Your biggest surprise from a chest?

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In NM I had a chest in the Durance lv 2 pop out a Kuko. Not an amazing find
by any stretch, but this was pretty early in my online period, and I didn't
have any MF characters yet (much less any idea how to go about building
one). I still didn't even know which one was best for MF'ing, so to find a
Kuko on my own was pretty exciting, especially considering that all the
other decent gear I ever had was given to me by the wonderful people I
played with on USWest!

I still remember how my eyes bugged out when I say "Cedar Bow" in gold.

Dave S.

"DeltaLima" <hotmailSP@AMdeltalima.com> wrote in message
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> Dunno if this was already asked here... but I got the idea yesterday.
>
> What was you biggest surprise from opening a simple chest? I wonder if
> it's possible to find a ZOD or only from a monster drop like last Baal?
> Maybe it was a unique you thought you would never find?
>

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DeltaLima wrote:
> Dunno if this was already asked here... but I got the idea yesterday.
>
> What was you biggest surprise from opening a simple chest? I wonder
> if it's possible to find a ZOD or only from a monster drop like last
> Baal? Maybe it was a unique you thought you would never find?

Ever? Probably the first time I ever had a Stormshield pop from one--well,
actually it popped out from under a rock, but I suppose it's all the same.

I say *first* time because I've had two more since--from chests, that is,
hehe. Understand that I've been playing this game a long time . . . way too
long.
--
chainbreaker--who now wonders just exactly how many chests he's opened and
rocks he's turned over total since he started playing this damned game,
anyway

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DeltaLima wrote:

> What was you biggest surprise from opening a simple chest? I wonder if it's
> possible to find a ZOD or only from a monster drop like last Baal? Maybe it
> was a unique you thought you would never find?

Two things:

1) A perfect Mara's from some chest or rat pile in the Hell Ancient
Tunnels.
2) An SoJ from a bone chest in Hell River of Flame, the only SoJ I've
ever found.

In 1.11 my Barb had a Greyform pop out of a chest in the NM Sewers. Not
that that's an elite unique, but I can't remember finding that armor
before. Sadly, like everything else he's finding, it comes about 50
levels too late.

Jill

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DeltaLima wrote:
> Dunno if this was already asked here... but I got the idea yesterday.
>
> What was you biggest surprise from opening a simple chest? I wonder if it's
> possible to find a ZOD or only from a monster drop like last Baal? Maybe it
> was a unique you thought you would never find?

Best item a chest ever dropped for me was Twitchthroe, rigid leather
armor. Now, before you say "Twitch!?!", let me explain. I was building
a HC conc barb, and I was intentionally NOT pumping dex. My goal was to
use Twitch and Swordguard (neither of which I had, mind you) to enhance
my block %, and save those valuable stat points for vit. It was normal,
I had just killed the Council and had descended into the Durance. The
VERY FIRST chest I popped gave me gold rigid leather, AND it was my
chars first unique item.

Unfortunately the ladder season (this was season 1) reset about two
days later, so I never did get this guy past act 1 nightmare.

-Jason

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"DeltaLima" <hotmailSP@AMdeltalima.com> wrote in message
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> Dunno if this was already asked here... but I got the idea yesterday.
>
> What was you biggest surprise from opening a simple chest? I wonder if
> it's possible to find a ZOD or only from a monster drop like last Baal?
> Maybe it was a unique you thought you would never find?
>

I got a Tal's amy from a barrel in Andarial's room in NM mode. I did not
know you could get that in early NM mode.

Steve

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1) Um rune from chest on level 2 in countess tower

2) Gull Dagger from chest in Icy Cavern Act 5 NM


--
Jake Mysterio - The Mysterious One of Nothingness.


"DeltaLima" <hotmailSP@AMdeltalima.com> wrote in message
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> Dunno if this was already asked here... but I got the idea yesterday.
>
> What was you biggest surprise from opening a simple chest? I wonder if
> it's possible to find a ZOD or only from a monster drop like last Baal?
> Maybe it was a unique you thought you would never find?
>

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Mine had just to be the best surprise..... 30 mara while doing mephisto
level 3 in hell.... since I open every box I run into LOL

ds.

"DeltaLima" <hotmailSP@AMdeltalima.com> wrote in message
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> Dunno if this was already asked here... but I got the idea yesterday.
>
> What was you biggest surprise from opening a simple chest? I wonder if
> it's possible to find a ZOD or only from a monster drop like last Baal?
> Maybe it was a unique you thought you would never find?
>

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"Steve W" <stwysongREMOVE@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Ashen Shugar" <deathsabyss@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:431a1ca9.36439718@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> >I think it was "Steve W" <stwysongREMOVE@sbcglobal.net> that wrote
> > something like...
> >
> >>
> >>"DeltaLima" <hotmailSP@AMdeltalima.com> wrote in message
> >>newsl%Re.25647$z07.436626@wagner.videotron.net...
> >>> Dunno if this was already asked here... but I got the idea yesterday.
> >>>
> >>> What was you biggest surprise from opening a simple chest? I wonder
if
> >>> it's possible to find a ZOD or only from a monster drop like last
Baal?
> >>> Maybe it was a unique you thought you would never find?
> >>>
> >>
> >>I got a Tal's amy from a barrel in Andarial's room in NM mode. I did
not
> >>know you could get that in early NM mode.
> >>
> >>Steve
> >>
> >
> > Hell, you can get Tal's ammy from the council members in Travincal in
> > Normal difficulty, or from that boss that's always at the entrance to
> > Lower Kurast from the Flayer Jungle.
> >
> > Ashen Shugar
>
>
> Didn't know that. The problem with finding nice items from
chests/barrels,
> is that I am stuck obsessively opening them in those locations until I
stop
> playing. Now I always pop every barrel in Andarial's room in all
> difficulties, and in a couple other locations I have been surprised by
nice
> chest drops.
>
> -Steve

I actually got a Tal's amy from normal Meph last ladder season, running a
brand-new Skellimancer with just about 0% mf. Many people refused to
believe it, but it's true. And it's the ONLY Tal's amy I have ever found
personally.

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Gabriele Neukam wrote:
> On that special day, Jake Mysterio, (cretin@dodo.com.au) said...
>
>> 2) Gull Dagger from chest in Icy Cavern Act 5 NM
>
> It took me about four years until I found mine this early summer - in
> a Classic game, from a chest in the Lut Gholein sewers, lvl1
>
>
> Gabriele Neukam
>
> Gabriele.Spamfighter.Neukam@t-online.de

One of the easiest way to gather a Gull is to do Normal Andy runs.

--
chainbreaker

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neithskye wrote:
> ~misfit~ wrote:
>
>> An alien. In the movie "Alien".
>
> LOL!
>
> Oh, misfit. You silly boy. You mean you didn't see that coming when
> all the thrashing and convulsing started?
>
> Just bought the Director's Cut of "Aliens". Man, do I love that movie.
>
> Jill
>
> Remember: short, controlled bursts.

My wife's still pissed that the movie and Sigourney Weaver didn't both
collect Oscars for it. :-)

--
chainbreaker

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~misfit~ wrote:
> neithskye wrote:

> > Oh, misfit. You silly boy. You mean you didn't see that coming when
> > all the thrashing and convulsing started?
>
> Actually, no. LOL, maybe I'm a little slow?

Well, the only reason I knew is because I was about 7 when that movie
came out, so obviously I didn't see it until years later, by which
point I knew what it was about.

I'm glad I knew - that way I could leave. I can't watch that scene at
all.

> (Or at least was then. Now I can
> foresee the plot in movies or TV programmes 90% of the time).

I can't. I remember talking with some co-workers a few years ago. They
were saying that anyone who didn't see the ending of "The Sixth Sense"
coming was an idiot. I, who never saw the ending coming at all, said
nothing. Guess I'm an idiot. :-)

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I guess I'm the jackass now to those who haven't seen that other film...
wow... Looks like I'll need to up my therapy, now...