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jill <pericat@gmail.com> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo:
> EvilBill <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> jill <pericat@gmail.com> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo:
>>> EvilBill <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>> What's she wearing in the way of IAS?
>>>
>>> Magnus' Skin coupled with Skystrike.
>>>
>>
>> Sweet
>> My ladder strafeazon has a Skystrike on weapon switch, but she uses
>> a Kuko ATM for the higher damage.
>
> I have you to thank for this, since your asking meant I had to swap
> into AR and have a look, which reminded me how long it'd been since I
> took cypress out for walkies, and how much fun she could be. She has
> the cheesiest combination of crafted jewelry, armour and charms ever
> seen. I think even an ITAM editor would blush to turn out some of
> this stuff; why people edit their chars I don't know, all they have
> to do is play a mod.
>

Sweet. LOL

> AR-SE currently has a glitch whereby NM A3 does not spawn a Disused
> Fane full of Enraged Diablos. The DF is there, at the bottom of the
> Swampy Pit, but no Diablos. And the Kurast Sewers are two levels
> instead of going straight to the second, as I vaguely remember should
> happen. Allow me a moment to register my pique at this sorry state of
> affairs.
>

Hmmm... how odd.

> With that in mind, I determined to blast cypress through A3 as fast as
> ever I could, and I've never done it that fast in SP. She had good
> maps all through, the Flayer Jungle connected up with the Spider
> Forest, the Spider Cavern and the Flayer Dungeon both pretty much out
> in the open, and while it was a bit of a slog, slog she did at top
> speed. She almost died to Undead Stygian Dollie Skels in the second
> level of the Sewers; but got lucky with a rejuv toss.
>
> I think it's the Raven Frost ring that lets her eat fire for
> breakfast; she stood nearly toe to toe with the Travincal Council for
> the nearly ten minutes of steady shooting it took to eliminate them.
> But for a zon that's entirely comfortable standing in a lake of fire,
> she sure does grouse about it. "Ow, ow, ow!" all the blessed time,
> and her life ball overflowing the while.
>
> Mephisto was unexpectedly hardy, but he mostly focused on her merc,
> Azrael, a fine, upstanding Holy Freeze jabber who's been levelling
> steadily along with her.
>
> She cleared the Plains in A4, after gambling for a rare rune bow and
> crafting it into Magewrath. While it does somewhat better damage, she
> misses the Meteor Strike on Skystrike. She's grown used to tagging her
> kills with that entirely gratuitous and, in SP, utterly ineffective[1]
> bit of eye candy. It's just her way of saying, "cypress wuz hear!"
>
> jill
>
> [1] unless that's been fixed in 1.10?

I think 1.10 did fix it, but I'm not certain.

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~misfit~ <misfit61nz@hooya.co.nz> wrote:

> Doc wrote:
> > jill <pericat@gmail.com> stared blankly into space for a short while
> > before writing:
> >> I think it's the Raven Frost ring that lets her eat fire for
> >> breakfast;
> >
> >
> > Dwarf star
>
> Ahh, that would explain my confusion.

It's worse than that. She's not wearing her Dwarf, she's wearing her
Raven. It's the Rising Sun ammy that does the fire trick.

My fault.

jill
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rerun-- USWest lvl 18 bowazon
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ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com> wrote:

> Heh, yeah, I take it from the comment on the armor that you *have*
> killed Natalya with her? That one alone is enough to turn a character
> into a uber-boss ;-)

No, it's "just" the Hwanin's crafted tiggie.

> BTW, that's *much* harder in 1.10, he made Natalya into a real
> Assassin, in every meaning of the word.

Oh. ah heck.

> Funny, I don't remember that, and my first encounters with the Uber
> Diablos were *definitely* in 1.09 AR-SE. Maybe that's something that
> was changed in an upgrade? As to the Sewers, I always had to get lost
> in the first level before finding the entrance to the second.

Siobhan looked everywhere. No Diablos. So I nosed around phrozenkeep and
came up with a couple of notes on some forum to the effect that NM in
1.10 has some kind of oddity not present in Normal, yadda yadda, it
keeps Diablos from spawning. Siobhan is not amused, as this means she'll
have to bull her fragile way through the CS and all those freakin'
harpies smacking her, while the mages curse her merc... Her best spell
is Hydra. They're all FI.

> Ugh, we *hates* Undead Stygian Dolls, yes we do, my precious ;-)

Diablo doesn't hit as hard. Hell, *Lister* doesn't hit as hard.

> You can lead a Bowazon to water, but you can't stop her from
> complaining ;-)

And here I thought it was only sorcies that whined so bitterly. Mind
you, sorcies do whine till you want to kick them off the Arreat Summit,
and would if they didn't keep Shiver Armour set to 'instant ice cube'.

> Huh? Why'd you let him near him?

It's in his job description. "Go stand by monster. Poke with stick. Be
sure to use the pointy end."

> When I'm taking on Meph with a
> Bowazon, I always run into his area to draw him out, then run back
> across the river (hopefully with the Merc in tow). The *Valk* then
> gets to take the damage, she's much less expensive to recast. Of

Huh. Never tried that one.

> course, I'm always using a Rogue merc, so she can actually have an
> effect in this strategy (assuming I don't let the Valk die, Meph
> always seems to go after the Merc next), so I guess this works, as
> long as you didn't have to pay to res him ;-)

Gold is cheaper than mana, some days. Though today was one of those days
when both cost.

> Thanks for an excellent Spot Report, as always up to your usual
> standards. SBPP! 🙂

Mmmm, berries.

Cypress went through Hell today, and my neck is feeling it. Thank heaven
for wireless laptops and scotch. Guess what Izual dropped? That's
right-- two large charms and a skull. All the good stuff is in Normal.
Oh well, she ended up full-clearing everywhere and had not too bad a
time of it, even in the RoF, till she got to the CS. Strange new
monsters in A4. I can just about see the iron golems in the City of the
Damned, and the fire golems in the River, but what the heck are those
blobby fire things shooting fireballs in the manner of a harpie shooting
stars? They made Azrael whimper, they did, yes and expire, too. Several
times. Cypress went from having lots of gold and fat purples to not in
the space of time it took her to drag Azrael and her PHC as far as
Hadriel. Who was not very encouraging when he saw the state of her
armour.

"Turn back now, Hero, and get a real job."

"Hey, you're supposed to tell me about the Seals."

"Seals, schmeals-- okay, okay. There are five Seals. If one of them
doesn't get you, the next one will. Go home."

Needless to say, she flounced past him and went on to the CS, where, as
I mentioned, Azrael began to cost her seriously in both pots and gelt.
It didn't help that she touched one of the Seals accidently and the arch
boss pack that passes for the Infector of Souls' lot (more of the fiery
blobbies) wiped the floor with him three or four times in less than a
minute. Cypress got a little confused and spammed them with town
portals, not her shiniest hour by a long shot. Which may account for
Azrael's later behaviour.

Eventually they did succeed in clearing the CS and loosing Diablo, who
expended his wrath right on cypress, which was good in a way, she being
fairly sturdy, and that let Azrael stand behind him, along with the
Valk, and poke him unmolested. Half a belt later, she collected his
meagre drop and portalled to Harrogath.

Then it was waste Shenk, free the POWs, clear the whatsit area, and dive
into the Crystalline. Some imp dropped an Ort, and with Qual-Kek's quest
set, that gave her enough TalRalOrt to craft a 50% ED jewel (boosted
Magewrath's damage a bit), as well as a +25% life charm. Then she found
a gold gothic bow, and another Ort, and used up another TalRalOrt in
turning it into Goldstrike. Might have to go rune-farming and treat it
to a crafted jewel.

Its FoH cast actually seems to work, so now I'm wondering if those
'chance to cast X' mods are finally working in SP.

Azrael, though... After dying several time in the CS, Azrael took to
behaving a little bit shy. Okay, a lot shy. Hanging back. Studying his
surroundings in a distinctly Valk-like manner. Meanwhile, cypress is
having to depend almost wholly on her Valk for tanking. At one point,
she's shooting at monsters, the Valk is killing monsters, Azrael is off
behind them, behind a cornice, in a niche, and the reason I know this is
that he levelled partway through the fight. A fight to which he
contributed no more than heavy breathing, yet he has the nerve to
announce how he's feeling stronger.

jill

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Slayer Kitsilan-- SP lvl 46 bowazon

rerun-- USWest lvl 18 bowazon
Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 78 gatling gun zon
Slayer Siobhan-- AR-SE lvl 81 tri-elemental mage

 

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Richard Buckle <richardb@sailmaker.co.uk> wrote:

> jill wrote:
>
> > > EvilBill <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > My ladder strafeazon has a Skystrike on weapon switch, but she uses a Kuko
> > > ATM for the higher damage.
>
> Oof! Morgana still twitches involuntarily whenever Kuko is mentioned.
>
> > "cypress wuz hear!"
>
> Yay! Welcome back, jill.
>
> Richard.

Richard! How are you? What a nice surprise.

jill

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rerun-- USWest lvl 18 bowazon
Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 78 gatling gun zon
Slayer Siobhan-- AR-SE lvl 81 tri-elemental mage

 

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On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 04:04:17 GMT, pericat@gmail.com (jill) wrote:

>ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com> wrote:
>
>> Heh, yeah, I take it from the comment on the armor that you *have*
>> killed Natalya with her? That one alone is enough to turn a character
>> into a uber-boss ;-)
>
>No, it's "just" the Hwanin's crafted tiggie.

Nice, but if you're still playing 1.09 AR-SE it's worth going after NM
Natalya to get the +3 skills, 16% dual leech, +50% res all armor,
assuming you can get to 149 strength to wear it, and also assuming
*you* can get her to drop all of the set parts ;-) In 1.09 *she's* a
pushover, especially for a ranged attacker, it's *getting* there
that's the problem.

>> BTW, that's *much* harder in 1.10, he made Natalya into a real
>> Assassin, in every meaning of the word.
>
>Oh. ah heck.

Yeah, I've managed to kill her twice now, I think, in Normal, haven't
gotten to her in NM in 1.10 yet. Both times her kill count was *much*
higher than mine :-(

>> Funny, I don't remember that, and my first encounters with the Uber
>> Diablos were *definitely* in 1.09 AR-SE. Maybe that's something that
>> was changed in an upgrade? As to the Sewers, I always had to get lost
>> in the first level before finding the entrance to the second.
>
>Siobhan looked everywhere. No Diablos. So I nosed around phrozenkeep and
>came up with a couple of notes on some forum to the effect that NM in
>1.10 has some kind of oddity not present in Normal, yadda yadda, it
>keeps Diablos from spawning. Siobhan is not amused, as this means she'll
>have to bull her fragile way through the CS and all those freakin'
>harpies smacking her, while the mages curse her merc... Her best spell
>is Hydra. They're all FI.

Ok, now I'm confused, which version are you running? Again, I haven't
gotten there in 1.10 yet, but my newest AR Bowazon just got to Act 4
in Normal in her last game, and decided *not* to skip it, despite
having gotten lucky and gotten a Champ Diablo solo (talk about pot
depletion! After that fight she was back to using regular healing and
mana potions, having barely enough rejuvs left to fill one row of her
belt. When she went to explore the rest of the area and saw another
river of flame, she hightailed it out of there ;-) ), but she *did*
figure it would be the first area where she'd get experience after the
Crypt, and desperately wants the Hwannis set (stupid Izzy dropped
everything but the Bill *twice*, I forget the reason her game ended
but it was before she'd found the WP so she got a second chance at him
in that round).

>> Ugh, we *hates* Undead Stygian Dolls, yes we do, my precious ;-)
>
>Diablo doesn't hit as hard. Hell, *Lister* doesn't hit as hard.

Heh, one of my earliest D2 Spot Reports was about an encounter with 2
or 3 boss packs of them right by the stairs in Durance 1, in Hell I
think. I went from just about ready to level to *no* experience
showing on the bar in *very* short order :-(

>> You can lead a Bowazon to water, but you can't stop her from
>> complaining ;-)
>
>And here I thought it was only sorcies that whined so bitterly. Mind
>you, sorcies do whine till you want to kick them off the Arreat Summit,
>and would if they didn't keep Shiver Armour set to 'instant ice cube'.

Don't remind me, I got convinced by Stephen to start a Sorc on BNut
last night ;-) Nova/something is the current plan, she's only at level
12 so she has some time to decide.

>> Huh? Why'd you let him near him?
>
>It's in his job description. "Go stand by monster. Poke with stick. Be
>sure to use the pointy end."

Lol, yeah, I guess it is ;-) One of these days I have to try an Act 2
Merc. Hmm, maybe with the new Sorc.

>> When I'm taking on Meph with a
>> Bowazon, I always run into his area to draw him out, then run back
>> across the river (hopefully with the Merc in tow). The *Valk* then
>> gets to take the damage, she's much less expensive to recast. Of
>
>Huh. Never tried that one.

It works *really* well, most of the time. Lately I've had to run
across a second time once or twice, but usually if he's playing shy
throwing the Valk or a Decoy at him will coax him out.

>> course, I'm always using a Rogue merc, so she can actually have an
>> effect in this strategy (assuming I don't let the Valk die, Meph
>> always seems to go after the Merc next), so I guess this works, as
>> long as you didn't have to pay to res him ;-)
>
>Gold is cheaper than mana, some days. Though today was one of those days
>when both cost.
>
>> Thanks for an excellent Spot Report, as always up to your usual
>> standards. SBPP! 🙂
>
>Mmmm, berries.
>
>Cypress went through Hell today, and my neck is feeling it. Thank heaven
>for wireless laptops and scotch. Guess what Izual dropped? That's
>right-- two large charms and a skull. All the good stuff is in Normal.
>Oh well, she ended up full-clearing everywhere and had not too bad a
>time of it, even in the RoF, till she got to the CS. Strange new
>monsters in A4. I can just about see the iron golems in the City of the
>Damned, and the fire golems in the River, but what the heck are those
>blobby fire things shooting fireballs in the manner of a harpie shooting
>stars? They made Azrael whimper, they did, yes and expire, too. Several
>times. Cypress went from having lots of gold and fat purples to not in
>the space of time it took her to drag Azrael and her PHC as far as
>Hadriel. Who was not very encouraging when he saw the state of her
>armour.

Heyfatso didn't give her a Windforce? Shame on him :-(

>"Turn back now, Hero, and get a real job."
>
>"Hey, you're supposed to tell me about the Seals."
>
>"Seals, schmeals-- okay, okay. There are five Seals. If one of them
>doesn't get you, the next one will. Go home."
>
>Needless to say, she flounced past him and went on to the CS, where, as
>I mentioned, Azrael began to cost her seriously in both pots and gelt.
>It didn't help that she touched one of the Seals accidently and the arch
>boss pack that passes for the Infector of Souls' lot (more of the fiery
>blobbies) wiped the floor with him three or four times in less than a
>minute. Cypress got a little confused and spammed them with town
>portals, not her shiniest hour by a long shot. Which may account for
>Azrael's later behaviour.

Lol, been there, done that ;-)

>Eventually they did succeed in clearing the CS and loosing Diablo, who
>expended his wrath right on cypress, which was good in a way, she being
>fairly sturdy, and that let Azrael stand behind him, along with the
>Valk, and poke him unmolested. Half a belt later, she collected his
>meagre drop and portalled to Harrogath.
>
>Then it was waste Shenk, free the POWs, clear the whatsit area, and dive
>into the Crystalline. Some imp dropped an Ort, and with Qual-Kek's quest
>set, that gave her enough TalRalOrt to craft a 50% ED jewel (boosted
>Magewrath's damage a bit), as well as a +25% life charm. Then she found
>a gold gothic bow, and another Ort, and used up another TalRalOrt in
>turning it into Goldstrike. Might have to go rune-farming and treat it
>to a crafted jewel.

You know, it's funny, in 1.09 Orts seemed to drop as frequently as
Zods (read: never). Now, more often than not, I'm waiting on the *Tal*
to drop for the recipes.

>Its FoH cast actually seems to work, so now I'm wondering if those
>'chance to cast X' mods are finally working in SP.

Well, the graphic does anyway, I'm not sure I've actually seen damage
from it, but it's hard to tell using Strafe ;-)

>Azrael, though... After dying several time in the CS, Azrael took to
>behaving a little bit shy. Okay, a lot shy. Hanging back. Studying his
>surroundings in a distinctly Valk-like manner. Meanwhile, cypress is
>having to depend almost wholly on her Valk for tanking. At one point,
>she's shooting at monsters, the Valk is killing monsters, Azrael is off
>behind them, behind a cornice, in a niche, and the reason I know this is
>that he levelled partway through the fight. A fight to which he
>contributed no more than heavy breathing, yet he has the nerve to
>announce how he's feeling stronger.
>
>jill

My Rogues do that all the time, hiding a couple rooms away and coming
up with some excuse about not being able to find their way to the
fight. That actually turned out for the better in my last game with my
Nez Necro, a pack of Extra Strong Felltwins cut down *everyone* else
(several times), if she hadn't been hanging around by the waypoint I
doubt she would have survived.

Thanks again for another lovely Spot Report, they are a true joy to
read. SBPP! 🙂

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
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Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
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Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
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Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
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I think it was pericat@gmail.com (jill) that wrote something like...

>~misfit~ <misfit61nz@hooya.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> Doc wrote:
>> > jill <pericat@gmail.com> stared blankly into space for a short while
>> > before writing:
>> >> I think it's the Raven Frost ring that lets her eat fire for
>> >> breakfast;
>> >
>> >
>> > Dwarf star
>>
>> Ahh, that would explain my confusion.
>
>It's worse than that. She's not wearing her Dwarf, she's wearing her
>Raven. It's the Rising Sun ammy that does the fire trick.
>
>My fault.
>
>jill

Yeah, that's a nice ammy for dealing with fire breathers and such.
That boss from the chaos sanctuary seal doesn't give my sorc much
worry, as they heal her more than they hurt her. It just takes her a
while to kill them all as they seem fairly resistant to fire, and her
frozen orb isn't all *that* powerful.
It also makes Durance 3 pretty safe most of the time for her.

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The moon by day, and the sun by night.
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In article <35r3fdF4o1vbgU2@individual.net>, EvilBill
<quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote:

> >>> Oof! Morgana still twitches involuntarily whenever Kuko is
> >>> mentioned.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Any particular reason? <g>
> >
> > Blimey, you remembered that [ahem] little mishap after two years! I'm
> > flattered. Morgana, however, is nervous.
> >
>
> Sadly, I forgot. <g>

<http://tinyurl.com/6ekwt>
or
<http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.games.diablo/msg/bd8a402751b37a
56>

Richard.

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In article <1gr0hw5.nyprkz11ztofqN%pericat@gmail.com>, jill
<pericat@gmail.com> wrote:

> Richard Buckle <richardb@sailmaker.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > jill wrote:
> >
> > > > EvilBill <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > My ladder strafeazon has a Skystrike on weapon switch, but she uses a
> > > > Kuko
> > > > ATM for the higher damage.
> >
> > Oof! Morgana still twitches involuntarily whenever Kuko is mentioned.
> >
> > > "cypress wuz hear!"
> >
> > Yay! Welcome back, jill.
> >
> > Richard.
>
> Richard! How are you? What a nice surprise.

I'm most excellently well, thank you for asking! Although as I said
up-thread, I've rather forsaken Diablo for the bright lights of
Neverwinter Nights.

Congratulations on your wedding!

Richard.

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Champion Alcippe -- SP lvl 76 pure Javazon
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Richard Buckle <richardb@sailmaker.co.uk> typed as if devouring a plate
of spoo:
> In article <35r3fdF4o1vbgU2@individual.net>, EvilBill
> <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>>> Oof! Morgana still twitches involuntarily whenever Kuko is
>>>>> mentioned.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any particular reason? <g>
>>>
>>> Blimey, you remembered that [ahem] little mishap after two years!
>>> I'm flattered. Morgana, however, is nervous.
>>>
>>
>> Sadly, I forgot. <g>
>
> <http://tinyurl.com/6ekwt>
> or
> <http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.games.diablo/msg/bd8a402751b37a
> 56>
>
> Richard.

Now I remember. Ouch. <g>

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