Also worth noting: Although a high-powered two-handed weapon user can have some massive damage output with the right weapon, the difficulty in maxing resistances may be such a hindrance that a weapon and shield user could complete identical areas faster purely on the strength of having less to worry about from the monsters.

On top of everything else, you're also at the mercy of how compatible your character/merc combination will be with team mate's character/merc combinations when you play co-op multi. Some combinations prove to be far greater than the sum of their parts, while others work out as merely the sum and in a few instances actually detract in some way.

A cruel matriarch bow (preferably of evisceration) with 1.08 Saracen's Chance, firing at 7/2, with a might merc and 600+ dex is pretty amazing to watch too. Arrows fly much faster than you can imagine.

wiccan-falcon druid 58
wiccan-raven assassin 68
warican converted pike/lance and now bowzon 56
wiccanstar {wifes} pure fire sorc 25
wickedwiccan 55 {first tri-sorc on bnet documented}
wiccan rage 65 paladin FOH/vengence/con/conviction..
vindacare 45 paladin {auradin no attack skils
kaer-warlock 56 necromanncer{wifes and mine}
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You seem like a nice fellow, and based on comments you have made, you are niether a child nor a non-English native speaker. Both of those conditions might make me more tolerant of your errors.

So, please, please, start using punctuation, grammar and spell-check? Paragraphs would be nice too.

I am finding your posts unbelievably frustrating to decipher.

~ the raven gets the worm, the wolf gets the raven, but who gets get the wolf.....?
The Cows, the hell cows MOOOO!

wiccan-falcon druid 58
wiccan-raven assassin 68
warican converted pike/lance and now bowzon 56
wiccanstar {wifes} pure fire sorc 25
wickedwiccan 55 {first tri-sorc on bnet documented}
wiccan rage 65 paladin FOH/vengence/con/conviction..
vindacare 45 paladin {auradin no attack skils
kaer-warlock 56 necromanncer{wifes and mine}
][

You are an adult. Show some consideration for the rest of us and PROOFREAD.

I have a son with a learning disability. If he can damn well do it, so can you. Type the whole thing in, and then take that polite pause and proofread it. Fix the errors. Add a little puncuation. Proofread again. And then, and only then, hit the "Post Message" button.

Frankly, if this means you are limited in how many posts you can make, due to having to spend time proofing, so be it. A few quality ones will be much more appreciated than any volume of nonsense.

I *think* from what I may have deciphered from a few of your posts, that you do have valuable observations to contribute. Please make the effort to make them readable. Courtesy is a valuable trait.

~ the raven gets the worm, the wolf gets the raven, but who gets get the wolf.....?
The Cows, the hell cows MOOOO!

wiccan-falcon druid 58
wiccan-raven assassin 68
warican converted pike/lance and now bowzon 56
wiccanstar {wifes} pure fire sorc 25
wickedwiccan 55 {first tri-sorc on bnet documented}
wiccan rage 65 paladin FOH/vengence/con/conviction..
vindacare 45 paladin {auradin no attack skils
kaer-warlock 56 necromanncer{wifes and mine}
][

I can appreciate where ShadowHM is coming from, and we do ask that people try to keep their posts readable. Indeed, in my etiquette I have said as much, though I did not directly state it in this manner; Point #3 does indirectly refer to this though. I can also appreciate where you are coming from: I too have a learning disability, and I should also throw in I am Australian and over here they stopped teaching spelling and grammar before I was born. I put in an effort to keep my posts readable, and it doesn't keep my post count down either I should point out :p

I do not ask you endevour to keep everything in perfect English - I do not believe I could manage that at all times! - but if you could proof read before posting, it would make it easier for us to consider your point. Part of being a good poster is content, but another part is readability. We should never ask more from people than they can possably do, but posting without first reading over it just once to see if it is clear can be problematic: I know this from experience

May the wind pick up your heels and your sword strike true.
Elric's Lurker Lounge Posting Etiquette
Elric's Lurker Lounge FAQ
Elric's Guide to Cursing (Needs minor updating)

~ the raven gets the worm, the wolf gets the raven, but who gets get the wolf.....?
The Cows, the hell cows MOOOO!

wiccan-falcon druid 58
wiccan-raven assassin 68
warican converted pike/lance and now bowzon 56
wiccanstar {wifes} pure fire sorc 25
wickedwiccan 55 {first tri-sorc on bnet documented}
wiccan rage 65 paladin FOH/vengence/con/conviction..
vindacare 45 paladin {auradin no attack skils
kaer-warlock 56 necromanncer{wifes and mine}
][

well i learned what i can, i cant help if my genetic make up is flawed in my D.N.A my learning disabilty is harder to over come no mater what i try my spelling was great, then i lost it do to mutation in my brainstem near my learning part this was eaten away from this mutation its rare in my family my great grand father had it skips a generation it acts like i cant remeber the name of it sorry..

but why you complaining when no one else is
if there was some iota in your words you would show some people with a dire learning like i said i was always trying to improve my self then to be stricken like a new born babe i think you can understand this if you cant then dont read my post easier on your eyes
so dont dare compare me to anyone you think you said one time you thought i was NOT a english native, i know people that have it harder than me i deal with them...and for spell checkers there cost money, i dont have the money to get one....
so behave and respect the ones that try to help them selfs....

~ the raven gets the worm, the wolf gets the raven, but who gets get the wolf.....?
The Cows, the hell cows MOOOO!

wiccan-falcon druid 58
wiccan-raven assassin 68
warican converted pike/lance and now bowzon 56
wiccanstar {wifes} pure fire sorc 25
wickedwiccan 55 {first tri-sorc on bnet documented}
wiccan rage 65 paladin FOH/vengence/con/conviction..
vindacare 45 paladin {auradin no attack skils
kaer-warlock 56 necromanncer{wifes and mine}
][

It's not your spelling. It's the lack of organization- you jump from one thought and idea to another, and don't even separate your ideas into sentences.

Once again, please don't take this as an attack. I have no desire to harm you. But, when I can't understand what you have to say, I certainly can't respond to you. If your posts are hard to read, some people might not read them at all.

I think ShadowHM was attempting to help you, by pointing out something that you might not have been aware of. I have never seen her needlessly attack or criticize another poster, and I don't know why she'd start now.

-Griselda

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Title: no koku with 700+ dex with 200+str
and level 23 staff 191 sa and scaren thast scary knows my zon has it and it has twitch 1.08 and sigons other sa+ and some ats+ things things to get her firing faster than lighting rember this my bowzon was a converted lance zone they need strenght and dex to use them and become faster!
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Sounds interesting enough for me to want to know the contents. For one thing, how are you ever going to hit 700+ dex and 200+ str. Even at level 99, you will need to have a total of +350 dex/str on your equipment to reach that number. Unless your entire inventory is filled with +5 str/dex large charms and you are giving up all sorts of IAS, resistances just to get more dex, I don't see how that is possible.

Back to your post... the best I can translate it to is something like:
level 23 strafe with 191 ??? and saracen's chance is scary. My zon uses that and uses 1.08 twitch, sigons and other ??? and some IAS items to increase her firing speed. Since she is a converted lance zon, she needs strength and dex to use both and become faster?

What does your "sa" and "sa+" refer to? I'm already assuming that "staff" means "strafe" and "ats+" means increased attack speed (IAS), but still cannot make out what the rest of the shorthand represents.

No offence, just curious.

Are you talking about a Burizon?

They're very good but if you want to impress the l33t (what is that word?) doodz in the cow level then it has to be a Lightning Fury Javazon with high pierce

I cringe at saying this but you will find you pretty much need Titan's Fury. Sorry, I wish there were a way it could be done cheaply

A Conviction/Fanaticism Paladin or Amp/Lower Resist Necro might cause a similar increase in party damage but I don't think the people you wish to impress would realise or care

One of my least pleasant experiences was playing a thorns summoner necro in the cow level. It takes a few moments setting up the army and turning the aura on but then you kill as fast as a javazon. But people hate it! Lag this lag that! I had a torrent of abuse almost every game - this from people who were following me around for the protection of my army! Incidentally it's an even more expensive set-up than the javazon

However Enchant isn't as powerful really as it seems on paper - the posts are in the Workshop

It led on to posts on Blaze here and in the Workshop which I think is another contender

When the amount of fun you have in a game is directly proportional to the amount of exp you cah churn out per minute, I don't see why anybody would play such an inferior class.

Except for meph runs, I mean.

Is this what you think?

As for sorcs one of the main reason they ruled 1.08 is that large amounts of godly gear was not available as it is now

Try one when 1.10 starts, you may surprise yourself