NeverDeath

[Crystalion]

AFAIK Artisan's and Jewelers don't spawn on Circlets. Now this info comes from the AS, what we all know is at least a mile off. .. Anyone has any ideas where one can find that info? (I know, in the MPQs, but I mean in human readable format?)

Try diablo2.de affixes for v1.10 lister where you'll see, as usual, that Ruvanal is correct.

About the no-need-if-you're-not-there idea: well, yes, I'd rather play an enigma windy as well ;)

Speedy feet and CC (crowd control) work pretty well also. But yes, Enigma is on my "lofty ambitions" list for ladder. ;)

Also, my sorcerers found, that en route to, say Durance 3 or World stone chamber, it would've been nice to be able to avoid the stray shot that put me into hit recovery/ block lock.

iirc Tommi's pages show a dramatic improvement for sorc hit recovery when you have a modest amount of fhr gear. The subject of fast block in v1.10 I feel is still not fully understood, so I can't comment on that aspect here. Certainly it is nice to avoid HR entirely, and one trick I presently have in that department is to have one of the new ways to cast Oak Sage with my sorc for such dangerous teleport missions. Ironically the best one for that, Nature's Peace, is also the cheapest option (trade prices as I know them... ymmv).

"Oh why oh WHY did they not fix the assassin-always-misses-in-melee bug"

Ah, thanks for reminding me about that. I understood it somewhat in beta, so, if they didn't "fix" any of it, I'll have to play with the mechanics again before I go and do something hasty, like build a melee 'sin. :D But I rather suspect the pain of the effect can be contained to a reasonable level.

But your ideas gave me the thought of making a BERSERKER along this line.

Let us know if you have any luck with it. I think a zealot/smiter with the lifetap runeword shield (Exile's Path, very spendy at VexOhmIstDol) and +combat skills of life everlasting circ/ammy would be pretty awesome also (need crushing blow, clearly).