the bosses. My merc had just got a new weapon too, which he was excited about seeing as he was only using a partizan of the leech for all of nightmare! Now he has a cruel pike which means his damage went way^ for the WSK.

Also cleared the not so secret cow level.


Conquerer Experimental

Character Level 70
Base: (Mod)
Strength 75 (75!)
Dexterity 140 (140)
Vitality 200 (200)
Energy 20 (34 ah!)
Max life: 655 Chance to Block: 40%
Max Mana: 186

Gear:
Shamans Antlers of Sorcery (14)
Shaman's Cudgel
Caretakers Amulet of Chance (5%)
Experimental's Coral Plate Mail of Stability (21) 0 of 2 sockets filled
Experimental's Chromatic Small Shield of Deflecting (22 resist all) (45%)
Coral Heavy Bracers (30)
Garnet Ring (29)
Garnet Ring of Maiming (28)
Coral Mesh Belt (29)
Garnet Light Plate Boots of Speed (28) I have 40 resist fire without the fr/w on hold.

Charms fill 24 slots total of 107+ to life 48 cold resist and 9 lightning.

Points:
Normal 96
Nightmare 96
192 - 70 = 122!

Alright, onto the real challange...
 
After a gaming sesion that ended with the Cathedral, I finally managed to gamble myself a Champion Sword! It happened at clvl 79, where there is 70% chance that the ilvl will be high enough for the elite upgrade to be possible.

Now it was serious cubing time. I had only used up a little more than 100 gems (I wasn´t even through my chippies...) when I scored a very good result: +284% Cruel with two sockets! I stuffed in a +min damage and a +max damage jewel and played on.

/p5 Andariel was a joke, thanks to Meteor spamming (and some good tanking by the Shadow Master).

I played until Radament was defeated. I wanted to reach level 80 because that would give me better odds to gamble another Champion Sword and also allowed me to cube a pile of saved crappy rings. At level 80 it´s possible to actually cube a Kenshi´s amulet (hopefully with a good suffix to replace the current plain Kenshi´s ammy). No luck so far. I know that the chances are minimal, but it´s still better than selling the crappy rings. :)

I did gamble another Champion Sword and started to cube it. Scored a +286% Cruel with two sockets. I had found a Jade Jewel of Fervor this session. Checked IAS breakpoints and decided to use up two more jewels (and use the "old" sword for more cubing; I still think it can get better!).

That gave Brom this shiny toy:

Cruel Champion Sword
Two-Hand Damage: 274 to 320
Durability: 29 of 40
Required Dexterity: 103
Required Strength: 163
Required Level: 57
Sword Class - Very Fast Attack Speed
Item Level: 30
+15 to Life
+286% Enhanced Damage
Poison Resist +27%
15% Increased Attack Speed
27% Damage to Demons
+45 to Attack Rating against Demons
Socketed (2: 2 used)

The merc now does a 12 fpa double attack that does 1065-1221 damage per hit! Even more against demons or when he uses Bash or Stun (which is very often). He rocks...

Some slight item improvements:

* A 15/95 Ocher Plated Belt of the Whale. Aimee had more than 75% cold resistance with the Cobalt belt. She still has a few % over that mark.
* Kenshi´s Light Gauntlets with +8 DEX (allowing me to pump Vitality more the last level-ups and still maintain max blocking)
* Gambled a 5% Ring of the Wraith (improvement from 4% that I had before). I hope to gamble one with a prefix as well.


Conqueror Aimee, Phoenix Assassin
Level: 80
Next area: Rocky Waste, Hell
Score: 137 pts.
 
Nice swords there :D

Just a reminder, all: only about a third of the tournament time is left! Honor and glory awaits.
 
Yikes, that was close!

Aimee was trying to make 'Maggot Flambeau' in their Lair. She was working on a Cursed Spectral Hit Multishot boss, which suddenly took an ENORMOUS bite off of her. Aimee had lost a few hundred life to poison and small bites, and now lost OVER 700 more! I saw no red in the bulb. A quick full rejuve saved her.

Granted, she was Cursed, but how could that boss do SO much damage?? It wasn´t Extra Strong or helped by an aura or anything, and Aimee had 26% PDR as usual. Weird. Good thing I have been going nuts with her life pool.


Other than that scary moment, it´s easy now. The monsters that take the longest to kill are the fire immunes, but they can be frozen so it´s not a big deal.

This fellow was a toughie. Conviction + LE = Major Ouch. Bosses like this is the reason I don´t want to use Venom. I am talking about bosses where I need the merc to be able to bring them down in a reasonable amount of time. In this case, lightning damage was ineffective due to high resistance, and cold damage is never impressive. Physical damage from the merc was the best method. The problem was that this boss was very dangerous to the merc. The scene you see is my second try. I used up 5-6 full rejuves in total to keep the merc alive. Right now the shadow is taking the brunt of the damage (for about 2/10 seconds more!). Aimee´s job is to hit the boss about every 5 seconds, to keep it from regenerating. And maybe chill it a bit. Since the boss is dangerous to her as well, using Venom would be a bad idea. Her only souce of poison right now is my favourite charm: Garnet Small Charm of Anthrax (6 seconds duration).

I am really starting to like this character. I am also excited about the progress, since this is a personal best for me with an assassin. I haven´t taken one past NM Ancients before.

Conqueror Aimee, Phoenix Assassin
Level: 82
Next area: Harem, Hell
Score: 141 points
 
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