08-07-2003, 06:51 PM
Those of you who have ventured into 1.10 Hell have discovered a few new realities.
1) Town portal tomes need to be able to carry about 100 scrolls
2) They're now selling mana in town for a reason
3) Crowd control needs to be re-named horde control
4) MF is a luxury you can no longer afford ( unless it comes with something useful )
5) pre-planning body recovery is now more important than ever
6) Gold is now good for something other than gambling ( see 7 )
and
7) Your merc is now no longer a meat sheild so much as he is an animated alarm system. When you hear your merc die it's time to run away unless you want to join him. And your merc will die, often, even with really, really good gear.
So, I've come to believe that the real intended use of the Rainbow Facet jewels is that they are most useful as "dead man" switches on your merc.
Mercs now die a lot. So make them useful and use them as suicide bombers with a rainbow facet jewel. Even better if you can get all four bombs.
Continue to re-hire lower level mercs and equip them with the level-up bombs if you can get those.
Now all I need to do is find one of the damn things.
1) Town portal tomes need to be able to carry about 100 scrolls
2) They're now selling mana in town for a reason
3) Crowd control needs to be re-named horde control
4) MF is a luxury you can no longer afford ( unless it comes with something useful )
5) pre-planning body recovery is now more important than ever
6) Gold is now good for something other than gambling ( see 7 )
and
7) Your merc is now no longer a meat sheild so much as he is an animated alarm system. When you hear your merc die it's time to run away unless you want to join him. And your merc will die, often, even with really, really good gear.
So, I've come to believe that the real intended use of the Rainbow Facet jewels is that they are most useful as "dead man" switches on your merc.
Mercs now die a lot. So make them useful and use them as suicide bombers with a rainbow facet jewel. Even better if you can get all four bombs.
Continue to re-hire lower level mercs and equip them with the level-up bombs if you can get those.
Now all I need to do is find one of the damn things.
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.