I did check my shortcut but it was fine. Given that I'm using FB's switcher, there is the possibility that I checked the wrong shortcut haha I will double check! Thanks 
The Untwinked Level 99 Progress Thread, Revenge of the 99ers
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It should work afterwards, when you get to fix whatever is wrong.
This is very unlikely, given your experience with the game, but you have made it in a Polearm class weapon, right? Not the classic fault of making it in a Spear type weapon which you think is a Polearm type. Been there, done that.
This is very unlikely, given your experience with the game, but you have made it in a Polearm class weapon, right? Not the classic fault of making it in a Spear type weapon which you think is a Polearm type. Been there, done that
.Haha, yes, and a variety of them. I can't find a single thing out of place and I haven't changed anything for months, so it is very strange... I will give it a couple of days, but if I can't find the issue I will probably just restart. No point stressing over pixels, and fresh starts are fun anyway
@Kitteh I also had this happen recently, but it was because I'd changed my D2 shortcut when I installed glidewrapper and forgot to add -direct -txt to the path ... of course you wouldn't do anything as shamefully stupid as this ...
@Gynli I have just made Delirium for my Act 2 merc ... and found Insight/Delirium/Treachery was less survivable than Insight/Vamp Gaze/Treachery. I'm thinking Delirium will be the better option once I get CoH for the merc and he has a source of leech on the armor but there is no need to rush to make your Delirium. I'm guessing it could work on the Rogue merc though, as they are less likely to be tanking.
You have to remember that your Merc has no leech if you’re using Delirium so you have to take more precaution managing his position. It’s quite good once you’re around 97/98 because if you’re wanting to be efficient with XP at that point you’re skipping a lot of things and just hitting very specific targets so it keeps everything else busy while you melt what you want to kill.
Hmm mk. Thanks for the tips. For now, I will stick with the obedience / grim / treachery i have currently.
On a different note, im still unsure of where to use the sockets for the final gear. I know i will use fort / razortail / loh / wartrav / cats.eye / ravenfrost / blood.ring with faith and fleshripper / stormshield on switch. Im leaning towards socketing jewel of freedom on the SS for 133(134?) str req and leaving one for wf just in case. Andy helm seems to be a popular choice but i wont need the ias because i will be using multishot and not strafe. Would the 2zon 30frw 20@ tiara worth a socket? I wonder if the soj + pskull recipe still works. Lol
On a different note, im still unsure of where to use the sockets for the final gear. I know i will use fort / razortail / loh / wartrav / cats.eye / ravenfrost / blood.ring with faith and fleshripper / stormshield on switch. Im leaning towards socketing jewel of freedom on the SS for 133(134?) str req and leaving one for wf just in case. Andy helm seems to be a popular choice but i wont need the ias because i will be using multishot and not strafe. Would the 2zon 30frw 20@ tiara worth a socket? I wonder if the soj + pskull recipe still works. Lol
So I've hit level 97 with HelpYourself without too much exciting stuff to report on. Noteworthy finds since the last update were Tal's armor (completing the set), Boneshade, Boneflame (+3/24@), 2x Head Hunter's Glory (1+2 sockets), Giant Skull (1 socket, but cool since it's a grailer, dropped together with 2nd HHG), Eschuta's (3/11/14) and another Andy's. She also found two more life/resist SCs and has 7 of those now. (Sorry didn't take screenshots of everything decent.)
She is pretty sturdy by now, avoided any deaths and rarely was in any kind of danger from 96 to 97. However I swapped quite a bit of gear after running the numbers for CM vs. Hoto again, now that she has two +1 rings she can swap in when using Hoto. Broken LI bosses do take longer with Hoto setup, but in her case it deals some ~5-20% higher damage to most other monsters, depending on their LR. Apparently that's more beneficial for these runs than sniping the broken LIs faster, or at least it makes up for that, as it was a bit faster when comparing 30 minute stretches of Baal runs.
For those interested, these are her numbers for the Hoto vs. CM comparison:
So I decided to run Hoto again, considering it also allows for so many options for other slots as well. She's now using SoJ, BKWB and the 28@ Mara's she recently found (having used BKWB, rare FCR ring and +2/FCR craft ammy before). I also swapped Aldur's boots for Waterwalk, providing the dex to use Hoto flail without hard points, more life, and the +5% max FR is nice as well. Since I didn't need FCR on gloves anymore, I also replaced Magefist with Bloodfist. These tend to fly under the radar, but I've used them on a twinked Lightning Sorc before and really like them. The 30% FHR on its own brings her to the next breakpoint (7 fpa at 86% FHR) and the 40 extra life is very nice. At this point I really want her to be as safe as possible going forward, and she now has 2684 life after BO, about 350 more than with the CM setup. I'm also considering dropping Gheed's for another +100 life. But that would basically cut in half the little MF she has, and of course having a few colorful drops from time to time provides a little bit of entertainment at least.
LCS with current setup:
I'll take a short break from runs with her now, the last stretch was a bit exhausting and that's "only" 97... Getting to 98 at Baal will take another ~40-50 hours and I don't feel like that tackling that immediately. Might play the Necromancer a bit as well, he's in A5 normal right now. Also added him below because why not.
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She is pretty sturdy by now, avoided any deaths and rarely was in any kind of danger from 96 to 97. However I swapped quite a bit of gear after running the numbers for CM vs. Hoto again, now that she has two +1 rings she can swap in when using Hoto. Broken LI bosses do take longer with Hoto setup, but in her case it deals some ~5-20% higher damage to most other monsters, depending on their LR. Apparently that's more beneficial for these runs than sniping the broken LIs faster, or at least it makes up for that, as it was a bit faster when comparing 30 minute stretches of Baal runs.
For those interested, these are her numbers for the Hoto vs. CM comparison:
CM setup: -144 ELR (-85 from Infinity, -35 from CM, -24 form Griffon's). Lightning max damage is 18075.
Hoto setup: -109 ELR; Lightning max damge is 24538.
(2 skillers in both setups)
vs 30% LR monster (I took this sort of as an average of the several 33% LR and 25% LR mob types in Throne Room)
CM: monster is at -100 LR (cap) -- 18075 * 2 = 36150
Hoto: monster has -79 LR -- 24538*1.79 = 43917.65 (+21.48% )
(Obviously any LR of less than 44% means the high amount of -ELR from CM setup is not fully utilized.)
vs 50% LR monster
CM: monster has -94 LR -- 18075 * 1.94 = 35065.5
Hoto: monster has -59 LR -- 24535*1.59 = 39010.65 (+11.25%)
vs 75% LR monster
CM: 75% monster has -69 LR -- 18075 * 1.69 = 30546.75
Hoto: monster has -34 LR -- 24538*1.34 = 32876.9 (+7.62%)
vs 105% LR monster (breakable LI)
Infinity works at 20% (-17% ELR), i.e. monster has 88% LR after Infinity and 64% after Griffon's
Hoto: monster has 64% LR -- 24538*0.36 = 8833.68
CM: monster has 29% -- 18075*0.71 = 12833.25 (+45.28%)
This really shows how good CM is against broken LIs, but also how strong Hoto is overall. CM should get better and better with more skillers, but I kind of doubt I'll collect the necessary amount with her. Then again, there's over 14,000 XP runs ahead of me.
Hoto setup: -109 ELR; Lightning max damge is 24538.
(2 skillers in both setups)
vs 30% LR monster (I took this sort of as an average of the several 33% LR and 25% LR mob types in Throne Room)
CM: monster is at -100 LR (cap) -- 18075 * 2 = 36150
Hoto: monster has -79 LR -- 24538*1.79 = 43917.65 (+21.48% )
(Obviously any LR of less than 44% means the high amount of -ELR from CM setup is not fully utilized.)
vs 50% LR monster
CM: monster has -94 LR -- 18075 * 1.94 = 35065.5
Hoto: monster has -59 LR -- 24535*1.59 = 39010.65 (+11.25%)
vs 75% LR monster
CM: 75% monster has -69 LR -- 18075 * 1.69 = 30546.75
Hoto: monster has -34 LR -- 24538*1.34 = 32876.9 (+7.62%)
vs 105% LR monster (breakable LI)
Infinity works at 20% (-17% ELR), i.e. monster has 88% LR after Infinity and 64% after Griffon's
Hoto: monster has 64% LR -- 24538*0.36 = 8833.68
CM: monster has 29% -- 18075*0.71 = 12833.25 (+45.28%)
This really shows how good CM is against broken LIs, but also how strong Hoto is overall. CM should get better and better with more skillers, but I kind of doubt I'll collect the necessary amount with her. Then again, there's over 14,000 XP runs ahead of me.
So I decided to run Hoto again, considering it also allows for so many options for other slots as well. She's now using SoJ, BKWB and the 28@ Mara's she recently found (having used BKWB, rare FCR ring and +2/FCR craft ammy before). I also swapped Aldur's boots for Waterwalk, providing the dex to use Hoto flail without hard points, more life, and the +5% max FR is nice as well. Since I didn't need FCR on gloves anymore, I also replaced Magefist with Bloodfist. These tend to fly under the radar, but I've used them on a twinked Lightning Sorc before and really like them. The 30% FHR on its own brings her to the next breakpoint (7 fpa at 86% FHR) and the 40 extra life is very nice. At this point I really want her to be as safe as possible going forward, and she now has 2684 life after BO, about 350 more than with the CM setup. I'm also considering dropping Gheed's for another +100 life. But that would basically cut in half the little MF she has, and of course having a few colorful drops from time to time provides a little bit of entertainment at least.
LCS with current setup:
I'll take a short break from runs with her now, the last stretch was a bit exhausting and that's "only" 97... Getting to 98 at Baal will take another ~40-50 hours and I don't feel like that tackling that immediately.
Might play the Necromancer a bit as well, he's in A5 normal right now. Also added him below because why not.
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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 99 No 5109 470 4 360
PhineasB Mercy SC Sin 99 Yes - 475 11 -
Neksja Aura SC Paladin 98.50 Yes 8606 464 - -
T72on1 Neverland SC Sorc 98.25 Yes 2190+? 477 13 270?
PhineasB Hiatus SC Sorc 98.25 Yes - 457 21 -
hasuprotoss Reina SC Sorc 97 Yes 1751 384 - -
ffs HelpYourself SC Sorc 97 Yes - - many ?
Tarantella Tarasha HC Sorc 96 Yes - - - -
Grim Furious_Blonde SC Ama 96 Yes - - - -
XyleneCyanol Fishie HC Sorc 95 No - - - -
ThomasJohnsen xInTheBuffx HC Sorc 95 Yes - - - -
darkstarhub Neptune SC Sorc 95 Yes - - - -
PhineasB Phaedrus SC Pala 94 Yes - 274 12 -
Dezrok Salome SC Sorc 94 Yes 645 296 - -
Reyz Qty SC Sorc 93 No - - - -
Yng Sophie SC Sorc 93 Yes - - 7 -
Chaostar Prairie SC Sorc 91 Yes 659 261 12 126
OldSoldier Battleforge HC Pala 91 Yes - 236 - -
tokerdin tokeress SC Sorc 91 yes - - - -
Zenigma Ayura SC Barb 91 No - - - -
Gynli Amazon SC Amazon 91 Yes - - many -
Southpaw Njord SC Druid 90 Yes - - - -
Qwernt CanbeOnlyBlizz SC Sorc 90 Yes ? - Dont want to know
MercMan Este SC Ama 90 Yes 1212 278 2 Classified
Me2Nik Fugu HC Ama 90 Yes 80
Yng Kyrie HC Druid 90 Yes - - - -
Lynchgrinch Tattersail SC Sorc 89 Yes ? 321 too many lots
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 ? - - - -
Zenigma Gnosis SC Druid 86 No - - - -
Lord Molyb Cruise_Control SC Necro 86 No 115 94 19 idk
Naturallog Athos HC Barb 84 No 159 105 0 -
Lord Molyb Verisimilitude SC Ama 83 No 28 25 0 idk
Qwernt AmaAgainstAll SC Sorc 81 Yes - - - -
Gambit Mallenroh SC Sorc 81 Yes 0 0 0 0
Lord Molyb But_Why SC Sin 81 Never 55 51 53
Jean Avila SpeedAdict SC Ama 77 No - - - 50
logo Digimon HC Nec 76 Yes 85 65 0 -
TwentyMule Rayne SC Sorc 76 Yes 195 140 ? ?
Gripphon Ryu SC Sorc 76 Yes - - over 9k 13
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 - -
TrU Henryk SC Barb 41 Yes - - 22 12
Gambit Colossus SC Pal 39 Yes 0 0 0 0
aarrgus Acala SC Barb 32 Yes 1
ffs Ric SC Nec 31 Yes - - 0 ?
Smancer Smancer SC Necro 26 Yes 1 - - -
Ergroilnin Erilinda HC Sorc 20 No - - - -
Kitteh Kaylin SC Ama 19 Yes - - 0 -
hackedagainanda Hugo HC Barb 16 Yes - - - -
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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 -
Pb_pal Stevesy HC Paladin 76 Yes - - 0 -
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 1How do you guys equip your Merc, is he just a walking aura, or does he also do some P8 killing?
I need my merc to apply Decrepify via Reaper's Toll to deal maximum damage and deal with PIs, so you could say that he does a lot of killing for me though still mostly as an buffer/debuffer. I have found three gold Threshers and sadly none were ethereal. He is also using Duriel's Shell for the CBF. If I could get a CBF helmet for him I could make him a Fortitude which would probably make him hit like a truck.
First and foremost he's a walking Conviction aura. But of course he also kills dudes if you just let him.
I geared mine with Infinity + Fortitude + Andy's, aka pretty much the standard, safe and high damage go-to setup for Infinity Mercs IMO. I know others like to use Delirium with maybe CoH for leech or Treachery for IAS/Fade or something. Generally I'm not a big fan of such setups though, in particular it screws up that "beautifully predictable year 2000 programming monster movement" -- which IMO remains the best safety there is. Also for most characters their overall clear speed will suffer when monsters don't move in a "herdable" way. That being said, it also depends on the target -- I'm sure at some point when I start to target Nihl I'll strongly consider using Delirium.a quick update:
I've been doing LK runs non stop when I find time to play. I'm really looking for that Ber/Um so I can make CoH, but I'm starting to think looking for a better weapon would be a better priority as I really can't farm anything effectively yet. I manage to kill eldrich and shenk, but hardly, and if there's lot's of archers or high damage spawns I just die too quick. I will likely stick to LK until I can find some runes for a stronger weapon, and mix it in with some Threshsocket runs to see if he drops a unique weapon
So far I've found an Ist, Gul, Pul, Fals and lot's of Ko's at LK. Also found some pretty awesome charms/jewels from LK, just found a 40%ED 7% FHR jewel tonight, as well as this on my first thresh socket run!
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Too bad I have 0 use for it! It will replace my 3 topaz MF helm just because it looks cool and has DR, but I rarely if ever use MF items since it really hinders me at this point, and G helm is super important in my damage!
So I'll likely continue to farm LK/Threshsocket until I can get a CoH and solid weapon so that I can start doing some xp runs somewhere! I just learned he spawns immune to physical pretty often Any ideas for finding a nice weapon to allow me to farm hell?
I've been doing LK runs non stop when I find time to play. I'm really looking for that Ber/Um so I can make CoH, but I'm starting to think looking for a better weapon would be a better priority as I really can't farm anything effectively yet. I manage to kill eldrich and shenk, but hardly, and if there's lot's of archers or high damage spawns I just die too quick. I will likely stick to LK until I can find some runes for a stronger weapon, and mix it in with some Threshsocket runs to see if he drops a unique weapon
So far I've found an Ist, Gul, Pul, Fals and lot's of Ko's at LK. Also found some pretty awesome charms/jewels from LK, just found a 40%ED 7% FHR jewel tonight, as well as this on my first thresh socket run!
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Too bad I have 0 use for it!
It will replace my 3 topaz MF helm just because it looks cool and has DR, but I rarely if ever use MF items since it really hinders me at this point, and G helm is super important in my damage!So I'll likely continue to farm LK/Threshsocket until I can get a CoH and solid weapon so that I can start doing some xp runs somewhere! I just learned he spawns immune to physical pretty often
Any ideas for finding a nice weapon to allow me to farm hell?
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I guess for casters, It doesn't matter if Merc can kill, his main objective is to not die. But for a melee player, I'd assume if the Merc can do some damage, he can be of great help, no?
I am asking, because I thought about changing my Merc setup from eReapers/Treachery/Gaze to eReapers/Fort/45% IAS helmet, but I am also wondering if I really should bother, as he won't do much damage anyhow.
@Trapin' Finding a Reapers for your Merc would be a great improvement Why not Pindle runs? As for finding a new weapon, what about "Beast"? I don't know If +Fanat stacks to your current level, though.
I am asking, because I thought about changing my Merc setup from eReapers/Treachery/Gaze to eReapers/Fort/45% IAS helmet, but I am also wondering if I really should bother, as he won't do much damage anyhow.
@Trapin' Finding a Reapers for your Merc would be a great improvement
Why not Pindle runs? As for finding a new weapon, what about "Beast"? I don't know If +Fanat stacks to your current level, though.I guess for casters, It doesn't matter if Merc can kill, his main objective is to not die. But for a melee player, I'd assume if the Merc can do some damage, he can be of great help, no?
I am asking, because I thought about changing my Merc setup from eReapers/Treachery/Gaze to eReapers/Fort/45% IAS helmet, but I am also wondering if I really should bother, as he won't do much damage anyhow.
@Trapin' Finding a Reapers for your Merc would be a great improvement
Pindle too tough to run I think but I'll try once I get there
Hello all,
I just made a brand new assassin I would like to enter into the race for 99. I am about to start running her. Her name is zoe (after the newest league of legends champ that came out a few days ago!!) Lets see how this goes! What milestones are relavant posts to this thread without cloging it up with useless info?
I just made a brand new assassin I would like to enter into the race for 99. I am about to start running her. Her name is zoe (after the newest league of legends champ that came out a few days ago!!) Lets see how this goes! What milestones are relavant posts to this thread without cloging it up with useless info?
Having already used two of my socket rewards, my suggestion is to hold off using them as long as you can, so you can be really sure that the item you socket will be part of your end game gear. That really, really rare drop that you are normally never likely to find but is perfect for your build, will probably drop at some point on your journey to 99.
My own experience of this is that it depends on your build, but also your level and the area you are running. For my Blizzsorc obviously the aura from Insight is important. But in the early 90s for Pindle and AT runs the merc's ability to kill CIs was also important. For LK runs only the aura matters (and the merc's ability to take hits away from the sorc if we tele into the middle of a pack). Now in the mid-90s with a lot of gear upgrades, on AT and CS runs we kill things a lot faster with Blizzard and so I tend to skip the CIs rather than waiting for the merc to kill them.
Welcome to Zoe! Updates are entirely up to you, anything you like. Some people update every time that they get a level, find a nice item or something funny happens. Sometimes its a question that somebody wants input on. Other periodically post a really big update. Post as and when you like, with whatever you like
So this morning was exciting!
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I really needed a raven frost!
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I really needed a raven frost!
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