08-14-2003, 05:02 PM
Quote:I'm surprised they didn't nerf Delirium and Crescent Moon as well. Perhaps they will before release.
If they nerf Delerium they'd damn well better nerf boss pack density and ranged attack monster striking power ( especially Gloams ) in hell.
Delerium makes the multiple boss packs manageable - not easy but manageable.
At clvl 85 my LF/FA Hybrid Zon struggled mightily in the first two levels of the WSK. Multiple deaths, Gloam boss pack = instant death. I gave up and decided to try and find better gear, I'd found/crafted some decent gear but still had gaps. Resists were OK for hell. I wanted to find a Pul to upgrade my Titans so I decided to bide my time and do some Countess/Travincal/Meph/Ice Caves runs.
On one of the Countess runs I found a Io rune ( from a chest, not the Countess ). I'd been saving a 3 socket Death Mask and a Lem and Ist runes. I made my Delerium hat.
I tried it out on the merc first - with satisfying results. Then I put it on the Zon. LF + Delerium = a wonderful thing. I could care less about the 1% to get Delerium activated. Confuse is what I was after and it works like a charm.
Down into the WSK and slow advance plus delerium hat = fun, not frustration.
Confuse certainly helped against Lister's pack ( you have no idea how satsifying it is to see two of those guys butting each other in the head )
Of course Delerium was no help at all against Baal, but patience and multiple trips to town for mana and by clvl 85.95 my Zon was a Matriarch.
Some people are like slinkys, not really good for anything but you just can't help but smile when you see them tumble down the stairs.