11-17-2006, 10:49 AM
There are typically two scenarios for unique item hunting. One is the Laz run. The other is the low level boss run (difficulty level is determined by the base item). The odds for normal monsters just aren't good enough in most cases... you have to jump through so many hoops just to get a magical item of the desired base type, and then there is only a 2% chance of it being unique. The exceptions would be if the item has such a low qlvl that no boss can drop it, or maybe if the desired item is a ring (since jewelry is 100% magical even from normal monsters).
Dlvl 2 can actually have quite a number of unique monsters compared to almost any level except 15. There are 9 of them to pick from, and obviously one of those is guaranteed to appear and very hard to miss. So there is a pretty good chance that you can kill 3 or 4 bosses on level 2 any time you look. The only problem is, it's not like level 15 where they all shack up in the same bed. So it is a bit of a pain telporting around the level finding bosses.
Laz runs for Dreamflange, Stormshield, Naj's, RC, Windforce, etc. Level 2 boss runs on normal are good for Civerb's Cudgel, and Thinking Cap (although most people probably get Thinking Cap while they are doing Laz runs for the high end stuff). Level 2 boss runs on nightmare for Helm of Sprits.
Dlvl 2 can actually have quite a number of unique monsters compared to almost any level except 15. There are 9 of them to pick from, and obviously one of those is guaranteed to appear and very hard to miss. So there is a pretty good chance that you can kill 3 or 4 bosses on level 2 any time you look. The only problem is, it's not like level 15 where they all shack up in the same bed. So it is a bit of a pain telporting around the level finding bosses.
Laz runs for Dreamflange, Stormshield, Naj's, RC, Windforce, etc. Level 2 boss runs on normal are good for Civerb's Cudgel, and Thinking Cap (although most people probably get Thinking Cap while they are doing Laz runs for the high end stuff). Level 2 boss runs on nightmare for Helm of Sprits.