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"Mikeal" <Ms.Linker DeleteThis @comcast.net> wrote in message
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> "ArtDent" <par DeleteThis @noyd.invalidname> wrote in message
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>> Hartdent has been doing quite a bit of mf'ing lately in the hell Tamoe
>> Pit. Which is why he is up to level 87 1/2. I _finally_ went and killed
>> Diablo, so am now just starting act five. I looked at the ladder, and
>> when / if I finish the game, I will be in the top five (for necros).
>> Had some major 'fun' while clearing the Chaos Sanctuary, besides getting
>> lag spikes of over 4000 (on the dsl at work no less), the area near the
>> beginning of CS, where you have two 'islands', between them there was a
>> bit of a 'party' going on that I crashed. There were three boss Doom
>> Knights (and their packs), along with a boss or two Storm Casters (which
>> were really no big deal), a few 'regular' OK's, and a three pack of
>> bloody
>> CHAMPION OBLIVION KNIGHTS. And, of course, the champs and bosses blocked
>> the corridor so 'the boys' could not surround them. Lost my merc twice
>> there trying to draw them out. I could not tell you how many skels I
>> lost
>> to IM, just raised new ones and kept going heh. Big D himself was no
>> problem, only lost 3 skels to him and didn't even have to feed my merc
>> any
>> pots, although he did get down to about half life at one point, his Tal
>> Fugly hat life steal came to the rescue. I don't foresee any real
>> problems for this guy until he gets to WSK3 and he gets to 'play' with
>> OK's again. Besides lag of course.
>>
>> --
>> It's your God.
>> They're your rules.
>> *You* go to hell.
>
> Wondering is this hard core or what?
> If it is can you give a build and a list of items you are using?
> I really want to know the damage and defense along with block percentage.
> What merk are you using and what gear on him as well.
> I know from what you stated you are a summoner. Do you have ( I think it
> is called bone armor. )
> Also I am wondering what spells you use with your summons.
>
My bad I just read the title of this.
Another question I have is do you play in any public games.

I am looking to make a hc character here soon and if you have any
suggestions on a beginners character.
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Top posting, I'm sorry, but if I'm raining on a parade, where else should I
post?

Are you playing D2 or LOD, D2.

If D2, 87 1/2 really does put your skelly up there, but LOD is quite
something else. I made the mistake when my slelly was up in the 80's of
looking at Hardcore ladder, should have been looking at Expansion Hardcore
ladder.

"ArtDent" <par.DeleteThis@noyd.invalidname> wrote in message
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> Hartdent has been doing quite a bit of mf'ing lately in the hell Tamoe
> Pit. Which is why he is up to level 87 1/2. I _finally_ went and killed
> Diablo, so am now just starting act five. I looked at the ladder, and
> when / if I finish the game, I will be in the top five (for necros).
> Had some major 'fun' while clearing the Chaos Sanctuary, besides getting
> lag spikes of over 4000 (on the dsl at work no less), the area near the
> beginning of CS, where you have two 'islands', between them there was a
> bit of a 'party' going on that I crashed. There were three boss Doom
> Knights (and their packs), along with a boss or two Storm Casters (which
> were really no big deal), a few 'regular' OK's, and a three pack of bloody
> CHAMPION OBLIVION KNIGHTS. And, of course, the champs and bosses blocked
> the corridor so 'the boys' could not surround them. Lost my merc twice
> there trying to draw them out. I could not tell you how many skels I lost
> to IM, just raised new ones and kept going heh. Big D himself was no
> problem, only lost 3 skels to him and didn't even have to feed my merc any
> pots, although he did get down to about half life at one point, his Tal
> Fugly hat life steal came to the rescue. I don't foresee any real
> problems for this guy until he gets to WSK3 and he gets to 'play' with
> OK's again. Besides lag of course.
>
> --
> It's your God.
> They're your rules.
> *You* go to hell.
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On 31-May-2007, "Mikeal" <Ms.Linker.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote:

> can you give a build and a list of items you are using?

Summoner with CE, stat points allocated 1 - 0 - 4 - 0 from the start.
Maxed Raise Skeleton, Skeleton Mastery, and Corpse Explosion.
Some people prefer maxing one or the other of raise or mastery, but after
many, many necros, I think it works best if you keep them 'even', every
point in RS gets the next one in SM.
One point each in each golem (clay, iron, etc.)(I *use* the fire golem
after level 30, Mickey used the best / most descriptive word I have seen,
flypaper, attracts the monsters to him, not YOU), revive, summon resist,
skel mage, teeth (prereq), bone armor (yeah, just one hard point, you
should not get hit that often anyway), amp dmg, weaken (prereq), terror
(prereq), decrep. 12 points now in dim vision, and 11 in golem mastery.
Hat - plus three summoning coronet (had been Sazabi's)
Yellow ammy has +57 life, plus one necro, cold/lit/fire res 10, psn res
31, dmg red 1, 77% gold find.
Ali Baba or Ume's Lament - depending on mf or quest time.
Boneflame with Pdiamond.
Duriels Shell.
Chance Guards.
Upped Goldwrap.
War Travelers.
29 and 26 Nagelrings.
2 7 mf sc's
Some res charms, Gheeds, and an annihilus that Bongo-Fury GAVE me.
note: he actually gave me two, the other is on my level 81 bowzon.

> > I really want to know the damage and defense along with block
> > percentage.

Err... not really applicable here. A summoner should be _at least_ a
quarter screen away from any fighting. I think my total def is barely
over 1k. Your resistances are more important.

> > What merk are you using and what gear on him as well.

Act two might merc, with Tal Rasha hat, Cryptic Axe Insight (shows 120-508
on stick alone), and Corpsemourne armor (best I got for him so far). The
lying char screen shows he does 631-1877 damage before his might.

> > I know from what you stated you are a summoner. Do you have ( I think
> > it is called bone armor. )

Yes, but as I stated above, just the one hard point.

> > Also I am wondering what spells you use with your summons.

I spam DV, and hit bosses and champs/etc with Decrep. Or Amp Dmg,
especially if there has been lag spikes, amp dmg lasts longer.
Then I hit the CE. Unless I am feeling really lazy and just let 'the
boys' play for awhile while I light or flick my cigarette.

> My bad I just read the title of this.
> Another question I have is do you play in any public games.

No. This guy has played almost entirely solo. I do party with my cousin
sometimes. And once in a great while I have played with other agd'ers
playing elswhere in the same game as me. You do know it is MUCH easier
with more than one person? I don't care what char type the other person
is playing, could even be the same as yours, but if there are two or more
people partied against the monsters, the monsters are at a definite
disadvantage.

> I am looking to make a hc character here soon and if you have any
> suggestions on a beginners character.

A summoning/CE necro is one of the easier / easiest to start off with,
another being a trapsin.
Both can do very well with 'medium' equipment.

--
And on the 8th day God said: "Ok, Murphy, you take over."
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"ArtDent" <par RemoveThis @noyd.invalid> wrote in message
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> On 31-May-2007, "Mikeal" <Ms.Linker RemoveThis @comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> can you give a build and a list of items you are using?
>
> Summoner with CE, stat points allocated 1 - 0 - 4 - 0 from the start.
> Maxed Raise Skeleton, Skeleton Mastery, and Corpse Explosion.
> Some people prefer maxing one or the other of raise or mastery, but after
> many, many necros, I think it works best if you keep them 'even', every
> point in RS gets the next one in SM.
> One point each in each golem (clay, iron, etc.)(I *use* the fire golem
> after level 30, Mickey used the best / most descriptive word I have seen,
> flypaper, attracts the monsters to him, not YOU), revive, summon resist,
> skel mage, teeth (prereq), bone armor (yeah, just one hard point, you
> should not get hit that often anyway), amp dmg, weaken (prereq), terror
> (prereq), decrep. 12 points now in dim vision, and 11 in golem mastery.
> Hat - plus three summoning coronet (had been Sazabi's)
> Yellow ammy has +57 life, plus one necro, cold/lit/fire res 10, psn res
> 31, dmg red 1, 77% gold find.
> Ali Baba or Ume's Lament - depending on mf or quest time.
> Boneflame with Pdiamond.
> Duriels Shell.
> Chance Guards.
> Upped Goldwrap.
> War Travelers.
> 29 and 26 Nagelrings.
> 2 7 mf sc's
> Some res charms, Gheeds, and an annihilus that Bongo-Fury GAVE me.
> note: he actually gave me two, the other is on my level 81 bowzon.
>
>> > I really want to know the damage and defense along with block
>> > percentage.
>
> Err... not really applicable here. A summoner should be _at least_ a
> quarter screen away from any fighting. I think my total def is barely
> over 1k. Your resistances are more important.
>
>> > What merk are you using and what gear on him as well.
>
> Act two might merc, with Tal Rasha hat, Cryptic Axe Insight (shows 120-508
> on stick alone), and Corpsemourne armor (best I got for him so far). The
> lying char screen shows he does 631-1877 damage before his might.
>
>> > I know from what you stated you are a summoner. Do you have ( I think
>> > it is called bone armor. )
>
> Yes, but as I stated above, just the one hard point.
>
>> > Also I am wondering what spells you use with your summons.
>
> I spam DV, and hit bosses and champs/etc with Decrep. Or Amp Dmg,
> especially if there has been lag spikes, amp dmg lasts longer.
> Then I hit the CE. Unless I am feeling really lazy and just let 'the
> boys' play for awhile while I light or flick my cigarette.
>
>> My bad I just read the title of this.
>> Another question I have is do you play in any public games.
>
> No. This guy has played almost entirely solo. I do party with my cousin
> sometimes. And once in a great while I have played with other agd'ers
> playing elswhere in the same game as me. You do know it is MUCH easier
> with more than one person? I don't care what char type the other person
> is playing, could even be the same as yours, but if there are two or more
> people partied against the monsters, the monsters are at a definite
> disadvantage.
>
>> I am looking to make a hc character here soon and if you have any
>> suggestions on a beginners character.
>
> A summoning/CE necro is one of the easier / easiest to start off with,
> another being a trapsin.
> Both can do very well with 'medium' equipment.
>
> --
> And on the 8th day God said: "Ok, Murphy, you take over."
>
Wondering is there a skill that loweres there res and defence. When I was
toying around with a necro along time ago thats what i used and seemed to
kill alot faster. And if needed for the merk life tap 1 point wonders.
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On 31-May-2007, "R p j" <nothere.DeleteThis@notthere.com> wrote:

> Top posting, I'm sorry, but if I'm raining on a parade, where else
> should I post?

Absolutely correct distorted agd2 logic. No wonder I understand
completely.

> Are you playing D2 or LOD, D2.
>
> If D2, 87 1/2 really does put your skelly up there, but LOD is quite
> something else. I made the mistake when my slelly was up in the 80's of
> looking at Hardcore ladder, should have been looking at Expansion
> Hardcore
> ladder.

You are again 100 percent correct.
I have to get over 90 just to get on the ladder.
As long as I can keep him alive tho, I think I will get there, just
nowhere near the top like I was thinking. Getting a char _solo_ much past
90 is very time consuming.

--
Never raise your hand against a child.
It leaves your groin unprotected.
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On 1-Jun-2007, "ArtDent" <par DeleteThis @noyd.invalid> wrote:

> as far as I
> know / can remember, I have never - before this thread - *directly*
> replied to or therefore been directly replied to by Mikeal

Sign of a very weak mind indeed, both replying to myself and forgetting
that I have indeed directly corresponded with Mikeal before, but I thought
it (the prior 'nastiness' between him and myself) was based on a
misunderstanding and that therefore put him on a 'blank' / clean status
with me - at least in my mind.

--
You know you are getting old if:
You can remember when the Dead Sea was only sick.
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On May 31, 3:29 pm, "ArtDent" <p....DeleteThis@noyd.invalidname> wrote:
> Hartdent has been doing quite a bit of mf'ing lately in the hell Tamoe
> Pit. Which is why he is up to level 87 1/2. I _finally_ went and killed
> Diablo, so am now just starting act five. I looked at the ladder, and
> when / if I finish the game, I will be in the top five (for necros).
> Had some major 'fun' while clearing the Chaos Sanctuary, besides getting
> lag spikes of over 4000 (on the dsl at work no less), the area near the
> beginning of CS, where you have two 'islands', between them there was a
> bit of a 'party' going on that I crashed. There were three boss Doom
> Knights (and their packs), along with a boss or two Storm Casters (which
> were really no big deal), a few 'regular' OK's, and a three pack of bloody
> CHAMPION OBLIVION KNIGHTS. And, of course, the champs and bosses blocked
> the corridor so 'the boys' could not surround them. Lost my merc twice
> there trying to draw them out. I could not tell you how many skels I lost
> to IM, just raised new ones and kept going heh. Big D himself was no
> problem, only lost 3 skels to him and didn't even have to feed my merc any
> pots, although he did get down to about half life at one point, his Tal
> Fugly hat life steal came to the rescue. I don't foresee any real
> problems for this guy until he gets to WSK3 and he gets to 'play' with
> OK's again. Besides lag of course.
>
> --
> It's your God.
> They're your rules.
> *You* go to hell.


Congrats on making it to act 5.
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