06-11-2003, 05:27 PM
I've had a very strange week of MF on East. The week started Sunday afternoon with a minor setback, my main HC char ( lvl 65 Zon ) bit the dust ( ice really ) in the NM frozen river to a MSLE Snowman - I thought I was safe sniping at it with GA from well back and around a corner - didn't even see the bolt that got me, just sizzle then "your deeds will be remembered". :huh:
After a heavy sigh or two I decided to do some NM MF runs with my SC Zon - she does fine for MF in NM but has to don resist gear to live in Hell.
I generally do all of the Act 5 superuniques ( except Nihlathak too much of a PIA ), a Baal run and a Travincal/ Meph run, the Zon is lvl 64 so she still picks up decent exp on theses runs.
So, in the first run I get an Islestrike from Eldritch - I've been playing LOD from day one and this is the first one that has dropped for me - I have Druid at lvl 33 so this might be a semi-useful drop.
Couple of runs later Meph drops....... an Isletrike. Later that night, Snapchip drops...... an Islestrike.
I make a brief foray into Hell act 1 and and after mowing down an anonymous pack of critters
I see a green ammy and a gold defender. "Oh goody, another Cathan's ammy" I mutter. I get back to town, and Cain tells me that I've just found Tals Ammy and Visceratuant- both firsts for me.
Back to NM and Meph drops.... an Islestrike ( was there a special on them this weekend? ).
Monday evening after spending a couple of hours starting a new HC Assasin I tale a break and take Weezy ( by now lvl 67 Zon ) for a couple of MF runs - Headstriker, Howltusk, miscellaneous low green stuff.
Tuesday evening - first NM run Dac drops a Chromatic Ire cedar staff, again a first ( I traded it for a Buri - so, shoot me, I'll use it until I can upgrade my Goldstrike to a Hydra ). A quick foray into hell produces - Ginther's rift - another first. Back to NM and Meph drops.... Chromatic Ire ( I think I see where this is going) . Two runs later Meph drops Athena's wrath unique battle scythe ( Meph must like Druids , my Merc will use it until I get the Druid to 42 ), once again a first. Meph seems to like droping polearms - he also dropped Battlebranch and Tannr Gorerod for me Tuesday.
I ran NM Baal a bunch of times and the best he or his minions dropped was Isenhart's Lightbrand ( tightwad )
These are just the "highlights" - the items themselves may not be uber, but it was nice to find different stuff.
Here's the punchline.......
And, to top it off, all of these runs ( many - I didn't count ) Meph didn't drop a single Isenhart's case.
After a heavy sigh or two I decided to do some NM MF runs with my SC Zon - she does fine for MF in NM but has to don resist gear to live in Hell.
I generally do all of the Act 5 superuniques ( except Nihlathak too much of a PIA ), a Baal run and a Travincal/ Meph run, the Zon is lvl 64 so she still picks up decent exp on theses runs.
So, in the first run I get an Islestrike from Eldritch - I've been playing LOD from day one and this is the first one that has dropped for me - I have Druid at lvl 33 so this might be a semi-useful drop.
Couple of runs later Meph drops....... an Isletrike. Later that night, Snapchip drops...... an Islestrike.
I make a brief foray into Hell act 1 and and after mowing down an anonymous pack of critters
I see a green ammy and a gold defender. "Oh goody, another Cathan's ammy" I mutter. I get back to town, and Cain tells me that I've just found Tals Ammy and Visceratuant- both firsts for me.
Back to NM and Meph drops.... an Islestrike ( was there a special on them this weekend? ).
Monday evening after spending a couple of hours starting a new HC Assasin I tale a break and take Weezy ( by now lvl 67 Zon ) for a couple of MF runs - Headstriker, Howltusk, miscellaneous low green stuff.
Tuesday evening - first NM run Dac drops a Chromatic Ire cedar staff, again a first ( I traded it for a Buri - so, shoot me, I'll use it until I can upgrade my Goldstrike to a Hydra ). A quick foray into hell produces - Ginther's rift - another first. Back to NM and Meph drops.... Chromatic Ire ( I think I see where this is going) . Two runs later Meph drops Athena's wrath unique battle scythe ( Meph must like Druids , my Merc will use it until I get the Druid to 42 ), once again a first. Meph seems to like droping polearms - he also dropped Battlebranch and Tannr Gorerod for me Tuesday.
I ran NM Baal a bunch of times and the best he or his minions dropped was Isenhart's Lightbrand ( tightwad )
These are just the "highlights" - the items themselves may not be uber, but it was nice to find different stuff.
Here's the punchline.......
And, to top it off, all of these runs ( many - I didn't count ) Meph didn't drop a single Isenhart's case.
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.