Skunkbelly's Ultimate Tournament Challenge 2011

Re: Skunkbelly's Ultimate Tournament Challenge 2011

Kenobi has successfully cleared the Cow Level. It was very safe, very slow and incredibly boring. **** Rabies.

Runes found:
None. /p1 took long enough...

Tie-breaking S/U:
Probably unnecessary. :D
Code: 
Hwanin's Refuge 
Tigulated Mail 
Defense: 377 
Durability: 32 of 36 
Required Level: 30 
Required Strength: 86 
Fingerprint: 0xe5532290 
Item Level: 84 -> Cow King
Version: Expansion 1.10+ 
10% Chance to cast level 3 Static Field when struck 
+200 Defense 
+100 to Life 
Poison Resist +27%

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Thanks for the tournament, skunkbelly!
 
Re: Skunkbelly's Ultimate Tournament Challenge 2011

Wow ! This tournament sounds incredible !!

Is there a chance to see another session after the tie-break ? :scratchchin:
 
Re: Skunkbelly's Ultimate Tournament Challenge 2011

Chewbacca cleared the cow level. I decided to do it at /players 3 and it took quite a long time, a single play session of about 5 hours. A single-attack skill in the cow level is not for the impatient! He drank a lot of potions along the way and got to chat with Akara quite often. Fortunately, he has Howl and War Cry allowed and those kept control of the masses, particularly once I got the hang of working with both together in more crowded quarters.

I had thought about trying to get a Find Item staffmod hat to improve the chance of finding something but that would have taken a lot of searching and a good deal of luck.

There were a few very dangerous bosses and I was fortunate to be able to separate them from the crowds. Had I run into several of them right away it could have been deadly.

Runes found:
Exactly one from a cow: a Dol. And also a Ral from a chest. And both those were after having killed about 80% of the cows- I was worried I would be completely empty-handed.

S/Us found:
Stormeye and Cleglaw's sword. The Cow King dropped rare demonhide boots, he could have at least had the decency to drop his own hooves!

I did go back carefully after purchasing some keys to check every chest and make sure there weren't any stragglers and indeed after all that there were no cow survivors.

Thanks so much for an enjoyable tourney! We should all have Guardian threads for the various characters where people can contribute pieces if they remember enough about their own experiences.
 
Re: Skunkbelly's Ultimate Tournament Challenge 2011

Congrats, you two! Obviously Purple is in the lead so far. But we'll see.

Definitely: Guardian threads all around!
 
Re: Skunkbelly's Ultimate Tournament Challenge 2011

Dol
is a pretty good benchmark. Hm, I am pondering what players setting to use for Binks. I am confident that he´s strong enough for /p7 if I have enough retreating space. But what about the early part? :scratchchin:
 
Re: Skunkbelly's Ultimate Tournament Challenge 2011

Getting surrounded at the start is a big danger- even with Howl, it was tricky because of where the red portal opened up (near a corner of an interior corridor.)

Does anyone have a complete list of who has played each of the Guardians along the way? I can make one but it may be a little tedious so if someone already has that, please let me know!
 
Id like to thank jiansonz for finding my awesome static/gspike staff, its extremely useful for cows!

Not done yet though, went p7....this is going to take a few play sessions, so hopefully the comp doesn't shut down.

Nothing green gold or orange yet though.

I'd be wary id going p7, its super slow for me. And that's with static and gspike. Of course it popped me out smack in the middle of the cow kings coral :p

Had to go for a Tele spree and find a spot to start my work. It was pretty scary for the first few minutes, but I've got lots of working room now.
 
Re: Skunkbelly's Ultimate Tournament Challenge 2011

Wow- /players 7 will be quite a project! Teleporting to empty space must have been stressful. It's one thing if you've been playing the character a fair amount and on cows recently, but fresh out of the gate seems quite tough!

I think Binks and Organa are the only ones who have a shot at completing at such a high player count in a non-crazy amount of time.
 
Re: Skunkbelly's Ultimate Tournament Challenge 2011

Here's my full log that I used as we went along. It's not simple to follow, but the main breakdown is by normal/NM/hell. Within that, all the characters started in the top section and moved out as they dropped - so the five guardians should be listed at the top of each section:

EDIT: Oops, I hadn't logged Dooku's demise... updated
Code: 
=======================================================================================================
NORMAL
Character     Class         Act I          Act II         Act III        Act IV         Act V        
=======================================================================================================
Organa        Sorceress     Brak           Jason Maher    Quickdeath     purplelocust   WoRG
Palpatine     Necromancer   Jason Maher    Skunkbelly     pwangsta       pwangsta       Smilts
Kenobi        Druid         jiansonz       Ohomemgrande   kestegs        JoeBruce       purplelocust
Chewbacca     Barbarian     Ohomemgrande   cenyth         Jason Maher    Skunkbelly     Ohomemgrande
Binks         Druid         Wolron         Soulmanz       cenyth         kestegs        Jason Maher


-- DIED IN NM
Biggs         Barbarian     scrcrw         JoeBruce       Gahzban        Hoop76         nualum
Fisto         Paladin       WoRG           Gahzban        scrcrw         Ohomemgrande   jiansonz
Farr          Barbarian     Soulmanz       nualum         Soulmanz       Brak           Skunkbelly
Amidala       Amazon        cenyth         pwangsta       JoeBruce       Quickdeath     pwangsta
Dorme         Assassin      Thomh          Quickdeath     Brak           jiansonz       Wolron
Skywalker     Paladin       nualum         Thomh          Thomh          cenyth         cenyth
-- DIED IN NORMAL
Wendu         Paladin       Gahzban        Brak           tavaritz [RIP]
Beru          Assassin      purplelocust   WoRG           nualum         Gahzban [RIP]
-- DIED IN HELL
Solo          Barbarian     JoeBruce       kestegs        jiansonz       WoRG           Soulmanz
Mothma        Amazon        Smilts         Hoop76         WestXylophone  WestXylophone  Thomh
Ackbar        Druid         Quickdeath     jiansonz       Skunkbelly     Wolron         scrcrw
Ahsoka        Amazon        kestegs        Wolron         purplelocust   scrcrw         JoeBruce
Antilles      Paladin       tavaritz       purplelocust   Hoop76         Soulmanz       Brak
Vader         Necromancer   pwangsta       scrcrw         Smilts         Thomh          kestegs
Yaddle        Sorceress     Skunkbelly     WestXylophone  Ohomemgrande   Smilts         WestXylophone
Offee         Assassin      Hoop76         Smilts         Wolron         Jason Maher    Hoop76
Dooku         Necromancer   WestXylophone  tavaritz       WoRG           nualum         Quickdeath




=======================================================================================================
NM
Character     Class         Act I          Act II         Act III        Act IV         Act V        
=======================================================================================================
Organa        Sorceress     nualum         Skunkbelly     WoRG           purplelocust   Soulmanz       
Palpatine     Necromancer   WestXylophone  jiansonz       WestXylophone  Thomh          purplelocust   
Kenobi        Druid         scrcrw         Wolron         JoeBruce       Wolron         JoeBruce       
Chewbacca     Barbarian     Thomh          Soulmanz       Hoop76         scrcrw         jiansonz       
Binks         Druid         Hoop76         WoRG           Soulmanz       cenyth         WoRG           


-- DIED IN NORMAL
Wendu         Paladin       
Beru          Assassin      
-- DIED IN NM
Farr          Barbarian     pwangsta [RIP]
Fisto         Paladin       smilts [RIP]
Biggs         Barbarian     Quickdeath [RIP]
Amidala       Amazon        Ohomemgrande   Brak           Skunkbelly [RIP]
Dorme         Assassin      Wolron         cenyth         Brak [RIP]
Skywalker     Paladin       JoeBruce       JoeBruce       Wolron         JoeBruce       Wolron [RIP]
-- DIED IN HELL
Solo          Barbarian     Skunkbelly     Hoop76         kestegs        Jason Maher    Ohomemgrande   
Mothma        Amazon        kestegs        scrcrw         scrcrw         Soulmanz       Jason Maher    
Ackbar        Druid         Jason Maher    Ohomemgrande   Ohomemgrande   kestegs        cenyth         
Ahsoka        Amazon        purplelocust   Jason Maher    nualum         jiansonz       nualum         
Antilles      Paladin       jiansonz       Thomh          jiansonz       Ohomemgrande   WestXylophone  
Vader         Necromancer   WoRG           kestegs        cenyth         WestXylophone  kestegs        
Yaddle        Sorceress     cenyth         WestXylophone  purplelocust   WoRG           scrcrw         
Offee         Assassin      Brak           purplelocust   Jason Maher    Hoop76         Hoop76         
Dooku         Necromancer   Soulmanz       nualum         Thomh          nualum         Thomh          



=======================================================================================================
HELL
Character     Class         Act I          Act II         Act III        Act IV         Act V        
=======================================================================================================
Organa        Sorceress     JoeBruce       Soulmanz       jiansonz       WestXylophone  kestegs        
Palpatine     Necromancer   kestegs        kestegs        Thomh          kestegs        WestXylophone  
Kenobi        Druid         scrcrw         WestXylophone  scrcrw         purplelocust   scrcrw         
Chewbacca     Barbarian     purplelocust   scrcrw         purplelocust   jiansonz       purplelocust   
Binks         Druid         cenyth         purplelocust   Soulmanz       Thomh          jiansonz       


-- DIED IN HELL
Solo          Barbarian     WoRG [RIP]
Mothma        Amazon        Hoop76 [RIP]
Ackbar        Druid         Jason Maher [RIP]    
Ahsoka        Amazon        Ohomemgrande [RIP]
Antilles      Paladin       Thomh          JoeBruce [RIP]
Vader         Necromancer   nualum         nualum [RIP]
Yaddle        Sorceress     Soulmanz       cenyth [RIP]
Offee         Assassin      jiansonz       jiansonz       kestegs        Soulmanz [RIP]      
Dooku         Necromancer   WestXylophone  Thomh          WestXylophone  scrcrw         Thomh [RIP]

-- DIED IN NORMAL
Wendu         Paladin       
Beru          Assassin      
-- DIED IN NM
Farr          Barbarian     
Fisto         Paladin       
Biggs         Barbarian     
Amidala       Amazon        
Dorme         Assassin      
Skywalker     Paladin
 
Re: Skunkbelly's Ultimate Tournament Challenge 2011

Oh boy, a chance to play Palpatine again!

Palpatine killed every cow, at /players 1. It took a while, even with the Corpse Explosion which isn't large enough radius (it's just from the wand on switch to be able to use it) to kill many at once. A higher player count would have been really serious trouble!

Runes found:
Not one. Zilcho. Not even from any of the chests!

Tie-breaking S/U:
Aldur's shadow plate, quite nice! Too bad there won't be any ties to break since at least one rune has been found already.

Good luck to everyone else!
 
Re: Skunkbelly's Ultimate Tournament Challenge 2011

Binks started off at /players 3. No bear and no Oak Sage, because I didn´t want to risk them attracting more cows than we could handle. Mizan is much easier to control.

Portal was in an inner corner of the central stucture. No cows in the immediate vicinity. Nice.
Got to the first outer corner to the SE, and caught a glimpse of the King´s Fort. "Um...I think I will be going the other way for now..."

After I had rounded the outer corner to the NE and cleared the immediate area there plus established a long empty path alongside the next wall of the central structure, I switched to /p5. Fighting at this point was done like this: Binks lured a few cows back to known territory, summoned bear and Oak Sake, started Hurricane, let Mizan and bear engage cows, and went to work with Tornado spamming.

When we reached the end of the long NE wall of the central stucture, I started to make small excursions out in the open, to try to make a safe area that was large in two dimensions. Eventually, I went pretty much straight NW and soon reached the outer wall there. When a reasonably large area was safe, it was /p7 time from then on.


Runes:
Ral

S/Us:
Berserker´s Hauberk
Cow King´s Hide (my second ever)
 
Re: Skunkbelly's Ultimate Tournament Challenge 2011

Nice work, folks! So far, I am disappointed in the Power of the Beef. Must be the low cholesterol kind.
 
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Cows are done!

What a pain it was, took about 4 hours to do :p

two runes found:
Sol
Ort

one s/u found:
Razor's edge
 
Re: Skunkbelly's Ultimate Tournament Challenge 2011

No word from Skunkbelly- I think I'll write up a Guardian thread for Chewbacca before I forget more about his gameplay than I already have! And it would be great to get some writeups of the other characters as well...
 
Re: Skunkbelly's Ultimate Tournament Challenge 2011

Short version of a write-up for Kenobi: If watching paint dry or grass grow is too exciting for you, try an untwinked Rabies druid.

I can't remember much else, so there probably won't be a long version. :whistling:
 
scrcrw said:
Short version of a write-up for Kenobi: If watching paint dry or grass grow is too exciting for you, try an untwinked Rabies druid.

I can't remember much else, so there probably won't be a long version. :whistling:
Click to expand...

I'm starting to feel guilty for setting him down that path...

But I had never played one before, so I plead ignorance!


 
Re: Skunkbelly's Ultimate Tournament Challenge 2011

I had Kenobi in A4 hell- he did have interesting gear, a crafted wand with 100% HCMTF and ITD, and crafted gloves with knockback. So he could scatter a group into lots of directions, with them to run off to infect unseen monsters. But it was indeed quite slow...
 
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