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

Team Steel (steelsixtyIV) – 245 points
Conqueror Steel_Sword - (Barb – Warcries/Com.Skills) - lvl 77 - Act III Hell
Conqueror Steel_Poison - (Necro - P&B/Curse) - lvl 77 - Act III Hell
Conqueror Steel_Magic - (Sorc - Fire/Light.) - lvl 79 - Act IV Hell

Hey, Hey

I haven't forgot about this tourney and I intend to finish it someday but it takes two hours just to make it to the next area or WP so my motivation is lacking. I finally got the courage to take Magic out into Act IV and managed to kill Izual, thus the update. Woot!
 
[highlight]Exhibition Team Bavarian Forest II[/highlight] - 2 points
Franz - Barb (Warcries/Combat) – lvl 1 – Act I Nml - 0 points
Mich - Necro (Bone/Curse) – lvl 1 – Act I Nml - 0 points
Theres - Sorc (Fire/Ice) – lvl 12 – Act I Nml - 2 points

Franz - WP: Rogue Encampment - Last Quest: None
Mich - WP: Rogue Encampment - Last Quest: None
Theres - WP: Stony Field - Last Quest: Blood Raven

As always with Sorceress in the beginning. It was a real struggle to level here up, to have enough mana and good enough skills to kill some stuff. When Theres reached level 9 (in the Cold Plains) I hired a Cold Arrow Merc. This made things easier. Shortly after that I bought a staff with +2 to Ice Blast which then became my primary attack. With that new skills I killed Blood Raven with ease, then cleared the two dungeons in the Burial Grounds (for items and levels).
I then decided that a short trip into the Stony Field to explore the map and reach level 12 (Fire Ball) couldn't hurt. I reached level 12 and found the WP, the Stones and the exit into the Undergound Passage. So enough for today.
 
Team Steel (steelsixtyIV) – 247 points
Conqueror Steel_Sword - (Barb – Warcries/Com.Skills) - lvl 77 - Act IV Hell
Conqueror Steel_Poison - (Necro - P&B/Curse) - lvl 77 - Act III Hell
Conqueror Steel_Magic - (Sorc - Fire/Light.) - lvl 79 - Act IV Hell

Finally, I got off my butt and beat Mephy with Sword. Additionally, Magic finished the Hellforge and got an Io for the effort.
 
[highlight]Exhibition Team Bavarian Forest II[/highlight] - 6 points
Franz - Barb (Warcries/Combat Skills) – lvl 1 – Act I Nml - 0 points
Mich - Necro (Bone/Curse) – lvl 1 – Act I Nml - 0 points
Theres - Sorc (Fire/Ice) – lvl 21 – Act I Nml - 6 points

Franz - WP: Rogue Encampment - Last Quest: None
Mich - WP: Rogue Encampment - Last Quest: None
Theres - WP: Dry Hills - Last Quest: Found the Cube

Time for another update. I moved Theres through the rest of Act I without major difficulties. Thing started getting smoother once I was able to open up Fileball and bought a staff with +2 FireBall on it. Andariel was no big problem either. She only dropped yellow items. A Ring and an Amulet which are now used by Theres. After that I quickly went into Act II, hired a Defiance Merc and progressed into the Halls of the Dead to get that Cube. The Halls had the Greater Mummies, but with Fireball they fell reasonably fast. Next I try to shop for a good staff to make Leaf.
I want to change the Nightmare reward for Franz the Berzerker. I think that is ok as I haven't started playing with him. I want to change from Gloves to Weapon.
 
Gouda said:
I would advice you to play a berserker, as my concentrator is not the best in defense, lacking a very good armor (and they are too expensive to gamble)
and very very slow in killing stuff. this is only early nightmare and he's already having serious troubles. So not the best choice for semi - untwinked play. Still if you like a challenge, you can try to catch me (also a meteorb, concentrator, but a skellymancer)
Gouda
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I had a few thoughts about the Berzerker vs. Concentrator stuff. I will play a Berzerker. And I have to agree with Gouda: Concentrators are very item dependent. I have moved a SC Concentrator through the game and I could only do it after a serious amount of MF and rune runs.

@Gouda: Start running! I am right behind you!
... No seriously: I like challenges (Otherwise I wouldn't play this tourney, would I?). Maybe I am able to catch up with you. Let's see what the future brings. I am not going to rush through the game. Rushing kills characters and this is Hardcore!
 
Team Fruits - 43 points

Barbarian Lemon (combat/warcries) - Lvl 21 - act 2 nml - 7 points R.I.P Retired
Amazon Apple (passives/bow) - Lvl 28 - act 4 nml - 18 points
Sorceress Grape (fire/cold) - Lvl 28 -act 4 nml 18 points

Another act completed for both characters. No dangers or anything. Apple killed mephisto like in 15 seconds with immolition arrow.

this is a circlet Grape gambled :

Bone Brow
Circlet
Defense: 30
Durability: 35 of 35
Required Level: 18
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 24
Fingerprint: 0x791a9a
+2 to Minimum Damage
Damage Reduced by 2
Adds 24-49 fire damage
Attacker Takes Damage of 3
+1 to Passive and Magic Skills (Amazon Only)

Additional fire damage for her merc helps to kill beast quickier
 
Why is it that I can't find any of this stuff in softcore?

In the last TWD tournament a very lucky individual took home a Grandfather Sword thanks to my little MF streak in the Maggot Lair. Well, another lucky individual is going to be recipient of this baby right here:

[highlight]The Cranium Basher
Thunder Maul[/highlight]
Two-Hand Damage: 130 to 624
Required Strength: 253
Required Level: 87
Mace Class - Normal Attack Speed
Indestructible
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 88
Fingerprint: 0xb3dc8c97
+25 to Strength
+236% Enhanced Damage
+20 to Minimum Damage
+20 to Maximum Damage
All Resistances +25
20% Increased Attack Speed
150% Damage to Undead
75% Chance of Crushing Blow
 
[highlight]Team “OfTheYear†(tenaka) [/highlight] – 212 points
Destroyer February – (Sorc - Cold/Light.) – lvl 82 – Act II Hell
Conqueror March – (Paladin – Combat/Offensive) – lvl 71 – Act I Hell
R.I.P.Conqueror April – (Assassin – Shadow/Trap) – lvl 66 – Act I Hell

Alas, this is the end for April. :mad: She was sweeping through Act I just fine and had completed the first two quests. After getting the scroll from the tree she was clearing the rest of the area looking for the WP so she could get back after rescuing Cain. Then .... "Your deeds of valor...." No enemies even on the screen. I can only assume she was OHKed by a supped up quill rat or archer with nasty mods just off the screen. Most likely they had some elemental damage and perhaps fade had just worn off. My resists were only between 0 and 20 without it. Time to take some revenge with a melee char.

edit: You know, I just realized I could have looked at the screen and seen the name of what killed me. I was bummed at dying and didn't think to...
 
[highlight]Team Subheroes (Vildecor)[/highlight] – 108 points
Destroyer Stick_Tosser - (Amazon – Jav./Passive) – lvl 50 – Act II NM
Destroyer Mr_Bone - (Necro - P&B/Curse) – lvl 58 – Act III NM
The_Weathergirl - (Sorc - Light./Cold) – lvl 28 – Act IV Nml – R.I.P Diablo

Yes, yes. Team Subheroes is back on the move. Just got back into college, so I'm not only working full time, I'm also going to school full time. I should still get some playing time in, though.

Don't know what it is...but this game always seems to draw you back in somehow.

As a side note, The_Weathergirl's avenger-with-the-same-name has finished Act I NM at lvl 44. Good luck to those still questing (even those doing so for the second!!! time around) and commisserations to all of our fallen heroes. Be safe and stay alive!
 
Welcome back, vilde! I've been wondering what happened to you...


Exhibition Team Eddings II (erimatbrad)

Belgarath (Elemental / Summon) lvl 11 - 4 pts - Dark Wood
Eriond (Offensive / Defensive) lvl 1 - 0 pts
Cyradis (Traps / Shadow Assassin) D: Weapon C: Jewelry


A slight amendment to Team Eddings II as I changed the type of Assassin I wanted to play. I'm going for a BFsin now, so we'll see how that goes.

No playing done the past few days, because I've been busy. :( Hopefully that will cease to be the case...
 
Starm has continued her progress. The ancients were quick to fall, as was Baal and his minions. Nothing too wonderful to drop, but Starm's now a destroyer.

I also took her through the start of Act 1 Nightmare, and she quickly cleared the den. I will continue with her through the rest of the act (hopefully) before returning to Sara.

Current Status:

[highlight]Team Mage1 (Mage11) [/highlight] – 90 points
Sara – (Amazon – Passive/Bow) – lvl 33 – Act V Nml - 21 points
Destroyer Klaudia – (Assassin - MA/Shadow) – lvl 45 – Act I NM - 37 points
Destroyer Starm – (Sorc - Cold/Light.) – lvl 47 – Act I NM - 32 points
 
[highlight]Team P§ÃÇHÕ[/highlight] – 206 points
Conqueror Cristahlia - (Amazon - Passive/Bow) - lvl 75 - Act I Hell
Conqueror Dysarinad - (Necro - Summon/Curse) - lvl 75 - Act I Hell
Conqueror Martabian - (Druid - Summon/Elem.) - lvl 79 - Act II Hell

Finished off Act I with Martabian, the Druid and decided to do some Pit runs to level him up to 79 before making a start with Dysarinad, the Necromancer. Cleared out the Den Of Evil and also killed Blood Raven to seal another two points. With Cain coming up next, I see Dysarinad finishing off Act I by the end of this week if everything goes well.

A hearty welcome back to Vildecor who has found some time to resume play. Be careful with your return, however. There's no use coming back and diving head first into dangerous play, especially considering it is hardcore and all.

And condolences go out to tenaka whose Conqueror, April met her fate to a seemingly invisible terror that consumed her life. A :drink: for a fabulous effort to make it to Conqueror. May her death be avenged soon!
 
[highlight]Exhibition Team Eddings II (erimatbrad) - 10 points[/highlight]

Belgarath (Elemental / Summon) lvl 12 - 6 pts - Lut Gholein
Eriond (Offensive / Defensive) lvl 13 - 4 pts - Outer Cloister
Cyradis (Traps / Shadow) lvl 1 - 0 points - Rogue's Camp

I made quite a bit more progress today. Not long into the Cloister, Belgarath found a rare large axe with enough damage (and speed) to replace his two-handed weapon (a rare crappy spear). Now he could cleave his way through the enemy ranks with abandon.

The other item slots were a superior scepter (with a c. sapphire) and a small shield for when things got a little hairy and blocking became essential.

There's not a lot of activity to speak of. Act I is always pretty boring in terms of what happens. I whacked a lot of things, they fell over dead, and I was never in any real danger.

Andariel was easy, as I've perfected a killing technique with druids in the Survivor tourney. Since I had several levels over what Typhus had, it was a piece of cake. I kept my Oak Sage cast and Andariel would target it, while I'd shoot away with a 3 gemmed hunter's bow (this time, c. ruby, c. emerald, c. sapphire).

She fell quickly, leaving a bounty of treasure including Deathspade (unique Axe), a rare amulet with MF, +nrg, +mana and a few other mods. Nice!
She also dropped a rare morning star, which went straight to Eriond. A lvl 3 requirement for 10-22 damage. Mmm...

Once he hit level 3, he was a force unlike any other. Almost everything was dying in 1 hit on players 8! Once he hit lvl 6 in the Den, Holy Fire made sure that was the case.

He's been a gem finding fiend. He's found a Jewel of Freedom, a Cinnibar Jewel of Freedom, five c. topazes (!) and a handful of other gems to boot!

This means that he's already got 36% MF this early in the game. Very exciting...
 
erimatbrad said:
[highlight] He's been a gem finding fiend. He's found a Jewel of Freedom, a Cinnibar Jewel of Freedom, five c. topazes (!) and a handful of other gems to boot!

This means that he's already got 36% MF this early in the game. Very exciting...
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Why not 45%?
 
erimatbrad said:
[highlight]Exhibition Team Eddings II (erimatbrad) - 10 points[/highlight]

Belgarath (Elemental / Summon) lvl 12 - 6 pts - Lut Gholein
Eriond (Offensive / Defensive) lvl 13 - 4 pts - Outer Cloister
Cyradis (Traps / Shadow) lvl 1 - 0 points - Rogue's Camp
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I've thought about doing a bfsin. Probably stick to trapsin for this time.

L12 and in Act II? What were you doing, practicing for Survivor II? My elementalist is L16 and only has up to the Forgotten Tower....
 
Hiedran said:
I've thought about doing a bfsin. Probably stick to trapsin for this time.
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I've wanted to try one for a while. I'm worried that she'll be too limited by the restricitons, though...

Hiedran said:
L12 and in Act II? What were you doing, practicing for Survivor II? My elementalist is L16 and only has up to the Forgotten Tower....
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I was a lot lower than that in Survivor I. :) I just went through on P1 and didn't kill a lot of things. I'll take the time to level up once I find a nice weapon for him...
 
[highlight]Exhibition Team Bavarian Forest II[/highlight] - 18 points
Franz - Barb (Warcries/Combat Skills) – lvl 25 – Act II Nml - 12 points
Mich - Necro (Bone/Curse) – lvl 1 – Act I Nml - 0 points
Theres - Sorc (Fire/Ice) – lvl 21 – Act II Nml - 6 points

Franz - WP: Lut Gholein - Last Quest: Killed Duriel
Mich - WP: Rogue Encampment - Last Quest: None
Theres - WP: Dry Hills - Last Quest: Found the Cube

Lately I have play Franz the Barb through Act I and II.
After some mild twinking from Theres, to give him a quick start, Franz cleared the Den of Evil, killed Bloodraven and rescued Cain without much difficulties. Everything was done on /p4 (I think this is a good compromise between fast leveling and monster life). After that Franz ran the Countess until he reaced level 18 (Concentrate). After that the Monestary and the Smith were nice and easy. Killing Andariel took a while (the merc decided to die in the middle of the fight). But she fell in the end. She dropped a nice rare ring and some other not very usefull junk.
Entering Act II, Franz quickly went into the Halls to get the cube. Next Franz killed Radament for that additional skill point. He didn't have much difficulties with the rest of act Act II. Except for the lightning Beetles. Franz has a LR of 10%, that proved to be too low.
At long last Franz assembled the Staff and explored Tal Rashas Tomb to get to Duriel.
Normal Duriel is (IMO) the most difficult Boss in the whole game. The characters don't have much life and not enough damage, they don't have all skills and you are blue the whole fight. The merc can't help you very mcuh here, he dies to quickly. But Franz is a Barbarian, so with a Level 2 BO and a Level 1 Shout he managed to kill Duriel (after a trip to town to restock on potions). Only yellow items, one was a nice new ring for Theres.
 
[highlight]Team Renewal - Points: 209[/highlight]
Conqueror Hera - (Ama Javelin/Passives) - Lvl 76 - Act 1 Hell - 72 Points
Conqueror Hades - (Nec Poison/Curses) - Lvl 70 - Act 1 Hell - 68 Points
Conqueror Fogged_Mirrors - (Sorc Lightning/Cold) - Lvl 73 - Act 1 Hell - 69 Points

Just a quick update from me:

FM saved cain, and in the process resurected her merc a lot. Not a great time, but she did the quest in style.

Hera is done with act 1, and will move to act 2 later this week.

I'm seriously trying to get these characters moving. RL is taking a huge toll right now, and focusing on one project is hard. I kind of have D2 attention defeceit disorder. ick.

crg
 
[HIGHLIGHT]Team HALL OF FAME[/HIGHLIGHT] – 312 points


[HIGHLIGHT] Guardian Andariel[/HIGHLIGHT] - Necromancer - Summon / curses – lvl 86 - 110 points – run for glory
[HIGHLIGHT] Guardian Baal [/HIGHLIGHT] ....- Assasin - Trap / Passive ............ – lvl 84 - 110 points – run for glory
Conqueror Diablo .- Amazon - Passive / bow .......... – lvl 85 - 102 points – actV - Hell
Be Afraid, we are back !

Didn't go to nila, direct to anciens (after some leveling). First try, an extra fast. bad way so TP and reroll. new bad option. So tp , 3e is the good one. use magic arrow to kill 2 of them. last one is bloked by the walkirie.
use only 3 full heal and 3 full mana potions, that's all ! no full reguv, easy isn't it.

last way is long and dangerous, make a try with baal but I was too long to do so I resumed. Perhaps next time.

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you want to make easy run, do like me, look that
http://fr.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jnemar2003/detail?.dir=/af59&.dnm=dcf7.jpg&.src=ph

nice team isn't it ? ;)

the next one is the last ancient with my blade fury, you can see I stay very very away (the ancien is not at the screen lol)
next talik with blade, see he's fighting with my shadow warrior i stay away

number five, the first to be killed ;)
 
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