Skillz Tournament: Get Ready To Play

El Communisto said:
Run the Video Test ....
EC
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Unfortunately, it is a problem throughout the game. I tried my other characters, deleted some and created a new one. All are running slow. I found a thread that suggested the problem might be with the USB mouse. I removed it and used my laptop "mouse" but it only corrected the problem once. I will try your suggestion though...it may be the solution. Thanks for the suggestion.
 
bradley_turner said:
kool69, would there be any chance of me being allowed to re-enter the tournament? i know its not fair, but since i dont have any of the stuff from before... or anything at all for that matter, it would be like i didnt enter at all before :D
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Hmmmm, well I feel that KaleX may be reborn, however you must use the EXACT same character because it cannot be helped that he was accidently deleted in the reformating of your HD. Good luck
 
ok, thanks kool, im gonna get started on him now, hopefully ill get back to where i was before sometime tonight or tomorrow night, depending on what i find and whether i decide to rerun areas now or save reruns for later when it is safer with more mf, opting for the 2nd option.
 
Good work guys. I hope you can find some time later to rejoin this tourney, Kool, as I suspect it won't be over too quickly (at least not the way I play - slow & steady gets you about 10th, I've found).

Having said that, I have made a little progress with Wulfgar. He's now level 9 and has slain Blood Raven. He's using a scepter at the moment, but is waiting to grow up a little before he can use his sword.

Blood Raven was a bit of a chase (all on Players 8), and he doesn't feel like going back there again. In fact, I don't think I'm going to repeat too many areas in normal - it doesn't seem to get you too much anyway. Maybe Meph, Act V Superuniques & Baal, but not much more. Better to get to NM, IMO.
 
So I introduce my necromancer

his name is Grenouille

right now level 12 in act 1 and 2 quests done. not find yet any green or unique item
 
Some progress for Diana the Assassin yesterday. She´s now level 21 (about 21 7/8 to be more exact...) and has reached Canyon of the Magi.

Just before saving, I made myself a 'Steel' Flail. I still kept the rare Claws in case the Flail is not as good for her as I think it is.

Shayla´s gear has been upgraded. Jewel of Envy in a Breast Plate and a 3-socketed Composite Bow with a flawed emerald and a +7 max damage jewel. This rather speedy bow with decent physical damage and 45 poison damage over 3 seconds means that she simply "pwns" the players 1 monsters. Diana hardly needs to do anything.

I have started to gamble Circlets and Light Plated Boots (I pushed the STR to 50 to allow for boots with more kicking damage). So far, nothing but crap. Diana has five crappy circlets in the stash that are worth over 10 000 each (the act 2 vendors can´t afford the full price).

Diana made sure to back off from The Summoner´s Fire Wall, since she has rather low resists. She killed him fast by Throwing a couple (I think 2 were enough, actually...) of rare Short Spears.
 
I know this has been going on for some time now but I would like to join in if noone objects.

I rolled a 1 for my character, Amazon, didn't take a mulligan.
Name: FishWife, build will be Hybridzon (mainly for the Multishot).

Be interesting to see how far a character limited to level 12 skills can go...
 
Brooklyn has gone through the Bloody Foothills on /players 8 for the much needed experience. As fate would have it, a nobody dropped a Cleglaw’s Tooth, which completes the set. To bad Brooklyn isn’t a melee type…

Bad guys perforated:
Endugu (Griswold’s Edge), Shenk, Eldritch – 1
Diablo (Vidala’s Barb, Skystrike) – 2
Blood Raven, Rakinishu, Griswold, The Smith, Bone Ash, Creeping Feature, Blood Witch, Coldworm (Nagelring 29%), Fangskin (Ith rune; Deathspade), Fire Eye, Summoner, Izual, Hephasto (Angelic Halo) – 5
Radamant – 5 (Nef rune, Berserkers Headgear, Acrobatic Circlet)
Countess – 5 (Eld x3, El x2 runes; Cleglaw’s Claw)
Andariel – 5 (El rune, Eth rune; Arctic Binding; Biggins Bonnet)
Duriel – 5 (Angelic Sickle, Civerb’s Ward)
Mephisto – 5 (Hawkmail, Death’s Touch, Sigon’s Gage, Sigon’s Visor, Cleglaw’s Pincers, Milabrega’s Orb)

Skills:
Jab – 1 (2)
Poison Javelin – 20 (21)
Lightning Bolt – 7 (8)
Inner Sight – 1 (2)
Dodge – 1 (2)
Critical Strike – 4 (5)
Slow Missiles – 1 (2)

Equipment:
Acrobatic Circlet
Wraith Clasp Amulet (Fire/Lightning/Poison Resist +9%/Cold Resist +33%/Half Freeze Duration/+1 to Lightning Skills (Sorceress Only)/5% Chance to cast Level 3 Frost Nova when struck)
Hawkmail
Carrion Goad Maiden Javelin (+41% Enhanced Damage/+8 to Maximum Damage/4% Life stolen per hit/42% Damage to Demons/+96 to Attack Rating against Demons)
Cleglaw’s Claw / Milabrega’s Orb
Cleglaw’s Pincers
Hsarus’ Iron Stay
Nagelring / Blood Spiral Ring (+5 to Strength/+96 to Attack Rating/Fire Resist +25%/Poison Resist +27%/34% Extra Gold from Monsters/Half Freeze Duration)
Hsarus’ Iron Heel

Free to Good Home:
Superior Blade Talons
One-Hand Damage: 10 to 14
Durability: 60 of 69
(Assassin Only)
Required Dexterity: 50
Required Strength: 50
Claw Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 32
Fingerprint: 0x230d855e
+3 to Attack Rating
Socketed (3: 0 used)

Brooklyn – 32nd level Amazon
Gaile – 32nd level Ice Rogue
 
FishWife has safely negotiated the perils of Act 1 to the point where she was able to Rescue Caine.

She is the grand old age of 13 now and has not had any NDE's as yet.

She has gathered no items of real note yet although her companion seems to be suspiciously better than her at killing (items will come later when I have got ATMA up and running).

So far its a rare bow and x-bow.

She seems to like grunting when impaling things, seems slow and a javelin is not the best tool for this job however she is searching in vain for something better to use.

On the brightside she gets pretty blue and red swirls when using her x-bow to spray a fan of bolts at her foes and her Javelin seems capable of causing her foes to cough and choke to death.
 
well, i started my sorc... everyone say hi to ByondRecgnition

she is only lvl 9 right now, as i have 2 other projects going, and i dont have a lot of time to play them all... only thing i am worried about is feasible damage in hell : /
 
Diana the Assassin is resting at the Flayer Jungle waypoint, at level 25, having cleared both dungeons in the Jungle. I think Kurast is pretty close now.

Dragon Talon is level 12 now, doing 3 kicks and is insanely powerful. Diana can one-hit kill most enemies even without any Tiger Strike charge-ups.

The 'Steel' Flail is even better than I hoped. With level 6 Burst of Speed, Diana attacks incredibly quickly. 3x Tiger Strike and then a kick, rinse and repeat, was the tactic against Duriel. I also had a Combat Shrine active (found one just inside the entrance to Kaa´s tomb). I didn´t even have time to look at Duriel´s life bar. I think he must have died from a heart attack. :D

Most of the time however, Diana lets Sharyn do the killing (to give her more XP and to factor in some more MF). Sharyn does that with ease, now that her armor holds one more Jewel of Envy.

The Gidbinn reward ring was crap but the rare one she found in the golden chest in Swampy Pit was not. 24% Fire Resistance plus a little STR, DEX and mana. Very nice!

Even more pricey circlets have been gambled. I had to sell two of them to make room when I saved now. How a circlet with +4 Resist All can be worth more than 15 000 gold is beyond my comprehension...

Best finds among the circlets: one "of Luck" (+34% MF) and one Static (1-107 (I think) lightning damage)
 
Brooklyn found a Sol rune and a Goreshovel in the Bloody Foothills. She turned the Sol rune into a Lore Great Helm, which greatly helps her Lightning Resistance. She is now going to rescue 15 big guys who can’t seem to knock down some wooden doors. She killed off Diablo five times with nothing to show for it after the first kill. :scratch:

Bad guys perforated:
Endugu (Griswold’s Edge) – 1
Blood Raven, Rakinishu, Griswold, The Smith, Bone Ash, Creeping Feature, Blood Witch, Coldworm (Nagelring 29%), Fangskin (Ith rune; Deathspade), Fire Eye, Summoner, Izual, Hephasto (Angelic Halo), Shenk (Sigon’s Visor), Eldritch (The Diggler) – 5
Radamant – 5 (Nef rune, Berserkers Headgear, Acrobatic Circlet)
Countess – 5 (Eld x3, El x2 runes; Cleglaw’s Claw)
Andariel – 5 (El rune, Eth rune; Arctic Binding; Biggins Bonnet)
Duriel – 5 (Angelic Sickle, Civerb’s Ward)
Mephisto – 5 (Hawkmail, Death’s Touch, Sigon’s Gage, Sigon’s Visor, Cleglaw’s Pincers, Milabrega’s Orb)
Diablo – 5 (Vidala’s Barb, Skystrike)

Skills:
Jab – 1 (3)
Poison Javelin – 20 (22)
Lightning Bolt – 14 (16)
Inner Sight – 1 (2)
Dodge – 1 (2)
Critical Strike – 4 (5)
Slow Missiles – 1 (2)

Equipment:
Lore Great Helm
Wraith Clasp Amulet (Fire/Lightning/Poison Resist +9%/Cold Resist +33%/Half Freeze Duration/+1 to Lightning Skills (Sorceress Only)/5% Chance to cast Level 3 Frost Nova when struck)
Hawkmail
Carrion Goad Maiden Javelin (+41% Enhanced Damage/+8 to Maximum Damage/4% Life stolen per hit/42% Damage to Demons/+96 to Attack Rating against Demons)
Cleglaw’s Claw / Milabrega’s Orb
Cleglaw’s Pincers
Hsarus’ Iron Stay
Nagelring / Blood Spiral Ring (+5 to Strength/+96 to Attack Rating/Fire Resist +25%/Poison Resist +27%/34% Extra Gold from Monsters/Half Freeze Duration)
Hsarus’ Iron Heel

Brooklyn – 39th level Amazon
Gaile – 39th level Ice Rogue
 
kramph:

I missed the earlier post where you mentioned that Diablo gave a precious gift to the merc.

Congratulations for finding Skystrike. :thumbsup: That is an amazing merc bow at this stage of the game and will work well all throughout Nightmare. Do you plan to keep Gaile until the end?
 
jiansonz said:
kramph:

I missed the earlier post where you mentioned that Diablo gave a precious gift to the merc.

Congratulations for finding Skystrike. :thumbsup: That is an amazing merc bow at this stage of the game and will work well all throughout Nightmare. Do you plan to keep Gaile until the end?
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Yes I do. I have been using the poison javelin mostly, and it only works in a hit and run style of combat. Gaile with Skystrike has helped a great deal to finish off the poisoned bad guys. :uhhuh:
 
Hi,

Can I still join ?

It seems to be running for a month or so, but I see char's from lvl 9 and up so I could catch up without to much difficult.

If Yes, I allready did the random numbers and drawn a Assasin.
As I played necro's / pallies the last few months I actually have to look into the skills up to lvl 12 to see what kind of build is viable.

Randall
 
Trig died at level 38 having reached the waypoint of Act V, Arreat Plateau. She died due to her operator's mistakes. I had just found another 3 socket breast plate so I decided to go back and placed the cubed topazs I had in my stash. While in town I gambled a circlet and received one with +1 to sorceress skills. Armed with nearly 150% MF (combined with Merc) and the +1 skills, I decided to go run Diablo. Afterall, Diablo died quickly the first time using Static and one Fireball. How hard could it be...even at players5.

Trig died after opening the second seal on the right. I was quick to realize I did not restock my rejuv. potions in town and my life bulb quickly emptied. It was after removing the gear from Trig that I noticed the circlet I removed had +53 life and all of my fire resists. "Stupid, stupid, stupid..." was all I could say.

Trig could have easily gone further but for my late night mistakes. In her travels she found 18 uniques and 28 set items. I do not know what is my "best" item found so I will use ATMA to determine the % that each item might be found and send the rarest along with the duplicates found.

This was my first tournament and my first HC. I enjoyed it. Goodluck to all that remain and to those just beginning. And, thanks to EC for helping me correct my video problem.
 
Brooklyn has rescued the barbarians and Anya and her rewards were some runes and a crappy bow worth less the 2,000. I guess Anya failed to recognize all the javelins that she was carrying around. Brooklyn continued on and is now at the Hall of Pain waypoint.

Bad guys perforated:
Endugu (Griswold’s Edge) – 1
Blood Raven, Rakinishu, Griswold, The Smith, Bone Ash, Creeping Feature, Blood Witch, Coldworm (Nagelring 29%), Fangskin (Ith rune; Deathspade), Fire Eye, Summoner, Izual, Hephasto (Angelic Halo), Shenk (Sigon’s Visor), Eldritch (The Diggler), Pindleskin (Humongous) – 5
Radamant – 5 (Nef rune, Berserkers Headgear, Acrobatic Circlet)
Countess – 5 (Eld x3, El x2 runes; Cleglaw’s Claw)
Andariel – 5 (El rune, Eth rune; Arctic Binding; Biggins Bonnet)
Duriel – 5 (Angelic Sickle, Civerb’s Ward)
Mephisto – 5 (Hawkmail, Death’s Touch, Sigon’s Gage, Sigon’s Visor, Cleglaw’s Pincers, Milabrega’s Orb)
Diablo – 5 (Vidala’s Barb, Skystrike)

Skills:
Jab – 1 (3)
Poison Javelin – 20 (22)
Lightning Bolt – 18 (20)
Inner Sight – 1 (2)
Dodge – 1 (2)
Critical Strike – 4 (5)
Slow Missiles – 1 (2)

Equipment:
Lore Great Helm
Wraith Clasp Amulet (Fire/Lightning/Poison Resist +9%/Cold Resist +33%/Half Freeze Duration/+1 to Lightning Skills (Sorceress Only)/5% Chance to cast Level 3 Frost Nova when struck)
Hawkmail
Carrion Goad Maiden Javelin (+41% Enhanced Damage/+8 to Maximum Damage/4% Life stolen per hit/42% Damage to Demons/+96 to Attack Rating against Demons)
Cleglaw’s Claw (socketed with PDiamond / Milabrega’s Orb
Cleglaw’s Pincers
Hsarus’ Iron Stay
Nagelring / Blood Spiral Ring (+5 to Strength/+96 to Attack Rating/Fire Resist +25%/Poison Resist +27%/34% Extra Gold from Monsters/Half Freeze Duration)
Hsarus’ Iron Heel

Brooklyn – 43rd level Amazon
Gaile – 43rd level Ice Rogue
 
Well here my progress: Eager-Beaver is now level 38 in act 5 normal awaiting the ancients. Barloc (mercenary) is following behind at level 36, but I hope to buy a new one in nightmare difficulty.

If anyone is curious about my build thus far here it is:

20pts - Sacrifice (for +12% damage to zeal per level)
20pts - Zeal
20pts - Might
Other points - probably skills such as thorns, resists, cleansing, prayer, smite, etc.

I was wondering this as well... are we allowed to play this tournament in TCP/IP games with friends (like Fallen_62) also in this tournament? I just figure it isn't since that would be added help and might disrupt the tournament a little. Let me know I guess

I also have these items for trade:

Armageddon Veil Circlet
Defense: 26
Durability: 30 of 35
Required Level: 18
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 18
Fingerprint: 0x26372577
+39 to Life
+36 to Mana
Adds 19-37 fire damage
23% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
10% Faster Cast Rate

Sander's Riprap
Heavy Boots
Defense: 6
Durability: 11 of 14
Required Strength: 18
Required Level: 20
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 26
Fingerprint: 0x9df0351f
+5 to Strength
+10 to Dexterity
+100 to Attack Rating
40% Faster Run/Walk

Beast Gyre
Ring
Required Level: 13
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 19
Fingerprint: 0xad36a174
+10 to Life
+45 to Attack Rating
+1 to Maximum Damage
Lightning Resist +21%
Poison Resist +14%
8% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

Bladebone
Double Axe
One-Hand Damage: 9 to 23
Durability: 24 of 24
Required Strength: 43
Required Level: 15
Axe Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 20
Fingerprint: 0x50e13932
+80% Enhanced Damage
+20 Defense
Adds 8-12 fire damage
20% Increased Attack Speed
100% Damage to Undead
+40 to Attack Rating against Undead

Gleamscythe
Falchion
One-Hand Damage: 15 to 28
Durability: 18 of 32
Required Strength: 33
Required Level: 13
Sword Class - Normal Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 22
Fingerprint: 0x64922628
+30 to Mana
+68% Enhanced Damage
+20 Defense
Adds 3-5 cold damage over 2 seconds
+3 to Light Radius
20% Increased Attack Speed
 
Diana the assassin has reached the City of the Damned waypont, at level 27.

No NDEs as of yet and mostly very easy. There was a very pronounced exception, though:Mephisto. The bugger smacked away almost half her life in one hit a few times. He´s dangerous on Normal, I´d say!


New cool items:

* 'Zephyr' Compostite Bow for the mercenary. An Ort dropped on the Outer Steppes. When/if Diana meets up with her barbarian mercenary, she will gladly take over the use of this bow.

* Rare Heavy Gloves with 10% IAS, Resist Lightning 29, Resist Poison 16, Half Freeze Duration and +20% Magic Find. The "best" item yet, I think...

* Rare Tower Shield with 69% blocking, FHR, 9% Resist Cold and two sockets. Yowza! One more level-up and she can use it. That will hopefully (and likely) happen before she faces Diablo.
 
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