09-22-2003, 07:34 PM
gekko,Sep 22 2003, 06:18 PM Wrote:does cold mastery now pierce immunities? In other words, can I get through the game with only cold skills without having to rely entirely on a mercenary for non-cold damage?No. It's supposed to, according to the patch log, but right now it doesn't.
Even if it did, being able to break immunities isn't all it's hyped up to be. Firstly, you cannot count on being able to pierce all immunities: a fair amount of normal monsters and CE/magic resistant bosses have cold resists well over 100%. Since resistance-lowering skills are only at 20% effectiveness when attempting to pierce immunities, even L20 Cold Mastery could only pierce immunities if the monster had no more than 112% cold resist. Looking at monstats.txt, many monsters on Hell difficulty have cold resists of 130% and more, which are basically impossible to pierce with CM.
Secondly, even if you do manage to pierce an immunity, it still leaves the monster highly resistant which, coupled with high life regeneration, would make killing it a pain.
I don't feel that going single-tree is a wise idea if you are going to play solo unless you really want the extra "challenge". Having at least two elements available to you means many situations will be much easier to handle.
And the days are not full enough
And the nights are not full enough
And life slips by like a field mouse
____________.Not shaking the grass.
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And the nights are not full enough
And life slips by like a field mouse
____________.Not shaking the grass.
-- Ezra Pound, "And the days are not full enough"