Punha: I’ll be on and off all day today, lemme know when and I’ll happily rush you.
I’m lvl 35, if someone could help me rush NM, too? Please?
And don’t miss the trading post.
thinksnow, we gotta get you to level 40 first, so when we get to the NM ancients we know we can go straight through without having to run something else. I’d to a few norm public baal runs.
I’m lvl 38.8 as of this afternoon. One more good Baal run should do it…maybe a Blood run for good measure.
Hit lvl 45, imbued a gothic bow.
It got 2 mods. +4 min and monster flee 18%.
I demand a recount. But now I can just go ahead and lvl in norm runs until I either find a rush game or get a rush.
I’d love to get my barb run up to nm Baal if I could. With my new Headstriker, I think I can do some serious damage 
He’s also wearing a Stealskull casque. Dual leach is pretty nice.
iampunha: I’ve got a new unique flail/knout/whatever (forgot the name, but it was decent…NOT Baezils) and an open 3-socketed Aldurs Rhythm. Also have Demon’s Limb Tyrant Club and a 4 socket knout if you’re interested.
I traded my Natures Peace ring for a LS for your sword barb, but I see that you’re now stripping him down. That’s ok, my young Pally had a gleam in his eye for it.
I was also lucky enough to find Wolfhowl, which is the helm that turns a barb into a wearwolf. I already had an eth one, but now I have a regular one.
Oh, and Pit runs finally payed off. I was playing in a trade game so that there were more players and I cleared both levels of the pit with my merc. At the very end of lvl2, Nats claw pops out at me. I was very happy as it was the first time I ever found that delicious item. I had to trade for the two I have in 1.09.
I’ll be away on vacation for a bit over a week after tomorrow morning. So Pun, if you want any of those maces, I’ll try and log in periodically through the night. I probably won’t be playing too much though.
What is Nats claw? Is it an asn item? I might be able to put it to good use
Natalya’s Claw (abbreviated Nat’s claw) is the set claw for the assassin set. In the non-ladder I have the helm a bazillion times and the armor once. This being ladder, I have none of the set.
vol, we’ll have to do some comparison for the mace-class weapons. I know the Honor scourge is capable, but if the others are moreso, then that’ll do it. I just need to know the str and dex reqs.
Hm. Well, I briefly hopped on Bnet to try a werebear and got too annoyed by the lag to continue–that’s the primary reason I quit the last time, too. There really isn’t any excuse for multiplayer lag on a dsl line…of course, the fact I was playing on a friday night might have something to do with it… 
It did inspire me to start up a single player shockbear. I have some nice equipment waiting for him, including a fully upgraded elite ribcracker*. Between the life charms and the angelic halo/angelic ring combo**, he currently has ca 800 life at 27th level, without oak sage, and I’m still pumping vitality like mad. I forgot how fun these guys are to play. Flayers are currently bouncing off him like bb’s off a sherman tank…
Still mulling over what armor I’m going to give him, though. Maybe one of the new runewords?
Pit runs are treating me nicely. Tal Rasha’s set items have dropping fairly regularly. I also found the gloves from the Immortal King’s set. Interesting stuff.
- Don’t scoff–fully upgraded, an elite ribcracker has awe-inspiring attack speed (+60% ias?), doubles your total defense rating, has 50% crushing blow AND does more than 500 pts of damage. All with a str req of only 70ish… elite ribcracker:weredruid::buriza:amazon.
** An overlooked combo. They’re usable at 2nd level, give you nearly a hundred points of life when most characters only have around 80 hit points and give you attack rating bonuses in the multiple hundreds. I’ll probably still be using these through nightmare, if only for the huge AR bonus–which is based on character level, IIRC. I’d also expect them to be extremely cheap if you’re into trading for items–most people don’t keep low level set items.
Do you suppose that the “pit run” is only good in sp? I have done a bunch of them and I have gotten bupkiss.
The nm countess has been practically throwing uniques at me. She tossed a razortail and the Impailer War Spear last time I believe. I don’t have any use for either of them right now…any takers?
Hm. I don’t have any reason to think it’d be any different online. I’m currently running about 150% mf on that character. Just do a lot of repetition–I think I average about 10-20 runs before I get anything really good. I sell everything else and use the gold to gamble for amulets and circlets.
I’d run the countess more often but it’s a rather tedious and long haul with a zookeeper. The reason I like the pit so much is that it’s pretty much a straight shot without any areas that could cause unfortunate…traffic jams…
Oh, I don’t think anyone is going to scoff at an upgraded ribcracker…
Barb’s up to level 66 or so. Going for a few more runs tonight to get him up some, then I will either put him to bed for a week or two (vol’s on vacation, and I know of nobody else who can rush him to hell) or try to struggle through hell myself.
My asn needs to work through hell too…maybe I’ll see you on tonight.
I’m at about lvl 64 on the barb…those public baal runs are pretty good for exp, but crappy for drops!
Does the high MLvl on The Pit in Tamoe Highlands mean that I can find almost any rune there as well?
To answer the question above, I’m a lvl 76 cold sorc (survival skills in fire and lightning) with a lvl 75 barbarian merc. He’s carrying a King’s Grace Zweihander, and other than his penchant for sprinting through zombie-gas, he’s remarkably resilient. I’ve given him Iron Pelt (trellised armor, massive damage reduction) and Face of Horror (monster flee and some other goodies).
My partner in crime is an amazon with a Thorns paladin; they’re both leveled up to 75. Her paladin carries Corpsemourn Ornate Plate, Bloodthief War Fork, and a triple-skull helm. We’re considering putting an Amn in the weapon, but balancing that desire with upgrading it first–will the merc still be able to use it? --will socketing and Amn’ing the weapon make it impossible to upgrade later?
It’s possible that we could switch her to a Holy Freeze merc now that we’re in Act II of Hell, but I think she’d be reluctant to try it unless there’s some sort of overwhelming response from y’all on the issue. She seems happy enough with Thorns because my barb takes most of the hits in our party, and having thorns just means he manages to not-block his way to dealing decent damage.
I hadn’t heard about doing Pit Runs… I’m wondering if that would be a good place to find some good gear or runes now that we’re starting to feel the pain of Hell difficulty on a more regular basis.
I was using a Bloodthief for a while, but I got tired of the low damage. Why do 30 when I can do 185? Life steal is good, but not when you need to kill stuff quickly. Face of horror is a pretty low def helm, but it has some good +damage for the undead. I personally hate “runs away” on a melee weapon, but with a zon around that could be ok.
For rune drops, any monster over lvl 69 can drop every rune, so yes, Pit monsters can.
Amn that War Fork. You can upgrade it later, and it’ll keep the Amn. As for the triple skull helm - triple rubies would be better if that’s your only option. More hitpoints > life regen.
Face of Horror is good. Do you have a Blackhorn’s Face or Guillome’s Face? Those are a bit higher level, and would make good replacements. The Blackhorn is good for the Prevent Monster Heal, since regen rates are enormous in 1.10, and the Guilloume’s Face is excellent for the Crushing Blow, +Str. and Deadly Strike (Crushing being the better).
Hey Pun–I can get you part of the way through Hell. My pally can pretty easily take on the Council in Trav solo…I think he could take on Meph or Duriel (I’m not so sure about Diablo). If we’re ever actually on-line together at the same time, I’d be happy to help get you as far as I can.
Fenris
A few things:
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Fen, gonna see how I do with that Honor Scourge you were using and the Horazon’s Scourge. I dunno if the Honor will be better than my U Tyrant Limb, but we’ll see.
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What should I do with a Gul? One dropped in worldstone 2 or 3 during a run.
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Anyone want a (I think) +1 Shadow Disciplines GC? Second mod is like +gf, so it’s nothing uber.
I have the amulet in a2 to get, then I should be able to run/frenzy my way through arcane to get the sign.
I meant to ask, Pun: how rare are ZOD runes? Do you have one to spare? I love this sword, but th’ damn thing keeps breaking. It only has 22 durability and apparently it’s made of cheese. I love the fact that I can kill fairly tough Hell monsters with only three or four hits with it (the HONOR took me about 8-10 hits or so for similar monsters) but it’s really annoying (and expensive) to have to run back to town all the time to repair it. Plus, I can see the damn thing break in the middle of a battle with a boss…and wouldn’t that be lovely.
Help!