Re: Tournament: The Sword of Destiny
Phew, had a lot of reading to catch up on. But much better then a tournament where hardly anything happens. I know you've all been dying to know (so to speak) how BigSwords journey is going. Or maybe not. Either way, here's an update.
I can honestly say that hell has lived up to it's name. Act 2 really was hell. In one of the previous posts i mentioned i suspected trouble with PI's when searching for the summoner. Well, i got trouble. Much sooner and much more than expected.
First killing Radament. Sounds like an easy task. Usually is. Not this time. First time i got to him he was PI. Lot's of minions surrounding him and an might aura caused me to reconsider. So a second trip was needed. I was dumb enough not to search the wp before taking on a second try. So i had to go through all the lvl's again. Turned out i just missed it the first time. Second time i got there Radament again is PI. Since all this is getting me experience i don't want i decide to try and kill him anyway. Lured the minions away before killing and than start whacking at him. After about 30 minutes and a sore wrist i'm getting a bit tired of this. I haven't even taken a third of his life by now. So a bit of quick math tells me i need at least another hour to kill him. No way i'm doing that. So another S&E, and another run towards my good friend. Third time is a charm. No problems this time.
So with that out of the way things should speed up. You'd think. Entering the far oasis i get those locust types. PI ofcourse. What else would you get. But PMH saves the day yet again. Luckily they don't have too many HP's. So with lots of patience they fall.
Entering the maggot lair. More locusts. More patience required. I hope they sell some pots of those in town. I can really use some. Fortunately i'm pretty good at finding my way there, so no detours.
Then the aforementioned search for the summoner. More PI's (you saw that coming. Didn't you?). When does the hurting stop. Naturally i'm taking a wrong path first. Would have been too easy otherwise. I'm very glad it turns out to be the second branche i take. Much better then having to plow through the other 2 too.
After that going for the tomb. At first i'm thinking i have plenty of time. The sanctuary and the tomb at one evening should be doable, right? Wrong. PI's once more. It's taking forever. Merc is falling like he's trying to get the ref to blow the whistle for a penaltykick. Taken on a large portion of the tomb, but bedtime is nearing and no sign of the place i need to be. So time to S&E.
Next day, next try. No PI's thank god. But skellies combined with unravellers aren't a merc-friendly combo either. That and blunderbores who also have a tendency to hurt my compagnion. So after a couple of ressurections left him for dead and continued with just my valk. The might aura is a big loss, so things are going even slower then they already were. On the upside, the valk stays alive. As it should with a little over 4k HP's. By this time i wish i could drop the p-setting, but that's not really an option as i'm already on p1.
After about an hour and a half i finally get where i need to be. By that time i've actually seen the entire tomb (combined with the paths i took the night before). Duriel took a bit of time, but no danger and it went much faster than getting there.
Entering act III. Even though i never hated this act like some players do, now i can say i've never been happier to be here. Finally no more act II. Pickt up some speed there. Things went much smoother. Only had to watch out for glooms between the spider forest and flayer jungle. Atm she's resting up at kurast bazaar to soon take on the councils (first Lam Esen's tome though). And that is how far i got until now.
Somehow i get the feeling i forget to mention a NDE along the way, but i can't remember where that could have been.
I'm now halfway act III and i'm still relieved to have exited act II. I'm very curious how the rest of you will do there. I'm going to assume that i'm not the only one getting there.
Oh yeah. A final piece of info that might interest you. Last time i checked my chance to hit was ~50%. Not quite what i'm used to.
I'm finding that Barbarians really own this tournament.
I totally disagree of course. Amazons rule! :tongue: All three of them. :badteeth:
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Name Character Class Area Level Current Sword
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Cyrax BigSword Amazon H Kur.Bazaar 76 Blacktongue (upped + shael)
Nogan myswordisbigger Barbarian N R.Encamp 42 Rare Giant Sword
NacRuno Vega Necromancer Harrogath 33 Rare Giant Sword
Snarfer Paul_Bunyan Druid Harrogath 32 Claymore/flawless ruby/topaz/saph
Sixstringer Sangar Paladin Harrogath 31 Flamberge/Jewel of Ire/Ith/Skull
Sorcererbob Snowman_Frosty Paladin River Flame 26 3sock claymore: EthEthTal
Thaquitz Thrain Barbarian L. Kurast 26 2-H/Jwl of Envy/flwd emrld/flwd skull
XxuberstarxX Boxxy Assassin SpiderForest 23 Shadowfang
Kimppi ChosenOne Barbarian SpiderForest 25 Claymore/skull/JoE
Kavarin Lancelot Necromancer SpiderForest 24 2-H/fl saph/Tal/Tal
Hanshotfirst Hinamori Sorceress Kurast 25 2-H/Tal/Tal/Tal
Sixstringer Desdemona Sorceress Kurast 23 Claymore/Amethyst/El
Zuggz Zeath Necromancer Lut Gholein 21 Claymore/ ch diamond
Carolus Rex Conan Barbarian Lut Gholein 20 Claymore/2 ch skull
Buraz Macho Barbarian Lut Gholein 20 2-H/2xch saphire/1 ch topaz
Raver Natasha Amazon Lut Gholein 19 Claymore/ Tal
Nunka Gurloes Paladin Rocky Waste 19 2-H/ch skull/ch saph/ch topaz
jamesixgun OrangeJuice Barbarian Black Marsh 16 2-H/ch skull/ruby/saph
sdbramwell Bladestone Paladin Dark Wood 14 Claymore
DemonOfWrath Sardinath Barbarian Stony Field 12 2-H/ch saph/skull
Justin Secound-chance Amazon Stony Field 11 2-H/sword
Nagisa Gintoki Necromancer Stony Field 10 Sup 2-H/ch saph,ruby,emerald
Dlav Uncle-Sam Paladin Stony Field 10 2-H/ch saph/topaz/emrld
sveinbjorn Sir_Robin Paladin Rogue camp 1 Starter sword
[highlight]Fallen Heroes[/highlight]
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Name Character Class Area Level Current Sword
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XxuberstarxX Elessar Paladin N Maggot Lair 48 Flamberge/2x ort/2x ral
Hanshotfirst Hinamori Assassin N Catacomb4 46 Rare Giant Sword
Justin tourny-one Barbarian PandFortress 33 GiantSword (ith, sapp, jewel (5max dam, 17 ar))
Sixstringer Stormblade Paladin Chaos Sanc. 30 Claymore/Ral rune, jewel of envy
Nunka Dorcas Sorceress Chaos Sanc. 32 Sup Clay/saph/topaz/emrld
JayeM Garvin Paladin D. of Hate 3 29 Rare claymore
sdbramwell Crisendon Paladin CanyonMagi 24 Claymore/JoEx2
JayeM Groo Barbarian Triangl tomb 26 Rare claymore
ShadedOne Deuxmains Paladin Duriel's 25 2-H/ch saph/ch skullx2
JayeM Howell Druid Canyon/Magi 25 2-H/ruby/skull/J.ofEnvy
sveinbjorn Elric Necromancer Tal's Tomb 24 2-H/2 ch emrld/skull
jamesixgun Judith Assassin Lost City 24 2-H/ch 2x ruby/saph
sveinbjorn Begg Galoot Barbarian Stony Field 12 2-H/3 ch em
Brutass HugeWilly Barbarian Catacomb4 18 2-H/normal sword
sveinbjorn Fafhrd Barbarian Cathedral 19 2-Hand/2 ch emrld
bcoe Walter Paladin Catacombs 3 17 2-H/JofEnvy
sveinbjorn Miyumi Assassin Jail Lvl 1 17 2-H/2 ch emrld
Rhia Baam-Baam Sorceress The Pits 17 2/H/ch topaz,ch rub,ch emerald
TLOD Norris Barbarian Balck Marsh 17 2-H/ch topaz.ch skull
JayeM Leona Sorceress Monastery 16 2-H/Ch Skull/topaz/sapph
Or when i give up? Plz help 
