@NanoMist No, I didn't complete Ancients yet. And des, you are right about CS of course. At the time of my post, I was getting frustrated because I didn't seem to manage to become fast at CS runs. I kept on trying though, so it's already going much better now. And my conclusion: to level from 94 to 95, CS definitely is the way to go if you can handle it. Even at my mediocre pace, it went a lot faster than AT runs.
So I finally reached level 95. Once I reverted to CS full time, xp actually came quite fast. Unfortunately I managed to die in a stupid way, just 5 runs or so before hitting 95, so that cost me about an extra hour of CS runs
. I didn't even try to catch my body, I wouldn't know how to do that in CS with a naked Sorc.
Nothing fancy dropped in CS. Best rune was a Mal, so that's actually not too bad, but next highest rune was Dol I think. Or maybe a Lum. No good uniques either. I did find those 3 fun little items:
Code:
Bramble Claw
Demonhide Gloves
Defense: 54
Durability: 8 of 12
Required Level: 35
Required Strength: 20
Fingerprint: 0xed888eb8
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Martial Art Skills (Assassin Only)
+20% Increased Attack Speed
+50% Enhanced Defense
Replenish Life +5
Lightning Resist +25%
Fine Small Charm of Good Luck
Small Charm
Required Level: 33
Fingerprint: 0xd7cb7f64
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+3 to Maximum Damage
+11 to Attack Rating
7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Amber Small Charm of Balance
Small Charm
Required Level: 32
Fingerprint: 0x1346b0b9
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+5% Faster Hit Recovery
Lightning Resist +11%
I'm gonna go back to LK for a while now. A few skillers would increase my damage output a lot, so I'll be hunting for those. And good charms in general actually, as my current ones are pretty terrible. At 95, there's no use in running AT, unless maybe for items, so it's not a big loss to loose my map. And CS ... I don't think it was a great map, so that doesn't matter. Although ... I actually don't know what a good CS map is. I thought the layout was always about the same. So what makes a good CS map?
Edit: after 5 rerolls I got this map:
View attachment 3187
I think I'm going to keep it
.
I also switched from a Might merc to a Holy Freeze merc, to hopefully increase my safety.
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Name (F) Name (C) SC/HC Class Level/exp Extended Stash #of S/U Grail/504 #of deaths # of Hours
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zticazzy Perkele SC Barb 97 No - - - -
Pb_pal Eleanor SC Sorc 96 No 890 309 4 -
NanoMist Izuna SC Sin 95 No 749 311 1 136
T72on1 Neverland SC Sorc 95 Yes 459 232 11 65
PhineasB Mercy SC Sin 93 Yes - 245 8 -
Tarantella Tarasha HC Sorc 92 Yes - - - -
hasuprotoss Reina SC Sorc 91 Yes 381 217 - -
OldSoldier Battleforge HC Pala 87 Yes - 114 - -
Gambit Mallenroh SC Sorc 81 Yes 0 0 0 0
logo Digimon HC Nec 76 Yes 85 65 0 -
Darke Rahl Bells HC Ama 74 No 19 - 0 0
Southpaw Njord SC Druid 60 Yes - 0 0 -
Kitteh Cyanosis HC Assassin 45 No - - - -
Tenecabo OldShatterhand HC Druid 40 Yes - 0 0 -
Gambit Colossus SC Pal 39 YES 0 0 0 0
Ergroilnin Erilinda HC Sorc 20 No - - - -
Smancer Smancer SC Necro 26 Yes 1 - - -
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Name (F) Name (C) SC/HC Class Level/exp Extended Stash #of S/U Grail/504 #of deaths # of Hours
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coju NintyNine_orRiP HC Sorc 81 Yes - 0 0 a few
coju fB HC Sorc 29 Yes 1 1 0 2
Kitteh Verallus HC Druid 26 No N/A N/A 0 N/A
logo Rolex HC Barb 21 Yes 0 0 0 1