Piss poor Countess drop. What's up?

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I am running a 17 druid (non-ladder) on LOD East. I decided to run the
countess to build up my bank. I finally kill her and she drops a tir, a
ral, one minor health potion and 285 gold. that is it. I have gotten better
drops from rakanishu. what is up with this? there weren't any magic items
on the fifth floor at all. all I found was a socketed superior dagger.
everything else was junk. there was a total of less than 1k loose gold. I
have never seen the tower looking this shabby. what is the DEAL???


UVB

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Ulric Van Bergen (UVB) wrote:
> I am running a 17 druid (non-ladder) on LOD East. I decided to run the
> countess to build up my bank. I finally kill her and she drops a tir, a
> ral, one minor health potion and 285 gold. that is it. I have gotten better
> drops from rakanishu. what is up with this? there weren't any magic items
> on the fifth floor at all. all I found was a socketed superior dagger.
> everything else was junk. there was a total of less than 1k loose gold. I
> have never seen the tower looking this shabby. what is the DEAL???

That is actually a darn fine normal countess run. Normal
countess is a reasonable source of low level runes, and
you got her highest and another one too. If you have a
horadric cube, after another hour of countess running, you
should be able to make an ancients pledge which is pretty
good for a really low level char without access to any
twinks.

Ian

(Oh, and stealth armour is *really* good too. I don't think
I have any chars more than lvl 17 not wearing one).

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Hi,

Joerg Frey <zyn@gmx.net> wrote in newsr4kq0ps83o0r92i8nd237stbk6l8ji7lr@
4ax.com:

> Freemont <yabba@dabba.doo> wrote:
>><ithinknot@youwish.com> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>>Your lvl 17 Druid did well to get a Tir and a Ral.
>
> Yes indeed, killed the hell Countess yesterday with my ama and
> couldn't believe it, got two ELDs.

my ThrowBarb already had the odd no-runes-at-all drop..

Regards,

OLiver

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> (Oh, and stealth armour is *really* good too. I don't think
> I have any chars more than lvl 17 not wearing one).
>

Stealth armor? *blinks*

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Ian Noble <fredd@clara.co.uk> wrote:

[snip]
>>Yes indeed, killed the hell Countess yesterday with my ama and
>>couldn't believe it, got two ELDs.
>
>My necro reached her in Hell yesterday and got just El/Eld.

Oooo-kay! That's even worse...


>Back above ground 60 seconds or so later, and a couple of stray Fallen
>dropped a Sol. And by the time I reached the Outer Cloister, with a
>brief detour via the Pit, I'd also gained a unique amulet (only the
>Eye of Etlich, but what the heck) and the first Buriza I've ever
>found.
>
>That's probability for you - the unusual happens all the time. Just
>not on average.

Dito, maybe that's why I'm not very into Countess, Shenk, Eldritch and
so on runs, 'cause e.g. on my way to one or another pit run the stuff
I may collect in the Tamoe highlands is quite as good (esp. talking
about runes).


J:
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"Joerg Frey" <zyn@gmx.net> wrote...
> Freemont <yabba@dabba.doo> wrote:
>><ithinknot@youwish.com> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>>Your lvl 17 Druid did well to get a Tir and a Ral.
>
> Yes indeed, killed the hell Countess yesterday with my ama and
> couldn't believe it, got two ELDs.
>

I couldn't believe it tonight when my one NM Countess run netted Eld, Ort,
and Hel.

I didn't even know she could drop a Hel in NM.

Where can I find data on who can drop what runes? Someone wrote that the
hell Hellforge can drop up to Gul, so how does one find higher runes?

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"Oliver Wenzel" <ouuch@t-online.de> wrote...
> Hi,
>
> "Brian Kastel" <bee-ar-eye-ay-en-kay-ay-ess-tee-ee-ell@tampabay.rr.com>
> wrote in news:8xxrd.110183$6w6.10844@tornado.tampabay.rr.com:
>
>> I couldn't believe it tonight when my one NM Countess run netted Eld,
>> Ort, and Hel.
>>
>> I didn't even know she could drop a Hel in NM.
>>
>> Where can I find data on who can drop what runes? Someone wrote that
>> the hell Hellforge can drop up to Gul, so how does one find higher
>> runes?
>
> just look here: http://diablo2.ingame.de/tips/calcs/dropcalc/
> in nightmare, max is KO, in Hell, LO. Also probabilities go way down
> after NM IO and Hell IST.

Awesome link. Thank you!

> My Enchantress is currently running NM Baal and got a VEX on the way to
> him.
>
> So if you're really after higher runes, pack a good char for killing
> power (no MF needed) and do Nightmare WSK2-3 at /players 8. With MF gear
> handy you can throw Baal on top of it...
>

I'll give it a try. Thanks again.