Yeah, I've considered racking, but it's the same problem as LK: I find it too boring to put in the type of numbers that you need to do to get anything out of it. I have so much room for gear improvement still that I'd rather take a scattershot approach than simply focusing on titan's, especially considering titan's isn't particularly rare and it's bordering on absurd that I haven't found one yet (I have found most of the other excep class uniques, including multiple bartuc's, as well as a significant percentage of the rarer uniques). If I hit level 95 without having seen one I might refocus my efforts, but for now I'd rather also be gaining experience and also not be bored to death.
Normally I would farm a CtA and therefore try to work some racking into the process but javazons have so much mitigation (>1k health, D/E/A, max block, good resists + absorb/cbf) that I'm not really worried about being one shot. I also don't teleport so I'm not going to get into a situation where I'm amped and I get hitlocked by putting myself in a pack of something scary.
i've been active member in the past, namely from 2006 - 2009, i've reached decent number -7 with my HC Grail - still playing version 1.11 (my results can be found in the original Grail thread) and then i've stopped paying attension to this forum and started different D2 career...but this thread made me return once again, reinstall D2 once again to version 1.13c, so here i'm, with no stashes and one and only character to be (hopefully one day) lvl 99 character...To be honest, not even started yet, so lvl 1 HC Trap Assassin named Kaira waiting for her first kill
I have one question though, in 1.11 i've used Atma as extended stash, can i use it even with 1.13c version or its necessary to use different program? (Go mule is it? - i have no experience with it)
Edit: If i understand it correctly, Atma can be still used, just avoid essences and tokens which i want to do anyway, but link for RWM here on forum guide is not working...can someone help me with it, please?
I'm finally up to the 20% mark so I figured I could do an update. Probably wont have too much time to play for the rest of the week.
Had my first stumble in a while which prompted some changes:
This was at 18.5% IIRC. Double Unique pack and the OK/DKs one shot me with Amp/Fanat/Extra Strong..
At this point it would've been 10% XP loss and I actually had been procrastinating about moving a corpse recovery set into my stash. Decided to risk it and go for the recovery naked.
Slowly worked my way back to where I died and C/T casted Blizzards to safely clear the mobs.
Thankfully we got through it without a second death as that would've been a huge progress deterrent.
Moved a corpse recovery kit into my stash this afternoon and did a little rune cubing. Will add a backup CtA when I find another Ohm to roll a second one. Just need a eth 4os Flail to roll another HotO as well.
Rune Finds:
Only noteworthy rune but it's my first SP Jah so can't complain. Only Ber/Zod remain unfound..
Item Finds:
Ring would've been amazing with a little more resists, but keeper nontheless. Second non eth Reaper's and another low end Gheeds. Also second Tal's Armor, still looking for the Amulet.
If i understand it correctly, Atma can be still used, just avoid essences and tokens which i want to do anyway, but link for RWM here on forum guide is not working...can someone help me with it, please?
Found a CHAM while progressing yesterday on my frenzy barb in hell act 3. I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw it, I couldn't believe it. The highest rune I've seen before that was a pul. I'm playing untwinked single player with the [highlight] A MOD WE DON'T ACCEPT OR POST ABOUT HERE - THYIAD[/HIGHLIGHT]mod, I also hit guardian for the first time yesterday as well. I'm currently level 86 on that character.
@Nuttymike That mod is not accepted on the forum. plz read the sticky first.
On topic; I guess I will leave a semi-update. I've spent most of my free time on other games so I've only had very small progress. Currently just at ~94.5 and should be hitting 95 by the end of the month.
With the current setup, I can clear /p3 Pits with most of my focus away from the game; and /p5 at just a bit more attention. I've been avoiding /p8 altogether because the merc still dies to a pack of skellies cause he can't leech. Progress would definitely be much faster at Chaos, but I'm sticking to the Pits till the end of the level... just cause i said i will some months ago. lol
Still lotta things on my wishlist. Fleshripper/WF/Cat's Eye/Reapers/SoJ and another full set of runes for a 2nd Faith =P. Oh and i guess Pride for merc.
Good luck to everyone still pushing hard! I'll be back when i hit 95. =D
Shoutout to IndrekLeede (https://m.twitch.tv/indrekleede/profile) for getting 99 on his HC vanilla untwinked Sorceress with no S/E. 294 hours played, pretty impressive.
Shoutout to IndrekLeede (https://m.twitch.tv/indrekleede/profile) for getting 99 on his HC vanilla untwinked Sorceress with no S/E. 294 hours played, pretty impressive.
I decided to join this as well. Never got a character to 99 yet. Think I got a 1.09 bowazon to 96 when I played on the realms. So, sticking with a bow, but also with summons, my other favorite strat. With a Hunter Druid. Currently lvl 19 at catacombs 2. Will ad my name to board later.
Seems I'm in the office for some 12+ h a day this week, so barely time to run. In particular not with HelpYourself, probably not a good idea to do when tired and unconcentrated. I did manage some 20-30min with Ric while watching something before going to bed.
After making Enigma he's left LK and mostly levelled to 85 in Pits. Meph/Andy runs were mixed in initially and are now becoming the focus for him until he's got a Shako, hopefully Arach and a +1 ring or two. Drops so far included 2os Giant Skull, Trang's shield, Lightning Ormus, and 4/3 fire facet, mostly from Pits. Luckily the first Monarch from Pits got 4 sockets and was turned into a 30% Spirit. At some point I rushed him through to Pindle's portal for quick skeleton raising for boss running. Hell Forge netted a Mal. Made an Obedience (non eth Thresher) for Merc when starting to hit Meph/Andy more frequently.
Pits runs are pretty straight forward, not 100% sure on how to approach boss running for those initial essentials though. Currently his runs are starting A1 -> Pindle garden to raise army -> Meph -> red portal -> Andy. Seems more efficient than only running one target due to being able to use his army for both bosses. While his Pits map is rather mediocre, not only does he have that sweet LK map but also very nice Andy and Meph maps:
While it's nice to run with him for a change, I'm going to try to focus on HelpYourself again with limited play time for the next 2 weeks until I'm travelling. Time to get this done.
Ok, so I am not in last place anymore. Woot for that. Finally made my way to NM Mephisto with my blizzard sorc. Really this is the first time I have played this character as I prefer melee, but wanted to give something new a try. Mephisto runs so far ~20 total netted me an Occulus, Waterwalks, venom grip, Sanders gloves x3 (odd). Other than those, nothing that is helping me out too much. Right now I plan to farm Meph until geared out better. Then on to Hell.
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In particular not with HelpYourself, probably not a good idea to do when tired and unconcentrated. I did manage some 20-30min with Ric while watching something before going to bed.
