06-07-2003, 12:49 AM
gold is more fun then endless mf runs. like i said i first started this way back in d2 when you could gamble nice items. i use my goldfind barb in d2c to gamble for +2 skill amulets. since there are less junk mods there i can get more +2 skill amulets. when i get one i like i can move it to lod. in lod most of the time i only gamble amulets but i use to gamble for rings alot too. other then those 2 items many people will gamble for circlets. ( remember those, shako, vamp and other uniqs arent the only nice helms ) and you can even use the gold to shop with ( and no you dont need a bot to do that) also you can buy or sell many items in the diabloii.net marketplace for gold. 1 Sol rune is worth +2mill gold. those that craft also gamble for the magic items they use to craft.
the best part of this build is you can get mass gold fast. kill the high council once and get 500k to 1.5 mill gold. you can then move it to a char that needs it.
two of the dumbest things Blizzard ever did was to change rares and how most are junk. it use to be you would mf for any rare in the hope you would get some killer mods, now very few people even stop to id them. the 2nd thing was to make it so hard to gamble for uniqs. back in d2 when you could gamble for a soj it would take 500k to 1.5mill to get one if you had the other 2 rings there. for LOD the odds should be lower but still not what the are. what this did was set the price of a soj in terms of something anyone can get if they spend the time gambling. even in LOD (before the last dupe BS) you could buy or sell a soj to many people for gold.
as to your last question the odds to gamble godly amulets (what i spend most of my time on) isnt that good. a good amulet to me is +2 mana leech with other mods or +2 caster amulets with good mods or even +3 skill amulets with a 2nd good mod. often you get very nice starter items but to get the very best takes a ton of gold. (thats why i like to gamble for amulets in d2c) if you gamble circlets it not hard to get a good +2 with leech but like anything to get a +2 duel leech with other good mods takes some time.
oh and as to "that brand of mind-numbing is less dull than any other recursive item cheeze" goldfind is way more fun then endless mf runs. but like anything it will get old after a while. thats why you should have other chars to play.
one last thing just because you cant to go with goldfind doesnt mean you cant also have high mf too. if you want a pure goldfind char then you'll need a ton of Lem runes and you wont have much more then 300% mf (merc/char) but if you want to get both high goldfind and high mf its not that hard to get over 700% mf and mass goldfind.
the best part of this build is you can get mass gold fast. kill the high council once and get 500k to 1.5 mill gold. you can then move it to a char that needs it.
two of the dumbest things Blizzard ever did was to change rares and how most are junk. it use to be you would mf for any rare in the hope you would get some killer mods, now very few people even stop to id them. the 2nd thing was to make it so hard to gamble for uniqs. back in d2 when you could gamble for a soj it would take 500k to 1.5mill to get one if you had the other 2 rings there. for LOD the odds should be lower but still not what the are. what this did was set the price of a soj in terms of something anyone can get if they spend the time gambling. even in LOD (before the last dupe BS) you could buy or sell a soj to many people for gold.
as to your last question the odds to gamble godly amulets (what i spend most of my time on) isnt that good. a good amulet to me is +2 mana leech with other mods or +2 caster amulets with good mods or even +3 skill amulets with a 2nd good mod. often you get very nice starter items but to get the very best takes a ton of gold. (thats why i like to gamble for amulets in d2c) if you gamble circlets it not hard to get a good +2 with leech but like anything to get a +2 duel leech with other good mods takes some time.
oh and as to "that brand of mind-numbing is less dull than any other recursive item cheeze" goldfind is way more fun then endless mf runs. but like anything it will get old after a while. thats why you should have other chars to play.
one last thing just because you cant to go with goldfind doesnt mean you cant also have high mf too. if you want a pure goldfind char then you'll need a ton of Lem runes and you wont have much more then 300% mf (merc/char) but if you want to get both high goldfind and high mf its not that hard to get over 700% mf and mass goldfind.
-Tempus-
Only play PoE now.
Only play PoE now.