1.10 Screenie thread

[Striker]

Wow... Fortunately they can only be formed on paladin shields and those rune words are rare; otherwise, pallys would lose yet another skill to these items (don't remember if Mercs can get defiance to level 16). This item is powerful. :blink:

EDIT: Forgot there are some shields besides pally-specific shields that can have 4 sockets... So this item can be used by any character that has the strength to equip a Hyperion, a Ward or a Blade Barrier. :(

GFrazier said in this thread that Exile is, indeed, a paladin only runeword.

[Olon97]

I might be out of my mind.. but the last time I played a smite paladin partied with an adaptive curse using necro, I could swear that life tap worked with smite. That was CD2 times, and I don't trust my memory - can anyone confirm? If life tap does allow smite to leach life, this exile runeword in a 4 socket elite pally shield is really a smite paladin's dream item. In no time flat there will be a guide saying it is the 'mandatory' equipment for the new 1.10 cookie cutter smiter build - even though those runes may very well continue to be extremely rare / expensive to trade for.

[Fragbait]

He said, as far as he knew it is NOT paladin-only, six or seven posts after he had stated that it's paladin-only.

So:

???

Greetings, Fragbait

[Elric of Grans]

[jondifool]

From page five in that thread , and with no later comments on the issue!

83. Re: May 19 - New Rune Words in Diablo II 1.10 | 5/19/2003 10:39:43 PM GMTDT          

Update: this Rune Word is for Paladin shields only.
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GFraizer (Nebu)

SO at the moment its a pally only shield! Next speculation is...?

[Obi2Kenobi]

Life tap is, indeed, the only way to leech while smiting. :)

[kandrathe]

I was looking at Wolf Howl a little closer... It seems that as an Elite Unique Class specific helm it should be harder to find than Arreat's Face, yet it seems Arreat's Face is a better helm even without the Druid junk. So you have +3 WarCries... Which skills might you be able to use while in wolf form. Probably not your combat skills, but certainly passive and maybe warcries. But using say war cry or battle orders, and then shifting into Werewolf form may sustain the war cry effect into wolf form (i'm thinking similiar to how cyclone armor does now). Then add in the additional speed and life boost from your wereform skills. ??? argh, my mind boggles with the possiblilites... weapon choices???

Also, by the example of this item, I was struck with the thought that maybe it may be possible that + to skills might now apply across classes for more than just these unique items. So, if one were to find a +3 to teleport helm (not charges), it might be that "teleport" may be a useable skill by any class who wears the helm. That would certainly open up character builds to a whole new dimension, and blur some of the lines between characters. Some + skillsas it is now in v1.09 skills (including summoning) were unspawnable on items. But, now maybe in v1.10 more skills, however weak, may be used by any class that wields the item. So, will we see a barbarian with a +3 Amplify Damage, or Fanaticism Aura? How about a sorceress with Conviction?

Anyway, these little leaks of information are driving me more nuts that waiting a year for the patch.

[Fragbait]

...now works with bows in 1.10.
http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/images/ot...ther/Melody.jpg


Greetings, Fragbait


EDIT: Nothing really new though, I'm afraid. Just the latest news from Mount Arreat.

[Vash]

I didn't understand that update...isn't Melody already for bows?

[jondifool]

its properly now works with crossbows also! (quess GF gonna edit that post!)

[Ruvanal]

its properly now works with crossbows also! (quess GF gonna edit that post!)

Umm...why are people saying that Melody does not work in crossbows? In the files the Melody rune word is listed as working in miss class weapons and the crossbows are correctly set up to be a subclass of the miss class (as are the bows). The rune word word fine in crossbows made with the 1.09 download patch.

[kandrathe]

I think they were revealing that they had fixed it so that the rune word will work for real this time. It was bugged before. Arrows would disappear before hitting the target and +skill bugs.

Old Maggot Lair Link #1

[Brista]

My guess is that they looked at the list of 1.10 runewords and picked this one out, not realising it had been in 1.09

:lol:

[Walkiry]

Ockam's razor? ;)

[kier]

OK, first things first. The new barb helm will only be good if it can be used with other skills, but that has yet to be determined, and knowing blizzard, they will let us find out ourselves.

The freezing target on the shield will have a similar effect as putting cham in a weapon, it has a chance to freeze. I wish they would tell us what the chance is, it probably is something like [1 target per sec]/speed.

Why can't the rune word go into a 4 soc elite shield? Does it say on the stats that the shield is paladin only, or does it say that it adds 2 to offensive auras? I can't be sure as I can't access it as i'm at collage, but i thought you could add it to any 4 soc shield.

And last, but not least, the helm that says "only available in 1.10 or later" has been like that since they were last planning to bring out the patch. This was probably set back due to the use of hacks, and there ideas on synergies etc.

[FenrisWulf]

Originally posted by kier
The new barb helm will only be good if it can be used with other skills...

I assume you're referring to other Barbarian skills, such as Frenzy, Berserk, Whirlwind? Then I disagree. The new Barb helm will be terrible if it can be used with other skills. There are only so many degrees of an item being acceptably overpowered, and allowing a Barbarian to gain +70% Life, +48% SIAS, +125% AR, +24% Life Leech, and 20% Faster Run/Walk (based off of current 1.09 skill descriptions), with absolutely no drawbacks, would completely transcend this barrier.

EDIT: Small mistake in my bonus descriptions.

[kandrathe]

I agree on combat skills. It would be interesting to have the wolf do war cries, and perhaps with an alternate wolf like voice. I'm thinking "Howl" !!! :D

[Vash]

*plots kandrathe's death* :P

[Fragbait]

The Phoenix Strike screenshot is in fact really interesting...

- 3 monsters not only 2 or 1 (you have to look really close :P )

- 1 Bone Spear Animation (I think it is)

- Some strange cracks on the floor when viewed with higher gamma

EDIT: see more of strange cracks on the floor in this thread.

- Obviously some other monster types in the worldstone keep

- Nightmare players 64? Some Rainbow Facet Jewels could be involved.



Just a guess.

Greetings, Fragbait


PS: *push*

[WarBlade]

- Some strange cracks on the floor when viewed with higher gamma

EH? :huh:

And yeah, cute addition of the Bone Spear (if that's what it is). It's a pity there's nothing emerging to the right of the Assassin so we can see it properly, although the blue trail and the impact flare are both present. :D