Codex Diablo 2 LoD Fun

[Ashery]

*Cough*

God damnit...

Full life, killing the council, all FE mobs to this point have done maybe 10-20% damage, nothing major...

RIP Grumenor, 51 Pally...

More saddened by the items than anything ;x

Was on the last two mobs too...Last named council member + one of their minions. Made sure to carefully pull one or two mobs at a time...

 

[kingcomrade]

Well yeah, you can always grind tristram. Nice items are hard to come by, as the more Jewish players grab everything without a thought for others.

 

[Binary]

Trap Assassin = Dead (Fucking PKers!)

Dude one time was ok, but twice? Don't you learn?!

 

[Xi]

Dude one time was ok, but twice? Don't you learn?!

I'm too trusting, but yes I've learned. 3rd times the charm?

 

[Kingston]

RIP Grumenor, 51 Pally...

I told you not to die. WHY DIDN'T YOU LISTEN!!!

 

[Ashery]

I wish I listened too

So much gear on him...Thought I was being cautious enough but I guess not. I shouldn't be playing melee toons in this lag anyways. West coast of the US to Europe, heh...

 

[Xi]

Mother fucker!

Xi-Java down at the entrance to level 5 in countess level. Walked into a room with 15 archers all with a paladin aura, boom dead. How fucking retarded!!! Was lvl 44

 

[Kingston]

Seems like every character I give stuff to dies.

 

[Jasede]

I hate Countess runs. I mean, runes, yeah!

But I SO often walk down the stairs, right into a cursed, extra fast melee boss it isn't funny.

 

[Binary]

Mother fucker!

Xi-Java down at the entrance to level 5 in countess level. Walked into a room with 15 archers all with a paladin aura, boom dead. How fucking retarded!!! Was lvl 44

Wow this was in NM mode I assume? I did Countess in NM yesterday but with a little hand to a LE boss from ... (gosh can't yet connect ingame names with forum names) ... Corpseworm

It seems to me that a few of you are in a "hurry"? I'm sure I will die eventually too, but I'm being patient and maybe because of that, still on my first char. She's almost lvl 40 and still leveling up on normal diff.

 

[Jasede]

IMPORTANT ADVICE

Don't chat while fighting.
Don't chat while fighting enemies that do 200 damage a second.
Don't chat while fighting enemies that do 200 damage a second when you have 140 life.

 

[Ashery]

King, I know the feeling for gearing people and watching them die...

At least people you gear don't die while you're still on the mule right after you geared them ;p

And Jese forgot to mention this: Always allow others to loot your corpse, heh...

 

[Jasede]

Don't worry, I had NOTHING useful. My necromancer though...

Nagelrings, Moser's Blessed Circle (2 pdiamonds in it), a Spirit sword, upgraded Goldwrap (so it has 16 boxes)... Nothing huge, but.... maaaaan. And a fucking Gull dagger.

 

[Globbi]

Wow this was in NM mode I assume? I did Countess in NM yesterday but with a little hand to a LE boss from ... (gosh can't yet connect ingame names with forum names) ... Corpseworm

Not Corpseworm! He died long ago, Yzozio is my necro now. And anyway, I have my nick in account name

 

[Xi]

I'm building my new elemental druid purely for survivability. At level 22 now and he has about 230 Health.(About the same as my 44 javelin amazon - who did insane damage I might add(Soloed all of Normal)) Currently he can't kill anything quickly, but he is going to have a health pool the size of Texas and I'm hoping that makes the difference. ;P

 

[Ashery]

Having lost two summoning druids (So I probably had more into Oak than you will), I can safely say that even with 850ish hp, you're still at risk of dying ;p

 

[Atrokkus]

Windy druids can be a bit fragile, but hell -- the cyclone armor can absorb huge amounts of elemental damage. The problem with windies, as opposed to other casters, is that they sometimes have to stand closer to their enemies to do a lot of damage. Regardless, windy druid is one of the most overpowered builds out there, and easy if you dont have good items.

 

[Flux_Capacitor]

I'm building my new elemental druid purely for survivability. At level 22 now and he has about 230 Health.(About the same as my 44 javelin amazon - who did insane damage I might add(Soloed all of Normal)) Currently he can't kill anything quickly, but he is going to have a health pool the size of Texas and I'm hoping that makes the difference. ;P

I'm working on my own elemental druid (Ranger Bob is semi-retired). He's killed Baal in Nightmare, but I haven't taken him into Hell yet. I've maxed two fire skills (Volcano and Fissure) and am currently trying to get my wind skills up. He has few problems killing most normal enemies (Fissure obliterates large groups), but some act bosses take forever.

I really don't do a lot of magic and rune finding runs, but he's found some surprisingly decent stuff - Spirit Sword, Rhyme Shield (NM Duriel dropped a Lidless Wall which has +1 skills, but no resists), a rare +1 Druid skills amulet with Teleport charges, Stealth Armor, and a Druid helm with +3 Grizzly +3 Tornado. His merc has an Insight polearm (for huge mana regen), Blackhorn Face helmet (Lightning resist and absorb, attack slows target), and Rockfleece armor (10% damage reduction).

 

[Ashery]

The problem with windies, as opposed to other casters, is that they sometimes have to stand closer to their enemies to do a lot of damage.

Which is exactly why my first druid died

Now I mainly keep Hurricane up for self defense, but then again ele is by no means my main spec line.

The only problem I have on my current druid is physical immune mobs.

 

[Binary]

Anyone fancy killing Duriel in HM? I'm going to try the act 3 mercs - a risk I know, but I want to see how they fare in 1.12

 

[Xi]

I will help you, if you are still around.

 

[Binary]

I will help you, if you are still around.

Actually I went back to normal mode and the mercs scale up to my level so I'm not in a rush anymore

I'm level 45 and got myself a lvl 44 act 3 cold merc. They're not the weaklings they used to be and their AI is not suicidal. So I feel safer than with the act 2 holy freeze since I have this bloke that stands near me and freezes (really freezes, not just slows) enemies that come close.

Also, with the shadow doing physical damage (and the occasional fire with phoenix strike), the merc with cold, and me with lightning, we cover all monster immunes/resistances.

Last test that I will have to do is to kill a boss like Baal to see how the merc behaves.

 

[Xi]

Ok, fuck hardcore mode. Dead to the council in act 3 to an instant death corpse explode. Was level 54 and starting to become fairly powerful. Anyway, if I keep playing it will be on normal not hardcore! This shit is too masochistic for me. That was my 5th death at around lvl 40, I'd have a badass character in normal by now.

 

[Black]

^
Weakling

 

[Jasede]

Ok, fuck hardcore mode. Dead to the council in act 3 to an instant death corpse explode. Was level 54 and starting to become fairly powerful. Anyway, if I keep playing it will be on normal not hardcore! This shit is too masochistic for me. That was my 5th death at around lvl 40, I'd have a badass character in normal by now.

That's just something you need to know! Stygian Dolls = instant death if you have low (< 2000) HP on Hell, and dangerous on NM. And Fire Enchanted, or worse, Fire + Lightning Enchanted = RUN LIKE HELL.