05-21-2003, 08:03 PM
Hi amro,
I item hunted er..."professionally" and had similar issues. Its long been a mystery to me how people get 'dream set-ups', because finding/trading for l33t things just doesnt seem to work. I don't know how anyone does it... I assume that that many people are involved with duping, but that's a pretty grim thing to acknoweldge.
My MF formula consisted of a lvl 88 HC barbarian, with 400+ MF (~600 if my merc got the kill) and these 2 words:
"Find Item". Known as 'horking', this skill is mighty impressive on things like the Council. I'd offer a demonstration if i didn't delete him recently...
Uh, so yeah ...I ended up collecting multiple 'decent' items, rather than risking my warrior's life for a chance at a l33t itam. My mf runs boiled down to Nightmare Council runs in the end, because I could get to them/kill them/hork them very quickly, and they always yielded something valuable... but what is valuble?
Is Razorswitch valuble? How about Clegaw's shield? Its up to the player I guess.
After hacks & duping ruined the ebay thing for legit item farmers, Diablo went back to being strictly recreational for me - and so I used my itemslut barb to dig up easily attainable 'decent' items to put toward tweaking variants, which is my favorite style of play. If you play, say, a salvation paladin, you can pretty much let go of any heightened expectations of rocking out in hell cow games, and the game becomes fun for other (I believe the INTENDED) reasons. There's no reason why a character who's ability peaks at level 45 should be any less fun to play than a cookie cutter. These kinds are actually WAY more fun to play, if you take into consideration how repetitive cow & blood runs are. Talk about making your eyes bleed with boredom...
When the average person is super-duper (pun intended :)) it becomes the role of the real players to shrug off those standards and do their own thing.
I item hunted er..."professionally" and had similar issues. Its long been a mystery to me how people get 'dream set-ups', because finding/trading for l33t things just doesnt seem to work. I don't know how anyone does it... I assume that that many people are involved with duping, but that's a pretty grim thing to acknoweldge.
My MF formula consisted of a lvl 88 HC barbarian, with 400+ MF (~600 if my merc got the kill) and these 2 words:
"Find Item". Known as 'horking', this skill is mighty impressive on things like the Council. I'd offer a demonstration if i didn't delete him recently...
Uh, so yeah ...I ended up collecting multiple 'decent' items, rather than risking my warrior's life for a chance at a l33t itam. My mf runs boiled down to Nightmare Council runs in the end, because I could get to them/kill them/hork them very quickly, and they always yielded something valuable... but what is valuble?
Is Razorswitch valuble? How about Clegaw's shield? Its up to the player I guess.
After hacks & duping ruined the ebay thing for legit item farmers, Diablo went back to being strictly recreational for me - and so I used my itemslut barb to dig up easily attainable 'decent' items to put toward tweaking variants, which is my favorite style of play. If you play, say, a salvation paladin, you can pretty much let go of any heightened expectations of rocking out in hell cow games, and the game becomes fun for other (I believe the INTENDED) reasons. There's no reason why a character who's ability peaks at level 45 should be any less fun to play than a cookie cutter. These kinds are actually WAY more fun to play, if you take into consideration how repetitive cow & blood runs are. Talk about making your eyes bleed with boredom...
When the average person is super-duper (pun intended :)) it becomes the role of the real players to shrug off those standards and do their own thing.
*Swarmalicious - USeast Hardcore
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men." - W Wonka
The Flying Booyaka and The Legend of Bonesnap
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men." - W Wonka
The Flying Booyaka and The Legend of Bonesnap