Tournament: The emperor's clothes
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Duke HelScream
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[highlight]The Death of Sir_William was just a begining...[/highlight]
Even though he was a champion of Light,he has ressurected into a slower,less armoured,but more powerful [highlight]LICH.[/highlight]
Now I am Hard to the very essence of Hard Core.:evil:
So far the hardest place to be in was [highlight]Cave level 1.[/highlight]I got "ambushed" by a spectral hit pack of monsters,Coldcrow was ezay,all of the Super uniques are,their guards = Trouble.SO far no rare items.
[highlight]Vilius_BoneSnap Act 1,Cold Plains,-6 points.[/highlight]
For those who wonder what Vilius Means it is my Real life [highlight]Name(!).[/highlight]
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[highlight]Forum Name Char. Name Char. Type Lvl Waypoint Score Best Find[/highlight]
Mursilis Enkidu Teslafrost 72 NM WSK lvl2 187 'Spirit' Targe
Merlin Filiae_Luxor PStriker 53 NM Act II 107 Generals Tan do li ga.
FatFree Godiva Javazon 46 Harrogath 70 Stormguild Large Shld
Fast Eddie SonOfQuetz Cheesedin 34 Abaddon 61 +P.Comb Amu(RIP)
Thomh Lilja Meteorb 30 Lower Kurast 36 Rare Long Staff
Serdash Dasheh Mojomancer 18 Dry Hills 13 Nagelring
Jcakes Ishbel LS/FB sin 20 Lut Gholein 7 Rare Sabre
Fast Eddie FishyQuetz Fishyzon 14 Lut Gholein 6 Bone Eye jewel
Fast Eddie Quetzacoatl Cheesedin 19 Sewers L2 5 Rare Large Axe(RIP)
G'skeeper Sartorial Blizzball 18 Town Act2 1 Felloak Club
HelScream Sir_William FoH-A-Din 17 Outer Cloist 1 Rare Skull Cap (RIP)
Betoka Cerveau_Lent Teslafrost 20 luth golein 0 rare gloves
SpikeWil. ElCid Barbarian 5 Cold Plains -1 S. Sword of Shock
Fast Eddie 3RDGenQuetz FA/Strafer 16 Barracks -2 Rare Short Bow(RIP)
Cymril Erin Bowtrapsin 9 Stony Field -2 The Hands of Broc
Jabari Jezebel Hydress 14 Dark Wood -4 Rare Staff
yugular Zealar Zealot 15 Dark Wood -4 Demon Pale
FatFree Moonbolt Sorceress 15 Black Marsh -5 Rare Hunter's Bow
Sardonic Echidna Teslafrost 14 Dark Wood -6 "Viper Jack" armor
HelScream Vilius_BoneSnap Bone-O-Mancer 10 Cold Plains -4 Beryl Eagle Orb Of Fire Bolts.
Treehead Woodfist - Jagged Hand Axe of maimin,Leather Gloves of Remedy (eth).[highlight]The Death of Sir_William was just a begining...[/highlight]
Even though he was a champion of Light,he has ressurected into a slower,less armoured,but more powerful [highlight]LICH.[/highlight]
Now I am Hard to the very essence of Hard Core.:evil:
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Corpsefire - Leather Gloves of Strength,Jagged Javelin Of Worth.
Bishbosh - Bronze Scepter,Boots of Dexterity.
Blood Raven - Sturdy Skull Cap,Small Shield Of Charged Bolt,Screaming Short Bow,Leather Armor of the Jackal,Hand Axe of Self-Repair.
Bonebreaker - Tangerine Small Shield,Beryl Eagle Orb of Fire Bolts.
Coldcrow - Sharp Club of Strength.IS this possible???
Rakanishu - Eagle Crusher Club,Crimison Small Shield Of Blocking.[highlight]Vilius_BoneSnap Act 1,Cold Plains,-6 points.[/highlight]
For those who wonder what Vilius Means it is my Real life [highlight]Name(!).[/highlight]
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Re: Tournament: The emperor's clothes
Good luck for your new start duke.
ActII done.
After rushing to the cube, I got my first ring drop by the creeping feature. A few cubing later, and I'm the happy owner of a 24 mf amulet. So, i decide to socket my skull cap with 2 flawed topaz, for a total of 50mf on gear. Just after that Radament dropped an isenhart cage. Good defense+defiance merc: not so bad.
I got 5 set items this act by normal monster, but nothing worth personalizing it.
Since lvl 24, fights are very easy, holy shok with 10 pts in light resist aura is violent!
So full clear in p8 again and in the end, Duriel gave my first unique: a dragon chang, and a bunch of rares slow weapons.
[highlight] Cerveau_Lent, lvl 28, kurast docks, score :23[/highlight]
Good luck for your new start duke.
ActII done.
After rushing to the cube, I got my first ring drop by the creeping feature. A few cubing later, and I'm the happy owner of a 24 mf amulet. So, i decide to socket my skull cap with 2 flawed topaz, for a total of 50mf on gear. Just after that Radament dropped an isenhart cage. Good defense+defiance merc: not so bad.
I got 5 set items this act by normal monster, but nothing worth personalizing it.
Since lvl 24, fights are very easy, holy shok with 10 pts in light resist aura is violent!
So full clear in p8 again and in the end, Duriel gave my first unique: a dragon chang, and a bunch of rares slow weapons.
[highlight] Cerveau_Lent, lvl 28, kurast docks, score :23[/highlight]
Merlin The Wizzard
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@Thomh - Oi. Thanks, but that's really not necessary! I like thinking up these things, and I'm just happy the lot of you have a good time with it!
@Duke - Let's hope the bonemancer doesn't die... What would he become when resurrected?
Anyways, RIP for Sir William, and good luck with mr. bonesnap. I'll try to edit the table a bit so the columns look allright.
@Betoka - Nice work there! An MF amulet is nice this early in the game, and in all probability, you did the right thing with the skullcap as well. Let's hope the MF investment will pay off!
@Thomh - Oi. Thanks, but that's really not necessary! I like thinking up these things, and I'm just happy the lot of you have a good time with it!
@Duke - Let's hope the bonemancer doesn't die... What would he become when resurrected?
Anyways, RIP for Sir William, and good luck with mr. bonesnap. I'll try to edit the table a bit so the columns look allright.
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[highlight]Forum Name Char. Name Char. Type Lvl Waypoint Score Best Find[/highlight]
Mursilis Enkidu Teslafrost 72 NM WSK lvl2 187 'Spirit' Targe
Merlin Filiae_Luxor PStriker 53 NM Act II 107 Generals Tan do li ga.
FatFree Godiva Javazon 46 Harrogath 70 Stormguild Large Shld
Fast Eddie SonOfQuetz Cheesedin 34 Abaddon 61 +P.Comb Amu(RIP)
Thomh Lilja Meteorb 30 Lower Kurast 36 Rare Long Staff(RIP)
Betoka Cerveau_Lent Teslafrost 28 Kurast Docks 23 rare gloves
Serdash Dasheh Mojomancer 18 Dry Hills 13 Nagelring
Jcakes Ishbel LS/FB sin 20 Lut Gholein 7 Rare Sabre
Fast Eddie FishyQuetz Fishyzon 14 Lut Gholein 6 Bone Eye jewel
Fast Eddie Quetzacoatl Cheesedin 19 Sewers L2 5 Rare Large Axe(RIP)
G'skeeper Sartorial Blizzball 18 Town Act2 1 Felloak Club
Duke Sir_William FoH-A-Din 17 Outer Cloist 1 Rare Skull Cap (RIP)
SpikeWil. ElCid Barbarian 5 Cold Plains -1 S. Sword of Shock
Fast Eddie 3RDGenQuetz FA/Strafer 16 Barracks -2 Rare Short Bow(RIP)
Cymril Erin Bowtrapsin 9 Stony Field -2 The Hands of Broc
Jabari Jezebel Hydress 14 Dark Wood -4 Rare Staff
yugular Zealar Zealot 15 Dark Wood -4 Demon Pale
FatFree Moonbolt Sorceress 15 Black Marsh -5 Rare Hunter's Bow
Sardonic Echidna Teslafrost 14 Dark Wood -6 "Viper Jack" armor
Duke Vilius_BoneSnap BoneMancer 10 Cold Plains -4 Beryl Eagle Orb Of Fire Bolts.@Betoka - Nice work there! An MF amulet is nice this early in the game, and in all probability, you did the right thing with the skullcap as well. Let's hope the MF investment will pay off!
Merlin The Wizzard
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Filiae Just went a cubing. I am starting to notice a slight discrepancy between my number of stashed amulets and stashed rings. See, I have about 4 amulets total left now, whereas I still have about 50 rings. Sigh.
Ok, so what did I end up with? During my cubing, I was forced to get my other cubed legit amulet as well, since I had some... well... good ones
My first result was a rainbow amulet of warding (11 to all resists, MD reduced by 2). Nice I thought, but I wanted a ring. No sweat, just take my other amulet, a garnet amulet of the wolf, and cube that up. PRetty soon after I made that decision, I came up with : a Scintillating Amulet (+15 to all resists). Great. Back to cubing the rainbow amulet then. And just before I ran out of amulets, I cubed up yet ANOTHER useful amulet. (meanwhile, I had skipped some decent MF rings. I need to work on buffing my char a bit). I cubed up a Magekiller's amulet. Well, +1 to assassin skills is a definite boon to my char. I have stashed the scintillating amulet and my previous 8%MF rare one, and now have a total of +2 to all skills... Not bad
Now I am ready for the palace...
Filiae Just went a cubing. I am starting to notice a slight discrepancy between my number of stashed amulets and stashed rings. See, I have about 4 amulets total left now, whereas I still have about 50 rings. Sigh.
Ok, so what did I end up with? During my cubing, I was forced to get my other cubed legit amulet as well, since I had some... well... good ones
My first result was a rainbow amulet of warding (11 to all resists, MD reduced by 2). Nice I thought, but I wanted a ring. No sweat, just take my other amulet, a garnet amulet of the wolf, and cube that up. PRetty soon after I made that decision, I came up with : a Scintillating Amulet (+15 to all resists). Great. Back to cubing the rainbow amulet then. And just before I ran out of amulets, I cubed up yet ANOTHER useful amulet. (meanwhile, I had skipped some decent MF rings. I need to work on buffing my char a bit). I cubed up a Magekiller's amulet. Well, +1 to assassin skills is a definite boon to my char. I have stashed the scintillating amulet and my previous 8%MF rare one, and now have a total of +2 to all skills... Not bad
Now I am ready for the palace...
Merlin The Wizzard
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Sigh. Bad luck on fire Eye. Not only did he nearly kill me with his deaththroes (he was CE and FE, and I was WAAAAAY too close when he went pop.
But, his buddy right next to him went pop that same moment, and he dropped something magical, so there are three magical items. 1 a blue poleaxe, 1 a warhat, and 1 a rare ring. That rare ring was way better then my current rare ring, but, without knowing for SURE who dropped what... Well, I guess you know the deal. No new shiny ring for me. I wrote it down and stashed it, just so I can torment myself with it's juice mods...
Sigh. Bad luck on fire Eye. Not only did he nearly kill me with his deaththroes (he was CE and FE, and I was WAAAAAY too close when he went pop.
But, his buddy right next to him went pop that same moment, and he dropped something magical, so there are three magical items. 1 a blue poleaxe, 1 a warhat, and 1 a rare ring. That rare ring was way better then my current rare ring, but, without knowing for SURE who dropped what... Well, I guess you know the deal. No new shiny ring for me. I wrote it down and stashed it, just so I can torment myself with it's juice mods...
Merlin The Wizzard
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Truly. If I am not more careful in the foreseeable future, bosses like that will be the end of me. (FE bug = NASTY)
Ah well. No use worrying about it, eh?
EDIT: In retrospect, I think I was out of range from the Corpse Explosion, but was caught in the fire enhanced frost nova...
Done for theday. Cleaned out the arcane sacntuary, no problems, allthough I managed to trap myself two times in a pack of those yellow ghosts. The Summoner, as usual, was dangerous at a distance, but proved to be very vulnerable to any amount of damage I delivered(probably even my merc with his crappy trident could overcome his regen...)
Finds :
Charms : Serpents GC of Dexterity (Very useful! 50 mana means 14 more then my current GC, and +6 DEX is useful as well)
Gems: Flawless from all kinds, xcept topaz.
Runes: 2* Sol, Shael <---- Awesome luck, 3 good runes!
Set: Cathans Seal (My first! And I allready have 3 angelic Halo's )
Unique : Magefist (not much use to me, but I don't think I have HC solid ones(found an ethereal set with my MF barb from waaaay earlier))
Summoner drop : a studded leather of guarding(useless), holy demonhide gloves of readiness(still of little use, I have good gloves in the taboo, and I have rares with +MArtial arts ready in my stash) and a rare war sword (most notable due to 20% IAS and almost 300 AR)
Truly. If I am not more careful in the foreseeable future, bosses like that will be the end of me. (FE bug = NASTY)
Ah well. No use worrying about it, eh?
EDIT: In retrospect, I think I was out of range from the Corpse Explosion, but was caught in the fire enhanced frost nova...
Done for theday. Cleaned out the arcane sacntuary, no problems, allthough I managed to trap myself two times in a pack of those yellow ghosts. The Summoner, as usual, was dangerous at a distance, but proved to be very vulnerable to any amount of damage I delivered(probably even my merc with his crappy trident could overcome his regen...)
Finds :
Charms : Serpents GC of Dexterity (Very useful! 50 mana means 14 more then my current GC, and +6 DEX is useful as well)
Gems: Flawless from all kinds, xcept topaz.
Runes: 2* Sol, Shael <---- Awesome luck, 3 good runes!
Set: Cathans Seal (My first! And I allready have 3 angelic Halo's
)Unique : Magefist (not much use to me, but I don't think I have HC solid ones(found an ethereal set with my MF barb from waaaay earlier))
Summoner drop : a studded leather of guarding(useless), holy demonhide gloves of readiness(still of little use, I have good gloves in the taboo, and I have rares with +MArtial arts ready in my stash) and a rare war sword (most notable due to 20% IAS and almost 300 AR)
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Baal or Bust time. :nervous:
Enkidu ventured into the WSK and what did he find right out of the WP, but Gloams of course. Thankfully none of the boss packs were Conviction enhanced so he survived the encounter and they were actually nice to him for once, dropped a grailer..the Blinkbat's Form. Onward to level 3, which contained nothing of interest. However the last level had....Oblivion Knights, of course. Right down the stairs was an OK boss, guess someone has to be the welcome wagon. Turns out the level had Barlog demons and more Gloams as well. Gloams don't worry me too much with maxed resistances and fingers on the rejuv button. It's the Oks and IM that could cause problems. So Enkidu reverted to his javelins (set of 60). Due to the small stack size he must have returned to town to repair them at least twenty times that level.
The minions waves kept Enkidu on his feet. First Colenzo was FE, so while the merc tanked the minions Enkidu turned Colenzo into a javelin pincushion. Next was the hardest of the groups, Achmel. The entire group simply refused to move away from Baal's steps so Enkidu had to engage them while chilled by the skeleton mages and decrepified by Baal. Needless to say it was a very long fight.
Enkidu took to whacking the mages until they eventually shattered, which took about four tries per mage. The rest of the waves didn't pose any problems. The entire level had been cleared out and they were game to chasing Enkidu all over it. As a result they were easily split up and dealt with in 1-2 monster sized groups.
And then came Baal. Enkidu found himself dealing with clones and appendages more often than not. Frost Cone waves and mana stealing breath was constant and Baal continued to teleport away after allowing Enkidu only a hit or two. Coupled with that anytime Baal landed a physical blow Enkidu lost half his life bulb. Needless to say there were quite a few trips back to town to restock on health potions and repair Enkidu's weapon. Near the end of the fight Baal decided to try and cheat Enkidu out of his drop by staying in a bad corner. I had to lure him away, which Baal was reluctant to do and took almost ten minutes before he would step away. Eventually Baal did, and Enkidu pounced, ending Baal's rein.
It was then on to the Moo Moo Farm. The portal ended up right next to the stable so the king was encountered very early. Unfortunately so were a pair of bosspacks, one with the Blessed Aim aura, the other Fanaticism. Ugh. Good thing the walls of the stable are long, they were used to keep the cows separated until they could be dealt with. Unfortunately not the whole level is built like that, so while the merc can tank a small batch of cows, sometimes more than a few come arunning. Oddly enough, had more NDEs in the Farm than all of Act V, the cows were determined to surround Enkidu and he was just as determined not to let that happen.
A few odd things. One was that for once the merc actually survived the fight with Baal, and only needed 2-3 health potions total to do so. :dontknow: Other is that Enkidu found a pair of skillers; a Javelin one in the WSK and a Martial Arts one in the Farm. Strange since I haven't seen a skiller drop in ages.
Now I need to rearrange equipment and see where I want to use my imbune, personalization and socket quest before moving onward. There isn't a clear favorite as to what I want to personalize, much less socket. :scratchchin:
[highlight]Enkidu the Teslafroster, Level 73, NM Moo Moo Farm, Score: 223[/highlight]
The drops:
Weird, the Cow King dropped better than Baal.
Enkidu ventured into the WSK and what did he find right out of the WP, but Gloams of course. Thankfully none of the boss packs were Conviction enhanced so he survived the encounter and they were actually nice to him for once, dropped a grailer..the Blinkbat's Form. Onward to level 3, which contained nothing of interest. However the last level had....Oblivion Knights, of course. Right down the stairs was an OK boss, guess someone has to be the welcome wagon. Turns out the level had Barlog demons and more Gloams as well. Gloams don't worry me too much with maxed resistances and fingers on the rejuv button. It's the Oks and IM that could cause problems. So Enkidu reverted to his javelins (set of 60). Due to the small stack size he must have returned to town to repair them at least twenty times that level.
The minions waves kept Enkidu on his feet. First Colenzo was FE, so while the merc tanked the minions Enkidu turned Colenzo into a javelin pincushion. Next was the hardest of the groups, Achmel. The entire group simply refused to move away from Baal's steps so Enkidu had to engage them while chilled by the skeleton mages and decrepified by Baal. Needless to say it was a very long fight.
Enkidu took to whacking the mages until they eventually shattered, which took about four tries per mage. The rest of the waves didn't pose any problems. The entire level had been cleared out and they were game to chasing Enkidu all over it. As a result they were easily split up and dealt with in 1-2 monster sized groups.And then came Baal. Enkidu found himself dealing with clones and appendages more often than not. Frost Cone waves and mana stealing breath was constant and Baal continued to teleport away after allowing Enkidu only a hit or two. Coupled with that anytime Baal landed a physical blow Enkidu lost half his life bulb. Needless to say there were quite a few trips back to town to restock on health potions and repair Enkidu's weapon. Near the end of the fight Baal decided to try and cheat Enkidu out of his drop by staying in a bad corner. I had to lure him away, which Baal was reluctant to do and took almost ten minutes before he would step away. Eventually Baal did, and Enkidu pounced, ending Baal's rein.
It was then on to the Moo Moo Farm. The portal ended up right next to the stable so the king was encountered very early. Unfortunately so were a pair of bosspacks, one with the Blessed Aim aura, the other Fanaticism. Ugh. Good thing the walls of the stable are long, they were used to keep the cows separated until they could be dealt with. Unfortunately not the whole level is built like that, so while the merc can tank a small batch of cows, sometimes more than a few come arunning. Oddly enough, had more NDEs in the Farm than all of Act V, the cows were determined to surround Enkidu and he was just as determined not to let that happen.
A few odd things. One was that for once the merc actually survived the fight with Baal, and only needed 2-3 health potions total to do so. :dontknow: Other is that Enkidu found a pair of skillers; a Javelin one in the WSK and a Martial Arts one in the Farm. Strange since I haven't seen a skiller drop in ages.
Now I need to rearrange equipment and see where I want to use my imbune, personalization and socket quest before moving onward. There isn't a clear favorite as to what I want to personalize, much less socket. :scratchchin:
[highlight]Enkidu the Teslafroster, Level 73, NM Moo Moo Farm, Score: 223[/highlight]
The drops:
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Dac Farren
Gladius - lvl 3 bash charges
Shenk
Large Axe - 1-2 cold dmg
Cinquendeas - 1-54 lightning dmg
Eldritch
Hyperion Javelin - 16-44 fire dmg
Petrified Wand - +1 poison explosion, Poison Nova charges
Eyeback
Morning Star - +1 cold dmg, LR 5%
Military Pick - 19% ED, 19 AR
Sharptooth Slayer
Cutlass - 5% LL
Cleaver - +7 min dmg
Thresh Socket
Ogre Axe - 42% ED, 54 AR, 7 poison over 3 sec, 7% LR, 7% ML, 4% LL
Bardiche - 293 AR
Frozenstein
Cedar Bow - 4% LL
Cutlass - +3 min dmg
Bonesaw Breaker
Light Belt - 3 mana
Pindleskin
Breast plate - 6 strength, 23% ED
Tabar - 1-3 cold dmg
Nihlathak
Short War Bow - 258% ED
Snapchip Shatter
Skipped due to star trap (snakes/dolls)
Colenzo
Broad Sword - +12 min dmg
Achmel
Nothing
Bartuc
Nothing
Ventar
Broad Axe - 14 AR, 1-3 fire dmg
Lister
Nothing
Baal
Spetum - 100% ED, +1 max dmg, 88 AR, 8% ML
Belt - FR 16%, PR 11%
Gothic Plate - CR 28%, PLR 25%
Dacian Flax - 29% ED, +17 max dmg
Battle Axe - +17 max dmg
Mage Plate - 85% ED, Dmg reduced by 2
Cow King
Chain Mail - 8 life, 13 mana, 14% ctc Nova, 66% ED
Light Plated Boots - LR 9%, PR 29%, 10% FRWm, half freeze duration
Sigon's Shelter
Poleaxe - 123% ED, +max dmg based on char lvl, 183 AR, 2osDuke HelScream
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Re: Tournament: The emperor's clothes
Deeds!
[highlight]I can't believe it...[/highlight]
GUMBY DIED!He was bruttaly attacked by two Vile Hunter Packs,One Cursed,One extra strong...You Know where I'm going...
Now I Have his brother,Gumby the 2Nd.:scratchchin:
I was wondering,has anyone reached hell act 2-3 Yet?
Treehead Woodfist sox...
Black Widow (Champ Returned) Droped a Unique club (Why didn't it drop when I was at Griswold?!).
@Sardonic,No I didn't die,I realy meant gumby died,for the first time.This was just a ruse for you to read more.
arty:
I'm alvie (well necromancer don't eat as much as barbarians,so you could call me one step from death.[highlight]Starvation.[/highlight].:badteeth:.
Deeds!
[highlight]I can't believe it...[/highlight]
GUMBY DIED!He was bruttaly attacked by two Vile Hunter Packs,One Cursed,One extra strong...You Know where I'm going...
Now I Have his brother,Gumby the 2Nd.:scratchchin:
I was wondering,has anyone reached hell act 2-3 Yet?
Treehead Woodfist sox...
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Griswold - 2 Open Socket Targe (+10% Res All),Sharp Large axe@Sardonic,No I didn't die,I realy meant gumby died,for the first time.This was just a ruse for you to read more.
arty:I'm alvie (well necromancer don't eat as much as barbarians,so you could call me one step from death.[highlight]Starvation.[/highlight].:badteeth:.
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I had to laugh, at first I though you were dead too Duke. :nod: Don't worry, we all read the whole post regardless...
Finally figured out what to do with my quest rewards. Decided that my armor needed to be replaced, so personalized the Goldskin I had for 35% resist all elements and a new shiny look. Then used my imbune quest on a war scepter that dropped a while back to generate this little guy:
Raven Brand
War Scepter
One-Hand Damage: 10 to 19
Durability: 70 of 70
Required Strength: 55
Required Level: 37
Mace Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 77
Fingerprint: 0x219f23c2
+2 to Maximum Damage
Adds 13-68 fire damage
Replenish Life +3
+1 to Paladin Skill Levels
+3 to Vengeance (Paladin Only)
+3 to Meditation (Paladin Only)
150% Damage to Undead
+0 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
+0 to Attack Rating (Based on Character Level)
I took a shot hoping I'd get +skill mods on either Holy Frost or Holy Shock, I failed. And yes I then used the socket quest on this weapon as well. I was having trouble hitting everyone in Acts IV and V so I'm considering putting an Eth rune in there for the -25% target defense mod. Not quite sure yet. :scratchchin:
Finally figured out what to do with my quest rewards. Decided that my armor needed to be replaced, so personalized the Goldskin I had for 35% resist all elements and a new shiny look. Then used my imbune quest on a war scepter that dropped a while back to generate this little guy:
Raven Brand
War Scepter
One-Hand Damage: 10 to 19
Durability: 70 of 70
Required Strength: 55
Required Level: 37
Mace Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 77
Fingerprint: 0x219f23c2
+2 to Maximum Damage
Adds 13-68 fire damage
Replenish Life +3
+1 to Paladin Skill Levels
+3 to Vengeance (Paladin Only)
+3 to Meditation (Paladin Only)
150% Damage to Undead
+0 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
+0 to Attack Rating (Based on Character Level)
I took a shot hoping I'd get +skill mods on either Holy Frost or Holy Shock, I failed. And yes I then used the socket quest on this weapon as well. I was having trouble hitting everyone in Acts IV and V so I'm considering putting an Eth rune in there for the -25% target defense mod. Not quite sure yet. :scratchchin:
Merlin The Wizzard
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Re: Tournament: The emperor's clothes
Verbatim from post 1, Mursilis. In your case, it should have been a paladin shield of some sort. But I'm not going to hold it against you now, especially since you made it this far already. And used your socket quest on this sceptre as well. And you haven't had much luck on the drops from uniques either...
As far as the socket goes, I'd find something that enhanced weapon speed, and take care of AR by use of charms and/or blessed aim mercenary.
@Duke - Ouch. Rip Gumby. Hope his next reincarnation as a clay golem will work out better!
I am a bit miffed atm. Game crashed while I was clearing out the last false tomb. So I am going to re enter it tomorrow and try again to clean it out. However, I won't go into the one explored arm
Finds - Hel rune, Amn rune, Another Brainhew, a Stormstrike, a Civerbs Ward and a Magnus' skin. Kaa was annoying, due to his additional CE mod, but eventually, he died, and gave me a Deadly Hurlbat of Bashing and a Light Plate of Protection. Nothing terribly useful, but another plate for crafting is nice...
Verbatim from post 1, Mursilis. In your case, it should have been a paladin shield of some sort. But I'm not going to hold it against you now, especially since you made it this far already. And used your socket quest on this sceptre as well. And you haven't had much luck on the drops from uniques either...
As far as the socket goes, I'd find something that enhanced weapon speed, and take care of AR by use of charms and/or blessed aim mercenary.
@Duke - Ouch. Rip Gumby. Hope his next reincarnation as a clay golem will work out better!
I am a bit miffed atm. Game crashed while I was clearing out the last false tomb. So I am going to re enter it tomorrow and try again to clean it out. However, I won't go into the one explored arm
Finds - Hel rune, Amn rune, Another Brainhew, a Stormstrike, a Civerbs Ward and a Magnus' skin. Kaa was annoying, due to his additional CE mod, but eventually, he died, and gave me a Deadly Hurlbat of Bashing and a Light Plate of Protection. Nothing terribly useful, but another plate for crafting is nice...
Merlin The Wizzard
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Re: Tournament: The emperor's clothes
Well, I finished Act II and so Filiae will be parked while I try to get my sorceress through Act 1 NM in the Midas tourney.
That last bit in the final false tomb was done without any gains (xcept for lots of cash due to many exceptional armor pieces dropping). Enter the true tomb. Well, in total I think I faced less hero packs in the true tomb then in any one of the false tombs... the thing was virtually depopulated! It made for a boring experience, gorebellies, ghoul lords and unravellers (no surprise there. Every tomb I visited had unravellers).
Then enter duriels hideyhole.
That went pretty much the way I expected. I spent about 190000 coins resurrecting my mercenary (27K exactly each resurrect, I think he died 7 times) Add the thawing potions I had to restock and the greater healing potions as well, it made for a pretty number. But it came as no surprise that Duriel would butcher my mercenary on p8
He finally died after a rather uneventful fight. I didn't expect much of his drop, since he rarely drops good for me, and I already had a killer andy drop and diablo drop.
My low expectations came true. an ethereal blue gladius, a ethereal rare defender(which probably is the most useful item of the bunch) with +10 all resists and fire at 20%, a rare mask with +2 shadow disciplines but little else useful (and since my shadow disciplines are used for little else then CoS and Fade, I don't see the point of swapping out the tarnhelm), a rare eagle orb and a unique broadsword, Griswolds Edge. My merc won't need it, I certainly don't want to swap that marvellous flail out for it, and the scissors katar diablo dropped stay as well, those have better stats then that sword.
The act was most notable for me due to good rune drops (several Amn and Sol and Thul, and a Hel and a Shael as well). I am looking forward to act III, to be honest. Especially, if I make it that far, the council members!
Equipment wise, little changed for me, so I saw no need to bore you with a rehash of that list. Therefore, I'll leave you with my total equipment drop list in this act, and my score.
[highlight]Score :[/highlight]
Total act bonus normal .......5*5+10 = 35
Act Bonus nightmare ............2*10 = 20
Quests : ............................39*2 = 78
Waypoints : ............................58 = 58
Level : ................................60 =-60
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[highlight]Total:............................... 121[/highlight]
Well, I finished Act II and so Filiae will be parked while I try to get my sorceress through Act 1 NM in the Midas tourney.
That last bit in the final false tomb was done without any gains (xcept for lots of cash due to many exceptional armor pieces dropping). Enter the true tomb. Well, in total I think I faced less hero packs in the true tomb then in any one of the false tombs... the thing was virtually depopulated! It made for a boring experience, gorebellies, ghoul lords and unravellers (no surprise there. Every tomb I visited had unravellers).
Then enter duriels hideyhole.
That went pretty much the way I expected. I spent about 190000 coins resurrecting my mercenary (27K exactly each resurrect, I think he died 7 times) Add the thawing potions I had to restock and the greater healing potions as well, it made for a pretty number. But it came as no surprise that Duriel would butcher my mercenary on p8
He finally died after a rather uneventful fight. I didn't expect much of his drop, since he rarely drops good for me, and I already had a killer andy drop and diablo drop.
My low expectations came true. an ethereal blue gladius, a ethereal rare defender(which probably is the most useful item of the bunch) with +10 all resists and fire at 20%, a rare mask with +2 shadow disciplines but little else useful (and since my shadow disciplines are used for little else then CoS and Fade, I don't see the point of swapping out the tarnhelm), a rare eagle orb and a unique broadsword, Griswolds Edge. My merc won't need it, I certainly don't want to swap that marvellous flail out for it, and the scissors katar diablo dropped stay as well, those have better stats then that sword.
The act was most notable for me due to good rune drops (several Amn and Sol and Thul, and a Hel and a Shael as well). I am looking forward to act III, to be honest. Especially, if I make it that far, the council members!
Equipment wise, little changed for me, so I saw no need to bore you with a rehash of that list. Therefore, I'll leave you with my total equipment drop list in this act, and my score.
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Act II Nightmare
Radament - Tal Rune
Creeping Feature - Toxic War Staff(+1 Cold Mastery), Fine Siege Crossbow.
Bloodwytch - Lizards Grand Charm(sold), Lizards Light Plate of the Mammoth
Beetleburst - Rare Full Helm Death Horn (2 En., 5 Life, 5 Mana, 75% Enh. Def., 23 LR, 14% CtC Lvl 5 CB), Rare Halberd Doom Fang(53% Enh. Dam., 11 AR, 1 Min. Dam., 5 LR, 5% Life Steal, 4% Mana Steal)
Coldwurm the Burrower - Eth. Scissors Katar of Blight, Pain Horn Rare Eth. Rondel(+1 necro skills, 53 AR. 8-31 Cold dam, 21 PD/4 secs)
Dark Elder - Ring of Accuracy, Imp Stalker Rare Throwing Spear(20% IAS, 5% mana steal, 4% Life Steal, 11 FR, 80 PD/4 secs, 11-45 Cold dam.)
Fangskin - Havoc Wrap Rare Breast Plate(Att. takes 6 dam, +4 life, 43% enh. def.), Shadow Thirst Rare Giant sword(+1 mana after kill, 46% enh. dam, lvl 3 teeth charges, 5% mana steal, +2 Combat skills(Paladin only))
Fire Eye - War Hat of Energy, Rare Ring (CR 20%, 6 life, 11 energy, 1 Dex, +1 mana/kill), Blue poleaxe(sold w/out identify) (Not sure which item comes from Fire Eye, so I wont use any)
The Summoner - Studded Leather of Guarding, Holy Demonhide Gloves of Readiness, Bone Cleaver Rare War sword(20% IAS, 37% enh. dam., 298 AR, 47% enh. dam. vs. undead, 28 AR vs undead, +1 strength, 4% Mana steal)
Ancient Kaa - Deadly Hurlbat of Bashing, Light Plate of Protection.
Duriel - Eth. Gladius of Worth, Griswolds Edge, Rare Eagle orb Soul Song(20% FCR, +1 Teleport, Hit causes monster flee 25%, 14 life, MD red. by 3, Rep 1/20 sec) Rare Mask Grim hood (14% Ctc Lvl 5 Nova, +2 Shadow Disciplines, 5% PR, 12% enh. def., +1 energy), Ethereal Rare Defender Dire Shell (75% enh. def, Poison Length Red 50%, +2 STR, All resist +10 except Fire Resist +20)[highlight]Score :[/highlight]
Total act bonus normal .......5*5+10 = 35
Act Bonus nightmare ............2*10 = 20
Quests : ............................39*2 = 78
Waypoints : ............................58 = 58
Level : ................................60 =-60
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[highlight]Total:............................... 121[/highlight]
Duke HelScream
New member
Re: Tournament: The emperor's clothes
Countess was "gud",Check this out :
Woo Hoo.
[highlight]Vilius_BoneSnap - Bonemancer,Level 16,-4 points.[/highlight]
Countess was "gud",Check this out :
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Hsarus Iron Stay - Belt +20 Life,+20% Cold resist,5 defence.El Rune[highlight]Vilius_BoneSnap - Bonemancer,Level 16,-4 points.[/highlight]
Merlin The Wizzard
New member
Re: Tournament: The emperor's clothes
Nice drop Duke!
Just to clarify the imbue rule, only the following items can be imbued. And they can only be imbued by the class listed behind them.
Primal Helms - Barbarian
Druid Pelts - Druid
Paladin Shields - Paladin
Shrunken Heads - Necromancer
Orbs - Sorceress
Katars - Assassin
Amazon only Bows, Spears, Javelins - Amazon.
This means the following items do not qualify for imbueing - Sceptres, Bone Wands, Staffs. All of those can be wielded by all classes, even if they only spawn with skills for one specific class on them.
If there is any question about this, feel free to ask.
Nice drop Duke!
Just to clarify the imbue rule, only the following items can be imbued. And they can only be imbued by the class listed behind them.
Primal Helms - Barbarian
Druid Pelts - Druid
Paladin Shields - Paladin
Shrunken Heads - Necromancer
Orbs - Sorceress
Katars - Assassin
Amazon only Bows, Spears, Javelins - Amazon.
This means the following items do not qualify for imbueing - Sceptres, Bone Wands, Staffs. All of those can be wielded by all classes, even if they only spawn with skills for one specific class on them.
If there is any question about this, feel free to ask.
Re: Tournament: The emperor's clothes
[highlight]The Smith[/highlight](p8): 2os Spiked Club, Spiked Club, Wrist Blade of Worth (+1 Min. Damage)
One more super down, after just about three rejuv's later. Zeal on this guy is so much fun, itt almost makes it too easy. Echidna's drops were crap again, but maybe he'll be able to find something to do with that 2os club that will make up for the lack of anything better at this point. clvl 15 has been reached.
Made it to Jail Level 1, after almost dying to Mages three times. I HATE LE bosses.
So now I am going to rest there a bit to calm my poor nerves after almost losing this character that many times.
[highlight]The Smith[/highlight](p8): 2os Spiked Club, Spiked Club, Wrist Blade of Worth (+1 Min. Damage)
One more super down, after just about three rejuv's later. Zeal on this guy is so much fun, itt almost makes it too easy. Echidna's drops were crap again, but maybe he'll be able to find something to do with that 2os club that will make up for the lack of anything better at this point. clvl 15 has been reached.
Made it to Jail Level 1, after almost dying to Mages three times. I HATE LE bosses.
So now I am going to rest there a bit to calm my poor nerves after almost losing this character that many times.
