The continuing saga of the Mickromancer

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When we last left our item deprived necro, he was leveling up in Act5
NM. Having milked that cow for allit was worth, I headed off to hell
mode. I breezed through act1 without a hitch, and still was running
with base life (just to see how long I could go with it). I made act 2
at level 71 and at first had no troubles at all. However, the Maggot
lair made it obvious that it was time to deposit some points into VIT.
As I had over 200 in the bank by this point, I dropped a fast 50 into
VIT and carried on. All went well until I reached the AS. After about
30 minutes of trying to make it through, I realized that I simply had
no hope here. The reason was quite simple: Skeletons and revives don't
work as they just clog things up on those narrow walkways, and ye olde
merc was dead in 10 seconds on his own. SO back to act1 for some levels
I went. I starting running Andariel and La Contessa. Items I found in
droves, but sadly not items for ME. I found Goldstrike, Thundergod's,
the ballista, 3 Iceblinks (one was too many already), Whitstan's Guard,
Magnus Skins, 2 Nagel rings, a Manald, 2 Mahim Oaks, a Crescent Moon
ammy, and 2 Ravenfrosts (all useless to a necro). Then I found a Spirit
Forge, and had the 2 rubies for it and Pratham said "I'll put that to
good use" and promptly died. Then I FINALLY found him a nice stick
(Spire of Honor) and now he can actually kill things. I have even
considered putting a hole in it and an AMN rune, as he currently cannot
leech. No luck in finding a decent ethereal polearm to socket for
Insight, so this may have to work for him. The REALLY annoying part is
that I have found SIX!!! rare grand crowns, when just ONE gold one
would have been SO appreciated. I still cannot gamble an ammy with
skills and decent mods. Tonight, if all goes well, I shall try to find
and dispatch the Summoner and head for act3. I know Duriel will not be
a problem, once I can get to him, and act3 is a necro's playground, so
that won't be too much trouble either.

Mickey

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Mark wrote:
> "Mickey" <mickeyb@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:1117556857.385530.75720@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > Items I found in
> > droves, but sadly not items for ME.
> >
> > No luck in finding a decent ethereal polearm to socket for
> > Insight, so this may have to work for him.
> >
> > I still cannot gamble an ammy with
> > skills and decent mods.
>
> If you're not set on doing it all yourself, let me know and I can send you
> some stuff in an ATMA's stash that will help your Necro a bit. I don't have
> anything near the items you use to have on the Realms, but I do have a fair
> collection of SP stuff.

Thanks Mark, but with the link you gave me to ATMA, I have a TON of
stuff, from playing the 1.10 beta. I haven't yet used any of it, as I
want to see how far I can go on my own. Rigth now, I am pounding away
at the pit at players 4. FOund many very nice items, but sadly not the
ones I want yet. WHat I really want is a good white or 2 socket wand
(for my White) and a good white or 2 socket head (for my Splendor). I
also need a decent 4 socket polearm for the Rabbi. At least MFing in
the pit in SP gets you massive XP, which while being of minor use to me
is a great help to said rabbi, as his ability to take a beating is
directly related to his level versus the level of the baddies.

Mickey

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Mark wrote:
> "Mickey" <mickeyb@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:1117637948.580525.75150@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >
> >
> > Thanks Mark, but with the link you gave me to ATMA, I have a TON of
> > stuff, from playing the 1.10 beta.
>
> Be aware, you can't transfer 1.10 beta items directly to 1.10 characters
> with ATMA's, you'll get a version conflict. You need to upgrade a beta
> character with the beta items to the current version in order for them to be
> compatible. Make sure you save a version of the original character so you
> can convert additional items too. Wait, now that I think about it, I believe
> you can create characters from earlier versions with ATMA's. Never mind.
> BTW, the same thing applies to 1.09, 1.08 items, etc. I learned this the
> hard way, I had items I had saved with Shadowmaster from earlier versions of
> the game, and I couldn't get them to work with current characters.

Yeah, I have about 5 versions of those character files, from the 1.09,
to the 1.10 beta to 1.10 itself. Just need to grab the right one

Mickey