The Tournament of the Ring.

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Milb            Toimli the Dwarf          2        78     [H] Tower Cellar Lvl 5
Greenmind       Sallazar the Sorcerer     1        58     [NM] Harrogath
Wolron          Sathien Greenleaf the Elf 1        50     [NM] Rogue Encampment
Colony          Nalbur the Dwarf          0        44     [NM] Dry Hills
AlterEgo        Fiwen Peredhil the Elf    0        34     Crystalline Passage
Zarfen          Kali the Dwarf            0        25     Spider Cavern
Jungleboy       Pallando the Sorcerer     0        24     Lut Gholein
MadMachine      Freogis the Human         0        22     Dry Hills
Nightstalker    Luthien the Elf           0        18     Black Marsh      
Cormallon       Baldo the Hobbit          0        15     Black Marsh
Dahkar          Thorin the Dwarf          0        14     Tristram
Matrixnetuk     Mungo The Hobbit          0        14     Inner Cloister
Freekje         Pilosus the Dwarf         0        13     Jail lvl 1
ANAT            Kramer the Sorcerer       0         4     Den of Evil
 
Resting In Peace
Deadbob         Tilion the Sorcerer       1        55     [NM] Chaos Sanctuary
Sint Nikolaas   Fiaan the Elf             1        59     [NM] City of the Damned
Aerwynd         Aerwynd the Sorcerer      1        64     [NM] Catacombs lvl 4
Hoop76          Gandhoop the Sorcerer     0        48     [NM] Act 1
Spellreaver     Milar the Sorcerer        0        33     Fridgid Highlands
jjscud          Renar the Dwarf           0        28     Arreat Plateau
OneFromBeyond   Drebo the Hobbit          0        23     Act 3
Ropepaelgen     Garin the Human           0        20     Duriel
IRoK            Nulir the Dwarf           0        18     Lost City

Thanks for all the congrats, much appreciated :blush:

Loaded up Toimli in Hell for the first time earlier, he looks pretty health, 75/60/75/40 res after BC, 2.5k HP and 200 Mana after BO, but pretty low damage and AR.

I felt pretty confident walking out into the Blood Moor.... straight away walked into a unique pack of Zombies, unique Devilkin and Champion/Ghostly Zombie pack thinking to myself this should be easy... a couple of Full Rejuvs later I changed my mind :shocked:

Thankfully that seemed to have got it out of my system and I have calmed down a bit now. I have rolled a nice Countess map and I can run to the bottom level pretty quickly, stopping occassionally to Howl when necessary. Done approximately 10 runs, best rune so far is a Dol, however, I found a Tals Ammy off the Countess (posted in the ITF) and a MA Skiller with 1 max damage which popped out of a grave.

My stash is still extremely full and I rerolled a SC I found, only took 6 pgems to roll the Vita suffix (+19) which I was more than happy to keep.

Think I will call it a night now as I'm getting a bit tired.

Quick question: What level do I need to be to have a chance at gambling/shopping Berserker Axes? Is the formula the same as the gambling one on the AS for percentage chance of upgrading to exceptional/elite?

Good luck to all
 
Wow! Milb you've progressed very well...I thought Dwarves had a disadvantage with only axes seeing as I died at level 18...Maybe i'm not good at Hardcore :laugh:

Time to practice :smiley:
 
Hmmm, now I am going to have to apologise for being too lucky....

I just gambled this whilst looking for a nice LL + res rare ring :laugh:

No real progress apart from that, I think I have decided to run the Countess until I get a Lem or Um and I will make a nice armor from it (Treachery or Duress). I have found a couple of nice items this morning, another SC of Vita (20 life :smiley: ) and an eth Bill which I made into another Insight, the Grim Scythe needed too much dexerity and I had to waste the Helm space with a Artisan's Crown with assorted Emeralds in just to wear it. I have replaced the Helm with a Blood Helm, nothing special, just 3ll.
 
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Milb            Toimli the Dwarf          2        78     [H] Tower Cellar Lvl 5
Greenmind       Sallazar the Sorcerer     1        58     [NM] Harrogath
Wolron          Sathien Greenleaf the Elf 1        50     [NM] Rogue Encampment
Colony          Nalbur the Dwarf          0        52     [NM] Lost City
AlterEgo        Fiwen Peredhil the Elf    0        34     Crystalline Passage
Zarfen          Kali the Dwarf            0        25     Spider Cavern
Jungleboy       Pallando the Sorcerer     0        24     Lut Gholein
MadMachine      Freogis the Human         0        22     Dry Hills
Nightstalker    Luthien the Elf           0        18     Black Marsh      
Cormallon       Baldo the Hobbit          0        15     Black Marsh
Dahkar          Thorin the Dwarf          0        14     Tristram
Matrixnetuk     Mungo The Hobbit          0        14     Inner Cloister
Freekje         Pilosus the Dwarf         0        13     Jail lvl 1
ANAT            Kramer the Sorcerer       0         4     Den of Evil
 
Resting In Peace
Deadbob         Tilion the Sorcerer       1        55     [NM] Chaos Sanctuary
Sint Nikolaas   Fiaan the Elf             1        59     [NM] City of the Damned
Aerwynd         Aerwynd the Sorcerer      1        64     [NM] Catacombs lvl 4
Hoop76          Gandhoop the Sorcerer     0        48     [NM] Act 1
Spellreaver     Milar the Sorcerer        0        33     Fridgid Highlands
jjscud          Renar the Dwarf           0        28     Arreat Plateau
OneFromBeyond   Drebo the Hobbit          0        23     Act 3
Ropepaelgen     Garin the Human           0        20     Duriel
IRoK            Nulir the Dwarf           0        18     Lost City

Baal hates me:mad:

After doing Baal runs from ~lvl46 to lvl 52, around 50 runs I think, I still don't have a ring, which with a 1/24 chance of one dropping each run I'm getting slightly annoyed about. If he keeps this up I'll still be running him for a ring at lvl60:sad2:
 
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Milb            Toimli the Dwarf          2        79     [H] Tower Cellar Lvl 5
Greenmind       Sallazar the Sorcerer     1        58     [NM] Harrogath
Wolron          Sathien Greenleaf the Elf 1        50     [NM] Rogue Encampment
Colony          Nalbur the Dwarf          0        52     [NM] Lost City
AlterEgo        Fiwen Peredhil the Elf    0        34     Crystalline Passage
Zarfen          Kali the Dwarf            0        25     Spider Cavern
Jungleboy       Pallando the Sorcerer     0        24     Lut Gholein
MadMachine      Freogis the Human         0        22     Dry Hills
Nightstalker    Luthien the Elf           0        18     Black Marsh      
Cormallon       Baldo the Hobbit          0        15     Black Marsh
Dahkar          Thorin the Dwarf          0        14     Tristram
Matrixnetuk     Mungo The Hobbit          0        14     Inner Cloister
Freekje         Pilosus the Dwarf         0        13     Jail lvl 1
ANAT            Kramer the Sorcerer       0         4     Den of Evil
 
Resting In Peace
Deadbob         Tilion the Sorcerer       1        55     [NM] Chaos Sanctuary
Sint Nikolaas   Fiaan the Elf             1        59     [NM] City of the Damned
Aerwynd         Aerwynd the Sorcerer      1        64     [NM] Catacombs lvl 4
Hoop76          Gandhoop the Sorcerer     0        48     [NM] Act 1
Spellreaver     Milar the Sorcerer        0        33     Fridgid Highlands
jjscud          Renar the Dwarf           0        28     Arreat Plateau
OneFromBeyond   Drebo the Hobbit          0        23     Act 3
Ropepaelgen     Garin the Human           0        20     Duriel
IRoK            Nulir the Dwarf           0        18     Lost City

Colony: I was running Norm Baal for god knows how many times, I didn't keep track of the numbers but I checked my earlier posts and I went from lvl 39 to lvl 54, all on players1. Just keep at it, the exp is always useful if nothing else, Baal can also drop some half decent weapons and they could get you through NM. Out of interest, what weapons do you use now?

Toimli is still running the Countess, exp is good even at p1 and I have put another lvl and a half on him, no Um or Lem yet but I did find an Ist!!! :laugh: There's a screenie posted in the IFT, any suggestions for using it will be welcome, I can't see anything yet, unless I stumble across a HR or maybe make a Delerium for my merc.
 
IRoK said:
Atleast you got to Baal colony :grin:

Not before almost dying at ~lvl9 to Rakanishu:wink3:

Milb: Weapons ATM are a Malice War Axe and a rare War Axe. I have the runes for Honor, but need to get to act 3 to be able to get a Naga before I make it really. I might look for a 5/6 socket Axe to fill with Shaels too, to get up to a 5 frame attack, and keep Honor in the other hand. Baal did drop a nice Kelpie Snare for my merc though, so my killing speed isn't too terrible.

Nice find on that Ist too. I'd keep it in a stash for now, they're needed for a few RWs, but I think Delirium might be the best use if you don't have any HRs.
 
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Milb            Toimli the Dwarf          2        79     [H] Tower Cellar Lvl 5
Greenmind       Sallazar the Sorcerer     1        58     [NM] Harrogath
Wolron          Sathien Greenleaf the Elf 1        50     [NM] Rogue Encampment
Colony          Nalbur the Dwarf          0        52     [NM] Lost City
AlterEgo        Fiwen Peredhil the Elf    0        34     Crystalline Passage
Zarfen          Kali the Dwarf            0        25     Spider Cavern
Cormallon       Baldo the Hobbit          0        24     Kurast Docks
Jungleboy       Pallando the Sorcerer     0        24     Lut Gholein
MadMachine      Freogis the Human         0        22     Dry Hills
Nightstalker    Luthien the Elf           0        18     Black Marsh      
Dahkar          Thorin the Dwarf          0        14     Tristram
Matrixnetuk     Mungo The Hobbit          0        14     Inner Cloister
Freekje         Pilosus the Dwarf         0        13     Jail lvl 1
ANAT            Kramer the Sorcerer       0         4     Den of Evil
 
Resting In Peace
Deadbob         Tilion the Sorcerer       1        55     [NM] Chaos Sanctuary
Sint Nikolaas   Fiaan the Elf             1        59     [NM] City of the Damned
Aerwynd         Aerwynd the Sorcerer      1        64     [NM] Catacombs lvl 4
Hoop76          Gandhoop the Sorcerer     0        48     [NM] Act 1
Spellreaver     Milar the Sorcerer        0        33     Fridgid Highlands
jjscud          Renar the Dwarf           0        28     Arreat Plateau
OneFromBeyond   Drebo the Hobbit          0        23     Act 3
Ropepaelgen     Garin the Human           0        20     Duriel
IRoK            Nulir the Dwarf           0        18     Lost City

Baldo, in some towns also known as The Shadow, went on, together with his companion Annor. Annor proved himself talented enough to get trained by Baldo... don't ask what this training is, it should be enough to notice that Baldo stands back while Annor fights the minions of the dark.

They reached an abandoned cloister, and there came the first challenge. One of the ring wraiths, disguised as a terrible demon, lay in wait. Baldo cast a shadow of himself and directed Annor to fight him, while he watched their back. The battle was fierce, but quite short. The wraith was sent back to where it came from.

Afterwards, Baldo and Annor went on into the desert, looking for some artefacts that could help them finding the one ring. They acquired a magical cube and a staff that supposedly opened a secret path towards the place where the ring is kept. It turned out to be a trap though, and another Wraith ambushed them. This one obviously got warned by their former victory, and Baldo had to take the dead body of Annor back to town for speacial treatment a couple of times. He had to use all his resouces, but again victory was on Baldo's side.

The small party went to the city of Kurast, taking a break and recover their strengths.
 
Fiwen defeated Baal, and his quest drop presents our archer the Skystrike. Sweet! On just her 14th run, she sees a magical ring in the pile - success! Wait..the program has paused...

*minimizes D2*
*sees diablo error mesage - Assertion Failure - missle distance error (or some such nonsense)*
*clears message - D2 closes*
:shocked:

Ok, that ticks me off! I'm not excited about the possiblility of having to run Baal another 20-30 times to find another ring! Would it be acceptable to put an asterisk by Fiwen's first ring and move on? :undecided: *fingers crossed*

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Milb            Toimli the Dwarf          2        79     [H] Tower Cellar Lvl 5
Greenmind       Sallazar the Sorcerer     1        58     [NM] Harrogath
AlterEgo        Fiwen Peredhil the Elf    1*       46     [NM] Rogue Encampment
Wolron          Sathien Greenleaf the Elf 1        50     [NM] Rogue Encampment
Colony          Nalbur the Dwarf          0        52     [NM] Lost City
Zarfen          Kali the Dwarf            0        25     Spider Cavern
Cormallon       Baldo the Hobbit          0        24     Kurast Docks
Jungleboy       Pallando the Sorcerer     0        24     Lut Gholein
MadMachine      Freogis the Human         0        22     Dry Hills
Nightstalker    Luthien the Elf           0        18     Black Marsh      
Dahkar          Thorin the Dwarf          0        14     Tristram
Matrixnetuk     Mungo The Hobbit          0        14     Inner Cloister
Freekje         Pilosus the Dwarf         0        13     Jail lvl 1
ANAT            Kramer the Sorcerer       0         4     Den of Evil
 
Resting In Peace
Deadbob         Tilion the Sorcerer       1        55     [NM] Chaos Sanctuary
Sint Nikolaas   Fiaan the Elf             1        59     [NM] City of the Damned
Aerwynd         Aerwynd the Sorcerer      1        64     [NM] Catacombs lvl 4
Hoop76          Gandhoop the Sorcerer     0        48     [NM] Act 1
Spellreaver     Milar the Sorcerer        0        33     Fridgid Highlands
jjscud          Renar the Dwarf           0        28     Arreat Plateau
OneFromBeyond   Drebo the Hobbit          0        23     Act 3
Ropepaelgen     Garin the Human           0        20     Duriel
IRoK            Nulir the Dwarf           0        18     Lost City
 
That blows AE...

:hurls on d2 disc:

LoL --> IMO, you are a VERY trustworthy d2 forumite, so I say yes you found two rings... BUT --> Only one thing... I'm not the Tourney starter... Sooooo, it's up to Sint...

But, for good measure, I would say run Baal for another Ring... maybe that one will be rare or set or unique, and hopefully something you can use :grin:
 
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Milb            Toimli the Dwarf          2        79     [H] Tower Cellar Lvl 5
Greenmind       Sallazar the Sorcerer     1        58     [NM] Harrogath
Colony          Nalbur the Dwarf          1        59     [NM] Lost City
AlterEgo        Fiwen Peredhil the Elf    1*       46     [NM] Rogue Encampment
Wolron          Sathien Greenleaf the Elf 1        50     [NM] Rogue Encampment
Zarfen          Kali the Dwarf            0        25     Spider Cavern
Cormallon       Baldo the Hobbit          0        24     Kurast Docks
Jungleboy       Pallando the Sorcerer     0        24     Lut Gholein
MadMachine      Freogis the Human         0        22     Dry Hills
Nightstalker    Luthien the Elf           0        18     Black Marsh      
Dahkar          Thorin the Dwarf          0        14     Tristram
Matrixnetuk     Mungo The Hobbit          0        14     Inner Cloister
Freekje         Pilosus the Dwarf         0        13     Jail lvl 1
ANAT            Kramer the Sorcerer       0         4     Den of Evil
 
Resting In Peace
Deadbob         Tilion the Sorcerer       1        55     [NM] Chaos Sanctuary
Sint Nikolaas   Fiaan the Elf             1        59     [NM] City of the Damned
Aerwynd         Aerwynd the Sorcerer      1        64     [NM] Catacombs lvl 4
Hoop76          Gandhoop the Sorcerer     0        48     [NM] Act 1
Spellreaver     Milar the Sorcerer        0        33     Fridgid Highlands
jjscud          Renar the Dwarf           0        28     Arreat Plateau
OneFromBeyond   Drebo the Hobbit          0        23     Act 3
Ropepaelgen     Garin the Human           0        20     Duriel
IRoK            Nulir the Dwarf           0        18     Lost City
About bloody time

About 100 normal Baal runs is not my idea of fun:sad2:

The ring itself is completely useless:

Felicitous Ring
Required Level: 3
Unidentified
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 60
Fingerprint: 0x59f503b4
5% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
 
It's ok AE, make the ''1*'' into a ''1'' the next time you update and just play on. My tournament didn't include D2 crashes, if you'd died in act 2 or something about this you could restart too so.
Finally Col, now move on! It's a shame it took so long..
 
Thanks Sint, I appreciate that :cool:

Colony, you are extremely dedicated to this tourney, and deserve some sort of award! I don't think I would have hung in there for 100 norm Baal runs. Probably would have retired my entry well before then!
 
The experience was actually still reasonable even in the late 50s, and I had enough LL to be able to do the runs whilst half asleep so apart from the frustration it wasn't too bad:undecided:

I've got lots of shiny new toys as well, an Honor Naga, a ~100ED/20IAS Naga, giving decent damage (~400-600/~400-900 with Might), and a Circlet with Res All/LL/FRW I imbued:grin:

I'm about to get Act4 over with now, which of course means dealing with IM and OKs. I'd better be careful...
 
Congrats colony, 100 runs is ridiculous, I think I did about 40-50 on each difficulty for mine. OKs aren't too bad if you have a good level Warcry, make sure you aren't IM'ed then just stun and kill them, I've had no problems doing it like that so far.

Congrats to AE as well, I don't think anyone doubts you got the ring so it would have been stupid if you had to find another.

I chickened out with the Ist, I've muled it off the char into a stash so I can use it in the future, I can't see any use of it at the moment and I don't want to die and lose it :wink3:

I seem to have Countess runs sorted now, I'm half tempted to try and get the runes for an Oath then go find an eth Small Crescent, I will see what the next 50 or so runs yield and decide from there. I'm pretty positive I want a Treachery now, I checked my char with no Vipermagi on and I still have resists in the 40+ so I'm not going to get killed before Fade kicks in. I gambled a nice triple resist with mana leech ring as well, my resists are 75/75/75/73 now :grin:
 
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Milb            Toimli the Dwarf          2        79     [H] Tower Cellar Lvl 5
Greenmind       Sallazar the Sorcerer     1        58     [NM] Harrogath
Colony          Nalbur the Dwarf          1        61     [NM] Harrogath
AlterEgo        Fiwen Peredhil the Elf    1        46     [NM] Rogue Encampment
Wolron          Sathien Greenleaf the Elf 1        50     [NM] Rogue Encampment
Zarfen          Kali the Dwarf            0        25     Spider Cavern
Cormallon       Baldo the Hobbit          0        24     Kurast Docks
Jungleboy       Pallando the Sorcerer     0        24     Lut Gholein
MadMachine      Freogis the Human         0        22     Dry Hills
Nightstalker    Luthien the Elf           0        18     Black Marsh      
Dahkar          Thorin the Dwarf          0        14     Tristram
Matrixnetuk     Mungo The Hobbit          0        14     Inner Cloister
Freekje         Pilosus the Dwarf         0        13     Jail lvl 1
ANAT            Kramer the Sorcerer       0         4     Den of Evil
 
Resting In Peace
Deadbob         Tilion the Sorcerer       1        55     [NM] Chaos Sanctuary
Sint Nikolaas   Fiaan the Elf             1        59     [NM] City of the Damned
Aerwynd         Aerwynd the Sorcerer      1        64     [NM] Catacombs lvl 4
Hoop76          Gandhoop the Sorcerer     0        48     [NM] Act 1
Spellreaver     Milar the Sorcerer        0        33     Fridgid Highlands
jjscud          Renar the Dwarf           0        28     Arreat Plateau
OneFromBeyond   Drebo the Hobbit          0        23     Act 3
Ropepaelgen     Garin the Human           0        20     Duriel
IRoK            Nulir the Dwarf           0        18     Lost City
Milb said:
OKs aren't too bad if you have a good level Warcry, make sure you aren't IM'ed then just stun and kill them, I've had no problems doing it like that so far.
I chose the "run around madly casting War Cry, whilst letting my merc kill everything" route:grin:

Everything looks good for my character so far, resists are 75/43/75/75, 1.9k life, and the rest of my stat points can all go into vit. Not being allowed blocking's actually helped a bit, letting me get away with having about 65 total Dex:tongue:

I'm still lacking any CB however, so I might have to make Strength and keep it on swotch for bosses, or get crafting. HF did give me a Pul though, so that's half a Duress at least.

AE: I took the star off your rings column as well
 
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Milb            Toimli the Dwarf          2        80     [H] Inner Cloister    
Greenmind       Sallazar the Sorcerer     1        58     [NM] Harrogath
Colony          Nalbur the Dwarf          1        61     [NM] Harrogath
AlterEgo        Fiwen Peredhil the Elf    1        46     [NM] Rogue Encampment
Wolron          Sathien Greenleaf the Elf 1        50     [NM] Rogue Encampment
Zarfen          Kali the Dwarf            0        25     Spider Cavern
Cormallon       Baldo the Hobbit          0        24     Kurast Docks
Jungleboy       Pallando the Sorcerer     0        24     Lut Gholein
MadMachine      Freogis the Human         0        22     Dry Hills
Nightstalker    Luthien the Elf           0        18     Black Marsh      
Dahkar          Thorin the Dwarf          0        14     Tristram
Matrixnetuk     Mungo The Hobbit          0        14     Inner Cloister
Freekje         Pilosus the Dwarf         0        13     Jail lvl 1
ANAT            Kramer the Sorcerer       0         4     Den of Evil
 
Resting In Peace
Deadbob         Tilion the Sorcerer       1        55     [NM] Chaos Sanctuary
Sint Nikolaas   Fiaan the Elf             1        59     [NM] City of the Damned
Aerwynd         Aerwynd the Sorcerer      1        64     [NM] Catacombs lvl 4
Hoop76          Gandhoop the Sorcerer     0        48     [NM] Act 1
Spellreaver     Milar the Sorcerer        0        33     Fridgid Highlands
jjscud          Renar the Dwarf           0        28     Arreat Plateau
OneFromBeyond   Drebo the Hobbit          0        23     Act 3
Ropepaelgen     Garin the Human           0        20     Duriel
IRoK            Nulir the Dwarf           0        18     Lost City

colony said:
I chose the "run around madly casting War Cry, whilst letting my merc kill everything" route:grin:

Also a sound tactic :laugh: Your char looks similar to mine at that point in the game, it looks like I have spent more in Str and Dex than you though so you will probably end up having more life than me in the end.

Decided to push on from the countess. I will try and get to the Hellforge relatively quickly and see what rune I get, if it's bad I will go back to the countess for a bit :wink3:

Time for bed now anyways, good luck to all!
 
I think we should let the AE ring inciddent slide. AE was is a great forumite and great ex-mod.
 
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