Poor noob's hybrid ama
Heelllooo, you ladies and gents, bit excited as I haven't posted for quite a while. As a rule in the last few years whenever things don't go as expected in RL I "run towards the mountains" and hide. This time that meant that I reread Superdave's Anna_Goanna story, and, biensur, reinstalled Diablo, and, what a surprise :whistling: started with yet another Amazon. Atma? Down the drain, last time I had to format my pc I didn't bother all that much to make a backup for what I had farmed previously. Lots of decent/good/very good stuff lost, but, what the hell, since I was moved yet again by SD's naked chick and her exploits, I shouldn't complain with a SP 1.12 vanilla untwinked pointy stick/bow wielding girl.
I'm not sure why I am posting this since everyone seems to be grandmaster of the beautiful game, owners of every single item no matter what colour/lvl/whatever, though some (I feel like home already) of the abovementioned seem to still be puzzled as to why D/A/E freezes even the ueber leet itamz pawnzorz godesses. Love it!
So, in true greenhorn style, I am about to amaze everybody with my latest love, Briseis. As her name suggests she started from humble beginnings, and I DO mean humble - the javs, a tincan for a shield and my shabby skills. I go softcore, but p8, full clears plus a HC mindset, Briseis must stay alive. I have no supercool goals to achieve (Superdave, Insane Wayne, and the like have already covered that area), I just want to mat Briseis without having to see that infamous screen "You have died. Press ESC". I loathe that.
So the real challenge is to impress Tyrael without biting the dust, AND, most importantly, taking advantage of my usual "luck" in finding stuff. I'm no friend of any leprechaun, trust me.
...
So, let's see what I've "achieved" this far: meet Briseis and her ueber leet gear (no, really!):
lvl 27 (@ Canyon of the Magi, no tomb completed yet)
Str 51/Dex 80/ En Vita - base (with gear, bow side - a whopping +1 dex!!!)
Jav side - consider the Perla Lunata shield (found somewhere in Act1)
Skills: +1 Crit and Penetrate (as Nightfish sugests in the Fishyzon guide) aiming for +1 Pierce
10 Charged Strike (CS) + prereqs, waiting for the right time to invest in LF
2 CA, 1 Ice Arrow, drooling for FA.
And, drrrumz pleassse: as Nightfish said that there would be skill points left after completing a Fishyzon, but we don't really need them, and as CDM once wrote to me (God bless him!), and I quote: "you've got the gear of a fishy, but the physical bowazon's mindset" (not that I have any gear now, but the part about the mindset rings a bell), I've decided to put 2 hard points in Strafe +3 in prereqs... :smug:
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Gear:
Bow: the infamous Stone Quarrel short battle bow that does, well..., not much 7-15 damage (in your face, WF lovers!), +1 to dex (which increases damage, mind you), and 5%ml.
Pilum with 5%ml and the Pelta Lunata
A gemmed ring mail socketed with three PTopa..., ahem, 3 chippies for 27MF :thumbup:
Boots, gloves + one ring that give me (combined) 54MF + ... nothing else really, one other ring with 4%ll, ammy 4%ml, H'sarus belt, and, really unexpected a Biggin's Bonnet, for extra dammage :wink:
LCS... well, nevermind.
Charms? My pride and joy is a Russet Grand Charm of the Icicle (19FR, 2-4CD).
Briseis travels with her friend from school, a rogue who likes to chill. Chill others that is. You might imagine Liene's gear, based on that of Briseis. Yes, it is crap.
...
So, in a nutshell, I intend to take Briseis and Liene all the way on p8 full clears (no rerolling maps the first time I get to them), no Act2 Moron or any other, Liene stays, almost naked (with my luck and the leet itamz I find - that's almost true), boss reruns as I see fit (not that it helps much), NO decoy or Valk, nor D/A/E. My skills are mediocre (at my very best), but they got me to the Act2 tombs on p8 with THAT gear.
This is a poor noob's Amazon attempt for glory, for fortunately (?) I am, after all this years, (almost) as lowsy at playing D2 as I was 10 years ago.
Wish me luck, as I intend to further annoy you with Briseis' story, until she deeds (not for real, she's SC, but for this thread).
...
Waiting (from those who had the stunnig patience to read all this) for opinions on when you think Briseis's journey will end. This might be as fantastic a thread as SD's! :alright:
Heelllooo, you ladies and gents, bit excited as I haven't posted for quite a while. As a rule in the last few years whenever things don't go as expected in RL I "run towards the mountains" and hide. This time that meant that I reread Superdave's Anna_Goanna story, and, biensur, reinstalled Diablo, and, what a surprise :whistling: started with yet another Amazon. Atma? Down the drain, last time I had to format my pc I didn't bother all that much to make a backup for what I had farmed previously. Lots of decent/good/very good stuff lost, but, what the hell, since I was moved yet again by SD's naked chick and her exploits, I shouldn't complain with a SP 1.12 vanilla untwinked pointy stick/bow wielding girl.
I'm not sure why I am posting this since everyone seems to be grandmaster of the beautiful game, owners of every single item no matter what colour/lvl/whatever, though some (I feel like home already) of the abovementioned seem to still be puzzled as to why D/A/E freezes even the ueber leet itamz pawnzorz godesses. Love it!
So, in true greenhorn style, I am about to amaze everybody with my latest love, Briseis. As her name suggests she started from humble beginnings, and I DO mean humble - the javs, a tincan for a shield and my shabby skills. I go softcore, but p8, full clears plus a HC mindset, Briseis must stay alive. I have no supercool goals to achieve (Superdave, Insane Wayne, and the like have already covered that area), I just want to mat Briseis without having to see that infamous screen "You have died. Press ESC". I loathe that.
So the real challenge is to impress Tyrael without biting the dust, AND, most importantly, taking advantage of my usual "luck" in finding stuff. I'm no friend of any leprechaun, trust me.
...
So, let's see what I've "achieved" this far: meet Briseis and her ueber leet gear (no, really!):
lvl 27 (@ Canyon of the Magi, no tomb completed yet)
Str 51/Dex 80/ En Vita - base (with gear, bow side - a whopping +1 dex!!!)
Jav side - consider the Perla Lunata shield (found somewhere in Act1)
Skills: +1 Crit and Penetrate (as Nightfish sugests in the Fishyzon guide) aiming for +1 Pierce
10 Charged Strike (CS) + prereqs, waiting for the right time to invest in LF
2 CA, 1 Ice Arrow, drooling for FA.
And, drrrumz pleassse: as Nightfish said that there would be skill points left after completing a Fishyzon, but we don't really need them, and as CDM once wrote to me (God bless him!), and I quote: "you've got the gear of a fishy, but the physical bowazon's mindset" (not that I have any gear now, but the part about the mindset rings a bell), I've decided to put 2 hard points in Strafe +3 in prereqs... :smug:
...
Gear:
Bow: the infamous Stone Quarrel short battle bow that does, well..., not much 7-15 damage (in your face, WF lovers!), +1 to dex (which increases damage, mind you), and 5%ml.
Pilum with 5%ml and the Pelta Lunata
A gemmed ring mail socketed with three PTopa..., ahem, 3 chippies for 27MF :thumbup:
Boots, gloves + one ring that give me (combined) 54MF + ... nothing else really, one other ring with 4%ll, ammy 4%ml, H'sarus belt, and, really unexpected a Biggin's Bonnet, for extra dammage :wink:
LCS... well, nevermind.
Charms? My pride and joy is a Russet Grand Charm of the Icicle (19FR, 2-4CD).
Briseis travels with her friend from school, a rogue who likes to chill. Chill others that is. You might imagine Liene's gear, based on that of Briseis. Yes, it is crap.
...
So, in a nutshell, I intend to take Briseis and Liene all the way on p8 full clears (no rerolling maps the first time I get to them), no Act2 Moron or any other, Liene stays, almost naked (with my luck and the leet itamz I find - that's almost true), boss reruns as I see fit (not that it helps much), NO decoy or Valk, nor D/A/E. My skills are mediocre (at my very best), but they got me to the Act2 tombs on p8 with THAT gear.
This is a poor noob's Amazon attempt for glory, for fortunately (?) I am, after all this years, (almost) as lowsy at playing D2 as I was 10 years ago.
Wish me luck, as I intend to further annoy you with Briseis' story, until she deeds (not for real, she's SC, but for this thread).
...
Waiting (from those who had the stunnig patience to read all this) for opinions on when you think Briseis's journey will end. This might be as fantastic a thread as SD's! :alright:
Keep up the good work and eventually you will have that big, fat ATMA stash too. Just a quick word from the wise, if you are playing SP you should probably be backing up your .d2s and stashes.
, plus some low level runes that will come in handy... or so I hope.
