@Evoken Love the vids, >500 strength 99er Barb doing Vizier-only CS runs is definitely not something you see every day.
I'm curious, what drops / intended setup are you looking for?
Thanks!
The plan is to get as many high runes as possible in order to make a BotD GPA (or maybe another base? first base I had was a Ghost Spear). No ladder runewords allowed, so BotD is the 'best' option; even though a Beast setup with something else has crossed my mind. At this point anything from Ohm and above dropping would be nice progress really.
However, after about actually 18 hours between running Chaos and Travincal without any sign of good rune drops, I decided to 'force' some leveling to 94.
Then I've given a lot of thought about my options. As I see, they are:
1. Rune push:
a) /p1 or /p3 Travical runs (very low xp; odds of Jah/Cham);
b) /p8+/p1 Chaos Seals runs (low xp; odds of Jah/Cham/Zod);
c) /p8 LK runs (no xp; 'better' odds of hrs up to Ber).
I know that, on average, the odds of getting to Zod by doing a) and b) are better - Cows are not even an option, and honestly Pits or AT don't seem much better than Chaos to be worth it. But, right now, I' m almost tempted to go back to LK as a) and b) have been pretty stingy; there's no feeling of "making progress" in them lately.
2. Xp push:
a) /p8 Vizier runs (good xp; odds of high rune drops, albeit lower than in 1)
b) /p8 Pindleskin runs (average xp; odds of high rune drops, albeit lower than in 1)
I don't know, in the past these kinds of runs in 1 have been more fruitful to me - specially Chaos were I have already found Jahs, Chams, and at least one Zod... I know the game can be completely brutal when you're looking for one specific thing, so I'll probably end up just keeping the 'force-leveling' and if anything drops, it drops...
If I had to have a name for the build, it is "StormCaster Hunter", or maybe "Undead Hunter". The extra damage and ar to undead from IK maul and Ghoulhide are very welcome for this kind of run. Of course, he is built almost (didn't want to go lower than 2k life) as a Titan to mitigate the limitations of the IK maul - and, you know, damage.
I don't think I would even change the build that much once (if ever?) I got BotD; I'd probably just add more fcr for faster runs (can't really use Arach with the current setup, for example).