Mini-MFO VIII (The Rune Hunt)
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Hahah, at least you realize, but hey, ive got 8 gheeds and im pretty sure they were all found by the same guy. At any rate, with all this bragging going on, Im pretty sure im hosed, of course, I ran pindle and he only coughed up 23 runes in about 2000 runs. I better get myself a sorc or an amazon so i can actually compete in these things.DarkChaos said:
mwints
Diabloii.Net Member
Ok, I am officially calling it an end. There is NO WAY I can beat the score I have.
I've never run LK before but it was well worth it. Thanks for hosting jjscud!
Results have been sent.
Just a note for those that say you don't have to fight in LK runs. Maybe it's just me but I would say 50-60% of the time there was a boss-pack in the huts I was running. I had much harder fights than against Meph and/or Pindle. I died once and had 3-4 NDEs.
Can't wait to see the results and how I did.
Edit: oh, and I had 46 total runes (noting I didn't even pick up Els or Elds which would probably add ~20 more to that total) and spent about 6 hours doing the runs.
I've never run LK before but it was well worth it. Thanks for hosting jjscud!
Results have been sent.
Just a note for those that say you don't have to fight in LK runs. Maybe it's just me but I would say 50-60% of the time there was a boss-pack in the huts I was running. I had much harder fights than against Meph and/or Pindle. I died once and had 3-4 NDEs.
Can't wait to see the results and how I did.
Edit: oh, and I had 46 total runes (noting I didn't even pick up Els or Elds which would probably add ~20 more to that total) and spent about 6 hours doing the runs.
jjscud
Diabloii.Net Member
Its still about 30 hours still the official end. I've still got over 20 hours to go.salvo said:
My rune finds so far are not all that lucky. I'm running tons and seeing lots of lower ones but the decent ones are sparse. Maybe I'll pick up every rune tonight to get some idea of how many total runes I'm getting, I really think its significantly more than what others are reporting but who knows since I'm not actually keeping track.
Other than that, while I would like to add my own trophey to the trophey case, my runs have certainly been useful. I've found three skillers and for once they're good ones. Two chilling GCs (I'm running with a blizz sorc) and what is probably my best skiller find yet, a Harpoonist of Vita with +37 life.
Hrus
Diabloii.Net Member
Sent my results. Despite I really tried, I didn't improve my score today. So that's one high lucky rune and two garbage runes and I guess it will not be enough. Appart from that rune, I am really dissapointed with jewels and charms... I expected more...
And my MFO-trash stash got close to 1000 items, I actually had to wait some time before it loaded. Well, that's when you don't cube flawless' in game.
I can't wait for overall results!
And my MFO-trash stash got close to 1000 items, I actually had to wait some time before it loaded. Well, that's when you don't cube flawless' in game.
I can't wait for overall results!
purplelocust
Diabloii.Net Member
I just sent in my results, non-impressive as they were. My best were about the equivalent of 40 minutes of countess runs, I'm afraid.
I didn't get as much time as I'd hoped to play. I cleared cows about 50 times but didn't have too much to show for it, rune-wise. Particularly considering how many cows died... With that many drops all close together, it's hard to pick out runes and I'm sure I missed some but probably got most of the ones that dropped. I did get some other nice drops, charms and jewels particularly but also a Lightsabre and two Warpspears (the Warpspears would have been new grail items for me a month ago or so) and lots of socketed elites for potential later use, as well as some ethereal elites that will serve some future mercs well. The only MF I had was from a Harlequin Crest (socketed with lightning facet.) Best jewel drop was probably this rare one:
Viper Heart
Jewel
Required Level: 28
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 81
Fingerprint: 0x31e7b4d1
+43 to Attack Rating
All Resistances +7
Adds 1-34 lightning damage
3% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
I didn't get as much time as I'd hoped to play. I cleared cows about 50 times but didn't have too much to show for it, rune-wise. Particularly considering how many cows died... With that many drops all close together, it's hard to pick out runes and I'm sure I missed some but probably got most of the ones that dropped. I did get some other nice drops, charms and jewels particularly but also a Lightsabre and two Warpspears (the Warpspears would have been new grail items for me a month ago or so) and lots of socketed elites for potential later use, as well as some ethereal elites that will serve some future mercs well. The only MF I had was from a Harlequin Crest (socketed with lightning facet.) Best jewel drop was probably this rare one:
Viper Heart
Jewel
Required Level: 28
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 81
Fingerprint: 0x31e7b4d1
+43 to Attack Rating
All Resistances +7
Adds 1-34 lightning damage
3% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
AJK
Diabloii.Net Member
Done. Sent results.
Right now I could use sleep better than a high rune (well, if it's a Ber...)
I finished 40 jungle runs at ~15 mins. each, so the forum's math nerds can calculate the amount of time I should have spent outside. I also splatted the Travincal High Council 25 times with my gold horker for runes, but got mostly $$$ instead.
Things I learned during this MFO:
- Run the countess for mid-level runes.
- Run LK chests for higher-level runes.
- Don't eat peanut butter and herring sandwiches!
- Rush forge for high runes.
- Or just skip the hard parts and be a lucky bastard. I'm very curious about my colleague rune runner's results. My own results are satisfying, but it figures that my highest roon has been found on run #3.
Total # of runes found: 93
Total # of PGems cubed: 57
Here's a block of some non-rune stuff I kept:
Right now I could use sleep better than a high rune (well, if it's a Ber...)
I finished 40 jungle runs at ~15 mins. each, so the forum's math nerds can calculate the amount of time I should have spent outside. I also splatted the Travincal High Council 25 times with my gold horker for runes, but got mostly $$$ instead.
Things I learned during this MFO:
- Run the countess for mid-level runes.
- Run LK chests for higher-level runes.
- Don't eat peanut butter and herring sandwiches!
- Rush forge for high runes.
- Or just skip the hard parts and be a lucky bastard. I'm very curious about my colleague rune runner's results. My own results are satisfying, but it figures that my highest roon has been found on run #3.
Total # of runes found: 93
Total # of PGems cubed: 57
Here's a block of some non-rune stuff I kept:
Code:
Small Charm of Vita
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 39
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 79
Fingerprint: 0xc70f419a
+20 to Life
Amber Small Charm of Balance
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 32
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 80
Fingerprint: 0xb2c21ecb
Lightning Resist +11%
5% Faster Hit Recovery
Toxic Large Charm of Vita
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 66
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 83
Fingerprint: 0xf368b23a
+33 to Life
+90 poison damage over 5 seconds
Viper Heart
Jewel
Required Level: 29
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 85
Fingerprint: 0x6b5c161b
+9 to Dexterity
Cold Resist +28%
Attacker Takes Damage of 2
Fungal Grand Charm
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 42
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 80
Fingerprint: 0x44398888
+1 to Poison and Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)
Spirit Ward
Ward
Defense: 441
Chance to Block: 74%
Smite Damage: 11 to 35
Durability: 78 of 100
Required Strength: 185
Required Level: 68
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 84
Fingerprint: 0x3f6ce2b8
+158% Enhanced Defense
+30% Increased Chance of Blocking
All Resistances +38
25% Faster Block Rate
+6 Cold Absorb
5% Chance to cast Level 8 Fade when struck
Even though I still have around 9 hours left, I decided to quit ahead and sent my results. First I ran Pits until I got the 5 new grailers (the secondary goal I set myself). Did some cows after that and finished off with a lenghty journey to Lower Kurast's bonfires.
While I'm not disappointed in my findings, I'm not sure if they are enough to win. The total number of runes I found is 224. Around 100 were from pits/cows and the rest from Lower Kurast. My non-rune luck was astonishing though, check it out in the Item Find Thread!
Can't wait to see how you guys did.
Fact of the day: My second highest rune was actually found last. I had set myself a goal to fill up my remaining inventory slots with runes and then quit. When I found the last one I though I should do some teleporting around and pop some more chests just in case. And behold, out it popped.
While I'm not disappointed in my findings, I'm not sure if they are enough to win. The total number of runes I found is 224. Around 100 were from pits/cows and the rest from Lower Kurast. My non-rune luck was astonishing though, check it out in the Item Find Thread!
Can't wait to see how you guys did.
Fact of the day: My second highest rune was actually found last. I had set myself a goal to fill up my remaining inventory slots with runes and then quit. When I found the last one I though I should do some teleporting around and pop some more chests just in case. And behold, out it popped.
StealthBlade
Diabloii.Net Member
Well, i've been away from the internet and computers for the weekend, so I haven't had a chance to do any serious runs, but I got a few useful runes...not that any of them are high enough to win but, it was still fun!