Wednesday Thread

[Milamber]

Wednesday Thread

Well didn't see a daily thread so I thought I would start one.

Not much D2 tonight.

Finished A1 Hell with my sorc Tempest and ran the Pit for a little while. Found a Trang's Gloves and Taebek's Shield as well as Iceblink, Venom Ward. Most annoying drop was a Hydra Bow and Russet Armour.

Hope you all had a good one.

 

[My_Immortal6]

Got my lightning zon to pindle in act 5 hell, and im going to kill him for awhile. She is level 85. The ancients and Baal to go. I gave up on players 8, only because lightning immunes took way too long to kill.

EDIT: I also took my FrostMaiden out for a run on the Countess. For a Tir. :grrr:

 

[Shade]

I hate Gloams in Act 5. Not because of their lightning (bah, weakling air-cloud-thingies!) but because the blasted things are Poison Immune. And they are almost invariably accompanied by Ghosts - also PI (and PI... ). Whee, I do around 3 damage to these things with Blade Fury and Venom!

If at first you don't succeed, try again, then when that fails swear loudly and break something.

Have a good day!

 

[Kaelor]

Ran Hell Andy for a bit with my sorc. Notable drops were Buriza, Crescent Moon, Demon Limb, Shako and a Toothrow I've been lacking until today. She also kicked out a Hunter's Guise and Ornate Plate, which helps me along with my 1.09>1.10 set conversions.

At 80 I decided to move on to my goal of Meph running. Duriel was kind enough to offer up an Elegant Blade. Made it to Lower Kurast before calling it a night. Along the way: a Crowbill which has eluded me and been a thorn in my grail for too long, a Devil Star with some incredible mods on it, and a Communal Coronet of Maiming that will make my up-and-coming Werebear very happy in the interim.

I'm breezing along with this sorc and am really looking forward to hitting Meph by the end of tomorrow so I can officially retire my poorly build 1.09 Mat sorc.

 

[LprMan]

Dunno what to do...maybe not D2 at all. I will start packing, as some of you may know im moving to another city next Monday. But of course, if there is a nice MP game hosted, I can't resists

 

[Kung Poo]

Middle o' the week... needs to go faster, methinks.

No D2 last night. For details, see my Anger Management thread.

Played a little bit of FFTactics (PS1). I love that game. Weren't they supposed to come out with a Tactics 2? And I don't mean that one for the Gameboy. Grr..

Also watched some more Chobits with my lady. Funny stuff. I want a Persocom, dangit!!

Peace to all.

~K_P

 

[canis_lupos]

Started today my first single player char, a fishymancer.
He is in act 2 normal right now, found 2 cleglaw shields, 30 chips and 1 fcr amu and 1 fcr ring in act 1
Hope ill find something for my necro in act 2!

 

[Muffassa]

I got my IM barb and my blade fury sin both through act 4 NM - both without problems. I decided to keep my barb in NM until he can wear the entire set (lvl 76) - I want him to be able to do hell in style (oooh, look at his majesty).
He is a titan build (mostly) and has 235 str. already - I think I am going to stop there and put the rest into vit.

I found Ondal's Almighty - completing the Heaven's Brethren set. What character would that go best on? I was even thinking a mace Assassin might be fun - but I just am not sure. The 185 str on the shield is kinda out of most characters leagues - maybe it needs a hel rune (though that would be kinda a bummmer.)

Have a great Hump day!

 

[Shade]

I found Ondal's Almighty - completing the Heaven's Brethren set. What character would that go best on? I was even thinking a mace Assassin might be fun - but I just am not sure. The 185 str on the shield is kinda out of most characters leagues - maybe it needs a hel rune (though that would be kinda a bummmer.)

Never, ever put a Hel rune in anything other than a weapon or a runeword. -15% Requirements jewels exist (Freedom suffix) so one of those with any prefix is better. You can even find rare jewels with that suffix, I believe.

 

[Fafner]

Fenris is close to done...killed Nihlathak and on his way up the mountain, p3, if I had the IKSC, maybe I could go higher, but as is at p3 ghost boss packs are very dangerous. The only other thing that slows him down is FE LE, other than that its all hamburger...

Hellforge is screwing with me...I want a Gul, so it gives me a Pul...better than a Hel, anyway. With all my skiller finds, I have 5 trap skilllers now, getting close to cheese dueling build.

TA all night tonight..fun fun fun

Oh and a school wrote to me to tell me I have impressive credentials, and they're hiring someone else, thanks...

 

[addicted2macs]

Didn't play at all last night, but I did squeeze in some play at work (shhh, dont' tell)

All my chars are on my laptop, for the most part, so I decided to fire up a brand new Frenzy Barb on my workstation. I had a Frenzy barb in 1.09, and he rocked all the way to ACT V NM. After that, he was worthless.

So, just for fun, I'm building a 1.10 Frenzier to see what fun I can have. The synergies don't look too helpful, though they're certainly better than 1.09. I'm also planning on putting no more than one point in any of the sword, mace or axe masteries, unless I have a load of points sitting around.

At this point, I'll be happy if he makes it through ACT V NM. With all the ranged, elemental attackers and me with no shield...ehhhh, I don't know.

Should be fun though.

 

[CrazyChihuahua]

Well, today I didnt go to school. Instead, I went with my family (some of em) to a place called Colasanti's. It is a place with a bunch of flowers and crap, restaurant, mini-golf course, but best of all, a small zoo. There was a bunch of crap in there. There was a big-bellied spider monkey, who was kinda freaky, but he had a TV in his cage. We also saw one of the most depressed lions ever. It was in a special cage thing, and it was watching a pig eat through the glass, but it looked so sad.

Then there were other things, like the ostrich that bit my sister, and feeding the goats, nd the leopard, and the snakes, and etc. It was fun. Then we shopped for flowers (boring!) and then ate. Then we went for more flowers, and we left.

On the way back, we stopped by a place called Jack Miner's Bird Sanctuary. There were some Canadian Geese their, and ducks, peacock, turkies, quail, and some other real nice looking gold and red bird. Kinda like pheonix colours, but, not as cool. There was no one else there, so it was cool. You just walk around and look at the birds, and there are the free roaming geese and ducks that you could feet. Some of em ate out of my hand. Then there was the greedy one that followed me, and he started taking food from my cup.

All in all, it was ALOT better then school. I hope to play my maul sin some tonight, hopefully getting out of act 3 NM. I hate that place

 

[WhiskeyJack]

well, i dusted off paran, slapped the butcher's pupil in his hand, and went after hell meph. he dropped crummy gold items, but no pots at least, no WF, but no BF either (whew). Played some in actIV too, died way to much...

heh heh...i retrieved all of my corpses, but still ended the night with the same, or slightly less, experience pointes :cheesy: ah well...still, meph is dead! woo! I died more to boss packs than meph (only one for him). now i just need to pump resists somehow, and he should survive better...

cheers all,
WJ

 

[Pb_pal]

Well I havnt played D2 in a couple days, so nothing to report there, but I do have some RL news.

Today I went to see 'Alexisonfire' in concert, as well as a few other good bands. Pretty much one of the best shows I've ever been to. Had some fun in the Pit....the mosh pit that is (had ya goin for a sec huh? ) And have a black eye and a couple bruises to show for it.

All in all it was a good one today, hope it went well for you guys too!

-Pb

 

[Wolfgang Abenteuer]

Didn't play at all last night, but I did squeeze in some play at work (shhh, dont' tell)

All my chars are on my laptop, for the most part, so I decided to fire up a brand new Frenzy Barb on my workstation. I had a Frenzy barb in 1.09, and he rocked all the way to ACT V NM. After that, he was worthless.

So, just for fun, I'm building a 1.10 Frenzier to see what fun I can have. The synergies don't look too helpful, though they're certainly better than 1.09. I'm also planning on putting no more than one point in any of the sword, mace or axe masteries, unless I have a load of points sitting around.

At this point, I'll be happy if he makes it through ACT V NM. With all the ranged, elemental attackers and me with no shield...ehhhh, I don't know.

Should be fun though.

The only character I ever played in 1.10 was a Frenzy Barb, and he pretty much ruled the game all the way through Normal and NM (the hordes of Burning Dead Archers in the BF, and OKs in the Throne of Destruction being the exception). As soon as I went to Hell...BOOM. Brick wall. Never made it any farther than that, as it was nigh impossible to take on more than even two Fallen at a time. Not enough leech, poor skill allocation, who knows. Back to 1.09 with pretty much the same build and it's a LOT more fun for me.

But, eh, good luck with your Barb!

Tuesday wasn't a D2 day for me, so nothing to report on that front. My baseball team (the Mariners) won on a walkoff homerun by Raul Ibañez, so all's well with me! Four in a row now! Go M's!!!

~Wolfgang

 

[Kaelor]

At this point, I'll be happy if he makes it through ACT V NM. With all the ranged, elemental attackers and me with no shield...ehhhh, I don't know.
Should be fun though.

Frenzy gets a decent synergy from Taunt now, and Taunt lowers enemy attack and damage. Putting points into Taunt and using it frequently makes a Frenzy barb more effective. You can force ranged attackers to come to you, pull fallen shamans in to you so they dont ressurect, or pull minions away from less aggressive uniques to avoid getting mobbed too much.
Ranged attackers become alot less of a threat due to reduced damage and the inability to pester you by backing off when you approach.

I had a hybrid Frenzy WW barb in 1.09 who almost made Pat before I made the switch to 1.10. His build is now far too weak to do the damage I want, but his IAS and leech are monstrous and Taunt now sees alot more active use.
If you have the equipment it is still very viable. The IK set with its 1.10 partial and full set bonuses is now absolutely fantastic.

 

[sunbearie]

Today marks the 3rd day without playing D2 :winner: I blame the thing we call life and work.

I actually fell sick on Tuesday and having skipped work, planned to spend a couple hrs on D2 :uhhuh: What do u know, I knocked out on my bed :sleep: woke up on Wed morning :scratch:

Btw, I think Frenzy barbs still have it tough in Hell. My bro's got an untwinked barb with great equipment and he's got problems progressing. It's possible, just really slow. He's really lucky though. Managed to get flamebellow, string etc.

 

[Alien]

Well I am vry happy today, I have tomorow off becuase of report-card pickup day, so I plan on getting my MF Sorc up higher then. Today I finally got her into NM, and so far she's rocking, already with a lvl 19 FO. Her resistances are a little disapointing, and I think that I just may have to find a 3 socket barbed shield or something to make Ancient's Pledge, or hopefully find a Mosers. Other than that she's doing well, with a nice +1 skills and lotsa life and mana ammy that I gambled for and some nice circlet with resists and mana...
In my gear right now I have about 70ish MF, which i can increase quite a bit with a PTopaz Helmet and Armor.

Good Day, or night!:sleep:

 

[El Communisto]

The only character I ever played in 1.10 was a Frenzy Barb, and he pretty much ruled the game all the way through Normal and NM (the hordes of Burning Dead Archers in the BF, and OKs in the Throne of Destruction being the exception). As soon as I went to Hell...BOOM. Brick wall. Never made it any farther than that, as it was nigh impossible to take on more than even two Fallen at a time. Not enough leech, poor skill allocation, who knows. Back to 1.09 with pretty much the same build and it's a LOT more fun for me.

~Wolfgang

That's about how my singer barb went. Yelled and bawled his way through Normal and NM like it was going out of style. Got to Hell, and...thud. I did stick with him for a while, and managed to get him all the way to the arcane sanctuary, but one side of the place took more than 3 hours to get through. I might try and see if I can work him some more, and maybe try and squeeze a Patriarch out of him.
...
Since I got a new computer, and my characters are backed up on my wife's, I started a new sorc today. Haven't played a sorc in ages, and have never gotten one past Duriel. Going for a Hydra/Blizzard sorc. Don't know if it will work. Don't really care either. As long as I have fun, that's the important bit. For extra silliness, I'm playing her entirely on /players 1. Partly because I have problems keeping sorcs alive, and because I want to see about what level she ends up at the end.

EC