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Friday, April 13, 2012
What's a mule-trade?
[:1]Hi guys I would like to know this. Please go in detail. Much appreciated!|||http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/s...d.php?t=626191|||you need to check the trade history
Best single item for each class/sub class?
[:1]If you had to choose one item for your favorite char as giving the most power|damage|ability|awesomeness, what would it be?
Documenting the 3 Items that makes the character Work.
Here's a list for all the sub classes I can think of, and await your input/debate.
Remind me of any I missed, I need your help to complete this as I dont play all chars.
*Changed to top 3 items for each class*
Paladin:
Hammerdin - Spirit Paladin Shield +45 All Resists | Enigma Archon Plate
Zealor -
Smiter - Grief Phase Blade (PvP) Last Wish Phase Blade (PvM)
Sorceress:
Cold -
Lightening - Ethereal Infinity Scythe?? Clarification on polearm type needed.
Fire -
Necromancer:
Skellymancer -
Bonemancer -
Amazon:
Javazon - Ethereal Titan's Revenge Ceremonial Javelin
Bowazon - Windforce Hydra Bow | Faith Grand Matron Bow
Barbarian:
Whirlwind -
Frenzy - Ethereal Breath Of The Dying Berserker Axe | Arreats Face Slayer Guard | Raven Frost Ring
Berserk - Grief Phase Blade (1 Handed) | Ethereal Death Colossus Sword (2 Handed)
Druid:
Wolf - Ribcracker Quarterstaff
Windy - Enigma Archon Plate
Assassin:
Whirlwind -
Trapper - Scissors Quhab +3 to Lightning Sentry +3 to Trap Skills
Will probably do a favorite and a runner up for each.
Let the debate begin
|||Trapper: Weezy's Cunning Scissors Quhab
One-Hand Damage: 19 to 40
Durability: 68 of 68
(Assassin Only)
Required Dexterity: 82
Required Strength: 82
Required Level: 45
Claw Class - Normal Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 98
Fingerprint: 0x9bbd4e41
+3 to Lightning Sentry (Assassin Only)
+3 to Trap Skills (Assassin Only)
Bowazon:Windforce
Hydra Bow
Two-Hand Damage: 35 to 238
Required Dexterity: 167
Required Strength: 134
Required Level: 73
Bow Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 88
Fingerprint: 0x7ac8e49d
+10 to Strength
+5 to Dexterity
+250% Enhanced Damage
Heal Stamina Plus 30%
7% Mana stolen per hit
Knockback
20% Increased Attack Speed
+3 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)|||here're my picks added to what (little) you had
Code:
Trapper: Weezy's Cunning Scissors Quhab
One-Hand Damage: 19 to 40
Durability: 68 of 68
(Assassin Only)
Required Dexterity: 82
Required Strength: 82
Required Level: 45
Claw Class - Normal Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 98
Fingerprint: 0x9bbd4e41
+3 to Lightning Sentry (Assassin Only)
+3 to Trap Skills (Assassin Only)
Bowazon:Windforce
Hydra Bow
Two-Hand Damage: 35 to 238
Required Dexterity: 167
Required Strength: 134
Required Level: 73
Bow Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 88
Fingerprint: 0x7ac8e49d
+10 to Strength
+5 to Dexterity
+250% Enhanced Damage
Heal Stamina Plus 30%
7% Mana stolen per hit
Knockback
20% Increased Attack Speed
+3 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
weezy? 10 char|||I was going to say Enigma for a hammerdin, but ill let all the elite hammer players debate that one...
What is it about Ribcracker that makes it desirable for a Wolf?
And is Ethereal, Upped and Zodded standard practice?|||Skellymancer - Insight for your merc/IG, so you can spam corpse explosion
Bonemancer - Insight for your merc/IG, so you can spam bone spear / corpse explosion|||Pally/Barb/Necro/Druid/Zon/Sin: Enigma
Sorc:.........Spirit? Insight? Infinity? Why play a sorc when you can wear Enigma?|||Quote:
Paladin:
Hammerdin - 35 % Spirit Paladin Shield +45 All Resists
HoZ "works" just as well. When I'm trying to get my hammer up and running my essential item is the enigma even if it isn't necessary for the most post. Its one of those classes that doesn't need any essential gear
Zealor - Grief
Smiter - Grief
Sorceress:
Cold - Same sort of deal as hammerdin
Lightening - Infinity
Fire - Same sort of deal as hammerdin
Necromancer:
Skellymancer - Not gear dependent
Bonemancer - A perfect white wand or boneshade maybe? Again don't think its really critical for casters on gear unless its something massive like breaking immunities with infinity
Amazon:
Javazon - Infinity/Eth Titans (both are great, I would still lean towards infinity)
Bowazon - Windforce Hydra Bow | Faith Grand Matron Bow (faith could go on merc)
Barbarian:
Griefffffffffffffffffff
Druid:
Wolf - Grief
Windy - Gosu windy helm with +6 Tornado/ Enigma
Assassin:
Whirlwind - The item that gives you whirlwind...
Trapper - Scissors Quhab +3 to Lightning Sentry +3 to Trap Skills/Infinity
Throwing out some suggestions. Enigma in many cases is the best in pvp imo, not that I'm that experienced there. Infinity is best for all lightning classes. I've seen Javazons absolutely steamroll big portions of hell with conviction.|||Quote:
Pally/Barb/Necro/Druid/Zon/Sin: Enigma
Sorc:.........Spirit? Insight? Infinity? Why play a sorc when you can wear Enigma?
Sorcs are the second most played class, so there must be some sort of appeal...
Oh right, lightning does a metric butt-load of damage, plus not everybody can afford enigma.|||I let my imagination run wild:
Code:
Documenting the 3 Items that makes the character Work.
Here's a list for all the sub classes I can think of, and await your input/debate.
Remind me of any I missed, I need your help to complete this as I dont play all chars.
*Changed to top 3 items for each class*
Paladin:
Hammerdin - Spirit Paladin Shield +45 All Resists | Enigma Archon Plate
Zealor -
Smiter - Grief Phase Blade (PvP) Last Wish Phase Blade (PvM)
Sorceress:
Cold -
Lightening - Ethereal Infinity Scythe?? Clarification on polearm type needed.
Fire -
Necromancer:
Skellymancer -
Bonemancer -
Amazon:
Javazon - Ethereal Titan's Revenge Ceremonial Javelin
Bowazon - Windforce Hydra Bow | Faith Grand Matron Bow
Barbarian:
Whirlwind -
Frenzy - Ethereal Breath Of The Dying Berserker Axe | Arreats Face Slayer Guard | Raven Frost Ring
Berserk - Grief Phase Blade (1 Handed) | Ethereal Death Colossus Sword (2 Handed)
Druid:
Wolf - Ribcracker Quarterstaff
Windy - Enigma Archon Plate
Assassin:
Whirlwind -
Trapper - Scissors Quhab +3 to Lightning Sentry +3 to Trap Skills
Will probably do a favorite and a runner up for each.
Let the debate begin
|||Trapper: Weezy's Cunning Scissors QuhabOne-Hand Damage: 19 to 40
Durability: 68 of 68
(Assassin Only)
Required Dexterity: 82
Required Strength: 82
Required Level: 45
Claw Class - Normal Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 98
Fingerprint: 0x9bbd4e41
+3 to Lightning Sentry (Assassin Only)
+3 to Trap Skills (Assassin Only)
Bowazon:Windforce
Hydra Bow
Two-Hand Damage: 35 to 238
Required Dexterity: 167
Required Strength: 134
Required Level: 73
Bow Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 88
Fingerprint: 0x7ac8e49d
+10 to Strength
+5 to Dexterity
+250% Enhanced Damage
Heal Stamina Plus 30%
7% Mana stolen per hit
Knockback
20% Increased Attack Speed
+3 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)|||here're my picks added to what (little) you had
Code:
Paladin:|||Quote:
Hammerdin - spirit in a base 45 res shield
Zealor -
Smiter - pvp grief, pvm last wish
Sorceress:
Cold -
Lightening - infinity
Fire -
Necromancer:
Skellymancer -
bonemancer -
Amazon:
Javazon - titans
Bowazon - faith gmb
Barbarian:
Whirlwind -
Frenzy - eBotDz
Berserk - grief pb (one hand), death CB (two hand)
Druid:
Wolf - ribcracker
Windy - enigma
Assassin:
Whirlwind -
Trapper -
Trapper: Weezy's Cunning Scissors Quhab
One-Hand Damage: 19 to 40
Durability: 68 of 68
(Assassin Only)
Required Dexterity: 82
Required Strength: 82
Required Level: 45
Claw Class - Normal Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 98
Fingerprint: 0x9bbd4e41
+3 to Lightning Sentry (Assassin Only)
+3 to Trap Skills (Assassin Only)
Bowazon:Windforce
Hydra Bow
Two-Hand Damage: 35 to 238
Required Dexterity: 167
Required Strength: 134
Required Level: 73
Bow Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 88
Fingerprint: 0x7ac8e49d
+10 to Strength
+5 to Dexterity
+250% Enhanced Damage
Heal Stamina Plus 30%
7% Mana stolen per hit
Knockback
20% Increased Attack Speed
+3 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
weezy? 10 char|||I was going to say Enigma for a hammerdin, but ill let all the elite hammer players debate that one...
What is it about Ribcracker that makes it desirable for a Wolf?
And is Ethereal, Upped and Zodded standard practice?|||Skellymancer - Insight for your merc/IG, so you can spam corpse explosion
Bonemancer - Insight for your merc/IG, so you can spam bone spear / corpse explosion|||Pally/Barb/Necro/Druid/Zon/Sin: Enigma
Sorc:.........Spirit? Insight? Infinity? Why play a sorc when you can wear Enigma?|||Quote:
Paladin:
Hammerdin - 35 % Spirit Paladin Shield +45 All Resists
HoZ "works" just as well. When I'm trying to get my hammer up and running my essential item is the enigma even if it isn't necessary for the most post. Its one of those classes that doesn't need any essential gear
Zealor - Grief
Smiter - Grief
Sorceress:
Cold - Same sort of deal as hammerdin
Lightening - Infinity
Fire - Same sort of deal as hammerdin
Necromancer:
Skellymancer - Not gear dependent
Bonemancer - A perfect white wand or boneshade maybe? Again don't think its really critical for casters on gear unless its something massive like breaking immunities with infinity
Amazon:
Javazon - Infinity/Eth Titans (both are great, I would still lean towards infinity)
Bowazon - Windforce Hydra Bow | Faith Grand Matron Bow (faith could go on merc)
Barbarian:
Griefffffffffffffffffff
Druid:
Wolf - Grief
Windy - Gosu windy helm with +6 Tornado/ Enigma
Assassin:
Whirlwind - The item that gives you whirlwind...
Trapper - Scissors Quhab +3 to Lightning Sentry +3 to Trap Skills/Infinity
Throwing out some suggestions. Enigma in many cases is the best in pvp imo, not that I'm that experienced there. Infinity is best for all lightning classes. I've seen Javazons absolutely steamroll big portions of hell with conviction.|||Quote:
Pally/Barb/Necro/Druid/Zon/Sin: Enigma
Sorc:.........Spirit? Insight? Infinity? Why play a sorc when you can wear Enigma?
Sorcs are the second most played class, so there must be some sort of appeal...
Oh right, lightning does a metric butt-load of damage, plus not everybody can afford enigma.|||I let my imagination run wild:
Code:
Paladin:
Hammerdin - Enigma
Zealor - Grief PB
Smiter - Grief PB
Sorceress:
Cold - Needs no items
Lightening - Infinity
Fire - A second element
Necromancer:
Skellymancer - Enigma
Bonemancer - Infinity
Amazon:
Javazon - Infinity
Bowazon - Faith GMB
Barbarian:
Whirlwind - Grief PB
Frenzy - Grief PB
Berserk - Grief PB
Druid:
Wolf - Eth 3os Tomb Reaver
Windy - Enigma
Assassin:
Whirlwind - Infinity
Trapper - Infinity
Question
[:1]I have started playing d2 again and am wondering is it possible to dupe in the new patch? Just want a yes or no because when I used to play I would trade and sometimes have stuff poof on me. If duping is still possible what are some items I would watch out for? Playing uswest ladder.
BTW this is not a thread asking how to dupe.|||Short answer: Nope.
Long answer: Botting has replaced duping.
BTW this is not a thread asking how to dupe.|||Short answer: Nope.
Long answer: Botting has replaced duping.
tyraels sword
[:1]How does tyrael get his sword back if he lost it fighting the dark wanderer in act 2?|||It fell into the pit there, so presumably after you freed him he went after it.|||It's an exact copy obtained by arcane means . . .
|||He bought another one on RMAH 
M.|||hah! good one, marapper.|||he hid it up his bum.|||or he duped it. also, how does baal have tyrael's might armor if tyrael is still alive?|||he dressed in the dark and got the wrong clothes.|||So.. That would mean they were in the same room, right? And both naked? o_O|||I'm quite certain it's bound to him by "some arcane means". So that he can summon it by will.
|||He bought another one on RMAH M.|||hah! good one, marapper.|||he hid it up his bum.|||or he duped it. also, how does baal have tyrael's might armor if tyrael is still alive?|||he dressed in the dark and got the wrong clothes.|||So.. That would mean they were in the same room, right? And both naked? o_O|||I'm quite certain it's bound to him by "some arcane means". So that he can summon it by will.
deleted, Safe?
[:1]I appologize if this is an illegal post.
Just wondering if anyone used deleted and if it is safe to use it?
Best Regards
Ultragrisen|||So you want to hack?|||Please read the rules:
"5. Thou Shalt Not Pimp or aid the Pimping of hacks, Cheats or Farming.
Hacks and Cheats are 3rd party programs that allow you to alter the way a player interacts with a game. This includes, but not restricted to Maphack and Pindlebot. We do not support the use of these. You may not ask for help in creating a hack/cheat, or for a link to where you can find one, or provide a link to where people can download one. However, the morality of using these programs is sometimes discussed and we allow these [within reason], unless it violates any other rule."|||Quote:
So you want to hack?
This is the line I use to recruit people to my super secret botting organization with... Oops, I mean: hacks, bots etc. aren't welcomed here, and this includes maphack|||I will ask no more :)
Just remember many years ago when the maphack was in common use.
I manage very well with no maphack.
thx for your pointers anyway and hope i did not violate any rules/players
/br|||As mentioned above, requesting information about hacks and other illegal third party programs are not condoned on this forum. If someone is found to be using such programs they run the risk of being banned from the trading forums as well as having their account permanently banned.
The same applies on battle.net. Contrary to popular belief Blizzard do still ban people who use illegal third party programs, it's just unfortunate that it's not as much as they used to. You never hear any announcements of them though unless it's a massive banning spree which gets posted on the news articles, so it's easy to forget that they do happen in the background.
All illegal third party programs should avoided. They are a virtual crutch in the game and not necessary to enjoy it. Alot of the maps and areas have certain patterns that you get used to through normal gameplay.
If you have any questions about this, send me a PM.
Just wondering if anyone used deleted and if it is safe to use it?
Best Regards
Ultragrisen|||So you want to hack?|||Please read the rules:
"5. Thou Shalt Not Pimp or aid the Pimping of hacks, Cheats or Farming.
Hacks and Cheats are 3rd party programs that allow you to alter the way a player interacts with a game. This includes, but not restricted to Maphack and Pindlebot. We do not support the use of these. You may not ask for help in creating a hack/cheat, or for a link to where you can find one, or provide a link to where people can download one. However, the morality of using these programs is sometimes discussed and we allow these [within reason], unless it violates any other rule."|||Quote:
So you want to hack?
This is the line I use to recruit people to my super secret botting organization with... Oops, I mean: hacks, bots etc. aren't welcomed here, and this includes maphack|||I will ask no more :)
Just remember many years ago when the maphack was in common use.
I manage very well with no maphack.
thx for your pointers anyway and hope i did not violate any rules/players
/br|||As mentioned above, requesting information about hacks and other illegal third party programs are not condoned on this forum. If someone is found to be using such programs they run the risk of being banned from the trading forums as well as having their account permanently banned.
The same applies on battle.net. Contrary to popular belief Blizzard do still ban people who use illegal third party programs, it's just unfortunate that it's not as much as they used to. You never hear any announcements of them though unless it's a massive banning spree which gets posted on the news articles, so it's easy to forget that they do happen in the background.
All illegal third party programs should avoided. They are a virtual crutch in the game and not necessary to enjoy it. Alot of the maps and areas have certain patterns that you get used to through normal gameplay.
If you have any questions about this, send me a PM.
Barbarian Torch
[:1]Anyone have one that they'd be willing to trade? I'm on u.s east server and looking for one. Reply if you'd be interested in a trade.
Thanks|||Hi Dillprah, welcome to the forums.
Please take a moment to review the forum rules as well as the community forum rules (both found in my signature). All trade requests should be posted in the relevant trade forums (USEast in your case). Also, please do not make the same post across multiple forums as only once is necessary.
If you have any questions, send me a PM
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Thanks|||Hi Dillprah, welcome to the forums.
Please take a moment to review the forum rules as well as the community forum rules (both found in my signature). All trade requests should be posted in the relevant trade forums (USEast in your case). Also, please do not make the same post across multiple forums as only once is necessary.
If you have any questions, send me a PM
This post will shortly be deleted.
Happy Birthday, Krazeyivan!!!
[:1]CAAAAAAAAKE!
hope today is awesome for you! ^_^
p.s. hope you aren't allergic to peanut butter... >.> if so, i can get you a new cake. ^_^|||nom nom nom - thanks for the cake!
It went well considering I had to go to work - I have another hard week at work then I'm off for a stag do in York then off on my hols to Majorca! FINALLY some sun, I hear texas has had quite a bit :O|||Happy birthday Ivan.
Screw you for not playing in my mafia game though =P|||Vote: Krazeyivan
but only for happy birthday boy!|||I would have thought that cake would have blown up in your face KI jk Happy Birthday|||lol @ Laarz. :)
yeah, texas hasn't burned off the planet yet. i hate the sun. i wake up every morning, go to my bathroom, see the sun in my window and think of this stupid song with the sun doing Troll Face...
i hate it. i wish the sun would go away. at this point in time, we NEED a Cat 5 hurricane up our|||Quote:
lol @ Laarz. :)
yeah, texas hasn't burned off the planet yet. i hate the sun. i wake up every morning, go to my bathroom, see the sun in my window and think of this stupid song with the sun doing Troll Face...
i hate it. i wish the sun would go away. at this point in time, we NEED a Cat 5 hurricane up our
the sun is a peeping tom, shoot it with your sniper shotty, Leo!
hope today is awesome for you! ^_^
p.s. hope you aren't allergic to peanut butter... >.> if so, i can get you a new cake. ^_^|||nom nom nom - thanks for the cake!
It went well considering I had to go to work - I have another hard week at work then I'm off for a stag do in York then off on my hols to Majorca! FINALLY some sun, I hear texas has had quite a bit :O|||Happy birthday Ivan.
Screw you for not playing in my mafia game though =P|||Vote: Krazeyivan
but only for happy birthday boy!|||I would have thought that cake would have blown up in your face KI
jk Happy Birthday|||lol @ Laarz. :)yeah, texas hasn't burned off the planet yet. i hate the sun. i wake up every morning, go to my bathroom, see the sun in my window and think of this stupid song with the sun doing Troll Face...
i hate it. i wish the sun would go away. at this point in time, we NEED a Cat 5 hurricane up our
|||Quote:lol @ Laarz. :)
yeah, texas hasn't burned off the planet yet. i hate the sun. i wake up every morning, go to my bathroom, see the sun in my window and think of this stupid song with the sun doing Troll Face...
i hate it. i wish the sun would go away. at this point in time, we NEED a Cat 5 hurricane up our
the sun is a peeping tom, shoot it with your sniper shotty, Leo!
What was your worst drop today?
[:1]Hello,
I know it sounds a bit awkward at first glance. But as I looked at best loot thread, I instantly thought about the not so fortunate adventurers. I bet you had some tough battles, you spilled your (virtual) blood on the screen, and expected something awesome, from the boss. Yet all you got is a cracked helm, a few gems, potions, and magic item what is restricted to another class (my first diablo fight).
So post yours.|||Bolts. Always bolts.|||Oh man, I can't even look at the "Best Drops" thread! My Diablo sin is Envy, I do not deny!
Besides the obligatory "5 tp scrolls from Duriel" (my record is 4, but I've seen the screens of others who are somehow even less fortunate), it's hard to say. I guess I could say about 3/4 of all uniques since most of them are relatively useless, and even among the useful ones, most are of no value. Also, getting a Pul rune from Hell Hellforge is always less than inspiring.|||my worst drop was air, as in nothing dropped when i accidently kill andy near those pits|||Today my worst drop was an el rune and 2 tp scrolls from meph. Meph and I haven't been getting along lately.|||Just got Duriel. 1 scroll of town portal, 4 potions, 2 blue daggers, 1 white quilted armor!!!, and 2 white items.|||always finding n00b itemzzz|||The worst drop imaginable is a 0 gold pile which can happen in the normal Blood Moor while wearing a Nadir helm.|||does it actually spawn? as in mousing over it will it say 0 gold? in a way that's luckier than 1 gold who wants to left click 100 times just to buy a tp?|||I never tried it myself, but I've seen screenshots.
I know it sounds a bit awkward at first glance. But as I looked at best loot thread, I instantly thought about the not so fortunate adventurers. I bet you had some tough battles, you spilled your (virtual) blood on the screen, and expected something awesome, from the boss. Yet all you got is a cracked helm, a few gems, potions, and magic item what is restricted to another class (my first diablo fight).
So post yours.|||Bolts. Always bolts.|||Oh man, I can't even look at the "Best Drops" thread! My Diablo sin is Envy, I do not deny!
Besides the obligatory "5 tp scrolls from Duriel" (my record is 4, but I've seen the screens of others who are somehow even less fortunate), it's hard to say. I guess I could say about 3/4 of all uniques since most of them are relatively useless, and even among the useful ones, most are of no value. Also, getting a Pul rune from Hell Hellforge is always less than inspiring.|||my worst drop was air, as in nothing dropped when i accidently kill andy near those pits|||Today my worst drop was an el rune and 2 tp scrolls from meph. Meph and I haven't been getting along lately.|||Just got Duriel. 1 scroll of town portal, 4 potions, 2 blue daggers, 1 white quilted armor!!!, and 2 white items.|||always finding n00b itemzzz|||The worst drop imaginable is a 0 gold pile which can happen in the normal Blood Moor while wearing a Nadir helm.|||does it actually spawn? as in mousing over it will it say 0 gold? in a way that's luckier than 1 gold who wants to left click 100 times just to buy a tp?|||I never tried it myself, but I've seen screenshots.
Fastest exp?
[:1]So i play with my chaospala and its is lvl 93 now (around � exp for 94)
I havent done hell ancients/baal Q yet.
I like to play chaos+travi in full baal games, so i want to know what is fastest exp for me?
When should i do ancients?
#1 fast dia (kill seal dudes) + tarvi + join in baal last wawes/worldstone?
#2 fast dia (kill seal dudes) + join in baalrun?
#3 whaT?
Any exp tables or more usefull info about exp?
Help me so i will keep playing D2
|||Well most of the XP from the Baal run comes from the last 2 waves, so squeeze in as much as you can and still make it back for at least Lister if not the 4th wave, too. I've found you usually get somewhere between 2-3 minutes from game creation to the end of the waves in most runs, so plan accordingly.
Depending how fast you go, I'd probably squeeze in Eldritch before Trav. They die very easy, right next to the WP so only takes a second, and surprisingly few Baal runs will hit them first.|||can some1 post link where i can see how much exp does travi/dia/baal give
Cant find that thread anymore :/|||I like to mf while someone looks for Baal. The usual suspects include what Droid said, plus I look for exp shrine in Act1 if the runner is slow.|||In a fast Baal run you'll only be able to kill Diablo and his seal buddies (possibly a few big packs of minions) if you want to join in for minions of destruction etc, i found this to be the best experience gain overall.|||I use this chart for where to get the best XP.
http://gordonweb.net/leveling_guide.htm
I havent done hell ancients/baal Q yet.
I like to play chaos+travi in full baal games, so i want to know what is fastest exp for me?
When should i do ancients?
#1 fast dia (kill seal dudes) + tarvi + join in baal last wawes/worldstone?
#2 fast dia (kill seal dudes) + join in baalrun?
#3 whaT?
Any exp tables or more usefull info about exp?
Help me so i will keep playing D2
|||Well most of the XP from the Baal run comes from the last 2 waves, so squeeze in as much as you can and still make it back for at least Lister if not the 4th wave, too. I've found you usually get somewhere between 2-3 minutes from game creation to the end of the waves in most runs, so plan accordingly.Depending how fast you go, I'd probably squeeze in Eldritch before Trav. They die very easy, right next to the WP so only takes a second, and surprisingly few Baal runs will hit them first.|||can some1 post link where i can see how much exp does travi/dia/baal give
Cant find that thread anymore :/|||I like to mf while someone looks for Baal. The usual suspects include what Droid said, plus I look for exp shrine in Act1 if the runner is slow.|||In a fast Baal run you'll only be able to kill Diablo and his seal buddies (possibly a few big packs of minions) if you want to join in for minions of destruction etc, i found this to be the best experience gain overall.|||I use this chart for where to get the best XP.
http://gordonweb.net/leveling_guide.htm
Luring D-clone to specific places
[:1]Has anyone ever lured him from say, Stoney to Rogue Camp? How about Hell Forge to Chaos Sanctuary? How long did it take?
I'm guessing it would probably take an entire afternoon/night (if possible)
Nothing's impossible!
|||The classic one is spawning at Eldritch and luring him down to Shenk to get him with the auto-kill.|||Quote:
The classic one is spawning at Eldritch and luring him down to Shenk to get him with the auto-kill.
Thanks for the reminder, almost forgot about that! I'm sure people have tried lots of things with D-clone...|||I think that was fixed a long time ago. He runs bloody fast, I don't think it would take long to lure him anywhere|||Try luring Diablo away from CS...I am assuming it is same with D-clone|||What? It's easy! Now luring chicken to Blood Raven, that's tough. But atleast you get an anni from it |||That "chicken chasing for annis" thing doesn't still work, does it?|||I wouldn't be that sure, Jones just did it 
.|||What you should try is luring multiple chickens to Blood Raven,that equeals multiple anni's|||I tried that, and it does work, but sadly, you can only pick one of them up 
I'm guessing it would probably take an entire afternoon/night (if possible)
Nothing's impossible!
|||The classic one is spawning at Eldritch and luring him down to Shenk to get him with the auto-kill.|||Quote:The classic one is spawning at Eldritch and luring him down to Shenk to get him with the auto-kill.
Thanks for the reminder, almost forgot about that! I'm sure people have tried lots of things with D-clone...|||I think that was fixed a long time ago. He runs bloody fast, I don't think it would take long to lure him anywhere|||Try luring Diablo away from CS...I am assuming it is same with D-clone
|||What? It's easy! Now luring chicken to Blood Raven, that's tough. But atleast you get an anni from it |||That "chicken chasing for annis" thing doesn't still work, does it?|||I wouldn't be that sure, Jones just did it .|||What you should try is luring multiple chickens to Blood Raven,that equeals multiple anni's|||I tried that, and it does work, but sadly, you can only pick one of them up
uber tristram help
[:1]Well i was playing a game earlier and all was well (barely) when suddenly the game dropped and i couldn't get back in at all never happened to me before a couple of years ago any advice to help this not happen again don't wanna waste another key set!
p.s. i did perm the game!|||Not much you can do about it afaik. Its either battle.net or your connections causing the problem.
It happens to me once in a while, and pretty sure its battle.net as when I try to create a new game the queue is huge.
p.s. i did perm the game!|||Not much you can do about it afaik. Its either battle.net or your connections causing the problem.
It happens to me once in a while, and pretty sure its battle.net as when I try to create a new game the queue is huge.
Something weird about resolution
[:1]So i installed D2 again and went through tons of posts on tons of forums about resolution on a widescreen, I wanted to make it fullscreen on my widescreen monitor. In the end I couldnt find anything useful and used an older square lcd monitor. Everything worked fine and i thought i would try to duplicate the displays and see what happened on my widescreen. The game loaded and was fullscreen on my widescreen and I thought it looked just fine, didnt seem to stretch much at all. The black bars that I hated were gone.
The problem is, that only works if i duplicate them and I couldnt get it to work on just my widescreen no matter what I tried. Anyone have any suggestions?|||Check your video card settings. There are settings like "Maintain aspect ratio" which will put black bars on the sides or top/bottom. There are also scaling settings which might increase or decrease the relative size of the black bars (no stretch vs a little stretched vs a lot stretched).|||Worked great! Thanks alot! This will make my time waiting for D3 much easier :P|||This "Older lcd monitor", unless it is from 1998, is probably designed for resolutions 1280*1024 and higher, which means it has 5:4 aspect ratio (while diablo is 4:3). So it should still stretch the image, although it is not noticeable as much as vs 16:9 case. Video driver settings fixes it, as already mentioned.
The problem is, that only works if i duplicate them and I couldnt get it to work on just my widescreen no matter what I tried. Anyone have any suggestions?|||Check your video card settings. There are settings like "Maintain aspect ratio" which will put black bars on the sides or top/bottom. There are also scaling settings which might increase or decrease the relative size of the black bars (no stretch vs a little stretched vs a lot stretched).|||Worked great! Thanks alot! This will make my time waiting for D3 much easier :P|||This "Older lcd monitor", unless it is from 1998, is probably designed for resolutions 1280*1024 and higher, which means it has 5:4 aspect ratio (while diablo is 4:3). So it should still stretch the image, although it is not noticeable as much as vs 16:9 case. Video driver settings fixes it, as already mentioned.
Perfect diamond vs Perfect emerald
[:1]For a barb, which would be better to socket into something for attack rating? What would give you more bang for your buck for a barb, 100 AR from a diamond or 10 dex from an emerald? I'm not sure how many ar points 1 dex gives you...anyone know off hand?|||10 dex gives 40 AR|||Quote:
10 dex gives 40 AR
i thought this looked wrong and finally found a post.
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1. Dex adds 5 to the base attack rating per point (see http://strategy.diabloii.net/news.ph...ttack%20Rating)
2. Yes, it gets multipled with %ar bonuses (the %ar bonuses are added together), as well as all absolute bonuses to ar (e.g. from a Ravenfrost ring)
so 10 dex adds 50 base AR.|||There's a fair amount of posts saying it's 4 but that seems to be 1.09 info. If the LCS is right it's definitely 5 per dex point.|||From logical point of view, solo +AR bonus should add more than AR from +dex (simply because DEX isnt only AR, but also dmg increase for some weapons, as well as def, block %, and stat for reqs). This "logic" works everywhere in diablo 2, to my knowledge.
10 dex gives 40 AR
i thought this looked wrong and finally found a post.
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1. Dex adds 5 to the base attack rating per point (see http://strategy.diabloii.net/news.ph...ttack%20Rating)
2. Yes, it gets multipled with %ar bonuses (the %ar bonuses are added together), as well as all absolute bonuses to ar (e.g. from a Ravenfrost ring)
so 10 dex adds 50 base AR.|||There's a fair amount of posts saying it's 4 but that seems to be 1.09 info. If the LCS is right it's definitely 5 per dex point.|||From logical point of view, solo +AR bonus should add more than AR from +dex (simply because DEX isnt only AR, but also dmg increase for some weapons, as well as def, block %, and stat for reqs). This "logic" works everywhere in diablo 2, to my knowledge.
New Character
[:1]I haven't played D2 for some time but I decided to give it another go because I've run out of games to play. So, the ladder reset and now I find myself wondering what character I should make.
I want it to be able to level pretty fast, I want it to manage on its own untwinked and solo, and I want it to be able to build me some decent wealth for coming characters.
Now, so here's the thing. I've done sorceresses to death now. I've done plenty of variants as well, and after several ladder resets (I think this is the third for me?), I've come to the conclusion that sorceresses don't work out as well as I'd like early ladder.
I've been thinking about a fishymancer but I've done the fishymancer before and I am not too fond of its slow gameplay. Sure, the fishy gets the job done but in solo play it's not like it tears things apart in seconds.
Then there's the option to play a barb but I am no fan of melee characters in D2.
I've done the bowazon and I find it to be too much of a glasscannon and without decent gear stuff simply doesn't go down fast enough and you are too likely to die yourself in the process.
So what's left are trapsins, druids and hammerdins. Hammerdins work I guess, but they are not as powerful untwinked and I really don't see a hammerdin working well without Enigma.
Trapsins I've never done before - I guess that could work, but does it fulfill the requirements above in being somewhat fast to level and works well untwinked?
I am not too familiar with druids at all to make a judgement about that, but my impression is that they are rather weak untwinked.
Any thoughts and suggestions are welcome!|||I think the trapsin is a good fit. Here's one of the guides from the assassin forums:
Untwinked PvM Lightning Trapsin|||Thanks, will check it out!|||Hi there! I also just got back into D2 after many years. I usually played summon or bone necros (with some sorcs, druids and Amazons thrown in), so this time I decided on a Poisonmancer and I have grown to love him. You still get that spell caster feel of a sorc but its a completly different vibe. Very powerful, can solo untwinked (I chose to put points into unsynegized Bone spirit for Poison Immunes for the first kill...then 1 lvl Corpse Explosion FTW) and he is a blast to play. There are several good guides around and a quick search should reveal many.
So my suggetion is a Poisonmancer. GLHF!|||Just wanted to announce that it became ANOTHER sorceress since the forums went down yesterday and I therefore got no responses within the time I was deciding on my new character and I didn't feel like waiting too long for the forums to get back up again before I started to play.
I will focus my sorc to be an MFer only and farming Hell Meph using the good ol' meteorb build and the moat trick. Maybe I will at some point redo her into something else to actually finish the game (meteorb is in my opinion the worst combination imaginable for hell difficulty solo play for a sorc since basically everything is immune to either fire or frost or both), but I think this will do for now.
Poisonmancer does sound interesting though and it might be the next character I plan out, depending a bit on what items I find with my sorc :)
Anyway, would you have some old MF items you no longer need (like blue MF rings and the ilk) I am interested in those, if Charsi is the only option left!|||If your fishy doesn't tear things apart, you either play without enigma, or you're doing it wrong.|||If you play untwinked with Enigma, you're doing it wrong.|||also, fishys tear it up just fine without enigma.|||Quote:
If you play untwinked with Enigma, you're doing it wrong.
Missed the part about wanting to do it untwinked.
Consider my post retracted =)|||Pheonix striker sin is actually really badass for PvM. You take Blades of Ice and Claws of Thunder, and they all power up pheonix strike too. PS can drop lots of meteors faster than any sorc even with max fcr. thats for the dual cold/light immunes (and just because its awesome).
Plus you have Dragon Flight kinda like teleport, and dragon claw gets charges on both hits.
Fade, shadow master, venom, mind blast.... turns out to be a badass even without uber gear. All you really need is good claws
I want it to be able to level pretty fast, I want it to manage on its own untwinked and solo, and I want it to be able to build me some decent wealth for coming characters.
Now, so here's the thing. I've done sorceresses to death now. I've done plenty of variants as well, and after several ladder resets (I think this is the third for me?), I've come to the conclusion that sorceresses don't work out as well as I'd like early ladder.
I've been thinking about a fishymancer but I've done the fishymancer before and I am not too fond of its slow gameplay. Sure, the fishy gets the job done but in solo play it's not like it tears things apart in seconds.
Then there's the option to play a barb but I am no fan of melee characters in D2.
I've done the bowazon and I find it to be too much of a glasscannon and without decent gear stuff simply doesn't go down fast enough and you are too likely to die yourself in the process.
So what's left are trapsins, druids and hammerdins. Hammerdins work I guess, but they are not as powerful untwinked and I really don't see a hammerdin working well without Enigma.
Trapsins I've never done before - I guess that could work, but does it fulfill the requirements above in being somewhat fast to level and works well untwinked?
I am not too familiar with druids at all to make a judgement about that, but my impression is that they are rather weak untwinked.
Any thoughts and suggestions are welcome!|||I think the trapsin is a good fit. Here's one of the guides from the assassin forums:
Untwinked PvM Lightning Trapsin|||Thanks, will check it out!|||Hi there! I also just got back into D2 after many years. I usually played summon or bone necros (with some sorcs, druids and Amazons thrown in), so this time I decided on a Poisonmancer and I have grown to love him. You still get that spell caster feel of a sorc but its a completly different vibe. Very powerful, can solo untwinked (I chose to put points into unsynegized Bone spirit for Poison Immunes for the first kill...then 1 lvl Corpse Explosion FTW) and he is a blast to play. There are several good guides around and a quick search should reveal many.
So my suggetion is a Poisonmancer. GLHF!|||Just wanted to announce that it became ANOTHER sorceress since the forums went down yesterday and I therefore got no responses within the time I was deciding on my new character and I didn't feel like waiting too long for the forums to get back up again before I started to play.
I will focus my sorc to be an MFer only and farming Hell Meph using the good ol' meteorb build and the moat trick. Maybe I will at some point redo her into something else to actually finish the game (meteorb is in my opinion the worst combination imaginable for hell difficulty solo play for a sorc since basically everything is immune to either fire or frost or both), but I think this will do for now.
Poisonmancer does sound interesting though and it might be the next character I plan out, depending a bit on what items I find with my sorc :)
Anyway, would you have some old MF items you no longer need (like blue MF rings and the ilk) I am interested in those, if Charsi is the only option left!|||If your fishy doesn't tear things apart, you either play without enigma, or you're doing it wrong.|||If you play untwinked with Enigma, you're doing it wrong.|||also, fishys tear it up just fine without enigma.|||Quote:
If you play untwinked with Enigma, you're doing it wrong.
Missed the part about wanting to do it untwinked.
Consider my post retracted =)|||Pheonix striker sin is actually really badass for PvM. You take Blades of Ice and Claws of Thunder, and they all power up pheonix strike too. PS can drop lots of meteors faster than any sorc even with max fcr. thats for the dual cold/light immunes (and just because its awesome).
Plus you have Dragon Flight kinda like teleport, and dragon claw gets charges on both hits.
Fade, shadow master, venom, mind blast.... turns out to be a badass even without uber gear. All you really need is good claws
Should I make a strafezon?
[:1]What the title says. After almost losing a Gheed's today I became painfully aware I probably need another character at Hell difficulty to not let that happen again. I also need a character that is able to kill most monsters in Hell without any big difficulty and without having to suffer a majority of them being immune to this or that (physical immunes are pretty rare). Doing Andy and Meph MF runs simply do not yield large enough kills to provide me with socketed items. Since I also decided to make my sorc pure fire, farming something like Chaos Sanctuary is not possible due to immunities alone.
Alternatively, I could make an ultimancer, but they seem to be even more expensive. The good aspect of strafe is that you do not need to be in vision of the monsters you wish to attack, although I guess for an area such as Chaos Sanctuary multishot would be a better option.
All this ranting should be evidence enough that I would love some input on this. And no, I am not interested in doing cows (and probably never will).|||Strafezon is great for 0MF item hunting (socketables, gems, runes, charms, etc.) since the ceiling is high, the entry-level floor is low, she has great AOE killing capacity. Its all about killspeed for that role.
Pits is probably going to be your bread and butter with a Strafezon. Personally, I prefer Gunslinger (strafe+MS with LF on switch), for speeding up really high monster-density rooms, but Strafezon is great because all you really need is a Harmony or an upped Witchwild String to get started.
Other good 0MF chars are CL/FO sorcs (though if you already have a sorc you might not want another), Wind druids (though they have a lower ceiling and a steeper entry cost), and Trapsin or Fishymancer (though they're a little slower, being corpse-dependent), maybe a WW barb (more gear-dependent)|||I have three Strafers / Frozen Arrow over level 90. One uses the full Mavina's Set, one uses Windforce, and one uses an upgraded Witchwild String. The WWS kills almost as fast as the Windforce, once Amp Damage triggers. Plus, it's nice to have native level 20 Magic Arrow for Physical Immunes that Amp Damage can't break. Great area runners, all of them, and a really fun build for late night runs. Not so hot with killing bosses.|||I recently reseted my strafe skills on my bowazon due to the fact that the skill just suxs so bad in pvm. When i had the strafe skill then it fired 10 arrows in a second and when i had atleast 10 targets then the 10 arrows i fired were divided on the 10 targets, meaning only 1 arrow hits each target. This is quite terrible.
I noticed that the multishot kills many many times faster and covers a huge area. Atm my multishot is lvl 27. The speed of which i kill everything in hell game is just so incredible. My attack rate is 16.6k.
I personaly dont see no point in putting more then 1 point into magic arrow, infact i prefer using cold arrow which i distributed only 1 point into it. The cold and magic arrows attack rating and damage are quite the same. Only difference is that cold arrow freezes while magic arrow doesnt. Besides cold arrow can also take down those physical resistant creatures. The gear i got gives me extra 9 points into arrows which covers up the lack of damage needed for cold arrows. Even without the extra 9 points in my arrow skills, i can still use lvl 1 cold arrow effectively. Also remember you are shooting arrows faster then the light of speed so the amount of points distributed into skills such as magic arrow isnt important.
Now the most fun part about this is that the gear im using is so super cheap, the only expensive part was creating Faith bow, other parts of the gear costed me atleast 3 ists.
If you want the details of my cheapass and very efective gear then feel free to ask.|||Hmm. Level 1o cold arrow converts 21% of physical damage to cold damage, and costs 4.6 mana per arrow. It also uses an arrow, and you had to sink a skill point into it. It will increase your Attack rating by 91%.
Using the level 20 Magic Arrow present on WWS will convert 20% of physical damage to magical damage. A slight damage advantage for Cold Arrow, but Magic Arrow uses no mana or arrows, you don't have to sink a single skill point in it, and it increases your Attack rating by 181%. More Attack rating means more hits, which means that Magic Arrow will do more damage over time.
Also, you'll notice that my build already does cold damage, as it is both a strafer and a Frozen Arrow Amazon. I'm able to do physical, cold, and magic damage, while your build only does physical and cold. I'm sorry, I think my build is far more flexible, especially when dealing with dual physical / cold immunes.
I prefer strafe to multishot, as with strafe all the chance to cast mods carry over to every arrow. With Multishot, many chance to cast mods only are carried by tehy central two arrows. That's a matter of personal preference, of course.|||everyone should make at least one!|||I just dont see no reason in wasting skill points in skills which you rearly use. Sure you can kill physical resistant monsters faster with lvl 20 magic arrow but the lvl 1 gets the job done as well, also i mentioned that you get extra skill points from your gear. Lets not forget that there arent lots of phys resistant monsters in hell, mostly some minibosses and act2 tomb specs are phys resistant. You wont need a lvl 20 magic/cold/fire arrow to take them down.
Actualy my main skills are distributed on phys and passive, the cold skill ive mentioned to you, i only have 1 point put in there (with gear bonus i have 10 points).|||Arctisavage, I believe you are missing a crucial point - if you have a WWS on switch or main, you don't have to sink a single point in Magic Arrow. The normal attack with WWS is a level 20 Magic Arrow. That's the beauty of it.|||Quote:
Now the most fun part about this is that the gear im using is so super cheap, the only expensive part was creating Faith bow, other parts of the gear costed me atleast 3 ists.
Anything above 4 ists total on gear is not quite cheap in my eyes, as that is currently the total amount that I have (almost, once I get payment from some trades).
On a sidenote, how hard/how much would it cost me to get a WWS? I have not been lucky enough to find one myself.
Also, Arctisavange, it is quite documented that large open areas are always worse for strafe as opposed to multishot, unless you can lure the monsters into a line (something you learn when you do cows). Yeah, I had a strafezon last ladder, I just felt she died too damn much in that damned Pit. It will most likely not be my primary target, rather something like act 3 and Arcane Sanctuary, possibly with key runes tossed in ther as well. Should be noted that I was lucky and got a BOTD bow from some nice chap for free, but the rest of my gear was still poop aside that Valkyrie Wing. What else would you suggest to get aside possibly Laying of Hands?
Also, could someone recommend a build with actually cheap gear (as in... not several ists) that I could possibly afford seeing my wealth here. Yeah, I guess, since I already did that... feel free to bid on something, every little helps XD And I don't think I'll run with a merc most of the time, but if I do, a might merc from act 2 is preferred? Or something else?|||Quote:
Atm my multishot is lvl 27. The speed of which i kill everything in hell game is just so incredible.
Multishot fires skill level + 1 arrows per shot, maxing out at level 23 with 24 arrows fired. After that point only mana cost increases as you increase its skill level.
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On a sidenote, how hard/how much would it cost me to get a WWS? I have not been lucky enough to find one myself.
A few pgems normally, they're quite cheap. Even a perfect one shouldn't cost too much.
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Also, Arctisavange, it is quite documented that large open areas are always worse for strafe as opposed to multishot, unless you can lure the monsters into a line (something you learn when you do cows). Yeah, I had a strafezon last ladder, I just felt she died too damn much in that damned Pit.
There's little to no reason for a strafer to die in the pit since the only real threat should be archer mobs with a nasty boss. Putting a few points into vitality, spending a few more points on your valkyrie, and using decoy may help. Also knockback makes a huge difference when it comes to safety.
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It will most likely not be my primary target, rather something like act 3 and Arcane Sanctuary, possibly with key runes tossed in ther as well.
Then I'd highly suggest going gunslinger. LF is superb vs both the physical immunes you find while on your way to countess, and in arcane sanctuary in general. However for destruction keys I wouldn't recommend a character with a heavy dex investment ... even if you get the "rest in peace" mod CE accidents can happen.
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Should be noted that I was lucky and got a BOTD bow from some nice chap for free, but the rest of my gear was still poop aside that Valkyrie Wing. What else would you suggest to get aside possibly Laying of Hands?
Treachery, raizortail, atmas scarab, war traveler. For more options have a look at the gunslinger link in my sign.
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Also, could someone recommend a build with actually cheap gear (as in... not several ists) that I could possibly afford seeing my wealth here. Yeah, I guess, since I already did that... feel free to bid on something, every little helps XD And I don't think I'll run with a merc most of the time, but if I do, a might merc from act 2 is preferred? Or something else?
Looking at your list you may not be able to afford much in the way of high rune gear, however barely any build needs such items. Just make whatever character you enjoy playing, that's the only thing that's really important after all. I would have recommended a trapper if you where asking about untwinked builds, but with your founds almost anything works ...
For a physical damage build such as a strafer and/or multi bowzon you'll commonly use a might merc, yes, preferably with reaper's toll (low-mid cost) or a pride (high cost). You can consider act 1 faith mercs once you can afford faith, but other then that there's not much competition on the physical damage boosting front.
Alternatively, I could make an ultimancer, but they seem to be even more expensive. The good aspect of strafe is that you do not need to be in vision of the monsters you wish to attack, although I guess for an area such as Chaos Sanctuary multishot would be a better option.
All this ranting should be evidence enough that I would love some input on this. And no, I am not interested in doing cows (and probably never will).|||Strafezon is great for 0MF item hunting (socketables, gems, runes, charms, etc.) since the ceiling is high, the entry-level floor is low, she has great AOE killing capacity. Its all about killspeed for that role.
Pits is probably going to be your bread and butter with a Strafezon. Personally, I prefer Gunslinger (strafe+MS with LF on switch), for speeding up really high monster-density rooms, but Strafezon is great because all you really need is a Harmony or an upped Witchwild String to get started.
Other good 0MF chars are CL/FO sorcs (though if you already have a sorc you might not want another), Wind druids (though they have a lower ceiling and a steeper entry cost), and Trapsin or Fishymancer (though they're a little slower, being corpse-dependent), maybe a WW barb (more gear-dependent)|||I have three Strafers / Frozen Arrow over level 90. One uses the full Mavina's Set, one uses Windforce, and one uses an upgraded Witchwild String. The WWS kills almost as fast as the Windforce, once Amp Damage triggers. Plus, it's nice to have native level 20 Magic Arrow for Physical Immunes that Amp Damage can't break. Great area runners, all of them, and a really fun build for late night runs. Not so hot with killing bosses.|||I recently reseted my strafe skills on my bowazon due to the fact that the skill just suxs so bad in pvm. When i had the strafe skill then it fired 10 arrows in a second and when i had atleast 10 targets then the 10 arrows i fired were divided on the 10 targets, meaning only 1 arrow hits each target. This is quite terrible.
I noticed that the multishot kills many many times faster and covers a huge area. Atm my multishot is lvl 27. The speed of which i kill everything in hell game is just so incredible. My attack rate is 16.6k.
I personaly dont see no point in putting more then 1 point into magic arrow, infact i prefer using cold arrow which i distributed only 1 point into it. The cold and magic arrows attack rating and damage are quite the same. Only difference is that cold arrow freezes while magic arrow doesnt. Besides cold arrow can also take down those physical resistant creatures. The gear i got gives me extra 9 points into arrows which covers up the lack of damage needed for cold arrows. Even without the extra 9 points in my arrow skills, i can still use lvl 1 cold arrow effectively. Also remember you are shooting arrows faster then the light of speed so the amount of points distributed into skills such as magic arrow isnt important.
Now the most fun part about this is that the gear im using is so super cheap, the only expensive part was creating Faith bow, other parts of the gear costed me atleast 3 ists.
If you want the details of my cheapass and very efective gear then feel free to ask.|||Hmm. Level 1o cold arrow converts 21% of physical damage to cold damage, and costs 4.6 mana per arrow. It also uses an arrow, and you had to sink a skill point into it. It will increase your Attack rating by 91%.
Using the level 20 Magic Arrow present on WWS will convert 20% of physical damage to magical damage. A slight damage advantage for Cold Arrow, but Magic Arrow uses no mana or arrows, you don't have to sink a single skill point in it, and it increases your Attack rating by 181%. More Attack rating means more hits, which means that Magic Arrow will do more damage over time.
Also, you'll notice that my build already does cold damage, as it is both a strafer and a Frozen Arrow Amazon. I'm able to do physical, cold, and magic damage, while your build only does physical and cold. I'm sorry, I think my build is far more flexible, especially when dealing with dual physical / cold immunes.
I prefer strafe to multishot, as with strafe all the chance to cast mods carry over to every arrow. With Multishot, many chance to cast mods only are carried by tehy central two arrows. That's a matter of personal preference, of course.|||everyone should make at least one!|||I just dont see no reason in wasting skill points in skills which you rearly use. Sure you can kill physical resistant monsters faster with lvl 20 magic arrow but the lvl 1 gets the job done as well, also i mentioned that you get extra skill points from your gear. Lets not forget that there arent lots of phys resistant monsters in hell, mostly some minibosses and act2 tomb specs are phys resistant. You wont need a lvl 20 magic/cold/fire arrow to take them down.
Actualy my main skills are distributed on phys and passive, the cold skill ive mentioned to you, i only have 1 point put in there (with gear bonus i have 10 points).|||Arctisavage, I believe you are missing a crucial point - if you have a WWS on switch or main, you don't have to sink a single point in Magic Arrow. The normal attack with WWS is a level 20 Magic Arrow. That's the beauty of it.|||Quote:
Now the most fun part about this is that the gear im using is so super cheap, the only expensive part was creating Faith bow, other parts of the gear costed me atleast 3 ists.
Anything above 4 ists total on gear is not quite cheap in my eyes, as that is currently the total amount that I have (almost, once I get payment from some trades).
On a sidenote, how hard/how much would it cost me to get a WWS? I have not been lucky enough to find one myself.
Also, Arctisavange, it is quite documented that large open areas are always worse for strafe as opposed to multishot, unless you can lure the monsters into a line (something you learn when you do cows). Yeah, I had a strafezon last ladder, I just felt she died too damn much in that damned Pit. It will most likely not be my primary target, rather something like act 3 and Arcane Sanctuary, possibly with key runes tossed in ther as well. Should be noted that I was lucky and got a BOTD bow from some nice chap for free, but the rest of my gear was still poop aside that Valkyrie Wing. What else would you suggest to get aside possibly Laying of Hands?
Also, could someone recommend a build with actually cheap gear (as in... not several ists) that I could possibly afford seeing my wealth here. Yeah, I guess, since I already did that... feel free to bid on something, every little helps XD And I don't think I'll run with a merc most of the time, but if I do, a might merc from act 2 is preferred? Or something else?|||Quote:
Atm my multishot is lvl 27. The speed of which i kill everything in hell game is just so incredible.
Multishot fires skill level + 1 arrows per shot, maxing out at level 23 with 24 arrows fired. After that point only mana cost increases as you increase its skill level.
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On a sidenote, how hard/how much would it cost me to get a WWS? I have not been lucky enough to find one myself.
A few pgems normally, they're quite cheap. Even a perfect one shouldn't cost too much.
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Also, Arctisavange, it is quite documented that large open areas are always worse for strafe as opposed to multishot, unless you can lure the monsters into a line (something you learn when you do cows). Yeah, I had a strafezon last ladder, I just felt she died too damn much in that damned Pit.
There's little to no reason for a strafer to die in the pit since the only real threat should be archer mobs with a nasty boss. Putting a few points into vitality, spending a few more points on your valkyrie, and using decoy may help. Also knockback makes a huge difference when it comes to safety.
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It will most likely not be my primary target, rather something like act 3 and Arcane Sanctuary, possibly with key runes tossed in ther as well.
Then I'd highly suggest going gunslinger. LF is superb vs both the physical immunes you find while on your way to countess, and in arcane sanctuary in general. However for destruction keys I wouldn't recommend a character with a heavy dex investment ... even if you get the "rest in peace" mod CE accidents can happen.
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Should be noted that I was lucky and got a BOTD bow from some nice chap for free, but the rest of my gear was still poop aside that Valkyrie Wing. What else would you suggest to get aside possibly Laying of Hands?
Treachery, raizortail, atmas scarab, war traveler. For more options have a look at the gunslinger link in my sign.
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Also, could someone recommend a build with actually cheap gear (as in... not several ists) that I could possibly afford seeing my wealth here. Yeah, I guess, since I already did that... feel free to bid on something, every little helps XD And I don't think I'll run with a merc most of the time, but if I do, a might merc from act 2 is preferred? Or something else?
Looking at your list you may not be able to afford much in the way of high rune gear, however barely any build needs such items. Just make whatever character you enjoy playing, that's the only thing that's really important after all. I would have recommended a trapper if you where asking about untwinked builds, but with your founds almost anything works ...
For a physical damage build such as a strafer and/or multi bowzon you'll commonly use a might merc, yes, preferably with reaper's toll (low-mid cost) or a pride (high cost). You can consider act 1 faith mercs once you can afford faith, but other then that there's not much competition on the physical damage boosting front.
Unorthodox and awesome builds: My Uber Blood Raven
[:1]This is the most fun build I have ever made in Diablo 2, and it came about on a whim. I would read through it all because I guarantee you have never tried this build, and it kicks ***.
Inspired by the Demon Hunter, I recently made a ranger assassin. Rocking a colossus buriza, giant skull, fortitude, and a harmony bow on my switch for vigor. It's relatively cheap for this good of stats, lots of bang for little buck. upp buriza in cube for colossus, giantskull and rest for an hr.
Shock Web and Fire blast. Both maxed out, with burst of speed and shadow master. Venom also for more bow/xbow dmg. I do massive crossbow damage, and my main attack skills are the two lowest level traps, simply because they are the funnest to use.
The BEST PART however, the part that makes this build so unique and awesome, is that I have basically a private militia.
- maxed shadow master
- merc with infinity for lite dmg (makes Shock Web BRUTAL)
- metalgrid ammy gives me a level 22 iron golem with thorns
- Harmony bow gives me Valkyrie
Thats 4 badass personal tanks right there, and if that wasnt enough, Harmony also gives me charges for Revive.
Not to mention with Tgod belt, and Dwarf Star+Ravenfrost rings, I have TOTAL ELEMENTAL ABSORB.
The Burst of Speed and Vigor together make me faster than any other sin or paladin.
I call this character build I have created Uber Blood Raven, because that's basically what I am. Buriza blizzard cannon with huge lightning net and fire grenade, raining absolute hell on the enemy from behind a steel curtain of tanks, all the time reviving dead foes to my bidding.
What are some cool, weird, fun, kick-*** builds that you all have made before, or want to try?|||Must say it seems a nice little build :)|||Sounds AWESOME! I might check this out if I start playing again!
Inspired by the Demon Hunter, I recently made a ranger assassin. Rocking a colossus buriza, giant skull, fortitude, and a harmony bow on my switch for vigor. It's relatively cheap for this good of stats, lots of bang for little buck. upp buriza in cube for colossus, giantskull and rest for an hr.
Shock Web and Fire blast. Both maxed out, with burst of speed and shadow master. Venom also for more bow/xbow dmg. I do massive crossbow damage, and my main attack skills are the two lowest level traps, simply because they are the funnest to use.
The BEST PART however, the part that makes this build so unique and awesome, is that I have basically a private militia.
- maxed shadow master
- merc with infinity for lite dmg (makes Shock Web BRUTAL)
- metalgrid ammy gives me a level 22 iron golem with thorns
- Harmony bow gives me Valkyrie
Thats 4 badass personal tanks right there, and if that wasnt enough, Harmony also gives me charges for Revive.
Not to mention with Tgod belt, and Dwarf Star+Ravenfrost rings, I have TOTAL ELEMENTAL ABSORB.
The Burst of Speed and Vigor together make me faster than any other sin or paladin.
I call this character build I have created Uber Blood Raven, because that's basically what I am. Buriza blizzard cannon with huge lightning net and fire grenade, raining absolute hell on the enemy from behind a steel curtain of tanks, all the time reviving dead foes to my bidding.
What are some cool, weird, fun, kick-*** builds that you all have made before, or want to try?|||Must say it seems a nice little build :)|||Sounds AWESOME! I might check this out if I start playing again!
Gimmershred as throwing weapon
[:1]always thought this weapon had replenish quantity but it doesn't, I know a lot of people use this as a melee weapon but what are peoples experiences with throwing it? is it a bit frustrating having to constantly go back to town to replenish them or not? thinking of using them with my summoner but might seek out an alternative.|||Quote:
always thought this weapon had replenish quantity but it doesn't, I know a lot of people use this as a melee weapon but what are peoples experiences with throwing it? is it a bit frustrating having to constantly go back to town to replenish them or not? thinking of using them with my summoner but might seek out an alternative.
gimmers are mainly used to deal with phys immunes, but since you're a summoner, you can use amp to remove most phys immunes. gimmers do have high quant to start with iirc|||Quote:
gimmers are mainly used to deal with phys immunes, but since you're a summoner, you can use amp to remove most phys immunes. gimmers do have high quant to start with iirc
I may try and hunt down a lacerators as they have both amp and replenish, just wanted to know if it was irritating for people having to restock constantly.|||None of the throwing weapons are really that viable as a main throwing weapon. But if you are using them only occasionally then its probably fine.
Why do you care about the amp on a necro?
always thought this weapon had replenish quantity but it doesn't, I know a lot of people use this as a melee weapon but what are peoples experiences with throwing it? is it a bit frustrating having to constantly go back to town to replenish them or not? thinking of using them with my summoner but might seek out an alternative.
gimmers are mainly used to deal with phys immunes, but since you're a summoner, you can use amp to remove most phys immunes. gimmers do have high quant to start with iirc|||Quote:
gimmers are mainly used to deal with phys immunes, but since you're a summoner, you can use amp to remove most phys immunes. gimmers do have high quant to start with iirc
I may try and hunt down a lacerators as they have both amp and replenish, just wanted to know if it was irritating for people having to restock constantly.|||None of the throwing weapons are really that viable as a main throwing weapon. But if you are using them only occasionally then its probably fine.
Why do you care about the amp on a necro?
Can I upgrade Silks of Victor?
[:1]Sorry about the newb questions but thats what I am, been away from D2 for about 8 years and got tired of waiting for D3 so reloaded it. I'm currently playing a level 30 necromancer and have Silks of the Victor. Can this item be upgraded in the cube and if so what results? Just trying to figure out what to do with this armor to eventually make it better. Add socket? Upgrade?
TIA,
Mark|||You can, yes. But it will only upgrade the defense (and str requirements ) so I wouldn't bother. You can put a socket in it at larzuk if you want. Its really not that great of an armor though.|||Quote:
You can, yes. But it will only upgrade the defense (and str requirements ) so I wouldn't bother. You can put a socket in it at larzuk if you want. Its really not that great of an armor though.
It's pretty good for my current level but I plan to find something better at about level 40. I liked it for it's high def, mana leech and +1 to skills. I thought about putting a skull in it for mana/life regen.
What would be a better choice for a Summancer in your view?|||Skin of the viper Magi is pretty tough to beat.
You should also know that defense is a pretty worthless stat for 90% of builds, especially ones that shouldn't be in melee range (like summonmancer)
TIA,
Mark|||You can, yes. But it will only upgrade the defense (and str requirements ) so I wouldn't bother. You can put a socket in it at larzuk if you want. Its really not that great of an armor though.|||Quote:
You can, yes. But it will only upgrade the defense (and str requirements ) so I wouldn't bother. You can put a socket in it at larzuk if you want. Its really not that great of an armor though.
It's pretty good for my current level but I plan to find something better at about level 40. I liked it for it's high def, mana leech and +1 to skills. I thought about putting a skull in it for mana/life regen.
What would be a better choice for a Summancer in your view?|||Skin of the viper Magi is pretty tough to beat.
You should also know that defense is a pretty worthless stat for 90% of builds, especially ones that shouldn't be in melee range (like summonmancer)
Superior eth boneweave
[:1]I can't ebug this, but would it still become ebug'ed if I use the Larzuk quest reward?|||No the Larzuk quest will just add the sockets. You have to cube it to eth bug it.|||Right, was thinking with ebug it would get quite a lot of extra defense... oh well, I don't see much use in it then |||Why cant you cube it? Duh
|||Superiors can't be cube socketed
|||Why cant you cube it? Duh|||Superiors can't be cube socketed
Best Sheild for an Ironskin Wolfbarb
[:1]Hi y'all, I'm currently putting together a 20 shout/20 ironskin wolf barb (using wolfhowl) and at the moment I'm using stormsheild as his sheild but I'm not convinced that is the right choice.
Any other suggestions of what would be better?|||Gerke's Sanctuary comes to mind as a great defensive shield.|||*Shield
Gerke's is too slow imo. Unless you're lacking resists you can't really beat a Shaeled SS's speed and DR.|||Quote:
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Dammit, I knew I spelled (spelt?) something wrong.
Currently the SS I'm using is diamond'd, but I'm not sure on his end reses as I have yet to do anya quests for him and a few more points should be going into natural res before he's finished.
I also need to work out what attack breakpoint he's currently at too, cause I don't think shael will be necessary with werewolf, breath's and highlords IAS.
I was considering Dream/Dragon in a 3os Sup Trolls nest (highest def shield, yes higher than aegis and ward, with lower str requirment o.O)
Or Phoenix in a sup 4os Ward. But I have no experience with said runewords and would like to know if they're worth it before sinking massive ammounts of ingame wealth into building them.
Regardless I think a high res sheild (maybe something like double um'd mosers) should be in my stash to overresit when it's needed.|||You will want a shield with nice mods, like both Stormshield and Gerke's, but you also want it to be a fast blocker. A blocking animation lasts a couple of frames, during which nothing else can be done (just like hit recovery, but without you taking any damage, and using the block breakpoints instead of FHR ones). Wolves are terribly slow in their blocking animation (not as bad as bears, but far from good). Anything you can do to avoid beeing stuck in blocking animation is good, that's why Gerke's, while it has good mods, is still quite useless.
That is also the reason a Shael in your SS would be good, since it increases block speed in shields.|||Quote:
That is also the reason a Shael in your SS would be good, since it increases block speed in shields.
Oh so it does, my bad, I'm so used to it being used in weapons I thought it would give IAS. >.<.
Just checked wolfs block breakpoints, and yeah they are quite bad (also amazed at how awesome holy shield palas are with block speed, but thats getting off topic). So I think shael storm is something I will definitlly have to try.
Thanks for the replies guys.
Any other suggestions of what would be better?|||Gerke's Sanctuary comes to mind as a great defensive shield.|||*Shield
Gerke's is too slow imo. Unless you're lacking resists you can't really beat a Shaeled SS's speed and DR.|||Quote:
*Shield
Dammit, I knew I spelled (spelt?) something wrong.
Currently the SS I'm using is diamond'd, but I'm not sure on his end reses as I have yet to do anya quests for him and a few more points should be going into natural res before he's finished.
I also need to work out what attack breakpoint he's currently at too, cause I don't think shael will be necessary with werewolf, breath's and highlords IAS.
I was considering Dream/Dragon in a 3os Sup Trolls nest (highest def shield, yes higher than aegis and ward, with lower str requirment o.O)
Or Phoenix in a sup 4os Ward. But I have no experience with said runewords and would like to know if they're worth it before sinking massive ammounts of ingame wealth into building them.
Regardless I think a high res sheild (maybe something like double um'd mosers) should be in my stash to overresit when it's needed.|||You will want a shield with nice mods, like both Stormshield and Gerke's, but you also want it to be a fast blocker. A blocking animation lasts a couple of frames, during which nothing else can be done (just like hit recovery, but without you taking any damage, and using the block breakpoints instead of FHR ones). Wolves are terribly slow in their blocking animation (not as bad as bears, but far from good). Anything you can do to avoid beeing stuck in blocking animation is good, that's why Gerke's, while it has good mods, is still quite useless.
That is also the reason a Shael in your SS would be good, since it increases block speed in shields.|||Quote:
That is also the reason a Shael in your SS would be good, since it increases block speed in shields.
Oh so it does, my bad, I'm so used to it being used in weapons I thought it would give IAS. >.<.
Just checked wolfs block breakpoints, and yeah they are quite bad (also amazed at how awesome holy shield palas are with block speed, but thats getting off topic). So I think shael storm is something I will definitlly have to try.
Thanks for the replies guys.
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