07-01-2006, 12:15 AM
Quote:Forgive my maybe rude sidemark, but thorny effects, and especially Iron Maiden, are outdated since ... uhm ... 1.04 IIRC, and for sure since LoD release, when monster HPs compared to their dealt out damage shoot right away through the roof and physical resistance was invented on a 'free4allthatismonster' base.
I'm not offended in the least bit. If you saw the necromancer I had, you'd be quick to take that remark back. With level 39 Iron Maiden, level 43 Iron Golem the "outdated" % damage return quickly becomes "updated". (I may be a bit rusty with numbers but I believe the % returned was around +3k%). Killing the first monster with the use of an Iron Golem+IM took about 3-5 seconds. Compared to a casters kill rate this is not outstanding, but once that body was CE'd (remember, the main skill used to kill was CE) fireworks happened. On levels like the Cowlevel the only person who outkilled me speed wise was a Javazon.
And if you still don't believe me, boot up UDIE II or another Char editor and try out Hell cows in SP. I promise the build works;)
Quote:MSLEBs can't spawn anymore, or to be precisely, the Multishot attribute isn't carried over to triggered Bolts of a Lightning Enchanted Boss (or, same thing here, beetles).
And after that, there was much rejoicing:)
Cheers,
Munk
Quote:I don't plan on playing online for about a month and a half until I get back to Purdue in August. So, yes, I will be playing SP for a while:)
I'll be back at Boston Univ. about the same time. I'll see if I can find some free time to boot up Diablo II. It'd be nice to play on Battle.net again.
Cheers,
Munk