Baal - Worth the time on /p1?

[Sessily]

Baal - Worth the time on /p1?

I've been running Baal with my Meteorb Sorceress and it's relatively easy (unless Black Souls spawn in the Worldstone Chamber), but the drops are very minimal on /players 1. I could easily do the first and last 2 packs on /players 8 (the 2-3 have way too much elemental damage for my mercenary to handle) but it would take at least 3 minutes to do each pack, which I think is a waste of time and very boring. I can't complain about the drops - but most are coming from Baal. I'm wondering if I'm getting enough for my buck from the minions. Or is the real meat Baal?

 

[TekkaZeroX]

If you play players 3 on Baal you will essentially remove his no drop. Baal's no drop is totally eliminated if you play on players 4. That means going any higher is meaningless unless you want more exp meal.

Also, normal minions really never get a lot better and super unique monsters like Lister have a two item drop cap.

I tend to try to do WSK, Throne of Destruction, and Baal on players 3. I have gotten some good results.

 

[LprMan]

imo Baal and the bosspacks along the way in WSK are the real droppers. I have done some calculations and for me all 5 packs of Baals minions are about same as 2 Pindle runs which isn't very good. But sometimes they drop nice items like Vortex Shield and Caduceus (those they have dropped for me). But that requires really many Baalruns

 

[Kremtok]

I hate Baal runs. They take too long, and he drops too many yellows. I hate yellows.

 

[pharaoh]

I've been running Baal with my Meteorb Sorceress and it's relatively easy (unless Black Souls spawn in the Worldstone Chamber), but the drops are very minimal on /players 1. I could easily do the first and last 2 packs on /players 8 (the 2-3 have way too much elemental damage for my mercenary to handle) but it would take at least 3 minutes to do each pack, which I think is a waste of time and very boring. I can't complain about the drops - but most are coming from Baal. I'm wondering if I'm getting enough for my buck from the minions. Or is the real meat Baal?

Don't forget you can change /playersx between spawns. Set it to 1 before fighting the 5 guardians, then to 3-4 to fight Baal, if you can take him down fast on that setting. My bonemancer tends to do Baal on /players1, because I have nothing to remove large chunks of his life (maybe I'll stick Hone Sundan on my merc, for the Crushing Blow), and pelting him with Bone Spirit (at roughly 2900 average damage) takes forever in Hell.

The thing you need to consider is whether the difference in drop chance warrants the extra time. For me, it doesn't really, at least not right now.

 

[usamahanas]

If you want to run Baal then I suggest to use a fischymancer rather than a sorc, make it on p1 for minion (don't forget CE will eleminate everything in 1-2 casts on p1), then make it p3 for baal and be sure to give your merc Hone Sudan (2x shael, amn). I run Baal like that and his drop :drool:

 

[Araknis]

My bonemancer tends to do Baal on /players1, because I have nothing to remove large chunks of his life (maybe I'll stick Hone Sundan on my merc, for the Crushing Blow), and pelting him with Bone Spirit (at roughly 2900 average damage) takes forever in Hell.

Yeah, tell me about it :rant: Baal runs just aren't worth it for Boneys, that's why I'm building up a Fishy for MF (he's going to have to borrow Enigma off my Boney though, don't know what I'll put on the Boney).

 

[strijdje]

doing it with my winddruid, or WW barb, minions on P1 and baal on p3, just equip yourself, or your merc, with a good amount of CB.. works every time ^^