Zenigma
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I have made a mistake.
But before we get to that, allow me to spew some info. Gnosis, for those of you who weren't aware from the previous IFT, has finished his tenure in LK! He has made his enigma in a beautiful DS base
Perfect +defense on a high base defence of 465. Not that I care about it, but it's something. Additionally, he's sitting at 2 ele gcs. He can also now wear the great spirit monarch he rolled way back, and equipped the lawbringer he made. He can equip both SoJs without losing a casting frame for now while holding lawbringer. By the time he needs to drop a SoJ for fcr, I foresee him dropping the lawbringer in favor of HoTo or spirit to run different areas, so it's no big deal. Right now, he's sitting on the sidelines, but he has most recently been seen running /p8 Vizier/De Seis runs to fair effect.
Now I've more recently picked up Ayura again (whom I had left a little short of 93 before I stopped playing for a while). (Also I dinged). More pindle, more easy EXP. Found a handful of items in the meantime, the ones I'm most excited about were:
The flying knife displays black, which looks pretty cool alongside my blood red mainhand knives, but it would look perhaps even cooler alongside a mainhand warshrike should I ever find a set. Currently using the winged axes because decent damage and ML. I get to use a high LL/AR blood craft instead of my dual leech blood craft ring because of it. But I like to hold on a couple pieces of jewelry and throwing pieces at any given time to maintain some level of flexibility.
Now all of that wasn't the mistake, clearly. The mistake was muling off some certain items that I reflected on during my drive home from work this morning:
Huge wall of text behind the spoiler, so counted yourself warned, but there is a TLDR at the end if you are so inclined:
Now you may ask me: "Hey Zen, why would that be a problem? Those items aren't that great." Well, I'm looking at end-game. And end-game for this tournament will typically be one of three things: Baal, Diablo, or Nihlathak. And when you think about which among those it makes sense to run, you're down to two options, because Baal runs involve waves. Those waves will eat up my stacks, and I don't like repairing more than once per run. Diablo is an option, but I don't believe that ranged physical attacks make particularly good boss killers in general (read: modern era Bowazons). A couple of things with diablo make are going to make him a headache to run for EXP. His health at /p7 is fairly high, and CB doesn't scale with player settings. On top of that, no leech, which is a real sucker. so I'm left with Nihlathak, who I'm getting practice runs on right now just to test the water. And my preliminary results indicate that with some gear optimization, he will the prime candidate for achieving that coveted 99. What gear optimization am I looking for then? Well, it's kinda clichéd, but Warshrike and Lacerator. Both for their unique effects. Piercing will let me clear a path more quickly, as will that high ctc amp. What I will be losing in raw damage I can make up for in finding more and better max damage charms along the way, but moreover having the higher output of damage against multiple enemies in a straight line (curse his meat shields).
Now that I've veered significantly off the path I set for myself, let's circle back around. Why are those items listed above some of the things I want most? Let's start with the Kraken Shell. I have the runes for CoH. The reasons I didn't make it yet are as follows: Not gonna unsocket the fort I made earlier, especially since it's in a plain DS, but also especially because it cost me a Lo to make... The other reason is I didn't know I wanted to make a CoH. Ebugging isn't the most important thing to me, because I don't value defense all too highly. But I still like to roll ebugged armors. Then when I didn't have a plan for it, I muled it off to open up that valuable stash space. But it wasn't until this morning that I realized I really want to make a CoH for this character. I suppose I can explain that, too. I will want CoH mostly for the damage, resistances, and LL (I'll need that last one). Those will make up for the loss of Reaper's. Why lose to the Reaper's? To make way for the Crescent Moon, of course!
Well, actually because the biggest benefit it provides is decrep. I won't need decrep if my amp is constantly going off. So what the best weapon to assist me if I don't need him carrying Reaper's? I thought about the humble Crescent Moon, and its ctc Static Field. That AoE is probably the biggest benefit I can get from him, aside from carrying delirium as well for the ctc confuse on all things not being peppered by my throwing weapons.
It's not the end of the world, let's call it an opportunity for improvement: Replace the above-mentioned Ogre Axe with a superior base (threshers are one frame faster on standard attacks, no change in FPA on jab at this level of ias. Cryptic Axes are one frame slower on jab, two frames on standard attack. So I'll be looking for Ogre Axe or GP on the new one, but with some ED), and the other improvement could be in armor defense, I guess... It was a low roll on the base defense of the Kraken Shell to begin with. Not that it particularly matters to me :/ ...not too much on the bright side of this revelation, all said.
A few stipulations to what I've written above: I stashed the CM long ago, after having found the Reaper's in the first place, so it was unlikely that I would have found myself reaching this potential gear setup before that time. And until I really make up my mind on it, at least I have the stash space to play around with. After all, these aren't the first items I've regretted muling off of this guy. I'm serious, playing without an extended stash is no joke, lol. That, and this is all contingent on me finding Warshrike/Lacerator... *seething*
TL;DR: I want to equip the simpleton with CM/CoH/Deli while I wield Warshrike/Lacerator. Call them long term goals.
...or I could take my chances with a faith rogue merc and skip the static field.... or switch up his armor and go even more along the unbeaten path... Oh, options, options....
Oh goodness, if I go for maximum rate of static and keep the safety of deli, I could potentially ditch the simpleton's LL entirely and pick up something like treachery. So long as he doesn't die during the runs.
...Okay, new bright side: think of more options before deciding for sure what to go for, or maybe he test some things out on my old pat'd throwbarb before I put serious effort into a single gear set for Ayura
And a special farewell to Ayura having the oldest date in the active runners column!
(Should I order myself by EXP in my current level group, or should I put myself lowest because I'm most recent for my level group? My guess is order by EXP for future reference, but what I've done is good for now?)
Hall of Fame
Questing Heroes
Resting Heroes
The Fallen
But before we get to that, allow me to spew some info. Gnosis, for those of you who weren't aware from the previous IFT, has finished his tenure in LK! He has made his enigma in a beautiful DS base
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Enigma
Dusk Shroud
JahIthBer
Defense: 1240
Durability: 18 of 20
Required Level: 65
Required Strength: 77
Fingerprint: 0x365af3d9
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to All Skills
+45% Faster Run/Walk
+1 to Teleport
+775 Defense
+66 to Strength (Based on Character Level)
Increase Maximum Life 5%
Damage Reduced by 8%
+14 Life after each Kill
15% Damage Taken Goes To Mana
89% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items (Based on Character Level)
3 Sockets (3 used)
Socketed: Jah Rune
Socketed: Ith Rune
Socketed: Ber RuneNow I've more recently picked up Ayura again (whom I had left a little short of 93 before I stopped playing for a while). (Also I dinged). More pindle, more easy EXP. Found a handful of items in the meantime, the ones I'm most excited about were:
Code:
Soul Sunder
Winged Axe
Throw Damage: 10 - 205
One Hand Damage: 16 - 199
Quantity: 180
Required Level: 82
Required Strength: 96
Required Dexterity: 122
Fingerprint: 0x6521ecd6
Item Level: 92
Version: Expansion 1.10+
49% Enhanced Damage
+116 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
+1534 to Attack Rating (Based on Character Level)
Adds 6 - 30 Cold Damage Over 1 Secs (25 Frames)
7% Mana stolen per hit
4% Life stolen per hit
+19 to Life
and
Bramble Barb
Flying Knife
Throw Damage: 98 - 230
One Hand Damage: 98 - 230
Quantity: 177
Required Level: 48
Required Strength: 48
Required Dexterity: 141
Fingerprint: 0xa5d0f74a
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
327% Enhanced Damage
+67 to Attack Rating
4% Life stolen per hit
Poison Resist +13%
Replenishes quantityNow all of that wasn't the mistake, clearly. The mistake was muling off some certain items that I reflected on during my drive home from work this morning:
Huge wall of text behind the spoiler, so counted yourself warned, but there is a TLDR at the end if you are so inclined:
Code:
Kraken Shell
Defense: 981
Durability: 25 of 25
Required Level: 61
Required Strength: 164
Fingerprint: 0xece137d8
Item Level: 86
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Ethereal
4 Sockets (0 used)
Crescent Moon
Ogre Axe
ShaelUmTir
Two Hand Damage: 125 - 648
Durability: 26 of 26
Required Level: 47
Required Strength: 185
Required Dexterity: 65
Fingerprint: 0x9cff2731
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
10% Chance to cast level 17 Chain Lightning on striking
7% Chance to cast level 13 Static Field on striking
+20% Increased Attack Speed
199% Enhanced Damage
Ignore Target's Defense
-35% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
25% Chance of Open Wounds
+9 Magic Absorb
+2 to Mana after each Kill
Level 18 Summon Spirit Wolf (30/30 Charges)
Ethereal
3 Sockets (3 used)
Socketed: Shael Rune
Socketed: Um Rune
Socketed: Tir RuneNow that I've veered significantly off the path I set for myself, let's circle back around. Why are those items listed above some of the things I want most? Let's start with the Kraken Shell. I have the runes for CoH. The reasons I didn't make it yet are as follows: Not gonna unsocket the fort I made earlier, especially since it's in a plain DS, but also especially because it cost me a Lo to make... The other reason is I didn't know I wanted to make a CoH. Ebugging isn't the most important thing to me, because I don't value defense all too highly. But I still like to roll ebugged armors. Then when I didn't have a plan for it, I muled it off to open up that valuable stash space. But it wasn't until this morning that I realized I really want to make a CoH for this character. I suppose I can explain that, too. I will want CoH mostly for the damage, resistances, and LL (I'll need that last one). Those will make up for the loss of Reaper's. Why lose to the Reaper's? To make way for the Crescent Moon, of course!
Well, actually because the biggest benefit it provides is decrep. I won't need decrep if my amp is constantly going off. So what the best weapon to assist me if I don't need him carrying Reaper's? I thought about the humble Crescent Moon, and its ctc Static Field. That AoE is probably the biggest benefit I can get from him, aside from carrying delirium as well for the ctc confuse on all things not being peppered by my throwing weapons.It's not the end of the world, let's call it an opportunity for improvement: Replace the above-mentioned Ogre Axe with a superior base (threshers are one frame faster on standard attacks, no change in FPA on jab at this level of ias. Cryptic Axes are one frame slower on jab, two frames on standard attack. So I'll be looking for Ogre Axe or GP on the new one, but with some ED), and the other improvement could be in armor defense, I guess... It was a low roll on the base defense of the Kraken Shell to begin with. Not that it particularly matters to me :/ ...not too much on the bright side of this revelation, all said.
A few stipulations to what I've written above: I stashed the CM long ago, after having found the Reaper's in the first place, so it was unlikely that I would have found myself reaching this potential gear setup before that time. And until I really make up my mind on it, at least I have the stash space to play around with. After all, these aren't the first items I've regretted muling off of this guy. I'm serious, playing without an extended stash is no joke, lol. That, and this is all contingent on me finding Warshrike/Lacerator... *seething*
TL;DR: I want to equip the simpleton with CM/CoH/Deli while I wield Warshrike/Lacerator. Call them long term goals.
...or I could take my chances with a faith rogue merc and skip the static field.... or switch up his armor and go even more along the unbeaten path... Oh, options, options....
Oh goodness, if I go for maximum rate of static and keep the safety of deli, I could potentially ditch the simpleton's LL entirely and pick up something like treachery. So long as he doesn't die during the runs.
...Okay, new bright side: think of more options before deciding for sure what to go for, or maybe he test some things out on my old pat'd throwbarb before I put serious effort into a single gear set for Ayura
And a special farewell to Ayura having the oldest date in the active runners column!
(Should I order myself by EXP in my current level group, or should I put myself lowest because I'm most recent for my level group? My guess is order by EXP for future reference, but what I've done is good for now?)
Hall of Fame
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Forumite Character SC/HC Class Level Exp Date E/S S/U Grail Deaths Hours
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zticazzy Perkele SC Barb 99 3.52 2016-07-12 No - - - -
Pb_pal Eleanor SC Sorc 99 3.52 2016-11-09 No 3068 437 5 -
NanoMist Izuna SC Sin 99 3.52 2016-12-25 No 5109 470 4 360
PhineasB Mercy SC Sin 99 3.52 2017-05-23 Yes - 475 11 -
PhineasB Hiatus SC Sorc 99 3.52 2017-12-25 Yes - 471 21 -
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Forumite Character SC/HC Class Level Exp Date E/S S/U Grail Deaths Hours
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ffs HelpYourself SC Sorc 98.75 3.44 2018-04-22 Yes - - ? ?
T72on1 Neverland SC Sorc 98.38 3.34 2018-02-05 Yes 2190 477 13 300+
Yng Sophie SC Sorc 97.75 3.16 2018-04-25 Yes - - 8 -
PhineasB Phaedrus SC Pala 97.25 3.03 2018-04-22 Yes - 341 13 -
darkstarhub Neptune SC Sorc 96 2.72 2017-12-31 Yes - 452 - -
Ashenshugar Natur SC Druid 96 2.71 2018-04-24 Yes 2529 - - -
Dezrok Salome SC Sorc 95 2.49 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 792 318 - -
Gynli Amazon SC Ama 95 2.49 2017-02-23 Yes - - ? -
PhineasB Pestilence SC Necro 94 2.28 2018-04-22 Yes - - - -
Me2Nik Fugu HC Ama 93 2.10 2018-02-05 Yes 80 - - -
ffs Ric SC Necro 93 2.09 2018-03-16 Yes - - - -
Zenigma Ayura SC Barb 93 2.11 2018-04-26 No - - - -
kyndig DrearyAura HC Sorc 91 1.76 2018-02-20 Yes - - - -
RIP Kaira_II HC Sin 89 1.48 2018-04-03 Yes - 149 - -
Zenigma Gnosis SC Druid 89 1.56 2018-04-26 No - - - -
hackedagainanda Hugo HC Necro 85 1.05 2017-12-17 Yes - - - -
Xul's Gull Xul HC Necro 81 0.74 2018-03-26 No - - - -
aarrgus Acala SC Barb 80 0.68 2017-12-30 Yes - - 5 -
Bewitch itsreal HC Sorc 77 0.50 2018-04-24 No - - - -
Pb_pal Klaus HC Druid 76 0.48 2018-02-26 Yes - - - -
ioupainmax Durnik SC Pala 67 0.23 2017-12-29 Yes 87 61 0 -
Sleepybear123 Rob_theBarb HC Barb 50 0.05 2018-01-06 Yes - - - 10
Klonki Dualizt_Ann SC Sorc 24 0.01 2018-02-24 Yes - 2 - 9
Smittyphi TheLongRun SC Sorc 13 0.00 2018-04-10 Yes 0 - 0 -
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Forumite Character SC/HC Class Level Exp Date E/S S/U Grail Deaths Hours
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Neksja Aura SC Pala 98.50 3.37 2017-03-16 Yes 8606 464 - -
hasuprotoss Reina SC Sorc 97 2.96 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 1751 384 - -
Tarantella Tarasha HC Sorc 96 2.72 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - - -
Grim Furious_Blonde SC Ama 96 2.72 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - - -
XyleneCyanol Fishie HC Sorc 95 2.49 YYYY-MM-DD No - - - -
ThomasJohnsen xInTheBuffx HC Sorc 95 2.49 2017-03-31 Yes - - - -
NamelessPenguin Rockatansky SC Barb 95 2.49 2017-12-14 Yes - - - -
Reyz Qty SC Sorc 93 2.10 YYYY-MM-DD No - - - -
Chaostar Prairie SC Sorc 91 1.76 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 659 261 12 126
OldSoldier Battleforge HC Pala 91 1.76 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - 236 - -
tokerdin tokeress SC Sorc 91 1.76 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - - -
Southpaw Njord SC Druid 90 1.62 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - - -
Qwernt CanbeOnlyBlizz SC Sorc 90 1.62 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - ? ?
MercMan Este SC Ama 90 1.62 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 1212 278 2 ?
Lynchgrinch Tattersail SC Sorc 89 1.48 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - 321 ? ?
LiquidClear Sally SC Sin ** 1.36 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 225 - 1 -
liquid_mage zDadColdSorc SC Sorc ** 1.36 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - 160 - -
Neksja Turirao SC Druid 87 1.25 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 191 124 5 -
Gladstone Socrates HC Druid 86 1.15 YYYY-MM-DD - - - - -
Lord Molybdenum Cruise_Control SC Necro 86 1.15 YYYY-MM-DD No 115 94 19 -
Naturallog Athos HC Barb 84 0.96 YYYY-MM-DD No 159 105 0 -
Lord Molybdenum Verisimilitude SC Ama 83 0.** YYYY-MM-DD No 28 25 0 -
Qwernt AmaAgainstAll SC Sorc 81 0.74 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - - -
Gambit Mallenroh SC Sorc 81 0.74 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 0 0 0 0
Lord Molybdenum But_Why SC Sin 81 0.74 YYYY-MM-DD No 55 51 53 -
Jean Avila SpeedAdict SC Ama 77 0.52 YYYY-MM-DD No - - - 50
logoutzero Digimon HC Necro 76 0.48 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 85 65 0 -
TwentyMuleTeam Rayne SC Sorc 76 0.48 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 195 140 - ?
Gripphon Ryu SC Sorc 76 0.48 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - ? 13
Darke Rahl Bells HC Ama 74 0.40 YYYY-MM-DD No 19 - 0 -
Smittyphi SliceNDice SC Sin 70 0.30 2018-03-27 Yes 15 - 6 -
Xul's Gull Araphel HC Necro 60 0.12 2017-12-21 No - - - -
Vildecor Celia SC Ama 59 0.11 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 52 43 0 -
TrU Henryk SC Barb 41 0.02 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - 22 12
Gambit Colossus SC Pala 39 0.02 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 0 0 0 0
Smancer Smancer SC Necro 26 0.00 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 1 - - -
BKC FearsomeFreddie SC Necro 23 0.00 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - - -
Ergroilnin Erilinda HC Sorc 20 0.00 YYYY-MM-DD No - - - -The Fallen
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Forumite Character SC/HC Class Level Exp Date E/S S/U Grail Deaths Hours
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MizzouFTW Pure HC Necro 86 1.15 2018-01-10 Yes - - 1 -
coju NintyNine_orRiP HC Sorc 81 0.74 2016-04-07 Yes - - 1 -
TwentyMuleTeam Valus HC Barb 76 0.48 2016-10-27 Yes - - 1 -
Pb_pal Stevesy HC Pala 76 0.48 2017-06-19 Yes - - 1 -
weezaard Cypher SC Druid 66 0.00 2018-02-21 Yes - - 20+ -
Tenecabo OldShatterhand HC Druid 49 0.04 2016-06-16 Yes - 0 1 -
coju fB HC Sorc 29 0.00 2016-04-09 Yes 1 1 1 2
Kitteh Verallus HC Druid 26 0.00 2016-03-25 No - - 1 -
logoutzero Rolex HC Barb 21 0.00 2016-03-26 Yes 0 0 1 1
