I suppose to know these things, I know. *hangs head in shame*
- Barbarian Combat Mastery - Is it fixed, worth putting more points in?
- Can we start a a new branch on the LowRent thread. Does anyone else hate the side scrolling as much as I do?![[Image: duh.gif]](http://realmsbeyond.net/forums/images/smilies/duh.gif)
- Runes seems to be dropping again from last week. First 2 weeks of playing (4xlvl 70+ toon) and I had to cube up one more Thul to cube up an Amn rune... sad. I am betting some drops are randomized with date/time.
- Insight - Insight seems to be on-all-times in the beginning, but lately the effect is often (not always) like a pally switching 2 aruas. Is it just me or what's your experience with it? it gets kinda dangerous when your entire build is based on your merc's Insight... like my semi mf sorc with 205 stats saved/undecided.
(Manually unequip and equip Insight on the merc will turn the aura on)
I just find dumping 200 points in vit to get 400 hp (or mana in this case with an Insight merc) is such a waste - with no hp booster like the Bar's BO or Druid's OS. Now that Shishak gave me a Stormshield and I am so tempted to build my sorc like I do in softcore (all str and dex).
- In the first 2 weeks since I started LadderHC I have gotten three lvl 70s wind druid killed, all by some boss's death explosion. All three druids had over 3k worth of HP, 2 got done in by NM Bartuc and on by NM (trav) council member. Lvl 77 with 3.2k of hp and maxed resists who killed the whole Bartuc mob in under one second should die to its death explosion!? I think not. This kind of cheese takes alot from HC enjoyment. Almost quit playing altogether. I was perfectly ok when my lvl 80+ sorcy died to an skel-archer pack - I was on the wrong side of the merc, stun locked.
Side note on Wind druid: I hear comments on Tornado being hard to target but it is actually quite easy to aim. I am assuming most people cast it with a monster targeted and that's the problem - for most of the time the target is too close to you. I shift cast tornado with the mouse pointer mostly to the edge of the screen.
----------------------Monster(1)
Player ---------Monster (2)---------Monster----- Monster -----------Pointer
-----------------------------Monster(3)
If you shift cast with the mouse at the indicated pointer location, Tornado will travel a zig zag path from player to pointer hitting all monsters. If you target monster 1, 2 or 3 the (tornado) path traveled can be drastically different. Although the targeting may only seem off a degree or less at the starting point, you are actually targeting the tornado tens of degrees away from where you want it to go.
Kind of make me think my str/dex sorcy build is the way to go. It is the safest route to go.. High defence lessen the chance to be hit, then perfect fast blocking of what gets thru, and reduce the damage with 50% reduction. (Not to mention Lite and Fire absorb) You do the math... Yes, Material Girl was a MF sorc who tanked cows![[Image: bow.gif]](http://realmsbeyond.net/forums/images/smilies/bow.gif)
IIRC, damage is capped at 50%. But my memory don't serve me right these days ;p
But, all is moot when you come across one of dem ultra cheese death explosions.
KoP
- Barbarian Combat Mastery - Is it fixed, worth putting more points in?
- Can we start a a new branch on the LowRent thread. Does anyone else hate the side scrolling as much as I do?
- Runes seems to be dropping again from last week. First 2 weeks of playing (4xlvl 70+ toon) and I had to cube up one more Thul to cube up an Amn rune... sad. I am betting some drops are randomized with date/time.
- Insight - Insight seems to be on-all-times in the beginning, but lately the effect is often (not always) like a pally switching 2 aruas. Is it just me or what's your experience with it? it gets kinda dangerous when your entire build is based on your merc's Insight... like my semi mf sorc with 205 stats saved/undecided.
(Manually unequip and equip Insight on the merc will turn the aura on)
I just find dumping 200 points in vit to get 400 hp (or mana in this case with an Insight merc) is such a waste - with no hp booster like the Bar's BO or Druid's OS. Now that Shishak gave me a Stormshield and I am so tempted to build my sorc like I do in softcore (all str and dex).
- In the first 2 weeks since I started LadderHC I have gotten three lvl 70s wind druid killed, all by some boss's death explosion. All three druids had over 3k worth of HP, 2 got done in by NM Bartuc and on by NM (trav) council member. Lvl 77 with 3.2k of hp and maxed resists who killed the whole Bartuc mob in under one second should die to its death explosion!? I think not. This kind of cheese takes alot from HC enjoyment. Almost quit playing altogether. I was perfectly ok when my lvl 80+ sorcy died to an skel-archer pack - I was on the wrong side of the merc, stun locked.
Side note on Wind druid: I hear comments on Tornado being hard to target but it is actually quite easy to aim. I am assuming most people cast it with a monster targeted and that's the problem - for most of the time the target is too close to you. I shift cast tornado with the mouse pointer mostly to the edge of the screen.
----------------------Monster(1)
Player ---------Monster (2)---------Monster----- Monster -----------Pointer
-----------------------------Monster(3)
If you shift cast with the mouse at the indicated pointer location, Tornado will travel a zig zag path from player to pointer hitting all monsters. If you target monster 1, 2 or 3 the (tornado) path traveled can be drastically different. Although the targeting may only seem off a degree or less at the starting point, you are actually targeting the tornado tens of degrees away from where you want it to go.
Kind of make me think my str/dex sorcy build is the way to go. It is the safest route to go.. High defence lessen the chance to be hit, then perfect fast blocking of what gets thru, and reduce the damage with 50% reduction. (Not to mention Lite and Fire absorb) You do the math... Yes, Material Girl was a MF sorc who tanked cows
IIRC, damage is capped at 50%. But my memory don't serve me right these days ;p
But, all is moot when you come across one of dem ultra cheese death explosions.
KoP
Thx to his BOed-up 5.1k life it "only" took 9 full rejuvs to survive and finish the group. With a red globe below 3k i prolly wouldn't have made it given the speed the damage was inflicted and the pots had to be gulped.
