I have been thinking about crafting things since I started this character. The first thing I wanted to craft was hit power gloves, actually. I've long wanted to experiment with WW and knockback. I did craft a couple of War Forks, but they were terrible. If I find a magic Mancatcher, I'll definitely try crafting that.
Another character update:
I made it to hell. And it is hell. Nihlathak's temple in NM was dangerous. In fact, that's where I had 2 or 3 close calls. Those minotaurs don't play around! But I made it through. I kind of rushed it through the ancients way, because I was getting tired of NM. The ancients themselves were easy(on p8). Although there were some logistical problems.
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When you're alone and you stand in the corner, the Annoying One can't whirl you. After I was done with Madawc, I ran to another corner, and proceeded to poke The Annoying One. I used Concentrate, because WW would have caused me to leave the corner. It took forever, but I got him down. Except there was one problem. My weapon was totally broken, and I still had 1 mostly healthy ancient to go. Had to give up! I TP'ed to town, did some shopping until I found a cruel pike, and put that in my inventory, just in case.
On my second attempt, I made sure to keep Amplisa alive by feeding her potions, and I used WW more liberally. Managed to get them all down without breaking my weapon, although it was in the yellow.
After all that I rushed through the WSK, but I did fully clear the throne level. There were a lot of gloams. Thankfully, my lightning res was maxed, and battle orders made me pretty sturdy. I had to lure away minions of destruction one by one, they would have been far too much trouble all at once. And they were extra strong. But the fight went off without a hitch. Baal was really slow, hard to leech from, and just a pain in the rear. Took forever.
And after that, I'm off to hell. I'm still keeping the game on players8, unless I'm farming. Carefully went out into the Blood Moor, fought some fallen, and some zombies... And it was really tough! The fallen weren't too bad, but the zombies took forever to kill. I decided I'd go through the first quest and also get the Cold Plains WP. The Den of Evil was the hardest area in the entire game up to this point. The zombies there seemed extra extra tough. I could basically only fight them one at a time, so I had to lure them around and kite them. Howl wasn't working on them, they must be too high a level. Somehow, somehow I managed to progress. There were about 4 Gargantuan beasts in the cave, and they were like even tougher zombies. But one on one I could still take them on. Once I cleared the entire cave, except for the boss zombie pack, I realized I had no chance to kill them. I was like "oh no, after all this, I am doooooomed". I was thinking and pondering, and then I remembered: I made an Edge bow for gambling, and it was on my weapon switch. I gave it to Amplisa, and she was also wearing Face of Horror. Together those items grant 'prevent monster heal', and 'hit causes monster to flee 50%'. This let me disperse the final pack of zombies, and slowly whittle them down. Boom first quest in hell complete, and on players8!
Action shot:
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I think this character will have a vacation of a couple of days, and then I will do a few runs of Blood Moor, on players1.
Another character update:
I made it to hell. And it is hell. Nihlathak's temple in NM was dangerous. In fact, that's where I had 2 or 3 close calls. Those minotaurs don't play around! But I made it through. I kind of rushed it through the ancients way, because I was getting tired of NM. The ancients themselves were easy(on p8). Although there were some logistical problems.
View attachment 9532
When you're alone and you stand in the corner, the Annoying One can't whirl you. After I was done with Madawc, I ran to another corner, and proceeded to poke The Annoying One. I used Concentrate, because WW would have caused me to leave the corner. It took forever, but I got him down. Except there was one problem. My weapon was totally broken, and I still had 1 mostly healthy ancient to go. Had to give up! I TP'ed to town, did some shopping until I found a cruel pike, and put that in my inventory, just in case.
On my second attempt, I made sure to keep Amplisa alive by feeding her potions, and I used WW more liberally. Managed to get them all down without breaking my weapon, although it was in the yellow.
After all that I rushed through the WSK, but I did fully clear the throne level. There were a lot of gloams. Thankfully, my lightning res was maxed, and battle orders made me pretty sturdy. I had to lure away minions of destruction one by one, they would have been far too much trouble all at once. And they were extra strong. But the fight went off without a hitch. Baal was really slow, hard to leech from, and just a pain in the rear. Took forever.
And after that, I'm off to hell. I'm still keeping the game on players8, unless I'm farming. Carefully went out into the Blood Moor, fought some fallen, and some zombies... And it was really tough! The fallen weren't too bad, but the zombies took forever to kill. I decided I'd go through the first quest and also get the Cold Plains WP. The Den of Evil was the hardest area in the entire game up to this point. The zombies there seemed extra extra tough. I could basically only fight them one at a time, so I had to lure them around and kite them. Howl wasn't working on them, they must be too high a level. Somehow, somehow I managed to progress. There were about 4 Gargantuan beasts in the cave, and they were like even tougher zombies. But one on one I could still take them on. Once I cleared the entire cave, except for the boss zombie pack, I realized I had no chance to kill them. I was like "oh no, after all this, I am doooooomed". I was thinking and pondering, and then I remembered: I made an Edge bow for gambling, and it was on my weapon switch. I gave it to Amplisa, and she was also wearing Face of Horror. Together those items grant 'prevent monster heal', and 'hit causes monster to flee 50%'. This let me disperse the final pack of zombies, and slowly whittle them down. Boom first quest in hell complete, and on players8!
Action shot:
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I think this character will have a vacation of a couple of days, and then I will do a few runs of Blood Moor, on players1.
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