07-11-2003, 08:37 PM
The affix pool, as far as I *noticed* (don't have any .mpq haXXor skills), seems to have *enlarged*. The sucky mods are all still there, but the cool stuff popped in (ferocious, cruel, great wyrm's, bahamut's, dual leech in jewelery, 2-sockets). Result: rares are better now but can still be horribly sucky. Blizzo, what's wrong with chopping off the lower level affixes on high level itams??????? Grrrr..... :rolleyes:
The character has about 70% mf. Can't put much more or monsters eat me alive lol. But I still found a lot of rares in the early stages, with 0% mf. It's a frenzy mace barbarian w/ defiance merc (right now he's better than me lololol).
As for the item base level, I think it's as I said. Monsters' treasure classes (TCs) of 1.09 clearly favour low-end items like, say, leather/sharkskin/wyrmhide armors, as opposed to ancient/ornate/sacred armors. In 1.10, up to A5 NM, I have the definite impression the TCs were unchanged (99,99% sure!!). In A5 NM *some* monsters have had their TCs greatly beefed up, but others seem to have remained with the old TCs. As for hell, reports show a clear improvement on TCs. I'll tell you in a couple of hours, IF YOU JUST LET ME PLAY THE FRIGGIN' GAME AND STOP HARASSING ME WITH POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS :)
The character has about 70% mf. Can't put much more or monsters eat me alive lol. But I still found a lot of rares in the early stages, with 0% mf. It's a frenzy mace barbarian w/ defiance merc (right now he's better than me lololol).
As for the item base level, I think it's as I said. Monsters' treasure classes (TCs) of 1.09 clearly favour low-end items like, say, leather/sharkskin/wyrmhide armors, as opposed to ancient/ornate/sacred armors. In 1.10, up to A5 NM, I have the definite impression the TCs were unchanged (99,99% sure!!). In A5 NM *some* monsters have had their TCs greatly beefed up, but others seem to have remained with the old TCs. As for hell, reports show a clear improvement on TCs. I'll tell you in a couple of hours, IF YOU JUST LET ME PLAY THE FRIGGIN' GAME AND STOP HARASSING ME WITH POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS :)