Returning back with Qs

[Sibiricus]

Hey guys, old D2 player here. I quit a couple of years ago but with the dissapointment that D3 was i fired up my old D2 disks, transfered Gomule stashes and old chars from my old PC and started playing again. Obviously i missed all the goodies that came up with 1.13 and so i picked my lvl95 Blizz sorc and started doing LK runs. I think i've done some 800 runs up to now and i have 3xSur, 2xLo, 2xVex and one Ist, plus other mid-runes.

Q1: My dream was always to make an Infinity to feel the awesomeness of that RW. Should i cube up my runes and get the RW or should i wait until i find another Sur or even a Ber? I currently feel that it's going to be a waste or runes, because i have one Fortitude armor that i keep switching between my chars and it would be nice to have another one to save me from the hassle.

Q2: I was looking for the exact drop probabilities and i stumbled across a thread were people claimed that 1.13d actually reduced the drop rates than 1.13b. Can anyone confirm this or at least point out to me were i can check that? I'm tempted right now to create another instance patched to 1.13b and level up a char to farm runes if the odds are more favorable.

 

[Krupa]

1: wait for the next to drop, if u are dedicated u can start farming LK. that should get u a sur quickly enough.

2: i doubt they toned it down but even if, the odds are very high and u´ll get a hr every few hours. specially if u play softcore u´ll start swimming in hrs at some point

 

[Sibiricus]

Thank you. I was thinking the same thing, Lo runes are too useful to be cubed. I've been running for 4 and a half days so i guess i'll just continue until something pops up. BTW i'm running at /p8 and after i accidentally discovered my Ist under a pile of crap i became a bit paranoid about missing something important. Is there any trick to quickly assess the situation without picking everything that drops to clear up the area?

 

[japanzaman]

Sur's have a pretty high drop rate in LK compared to Lo and Ber, so I would stick with just cubing the Sur's. Also, if you are using any kind of elemental damage then Infinity all the way. One fortitude is more than enough IMO.

 

[Sibiricus]

I've got a lvl89 Javazon that could make use of Infinity and i also read that it can break Cold immune archers in the pits for my Blizz sorc. But mainly, i'm planning to make a pure lightning sorc since i also happen to have a +3 chain lightning Ormus with almost perfect +light damage. Do you happen to know anything about 1.13b vs 1.13d rune drop rates?

 

[pharphis]

Don't know anything about 1.13b drop rates but I can vouch for p8 LK dropping tons of surs. The best source, in fact. Bers and Los aren't impossible to find, there, either, but expect to see more surs
It won't take long at all

 

[RobbyD]

I personally have made 2 Fortitudes and 2 Chains of Honors, so I'm all for having several RW items to work with. I say make you a Forti, make you a Grief, and take a Barb to Trav-town!

 

[fearedbliss]

Well I went to http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/diablo2exp/patches/PC/ to try and get the 1.13a or b patch so that I can crack it open and compare 1.13d with the older one, unfortunately they don't have it posted. However, I can confirm that looking at the value tables for drop rate probabilities between 1.13d and 1.12 <=, the drop rates are WAY higher.

 

[Sibiricus]

Thanks! I'll just go on with 1.13d i guess. I rolled my lvl92 WW Barb to Travincal with Fortitude and a Grief i made back then (bad rolls though) but he is too slow at /p8. Blizz sorc does them under 35 secs including Toorc who always spawns cold immune. Anyways, thanks for the replies guys!