07-13-2004, 06:29 AM
It must be true that one hears one's name mentioned....
The general answer to the quest interlocks is : Yes, they are the same between classic and LOD.
As Crystalion has pointed out, there are many sharp tricks to reduce the effort, and time is what should be the determining factor when choosing between them. With the experience of last year and some new insights into tactics, I know that an 8 player setup (2 rushers and 6 mules) can produce hell runes rather fast, once the rushers have been fully setup. Enchanted skeletons with static field assistance in classic, where +skills are non-existant by LOD standards, basically crushed everything we encounted, making the classic portion of the rush rather easy (outside of Andy). I recall lvling from ~40 to ~60 in classic hell over 1/2 dozen games without any fear from monsters far above my clvl while wearing ordinary items. Classic Hell Andy seemed to like to have LI and FI around, along with a few boss packs to keep things interesting...I recall at least one battle that represented the majority time in the rune rush.
If I was going to enter into this effort again (and I'm not), I would add one additional character. A dedicated taxi sorc, with 105% fast cast, sufficient FHR and maxed teleport would have been very handy for the various scouting that needs to be done, as well as providing TPs to cut walking&fighting time....said sorc leaving appropriately for a 'closer' rusher. This 'quest' has a lot of interesting problems for the dedicated diablo player to overcome, and they will not yield their secrets easily, so if you go this route, expect to spend a lot time before you can routinely pop out a rune...but do expect to be able to do so :rolleyes:
The general answer to the quest interlocks is : Yes, they are the same between classic and LOD.
As Crystalion has pointed out, there are many sharp tricks to reduce the effort, and time is what should be the determining factor when choosing between them. With the experience of last year and some new insights into tactics, I know that an 8 player setup (2 rushers and 6 mules) can produce hell runes rather fast, once the rushers have been fully setup. Enchanted skeletons with static field assistance in classic, where +skills are non-existant by LOD standards, basically crushed everything we encounted, making the classic portion of the rush rather easy (outside of Andy). I recall lvling from ~40 to ~60 in classic hell over 1/2 dozen games without any fear from monsters far above my clvl while wearing ordinary items. Classic Hell Andy seemed to like to have LI and FI around, along with a few boss packs to keep things interesting...I recall at least one battle that represented the majority time in the rune rush.
If I was going to enter into this effort again (and I'm not), I would add one additional character. A dedicated taxi sorc, with 105% fast cast, sufficient FHR and maxed teleport would have been very handy for the various scouting that needs to be done, as well as providing TPs to cut walking&fighting time....said sorc leaving appropriately for a 'closer' rusher. This 'quest' has a lot of interesting problems for the dedicated diablo player to overcome, and they will not yield their secrets easily, so if you go this route, expect to spend a lot time before you can routinely pop out a rune...but do expect to be able to do so :rolleyes: