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This is obviously inspired by Ghins amazing Blog
Ghins amazing Blog
Rules:
Full clear (Kill All monsters)
Rerun allowed on Act bosses (I get to kill: Normal Andariel 1 time, Normal Duriel 2 times, Normal Mephisto 3 times and so on. Nightmare Andariel 6 times )
Runes//Gems//jewels//Charms as Normal
Only allowed to use items dropped by Act bosses (except for starting items) So I wont use items that drops from normal mobs or mini-bosses ()
Players 8, all the time
Mercenary can use Any items
Untwinked
Intro:
The dark wanderer fled across the wilderness and the warrior followed. The forests around the old monastery had been infected and the warrior had several times been attacked by monstrous creatures. A day ago he met a small party tcrossed his path, they told him about a camp in where he could seek shelter and he guessed the walls he could see in the horizon belonged to this small settlement.
Here we go
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Den of Evil:
+ Show Spoiler +![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/dfMRF.png?1418) Rawr! First Charm! ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/DnG2V.png) With Blood Moor Cleansed it was time for The Den \o/ ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/wfEyQ.png) Broken sword! That's nothing, eat Holy fire Romero Zombie!
With the Den of Evil cleared a huge feast was served, much wine consumed and with renewed confidence our hero sat out to clear the adjacent areas (Rumors of a demon had been flowing around the campfire and promises of assistance where made...)
Blood Raven:
+ Show Spoiler +![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/kXC0P.png) This gentleman greeted me once I left the blood moor, Immune to fire -> Might ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Grcqh.png) Archer boss in the Caves :< ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/hH56M.png) Blood Raven went down and now its time for the crypts in this forsaken graveyard :o But with a Merc it shouldnt be much of a problem
Cain and the Dark Tower:
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Lvl 17 and got the Pit left in Highlands, soon Holy Freeze \o/
The Monastery and the Demon:
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Items!
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The merchant Warriv offered to take me to the city Lut Gholein now that the road was safer, rumor has it that an evil sleeps beneath the dessert and that the Wanderer seeks to awaken it...
(Arrived in Act II, got myself a Blessed Aim Merc named Neeraj and as someone mentioned earlier this guy could probably solo this act with one exception. So what should we do about this Duriel guy? Lets find out.)
The Second Act:
+ Show Spoiler +![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/8j1pS.png) Monster in the sewers? Mr Kings IT was a lot scarier and I dispatched this one with a few thumps on the head. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/DmXsQ.png) Finally I can do something about all those small rejuvenation potions and gems ^.^ ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/8xmjg.png) The Sky darkened when I entered the lost city ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/s7vp2.png) And it appeared that snakes where the culprits! When I was done with those slippery buggers, you couldn't even make shoes out of them. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/A6B5N.png) Easy Peasy lemon squeezy 
But now its time for all those fukken Tombs v.v
See you again in a thousand years...
Or maby not (what can beat a bored swede?)
+ Show Spoiler +![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/fOokE.png) Tombs Tombs Tombs... (It was an exercise in switching between holy shock and resist lightning) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/yd5FN.png) The calmness before the storm? More like screaming at my xp meter to jump 4k point (about 3-4 mobs)
Duriel:
+ Show Spoiler +Horrific noises arose from the dark cave the lightning had revealed. With a torch in one hand and my club raised I charged into the darkness with my companion following me... + Show Spoiler +My new items are sword with very fast attack speed a belt with some hp and in my second killing I got boots with 10% faster run and walk. + Show Spoiler +
Act III
+ Show Spoiler +![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/sApfc.png) Chewing bubblegum and kicking maggot-ass! ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/hSxad.png) Flayer Jungle, the place you at first cant find and when you do, cant find your way out... ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/SDkKP.png) BAZINGA! ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/wjVaA.png) A cursed vulture almost spelled out doom, but a rejuvenation potion saved me. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/oyXUk.png) Cruel! (also found cathan helm + armor) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/soZ7A.png) Rawr! ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/FQc18.png) Might aura and Meteors ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/GvrqJ.png) Mephisto – Not in the face! ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/TwjtU.png) 1st kill Second and third kill didn't give much... LIES! I got my first armor \o/ (Breast plate with 8 lightning res) Current items: + Show Spoiler +Helm: Great Helm with 16 cold res Amulet: 18 lightning res and 10 mf Ring1; :< (none) Ring2: :< Gloves: none Boots: Hsaru's Iron Heel Armor: Breast plate with 8 lightning res Belt: 17hp, 24 poison res Weapon: Broad sword, Very fast AS, 50 AR Shield: Buckler
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Paladin is the terran of Diablo 2.
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On July 30 2011 02:55 Slunk wrote:
Paladin is the terran of Diablo 2.
And Barbarian is protoss. Though I'm not sure about Zerg.
Looking forward to this. Another nice nostalgia trip.
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On July 30 2011 02:59 Gliche wrote:And Barbarian is protoss. Though I'm not sure about Zerg. Looking forward to this. Another nice nostalgia trip.
Summoner necro is zerg obv.
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No one likes a Lagomancer.
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Bah, Blasphemy! =D
Good luck in your adventure, holy one...
Also, if you don't want to waste a ton of time farming gear, might want to get rid of the "boss-drops-only" rule...
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United Kingdom16710 Posts
Damn hammerdins still give me nightmares.
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Bow Amazon = Zerg
best char = best race!^^
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The non-boss drops only will make it hard for an act or two into the first difficulty, and then you can just farm them for good stuff. That said, if you can pass the first act with beginner items only...
Anything off the ground eg. first belt that auto equips gets taken off or included in beginner items? If it's the latter you have a chance.
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On July 30 2011 03:25 Cyber_Cheese wrote:
The non-boss drops only will make it hard for an act or two into the first difficulty, and then you can just farm them for good stuff. That said, if you can pass the first act with beginner items only...
Anything off the ground eg. first belt that auto equips gets taken off or included in beginner items? If it's the latter you have a chance.
if a belt drops from a boss I can use it
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I like the idea, though i doubt you'll handle Duriel T_T
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On July 30 2011 03:49 Horiz0n wrote:Show nested quote +On July 30 2011 03:25 Cyber_Cheese wrote:
The non-boss drops only will make it hard for an act or two into the first difficulty, and then you can just farm them for good stuff. That said, if you can pass the first act with beginner items only...
Anything off the ground eg. first belt that auto equips gets taken off or included in beginner items? If it's the latter you have a chance. if a belt drops from a boss I can use it
Yeah but a random belt will drop before a boss will drop one, and you will need to get money for potions somehow, said belt would be de-equipped?
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You might want to clarify your rules, a few are pretty confusing.
And...
Wait what?
So you can only kill mobs ONCE? As in, you can't just remake a new game to farm for more mob exp?
... Even if you full clear, I still don't think there's enough exp for you to progress through the game.
I'd say prove me wrong, but then again there's no one to hold you accountable;)
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On July 30 2011 04:11 Ravencruiser wrote:
You might want to clarify your rules, a few are pretty confusing.
And...
Wait what?
So you can only kill mobs ONCE? As in, you can't just remake a new game to farm for more mob exp?
... Even if you full clear, I still don't think there's enough exp for you to progress through the game.
I'd say prove me wrong, but then again there's no one to hold you accountable;)
He's on players 8. He'll be level 30 before he hits the end of Act 3.
Although I think I was replaying large sections of the map to get that high level on my players 8 game...
He is allowed to farm Andy though, so once he gets past Act1 he should be in the clear as far as decent loot and level are concerned.
Also I just reread his rules. It does say Full Clear, but does that just mean no running away from enemies or does he have to hunt down an kill anything in an area he walks into...?
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There's definitely enough xp to go through the game. On my first actual playthrough of the game, I got to like level 33 in early act 4 because you kill a LOT of monsters by playing through all the quests, instead of just rushing through.
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ohhhhh....good memories I might play it again just for fun
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Seems like the merc is gonna do most of the job.
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Normal is easily doable (extremely easily), Nightmare will be a pain, and I don't think Hell will be possible. I've done similar (nothing exactly like this) many times and Hell, at least since v1.10 which came out years ago, seems impossible decent gear (not great gear, and not a great build, just decent gear) and a decent level. I wish you luck and hope you have fun, because D2 is always a fucking blast.
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I solo ran with a holy shock din once. It was hilarious to see entire screens get cleared just by running through them. Then I hit nightmare. Got stuck around act 4  Are shockadins viable in hell without good/high end gear...?
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On July 30 2011 04:22 Magus wrote:Show nested quote +On July 30 2011 04:11 Ravencruiser wrote:
You might want to clarify your rules, a few are pretty confusing.
And...
Wait what?
So you can only kill mobs ONCE? As in, you can't just remake a new game to farm for more mob exp?
... Even if you full clear, I still don't think there's enough exp for you to progress through the game.
I'd say prove me wrong, but then again there's no one to hold you accountable;) He's on players 8. He'll be level 30 before he hits the end of Act 3. Although I think I was replaying large sections of the map to get that high level on my players 8 game... He is allowed to farm Andy though, so once he gets past Act1 he should be in the clear as far as decent loot and level are concerned.Also I just reread his rules. It does say Full Clear, but does that just mean no running away from enemies or does he have to hunt down an kill anything in an area he walks into...?
From what I can tell, he has limited boss runs.
Rerun allowed on Act bosses (I get to kill: Normal Andariel 1 time, Normal Duriel 2 times, Normal Mephisto 3 times and so on)
How many times do you get NM Andariel? is it 1 or 6?
On July 30 2011 05:33 RANDOMCL wrote:
Normal is easily doable (extremely easily), Nightmare will be a pain, and I don't think Hell will be possible. I've done similar (nothing exactly like this) many times and Hell, at least since v1.10 which came out years ago, seems impossible decent gear (not great gear, and not a great build, just decent gear) and a decent level. I wish you luck and hope you have fun, because D2 is always a fucking blast.
Really? Nightmare has always been by far the easiest act every time I play through, twinked or untwinked, spelcaster or otherwise (though spellcasters makes NM almost trivial). Though the equipment restriction might complicate things. I still believe Normal will be harder than NM. Fighting Duriel with only whatever Andy happens to drop is gonna be rough
On July 30 2011 06:06 jellyfish wrote:I solo ran with a holy shock din once. It was hilarious to see entire screens get cleared just by running through them. Then I hit nightmare. Got stuck around act 4 Are shockadins viable in hell without good/high end gear...?
Depends what you define as good. Guardian Angel armor was the best piece of equipment I had on my Shockadin. Definitely not high end, but I consider it somewhat decent
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Cool idea! I didn't know Holy shock was that effective. You'll have a hard time with light immunes.. I just started playing on a necromancer on hc classic (europe) myself.
If some one wants to play pm me, there is like no one playing - wich is kind of good, no bots, no pkers. (I'm lvl 65)
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On July 30 2011 03:03 Torte de Lini wrote:
No one likes a Lagomancer.
I beg to differ...me and an online friend are duo-ing D2 Hell Unleashed and if it weren't for my summoner necro we'd be long dead. Meat shieeeelds.
We can't beat Duriel on normal TT...
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You can reduce duriel's damage using cold resist aura and thawing potions, but even then I think you'll die (on normal). IMO take out the no picking up items rule, but it's your funeral.
edit: I died to hell fangskin a few days ago. Gonna try again tonight with full fire resist, full 75 (25%) block rate, high level vigor aura, a single cloak of shadows, and running to the altar before they can kill me to death T_T. I hate how it's impossible to pull monsters anymore.
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I tried wasting time the last 7 hours, and I find this blog NOW sounds amazing, I think I will give it a go with a summoner
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your Country52797 Posts
No using items except for act bosses? Are you insane?
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On July 30 2011 07:32 Purind wrote:Show nested quote +On July 30 2011 05:33 RANDOMCL wrote:
Normal is easily doable (extremely easily), Nightmare will be a pain, and I don't think Hell will be possible. I've done similar (nothing exactly like this) many times and Hell, at least since v1.10 which came out years ago, seems impossible decent gear (not great gear, and not a great build, just decent gear) and a decent level. I wish you luck and hope you have fun, because D2 is always a fucking blast. Really? Nightmare has always been by far the easiest act every time I play through, twinked or untwinked, spelcaster or otherwise (though spellcasters makes NM almost trivial). Though the equipment restriction might complicate things. I still believe Normal will be harder than NM. Fighting Duriel with only whatever Andy happens to drop is gonna be rough
I don't really understand how Nightmare would be easier than Normal, but it may just be a difference in playstyles. Using the default weapon against Duriel should be easy, but will take some time. A merc alone will destroy most of Normal on its own. Most of normal can be done by simple melee -> pots -> portal -> get more pots xN. In Nightmare, you'll start getting one shot more often by bosses, making that not work. Nightmare melee is going to be hell, no matter what skills you have. Hell will be unbearable. I could see using the beginning weapon all the way through Normal pretty easily. I've played through is so many hundreds of times, I guess I am just used to portal and potioning forever.
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On July 30 2011 08:08 obesechicken13 wrote:
You can reduce duriel's damage using cold resist aura and thawing potions, but even then I think you'll die (on normal). IMO take out the no picking up items rule, but it's your funeral.
edit: I died to hell fangskin a few days ago. Gonna try again tonight with full fire resist, full 75 (25%) block rate, high level vigor aura, a single cloak of shadows, and running to the altar before they can kill me to death T_T. I hate how it's impossible to pull monsters anymore.
ARe you referring to me? Or to him? Because Hell Unleashed is a whole different can of worms than Diablo 2.
It's like Diablo 2 and Baldur's Gate mushed together...the boss fights take like 5+ minutes with a 2-3 man party, and most of the time you're chugging potions like mad.
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What kind of merc name is Divo? hahaha
Good luck!
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