Tournament: Envious of the Green and Gold

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Name          Character    Class       Diff.   Area               Level    S/U's Equipped
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Archone       Chicken      Necromancer  Hell     Hell A3             79          15
jiansonz      Martina      Amazon       Normal   Destroyer           48          15
felixbavaria  Bruno        Druid        Normal   Frozen Tundra       42           9
Glenstorm     Irene        Assassin     Normal   Kurast Docks        27           3
jdkerr        Phusis       Assassin     Normal   Kurast Docks        24           5
Kitteh        Briony       Assassin     Normal   Arcane Sanctuary    25           7
RIP           Thor         Paladin      Normal   Dry hills           23           2
Grisu         Meronym      Assassin     Normal   Rogue Camp          21           2
kestegs       SankeEyes    Sorceress    Normal   Lut Gholein         21           3
srrw          Selene       Sorceress    Normal   Lut Gholein         20           0
Morathi       Yates        Barbarian    Normal   Lut Gholein         20           0
CDM           BK           Druid        Normal   Outer Cloister      17           2
Jason         Qirana       Amazon       Normal   Stony Field         13           1
djmbbandie    Cassie       Amazon       Normal   Rogue Camp           1           0
Tox FTW       Oatmeal      Druid        Normal   Rogue Camp           1           0

Nice progress everyone!

Bruno the Werebear is still whacking, slowly but steadily. He has a stockpile of S/U items now, but still only nine slots filled (no jewelry, belt, or merc weapon). Best find so far: Sigon's shield which went on the Merc. I also have the gloves, but unfortunately Werebears don't care much about off-weapon IAS. So it's still chasing after imps who often manage to run away during a single attack cycle.

[highlight]Bruno the Werebear, level 42, 9 S/Us equipped, Nihlathak's Temple next[/highlight]
 
3pieces of Angelic grants 50mf on the ring, and 2 pieces of the Arctic set, 40mf on the belt!

I had arctic belt and armor quite a while. Coupled with a 3 socket mask w 3 topazes! ;)
 
I am in on this. First tourney. I think I will go with a summoner as well, I know it is lame, but I don't have a guardian without MP, or a necro and this would fit both...and he "might" be able to actually finish this thing....

First time doing single pass full clears too which I am a bit excited about.

Malice lvl 6 summoner den and blood moor cleared.
 
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Name          Character    Class       Diff.   Area               Level    S/U's Equipped
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Archone       Chicken      Necromancer  Hell     Hell A3             79          15
jiansonz      Martina      Amazon       Normal   Destroyer           48          15
felixbavaria  Bruno        Druid        Normal   Frozen Tundra       42           9
Glenstorm     Irene        Assassin     Normal   Kurast Docks        27           3
jdkerr        Phusis       Assassin     Normal   Kurast Docks        24           5
Kitteh        Briony       Assassin     Normal   Arcane Sanctuary    25           7
RIP           Thor         Paladin      Normal   Dry hills           23           2
Tox FTW       Oatmeal      Paladin      Normal   Dry Hills           22           2
Grisu         Meronym      Assassin     Normal   Rogue Camp          21           2
kestegs       SankeEyes    Sorceress    Normal   Lut Gholein         21           3
srrw          Selene       Sorceress    Normal   Lut Gholein         20           0
Morathi       Yates        Barbarian    Normal   Lut Gholein         20           0
CDM           BK           Druid        Normal   Outer Cloister      17           2
Jason         Qirana       Amazon       Normal   Stony Field         13           1
djmbbandie    Cassie       Amazon       Normal   Rogue Camp           1           0

Oatmeal the level 11 Werebear began to notice the mysterious powers that seemed to control his every movement seemed to be tiring of his sluggish killing speed. Then, Oatmeal seemed to mysteriously fall asleep in the Black Marsh and, when he awoke, he had miraculously transformed into a level 1 Paladin.

Oatmeal, now a Paladin, has bashed through Act 1 (finding zero S/U items) into Act 2. A Crushflange in the Sewers provided a nice boost but the Angelic Sickle that dropped just outside of town seems a bit useless unless another peice of the set happens to make an appearance.

[highlight]Oatmeal the Freezadin (soon to be Shockadin), level 22, 2 S/U items equipped, Act2, Dry Hills[/highlight]
 
srrw said:
I just hate the Rogues AI, it's retarded. They run in circles twice as much as the time they're actually attacking things.
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I agree that their AI could have been better, but I have learned to like them, and to play my characters in ways that makes them as effective (and as little annoying) as possible. I wrote a section in the merc FAQ about this (the section called 'Movement tactics and Rogue behaviour').
 
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Name          Character    Class       Diff.   Area               Level    S/U's Equipped
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Archone       Chicken      Necromancer  Hell     Hell A3             79          15
felixbavaria  Bruno        Druid        NM       Cold Plains         48           9
jiansonz      Martina      Amazon       Normal   Destroyer           48          15
Kitteh        Briony       Assassin     Normal   Kurast Docks        28           9
Glenstorm     Irene        Assassin     Normal   Kurast Docks        27           3
jdkerr        Phusis       Assassin     Normal   Kurast Docks        24           5
RIP           Thor         Paladin      Normal   Dry hills           23           2
Tox FTW       Oatmeal      Paladin      Normal   Dry Hills           22           2
Grisu         Meronym      Assassin     Normal   Rogue Camp          21           2
kestegs       SankeEyes    Sorceress    Normal   Lut Gholein         21           3
srrw          Selene       Sorceress    Normal   Lut Gholein         20           0
Morathi       Yates        Barbarian    Normal   Lut Gholein         20           0
CDM           BK           Druid        Normal   Outer Cloister      17           2
Jason         Qirana       Amazon       Normal   Stony Field         13           1
djmbbandie    Cassie       Amazon       Normal   Rogue Camp           1           0

Bruno has become a Destroyer. It was a long fight against Lister and Baal, though. He dropped an Angelic Sickle and Bladebuckle. In the Cow level, the Arctic Belt dropped. Together with the bow and a PTopazed Hawkmail, it makes a nice MF combo with very decent attack speed.

[highlight]Bruno the Werebear, level 48, 9 S/Us equipped, Cold Plains (NM) next[/highlight]
 
I also used my socket quest early - around mid Act V. For me, it's because the treasure hunt in Nightmare is probably important for my character's chances of putting together a decent 'toolbox' for the late game.

The options for what to put in the sockets are also a bit limited in this tourney compared to a more normal situation since we can't put runes there. It will probably be an IAS (or resist) jewel here, a topaz in a shield there, etc.

The Arctic set I have my socket in has some nice combos, and I may even end up using the armor long-term but I can of course put something else in the socket later.
 
Kitteh said:
Why did you use a socket quest so early? (I'm not meaning to sound demeaning, I'm genuinely curious about your thinking)
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I did it because it doubled my MF from 20% to 44% at this stage, and because Hawkmail is a decent endgame armour in this tournament (IIRC you can get CBF only on Death's Sash (meh), Duriel's Shell, Darksight Helm or Ravenfrost, all of which are quite unlikely to drop). So I might socket it later with a green all resist jewel, or whatever else I think is appropriate.
 
NM Cain has been rescued. Heart Carver is a really good weapon for Martina but the repair costs are outrageous. Charsi wants 47000 to repair the measly 20 durability! These costs eat up almost half of my selling income at this stage of the game. It must be those +skills that makes it so costly. I think that is not fair - either let me use those skills (i.e. make them 'oskills' instead) or charge us non-Barbs less than 10% of what you do! The way this tourney works, the best use for Ort runes for me now is to use them to repair Heart Carver. Tal and Ral are used in upgrading recipes, but the only other use of Ort is to cube them to make more Sol runes.

Damage output is good. Heart Carver has a good chance to do Deadly Strike. If I am not misinformed, Deadly Strike and Critical Strike can not trigger on the same hit, but they both get a separate check. If that is correct, Martina does double damage on 2/3 of her hits.

I have encountered some bosses with dangerous combos (Conviction + LE, Cursed + Extra Strong and such). This has led me to invest more than half of my saved stat points into Vitality, so Martina now has around 550 life. Resists in NM are Fire 15, Cold 75 and Lightning 31.

Blood Raven was perfectly cornered after only two zombies were summoned. As you can see, Jelani found a good vantage point through the fence.

Cathan's Mesh dropped. That's my 4th piece of the set. I stashed it for now. The fire resist (30%, if you wear it with two more pieces of the set) may be needed later.

A random boss in Stony Field dropped The Impaler unique War Spear. The damage it does is smaller than Heart Carver but it may be interesting later for Jabbing (plus being able to apply OW from long range might be useful) or as a merc weapon. I plan to try out a Might merc in Act II. Why not a Prayer merc or something now? Well, the cold shattering of Fallen in this act is far too convenient to be without.

Item names are funny sometimes. An old favourite is the Freezing Amulet of Thawing. This one indicates that someone missed a zoology class. :)


[Highlight]Destroyer Martina the Daggerzon and Jelani the Cold mage, level 49, 15 S/U items equipped, NM Black Marsh next[/Highlight]
 
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Name          Character    Class       Diff.   Area               Level    S/U's Equipped
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Archone       Chicken      Necromancer  Hell     Hell A3             79          15
felixbavaria  Bruno        Druid        NM       Cold Plains         48           9
jiansonz      Martina      Amazon       Normal   Destroyer           48          15
Kitteh        Briony       Assassin     Normal   Kurast Docks        28           9
Glenstorm     Irene        Assassin     Normal   Kurast Docks        27           3
jdkerr        Phusis       Assassin     Normal   Kurast Docks        24           5
RIP           Thor         Paladin      Normal   Dry hills           23           2
Tox FTW       Oatmeal      Paladin      Normal   Dry Hills           22           2
Grisu         Meronym      Assassin     Normal   Rogue Camp          21           2
kestegs       SankeEyes    Sorceress    Normal   Lut Gholein         21           3
srrw          Selene       Sorceress    Normal   Lut Gholein         20           0
Morathi       Yates        Barbarian    Normal   Lut Gholein         20           0
CDM           BK           Druid        Normal   Outer Cloister      17           2
Jason         Qirana       Amazon       Normal   Stony Field         13           1
djmbbandie    Cassie       Amazon       Normal   Rogue Camp           1           0
igloosPat     Hennifer     Assassin     Normal   Outer Cloister      17           1




Never joined any of these tourneys before and this looks really fun. Entering Hennifer, martial arts / traps assassin!


Being my first single pass tourney I decided to full clear everything. I have never ever been level 17 when I am obtaining the Outer Cloister WP! Anyway, I am going with Wake of Fire right now and players 8. There has been like 14 chipped topazes so that's cool.
 
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Name          Character    Class       Diff.   Area               Level    S/U's Equipped
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Archone       Chicken      Necromancer  Hell     Hell A3             79          15
felixbavaria  Bruno        Druid        NM       Cold Plains         48           9
jiansonz      Martina      Amazon       Normal   Destroyer           48          15
Kitteh        Briony       Assassin     Normal   Kurast Docks        28           9
Glenstorm     Irene        Assassin     Normal   Kurast Docks        27           3
jdkerr        Phusis       Assassin     Normal   Kurast Docks        24           5
RIP           Thor         Paladin      Normal   Dry hills           23           2
Tox FTW       Oatmeal      Paladin      Normal   Dry Hills           22           2
Grisu         Meronym      Assassin     Normal   Rogue Camp          21           2
kestegs       SankeEyes    Sorceress    Normal   Lut Gholein         21           3
srrw          Selene       Sorceress    Normal   Lut Gholein         20           0
Morathi       Yates        Barbarian    Normal   Lut Gholein         20           0
CDM           BK           Druid        Normal   Outer Cloister      17           2
igloosPat     Hennifer     Assassin     Normal   Outer Cloister      17           1
djmbbandie    Cassie       Amazon       Normal   Black Marsh         17           1
Jason         Qirana       Amazon       Normal   Stony Field         13           1

I'll pick up Cassie again after next Friday (Next week is finals week). Updated progress in the table.

EDIT: Put Igloo into this table.
 
@jiansonz: yes, you are correct on the mechanics of DS and CS. Nice helm, too :p

I've made it up to the false tombs, but haven't started them yet, will give a full update once I'm done.
 
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Name          Character    Class       Diff.   Area               Level    S/U's Equipped
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Archone       Chicken      Necromancer  Hell     Hell A3             79          15
felixbavaria  Bruno        Druid        NM       Cold Plains         48           9
jiansonz      Martina      Amazon       Normal   Destroyer           48          15
Kitteh        Briony       Assassin     Normal   Kurast Docks        28           9
Glenstorm     Irene        Assassin     Normal   Kurast Docks        27           3
jdkerr        Phusis       Assassin     Normal   Kurast Docks        24           5
RIP           Thor         Paladin      Normal   Dry hills           23           2
Tox FTW       Oatmeal      Paladin      Normal   Dry Hills           22           2
Grisu         Meronym      Assassin     Normal   Rogue Camp          21           2
kestegs       SankeEyes    Sorceress    Normal   Lut Gholein         21           3
srrw          Selene       Sorceress    Normal   Lut Gholein         20           0
Morathi       Yates        Barbarian    Normal   Lut Gholein         20           0
CDM           BK           Druid        Normal   Outer Cloister      17           2
djmbbandie    Cassie       Amazon       Normal   Black Marsh         17           1
Jason         Qirana       Amazon       Normal   Stony Field         13           1
igloosPat     Hennifer     Assassin     Normal   Lut Gholein         20           1

Couldn't resist playing. Went to Act 2 at level 20!
 
Cool tournament. Jiansonz, your photobucket pictures on my computer are tiny. Can you give me some IT support so they can grow in size and I can actually see them?
 
OldSoldier said:
Cool tournament. Jiansonz, your photobucket pictures on my computer are tiny. Can you give me some IT support so they can grow in size and I can actually see them?
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Photobucket has changed the interface, so I was slightly confused, but I copied the 'direct link' as I have always done, and they look good for me. They are 800x600 JPEGs.

I wonder why they are tiny for you. Maybe you have a very high resolution setting on your monitor, so 800x600 pixels make up just a tiny portion of the screen?

Do you know if I can link to them in a different way so they can become resizable?
 
jiansonz said:
Photobucket has changed the interface, so I was slightly confused, but I copied the 'direct link' as I have always done, and they look good for me. They are 800x600 JPEGs.

I wonder why they are tiny for you. Maybe you have a very high resolution setting on your monitor, so 800x600 pixels make up just a tiny portion of the screen?

Do you know if I can link to them in a different way so they can become resizable?
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They show up fine on the iPad so I guess I've got an issue with my browser or its compatibility with Photobucket. Well I will use this opportunity to give you congrats on your progress.
 
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