Hiatus hit level 95.
Thanks to
@T72on1 for feedback on the merc. She switched over to HF and made Treachery and it made a big difference. She switched around merc gear until finally finding a good combo. Like
@T72on1, I found that Treachery with the Delirium didn’t work well due to lack of life leach. Resists are also only 58@ for fire, lightning and poison (level 94 merc), and confuse from Delirium wasn’t enough to keep him safe. Although I think it will be useful if she makes it to level 98 and decides to run Nil.
Andy’s ended up working best among the options, and the faster attack on Delirium and Andy’s seemed to make a big difference in how the merc leeches. Hiatus finally ditched the Tal’s armor, as I recognized +skills would help and the focus on MF was impacting kill speed. So she adjusted charms, added Vipermagi and it made a huge difference. First, the faster cast gained breakpoint for teleport, which sped up the runs noticeably. Second, all resists were now maxed and the extra skill point seemed to improve survivability and reduce need for repositioning between Blizzard drops near the seals.
The change in merc also led to a much better (but more dangerous map). There are between 1-3 boss mobs in the area immediately to the left of the pentagram on the way to Vizier’s seal, with sometimes up to 2 additional bosses around the seal. Then there are up to 2 other bosses on way to Infector or around his seal. She had one death when playing around with gear combos, which was annoying, but the body recovery kit worked to minimize XP loss.
Generally, she picked up all flawless gems, charms, jewels and runes, along with interesting uniques/sets and socketables. She cubed the gems as she went and rolled GCs and caster amulets as a way to keep engaged due to long stretches without exciting drops. She had 2x8 open inventory, which is going to be pared down as she gets more and better charms. At this point, there was nothing worth carrying to fill that space.
Finds were okay, with the highlight a new skiller. Early on I hoped that she had gotten a
game changer, but it turned out to be a Veil of Steel.
She then lucked out with GC rolling, hitting a
Chilling GC of Sustenance. That’s her second skiller (other is plain). A
Gul dropped fairly early on, with an Um and a Pul the only other runes of note for the level. About half way in, a
5/3 Cold facet dropped, which will be useful down the road. Then another good
GC reroll (Trap with + life), although it’s a shame it wasn't with Mercy. Near the end she rolled a
2/20 necro caster ammy, although the rest of the mods aren’t very good.
That’s it. She going to take a little break in LK, with a goal of another 100 runes. Hopefully there will be some charm upgrades, with more GC rerolling included. If she’s lucky, she will find another Sur or a Ber and be able to make COH, which will allow some reshuffling of belt and gloves plus another + skill (although she also needs an Ist, I think).
Congrats to
@Neksja for the great progress. After completing the LK runs with Hiatus, I need to return to Mercy so she get to 97 before you do.
Table Update below.
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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 99 No - - - -
Pb_pal Eleanor SC Sorc 99 No 3068 437 5 -
NanoMist Izuna SC Sin 98.7 No 4441 465 4 324
T72on1 Neverland SC Sorc 97.2 Yes 2190 425 11 208.5
PhineasB Mercy SC Sin 96 Yes - 380 9 -
Neksja Aura SC Paladin 96 Yes 1134 340 - -
hasuprotoss Reina SC Sorc 95 Yes 894 316 - -
XyleneCyanol Fishie HC Sorc 95 No - - - -
PhineasB Hiatus SC Sorc 95 Yes - 345 16 -
Tarantella Tarasha HC Sorc 94 Yes - - - -
Reyz Qty SC Sorc 92 No - - - -
OldSoldier Battleforge HC Pala 91 Yes - 236 - -
Southpaw Njord SC Druid 90 Yes - - - -
Qwernt CanbeOnlyBlizz SC Sorc 90 Yes - - Dont want to know
LiquidClear Sally SC Assn ** Yes 225 - 1 -
liquid_mage zDadColdSorc SC Sorc ** Yes - 160 - -
Neksja Turirao SC Druid 87 Yes 191 124 5 -
Gladstone Socrates HC Druid 86 ? - - - -
MercMan Este SC Ama 86 Yes 1212 278 2 Classified
Lord Molyb Cruise_Control SC Necro 84 No 104 87 16 idk
Zenigma Ayura SC Barb 84 No - - - -
Qwernt AmaAgainstAll SC Sorc 81 Yes - - - -
Gambit Mallenroh SC Sorc 81 Yes 0 0 0 0
Zenigma Gnosis SC Druid 78 No - - - -
Jean Avila SpeedAdict SC Ama 77 No - - - 50
logo Digimon HC Nec 76 Yes 85 65 0 -
Darke Rahl Bells HC Ama 74 No 19 - 0
Vildecor Celia SC Ama 59 Yes 52 43 0 -
ioupainmax Durnik SC Paladin 52 Yes 50 42 - -
Lord Molyb Verisimilitude SC Ama 50 No 12 9 0 idk
Kitteh Darozzo HC Druid 45 No - - - -
TrU Henryk SC Barb 41 Yes - - 22 12
Gambit Colossus SC Pal 39 Yes 0 0 0 0
Smancer Smancer SC Necro 26 Yes 1 - - -
Ergroilnin Erilinda HC Sorc 20 No - - - -
TwentyMule Gaius HC Assn 17 Yes 1 - - -
The Fallen:
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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
TwentyMule Valus HC Barb 76 Yes - - 1 -
Tenecabo OldShatterhand HC Druid 49 Yes - 0 1 -
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
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