CE - Rejuvs

[Diane]

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Did you know that you can get a full rejuv by transmogrifying every little
rejuv? The recipe isn't 3 for 1, it's 1 for 1. WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Diane

 

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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 03:52:20 GMT, Diane <kirchbabe1@verizon.net>
wrote:

>Did you know that you can get a full rejuv by transmogrifying every little
>rejuv? The recipe isn't 3 for 1, it's 1 for 1. WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
>
>Diane

Oh, God, do *not* tell me that. The Druid got a full page of full
rejuvs just cubing them 3 to 1. You might try cubing a rune or two,
too, you may get the next rune, if I'm reading the readme correctly.

BTW, the Druid found a couple of hearts, which I *could* right-click
to get the Zods, but since neither of them is *near* being able to use
them yet, I figure I'll wait. And Art was right about the price on
those souls, 7.5 million is absolutely *ridiculous* for something that
only sells for 1390 after you change it into an egg ;-)

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
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Diane wrote:
> Did you know that you can get a full rejuv by transmogrifying every little
> rejuv? The recipe isn't 3 for 1, it's 1 for 1. WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
>
> Diane
Just how did you figure this one out?! LOL

 

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sidekick wrote:
> Diane wrote:
>
>> Did you know that you can get a full rejuv by transmogrifying every
>> little rejuv? The recipe isn't 3 for 1, it's 1 for 1.
>> WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
>>
>> Diane
>
> Just how did you figure this one out?! LOL


Nevermind...I just read the post where you told how you found out!

 

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ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com> wrote in
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> Oh, God, do *not* tell me that. The Druid got a full page of full
> rejuvs just cubing them 3 to 1. You might try cubing a rune or two,
> too, you may get the next rune, if I'm reading the readme correctly.
>
> BTW, the Druid found a couple of hearts, which I *could* right-click
> to get the Zods, but since neither of them is *near* being able to use
> them yet, I figure I'll wait. And Art was right about the price on
> those souls, 7.5 million is absolutely *ridiculous* for something that
> only sells for 1390 after you change it into an egg ;-)
>
> ald

Yes dear. I hope by now you've tried the rejuv thingy. I found it
quite by accident myself. I had been cubing them 3-1 and I accidentally
hit the tranmogger (don't mind me, I make up my own words as I go along,
kinda like Archie Bunker) and I got a full rejuv. Boy, was I surprised.
So, now I've got a whole page of full rejuvs and quite frankly, since I
carry my cube with me, and I'm always picking up rejuvs along the way
with my Find Potion (when necessary), I don't see the point in
collecting reds and blues anymore, unless I'm missing something. Also,
I found some Oil Potion in Kurast Bazaar. I managed to get myself to
the Bazaar and marked my WP. So, all my WP's up to that point are
marked and tomorrow is another day.

I feel like I'm moving at a really fast clip here. So far, the gang is
just beating up the bad guys like crazy and when one dies, I can
resurrect him, so, as I've heard the necro is the easiest build in the
game, I truly believe that. I'm sure it will get harder in NM and
especially Hell, but maybe this will be the guy I can bring to Hell
level. Never have brought anyone into hell before (except my ex-
husband, the idiotstick, and I hope he stays there and rots) LMAO.

Nite for now. Enjoy your game. Let me know when you beat Dariel and
get to Lut Gulein.

Diane

 

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Diane <kirchbabe1@verizon.net> wrote in
news:Xns95FA1A025C695kirchbabe1verizonnet@130.81.64.196:

> ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com> wrote in
> news:augo01ti3elbhjag2aejd8o4vdhida6703@4ax.com:
>
>
>> Oh, God, do *not* tell me that. The Druid got a full page of full
>> rejuvs just cubing them 3 to 1. You might try cubing a rune or two,
>> too, you may get the next rune, if I'm reading the readme correctly.
>>
>> BTW, the Druid found a couple of hearts, which I *could* right-click
>> to get the Zods, but since neither of them is *near* being able to
>> use them yet, I figure I'll wait. And Art was right about the price
>> on those souls, 7.5 million is absolutely *ridiculous* for something
>> that only sells for 1390 after you change it into an egg ;-)
>>
>> ald
>
> Yes dear. I hope by now you've tried the rejuv thingy. I found it
> quite by accident myself. I had been cubing them 3-1 and I
> accidentally hit the tranmogger (don't mind me, I make up my own words
> as I go along, kinda like Archie Bunker) and I got a full rejuv. Boy,
> was I surprised. So, now I've got a whole page of full rejuvs and
> quite frankly, since I carry my cube with me, and I'm always picking
> up rejuvs along the way with my Find Potion (when necessary), I don't
> see the point in collecting reds and blues anymore, unless I'm missing
> something. Also, I found some Oil Potion in Kurast Bazaar. I managed
> to get myself to the Bazaar and marked my WP. So, all my WP's up to
> that point are marked and tomorrow is another day.
>
> I feel like I'm moving at a really fast clip here. So far, the gang
> is just beating up the bad guys like crazy and when one dies, I can
> resurrect him, so, as I've heard the necro is the easiest build in the
> game, I truly believe that. I'm sure it will get harder in NM and
> especially Hell, but maybe this will be the guy I can bring to Hell
> level. Never have brought anyone into hell before (except my ex-
> husband, the idiotstick, and I hope he stays there and rots) LMAO.
>
> Nite for now. Enjoy your game. Let me know when you beat Dariel and
> get to Lut Gulein.
>
> Diane
>

And btw, as regards the runes, I have cubed some of them, but I'm really
getting a lot of good ones. I have about 10 Zods, some Bers, Hels,
Sols, can't remember most of them. This old brain doesn't work well
under the best of circumstances, let alone when it's tired. But, I have
a bunch of them , Lem, Um, Name some and I'll tell you if I have it.
Some of them you can't cube. I already tried. But, those that can be
cubed, I've cubed.

Diane

 

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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:33:25 GMT, Diane <kirchbabe1@verizon.net>
wrote:

>Yes dear. I hope by now you've tried the rejuv thingy. I found it
>quite by accident myself. I had been cubing them 3-1 and I accidentally
>hit the tranmogger (don't mind me, I make up my own words as I go along,
>kinda like Archie Bunker) and I got a full rejuv. Boy, was I surprised.
>So, now I've got a whole page of full rejuvs and quite frankly, since I
>carry my cube with me, and I'm always picking up rejuvs along the way
>with my Find Potion (when necessary), I don't see the point in
>collecting reds and blues anymore, unless I'm missing something. Also,
>I found some Oil Potion in Kurast Bazaar. I managed to get myself to
>the Bazaar and marked my WP. So, all my WP's up to that point are
>marked and tomorrow is another day.

There *are* advantages to the reds and blues, especially the higher
ones. The constant refill (when it more than fills up your ball) can
come in handy. For instance, when my Druid drinks a light or regular
mana potion, he can usually get in an extra wolf or two while the ball
is filling up before it actually starts taking away from what he ends
up with, if that makes sense. I'm using this *much* more in Nez, where
my Bowazon has Raise Skeletons (from souls, which can be worn in the
ring slot in that one) that she can only cast one before needing to
drink a potion. She can usually get away with drinking only one mana
potion and re-raising her entire army of four.

>I feel like I'm moving at a really fast clip here. So far, the gang is
>just beating up the bad guys like crazy and when one dies, I can
>resurrect him, so, as I've heard the necro is the easiest build in the
>game, I truly believe that. I'm sure it will get harder in NM and
>especially Hell, but maybe this will be the guy I can bring to Hell
>level. Never have brought anyone into hell before (except my ex-
>husband, the idiotstick, and I hope he stays there and rots) LMAO.
>
>Nite for now. Enjoy your game. Let me know when you beat Dariel and
>get to Lut Gulein.
>
>Diane

Andy first, but I will ;-) And yeah, the skellimancer is definitely
the way to go now. My level 91 was *cruising* along in Hell, at least
until 1.10 came out. Then he started struggling, but that's 'cause he
wasn't built for the different game that 1.10 is (especially in Hell,
and especially for skellimancers). But he's been rebuilt a couple of
times, and I *will* get there again with one of them ;-)

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 07:35:46 GMT, Diane <kirchbabe1@verizon.net>
wrote:

>And btw, as regards the runes, I have cubed some of them, but I'm really
>getting a lot of good ones. I have about 10 Zods, some Bers, Hels,
>Sols, can't remember most of them. This old brain doesn't work well
>under the best of circumstances, let alone when it's tired. But, I have
>a bunch of them , Lem, Um, Name some and I'll tell you if I have it.
>Some of them you can't cube. I already tried. But, those that can be
>cubed, I've cubed.
>
>Diane

Cubed just by themselves, or with 3 of them? 3 should work up to Thul,
IIRC, then you need to start adding gems. See here:
http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/cube.shtml . But it *looks*
like in CE, cubing one by itself either gives you the next or the last
rune, I keep forgetting to try it myself.

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
CotSRSig #16

 

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ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com> wrote in
news:3a9p01dmmnjogcgiqkbvrf76vm4m682350@4ax.com:

>
> There *are* advantages to the reds and blues, especially the higher
> ones. The constant refill (when it more than fills up your ball) can
> come in handy. For instance, when my Druid drinks a light or regular
> mana potion, he can usually get in an extra wolf or two while the ball
> is filling up before it actually starts taking away from what he ends
> up with, if that makes sense. I'm using this *much* more in Nez, where
> my Bowazon has Raise Skeletons (from souls, which can be worn in the
> ring slot in that one) that she can only cast one before needing to
> drink a potion. She can usually get away with drinking only one mana
> potion and re-raising her entire army of four.

I've been saving the Greater Healings and Greater Manas in my stash, so
I'm getting a nice stock of them. But, the rejuv restores health and
mana so much faster than both of them. When I give him a health potion,
I watch the ball fill up slowly, but when I give him a rejuv, even a
small one although there's no reason to give him a small one anymore
when you can cube every small bottle into a full rejuv, but in any case,
when he gets a rejuv, the ball fills up completely instantly, whereas
with the health potion, the ball will fill up halfway or 3/4. That's
why I feel like the rejuvs are better than the reds and blues.
>
> Andy first, but I will ;-) And yeah, the skellimancer is definitely
> the way to go now. My level 91 was *cruising* along in Hell, at least
> until 1.10 came out. Then he started struggling, but that's 'cause he
> wasn't built for the different game that 1.10 is (especially in Hell,
> and especially for skellimancers). But he's been rebuilt a couple of
> times, and I *will* get there again with one of them ;-)
>
> ald


That's right. I did forget it's Andy first. You'll get there. I got
to clvl30 before I badly needed sleep at 3AM. I got my revive, so that
will help me out later in the game.

Diane

 

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ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com> wrote in
news:us9p01tg81kkl9qf4vhso4d0ri4o82kcg8@4ax.com:

>
> Cubed just by themselves, or with 3 of them? 3 should work up to Thul,
> IIRC, then you need to start adding gems. See here:
> http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/cube.shtml . But it *looks*
> like in CE, cubing one by itself either gives you the next or the last
> rune, I keep forgetting to try it myself.
>
> ald


OK, here again, like with the gems, we can cube by itself. Hmmm, I
didn't know that. I'll give it a try. Yeah, I think it's up to Thul,
which is why I wound up with about 25 Thuls already. What I need to do
now is check all the cubing information and find out what I can do with
these things, and the gems, to make better stuff. In all the years I've
been playing the game, I've never bothered with any of that, which
probably explains why I've never gotten further than clvl53 NM. So, my
hope is that I'll make it to hell this time.

Diane

 

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On 11-Feb-2005, Diane <kirchbabe1@verizon.net> wrote:

> That's
> why I feel like the rejuvs are better than the reds and blues.

Diane, ald was trying to say that in certain circumstances the blue was
better _because_ it goes slower, it goes like this:
raise skellies & skelly mages until mana is depleted - drink blue potion -
raise the rest of your minions *while* it is filling and you could
conceivably use more mana points in 2 seconds than you actually have (max).
Otherwise, I go with you, I only carry full rejuvs in my belt, even with my
skellimancer, but for those special times (just starting for the night) when
you must raise your whole army, I have been known to actually *buy* a blue
potion to slurp, and this was even before CE hehe.
btw, the readme file for CE says that putting one rune in your cube and
hitting transmute will give you the next _lower_ rune, so if it gives you
the next _higher_ rune, please let us know since I treasure every rune I get
and don't want to experiment even tho I too have just about all of them
already from gambling and the eggs, including 7 or 8 zods and two hearts
(that could be zods) that I am saving for other cube recipes.
Heh, made my first runeword last night (Lore) - with a RARE circlet - dang
that is sweet, keeps all the original mods and adds the runeword mods
besides.

Oh, and, hello to one and all here, sorry I did not find this group sooner,
I have been @ agd2 for awhile and had originally thought that this group was
for D1, silly me never even checked it until Diane and Ald mentioned it over
there.
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"ArtDent" <par@noyd.invalidname> wrote in
news:q89Pd.17047$wK.11366@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net:

> raise skellies & skelly mages until mana is depleted - drink blue
> potion - raise the rest of your minions *while* it is filling and you
> could conceivably use more mana points in 2 seconds than you actually
> have (max).
>

Ah, ok. I got it now. Oddly enough, when I'm raising my skellies and
mages, my mana doesn't appear to be rushing out. I must have enough +pts
to mana that it's holding me in check.

Diane

 

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"ArtDent" <par@noyd.invalidname> wrote in
news:q89Pd.17047$wK.11366@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net:

> btw, the readme file for CE says that putting one rune in your cube
> and hitting transmute will give you the next _lower_ rune, so if it
> gives you the next _higher_ rune, please let us know since I treasure
> every rune I get and don't want to experiment even tho I too have just
> about all of them already from gambling and the eggs, including 7 or 8
> zods and two hearts (that could be zods) that I am saving for other
> cube recipes. Heh, made my first runeword last night (Lore) - with a
> RARE circlet - dang that is sweet, keeps all the original mods and
> adds the runeword mods besides.
>

OK, I'll test it out. I have enough Thuls that I can afford to
sacrifice one. If it does, in fact lower the value of the rune, than a
Thul should go down one lower. If the readme is wrong and the runes go
one higher, then nothing will happen to the Thul b/c I don't think you
can increase a Thul. But, I'll try a few things and let you know.

Congrats on the Lore circlet. Wow. I still need to work on that entire
concept. I've never worked with runewords and I really don't have a
clue what to do about that.

Also, I'm glad you found your way here. CE is really a great mod and
I'm enjoying it. It's made my entire Diablo experience greater than it
was before. And, it's fun to be working with you and ald coming up with
all the nuances that aren't directly stated clearly (or that I don't
read somewhere.)

Diane

 

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On 11-Feb-2005, Diane <kirchbabe1@verizon.net> wrote:

> I don't think you can increase a Thul.

Yes, you can. 3 Thul's and one chipped topaz equal one Amn.
3 Amn's and one chipped amythest equal one.... err... Sol? I forget at the
moment, anyway, the regular cube recipes work, check the Arreat Summit for
the full list. I think it is tasred (topaz, amythest, sapphire, ruby,
emerald, and diamond), first chipped, then flawed, etc.
Oh, at pul and after, it is only 2 runes plus one gem to get the next
highest.
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"ArtDent" <par@noyd.invalidname> wrote in
news:wdaPd.17090$wK.94@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net:

>
> On 11-Feb-2005, Diane <kirchbabe1@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> I don't think you can increase a Thul.
>
> Yes, you can. 3 Thul's and one chipped topaz equal one Amn.
> 3 Amn's and one chipped amythest equal one.... err... Sol? I forget
> at the moment, anyway, the regular cube recipes work, check the Arreat
> Summit for the full list. I think it is tasred (topaz, amythest,
> sapphire, ruby, emerald, and diamond), first chipped, then flawed,
> etc. Oh, at pul and after, it is only 2 runes plus one gem to get the
> next highest.

ok great. thanks for the info. i never think to put gems in with
runes. it's like algebra to me (letters and numbers) and I didn't like
that either, lol.

Diane

 

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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:11:41 GMT, Diane <kirchbabe1@verizon.net>
wrote:

>OK, here again, like with the gems, we can cube by itself. Hmmm, I
>didn't know that. I'll give it a try. Yeah, I think it's up to Thul,
>which is why I wound up with about 25 Thuls already. What I need to do
>now is check all the cubing information and find out what I can do with
>these things, and the gems, to make better stuff. In all the years I've
>been playing the game, I've never bothered with any of that, which
>probably explains why I've never gotten further than clvl53 NM. So, my
>hope is that I'll make it to hell this time.
>
>Diane

http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/runewords.shtml . Note that
*all* of these, including the latest "ladder only" ones, should be
available in CE (I asked in the forums ;-) ). And how far did you get
in NM at level 53? Getting *to* Hell shouldn't be that difficult, the
problem in 1.10 is getting *through* Hell ;-(

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:08:25 GMT, Diane <kirchbabe1@verizon.net>
wrote:

>I've been saving the Greater Healings and Greater Manas in my stash, so
>I'm getting a nice stock of them. But, the rejuv restores health and
>mana so much faster than both of them. When I give him a health potion,
>I watch the ball fill up slowly, but when I give him a rejuv, even a
>small one although there's no reason to give him a small one anymore
>when you can cube every small bottle into a full rejuv, but in any case,
>when he gets a rejuv, the ball fills up completely instantly, whereas
>with the health potion, the ball will fill up halfway or 3/4. That's
>why I feel like the rejuvs are better than the reds and blues.

Try drinking one of those Greater (or Super, when you get them)
potions, especially a Mana one if you have base energy. The ball fills
up just as fast a full rejuv, and you can cast something as it's
filling and it *stays* full.

I'm not saying that they are always better than rejuvs, far from it,
and yeah, rejuvs are instant (just like the health and mana potions
were in the original Diablo), whereas the healing and mana potions
aren't. I'm just saying in certain situations there are advantages,
especially to the mana potions.

>That's right. I did forget it's Andy first. You'll get there. I got
>to clvl30 before I badly needed sleep at 3AM. I got my revive, so that
>will help me out later in the game.
>
>Diane

Conga Rats! Yeah, it should, as well as the other level 30 spells
(which I'm too tired ATM to recall, started my new job today and have
to be back at it in less than 6 hours).

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:07:34 GMT, "ArtDent" <par@noyd.invalidname>
wrote:

>btw, the readme file for CE says that putting one rune in your cube and
>hitting transmute will give you the next _lower_ rune, so if it gives you
>the next _higher_ rune, please let us know since I treasure every rune I get
>and don't want to experiment even tho I too have just about all of them
>already from gambling and the eggs, including 7 or 8 zods and two hearts
>(that could be zods) that I am saving for other cube recipes.

Yeah, that's the way I read it, too, but I figured it *may* be a typo
or bad translation. I keep intending to try it with an Eld, since that
wouldn't be much of a loss, but keep forgetting :-(

>Heh, made my first runeword last night (Lore) - with a RARE circlet - dang
>that is sweet, keeps all the original mods and adds the runeword mods
>besides.

Nice! That's one of my favorite runewords, except that I keep making
it for characters who haven't hit level 27 yet ;-)

>Oh, and, hello to one and all here, sorry I did not find this group sooner,
>I have been @ agd2 for awhile and had originally thought that this group was
>for D1, silly me never even checked it until Diane and Ald mentioned it over
>there.

Welcome to our madness, and don't feel bad, that's a common mistake.
I'd send you muffins, but IIRC I saw a post already tonight from the
Mad one, so they wouldn't make it through ;-(

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:34:38 GMT, Diane <kirchbabe1@verizon.net>
wrote:

>Ah, ok. I got it now. Oddly enough, when I'm raising my skellies and
>mages, my mana doesn't appear to be rushing out. I must have enough +pts
>to mana that it's holding me in check.
>
>Diane

Again, try raising them with a Bowazon (in Nez) with base mana. With
something like 8 to Raise Skelly (which is what I was *trying* to say
this morning, it didn't come out right though), she can only cast one
before she needs to drink a potion. I wait until there are 3 more
corpses on the ground, drink one regular mana potion (a light one will
allow her to raise her army, but leaves the mana ball less than full)
and can raise the other 3 and usually still have a full ball of mana.

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
CotSRSig #16

 

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ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com> wrote in
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> http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/runewords.shtml . Note that
> *all* of these, including the latest "ladder only" ones, should be
> available in CE (I asked in the forums ;-) ). And how far did you get
> in NM at level 53? Getting *to* Hell shouldn't be that difficult, the
> problem in 1.10 is getting *through* Hell ;-(
>
> ald

I do believe that I was in Act II of NM.

Diane

 

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ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com> wrote in
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> Try drinking one of those Greater (or Super, when you get them)
> potions, especially a Mana one if you have base energy. The ball fills
> up just as fast a full rejuv, and you can cast something as it's
> filling and it *stays* full.
>
> I'm not saying that they are always better than rejuvs, far from it,
> and yeah, rejuvs are instant (just like the health and mana potions
> were in the original Diablo), whereas the healing and mana potions
> aren't. I'm just saying in certain situations there are advantages,
> especially to the mana potions.

Thanks. That's what I did tonight. Got me a nice shot of mana and then
cast my gang and didn't lose a thing. Hey, I got me through to Act IV.
I might go back to Act III tho, just to lvl up a bit, although I don't
seem to need it. Actually, for me, Mephisto was easy. Just that my
hand was getting tired. And I had to switch hands after a few minutes.
it took about 6 minutes of pounding my mouse until I got or should I say
WE got the deed done. By this time it was only me, my merc, and one
skelly.

Also, gotta check out the mercs in Act IV to see if I should make a
switch.

But, I'm really having fun with this CE. I'm doing a whole lot better
as a skellymancer than I EVER did at a barb. I think that must be b/c
I'm not much good at melee fighting. I tend to get right in the middle
of the gang and they smother me to death, instead of hanging on the
outside. That's where the necro is at an advantage cause I can hang
outside and let the gang get at them, and then I go in and lend a hand
when I think it's taking them too long, lol.

The revive was spooky. I didn't know that it called up the dead ones,
lol. But the jungle was where I had them going, and it was so dark I
could barely see them. This tends to be dark on this puter and I don't
know how to lighten it up. Anyway, I'm just starting Act IV. I'll be
in NM very soon.

Can't play tomorrow. Gotta go to NYC for the day. So, I'll get
back to it on Sunday for sure.

Diane
>
>>That's right. I did forget it's Andy first. You'll get there. I got
>>to clvl30 before I badly needed sleep at 3AM. I got my revive, so
that
>>will help me out later in the game.
>>
>>Diane
>
> Conga Rats! Yeah, it should, as well as the other level 30 spells
> (which I'm too tired ATM to recall, started my new job today and have
> to be back at it in less than 6 hours).
>
> ald
> "Knowledge is Power"
> VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
> Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
> Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
> Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
> Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
> Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
> Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
> Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
> Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
> Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
> BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
> Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
> Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
> CotSRSig #16
>

 

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On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 05:31:24 GMT, Diane <kirchbabe1@verizon.net>
wrote:

>Thanks. That's what I did tonight. Got me a nice shot of mana and then
>cast my gang and didn't lose a thing. Hey, I got me through to Act IV.
>I might go back to Act III tho, just to lvl up a bit, although I don't
>seem to need it. Actually, for me, Mephisto was easy. Just that my
>hand was getting tired. And I had to switch hands after a few minutes.
>it took about 6 minutes of pounding my mouse until I got or should I say
>WE got the deed done. By this time it was only me, my merc, and one
>skelly.

Without having to go back somewhere and resurrect your army? Well
done!

>Also, gotta check out the mercs in Act IV to see if I should make a
>switch.

Bad news there, there aren't any. If you want my advice, don't try the
ones in Act 5 either. Well, actually, *I'd* stick with the Rogue all
the way (I almost always do), but the usual ones are in Act 2/NM.

>But, I'm really having fun with this CE. I'm doing a whole lot better
>as a skellymancer than I EVER did at a barb. I think that must be b/c
>I'm not much good at melee fighting. I tend to get right in the middle
>of the gang and they smother me to death, instead of hanging on the
>outside. That's where the necro is at an advantage cause I can hang
>outside and let the gang get at them, and then I go in and lend a hand
>when I think it's taking them too long, lol.
>
>The revive was spooky. I didn't know that it called up the dead ones,
>lol. But the jungle was where I had them going, and it was so dark I
>could barely see them. This tends to be dark on this puter and I don't
>know how to lighten it up. Anyway, I'm just starting Act IV. I'll be
>in NM very soon.
>
>Can't play tomorrow. Gotta go to NYC for the day. So, I'll get
>back to it on Sunday for sure.
>
>Diane

Open up the options menu (top option when you hit escape, I think,
it's early and I didn't end up with much sleep). Look for video
options and the one that lets you adjust gamma and such. First one
(gamma, again I think) all the way up, second all the way down (might
be *too* bright, if so try just a little below half-way). If that
makes it darker, try the opposite and forgive me, I'm trying to type
this quickly as I get ready to leave for work ;-)

ald
"Knowledge is Power"
VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( )
Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West)
Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West)
Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West)
Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod)
Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR)
Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR)
Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR)
Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR)
Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op)
BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP)
Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR)
Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder)
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ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com> wrote in
news:514r01981r4rb3nj2j4l3am6n5squhf7o6@4ax.com:

> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:07:34 GMT, "ArtDent" <par@noyd.invalidname>
> wrote:
>
>>btw, the readme file for CE says that putting one rune in your cube
>>and hitting transmute will give you the next _lower_ rune, so if it
>>gives you the next _higher_ rune, please let us know since I treasure
>>every rune I get and don't want to experiment even tho I too have just
>>about all of them already from gambling and the eggs, including 7 or 8
>>zods and two hearts (that could be zods) that I am saving for other
>>cube recipes.
>
> Yeah, that's the way I read it, too, but I figured it *may* be a typo
> or bad translation. I keep intending to try it with an Eld, since that
> wouldn't be much of a loss, but keep forgetting :-(
>
>>Heh, made my first runeword last night (Lore) - with a RARE circlet -
>>dang that is sweet, keeps all the original mods and adds the runeword
>>mods besides.
>
> Nice! That's one of my favorite runewords, except that I keep making
> it for characters who haven't hit level 27 yet ;-)
>
>>Oh, and, hello to one and all here, sorry I did not find this group
>>sooner, I have been @ agd2 for awhile and had originally thought that
>>this group was for D1, silly me never even checked it until Diane and
>>Ald mentioned it over there.
>
> Welcome to our madness, and don't feel bad, that's a common mistake.
> I'd send you muffins, but IIRC I saw a post already tonight from the
> Mad one, so they wouldn't make it through ;-(
>
> ald

MUFFINS???? Did you say "MUFFINS?"

Diane

 

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ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com> wrote in
news:t84r011fod7t6cpka2mbsml8esm399ml3k@4ax.com:

> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:34:38 GMT, Diane <kirchbabe1@verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Ah, ok. I got it now. Oddly enough, when I'm raising my skellies and
>>mages, my mana doesn't appear to be rushing out. I must have enough
>>+pts to mana that it's holding me in check.
>>
>>Diane
>
> Again, try raising them with a Bowazon (in Nez) with base mana. With
> something like 8 to Raise Skelly (which is what I was *trying* to say
> this morning, it didn't come out right though), she can only cast one
> before she needs to drink a potion. I wait until there are 3 more
> corpses on the ground, drink one regular mana potion (a light one will
> allow her to raise her army, but leaves the mana ball less than full)
> and can raise the other 3 and usually still have a full ball of mana.
>
> ald
Gotcha.

Diane

 

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Diane wrote:
> ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com> wrote in
> news:514r01981r4rb3nj2j4l3am6n5squhf7o6@4ax.com:
>
>
>>On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:07:34 GMT, "ArtDent" <par@noyd.invalidname>
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>btw, the readme file for CE says that putting one rune in your cube
>>>and hitting transmute will give you the next _lower_ rune, so if it
>>>gives you the next _higher_ rune, please let us know since I treasure
>>>every rune I get and don't want to experiment even tho I too have just
>>>about all of them already from gambling and the eggs, including 7 or 8
>>>zods and two hearts (that could be zods) that I am saving for other
>>>cube recipes.
>>
>>Yeah, that's the way I read it, too, but I figured it *may* be a typo
>>or bad translation. I keep intending to try it with an Eld, since that
>>wouldn't be much of a loss, but keep forgetting :-(
>>
>>
>>>Heh, made my first runeword last night (Lore) - with a RARE circlet -
>>>dang that is sweet, keeps all the original mods and adds the runeword
>>>mods besides.
>>
>>Nice! That's one of my favorite runewords, except that I keep making
>>it for characters who haven't hit level 27 yet ;-)
>>
>>
>>>Oh, and, hello to one and all here, sorry I did not find this group
>>>sooner, I have been @ agd2 for awhile and had originally thought that
>>>this group was for D1, silly me never even checked it until Diane and
>>>Ald mentioned it over there.
>>
>>Welcome to our madness, and don't feel bad, that's a common mistake.
>>I'd send you muffins, but IIRC I saw a post already tonight from the
>>Mad one, so they wouldn't make it through ;-(
>>
>>ald
>
>
> MUFFINS???? Did you say "MUFFINS?"
>
> Diane
With nuts, maybe? ;-)