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As is customary after a good MFO, use this thread to post about the character you used for this year's MFO.
I played my same old Berserk Pitbarb, but with some new tweaks and toys:
Stats
Berserker (clvl 94)
Strength 134 (243)
Dexterity 136 (136)
Vitality 285 (295)
Life 1497 (2399)
AR 13779
IAS 43 (9 fpa)
FCR 105
Hork 56% (slvl 33)
MF 810 (kill) 660 (hork)
Run Time (Pit p1) 65s
Skills
Berserk 20 (30)
Sword Mastery 20 (27)
Find Item 20 (33)
Howl 20 (30)
Battle Orders 1 (11)
Battle Command 1 (10)
Shout 15
Natural Resistance, Increased Speed, Prereqs 1
Equipment
Weapon: +400 Grief PB / IstIstIstIstIstIst PB (180)
Switch: HoTO / Ist Wizardspike (30)
Armor: Enigma (94)
Amulet: 2Barb/16FCR/21MF Craft (21)
Helm: IstIstCham +2Barb/+3Berserk/+3Find Item 1.07 Barb Helm (50)
Gloves: Chance Guards (40)
Belt: Goldwrap (30)
Boots: War Traveler (50)
Ring 1: 98AR/3LL/14str/24life/2MDR/39MF 1.07 Craft (39)
Ring 2: 119AR/6LL/15str/23life/38MF 1.07 Craft (38)
Charms
Misc
I played for 30½ hours, did 1620 p1 Pit runs with a 65 second run average, finding 20 TC87s. I think I got unlucky when it comes to quantity of TC87s/haul pic worthy drops, but certainly very lucky when it comes to quality. More details here.
Haul Pic:
Secondary boring haul pic:
The character is fragile, because he's built that way, but extremely efficient at finding Uniques. I've improved him steadily since introducing him in the Winter 2011 MFO (run time was 76 seconds back then, 11fpa, less hork, less MF etc), and at 810 MF I think I've reached the highest MF breakpoint that's practically reasonable. The next one, 828 MF, would require an essentially unattainable 2/15+/~35 MF crafted amulet, among other things.
The Barb Helm allows me to reach 56% hork rather than the much more reasonable 55%, but it comes at a pretty high cost. Losing that much life from a Cham'd 1.07 Shako means a lot less Strength to compensate, and even though the theory is that the Barb Helm allows for a higher "ceiling" in efficiency (56>55), it might be that the loss in DPS is significant enough to make it a bad choice. When respeccing for this MFO, I put his life at 2400, which resulted in too little Strength, and for the next time I play him seriously, I would respec down to maybe 2200 and hope it would lead to much fewer bosses needing 2 hits to die. I will also try to make a serious effort of getting him a few more levels, which could only help both with safety and with strength. I'm sure he's got another second or two of run time to shave off from being better built, and probably a second or two more from being better played, and definitely a second or two more from having a computer that doesn't suck for Diablo playing. So, there's always room for improvement! He's pretty damn sick as he is, though.
I played my same old Berserk Pitbarb, but with some new tweaks and toys:
Stats
Berserker (clvl 94)
Strength 134 (243)
Dexterity 136 (136)
Vitality 285 (295)
Life 1497 (2399)
AR 13779
IAS 43 (9 fpa)
FCR 105
Hork 56% (slvl 33)
MF 810 (kill) 660 (hork)
Run Time (Pit p1) 65s
Skills
Berserk 20 (30)
Sword Mastery 20 (27)
Find Item 20 (33)
Howl 20 (30)
Battle Orders 1 (11)
Battle Command 1 (10)
Shout 15
Natural Resistance, Increased Speed, Prereqs 1
Equipment
Weapon: +400 Grief PB / IstIstIstIstIstIst PB (180)
Switch: HoTO / Ist Wizardspike (30)
Armor: Enigma (94)
Amulet: 2Barb/16FCR/21MF Craft (21)
Helm: IstIstCham +2Barb/+3Berserk/+3Find Item 1.07 Barb Helm (50)
Gloves: Chance Guards (40)
Belt: Goldwrap (30)
Boots: War Traveler (50)
Ring 1: 98AR/3LL/14str/24life/2MDR/39MF 1.07 Craft (39)
Ring 2: 119AR/6LL/15str/23life/38MF 1.07 Craft (38)
Charms
Code:
Gheed's
3/20/7
3/20/7
3/20/7
3/18/7
3/17/7
3/17/7
3/15/7
3/13/7
3/11/7
2/19/7
2/19/7
2/17/7
2/12/7
1/16/7
1/12/7
3/19/6
3/15/6
3/15/6 Fine SCs of Good Luck
36/7
34/7
33/7
32/7
31/7
30/7 Steel SCs of Good Luck
24/7
24/7
23/7
23/7
20/7
18/7
18/7
18/7
17/7 Iron SCs of Good LuckMisc
I played for 30½ hours, did 1620 p1 Pit runs with a 65 second run average, finding 20 TC87s. I think I got unlucky when it comes to quantity of TC87s/haul pic worthy drops, but certainly very lucky when it comes to quality. More details here.
Haul Pic:
Secondary boring haul pic:
The character is fragile, because he's built that way, but extremely efficient at finding Uniques. I've improved him steadily since introducing him in the Winter 2011 MFO (run time was 76 seconds back then, 11fpa, less hork, less MF etc), and at 810 MF I think I've reached the highest MF breakpoint that's practically reasonable. The next one, 828 MF, would require an essentially unattainable 2/15+/~35 MF crafted amulet, among other things.
The Barb Helm allows me to reach 56% hork rather than the much more reasonable 55%, but it comes at a pretty high cost. Losing that much life from a Cham'd 1.07 Shako means a lot less Strength to compensate, and even though the theory is that the Barb Helm allows for a higher "ceiling" in efficiency (56>55), it might be that the loss in DPS is significant enough to make it a bad choice. When respeccing for this MFO, I put his life at 2400, which resulted in too little Strength, and for the next time I play him seriously, I would respec down to maybe 2200 and hope it would lead to much fewer bosses needing 2 hits to die. I will also try to make a serious effort of getting him a few more levels, which could only help both with safety and with strength. I'm sure he's got another second or two of run time to shave off from being better built, and probably a second or two more from being better played, and definitely a second or two more from having a computer that doesn't suck for Diablo playing. So, there's always room for improvement! He's pretty damn sick as he is, though.