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Vessel of Hatred

Project Profit – An experiment by Hp_Sauce

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[B][U]FORUM NAME         GUESS      GUARDIAN?[/U][/B]
Belcarl               7          No
crazymatt1           12          No
RevenantsKnight      29          Yes
poops                31          No
Thyiad               37          Yes 
OldSoldier           40          No
xDuckster            45          Yes
LprMan               50          Yes
inSTAALed            57          No
adzicents            60          Yes
Darkoooo             64          Yes
LozHinge             70          No (Gloams, NM)
Tupsi                72          No
Joosh                77          Yes
marzin               80          Yes
asdfgah             87         Yes
Heskla               95          No
Skinhead             97          Yes
CRG                 100          Yes
TouchOfInsanity     101          Yes
Cygnus              111          No
Arfurala            150          No (Gloams)
TheBhoy             160          Yes
Martinkings         179          No
Scottasin           242          Yes
Nelson and deeds. Hope you make Guardian. Good luck:thumbsup:

EDIT: Yikes! My bad. Thanks for fixing that one, hp.
 
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[B][U]#    FORUM NAME         GUESS      GUARDIAN?[/U][/B]
1)   Belcarl               7          No
2)   crazymatt1           12          No
3)   roninDOG             25          Yes
4)   RevenantsKnight      29          Yes
5)   poops                31          No
6)   Thyiad               37          Yes 
7)   OldSoldier           40          No
8)   xDuckster            45          Yes
9)   LprMan               50          Yes
10)  inSTAALed            57          No
11)  adzicents            60          Yes
12)  Darkoooo             64          Yes
13)  LozHinge             70          No (Gloams, NM)
14)  Tupsi                72          No
15)  Joosh                77          Yes
16)  marzin               80          Yes
17)  asdfgah		  87	      Yes
18)  Socialism            88          Yes, for shoozle.
19)  Heskla               95          No
20)  Skinhead             97          Yes
21)  CRG                 100          Yes
22)  TouchOfInsanity     101          Yes
23)  Cygnus              111          No
24)  Arfurala            150          No (Gloams)
25)  TheBhoy             160          Yes
26)  Martinkings         179          No
27)  Scottasin           242          Yes

Somehow Cygnus removed a few people from the list, no harm done, but be careful when updating lists.

I added #'s to help track mistakes. If you guessed and have 30 seconds please double check that you're still on the list.

-hps
 
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[B][U]#    FORUM NAME         GUESS      GUARDIAN?[/U][/B]
1)   Belcarl               7          No
2)   crazymatt1           12          No
3)   roninDOG             25          Yes
4)   RevenantsKnight      29          Yes
5)   poops                31          No
6)   Thyiad               37          Yes 
7)   OldSoldier           40          No
8)   xDuckster            45          Yes
9)   LprMan               50          Yes
10)  inSTAALed            57          No
11)  adzicents            60          Yes
12)  Darkoooo             64          Yes
13)  LozHinge             70          No (Gloams, NM)
14)  Tupsi                72          No
15)  Joosh                77          Yes
16)  marzin               80          Yes
17)  Mundane              82          Yes
18)  asdfgah		  87	      Yes
19)  Socialism            88          Yes, for shoozle.
20)  Heskla               95          No
21)  Skinhead             97          Yes
22)  CRG                 100          Yes
23)  TouchOfInsanity     101          Yes
24)  Cygnus              111          No
25)  Arfurala            150          No (Gloams)
26)  TheBhoy             160          Yes
27)  Martinkings         179          No
28)  Scottasin           242          Yes

Good luck in your quest!
 
I'm still on the list, but just noticed I put down "NM Gloams" when you die - I meant Hell! Oops.
Academic anyway, as you are going to guardian this fella for sure :grin:
 
asdfgah said:
A heavy understatement (in my opinion :prop: )
Is the killing going well?
Click to expand...

It's going well so far. I noticed a definite slow down when I exchanged the Wand for the Gull dagger, it's nothing unreasonable though.

I still have a few more points to put in Skeleton Mastery, and then a Might Merc though.

-hps



 
2 things

1) Just realized I made a math mistake in my last update. IFindStuff is actually wearing 541% MF (not 513), making it a total of 708% MF if the merc gets the kill... just in the interest of accuracy.

2) I wont be playing him much, if at all over the next week due to the MFO... which I'm going to win! So no updates for a bit.

-hps
 
Just one questions about the numbers of finds. do you count doubles? and the best find so far in your opnion?
 
I'm participating in the MFO competition or tournament or whatever you wanna call it, so I've got to run pindle with my sorc until the weekend. Then I will get back to IFindStuff.

-hps
 
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[B][U]#    FORUM NAME         GUESS      GUARDIAN?[/U][/B]
1)   Belcarl               7          No
2)   crazymatt1           12          No
3)   roninDOG             25          Yes
4)   RevenantsKnight      29          Yes
5)   poops                31          No
6)   Thyiad               37          Yes 
7)   OldSoldier           40          No
8)   xDuckster            45          Yes
9)   LprMan               50          Yes
10)  inSTAALed            57          No
11)  adzicents            60          Yes
12)  Darkoooo             64          Yes
13)  LozHinge             70          No (Gloams, NM)
14)  Tupsi                72          No
15)  Joosh                77          Yes
16)  marzin               80          Yes
17)  Mundane              82          Yes
18)  asdfgah		  87	      Yes
19)  Socialism            88          Yes, for shoozle.
20)  Heskla               95          No
21)  Skinhead             97          Yes
22)  CRG                 100          Yes
23)  TouchOfInsanity     101          Yes
24)  Cygnus              111          No
25)  Friiser              112          Yes
25)  Arfurala            150          No (Gloams)
26)  TheBhoy             160          Yes
27)  Martinkings         179          No
28)  Scottasin           242          Yes

Braggin' rights work for me. Good luck!
 
An Update

Hi all.

Well after the MFO I took about a week and a half off from D2, I was reading the new Harry Potter and getting ready for my trip to Mexico, etc. I've now returned and am continuing IFindStuff's adventure.

He is still alive! Currently about half way through Act 2 NM and sporting 545% MF (total of 712% MF if his Merc gets the kill).

Still playing at /p 8, the killing is starting to slow down... mostly it's just my Merc that kills stuff at the moment really, but switching to might when I reached Act 2 is helping.

Also I thought I'd share this with you folks. It's my sparkle chest drop from the Stony Tomb level 2. It's definitely my best sparkle chest drop to date... it's just too bad they don't have anything to do with MF (afaik), and it`s also too bad the uniques are basically crap, but oh well, it was still fun to look at.

oh, and he`s level 56.

-hps
 
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[B][U]#    FORUM NAME         GUESS      GUARDIAN?[/U][/B]
1)   Belcarl               7          No
2)   crazymatt1           12          No
3)   roninDOG             25          Yes
4)   RevenantsKnight      29          Yes
5)   poops                31          No
6)   Thyiad               37          Yes 
7)   OldSoldier           40          No
8)   xDuckster            45          Yes
9)   LprMan               50          Yes
10)  inSTAALed            57          No
11)  adzicents            60          Yes
12)  Darkoooo             64          Yes
13)  LozHinge             70          No (Gloams, NM)
14)  Tupsi                72          No
15)  Joosh                77          Yes
16)  marzin               80          Yes
17)  Mundane              82          Yes
18)  asdfgah		  87	      Yes
19)  Socialism            88          Yes, for shoozle.
20)  Heskla               95          No
21)  Skinhead             97          Yes
22)  CRG                 100          Yes
23)  TouchOfInsanity     101          Yes
24)  Cygnus              111          No
25)  Friiser             112          Yes
26)  Xdeathfire          131          Yes
27)  Arfurala            150          No (Gloams)
28)  TheBhoy             160          Yes
29)  Martinkings         179          No
30)  Scottasin           242          Yes

Kinda late, but I'll give it a shot
 
That was quite a sparkly chest drop! :starry:

I recently did the Stony Tomb with my golemancer - eight blues, all rubbish. Maybe MF isn't as over-rated as I thought :scratch:
 
Damn, HP! That is an impressive drop from a sparkle chest! Keep up the good work and we look forward to notes on your progress.

Are you using mages? Gumby? Did you max CE (or plan to)?
 
Are you using mages? Gumby? Did you max CE (or plan to)?
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I've decided to base my build roughly on BongoFury's "Nekkidromancer" since both our builds are similar in the fact that they lack + skills. The thread to his build is here. The major difference is that I am actually wearing equipment, so I need to put some points into stength, even though the equipment isn't really helping me survive that much.

Anyway, IFindStuff just finished Act 2 NM. My skeletons are really weak, so basically they just stand around and wait for my Merc to do the work, which meant that the Maggot Layer was horrible, and the Arcane Sanctuary was horrible, they both took forever... and argh!... Also I had to do all the false tombs, since I'm doing full clears. They took a long time because of all the reviving skeletons jammed in doorways so it was always 1 or 2 vs 1 or 2 while the Merc was standing back and watching, rather than my whole army being useful.

In the end though, this one (Act 2 NM) has been the most lucrative so far, which is fun. Here is a picture of my drop from Duriel which was decent. Again, not awesome items, but I'm going for quantity, not quality in this quest so I was happy to see it.

I really was hoping to run right through to the end of NM with /p 8 on, but I'm not so sure if I will be able to now, the skelly's are getting weak.

I can't think of anything else useful to say, so good night for now.

-hps
 
Hello!

Just a little update.

IFindStuff is now level 67 and has defeated NM Diablo. He's now wearing a Gheeds which has brought his MF up to a total of 568% which is 735% when my Merc makes the kill... and trust me, he's pretty much the only one that kills.

I found 2 Dol runes within' about 30 seconds of each other in the Durance of Hate level 2.

I have a feeling that Act 5 on /p 8 is going to be a challenge of my patience, and definitely I will be fighting the Ancients on /p 1.

In 11 levels (78) I'm considering equipping a Naj's Puzzler on switch for the teleport charges, I think it might really help bring my minions together, but I will have to be careful to always switch back right away or I'll miss out on some MF.

I'm in a bit of a hurry, sorry for the briefness/crappieness of this update!
-hps
 
Well... it's been some time since I've updated this project, I blame Mexico. Anyway, I think it's about time as I've hit a fairly important milestone.

At level 73 IFindStuff has defeated Nightmare.

Act 1-4 were run on /p 8, with bosses killed on /p 1 (iirc).

Upon reaching Act 5 things started to fall apart. The first problem was that I arrived in Mexico and had little desire to play, as well as only my Laptop to play on. For some reason I find playing on my Laptop to be really awkward, the keys are too close together or something and I always press the wrong buttons etc.

Second problem was /p 8. All the monsters were tough, and many were ranged, causing me to be annoyed with my merc mostly for not being in the right place at the right time. Also requiring me to use DV more than Amp, which slowed the killing even more.

Third problem was that I hate anything that's above ground in Act 5 (with the slight exception of the Bloody Foothills). This is balanced out by how much I enjoy playing the underground parts of Act 5.

The first problem was solved a couple of ways. I've been in Mexico for over 2 months now, and seen/done a lot of stuff, so the novelty is wearing off. And the laptop part, well I've been playing younger/easier characters on and off to practice, so I've started to get used to the keys.

The second problem was solved in 2 ways, one by lowering the /p setting... duh. At first I tried just /p 7 and still continued to struggle, so finally I swallowed my pride and bumped it down to /p 5. The second solution was the arrival of a shiny new Harliquin Crest Shako on the head of IFindStuff. I just found the Harly last night with my MF sorc and after doing some quick math realized that it would give me 2% more mf then my current 3 Ptopazed helmet (74% instead of 72%). It fit the rules, so on went the shako. The +2 skills really helped push through the end of Act 5. Also, the only way I can figure to squeeze anymore MF out of the head slot involves Ist runes, and I have none, so it's fully optimized I think.

The third problem was solved by me breaking one of my own rules. No re-running areas. I didn't really break it on purpose, but it's broken non the less. I find the slog from the Fridged Highlands wp to the next wp to be unbearable long and tedious. I attempted it about 3 times before I actually had the patience/time to make it all the way, as a result I ended up clearing the same beginning parts of the Fridged Highlands 3 times. It ended up taking something around 2 hours to make it all the way, and on my first few attempts I simply didn't budget enough time for it, I always ended up having to go to class, or sleep, or drink, or something!

The Ancients were fought on /p 1, they were not a challenge, but took longer then NM ancient usually take me. I attempted to find some decent Revives before I fought them but ended up with nothing (they poofed while I was running to the stairs... joy!)

My WSK/Throne run was OK and Gloam free, which made me a happy, happy person. Also, with the players setting on 5, CE was starting to actually have some effect, which sped things up.

Baals first was was run on /p 5, all other waves (including baal himself) were run on /p 3. In hind site I could have done them all on /p 5, but was afraid at the time.

NM Baal wasn't very kind to me, but I suppose it could have been worse.

Just for fun I ran a Flavie report on my find so far. Most of you would probably guess the most common item to be Isenharts Breast Plate, but in fact the most common item I've found is Cleglaws Tooth (with IBP coming in a very close second)

I am going to give the Hell Den of Evil a go right now and see how we fair. I have a feeling my merc might need a weapon upgrade in the very near future.

My resists in Hell are currently: -40/-32/-35/-40
This is something that I've never seen before in my D2 carrier and consider it absolute suicide in HC. Normally I wouldn't run a character in hell if her resists were in in the single digets, and I'd still be annoyed if I couldn't get them over 60.

I have 5 tests coming up (this week and next), so I expect I'll be studying more then playing for at least this week.

Oh yeah, his mf is currently. 570%, with the merc carrying an additional 167% for a total of 737% Mf if mr moron gets the kill.

Wish me luck!
-hps
 
Hp_Sauce said:
The second solution was the arrival of a shiny new Harliquin Crest Shako on the head of IFindStuff. I just found the Harly last night with my MF sorc and after doing some quick math realized that it would give me 2% more mf then my current 3 Ptopazed helmet (74% instead of 72%). It fit the rules, so on went the shako. The +2 skills really helped push through the end of Act 5. Also, the only way I can figure to squeeze anymore MF out of the head slot involves Ist runes, and I have none, so it's fully optimized I think.
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Grats on the Shako, but dont forget.. you can toss a Ptopaz in there to add 24% more MF!!


 
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