07-04-2003, 08:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-04-2003, 08:48 PM by Professor Frink.)
Got the patch, picked a new necro, noticed how it seems to be begging you to create a bone-skills page necro, so I obliged.
I haven't noticed the rune scarcity that others have complained about--killing the countess at players 1/normal dropped me an Eld and a Ral(!) and i've gotten a few more as of early act 2. Are you guys using old characters? Maybe that's a one-time Uberdrop for me.
Yowza boss poison is kicked up, even with my new Cleglaw's Claw (75% poison duration reduce) andariel and radament's poison damage was brutal relative to their physical attacks. The temporary +50% poision res on the antidotes makes it worth loading a row (or more) for them. Temporary no-stamina loss after the stamina potion makes them useful, too, at least early on.
Apparent synergy bug: The bonus to Bone Armor from Bone Wall is listed as +15% damaged absorbed... but the actual effect (at least on the skill tab) is +15 points per level. Since Bone Armor itself only gets 10 points per level, and a mana cost boost, getting more than one point in BA actually hurts, at least until you've maxed Bone Wall and possibly Bone Prison.
Even if it were +15% you'd be better off with more BW than more BA at some point (I'm guessing this is how it works with most/all synergetic skills--get more points in high-level skills, even to use the low-level ones? seems to for necro bone tab).
Rares do seem to usually get more mods.
Does anyone know if the "Eth is ITD" bug has been fixed, and if so, what the Eth rune actually does in a weapon now? (I'm not entirely clear on what exactly -25% target's defense means, are 4 Eths ITD now?)
Edit: a bit more: Things seem much less inclined to attack a bonewall; the only thing I saw do it for sure was radament. Both my merc and other monsters would wander back and forth with their path blocked by it without attacking.
Does anyone have any info on player poision damage stacking? They seem to change that every patch...
-- Frink
I haven't noticed the rune scarcity that others have complained about--killing the countess at players 1/normal dropped me an Eld and a Ral(!) and i've gotten a few more as of early act 2. Are you guys using old characters? Maybe that's a one-time Uberdrop for me.
Yowza boss poison is kicked up, even with my new Cleglaw's Claw (75% poison duration reduce) andariel and radament's poison damage was brutal relative to their physical attacks. The temporary +50% poision res on the antidotes makes it worth loading a row (or more) for them. Temporary no-stamina loss after the stamina potion makes them useful, too, at least early on.
Apparent synergy bug: The bonus to Bone Armor from Bone Wall is listed as +15% damaged absorbed... but the actual effect (at least on the skill tab) is +15 points per level. Since Bone Armor itself only gets 10 points per level, and a mana cost boost, getting more than one point in BA actually hurts, at least until you've maxed Bone Wall and possibly Bone Prison.
Even if it were +15% you'd be better off with more BW than more BA at some point (I'm guessing this is how it works with most/all synergetic skills--get more points in high-level skills, even to use the low-level ones? seems to for necro bone tab).
Rares do seem to usually get more mods.
Does anyone know if the "Eth is ITD" bug has been fixed, and if so, what the Eth rune actually does in a weapon now? (I'm not entirely clear on what exactly -25% target's defense means, are 4 Eths ITD now?)
Edit: a bit more: Things seem much less inclined to attack a bonewall; the only thing I saw do it for sure was radament. Both my merc and other monsters would wander back and forth with their path blocked by it without attacking.
Does anyone have any info on player poision damage stacking? They seem to change that every patch...
-- Frink