08-09-2003, 12:49 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-09-2003, 12:51 AM by Crystalion.)
Since I'm an old D1 player I like that Holy Bolt is finally getting some attention from Blizzard but I'm wondering if anyone here can punch any holes in this simple concept as a rushee xp farming build...
Paladin. Key skill points:
20 Holy Bolt
20 Blessed Hammer
optional/useful skill points:
1 Prayer
1 Cleansing
1 Meditation (for people who don't like visits to town to buy lots of mana potions)
afaik no offensive aura aids Holy Bolt (please correct me).
see my post at the Amazon Basin for more/related details
The key thought is that you're doing over 2k damage per Holy Bolt and can rip through Anya Portal Defiled Warriors very fast even if they are way above your level (once you reach level 25 and end the xp nerf for that).
Since I've been studying rushing lately (not ready to publish) I know that it isn't a big deal to put a character into Nightmare at 20 and Hell at 40 (at this point I've not studied Anya portal rushing, but logically it can't be a worse block than the Ancients, so it should be a non-issue).
So give me a critique or help me put this in perspective... is mindless farming of ~ 50k experience every second or two significant, or outclassed by some other (requirement: mindless) v1.10 unbalanced build?
Paladin. Key skill points:
20 Holy Bolt
20 Blessed Hammer
optional/useful skill points:
1 Prayer
1 Cleansing
1 Meditation (for people who don't like visits to town to buy lots of mana potions)
afaik no offensive aura aids Holy Bolt (please correct me).
see my post at the Amazon Basin for more/related details
The key thought is that you're doing over 2k damage per Holy Bolt and can rip through Anya Portal Defiled Warriors very fast even if they are way above your level (once you reach level 25 and end the xp nerf for that).
Since I've been studying rushing lately (not ready to publish) I know that it isn't a big deal to put a character into Nightmare at 20 and Hell at 40 (at this point I've not studied Anya portal rushing, but logically it can't be a worse block than the Ancients, so it should be a non-issue).
So give me a critique or help me put this in perspective... is mindless farming of ~ 50k experience every second or two significant, or outclassed by some other (requirement: mindless) v1.10 unbalanced build?
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"Proto-matter... an unstable substance which every ethical scientist in the galaxy has denounced as dangerously unpredictable." -- Saavik, Star Trek III
"Mom! Dad! It's evil! Don't touch it!" -- Kevin, Time Bandits