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I guess what I'm saying is...how do I get a shaftstop?
I need some damage reduction right quick. I managed to solo hell, but holy shit were some battles epic. My ancients war, in particular, was long and grueling.
EDIT:
Has anyone ever used the drop calculator in ATMA V? Is the 1.11 drop list accurate? Or is there an updated version somewhere?
For damage reduction, there's also Gladiator's bane (though not really close to as much reduction). I have one, actually, but I'm holding it to trade for some good shit.
I guess what I'm saying is...how do I get a shaftstop?
I need some damage reduction right quick. I managed to solo hell, but holy shit were some battles epic. My ancients war, in particular, was long and grueling.
EDIT:
Has anyone ever used the drop calculator in ATMA V? Is the 1.11 drop list accurate? Or is there an updated version somewhere?
For damage reduction, there's Gladiator's bane. I have one, actually, but I'm holding it to trade for some good shit.
When has Gladiator's Bane ever been worth anything "good"? Last season saw it as being worth 10 pgems, and since I could never be arsed with trading anything with that low of a value it was vendor trash.
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I guess what I'm saying is...how do I get a shaftstop?
I need some damage reduction right quick. I managed to solo hell, but holy shit were some battles epic. My ancients war, in particular, was long and grueling.
EDIT:
Has anyone ever used the drop calculator in ATMA V? Is the 1.11 drop list accurate? Or is there an updated version somewhere?
For damage reduction, there's Gladiator's bane. I have one, actually, but I'm holding it to trade for some good shit.
When has Gladiator's Bane ever been worth anything "good"? Last season saw it as being worth 10 pgems, and since I could never be arsed with trading anything with that low of a value it was vendor trash.
Well then... um.. nevermind....
fucking botters. See this is what we were talking about last thread. Legit player finds something that should be really good, but because of the botters and stuff it's worth nothing at all...
Oh well, I figure then I'll just save it for a merc. Should be good enough for that.
Is West laggy for anyone? Maybe it's 'cause I'm on wireless, but I've had to resort to doing Countess runs on Nightmare instead of Hell. It's like the game's on easy mode now, and there's no longer lightning immunes. Found a Dol in my 3rd run, so I guess it's not too bad.
Is West laggy for anyone? Maybe it's 'cause I'm on wireless, but I've had to resort to doing Countess runs on Nightmare instead of Hell. It's like the game's on easy mode now, and there's no longer lightning immunes. Found a Dol in my 3rd run, so I guess it's not too bad.
I use a wireless internet connection and it seems like any other connection I've used to play D2 on bnet.
I guess what I'm saying is...how do I get a shaftstop?
I need some damage reduction right quick. I managed to solo hell, but holy shit were some battles epic. My ancients war, in particular, was long and grueling.
EDIT:
Has anyone ever used the drop calculator in ATMA V? Is the 1.11 drop list accurate? Or is there an updated version somewhere?
For damage reduction, there's Gladiator's bane. I have one, actually, but I'm holding it to trade for some good shit.
When has Gladiator's Bane ever been worth anything "good"? Last season saw it as being worth 10 pgems, and since I could never be arsed with trading anything with that low of a value it was vendor trash.
Well then... um.. nevermind....
fucking botters. See this is what we were talking about last thread. Legit player finds something that should be really good, but because of the botters and stuff it's worth nothing at all...
Oh well, I figure then I'll just save it for a merc. Should be good enough for that.
What makes it something that is "really good"? It has good armor, yes. But it has a higher STR requirement than most classes invest points in, everyone and their uncle that cares about CBF gets theirs from Ravenfrost, the piddly amount of damage reflected amounts to nothing in hell, and while the poison length reduction is nice you really only have to worry about that on the second wave of Baal's minions and that can be easily handled by Cleansing or an Antitode Potion. The damage reduction mods can be nice at times (those poison cloud things that the vipers you see with Nilathak are made much less painful by it), but all in all it's not really comparable to other armors (runeword or otherwise).
And I must mention to you guys that hardcore is the only way to go, the more people we can get, the better. We can even organize plays on vent, it could be AWESOME!
I also play on USWEST LADDER with my account name being *outsidewhale (The asterisk may or may not be needed).
Guys, how much DEX is needed to get block up to a decent level? I want to be able to actually block things with my sorc. like I did in the good old days and I have tons of VIT (Near 900 at level 76 and I have some odd 45 stats spare at the moment, so I could use those + all the other next ones for DEX). I realise I might have to get a different shield too, at the moment I have a Spirit (Monarch) and a Moser's Blessed Circle on my sorc.
I guess I should try and find a Stormshield. Hmm, and does energy shield take preference over block would I'm hit by enemy attacks?
I guess what I'm saying is...how do I get a shaftstop?
I need some damage reduction right quick. I managed to solo hell, but holy shit were some battles epic. My ancients war, in particular, was long and grueling.
EDIT:
Has anyone ever used the drop calculator in ATMA V? Is the 1.11 drop list accurate? Or is there an updated version somewhere?
For damage reduction, there's Gladiator's bane. I have one, actually, but I'm holding it to trade for some good shit.
When has Gladiator's Bane ever been worth anything "good"? Last season saw it as being worth 10 pgems, and since I could never be arsed with trading anything with that low of a value it was vendor trash.
Well then... um.. nevermind....
fucking botters. See this is what we were talking about last thread. Legit player finds something that should be really good, but because of the botters and stuff it's worth nothing at all...
Oh well, I figure then I'll just save it for a merc. Should be good enough for that.
What makes it something that is "really good"? It has good armor, yes. But it has a higher STR requirement than most classes invest points in, everyone and their uncle that cares about CBF gets theirs from Ravenfrost, the piddly amount of damage reflected amounts to nothing in hell, and while the poison length reduction is nice you really only have to worry about that on the second wave of Baal's minions and that can be easily handled by Cleansing or an Antitode Potion. The damage reduction mods can be nice at times (those poison cloud things that the vipers you see with Nilathak are made much less painful by it), but all in all it's not really comparable to other armors (runeword or otherwise).
The thing about Gladiator's Bane is that it occupies a central role in a specific gear setup - namely, the Damage Reduction setup. With enough DR and MDR you can literally walk through Hell without ever taking any damage from anything besides fireballs, meteors, and Extra Strong/Fanaticism/Frenzy'd monsters. For example, Succubi in Hell do like 40-80 physical damage with their blood stars, but with Gladiator's Bane and Gerke's Sanctuary and some other stuff, you can completely nullify that, which you can't do with Shaftstop/Stormshield and the like.
And I must mention to you guys that hardcore is the only way to go, the more people we can get, the better. We can even organize plays on vent, it could be AWESOME!
My account name is *Veloxus
I just started playing again last week. I have a 32-ish barb and a 15-ish Sorc. I also have a 12 sorc in Hardcore, and will be trying to build another paladin in Hardcore. If you play hardcore in East, lemme know.
P.S. Unlike previous versions of diablo 2, apparently you can now go throw the cow portal even if you haven't beaten that difficulty. Important information for people playing hardcore....
I got yelled at just now. Baal runs with a bot, did several and a guy was all "hey, lay off the minions" and another person piped up with "yeah seriously."
Guys, this is my build. If you get to spam hammers or ice from your build, then I get to spam skeletons. They aren't hurting you any.
Also when I soloed Hell Baal I found a unique amulet:
The Rising Sun
Required Level: 65
+2 To Fire Skills
2% Chance To Cast Level 13-19 Meteor When Struck (varies)
+ (0.75 Per Character Level) 0-74 Fire Absorb (Based On Character Level)
Adds 24-48 Fire Damage
Replenish Life +10
+4 To Light Radius
I got yelled at just now. Baal runs with a bot, did several and a guy was all "hey, lay off the minions" and another person piped up with "yeah seriously."
Guys, this is my build. If you get to spam hammers or ice from your build, then I get to spam skeletons. They aren't hurting you any.
Also when I soloed Hell Baal I found a unique amulet:
The Rising Sun
Required Level: 65
+2 To Fire Skills
2% Chance To Cast Level 13-19 Meteor When Struck (varies)
+ (0.75 Per Character Level) 0-74 Fire Absorb (Based On Character Level)
Adds 24-48 Fire Damage
Replenish Life +10
+4 To Light Radius
i hate when people complain about skeletons. I don't think skels lag anything up at all. i tell them to type -lq in their target line for low quality settings or to get a better pc. i only notice things get chopy when people use Revives and even then it's still very tolerable.
I got yelled at just now. Baal runs with a bot, did several and a guy was all "hey, lay off the minions" and another person piped up with "yeah seriously."
Guys, this is my build. If you get to spam hammers or ice from your build, then I get to spam skeletons. They aren't hurting you any.
Also when I soloed Hell Baal I found a unique amulet:
The Rising Sun
Required Level: 65
+2 To Fire Skills
2% Chance To Cast Level 13-19 Meteor When Struck (varies)
+ (0.75 Per Character Level) 0-74 Fire Absorb (Based On Character Level)
Adds 24-48 Fire Damage
Replenish Life +10
+4 To Light Radius
Anyone have nat's boots? I'm collecting the set and need those and the katar. My assassin's high enough to wear the boots now, so I figure I should find 'em.
My barb just hit 45 (or rather will after I do ancients), so if anyone on West feels like doing a rush from normal baal through NM ancients, that'd be super. I'll pay you back with a rush either right afterwards or whenever you need it. I'll be in the PA channel.
Anyone got a spare manald heal they aren't using atm on West? These lower levels are gonna suck without some leech but I can't wear the gear i need till high levels. I'll love you forever. I'll give back once I can wear most of gear which has some leech around level 50 so 2-3 days.
So I'm running an 8800GTS 512MB card, and the game is near unplayable in Direct3D mode. What gives? The game looks SO much better in that mode, but it's so... choppy I can't enjoy it.
Best Countess drop ever. Bolts, 200 gold, and a super mana pot. Awesome. Don't forget, my lightning went off in a group, so she probably didn't drop ALL of that amazing loot.
Best Countess drop ever. Bolts, 200 gold, and a super mana pot. Awesome. Don't forget, my lightning went off in a group, so she probably didn't drop ALL of that amazing loot.
I've had 2 hell countess runs in a row be nothing but gold.
So I'm running an 8800GTS 512MB card, and the game is near unplayable in Direct3D mode. What gives? The game looks SO much better in that mode, but it's so... choppy I can't enjoy it.
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Main char: Elerra
Level 75 Cold Sorc
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For damage reduction, there's also Gladiator's bane (though not really close to as much reduction). I have one, actually, but I'm holding it to trade for some good shit.
When has Gladiator's Bane ever been worth anything "good"? Last season saw it as being worth 10 pgems, and since I could never be arsed with trading anything with that low of a value it was vendor trash.
Well then... um.. nevermind....
fucking botters. See this is what we were talking about last thread. Legit player finds something that should be really good, but because of the botters and stuff it's worth nothing at all...
Oh well, I figure then I'll just save it for a merc. Should be good enough for that.
Spammykins - Trapsin
Setai - Sorceress (HC at the moment)
Setai - Level 72 Tri-Elementalist Sorceress
Spammykins - Level 46 Trapsin
Spamrat - Level 82 Dual Mace Barb
Spammykin - Level 19 Bowazon
USWest Account name: Wetsun
Characters:
* CapricaSx, Meteorb Sorc (45)
* LouReed, Zealadin (20-something)
I use a wireless internet connection and it seems like any other connection I've used to play D2 on bnet.
Setai - Level 72 Tri-Elementalist Sorceress
Spammykins - Level 46 Trapsin
Spamrat - Level 82 Dual Mace Barb
Spammykin - Level 19 Bowazon
*edit*Psyck0 to the rescue!
I play on West.
*Khac
Main characters
Khaczor (level 90 Trapassassin)
Khacbarb (level 85 Frenzy axe Barbarian)
What makes it something that is "really good"? It has good armor, yes. But it has a higher STR requirement than most classes invest points in, everyone and their uncle that cares about CBF gets theirs from Ravenfrost, the piddly amount of damage reflected amounts to nothing in hell, and while the poison length reduction is nice you really only have to worry about that on the second wave of Baal's minions and that can be easily handled by Cleansing or an Antitode Potion. The damage reduction mods can be nice at times (those poison cloud things that the vipers you see with Nilathak are made much less painful by it), but all in all it's not really comparable to other armors (runeword or otherwise).
I play on West.
*Barrakketh
Main characters
Chaac (86 trapsin)
Holopainen (87 singer)
Hietala (70 FO/ES sorc)
West or East?
EDIT- nevermind
*Lawinator ?
Guys, how much DEX is needed to get block up to a decent level? I want to be able to actually block things with my sorc. like I did in the good old days and I have tons of VIT (Near 900 at level 76 and I have some odd 45 stats spare at the moment, so I could use those + all the other next ones for DEX). I realise I might have to get a different shield too, at the moment I have a Spirit (Monarch) and a Moser's Blessed Circle on my sorc.
I guess I should try and find a Stormshield. Hmm, and does energy shield take preference over block would I'm hit by enemy attacks?
Raiden, want to do Meph runs at some point?
The thing about Gladiator's Bane is that it occupies a central role in a specific gear setup - namely, the Damage Reduction setup. With enough DR and MDR you can literally walk through Hell without ever taking any damage from anything besides fireballs, meteors, and Extra Strong/Fanaticism/Frenzy'd monsters. For example, Succubi in Hell do like 40-80 physical damage with their blood stars, but with Gladiator's Bane and Gerke's Sanctuary and some other stuff, you can completely nullify that, which you can't do with Shaftstop/Stormshield and the like.
USWest Ladder
*CommissarKharn & *HuddaHuddaHuh
Main Character - Wet_Thyself (MF FW/FO Sorc)
*TheLawinator
I figure it gives the name a certain flair.
My account name is *Veloxus
I just started playing again last week. I have a 32-ish barb and a 15-ish Sorc. I also have a 12 sorc in Hardcore, and will be trying to build another paladin in Hardcore. If you play hardcore in East, lemme know.
P.S. Unlike previous versions of diablo 2, apparently you can now go throw the cow portal even if you haven't beaten that difficulty. Important information for people playing hardcore....
account: *thecza
main: Quikcore level 90 Hammerdin
alt: Quiksorc level 20ish Meteorb coming on up!
Guys, this is my build. If you get to spam hammers or ice from your build, then I get to spam skeletons. They aren't hurting you any.
Also when I soloed Hell Baal I found a unique amulet:
The Rising Sun
Required Level: 65
+2 To Fire Skills
2% Chance To Cast Level 13-19 Meteor When Struck (varies)
+ (0.75 Per Character Level) 0-74 Fire Absorb (Based On Character Level)
Adds 24-48 Fire Damage
Replenish Life +10
+4 To Light Radius
i hate when people complain about skeletons. I don't think skels lag anything up at all. i tell them to type -lq in their target line for low quality settings or to get a better pc. i only notice things get chopy when people use Revives and even then it's still very tolerable.
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It would be beautiful.
I've had 2 hell countess runs in a row be nothing but gold.
What is a blue dot?
How are you even changing that?
Also corpse exploding stuff makes me feel so warm inside.
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