Single Skill Tree Tourney

By the way.. had good luck today doing Baal runs (NM).. A Fal rune dropped in the throne room.. the highest runedrop I've had in this tourney.

Also.. I gambled myself to a nice amulet.. +3 to passive and magic skills amazon with 74 to life on it too
 
Time for an update (still playing, running Meph).

Forum name: Moar
Char name: Sheanna
Class: Passive Zon
Level: 30
WP: Pandemonium Fortress
Quest: Mephisto
1.11 HC

Forum name: Moar
Char name: Nemi
Class: Shadow Sin
Level: 18
WP: Inner Cloister
Quest: Malus
1.11 HC
 
Busy day for Mercurial. She killed Normal Baal to advance to NM and did some of Act 1 NM. Currently sitting at level 48 at the Stony Field WP, ready to rescue Cain. Her finds:

-Goldwrap, which I later upgraded to a Battle Belt.
-Bverrit Keep (u Tower Shield)
-rare Broad Sword with 70% ed/+121 AR/1-171 lite dmg (finding the preceding two items caused me to ditch The Chieftain and go with a 1h/shield setup)
-13 fire res/6 lite res/25 MF rare gloves
-Fortuitous Ring of Chance (26 MF)

plus many lesser items not worth mentioning...

But the best item of the day (which I gambled in NM) was:
-A +1 sorc skills 18/46/18/18 resist ammy! :clap:
 
Humphrey said:
Can we still sign up new chars?

Edit: Nice ammy!
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go for it


uh a longer msg
 
Well, Belladonna just died. That's all I have to say, really. That champion pack of Vile Lancers must of had a bezerk one in there.

Forum name: Spludge
Character Name: Belladonna
Class: Assasin
Furthest Quest: Burial Ground (N)
Furthest WP: Dark Wood (N)
1.11, no RWM, HC

Now my much neglected fishymancer needs work
 
OK. Being I'm working an unexpected midnight shift, and trying to stay awake, I gave a first go at updating this list. Shew.......that took awhile! Hope it came out right, and there's no big screw ups. Think I did pretty good. Just copied it to Notepad and edited away. Enjoy!


Code: 
Name:              Char Name:      Class:      Lvl: Farthest Quest:  Farthest WP:   Version:
Shadefallen        LiveAndLetDie   Amazon      67   Countess(H)      Black Marsh    1.11 HC
SharnMes           IllBeDeadSoon   Druid       65   Countess(H)      Black Marsh    1.11 HC
Warrior of Light   Soledad         Assassin    52   Blood Raven(N)   Cold PLains    1.11 HC 
Shadow Druid       Primal          Druid       51   Andariel(N)      Catacombs 2    1.11 SC
asdfgah            asdf_Lisa       Assassin    48   Countess(N)      Black Marsh    1.11 RWM HC
azn_apocalypse     Mercurial       Sorceress   48   Den of Evil(N)   Stony Field    ?
skunkbelly         EinBaum         Paladin     45   Eve of Destr.    Rogue Encamp(N)1.11 RWM
Billybgame         Theshadowknows  Assassin    45   Eve of Destr.    Rogue Encamp(N)1.11 RWM HC
jiansonz           Mark            Necromancer 35   Terrors End      Harrogoth      1.10 HC
Randall            Nathan          Druid       35   Prison of Ice    Crystalline P. 1.11 RWM HC
Cormallon          Mithuad         Paladin     32   Terrors End      Harrogoth      1.11 HC
Moar               Sheanna         Amazon      30   Mephisto         Pandemonium F. 1.11 HC
Shadow Druid       Tanky           Amazon      28   Golden Bird      Flayer Jungle  1.11 SC
Cattleya           Gabrielle       Amazon      28   Duriel           Kurast Docks   1.11 HC
Corax              Impedimenta     Amazon      26   Summoner         Canyon of Magi 1.11 RWM HC
Bradley_Turner     Hunted          Druid       24   Tainted Sun      Lost City      1.11 RWM RRM 
dandelano          beastmaster     Druid       22   Radament         Halls of Dead  1.11 SC
SkaMan             Beetlejuice     Druid       21   Radament         Far Oasis      1.11 RWM HC
Online             Sleepy          Necromancer 21   Radament         Halls 2        1.10 HC
Semarin            Semarin         Assassin    21   Radament         Far Oasis      1.11 HC   
Immortal_Slayer    Furion          Druid       20   Andariel         Lut Gholein    1.11 RWM HC 
Immortal_Slayer    Thunderlia      Sorceress   19   Andariel         Lut Gholein    1.11 RWM HC
Moar               Nemi            Assassin    18   Tools of Trade   Inner Cloister 1.11 HC
Delcor             Gwar            Barbarian   17   Forgotten Tower  Black Marsh    1.11 HC
Humphrey           Shade           Assassin    16   Forgotten Tower  Black Marsh    1.11 RWM RRM HC
DX-Crawler         Dark_Ploppy     Assassin    16   Forgotten Tower  Black Marsh    1.11 RWM HC
Mage11             DarkWind        Assassin    15   Countess         Black Marsh    1.10 HC     
Randy              Graven          Druid        6   Den of Evil      Cold Plains    ? HC
Duesnox            BurnInvested    Sorceress    1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11 SC
Sint               Ogro            Barbarian    1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11
Immortal_Slayer    Valkyrie        Amazon       1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11 RWM HC
OpethAZ            Manowar         Barbarian    1   -                Rogue Encamp.  ? 
Jake_b74           vinny           Druid        1   -                Rogue Encamp.  ?
ScarsOfTomorrow    Daysend         Druid        1   -                Rogue Encamp.  ?
asdfgah            asdf_Miri       Amazon       1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11 RWM HC
asdfgah            asdf_iakThrakal Druid        1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11 RWM HC
asdfgah            asdf_Sulmurz    Barbarian    1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11 RWM HC
Billybgame         Summoner Druid  Druid        1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11 RWM HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Lord_Hong       Necromancer  1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Hrun            Barbarian    1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Eskarina        Sorceress    1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Belafon         Druid        1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Carrot          Paladin      1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Angua           Amazon       1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Conina          Assasin      1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11 HC
SVH		   CombatTwit	   Barbarian    1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11 HC
Seramin            Seraph          Amazon       1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11 HC
Delcor		   OIC	           Paladin      1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11 HC
Humphrey           Shade           Assassin     1   -                Rogue Encamp.  1.11 SC 

Dead:
Moar               Grans           Druid       56   Arcane Sanctuary Canyon O' Magi 1.11 HC
Semarin            Savix           Assassin    56   Tainted Sun (N)  Canyon O' Magi 1.11 RWM HC
Spludge            Belladonna      Assassin    49   Blood Raven(N)   Dark Wood      1.11 HC
Quickdeath         Lotus           Assassin    31   Fallen Angel     City of Damned 1.11 SC 
Delcor             Fax             Assassin    27   Duriel           Kurast Docks   1.11 HC
Billybgame         OffensivePal    Paladin     24   The Golden Bird  Spider Forest  1.11 RWM HC 
Billybgame         Fired Up        Sorceress   13   DEAD             DEAD           1.11 RWM HC

Withdrawn:
Rizzo              Miss_Nobular    Amazon      24   Summoner         Canyon o. Magi 1.10 HC
 
Update:

Forumname: Cormallon
Character Name: Destroyer Mithuad
Character class: Paladin (offensive)
Character Level: 43
Farthest Quest: Eve of Destruction
Farthest WP: WSK 2
1.11 HC, no mods

Well, A5 was uneventful. Larzuk punched three (hmmm, I wanted two) holes in a +3Zeal/+2Charge Scepter, I should have checked the max number it could get before using the quest. I planned to make a 'Strength' Scepter, but now ... perhaps King's Grace. I also found a +1 paladin skills ammy. Talking about skills... I'm still not sure what to do. The last points went into fanatism, but right now Mithuad isn't using that... I'll hire a HF merc when I reach A2, this one will replace my own holy freeze aura, and then I'll switch to fanat. Nightmare will be rune word time, I guess.
 
Spludge said:
Well, Belladonna just died. That's all I have to say, really. That champion pack of Vile Lancers must of had a bezerk one in there.

Forum name: Spludge
Character Name: Belladonna
Class: Assasin
Furthest Quest: Burial Ground (N)
Furthest WP: Dark Wood (N)
1.11, no RWM, HC

Now my much neglected fishymancer needs work
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Nooooooooooooo! :( Well atleast the fishymancer will be VERY interesting to play. I have NO idear how jiansonz survived this long :D

Was that a testament to his playing skills hmmmm :)
 
Sorry to hear of the loss of BellaDonna. May her death be avenged.

DarkWind has slain Andariel and reached Lut Gholein. No real problems, as she's a breeze early on. Plenty of saved skill points, however.

Update:

Forumname: Mage11
Character Name: DarkWind
Character class: Assassin
Character Level: 19
Farthest Quest: Andariel
Farthest WP: Lut Gholein
1.10 HC, vanilla
 
LiveAndLetDie is dead too :( Got stuck in a large group of strygians on my way to Meph.. She was level 70 :(

Argh.. it sucks so much.. But I will start up a new char.. A zon again.. this time she is called.. LiveAndLetLive
 
SharnMes said:
I have NO idea how jiansonz survived this long :D
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Hey! I´m still in Normal, and it hasn´t been dangerous yet...
Care to explain what you thought would be so hard for my duo?
I am more amazed at the really quick progress you two have made.
EDIT: I shouldn´t have said that! Sorry to see LiveAndLetDie bite it. :hanky:



Isolde and Mark have started the long marsh in act 5. That´s a huge act!

I found a replacement for the IthIthIth bow in early Arreat Plateau:

Bone Quill
Short Battle Bow
Two-Hand Damage: 14 to 28 (beats 4-35 of the Ith bow)*
Required Dexterity: 40
Required Strength: 30
Required Level: 18
Bow Class - Normal Attack Speed
+58% Enhanced Damage
+27 to Attack Rating
+7 to Minimum Damage
+11 to Maximum Damage
+3 to Mana After Each Kill

* but the real strength in it lies in the upgrade potential: it will do a respectable 27-58 damage as a Short Siege Bow.

Isolde got to enjoy Bone Quill for only half an area. Then the first Cedar Bow we´ve seen dropped, and it was non-magical with 2 sockets. Time to make Zephyr, I guess...

Zephyr
Cedar Bow
'OrtEth'
Two-Hand Damage: 13 to 38
Required Dexterity: 49
Required Strength: 53
Required Level: 23
Bow Class - Very Fast Attack Speed
+33% Enhanced Damage
+66 to Attack Rating
+25 Defense
Adds 1-50 lightning damage
25% Increased Attack Speed
25% Faster Run/Walk
-25% Target Defense
7% Chance to cast Level 1 Twister when struck
Socketed (2: 2 used)

You may associate Zephyr with lightning damage, but, as you can see, its physical damage holds up well at this stage of the game since it´s an exceptional bow. It has Bone Quill beat in that department, and a much faster attack speed. Also, since I don´t have Teleport, the Faster Run is very useful when I try to move Isolde around to better figthing positions.

Did you know that you can force an imp to jump off a Crush Beast if you cast Confuse the beast? Cool! Then I Dim them both, then cast Amp or Decrep on the beast and tank it.

Current skills:
Attack (both of us)
Throw (Mark)
Town Portal (Mark)
Inner Sight 13 (Isolde)
Fire Arrow 13 (Isolde)
and Mark´s curses:
Dim Vision 17
Decrepify 15
Amplify Damage 4
All other curses 1

Character Names: Isolde (& Mark)
Character Class: Fire Rogue (assisted by curses-only necro)
Character Levels: 40
Farthest Quest: Rescue on Mount Arreat
Farthest WP: Arreat Plateau
Game Version: 'vanilla' 1.10 HC
Total MF: +249% for Isolde´s kills, +178% otherwise
 
Tried to start up a hell game on my own but quickly had to retreat back into the rogue encampment again :( Im SO not gonna make it through hell. I doubt Ill make it any further than I am right now....

Time for some rune hunting + leveling I guess....

So jiansonz we made some quick progress but hell is a whole other ball game with or without my wife... :)
 
Sorry to read about the deaths, Belladonna & LiveAndLetDie.

@Shadefallen: is Level 70 not a bit low for Hell Memph ? (or even low for Act 1 Hell, you get a really bad AR due to this low level)

I first had some fun with the ancients and baal. During the fight with the ancients I run out of axes (and I actually had a spare set up in town) Luckely there was only one ancient left which didn't took a lot of time.

Baal was time consuming, but never got me in danger.

Nightware is getting a bit more difficult though, I've starting losing wolves now and then. Being cursed or might/fanatics packs are more tough. At the same time I need better resistances to survive. (solved with a little gear switch, better res -> less mf)

Still, I got through Act I with only minor problems. Only Andariel was capable of killing my wolves fast. After I solved that with casting a bear (I totally forgot I have one), she fell quickly.

Destroyer Nathan, lvl 45-50 (48?), Act II NM (Q: Sisters to the Slaughter, WP: Lut Gholein)

Now I got a choice to make, get a might merc and improve killing rate or keep prayer merc and try to make an insight to improve survivability.

Best new founds: From the cow king (or at least in his little pack) I got a sanders cap. A razortail dropped somewhere, both for the prize stash I guess.

Allthough I noted "1.11 RWM HC" as version, I only activate the "RWM" mod when I really create a runeword from the mod (and disable afterwards).
As I still have not created such a new runeword (I am hoping for something like insight, harmony) my items + playing are all 1.11 HC up to now. (I might create a separate prize stash right before I create a RWM runeword)

Randall

PS.
Can we give away items that are prizestash worthy, that razortail could be nice for bow wielding characters for this tournament.
 
Requiescat in pace Belladonna and LiveAndLetDie, you was brave heroes and deserve the rest.

As for me, there is no any progress yet. I’m doing /players3 Normal Baal runs and quite satisfied with experience and items I get. Do you know that at level 59 Lister’s pack gives more experience that Baal? They may be dangerous, though. One time I got completely surrounded by the whole mob, however it was NOT NDE, — I have high life and enough defense and block. However I don’t want to try this in NM, not speaking about Hell.

With >150% MF in this runs I find tons of normal quality set and unique stuff that no one ever use, e.c. everyone's favorite green breast plates and green rings. I prefer not to use ATMA at all, so I don’t even have it installed. This means that I let this loot to disappear instead of muleing it to prize stash.

Is it OK to rules that I will mule only good items to prize stash?

Billybgame said:
Question for you assassins out there. Been using one claw or two? Being my first real assassin, I always thought two would be best. But, when I go with one, I can add the nice mods from a shield, and it seems like she attacks faster, with the one, than with two. Is it just an illusion? I didn't notice a big dropoff in her killing speed either. Higher block rate, resists, etc, etc. I think that's the route I'm going to go, as the game gets tougher.
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I love my 57% resist all 3D shield.

Warrior of Light
Soledad
Shadow Disciplines Assassin
Level 59
Blood Raven [N]
Colt Plains [N]
Pure 1.11 HC
 
Uh Oh. R.I.P. Belladonna and LiveAndLetDie. You both made good progress.

Well, for all players in this tourney I have a question. How much MF do you have? I'm at about 40 right now, but Jiansonz has much more...

I could use a 22% ammy instead of my +1 skills, and probably find some better MF rings as well as topazes in my armour, but as of now I focused on other things. After all, you need a lot of luck even with high MF to find something this char can actually USE. On the other hand, there are things I really want, but going for single items usually is a bad idea. So I preferred my chars safety and killing ability over filling the prize stash. If he survives, the prizes will come, even with low MF.
 
Cormallon said:
Well, for all players in this tourney I have a question. How much MF do you have? I'm at about 40 right now, but Jiansonz has much more...
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I wear Four Perfect Topazes Gothic Plate with 23% MF ring and 34% MF amulet. It gives me 153% MF, and I don’t sacrifice nether defense no offence.
 
Warrior of Light said:
I wear Four Perfect Topazes Gothic Plate with 23% MF ring and 34% MF amulet. It gives me 153% MF, and I don’t sacrifice nether defense no offence.
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Weird, WoL. I think we have the exact same amount of MF, even though our equipment is very different. Mercurial has not been lucky with her gem drops and has never even seen a flawless topaz yet, and only a few standard ones. Same goes for 4s armor, which I haven't come across.

3 Standard Topaz gothic plate = 48
Fort. Ring of Chance= 26
Goldwrap=30
Gloves=25
Boots (magical)= 24
Total = 153

plus 66 for merc kills (which they are most of the time)
 
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