02-02-2004, 12:49 AM
What was that about being richer? ;)
You know, it's a bit disturbing to have concluded this, but I think I might be addicted to running Mephisto. That's why I have this nice loot; I just run that very generous bugger over and over... I supposed I'm addicted to the treasure hunt, the thrill of "ooh, what's he going to drop next?" I doubt it'll last forever, because eventually, I'll have collected everything he is capable of dropping. Still waiting for Herald of Zakarum though...
As for details on HOW I do it, it goes like this:
1. Use my sorceress to find the Durance level 3. You know, just because it's bigger, doesn't mean that it's harder to find. I've found distinct patterns to the levels, and from the orientation of the area surrounding the waypoint, I can find level 3 of the durance 95% of the time in the first try (pick a route, check if it's there). Kinda sad, but it happens when you do this so often.
2. When I approach Meph, static field him to half, unless my merc gets hit a couple of times, then I just jump to town. I keep my merc alive as often as possible, because when you teleport through the durance, those blunderbore and doll types can stun lock you quick if you teleport into a pack of them. The merc takes the heat off, and slows them when the aura is activated.
3. Use my hammerdin to beat mephisto to within an inch of his life. Having static fielded him makes this take all of 5 seconds. Drop a portal for my sorceress to come and join the fun.
4. Switch weapons to my MF gear (gull dagger and Rhyme shield). As a result of so many runs, I have some incredible MF gear on my gal; 496% MF total to be exact.
5. Give him the ol' ice orb while the hammerdin just stands there, distracting him. I'm paranoid about the merc getting the killing blow, so I teleport around, not letting him get close. This is also to prevent him from distracting meph and getting killed before I can kill Meph.
6. Enjoy the loot, and watch the exp bar slowly get higher. Very slowly.
Every once in a while, my hammerdin will get hit and the Thundergod's Vigor's % chance to cast Fist of Heavens kills Meph. Doesn't happen very often anymore, as I leave Meph enough life to survive it if it is cast. Speaking of the hammerdin, he has max resists and good defense and blocking with holy shield, so Meph practically never hits him. It's kind of nice to just let him stand there with cleansing on while Mephisto tries to poison him and slap him to no avail.
My sorceress is level 80 with 496% MF. Mephisto drops a set and/or a unique (any kind) almost everytime. I'd say he drops pure crap (that is, only low end rares) once every 10 or so runs. Each run takes about 2 to 10 minutes, depending on how hard it was to find the durance level 3. Sometimes, you just can't find it until you've gone around the whole damn map. Somtimes, it's right beside the way point.
Well, that's HOW I came to get all this crap. Not raven frost though, that was dropped by the council in nightmare. You could have lots of stuff too, if you wanted to spend a ton of time slapping Mephisto up. I'm not completely hoarding this stuff though, I'm either making new builds (such as the one in this thread), or giving the gear away to friends. My runs have produced some stellar necro gear, all of which my friend is using on his latest zoomancer (something like +12 to curses and +8 to all skills... sick I tells ya). I can't trade because people are just unreasonable on Battle.net, so I run.
You know, it's a bit disturbing to have concluded this, but I think I might be addicted to running Mephisto. That's why I have this nice loot; I just run that very generous bugger over and over... I supposed I'm addicted to the treasure hunt, the thrill of "ooh, what's he going to drop next?" I doubt it'll last forever, because eventually, I'll have collected everything he is capable of dropping. Still waiting for Herald of Zakarum though...
As for details on HOW I do it, it goes like this:
1. Use my sorceress to find the Durance level 3. You know, just because it's bigger, doesn't mean that it's harder to find. I've found distinct patterns to the levels, and from the orientation of the area surrounding the waypoint, I can find level 3 of the durance 95% of the time in the first try (pick a route, check if it's there). Kinda sad, but it happens when you do this so often.
2. When I approach Meph, static field him to half, unless my merc gets hit a couple of times, then I just jump to town. I keep my merc alive as often as possible, because when you teleport through the durance, those blunderbore and doll types can stun lock you quick if you teleport into a pack of them. The merc takes the heat off, and slows them when the aura is activated.
3. Use my hammerdin to beat mephisto to within an inch of his life. Having static fielded him makes this take all of 5 seconds. Drop a portal for my sorceress to come and join the fun.
4. Switch weapons to my MF gear (gull dagger and Rhyme shield). As a result of so many runs, I have some incredible MF gear on my gal; 496% MF total to be exact.
5. Give him the ol' ice orb while the hammerdin just stands there, distracting him. I'm paranoid about the merc getting the killing blow, so I teleport around, not letting him get close. This is also to prevent him from distracting meph and getting killed before I can kill Meph.
6. Enjoy the loot, and watch the exp bar slowly get higher. Very slowly.
Every once in a while, my hammerdin will get hit and the Thundergod's Vigor's % chance to cast Fist of Heavens kills Meph. Doesn't happen very often anymore, as I leave Meph enough life to survive it if it is cast. Speaking of the hammerdin, he has max resists and good defense and blocking with holy shield, so Meph practically never hits him. It's kind of nice to just let him stand there with cleansing on while Mephisto tries to poison him and slap him to no avail.
My sorceress is level 80 with 496% MF. Mephisto drops a set and/or a unique (any kind) almost everytime. I'd say he drops pure crap (that is, only low end rares) once every 10 or so runs. Each run takes about 2 to 10 minutes, depending on how hard it was to find the durance level 3. Sometimes, you just can't find it until you've gone around the whole damn map. Somtimes, it's right beside the way point.
Well, that's HOW I came to get all this crap. Not raven frost though, that was dropped by the council in nightmare. You could have lots of stuff too, if you wanted to spend a ton of time slapping Mephisto up. I'm not completely hoarding this stuff though, I'm either making new builds (such as the one in this thread), or giving the gear away to friends. My runs have produced some stellar necro gear, all of which my friend is using on his latest zoomancer (something like +12 to curses and +8 to all skills... sick I tells ya). I can't trade because people are just unreasonable on Battle.net, so I run.
"Yay! We did it!"
"Who are you?"
"Um, uh... just ... a guy." *flee*
"Who are you?"
"Um, uh... just ... a guy." *flee*