'Three Way Dance II' - H.C 1.10 Tournament

I finally got my characters started, although only barely. But, here's the update:

Team Venom

Adder - Level 24 Amazon (Jav/Passive) Act II Normal - 7 points
Asp - Level 1 Assassin (Shadow/Traps) Act I Normal - 0 points
Viper - Level 1 Necromancer (P&B/Curses) Act I Normal - 0 points

Not exciting, but this is: Adder has found a total of 5 set/unique items, one is a Gull and another is a Nagelring. If only she could use them! I kept the Nagelring out, just in case, but it may become part of the prize stash here, soon.

Keep safe out there!

Porius
 
erimatbrad said:
For some reason, Chain Lightning isn't so impressive when they're tightly packed. But, hey, I'm sure things will get better with more levels.
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Chain lightning has on it what's called "next delay," which means that if you hit a monster with CL, then if the same monster is hit again is less than X seconds (as happens with a tight group), CL deals no damage, but still uses up a hit. As you see in the link below, CL has a 4 frame delay.
Next Delay
crg
 
Well school started today and I'm in another town now. Unfortunately I won't have a comp where I live this week so I can't make progress. Hopefully next week I can play some D2 again. So here's my last update for now:

[highlight]Team Magick_XR 147 pts[/highlight]

Destroyer WindFury_XR - Wind/Summon - lvl62 - ActIII NM - 47 pts
Destroyer Suzy_XR - Cold/Lightning - lvl66 - ActIV NM - 51 pts
Destroyer DarkMage_XR - Bone/Curses - lvl63 - ActIV NM - 49 pts

I will watch the tournaments progress though from a nearby I-Cafe :)
 
Hey what's with this thread on page 2 ? :rant:

Good luck to everyone! Don't rush, be careful!
I didn't play for 2 days and I already miss this tourney. Anyway, I'll play again next week :).
 
Team Eddings (erimatbrad) - 176 points
Conquerer Polgara - (Sorc - Light./Cold) - lvl 79 - Act I Hell
Destroyer Liselle - (Amazon - Jav./Passive) - lvl 54 - Act V Nm
Destroyer Zedar - (Necro – P&B/Curse) - lvl 49 - Act V Nm

I'll update, though the only change is Polgara is a beefy level 79.

I've only found one elite set (no uniques!) item after lots of Andy/Mausoleum/Countess running. It happened to be a green Dusk Shroud (Dark Adherent)... which went right into the stash.

A boss zombie/skeleton pack left me a Lem rune, which gives me the runes to make a 'Passion' weapon, which isn't going to happen in this tourney. Since no-one chose unique armor, the rune really is a junk rune (unless I find an Ist and Io to make a Delirium helm)...

I've been pretty disappointed with the finds, so I think that I'll stop the 'just one more run... after this one' mentality, and get the rest of my characters caught up, so that I can start running Mephisto.... it's an addict's life for me!
 
Team Angiras: Total points: 194

Angirasa (pass/javazon)...level 75...Act I Hell...67 pts
Atharvan (sum/curse necro)...level 76...Act I Hell...67 pts
Yoga (off/combat pally)...level 65...R.I.P. to Baal minions...60 pts

Sorry its taken so long to update...and thanks for your condolences. Igor was right, losing a team member definitely took the wind out of my sails. As a result, I took a short break. Although I dont belive I have a chance in Hell to win the tourney, I have recently joined Xorcer's Septavirate tourney, which gives my two surviving team-members a reason to persevere, in addition to the fact that I simply enjoy playing with everyone here...even if we are playing in our own sepearate worlds.

Both Angirasa and Atharvan have completed all quests in Act I Hell up to and including the Countess. After breezing thru NM, both of these characters are experiencing the 'brick-wall' of Hell, in the sense that their killing speed has been greatly reduced...and the threat-level has been greatly increased. I lost quite a few resistance charms on the pally when he died, so this has made things even more difficult--especially since I cant go back to NM or Nml to search for more charms, by reckless slaughter.

But besides that both are nicely equipped now...angirasa with her titans (found under a rock), and atharvan with his homunculus (found from NM Baal). Both have done a couple of pit runs...but not much to report from there.

Total items in the prize stash at this point: 109.

This is suprising given the amount of mf that they have...which is not much...at least not compared to my SC runner, who has over 700 mf (with merc).

Runes:

NM Hellforge provided a Hel, Shael, and Um, which is not bad. And NM Meph was kind enough to drop a Ko. Other than a Sol, (used for honor runeword, and lost with pally),and a couple of Amns (one of which was also lost), the rest are low level runes. I would love to find another Ko and a Mal for Sanctuary. But the likelihood is pretty low.

Thats it for now...my team hopes to move into Act II sometime today, to pick up the extra skill point from Radament. However, the necro is twiddling his thumbs at this point with respect to skill placement. I have all the summon skills I need (or want), so now its just about curses, and im pretty set there too. Without bone armor, he is pretty delicate...so I have to be careful. Good luck to everyone...see ya at the top.
 
Quick update. Starm finished off Andariel without too much trouble. I'll probably continue with her through part of Act 2 until she gets the cube, then move back to Sara until she gets the cube before Klaudia kicks on through to Act 3.

[highlight]Team Mage1 (Mage11) [/highlight] – 19 points
Sara – (Amazon – Passive/Bow) – lvl 20 – Act II Nml - 6 points
Klaudia – (Assassin - MA/Shadow) – lvl 22 – Act II Nml - 7 points
Starm – (Sorc - Cold/Light.) – lvl 19 – Act II Nml - 6 points
 
Team Marvel (kramph) – 36 points
Red Skull – (Necromancer – Summoning/Curses) – lvl 24 – Act III Nml – 12 points
Emma Frost – (Sorceress – Cold/Lightning) – lvl 24 – Act III Nml – 12 points
Jubilee – (Amazon – Bow/Passive) – lvl 24 – Act III Nml – 12 points

Prize Stash (11) – Set Items (8); Unique Items (3)

Everyone has made it through the second act. Jubilee had a tough time with Duriel as Duriel ignored the merc and kept coming straight for her. There were several close calls, but Jubilee prevailed.

Next up, Red Skull...
 
Next small update:
[Highlight]Team Petro (PetroPanko)[/Highlight] – 157 points
Destroyer Haron – (Necro – Summon/Curse) - lvl 72 - Act V NM
Destroyer Athena - (Amazon – Passive/Bow) – lvl 64 - Act IV NM
Destroyer Hera – (Sorc – Cold/Light.) – lvl 67 - Act V NM
Items in stash - 417

One day of farming Meph with Hera and secong questing with Haron (ended with killing Nighalak). Second is much more profitable. Haron found Lem rune from Hellforge and Ko rune from random monster nearby. Still no Lum to make LionHeart for my zon :grrr: He found RipHook too, and now Im thinking what bow is better for strafer Riphook or Endlesshail?
Anya pays for her rescue with rare totem. Crap as usuall. But I have 12 perf skulls to rerol it. And Ive noticed something. Totem from Anya has Ilvl 69. After first rerol that was Ilvl 55 and after second only Ilvl 50 (but thats enough to +2 to skills afix). So, Im still looking for good necro totem and sorceres wand :grrr: I can try imbue too, but I will wait with it to the moment when all my characters are in hell dificulty.
Probably today Ill try to make my first Conqueror ever.
I wish You good luck - Piotr
 
I'm not going to bother updating my points just yet as I only have 2 more I think. I got Mort through the Maggot Lair without too much trouble but it was annoying. I thought that the Arcane Sanctuary would be easier, but noooo way. I've had 5 or 6 attempts at it so far and not made any real progress. Hopefully I'll crack it tonight or on the weekend.
 
[HIGHLIGHT]Team HALL OF FAME[/HIGHLIGHT] – 147 points

Destroyer Andariel - Necromancer - Summon / curses – lvl 63 - 49 points – actIV - nm
Destroyer Baal ......- Assasin - Trap / Passive .......... – lvl 63 - 49 points – actIV - nm
Destroyer Diablo ...- Amazon - Passive / bow .......... – lvl 59 - 49 points – actIV - nm
Be Afraid, we are back ! !

so every body is now at the start of act IV.
 
[highlight]Team 'Three Old Men'[/highlight] - 135 points
Destroyer CallOfTheGraves - Necromancer (P&B/Summoning) - lvl 61, Act III NM (49 points)
Destroyer CatchThis - Barbarian (Combat/Masteries) - lvl 59, Act III NM (49 points)
Destroyer AngerOfNature - Druid (Elemental/Summoning) - lvl 54, Act II NM (37 points)

I've opened the way to Conqueror title for my Druid - AngerOfNature. His turn to play now an he'll try to finish NM in one breath :-)). Necro and barb waiting to take the Mepho's portal to act IV and will wait there till Anger make conqueror or dies on the way.
I've found very nice Steeldriver (249% ED) while playing my necro in Kurast.
 
[highlight]Team Melee (Hiedran)[/highlight] - 68 points
Axe - (Druid - Shape/Summon) - Lvl 35 - Act V Nml - 22 points
Claw - (Assassin - MA/Shadow) - Lvl 40 - Act V Nml - 24 points
Mace - (Paladin - Combat/Offensive) - Lvl 36 - Act V Nml - 22 points

Axe and Mace have cleared the Foothills, and are contemplating going back for any stragglers.

Claw had a NDE with some Frenzytaurs in the Crystalline Passage. I got too used to imps and Baal's minions barely doing anything, and if they did the 80% life leech of 500 or so physical damage got me too used to replenishing it immediately. She's now back to frequently using Mind Blast and Cloak of Shadows for crowd control, plus is a little faster on the potions.

I also gambled this sweet circlet, too bad it's got the wrong +skills for me. Oh well, the funds from selling it will go towards gambling a more appropriate one for me.

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Shadow Cowl
Circlet
Defense: 24
Durability: 35 of 35
Required Level: 27
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 38
Fingerprint: 0x220cbf23
+28 to Life
Fire Resist +15%
Lightning Resist +15%
Cold Resist +15%
Poison Resist +40%
+50 poison damage over 5 seconds
+1 to Sorceress Skill Levels
10% Faster Hit Recovery
 
Team Marvel (kramph) – 42 points
Red Skull – (Necromancer – Summoning/Curses) – lvl 28 – Act IV Nml – 18 points
Emma Frost – (Sorceress – Cold/Lightning) – lvl 24 – Act III Nml – 12 points
Jubilee – (Amazon – Bow/Passive) – lvl 24 – Act III Nml – 12 points

Prize Stash (14) – Set Items (10); Unique Items (4)

Red Skull easily made it through the third act.

Next up, Emma Frost...
 
Okay -- today is my wedding day. So this week, once we've finished running errands all day long, I get a nice 10 or so minute block of playtime.

So, rather than doing more questing, I do more rune hunting/elite seeking.

Nothing too exciting since my last update. A few shoddy exceptional and normal uniques.

[highlight]Team Eddings (erimatbrad)[/highlight] - 176 points
Conquerer Polgara - (Sorc - Light./Cold) - lvl 80 - Act I Hell
Destroyer Liselle - (Amazon - Jav./Passive) - lvl 54 - Act V Nm
Destroyer Zedar - (Necro – P&B/Curse) - lvl 49 - Act V Nm

A random question -- it seems like the weapon and armor racks in the Mausoleum for me are 'stuck' on a particular item type -- all I ever get are light plated boots (almost every single time), or flying axes/knives (again, that's all I've ever gotten from those racks).

Is this, well... normal?
 
erimatbrad said:
Okay -- today is my wedding day. So this week, once we've finished running errands all day long, I get a nice 10 or so minute block of playtime.

A random question -- it seems like the weapon and armor racks in the Mausoleum for me are 'stuck' on a particular item type -- all I ever get are light plated boots (almost every single time), or flying axes/knives (again, that's all I've ever gotten from those racks).

Is this, well... normal?
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Congrats on the Wedding! WOOT!

As for the racks, yes this is normal. In fact, back in v1.07 (and still for those of us who play it), rack running, as it was called, was the method of getting ultra rare uniques, such as Arkaine's Valor.

My little bro actually has a rack near mephisto that consistently drops Grim Helms (unfortunately, no Gazes yet).

crg
 
Update Time

I'm pretty busy with work, but my guys passed A2 normal.

Team Harry Potter Villains 36 points
Voldemort: Summon/Curses Nec Lvl 25, 12 points
Bellatrix: MA/Shadow Assassin Lvl 26, 12 points
Lucius: Summon/Elemental Druid Lvl 27, 12 points

Once again, things are easy with Voldemort and Bellatrix. Act 2's always a pain as I leveled my Merc heavily, but now all three are good. Without a merc, Lucius would've sucked big time.

My prize stash has 7 sets and 3 uniques. Plus an extra 2 arctic bindings, because I know how valuable those are.
 
Seroiusly, what's with the lack up updates to this thread lately? Are people just playing that much they can't take time out to update? Granted, I haven't been able to play since last Tuesday, but still.

Are people, especially those in the lead (i.e. in hell somewhere) just slowing down majorly and not updating at all?

WTF?

crg
 
Another Update:

Team Savage - (136 Total Points)
Destroyer Ormus - (Druid – Summon/ShapeShift 38 pts) – lvl 51 – Act II NM
Destroyer Atma - (Sorc – Cold/Light. 49 pts) – lvl 60 – Act III NM
Destroyer Cain - (Necro – Summon/Curse 49 pts) – lvl 62 – Act IV NM

Ormus: Beat Radament, Continuing Act II
Atma: Staying in Act III, for some Mephisto MF Runs
Cain: Just Beat Mephisto, waiting in Act IV for Ormus

Total Set/Unique Items: 163

Well, since my last update I have only played Cain again. He went through Act 3 on /players 8 the whole time taking a bit of time but it was worth the exp. He found 5 new items for the stash, only thing "ok" was Skin of the Flayed One. Also found a DOL rune which is my highest rne so far... not to great at finding runes. Act 3 was easy, just taking it slow. Meph dropped me a rare + 2 sorceress orb which Atma is now using from her old +1 rare. Gonna play Ormus now and try and get him through Act 2 and 3 NM.
 
[Highlight]Team jiansonz[/Highlight] - 76 points
Destroyer Herne (Druid, Shapeshifting/Summoning) - level 50 - NM Black Marsh- 34 points
Odysseus (Paladin, Offensive/Defensive) - level 35 - Harrogath - 21 points
Elayna (Assassin, Martial Arts/Shadow Disciplines) - level 35 - Harrogath - 21 points

I´m in Nightmare, here me roar! :lol:


Herne, the furry druid with mighty wolves (or sometimes, bear) has taken the front position in my team.

Act 5 Normal, what a major snore-fest that is! You always get the exact same monster mix in every specific area. Two things kept me awake:

* Boss packs. They are not many, but they can be of monster types not otherwise seen in a specific area. Evil Urns are cool, too.

* Decent stuff starts to drop (chance for exceptional uniques, the lowest mid-level runes (above Ort) can drop.


Herne did like almost all my characters: he reached level 49 the very moment Baal died. I´ve seen several participants in this tourney do Normal Baal runs when their characters reach Destroyer status. I don´t see the point in that (other than to hunt for items, if you´re so inclined, of course). I mean, isn´t level 49 enough for Nightmare? The critters in NM Blood Moor are only level 34-35...

Baal dropped a rare +2 Martial Arts amulet with some minor resists, etc. If Elayna wears this (after level 51, when she can), her imbued Circlet and some gloves Herne crafted (her Destroyer reward slot), she gets +4 Martial Arts. If she then maxes Dragon Talon, she gets a fifth kick with it. Woot! Resists may be a problem for her if she wears this stuff. It will likely be 'Smoke' for armor if I can find a Lum rune.


Herne has made some succesful gambling/crafting in NM. I have a very good gloves collection and this sweet resist amulet:

Death Wing
Amulet
Required Level: 30
+30 to Life
Fire Resist +51%
Lightning Resist +14%
Cold Resist +14%
Poison Resist +31%
3% Life stolen per hit
10% Chance to cast Level 3 Hydra when struck


I also have a 13/29 Shimmering Amulet of Luck that Herne is wearing at the moment.

I gambled a nice +89% ED, +14 max damage, +30 IAS rare War Scythe for the merc, that I upgraded to exceptional. I was convinced that Grim Scythes require STR/DEX 100. I was wrong, they require 140. Idiot! 800k gold (I gambled LOADS of War Scythes), Ort + Amn + perfect sapphire down the drain... I sold the Grim Scythe. Merc can´t use this until halfway through Hell, and I am sure to have some better Elites by then.


My prize stash holds one copy of each Set/Unique item found (two for rings and some weapons). 69 items now, including four complete sets (well, technically three; Odysseus still has Cleglaw´s Pincers in his stash, since he doesn´t know if he wants to use them later. Might be useful for some boss fights, I think.)

To avoid act 5 Normal for as long as possible now, the other two won´t move out of Harrogath before Herne has slain NM Andariel. I´m having a blast in Nightmare with Herne. I LOVE the high boss density and the good drop chances. Feral Rage was a useful skill against Blood Raven, because of the foot speed it provided. Try to outrun an enraged werewolf. It ain´t easy...
 
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