The Certain Death Tournament.

[crazy_bear]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

Aw, that sucks Kavarin!
RIP DeadTwo!
That's amazing getting such a delicate melee char so far. (and vanilla too!)
It is nice to see someone else un'spirit'ed.

And this comment worries me

... running round hell with ~930 life ...

seeing as Britta only has 380 life!
Britta is at the inner cloister WP, and just found a Tal's Mask for the merc!


CB

 

[LozHinge the Unhinged]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

That's a great untwinked find, c_b. I'm always pleased when that drops for me!

RIP DeadTwo, that is a sad end. My melee character didn't get as far as yours in this tourney - you've done very well Kavarin!

 

[wakiki]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

shizwiggle, RIP bro. The Maggot Lair has claimed so many characters. What level were you when you died?

Gan, nice update! Ain't killing Andariel satisfying? By the time you get to Nightmare, she's Just Another Boss, but killing your first act boss in normal is special.

c_b, your Um usage depends on merc weapons you have available, and what merc armors you have available. 'Crescent Moon' would make a fantastic endgame merc weapon. 'Duress' is also great, as long as you keep in mind he can't wear 35 more poison/fire/lightning resist or more 5 cold resist, which restricts your helm options. If you had Tal's Helm and Shaftstop, Crescent Moon would be the obvious option, but if you don't have a good armor, you can probably make an Insight and in that case I'd go with Duress. Those are your two reasonable runewords...With resist maxed at 50, I'd say putting an Um in a armor/helm/shield seems like a waste.

As for your Ko rune, I'd say save it and pray for a Fal and a good 5-socket polearm. An Obedience weapon would be awe-inspiring. What an amazing runeword for reasonable runes...it's still unlikely you will find the ingredients though. I don't see any other rune words or Horadric Cube recipes that would make a good use of the Ko or Hel rune.

I've never played a Trapsin for a significant amount of time, so I can't give advice for the skillpoints...

Ouch kav, RIP! Any multishot Great Mummy is scary, especially Radement. You were doing so well, too, taking down that terrifying Fana/Extra Strong/Lightning Enchanted archer. What level were you? I have you down as 80 since that's the last you reportded (after Andariel).

Congrats on being our top melee character in the tournament. Your closest live competitor is Uzumati (played by Thomh) who is in the NM Dark Wood.

Hey guys, I have a question: does extra fast increase the speed at which monsters cast spells? I don't think it does because I don't feel like cold damage slows it, but I figured I'd ask.

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Clearing act III was easy. Toorc Icefist was Multishot, which probably meant that getting caught in the Cold Novas would have been instant-death. Nothing to worry about; S_S backed well away and Bone Prison'd him with Alziheer for good measure. The first two levels of the Durance held Stygian Dolls, but Bone Prison kept S_S safe with ease. He tested their damage, and they almost always removed 1 piece of my armor when they exploded. Occasionally they would remove two. (I'm guessing this is when they crit'ed me.) One of them removed it entirely and took off about 10 health, which was odd.

A random Blood Lord dropped a Goldwrap, but it was ethereal. That is probably for the best so S_S isn't tempted to wear it all the time. His crafted belt gives him a whopping twenty percent of his life.

The fight with Mephisto was alot of fun. He took him on /p8, set up a tp, decrep'd him, and fed Alziheer potions. They took many trips to town, and S_S made a new TP each time he restarted the battle. Alziheer died once while experimenting with Life Tap, but other than that, basically no hiccups. (I did switch to the Goldwrap when I finished him; I wonder if I will take this chance vs Diablo.)

In case you didn't see, Meph dropped a 197% Hone Sundan (3 from perfect), and a 157% WWS (150-170 range). S_S is waiting until Hell to plan his gear and put Shaels or Jewels of Fervor in those items.

Other good finds:

• Hwanin's Bill (completely irrelevant now)
• Amber Grand Charm of Dexterity (27/3)

S_S decided to use the Goldwrap once he established a "beachhead" from now on, while using the WWS himself and passing Alziheer the Insight. The WWS damage is laughably low, mainly because he has a ~50% chance to hit monsters with it. (My AR my actually be higher -- I'm not sure if it displays the Magic Arrow correctly.) He would have switched back to his crafted belt if he had encountered Souls in the Plains, but they had Finger Magi, Corpulents, and Spawners so it was safe. Progress has been really easy, with Alziheer cutting through bosses in seconds while S_S chips away taking 10 magic arrows to kill a Flesh Beast.

[highlight]Shadow_Salad, level 66 Defencemancer, River of Flame next[/highlight]

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I hope to add two more Guardians (Tarantella and Hp) soon.

Forum Name     Character       Class            Location               Level
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HanShotFirst   Hadriela        Frozen Orb/TK    ==Guardian 1==           86
Tarantella     Damasque        Skirmisher       (H)World Stone Keep L.1  84
ancalagon T.B. Shatterproof    Strafer          (H)Bloody Foothills      80 RIP
Hp_Sauce       AlreadyDead     Trapper          (H)Harrogath             81
Mursilis       Jaheira         Trapsin          (H)Spider Forest         78 RIP
Drystan        Argoel          Sorceress        (H)Palace Cellar L. 3    80 RIP
scrcrw         Soapbubble      Strafeazon       (H)Far Oasis             78 RIP
kavarin        DeadTwo         BO Barb          (H)Radament              80 RIP
Lozhinge T.U.  WitherBow       MS/FA Bowazon    (H)Lut Gholein           78
Drystan        Argoel          *1.13 Sorceress  (H)Catacombs L. 2        77 RIP
crazy_bear     Britta          Trapsin          (H)Rogue Encampment      73
HanShotFirst   Mara            Traps            (N)Throne of Destruction 73 RIP
scrcrw         Kaiko           Blade Fury Asn   (N)Throne of Destruction 72 RIP
Tarantella     Amarantine      Skirmisher       (N)Throne of Destruction 72 RIP
wakiki         Shadow_Salad    Defencemancer    (N)River Of Flame        66
jiansonz       Morte           Mojo/Bonemancer  (N)Plains of Despair     65 RIP
Ohomemgrande   Josephine       ES/FO sorc       (N)Pandemonium Fortress  64
HanShotFirst   Ulquiorra-san   Bone Necro       (N)Mephisto              64 RIP
LozHinge T.U.  WitherStick     Psn Daggermancer (N)Mephisto              62 RIP
soulmanz       SparkyPancakes  Novawaller       (N)Great Marsh           58 RIP
scrcrw         Becalmed        Wind Druid       (N)Kurast Docks          58
Alfonso T.G.   TheAragorn      Ranger Paladin   (N)Tal Rasha's Tomb      59 RIP
Morathi        Drake           Fire Druid       (N)Arcane Sanctuary      58 RIP
scrcrw         Enchilada       Entrantress      (N)Coldworm The Burrower 55 RIP
HanShotFirst   Helen           FA/Strafer       (N)Halls of the Dead L.1 54 RIP
MOOsaccre      Zapsarrap       Orb/Fireball     (N)Dry Hills             53
scrcrw         Jenna           Poison Java      (N)Radament              53 RIP
Morathi        Iago            Fury/Rabies      (N)Pit Level 2           50 RIP
Bluechip       Inevitability   Sorceress        (N)Black Marsh           44 RIP
Thomh          Uzumati         Fire Claws Bear  (N)Dark Wood             49
kavarin        Roadkill        Fire/Wolf        (N)Underground Passage   49 RIP
NagisaFurukawa Rin             Strafer          (N)Underground Passage   46 RIP
Tarantella     Mortiphye       Summoner Hybrid  (N)Cold Plains           48
Mournblade     Freddie Mercury Singer           (N)Cold Plains           47
jdkerr         Lifeless        Wind Druid       (N)Rogue Encampment      48
Shaandore      Fastpoison      Rabies/Summoner  (N)Rogue Encampment      48
cenyth         Teff            ES Sorceress     Baal                     48 RIP
Alfonso T.G.   Fishyzon        Fishyzon         Baal                     48 RIP
Mournblade     Svelte_Savage   Spearazon        Baal                     41 RIP
EmperorMoo     MELIKECAKE      Concbarb         Crystalline Passage      37 RIP
Ohomemgrande   GeneralJoe      Summon Necro     Bloody Foothills         32 RIP
MOOsaccre      Wallerina       F-wall/T-storm   Diablo                   36 RIP
HanShotFirst   Scorn           Fire Druid       Diablo                   34 RIP
Mournblade     Mouse           Golemancer       Diablo                   31 RIP
Brutass        Tane            Summ/Fire Druid  Diablo                   30 RIP
nermind        EatMyBones      Bonemancer       Chaos Sanctuary          34 RIP
EmperorMoo     FineFingers     Strafezon        Chaos Sanctuary          31 RIP
wakiki         BathtubPancake  Charge/H.Freeze  River of Flame           34 RIP
pepitosari     SassyAssasin    Assassin         River of Flame           33 RIP
Brutass        Icybiatch       Frost Maiden     Mephisto                 29 RIP
Brutass        Sparkles        Lite/Orb Sorc    Bremm Sparkfist          27 RIP
MOOsaccre      Moossacre       Bowzon           Ruined Temple            32 RIP
Morathi        Alice           Valk/GA Zon      Lower Kurast             30
Zelator        WitchOfEndor    CE/Curse Necro   Flayer Jungle            29
soulmanz       SwayBabySway    Passivezon       Kurast Docks             27
Cor Blimey     Sir_Healzealot  Cowardin         Kurast Docks             25
Morathi        Blake           Zerker           Tal Rasha's Tomb         28 RIP
scrcrw         of_Worlds       Light Sorc       Tal Rasha's Tomb         26 RIP
Docturnal      Zmeli_Khat      Necromancer      Tal Rasha's Tomb         26 RIP
Brutass        Jezabelle       Javazon          Tal Rasha's Tomb         26 RIP
JayeM          Glassjaw        Barbarian        Tal Rasha's Tomb         25 RIP
Bluechip       Vitamin         Throwbarb        Tal Rasha's Tomb         23 RIP
Lostprophet    Cody            Blaze/G.Spike    Harem Level 1            24
PepitoSari     Kratos          Barbarian        Fangskin                 25 RIP
scrcrw         Clodius         Throwbarb        Maggot Lair level 3      21 RIP
Morathi        Sibella         Cold Sorc        Maggot Lair              24 RIP
JayeM          Glasscannon     Assassin         Maggot Lair              20 RIP
shizwiggle     Groth-GolemGuru Golemancer       Maggot Lair              ?? RIP
JayeM          Trixie          Bladesin         Rocky Waste              20 RIP
scottasin      Todetta         Amazon           Rocky Waste              21
holiecows      HolieTraps      Assassin         Lut Gholein              21
pepitosari     KillAll         Sorceress        Lut Gholein              21
QuickDeath     CandleintheWind Javazon          Lut Gholein              20
scottasin      Toddetta        Amazon           Lut Gholein              20
Jason Maher    Lurz            Summoning Druid  Lut Gholein              20
Ganoidyn       Arvon           Psn Novamancer   Lut Gholein              19
Bluechip       Murderherder    Hunter Druid     Lut Gholein              19
scrcrw         Summer          Blizzsorc        Andariel                 19 RIP
EmperorMoo     Magrat_Garlick  Trapsin          Andariel                 18 RIP
Myth           RAWR            Throwbarb        Inner Cloister           19
JayeM          GlassEye        Necromancer      Jail Level 2             17 RIP
Galningen      KingLeoric      Bonemancer       Jail Level 1             19
UllaV          Tilsit          Blizballer       Jail Level 1             18 RIP
sirpoopsalot   QuestionMarks   ES/GS Sorc       Barracks                 18 RIP
Brutass        Snatch          Trapsin          Barracks                 18 RIP
Ganoidyn       Arvon           Psn Novamancer   Barracks                 17 RIP
Bluechip       Sickness        Poison Javazon   Barracks                 15 RIP
MOOsaccre      VikingJoe       Conc/Find Item   Outer Cloister           17 RIP
Skjoldmose     Nico            Fire Trapsin     Outer Cloister           16
NagisaFurukawa Isumi           Trapper          Forgotten Tower          15 RIP
Docturnal      Toxarys         Strafezon        Black Marsh              15 RIP
XxUberStarxX   Inevitable      Chargadin        Stony Field              12
mattinm        TomCruise       Leap/Howl/Ward   Stony FIeld              12
Docturnal      Papa_Bear       Wearbear Druid   Cold Plains              12
NagisaFurukawa Kirei           Bonemancer       Cold Plains              8
Lostprophet    Bill            Fred Phelpsin    Cold Plains              8
Galningen      Blade           Bf/Light Traps   Cold Plains              6
EmperorMoo     BraveSirRobin   Mojomancer       Cold Plains              6
MOOsaccre      Kharne          Fireclaws Bear   Cold Plains              6
Brutass        Sparky          Lite/Orb Sorc    Den of Evil              6  RIP
Kefka          Fergie          Trappa           Rogue Encampment         1
maareek        DeathtoCurtains Berserker        Rogue Encampment         1
Machete        Benny           Bow Barb         Rogue Encampment         1
Zefimas        Susannah        Bowzon           Rogue Encampment         1
EmperorMoo     Circe           Sorceress        Rogue Encampment         1
cenyth         Cytohu          Windy Druid      Rogue Encampment         1
Docturnal      Zmeli_Khat      Poisonmancer     Rogue Encampment         1
Morathi        Aisha           Thrower/MB Asn   Rogue Encampment         1

I was just anesthetized (had a cyst removed from the inside of my lower lip), and I'm not supposed to be awake right now. So if I made some typos or errors in the table, please forgive me! (And point 'em out)

 

[kavarin]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

Thanks guys for the condolensces. I hoped DeadTwo would get further, but as usual in hard core it is the journey that is more important than the destination. It was a lot of fun. Thanks again to Wakiki for hosting the tournament.

Aw, that sucks Kavarin!
RIP DeadTwo!
That's amazing getting such a delicate melee char so far. (and vanilla too!)
It is nice to see someone else un'spirit'ed.

And this comment worries me seeing as Britta only has 380 life!
Britta is at the inner cloister WP, and just found a Tal's Mask for the merc!

CB

Cheers cb - 380 life is pretty low (are you envious of the 22 vit from spirit? ) but at least you can keep out of range of most things. Have you considered wearing the Tal's Mask yourself? 60 life and 15 res all would be pretty sweet for this tourney.

RIP DeadTwo, that is a sad end. My melee character didn't get as far as yours in this tourney - you've done very well Kavarin!

I'd say that getting a wacky build like a meleemancer to nightmare mephisto in this tourney is much more impressive than getting a BO boosted barb with war cry, bash and damage boosters like concentrate and berserk to Raddy. Great job Loz and good luck with Witherbow.

Ouch kav, RIP! Any multishot Great Mummy is scary, especially Radement. You were doing so well, too, taking down that terrifying Fana/Extra Strong/Lightning Enchanted archer. What level were you? I have you down as 80 since that's the last you reportded (after Andariel).

Congrats on being our top melee character in the tournament. Your closest live competitor is Uzumati (played by Thomh) who is in the NM Dark Wood.

Thanks mate. I was hoping for a top 5 placing, but the tourney has been so popular I barely rank top 10! The trick with the archer as with most other tough groups was to taunt the minions away, beat them up and then smack the boss from safely behind Azrael. I'd hire that guy again by the way.

Yes, I was still level 80 and experience was still fairly easy to come by at /p5.

# --

Good luck to all still standing.

Kav

 

[crazy_bear]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

Good luck in act IV Wakiki

Britta has survived her journey through act I, though I looked at the LCS and realized I misread it before, she actually only has 354 life. Talk about a total that makes you nervous all the time! Looking at this again I decided to switch gear up a bit. The bloodfists are now worn for 40 extra life!

The LI's did cause some concern, the slower ones like the hungry dead and skeletons weren't too scary, but the archers did worry me, especially the occaisonal boss like this one. She took out Azrael twice, if I'd seen the mods before I got her pinned I probably would have left her alone. Countess dropped crap of course, and ort for a rune.
I was hoping for a nice polearm or armor in the pits, but no luck

Defeating Pitspawn went better than expeted, left behind was a nice treat as well.
Then there was this nice find in jail lvl three.

That first archer was wasn't as bad as the pack at the inner cloister though. Started a new session from that wp and headed for the door. First monster spotted was a fallen with a might aura. That aura switched to a fanat aura... next thing you know azrael had run ahead, becomes cursed, and then vanishes. Uh Oh.!:surprise: Turned out there was two packs, one fallen, one archer in the cloister with Britta. No screenshots on this one! Lost Azrael a couple of times, but with the location there was no running away possible here! After this, she opened the door to the cathedral and found another fallen boss and a ghost boss pack right inside! There was a third boss pack in the left side as well. WOw!

The worst NDE was in the catacombs, cursed rat man pack one of the minions got a hit in on a cursed Britta. There was very little red left in the bulb. Ouch. After this Andy was a breeze... just run and trap. Here is Britta's reward, which was all turned to gold.

Britta's been attempting a few crafts and charm rerolls. Two Pally GC's (combat and off auras) so far. She has also collected GC's with the following:
30 lit res/ 14 life
20 cold res/ 24 life
27 fire res/ 25 life

That charm rule is sure hurting right now!

A couple of interesting ammys have also come up:
19 res all, 27 MF, and 19 res all 17 pdr. I just wish I could figure out how to make use of them!

As for the Duress, with the find of Tal's Mask, Britta would have to wear it. It would be nice not to need the Gnasher for OW/CB, but it would also take some rearranging of gear. I'm holding off to see what comes up first, a good polearm or a better armor for the Duress. I am playing rrm but not rwm mod, so unless I have a change of heart re rwm there will be no insight or obedience for Azrael.

So, it's time for act 2!

CB

 

[LozHinge the Unhinged]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

Just got chased out of the second false Tomb by an extra-fast Apparition pack. So scared I almost dropped my bow.

That's the end of full-clears for me, I'm afraid. Just as well, I guess, it's damned dangerous out there!

Onwards and upwards.

[highlight]WitherBow, MS/FA Bowazon, Level 82, Tal Rasha False Tomb #3 (Hell)[/highlight]

 

[atigdng]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

Once again i find myself interested in playing this timeless game, and i realize the tournament has gone on for awhile, but hey, i could use some practice, just bought the game again, got a firewall sorc to lvl 50 without deaths through normal on p8, and well i had tons of fun, and now have access to HC yet again.

I am going to try some sort of ele druid seeing as ive never gotten one past lvl 20, I am expecting to die extremely early, seeing as its been just about 3 years since i played hc... but here goes

Zed (ele druid), lvl 1........ here goes.

 

[shizwiggle]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

ok im in.. again. Hopefully to make it past act 2 this time.

i have been playing on players 8 doing almost full clears so far.

Decided to play a druid called Oozey and abuse my love for poison creeper, so the first 20 skills of course went into poison creeper :crazyeyes: luckily i also found this wicked helm so i had a level 23 creeper at level 20! fun! i was a bit worried about andariel with barely any life and nothing but a creeper and rogue merc but she seemed to get distracted by the creeper and tried to attack it, thankfully at this point in the game a level 23 creeper is a tank with 325 life, ha. This allowed me to pluck away at her life using this.

im planning on going for some points in lycanthropy and then on to rabies next!

 

[atigdng]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

I have had similar results as shizwiggle here, got to andy at lvl 20, and had my merc tank, using a bow pretty much the whole time, cept i always have one sapphire in my bows just in case i need to kite, As of right now zed is fearless around magic users, he has a very powerful cyclone armor, and thats all for skills for him so far.

Waiting patiently for lvl 24 to start using tornado... if i make it that far, but with a decent act 2 merc, it should be fairly smooth sailing. No real NDE really so far, just a few scary moments where i got a pack of spectral archers, had to play dodge ball for a bit.

time for some sleep for me will do tomorrow, act 2 with 89 health should be fun.

zed lvl 21 ele druid.

 

[scrcrw]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

@atigdng You know that Spirits and Vines don't count as summons? So you could get an Oak Sage for more life and the two first vines for poison (useful if your merc doesn't have any source of pmh) and corpse disposal.
Not that you'll need any help in Normal and NM. As you probably know, synergized Tornado is insanely strong (except for the Maggot Lair, I'd recommend a Pelt with +boulder in there).
I'm still annoyed that I stupidly killed mine in A5NM, he could have done well in Hell.

 

[atigdng]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

@scrcrw Yes i did actually, i had one point in my life spirit since having access to it, and seeing as i had nothing else to use my mana with, he was chain cast as a decoy to give us range, thanks for the tips, and yea its been awhile, i know tornado looks good synergized on paper... i just have yet to try it!

At lvl 18 i used the imbue quest and got +1 to carrion vine helm, which i am using now aswell, makes those packs of rezzing mobs easier, if i cant get to the shaman itself. I was hoping for an early + to boulders personally, just to help lvling, cause ive used this spell to get to nightmare for some other tournament as a fire druid, but no drops at all.

 

[crazy_bear]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

Well, I'm not sure what to think about this so I'll throw it out to the rest of the participants and Wakiki of course:
Britta had just entered the last of the false tombs before entering the real tomb to take on Duriel. It turned out this one had beetles in it and a large group came toward Britta. The ignore merc bug kicked in so I was having a hard time keeping them back and Britta aggroed a few more beetles more from a second hallway. In an effort to pin them I spammed MB, forgetting the bolt effect... the computer slowly ground to a halt with the occaisonal sizzle sound and a frozen screen. Knowing what was coming I pressed a rejuv and esc to see if it would come back. When it appeared to settle I pressed esc to resume, but the bolts on screen immediately had it locked again, I pressed rejuv a couple more times, and esc again. With no possible escape from screen lock I decided to exit.
I feel dumb for forgetting that MB would cause that problem, and since Britta would have died in the screen lock I imagine this should count as S&E to avoid death. But it also seems somehow wrong that she should die due to the game locking in this way.
What is everyone else's opinion?

CB

 

[LozHinge the Unhinged]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

On your own conscience be it, is my thought.

If the game has become unplayable due to lag, computer meltdown, something that occurs outside of the proper mechanics of the game, I would feel justified in restarting the session. However, that would not apply if I had done something that I know would cause the computer crash, to avoid a sticky situation - manipulating the game unfairly.

In other words, if you didn't engineer the situation, you should feel OK about continuing with Britta.

My opinion.

 

[wakiki]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

Nonsense! Your character is fine. As Loz said, as long as you don't do it on purpose, it's A-OK.

I didn't even know about this bug. Does it happen every time you cast Mind Blast on the lightning bugs?

By the way, welcome to the tournament, atigdng! And thanks for rejoining, shiz. Did you see my post above where I asked about your character's level in the Maggot Lair?

 

[crazy_bear]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

I didn't even know about this bug. Does it happen every time you cast Mind Blast on the lightning bugs?

I believe this is a problem that happens when there are too many bolts for the game to handle properly. I MB'd probably 6 or 7 beetles probably 6 or 8 times leading to .... roughly some 200ish bolts. Happily I can be sure that very few of these would have actually hit Britta!

...However, that would not apply if I had done something that I know would cause the computer crash...

This is why I'm concerned, I definitely didn't mean to cause this, but on the other hand I should have known better so I feel my actions did cause the crash. CoS would have been a much better option... damn hindsight! :doh:

On your own conscience be it, is my thought.

And this is why I love the SPF forum. You can trust people to play the game fairly on their word. :thumbup:

Well, I can honestly say that Britta would be fine if the screen hadn't locked. However, I also feel I did cause it to happen, by poor application of MB. I'm thinking I will keep Britta going but of course not re-enter that last false tomb (no Ancient Kaa for her.) I feel she is tainted by this but with the amount invested in a char at this point I just can't let her go to an event like this.

Wish Britta luck vs Duriel!
CB

 

[atigdng]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

Thanks for the welcomes ery'one, alas bad news for zed, it seems he was one shot unbeknownst to me by the summoner at lvl 26, i had even refreshed cyclone armor... but i am not entirely too disappointed, i was about to kill myself onpurpose with the way tornado only has 4 paths to follow... yea not fun at all, fairly miserable spell to use! Its great when it works though.

i am going to give this another go around though, this time going to try the fire portion of the druid tree. Bowling just might be my type of thing.

Solarfury lvl 1 druid... hoping to get past act 2 this time!

 

[LozHinge the Unhinged]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

Good luck to Britta - she's fully legit in my book, for what it's worth!

I have a few false tombs to clear myself, but I won't be re-visiting the one with the supersonic Apparitions. No thank you.

 

[Hp_Sauce]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

Welcome atigdng, rip, and welcome back!

As a participant in the tournament with an old and fussy PC (See the FPS in this screenshot as an example), I agree with everyone else about crazy_bear. You can't always prevent that stuff, and it's definitely outside of the scope of difficulty intended by the game designers.

Moving on. AlreadyDead has made it to the Crystalline Passage wp. So far the monsters haven't been too tough. No Spearcats (with piercing spears), no overlapping unique monsters/auras and (believe it or not) not one single Soul on the way to Anya!!!

I was so excited that I got a little over confident and managed to put myself in a position where I got hit by a Rot Walker charge (the life bulb was actually lower than what it shows in that screen shot after the hit, but Haseen's Prayer makes it tough to get a really good NDE screenshot). Had I been sober I probably would have crapped myself. Luckily I had a pretty good glow on, so instead of crapping myself, I said "oops" and took a screenshot (and no, I did not drink a potion, I waited for Prayer to fill her back up... Bad, BAD habit!).

I had been dreading this place, but without Souls it was much nicer! Though still dangerous. With large packs of Witches to deal with. And at least 4 different Evil Urns to open (I have such a love-hate relationship with these things).

Frozenstein became Deadstein and Anya was rescued.

The Abaddon was also cleared. I was nervous going in, but we managed to muddle through.

We read Mala's resistance scroll and basically that let me take off a few charms to free up some more inventory space. No screenshot and just working from memory here, but I believe her resists are now 50/50/48/47, which is decent enough I guess. Would really like to find a new pair of glove. And still searching for a 'insight' worthy 4os poleaxe!

[highlight]AlreadyDead, Trapper, Crystalline Passage wp, Level 81[/highlight]

-hps

 

[crazy_bear]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

Almost there HP, I'm really hoping for a guardian out of AlreadyDead!

As for me... now my computer actually has died. Looks like a power supply problem so hopefully it will be as simple as swapping in a new one, but until either I can do that or recover the data from the hard drive all my D2 will be on hold. :rant:

CB

 

[Hp_Sauce]

Re: The Certain Death Tournament.

Almost there HP, I'm really hoping for a guardian out of AlreadyDead!
...

You and me both!

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As for me... now my computer actually has died. Looks like a power supply problem so hopefully it will be as simple as swapping in a new one, but until either I can do that or recover the data from the hard drive all my D2 will be on hold. :rant:

I really hope that you are able to recover your data and continue with the tournament! I would also like to see you're Guardian thread!

@LozHinge the Unhinged: (I love your forum name btw), I am sorry to see the loss of your 'full clear' status. I expect the full clear OCD was probably strong in you, but I am glad that you decided to live to fight another day, rather than go back and die to the supersonic Apparitions (good choice!).

I ventured into Nihlathak's area tonight. The entrance is always stressful, and Pindle was LI but he died.

We found a Wizard Spike, which is pretty much useless for this character but still a fun find. I did consider wearing it, as it would free up a LOT of other gear areas for other things not related to resist, but the +2 all skills from 'spirit' is just too useful.

I'm surprised it took this long, but I finally found my first one of these (sold it).
Only 1 Evil Urn in this area.
WP, yay!
Wish I could wear this.

And we haven't really moved forward WP wise (technically), but AlreadyDead did gain a level, so...

[highlight]AlreadyDead, Trapper, Crystalline Passage WP, level 82[/highlight]

-hps