Didn’t lose anything this week, but I did find a Lightsaber when I was screwing around during a Baal run.
I am making a decent attempt for my amazon to level up to 90 by doing public Baal runs and I am actually half way there now.
Swine!
Since we’re bragging, though, I made three Pit runs today with negligible MF (50%) or so and got M’avina’s Caster, Kuko Shakaku, Nature’s Peace, Wraith Flight and two other random low-grade uniques. Why can’t I get that kind of luck with my MF Assassin? I’d have my own Lightsabre by now.
…MF Assassin? That’s one character I never thought would be suited to MF at all.
Per here and here, note that three new runewords are now active on Bnet:
Duress (Shael-Um-Thul) 3 socket armor only
+40% Faster Hit Recovery
+(10-20)% Enhanced Damage (varies, range not confirmed)
Adds 37-133 cold damage
15% Chance of Crushing Blow
33% Chance of Open Wounds
+(171-197)% Enhanced Defense (varies, range not confirmed)
-20% Slower Stamina Drain
Cold Resist +45%
Lighting Resist +15%
Fire Resist +15%
Poison Resist 15%
Prudence (Mal-Tir) 2 socket armor only
+25% Faster Hit Recovery
+(142-163)% Enhanced Defense (varies, range not confirmed)
All Resistances +30%
Damage Reduced by 3
Magic Damage reduced by 17
+2 to mana after each kill
+1 to light radius
Repairs 1 durability in 4 seconds
Splendor (Eth-Lum) 2 socket shield only
+1 to all Skills
+10% faster cast rate
+20% faster block rate
+(60-105)% enhanced defense (varies)
+10 to energy
Regenerate Mana 15%
+50% gold from monsters
+20% chance of finding magic items
+3 to light radius
Interesting. I can’t check from work, but I believe Duress was one of the runewords announced two years ago that never got into the game. I think there were two more announced at that time and that still aren’t in the game. I wonder how many runewords are still in the works.
Evil_Death - You found all that in The Pit? I’ve never found anything at all in there. However, I did find Corpsemourn on my way to The Pit, in the Tamoe Highlands.
Oh, Fire Eye dropped Lightsabre for my Wind Druid yesterday 
Just whay my Tesladin needed 
She’s not pure MF like sorcs and barbs - no Gull, no silly helm, or all that. She’s using Tal’s armour, Goldwrap, Ammy of Luck, perfect Nagel, 23% Nagel, and a shitload of charms that come to about 115% IIRC. I can’t be fussed adding it all up, but it comes to about 300%, I think.
Phase42 - Yes, I did, and all on Level 1, oddly enough. It seems to be swings and roundabouts; you can run forever and get nothing, then you run twice and get Diablo’s Golden Jockstrap.
Wrong color, but…
Has anyone known to be reliable (e.g., one of us, or someone speaking officially for Blizzard) tested these? Splendor looks nice, and I have the runes, but Lo is a little higher rune than I’d like to waste on something untested.
Chronos, other than the fact that it’s bee posted on the B.net forums over at blizzard.net, I dunno what to tell you. I suppose there’s probably some sort of disclaimer over there about them not promising anything in any of those posts is true, but ultimately the only way to know for sure is to try to make the runeword.
Chronos, It’s a Lum rune, not a Lo rune used for Splendor. Does that change your mind to risk it?
Whoops, brain fart there. I don’t even have a Lo. But I only have a couple of Lum, and one of them I’m saving for Memory, so I’m still reluctant. If I find a two socket Grim Shield or Heater (I think my sorc can wear a Heater), I might give it a try, though. I wonder if Blizzard realizes that they’re making MF sorcs even MFier… That thing has nearly the mods of a Lidless Wall, plus the magic find, for fairly cheap.
BTW, I found a +masteries charm the other day. It doesn’t do much for my barb (+3% resist is about it), so anyone else is welcome to claim it.
And Evil Death, what are you using for a helm, that precludes using silly magic find? In my experience, helms seldom provide anything really critical that you can’t swap out, and you can easily get over 70% MF on one.
Delirium, same as on my Strafeazon. I’ve only made one, but because I’m playing SP I can justify passing the hat around. <rimshot>
Actually, the main thing getting in my way is that I don’t have a big MF helm. I’ve never bothered sticking three PTops in something, and I’ve not found any good 3-sock helms anyway.
Well, five Baal runs with Who, and only one netted anything. Last one, and he dropped a Riphook, a Laying of Hands, and a Bonehew. It was quest for his javazon, so I suppose it had better have been good.
Then again, last time I helped anyone get Duriel for the quest, the drop was two scrolls, a potion, and some arrows. So maybe that first kill thing is a bit unreliable…
In case this hasn’t been answered yet - Ormus in normal difficulty. He sells wands with life tap charges.
No, Duriel’s just a cheap bastard. I’ve had first kill on him and got nothing but the one TP scroll that is guaranteed.
So here’s a question that ought to keep folks busy:
Back in 1.09 I had found/traded for roughly 90% of the runes, sets and unique pieces. What, as a community, have we not found/traded for up to this point? I figured that would be an easier list than “what have we found?” I’m restricting this to sets and uniques because otherwise we’d have in our potential list … well, 299% sword, 298% sword, etc. It’d be largely pointless.
Here’s all the stuff I don’t know that we’ve found/traded for:
Uniques Gore Rider War Boots (I think); Verdungo’s Hearty Cord; Leviathan; Spirit Keeper; Steel Carapace; Templar’s Might; Tyrael’s Might; Merman’s Sprocket; Souldrain; Steelrend; Veil of Steel; Crown of Ages; Giant Skull; Halaberd’s Reign; Nightwing’s Veil; Steelshade; Medusa’s Gage; Spike Thorn; Spirit Ward; Carrion Wind; Wisp Projector; Metal Grid; Seraph’s Hymn; Stoneraven; Demonhorn’s Edge; Halaberd’s Reign (note that there are two of that name); Cerebus’ Bite; Ravenlore; Spirit Keeper; Boneflame; Darkforge Spawn; Dragonscale; Alma Negra; Death’s Fathom; Canebreak; Death Cleaver; Executioner’s Justice; Frostwind; Messerschmitt’s Reaver; Widowmaker; Windforce; Gut Siphon; Fleshripper; Ghostflame; Earth Shifter; Shaefer’s Hammer; The Cranimu Basher; Bonehew; Tomb Reaver; Steel Pillar; Viperfork; Astreon’s Iron Ward; The Redeemer; Mang Song’s Lesson; Frostwind; The Grandfather; Boneshade; Death’s Web; Runes Ber, Ja, Lo, and set pieces Griswold’s Redemption and Honor, Heaven’s Taebaek … I think that’s all of it.
I’ve found Veil of Steel, Carrion Wind, and Stoneraven, so scratch those off your list. And I think that theckhd is wearing Gore Riders, and I know he’s found a Death’s Fathom (plus probably a lot of other things). I’m pretty sure I’ve seen a Taebaek’s Glory, too, but I don’t remember who found it.
Are we counting items that we’ve found and then traded away?
From your list I’ve pulled out the items that I’ve found so far. On East I’ve found Medusa’s Gage, Spike Thorn, Frostwind, Fleshripper, and Astreon’s Iron Ward. And on West I’ve found Boneshade and Bonehew and I believe Phase42 and I found a Gore Riders (I don’t remember for sure because he said he needed it so I never really had it in hand).
Absolutely, if we’ve found them;) Similarly I’m counting items for which we’ve traded, which is why Zod was not on the list of things we ain’t found.
Updated list of items of which we know have never controlled at least one:
Verdungo’s Hearty Cord; Leviathan; Spirit Keeper; Steel Carapace; Templar’s Might; Tyrael’s Might; Merman’s Sprocket; Souldrain; Steelrend; Crown of Ages; Giant Skull; Halaberd’s Reign; Nightwing’s Veil; Steelshade; Spirit Ward; Wisp Projector; Metal Grid; Seraph’s Hymn; Demonhorn’s Edge; Halaberd’s Reign (note that there are two of that name); Cerebus’ Bite; Ravenlore; Spirit Keeper; Boneflame; Darkforge Spawn; Dragonscale; Alma Negra; Canebreak; Death Cleaver; Executioner’s Justice; Messerschmitt’s Reaver; Widowmaker; Windforce; Gut Siphon; Ghostflame; Earth Shifter; Shaefer’s Hammer; The Cranimu Basher; Tomb Reaver; Steel Pillar; Viperfork; The Redeemer; Mang Song’s Lesson; Frostwind; The Grandfather; Death’s Web; Runes Ber, Ja, Lo, and set pieces Griswold’s Redemption and Honor, Heaven’s Taebaek.
BTW, this applies to SP as well as B.net, lest those who are reduced (as I am) to offline play don’t feel left out, though my list of SP finds is disgustingly small (running with the asn recently I found a raven frost, which was MOST welcome).