~ SPHC Ladder Part V ~
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DX-Crawler
Banned
Congratz to the Conquorer Mordalles :thumbsup:
And congratz to the personal record tragor that's one fast run you will make a Guardian in no time:lol:
My amazon have moved forward through act2 without any real problem. Strafe is very good and my bow is a really nice one.
She have moved to level 50 and doing fine. I'm on my way to get high enough str and dex so I can upgrade my Lycander's to a Grand Matron Bow.
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Destroyer Sniping_Ploppy lvl50 act 3
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Have fun and be careful
DX
And congratz to the personal record tragor that's one fast run you will make a Guardian in no time:lol:
My amazon have moved forward through act2 without any real problem. Strafe is very good and my bow is a really nice one.
She have moved to level 50 and doing fine. I'm on my way to get high enough str and dex so I can upgrade my Lycander's to a Grand Matron Bow.
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Destroyer Sniping_Ploppy lvl50 act 3
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Have fun and be careful
DX
Didn't post this earlier 'cuz we were off to see the new "I, Robot movie" (decent movie, but I really couldn't figure out the Asimov connection except they used the 3 Laws and mentioned positronics).
Anyway, Andy died. Apparently she was pissed about it. All she dropped was one rare, one magic and 3 gems. :rant: Guess Baby'll have to go back and spank her again.
Bullseye_Baby, clvl 53, A2 NM (as soon as she teaches Andy about hospitality)
Anyway, Andy died. Apparently she was pissed about it. All she dropped was one rare, one magic and 3 gems. :rant: Guess Baby'll have to go back and spank her again.
Bullseye_Baby, clvl 53, A2 NM (as soon as she teaches Andy about hospitality)
crazy_bear
New member
I'm very happy to say I have my first conqueror now.
Ursa finished off Baal and his minions tonight, something I have stayed up way too late to comlete.
Since last post, Ursa did the Hellforge (got a Dol, oh well), killed D (got nothing useful) then made steady progress through Act V.
She had to make one detour in the Ancients way to kick Snapchip, who was the cause of death for my last char. This time he was CE/cursed but no problem for the Valk. In fact, I cast the Valk in from the other side of one of those rivers, then just fired arrows across. I didn't even have to recast her.
I chickened out on the Ancients and went from p4 to p1, and only had to use one potion since the merc and the Valk held their ground just fine.
lastly just Baal, and his minions. The minions were easier than I thought they would be, but Baal took a long time just to get through all the HP.
Conqueror Ursa, lvl 72 Bowazon.
Edit: and congrats to Mordalles too!
Ursa finished off Baal and his minions tonight, something I have stayed up way too late to comlete.
Since last post, Ursa did the Hellforge (got a Dol, oh well), killed D (got nothing useful) then made steady progress through Act V.
She had to make one detour in the Ancients way to kick Snapchip, who was the cause of death for my last char. This time he was CE/cursed but no problem for the Valk. In fact, I cast the Valk in from the other side of one of those rivers, then just fired arrows across. I didn't even have to recast her.
I chickened out on the Ancients and went from p4 to p1, and only had to use one potion since the merc and the Valk held their ground just fine.
lastly just Baal, and his minions. The minions were easier than I thought they would be, but Baal took a long time just to get through all the HP.
Conqueror Ursa, lvl 72 Bowazon.
Edit: and congrats to Mordalles too!
Bullseye_Baby has had a busy day. She started in the Outer Cloister and, in spite of a rather hectic day, has made it all the way through the Dry Hills. She had a very happy discovery in the Halls. She kicked a jug and out jumped a Ko rune. Now she really needs that 3-socket bow (a good one) and she'll start playing a happier Melody.
She swapped her Defiance merc for a Might version. That's done a lot for her damage and for keeping her mana up. If she paces herself and things don't get too crowded, she can now leech enough to strafe almost continuously.
She's still slow but I'm starting to enjoy the adventure again. This is my first Amazon to get above about clvl 20 (SC or HC) so it's a pretty steep learning curve. I think I'm beginning to understand how to play her. Pity about all the wasted skill points. :lol:
Bullseye_Baby, clvl 55, A2 NM (Far Oasis)
PS - Congrats to Mordalles and Crazy_Bear. Still looking for my first Conqueror but there's hope.
She swapped her Defiance merc for a Might version. That's done a lot for her damage and for keeping her mana up. If she paces herself and things don't get too crowded, she can now leech enough to strafe almost continuously.
She's still slow but I'm starting to enjoy the adventure again. This is my first Amazon to get above about clvl 20 (SC or HC) so it's a pretty steep learning curve. I think I'm beginning to understand how to play her. Pity about all the wasted skill points. :lol:
Bullseye_Baby, clvl 55, A2 NM (Far Oasis)
PS - Congrats to Mordalles and Crazy_Bear. Still looking for my first Conqueror but there's hope.
DX-Crawler
Banned
Congratz C_B to your Conquorer.
My amazon have moved all the way to act4. My Valk starts to get very strong at Slvl 20. She can alone stay alive against meffe after my merc have died after a few hit and I can stay far away and shot MA on him.
So now I have come to my favourite act and have always been since the game came out. I like to walk around in act 4 an kill some Venom lords and Doom Knight. And with an Amazon CS is not that bad either.
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Destroyer Sniping_Ploppy lvl 54 act4
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Have fun and be careful
DX
My amazon have moved all the way to act4. My Valk starts to get very strong at Slvl 20. She can alone stay alive against meffe after my merc have died after a few hit and I can stay far away and shot MA on him.
So now I have come to my favourite act and have always been since the game came out. I like to walk around in act 4 an kill some Venom lords and Doom Knight. And with an Amazon CS is not that bad either.
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Destroyer Sniping_Ploppy lvl 54 act4
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Have fun and be careful
DX
steelsixtyIV
New member
Well, I finally found my Shaft. Arcane_Slayer has switched to running NM Baal and one of his minions was kind enough to drop me one. I have been switching around equipment and found that Aldur's Boots and Weapon make a sweet combo. The %150 increase to AR sure helps. Plus the hidden 200% damage to demons is nice too. I am wondering if I should socket it with a few Eths and a ED jewel and call it good. The Ancients are still calling me from Mount Arreat.
Count_Leviticus is moving along nicely in Act II NM. My rouge merc is starting to do more damage and I might just keep her around. I muled on my Lore circlet as always.
Conqueror Arcane_Slayer lvl 84 Avenger Act V Ancients
Destroyer Count_Leviticus lvl 51 Bonecaster Act II NM
Count_Leviticus is moving along nicely in Act II NM. My rouge merc is starting to do more damage and I might just keep her around. I muled on my Lore circlet as always.
Conqueror Arcane_Slayer lvl 84 Avenger Act V Ancients
Destroyer Count_Leviticus lvl 51 Bonecaster Act II NM
congrats crazy_bear!
well, allanon has now leveled up to 75 and done the 1st 2 quests of act 1 hell. things seems fairly okay in hell. everything not fire immune lasts only a few seconds. for FI i have to go back to human shape and kill them with either molten boulder or volcano. i had to remove my +3 elemental skill amulet for more resisantces. however, armageddon is still doing damage over 4100. and i can still place about 5 points in the volcano synergy.
Conqueror Allanon, lev 75 Shockbear-using-Armageddon, Act 1 Hell.
well, allanon has now leveled up to 75 and done the 1st 2 quests of act 1 hell. things seems fairly okay in hell. everything not fire immune lasts only a few seconds. for FI i have to go back to human shape and kill them with either molten boulder or volcano. i had to remove my +3 elemental skill amulet for more resisantces. however, armageddon is still doing damage over 4100. and i can still place about 5 points in the volcano synergy.
Conqueror Allanon, lev 75 Shockbear-using-Armageddon, Act 1 Hell.
crazy_bear
New member
Mordalles, you seem to have just as much time as me these days to advance your D2 Addiction 
Ursa has turned into a Sniperzon. Strafe has become useless because it doesn't have a AR bonus like MA and FA, so she hardly uses it anymore.
I was thinking about a few Baal runs, but decided to launch straight into Hell to see how it went...
I started trying at p4... oops, the first boss pack of zombies took forever to kill. Ok, straight to p1. Still a long term effort to get anywhere, but at least Ursa started making progress. Safe behind her decoy, merc and valk she cleared the den, then killed blood raven, and rescued Cain.
Next up the Countess caused no trouble. Decided to do a couple of countess runs, but haven't gotten any good runes yet, but then that's hardly surprising considering the results of the people that have posted their 50 run sets. On the other hand the items are starting to drop!
Finally found a Kuko from a random archer boss in the Black Marsh. Got a Gris's Heart from another archer boss lvl 4 of the tower. Countess dropped a razor's edge. (Ok, so its not useful, but its the first elite unique for this char). Then a demon limb from a random boss in the Tamoe highlands. Went into the pit and found a 4 socket Archon Plate. So I'm getting pretty excited about the items she is finding.
She's pretty slow, but no NDE's because of the safety factor for this char. I'm looking forward to getting to Andy. Then I could probably make a countess-pit-Andy circuit to build up items till she is ready to move on.
Conqueror Ursa, lvl 75 sniperzon, Act 1 Hell.
Ursa has turned into a Sniperzon. Strafe has become useless because it doesn't have a AR bonus like MA and FA, so she hardly uses it anymore.
I was thinking about a few Baal runs, but decided to launch straight into Hell to see how it went...
I started trying at p4... oops, the first boss pack of zombies took forever to kill. Ok, straight to p1. Still a long term effort to get anywhere, but at least Ursa started making progress. Safe behind her decoy, merc and valk she cleared the den, then killed blood raven, and rescued Cain.
Next up the Countess caused no trouble. Decided to do a couple of countess runs, but haven't gotten any good runes yet, but then that's hardly surprising considering the results of the people that have posted their 50 run sets. On the other hand the items are starting to drop!
Finally found a Kuko from a random archer boss in the Black Marsh. Got a Gris's Heart from another archer boss lvl 4 of the tower. Countess dropped a razor's edge. (Ok, so its not useful, but its the first elite unique for this char). Then a demon limb from a random boss in the Tamoe highlands. Went into the pit and found a 4 socket Archon Plate. So I'm getting pretty excited about the items she is finding.
She's pretty slow, but no NDE's because of the safety factor for this char. I'm looking forward to getting to Andy. Then I could probably make a countess-pit-Andy circuit to build up items till she is ready to move on.
Conqueror Ursa, lvl 75 sniperzon, Act 1 Hell.
DX-Crawler
Banned
Ohh I have some catching up to do against C_B. My amazon is only at level 66. I still using strafe at this point but I have put 19 points in Penetrate so I keep up AR rather good. The chance to hit monsters is above 70% at least. Have above 80% with MA.
I'm doing Baalruns at players5 at this point so she is leveling quite fast.
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Conquorer Sniping_Ploppy lvl 66 Act 5
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Have fun and be careful
DX
I'm doing Baalruns at players5 at this point so she is leveling quite fast.
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Conquorer Sniping_Ploppy lvl 66 Act 5
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Have fun and be careful
DX
crazy_bear
New member
DX-Crawler said:
Heh, sorry DX for leaving you behind.
I've had lots of time to play in the last couple of weeks. As for the AR issue, I only put about 4 or 5 points in penetrate, but if I ever get items to get the str requirement for the demon limb Ursa found, then I won't have a problem with AR anymore. The saved points let her max FA, which is now a very nice skill.
I was on a roll, so I had to finish off Act 1 tonight. Didn't get squat from Andy though. In fact, after a good run of items my WF seems to have dried up. Anyway, with much fleeing, and lots of recasting valk, Ursa has moved into act 2. (and collected the first quest for the free skill point).
Ursa lvl 77 sniperzon act 2 Hell.
yes, i HAD a lot of time to play d2, crazy_bear, but alas, university started again this week, so now my time is a bit more limited.
yesterday i rescued cain, killed the countess and found the horadric malus.
in the process i found the unique cedar bow, which looks kinda cool with its plus 3 bow skills, which could come in handy if i ever start a ladder magezon.
the countess gave me an eld and an ort rune, but i was actually looking for an ort rune for quite a while now, cause i want to make a lore helmet! i already have the sol rune which i found in nm. only problem, now i needed a two socket druid helm. hee hee.
oh, my previous thread i said around 4100 damage, its actually 3850 with armageddon. i gave the damage with the +3 skill amulet on.
im planning to do a bit of andy killing before i move on to act 2.
Conqueror Allanon, lev 76 ShockBear-using-Armageddon, Act 1 Hell.
yesterday i rescued cain, killed the countess and found the horadric malus.
in the process i found the unique cedar bow, which looks kinda cool with its plus 3 bow skills, which could come in handy if i ever start a ladder magezon.
the countess gave me an eld and an ort rune, but i was actually looking for an ort rune for quite a while now, cause i want to make a lore helmet! i already have the sol rune which i found in nm. only problem, now i needed a two socket druid helm. hee hee.
oh, my previous thread i said around 4100 damage, its actually 3850 with armageddon. i gave the damage with the +3 skill amulet on.
im planning to do a bit of andy killing before i move on to act 2.
Conqueror Allanon, lev 76 ShockBear-using-Armageddon, Act 1 Hell.
steelsixtyIV
New member
CB vs. DX: The Bowzon Battle... coming soon to a SPF thread near you :lol:
Count_Leviticus is in Act III now and had a few close calls in the Arcane Sanctuary and Canyon of the Magi. Be careful where you spam your Bone Prisions :uhhuh:
I have yet to find any sexy items but no big deal. I did luck out and was able to purchase a Venomous Bone Wand of the Magus before leaving Act II for the weapon switch. Plus I also found this jewel:
Realgar Jewel of Fervor
Required Level: 37
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 51
Fingerprint: 0x89702ef0
+29% Enhanced Damage
15% Increased Attack Speed
11% more ED and it would have been the mythical 40/15, which would be a first for me.
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Destroyer Count_Leviticus lvl 56 Act III NM
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Count_Leviticus is in Act III now and had a few close calls in the Arcane Sanctuary and Canyon of the Magi. Be careful where you spam your Bone Prisions :uhhuh:
I have yet to find any sexy items but no big deal. I did luck out and was able to purchase a Venomous Bone Wand of the Magus before leaving Act II for the weapon switch. Plus I also found this jewel:
Realgar Jewel of Fervor
Required Level: 37
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 51
Fingerprint: 0x89702ef0
+29% Enhanced Damage
15% Increased Attack Speed
11% more ED and it would have been the mythical 40/15, which would be a first for me.
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Destroyer Count_Leviticus lvl 56 Act III NM
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Sir Lister of Smeg
New member
I finally started another new character, a fishymancer, named Bonestench. He got to level 10 so far, hasn't had any serious NDE's yet (has had some nonserious ones, the ones where you know that drinking a minor healing potion will heal you fast enough before the next hit). He's about to start looking for Cain, that is, going through the underground passage.
He found one very nice wand, +2 raise skeleton, +1 skeleton mastery, +2 bone armour.
So far I did not see the need to put any points in stats, but I'll probably start putting some points very soon (especially vitality). The times that he has to run up to shamans to kill them or get the skeletons or henchwoman to kill them are getting more and more dangerous, but first leading monsters away by herding seems to work quite well in order not to get mobbed. Lately (since finding the wand and getting a henchwoman slightly later) he rarely gets the chance to do so or cast amplify damage, since the killing speed of his army is quite good at the moment. At first however, since I'm playing at /players8, the killing speed was very low.
He found one very nice wand, +2 raise skeleton, +1 skeleton mastery, +2 bone armour.
So far I did not see the need to put any points in stats, but I'll probably start putting some points very soon (especially vitality). The times that he has to run up to shamans to kill them or get the skeletons or henchwoman to kill them are getting more and more dangerous, but first leading monsters away by herding seems to work quite well in order not to get mobbed. Lately (since finding the wand and getting a henchwoman slightly later) he rarely gets the chance to do so or cast amplify damage, since the killing speed of his army is quite good at the moment. At first however, since I'm playing at /players8, the killing speed was very low.
With her pretty new Melody bow, Bullseye_Baby is doing considerably better. It's only a cedar bow but it popped out 3 seconds into the session and I had the runes in pocket. Seemed like it was destiny or karma or just dumb luck or something. The new bow has allowed her to stay at /players 8.
She's reverted to MA for the bulk of her work, though Strafe truly wrought massive destruction against Fangskin and co. With that many arrows and knockback, none of them even got close to her. Hell, they were barely on the same screen. In the AS, MA was the bomb. Excellent for close quarters combat (and other places where the monsters line up nicely for you).
Best moment: Watching the valk dispatch 3 boss packs of bugs at once. I swear, she stood in the middle of a white mass of lightning and her life never dropped at all. Bullseye, on the other hand, backed off a safe distance, spammed SM and eliminated the few bugs that bothered to come her way.
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Bullseye_Baby, clvl 58, A2 NM
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She's reverted to MA for the bulk of her work, though Strafe truly wrought massive destruction against Fangskin and co. With that many arrows and knockback, none of them even got close to her. Hell, they were barely on the same screen. In the AS, MA was the bomb. Excellent for close quarters combat (and other places where the monsters line up nicely for you).
Best moment: Watching the valk dispatch 3 boss packs of bugs at once. I swear, she stood in the middle of a white mass of lightning and her life never dropped at all. Bullseye, on the other hand, backed off a safe distance, spammed SM and eliminated the few bugs that bothered to come her way.
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Bullseye_Baby, clvl 58, A2 NM
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Now that I've dusted off the CD, I suppose I might as well get back in action here, although a lot slower than in the olden days!
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Lars, Fire-Summoner Druid, clvl 19, A2 Normal
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I'll check my other alive guys are all still correct at some point, but they should be, I haven't played any of them since March.
Butz. :teeth:
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Lars, Fire-Summoner Druid, clvl 19, A2 Normal
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I'll check my other alive guys are all still correct at some point, but they should be, I haven't played any of them since March.
Butz. :teeth:
Great job everyone - no deaths lately!
@Sir Lister of Smeg - don't be too crazy - invest those stat points. This is HC & you don't get a second chance
Good luck with the druid - hopefully you can improve on my build. :thumbsup:
@Sir Lister of Smeg - don't be too crazy - invest those stat points. This is HC & you don't get a second chance
So you think getting married means you can play less? Pshaw!Butzull said:
Good luck with the druid - hopefully you can improve on my build. :thumbsup:Time for update on my progres .
Note to all : my character already grown past level 31 , but i asked to add her to ladder earlier (much earlier).
Fights in act 2 were fast and brutal. Monsters died quickly to Claws of thunder but they could dish some damage on me as i played like it was softcore. Duriel was kinda hard , but after few rejuves and lots of regular potions he went down.
Act 3 was fun as hell. Lots of swarming monsters here but they died quickly. Shamans could hurt me badly if i wasnt careful. In act 4 izual took about 10 minutes . Probably most boring moment in my d2 carrier. Hephasto the armorer was enchanted with fanatism aura and took few minutes of careful maneuvring (sp?).
And Borlag , could you please add assassin Fireworks to the ladder?
Thanks
Note to all : my character already grown past level 31 , but i asked to add her to ladder earlier (much earlier).
Fights in act 2 were fast and brutal. Monsters died quickly to Claws of thunder but they could dish some damage on me as i played like it was softcore. Duriel was kinda hard , but after few rejuves and lots of regular potions he went down.
Act 3 was fun as hell. Lots of swarming monsters here but they died quickly. Shamans could hurt me badly if i wasnt careful. In act 4 izual took about 10 minutes . Probably most boring moment in my d2 carrier. Hephasto the armorer was enchanted with fanatism aura and took few minutes of careful maneuvring (sp?).
And Borlag , could you please add assassin Fireworks to the ladder?
Thanks
