SPUMF (Single Pass Untwinked Magic Find) Tourney II

Forum Name: AceOfSevens
Character Name: MentalEllie
Last WP: Cold Plains

Grail Points: 1
Ethereal Grail Points: 0
Scored Items: 4.5
Total: 5.5

Most Common Item: Hsarus' Iron Fist (1)
Biggest Pile: 1

I got going on this and played through all the cold plains areas. I finally found a green beneath the Burial grounds
 
"Greetings, stranger!"

"...Warriv, it's me. Eyvi. Remember?"

"...Well! If it isn't little miss 'I'm too good to save the world from evil'!"

"Ouch, Warriv, Ouch. Do we have to do this? I really could be spending my time, y'know, saving the world from evil."

...and so (re)begins the journey of Evyi. Not a lot of clearage has happened yet -- she's cleared through the Cold Plains, leaving the optional dungeon and the Burial Grounds for whenever I get around to playing again.

No greens or golds yet, but she does have 2 chipped topazes, which I'm sure will turn the tide any day now. I'm again impressed with the deadliness of the poison -- with 4 points in it, she's decimating enemies left and right.

So, yes. 0 points. Cold plains. For justice!
 
Extreme luck stroke again:

Update:

Forum Name: Cormallon
Character Name: Iruma
Last WP: Dry Hills

Grail Points: 5
Ethereal Grail Points: 2
Scored Items: Bane Ash - 23, Torch of Iro - 23.1
Total: 53.1

Most Common Item: Cleglaws Claw - 2, The Dragon Chang - 2
Biggest Pile: 8

First thing today was gambling a few boots and gloves, increased my MF by 15. Then a visit in the sewers. Nothing to be found there. Then, on my way towards the maggot lair, in the far oasis region, another TC3 grailie: Torch of Iro!
 
/strolls into the building

Why not?

Shermo
Shermreturn
HC

(If anyone has experience with getting CD images to work can they drop me a PM? I heard 1.11 broke it)
 
I think I got everything right, but if I didn't, let me know for the next update. Also, if you have any missing info (several people haven't stated if the are SC or HC) make sure to include it in your next update. Note that I haven't added new people to the Side Contests board if they don't have a score yet. I'll add you to that table once you have your first update with a score. :smiley:

Oh, yes, I almost forgot: Holy Crap Cormallon!

That will be all. :laugh:

[highlight]SPUMP Score[/highlight]
Code: 
              | Character Name |  Version  |      |     |      |       |     
Forum Name    | Class/Build    |  Mods     |  GP  | EGP |  SI  | Total | Prize
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cormallon      Iruma             1.11b SC      5     2    26.1    53.1     Y
               Fire Druid        No mods

zatlaren       Vella             1.11b SC      1     0    11.9    12.9     N
               Light. Trapsin    No mods  

Hamburger      Eve               1.11b SC      5     0     7.7    12.7     Y
               LF/Other Zon      No mods

AceOfSevens    Mental Ellie      1.11b SC      1     0     4.5     5.5     Y
               Blizz Sorc        No mods

aitrus         Venenum           1.11b SC      3     0     0.1     3.1     N
               Poison Necro      No mods

Cattleya       Rialla            1.11b HC      1     0      0      1       N   
               FO/FB Sorc        No mods

duckysmile     duckymancer       1.11b HC      0     0      0      0       Y
               Fishy             No mods   
     
Starcrunch     Bellerophon       1.11b HC      0     0      0      0       N
               Poison/Sum Nec    No mods

Kool69         ThunderThighs     1.11b SC      0     0      0      0       Y
               Trapsin           No mods

EventfulHor    FireMcBlades      1.11b HC      0     0      0      0       Y
               BF/Trapsin        No mods

Cassandra      Sal-Vaya          1.11b HC      0     0      0      0       N
               Magezon           No mods     
   
SkaMan         Breedles          1.11b HC      0     0      0      0       N
               Trapsin           RWM

Billybgame     MFingSorceress    1.11b SC      0     0      0      0       N
               Sorceress         RWM

Docturnal      Docturnal_IV      1.11b HC      0     0      0      0       N
               Dentist (Necro)   No mods

hepcat         Butch             1.11b SC      0     0      0      0       Y
               Pole WW Barb      RRM

erimatbrad     Eyvi              1.11b ?       0     0      0      0       Y
               Poison Zon        No mods

Parasox        Tuxedo            1.11b ?       0     0      0      0       Y
               WW barb           No mods

MadMachine     DenofBarjack      1.11b ?       0     0      0      0       Y
               Frenzy Barb       No mods

jiansonz       Scorchie          1.11 HC       0     0      0      0       N
               Blaze/Lighting    No mods 

DeePee         Lucktard          1.11b SC      0     0      0      0       N
               Conc Horker       RWM

Alzakarr       Sokket            1.11b ?       0     0      0      0       N
               Barb              No mods

Shermo         Shermreturn       ? HC          0     0      0      0       N
               ?                 ?



[highlight]Side Contests Scoreboard[/highlight]
Code: 
              |                |                      | Biggest |
Forum Name    | Character Name |   Most Common Item   | Pile    | Prize
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hamburger      Eve               N/A                     5          Y
Cormallon      Iruma             Cleg Cl/Drag Chng - 2   3          Y
aitrus         Venenum           N/A                     3          N
zatlaren       Vella             N/A                     1          N
Cattleya       Rialla            N/A                     1          N
AceOfSevens    Mental Ellie      N/A                     1          Y
AeroGear       Rex               N/A                    N/A         N
duckysmile     duckymancer       N/A                    N/A         Y
Starcrunch     Bellerophon       N/A                    N/A         N
Kool69         ThunderThighs     N/A                    N/A         Y
EventfulHor    FireMcBlades      N/A                    N/A         Y
Cassandra      Sal-Vaya          N/A                    N/A         N

[highlight]Retired/Dead Characters[/highlight]
Code: 
              | Character Name |  Version  |  
Forum Name    | Class/Build    |  Mods     | Total | Most Common | Pile | Prize
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AeroGear       Rex               1.11 HC       0                            N
               FanaZealot        No mods  

AeroGear       Rex (reincarnated)1.11 HC     32.1                    8      N
               FanaZealot        No mods 

AeroGear       Secret            1.11 HC       2                     2      N
               HybridSin         No mods
 
Not much time to play, but we did clear out the Cave in the plains, and were rewarded with....

...nothing!

Then again, any time you don't die in Hardcore (I forgot to mention I was HC, as usual, so like how I snuck that in?), is a reward in and of itself. Poison continues to be a dominator, and superior throwing knives are a fun and easy way to rain death on my foes.

Some playtime will be found this weekend. Will gold or green? Stay tuned!
 
Forum Name: MadMachine
Character Name: DenofBarjack SC/ lvl 15 (or is it 16?)
Last WP: Black Marsh

Grail Points: 1
Ethereal Grail Points: 0
Scored Items: 4.5
Total: 5.5

Most Common Item: Arctic Furs (1)
Biggest Pile: 1

First blood with an Arctic Furs from a Vile Hunter in the Stony Field! I've also collected about my own body weight in chipped gems! More luck and Andariel's head on my blade tomorrow!
 
Just finished A1. Andy didn't drop any set/uniques, but she did drop some nice rare jewellery, plus my other finds through A1 made up for it :grin:

Forum Name: SkaMan
Character Name: Breedles
Last WP: Lut Gholein

Grail Points: 5
Ethereal Grail Points: 0
Scored Items: 15.5 (Rixot's Keen, Felloak, Cathan's Seal)
Total: 20.5

Most Common Item: N/A
Biggest Pile: 5
 
Time for an update.

I guess luck is what you make of it. Carved my way through the Dark Forest, only 2 ctopaz so far, only 1 unique. On top of it all, FOUR failed uniques, although 1 was a katar, so I can't say I got screwed on that. Basically, this contest was looking like a nice way to get twink gear for my next necro.

Until I decided to do tristram before I went to bed. Knocked off a unique skellie archer, and there was a shiny gold...DAGGER! :) Oh happy happy.

Anyways, technical stuff:

Forum name:Alzakarr
Character Name:Sokket Consecrate Barb lv.15 SC 1.11b
Last WP:Dark Forest

Grail Points:2
Eth GP:0
Scored Items:14.4(Gull, Felloak)
Total:16.2

Most Common:n/a
Biggest Pile:2

MF:124

Great moments in horking: whacked a carver and got a ring for my troubles. Popped the body:scroll of identify. Very handy, don't you think?
 
jiansonz said:
I tried out the build on an online skill planner, assuming +4 lightning skills.
If I want Lightning as my secondary skill (she´s still Blaze sorcie, first and foremost!), I should max that and then go for level 15 CL and level 12 LM in the end. For some reason, this leads to the highest Lightning damage. 14 CL and 13 LM would be the same. Other combinations gives slightly less damage.

Best order would be to pump Lightning first, get a point in Mastery at level 30, then max Lightning, then pump the other two skills at even speed.
Click to expand...

If you wanted some math behind the numbers, here it is. Mastery and synergy bonuses are multiplicative with each other and with skill damage.

c = hard pts in CL
l = hard pts in LM
c+l = 27, l = 27-c
L = total pts in LM
L = l+4, hard points plus +skills
x = total modifier
s = synergy modifier
m = mastery modifier
x = s*m, synergy and mastery bonuses are multiplicative
s = 1+.08(c+1), CL gives 8% damage per hard point, and you have a prereq point in CB
m = 1+.5+.12*(L-1), equation for LM damage/level

therefore
x = [1+.08(c+1)]*[1.5+.12*(L-1)] substituting s,m into damage formula
= [1+.08(c+1)]*[1.5+.12*(l+3)] substituting for L
= [1+.08(c+1)]*[1.5+.12*(27-c+3)] substituting for l, l = 28-c
= [1+.08(c+1)]*[1.5+.12*(30-c)] combining terms
= -.0096c^2+.2784+5.508 combining terms
differentiating x with respect to c (yay high school calculus!)
dx/dc = -.0192c+.2784
set dx/dc = 0 to find the maximum
0 = -.0192c+.2784
c = 29/2 = 14.5 = 14 or 15
l = 13 or 12
L = 17 or 16

So you should put either 14 or 15 into CL, depending on which way you round. That leaves either 13 or 12 hard points left for LM. This is consistent with your skill calculator damage.

I'm exhausted right now, having been up about 24 hours straight. I'll pound out an equation for marginal gain from CL/LM sometime later today/tomorrow.
 
Almighty Cow said:
If you wanted some math behind the numbers, here it is. Mastery and synergy bonuses are multiplicative with each other and with skill damage.
Click to expand...

Thanks a bunch! :thumbsup:


It will be interesting getting good gear for this character. A standard Blaze sorcie does not need any extra mana or any Faster Cast at all, but she needs to be able to take a little more beating than most sorcies since she is often close to monsters. She also needs a bit of Faster Run (but not as much as some people may think, about 30% is good) to be effective. Her Lightning side benefits from typical caster gear a lot more. Then I need to get a substantial amount of MF in there, too...
 
2 more GP for Vella.

Completed up to the countess and found
Cleglaws Claw
Axe of Fechmar

Forum Name: zatlaren
Character Name: Vella
Last WP: Black Marsh

Grail Points: 3
Ethereal Grail Points: 0
Scored Items: Biggins Bonnet 11.9
Total: 14.9

Biggest Pile: 3
 
Finished up to and cleared Dark Woods and rescued Cain. Still not a single unique/set - though I just put together my über 3x C.Topaz Ring Mail! I expect nothing but gold from now on!

Forum Name: DeePee
Character Name: Lucktard / lvl 15
Last WP: Dark Woods

Grail Points: 0
Ethereal Grail Points: 0
Scored Items: 0
Total: 0

Most Common Item: N/A
Biggest Pile: N/A
 
Just wanted to say you may not see a heck of a lot out of me on this one, for quite some time, as I want to concentrate on some earlier ending tournaments, and this one has lots of time to go.

That'll give me some lofty goals to shoot for!
 
Update after Duriel is dead and A2 is done:

Forum Name: Cormallon
Character Name: Iruma
Last WP: Dry Hills

Grail Points: 8
Ethereal Grail Points: 2
Scored Items: Bane Ash - 23, Torch of Iro - 23.1, Civerb's Icon (x2) 1.8
Total: 57.9

Most Common Item: Cleglaws Claw - 2, The Dragon Chang - 2, Civerb#s Icon - 2
Biggest Pile: 12

Nothing from more gambling, it starts to get epensive. Iruma is level 28 (close to 29), and his fire damage is already good enough to bring him through normal and a good part of nightmare. Immunes will of course be a problem later on. His resistances are low of course, focusing on MF (about 70 or so, need more topazes). No deaths.
 
Forum Name: MadMachine
Character Name: DenofBarjack SC / lvl 22
Last WP: Sewers Lvl 2

Grail Points: 1
Ethereal Grail Points: 0
Scored Items: 4.5
Total: 5.5

Most Common Item: Arctic Furs (1)
Biggest Pile: 1

I've traded in my Rogue Merc for a Spear Merc with Prayer. I've never used one like this before - I've usually gone with Def or BA. I'll trade him for a Might Merc later in NM.
I didn't get any good drops from Andy nor Radament, but it could be because of my abyssmal MF. I've increased it to 42% and my Merc has 60%. Hopefull venturing into the Desert will increase my chances.
 
Well, Butch won't be venturing to Vegas anytime soon. His luck has been nil.
Have found 6 or 7 chipped diamonds and amethysts, and 4 or 5 skulls, but only 3 chipped topazes. :cry:

Found a 10 FCR/10 MF ammy and a 7 MF ring bringing Butch's MF total up to 44%....merc---none.

Forum Name: hepcat
Character Name: Butch/lvl 15
Last WP: Black Marsh

Grail Points: 0
Ethereal Grail Points: 0
Scored Items: 0
Total: 0

Maybe my luck will change now that Cain is safe from harm. I have a date with the countess now. Onward ho!
 
This sounds like a fun tourney. I will join in as well.

Forum Name: kramph
Character Name: Hoode
Character Class and Build: Fishymancer
Version: 1.11b HC, no mods
Participating in the Prizes: Sure

I have made my way to the Jail wp, and have found one item.

Forum Name: kramph
Character Name: Hoode
Last WP: Jail

Grail Points:1
Ethereal Grail Points:0
Scored Items:11.9
Total:12.9

Most Common Item: Pelta Lunata
Biggest Pile:1
 
Scorchie the Blaze/Lightning sorc has rescued Cain. She has found only one scoring item but it was nice indeed: a Biggin´s Bonnet in Dark Wood.

She´s level 15 now and her two main skills are level 4. She still relies completely on her Scepter, Fiona the rogue, the occasional Static and (one of my favourite early game weapons) ethereal Throwing Knives.





I wanted to post two general comments about the tourney:

* I can´t see any other winner in this tournament other than a player who plays a SC barb with high level Find Item who horks every corpse and gets the merc to kill nearly every monster. (well, unless someone else finds a Tyrael´s...) :rolleyes:



* I think the scoring table is more than a little off. It´s probably good if you would play in level 85 areas exclusively, but for this tourney I think the TC3 items are valued far too much, and most high TC items are valued far too little (especially the set items).

I always play 'full clear once', so I have lots of item find statistics to fall back on. Granted, some of my characters have died before reaching some high-level areas and several characters are still in progress but over my entire D2 1.10/1.11 career, I have found (or gambled) all the TC3s except the rods and Sander´s cap multiple times but I have only seen a handful (like, less than 10) of S/U items in TCs over 76 or so. So, having a scoring of 11.9 for Biggin´s cap (which nearly all critters can drop, rare though it is) and then having a score of only 3.8 for any of Bul-Kathos´ swords (which can only be found in very few areas) is so far off it isn´t even funny considering that you will have hundreds as many chances to have Biggin´s cap drop.
 
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