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In Lament Of Glitch Ubers
2011-03-26 12:13 PM PDT
Well it’s time for another ladder reset and run. Second six month reset in a row after a two year lull between 1.12 and 1.13. No new patch since then just resets, throwing all our hard work and unfinished characters onto non-ladder yet again. The only people who can finish characters in a 6 month reset are those who bot, buy jsp or off a d2 site. Makes me wonder why Blizzard doesn’t practice what they preach. Those of us trying to build characters in most of the classes during ladder season fail miserably unless a botter donates gear to them.
Looming reset got me nostalgic for the stable environment of 1.12. Perhaps 2 years was too long (it was), but on the other hand 6 months is too short. All people can do is glitch rush, hell chaos then try to gear their characters. Reset does nothing to discourage botters and spammers who are ready the minute ladder begins again.
No one runs parties anymore other than when reset first hits. The only social aspect of D2 at the moment is running chaos and baal runs to level. And then the runners are bots and only the leachers have a chance to socialize a little. Tristram and tomb runs are mostly a thing of the past, other than when I run them with my enchantress who allows level ones to gleefully inflict 4k damage.
Torching Uber Tristram takes less than 5 minutes, even solo. Lilith is the meanest boss in the game and she’s not much of a challenge if you’re geared properly. Same with Uber Mephisto.
Thinking back a couple of years ago, our whole clan rank system at the time was built on Glitch Ubers. Rank would be awarded to Uber spinners. We had different members hosting Glitch Ubers 7 days a week, many times multiple Gubers in one night and we would mad Guber on the weekends.
The draw of Glitch Ubers was NOT the fact that you could make and level a character to 90 in about 3 hours (after Grush), but the skill required to set up for Glitch Ubers, luring Mephisto, killing Baal and Diablo and then trapping Mephisto in the proper house and place. You needed a...
Looming reset got me nostalgic for the stable environment of 1.12. Perhaps 2 years was too long (it was), but on the other hand 6 months is too short. All people can do is glitch rush, hell chaos then try to gear their characters. Reset does nothing to discourage botters and spammers who are ready the minute ladder begins again.
No one runs parties anymore other than when reset first hits. The only social aspect of D2 at the moment is running chaos and baal runs to level. And then the runners are bots and only the leachers have a chance to socialize a little. Tristram and tomb runs are mostly a thing of the past, other than when I run them with my enchantress who allows level ones to gleefully inflict 4k damage.
Torching Uber Tristram takes less than 5 minutes, even solo. Lilith is the meanest boss in the game and she’s not much of a challenge if you’re geared properly. Same with Uber Mephisto.
Thinking back a couple of years ago, our whole clan rank system at the time was built on Glitch Ubers. Rank would be awarded to Uber spinners. We had different members hosting Glitch Ubers 7 days a week, many times multiple Gubers in one night and we would mad Guber on the weekends.
The draw of Glitch Ubers was NOT the fact that you could make and level a character to 90 in about 3 hours (after Grush), but the skill required to set up for Glitch Ubers, luring Mephisto, killing Baal and Diablo and then trapping Mephisto in the proper house and place. You needed a...
D2 Skin 4 Xfire!!
2010-05-23 2:32 PM PDT
Thanks so much to Loradrim@deviantart for hosting this D2 skin from a few years ago.
It has not been available online for a while and I lost it when my computer died.
If you like D2 download it!!
D2 Skin for Xfire
It has not been available online for a while and I lost it when my computer died.
If you like D2 download it!!
D2 Skin for Xfire
Diablo Clone walks for Runia
2009-03-12 9:41 PM PDT
Just hit level 5 tower to visit countess and shake some runes from her when the countdown started...Runia's heart raced...she had no doubt Diablo was coming!!
Runia called on zMiiTa to make short work of Dclone and deliver her the coveted annihilus charm...
nothing but a shadow left where DClone stood
to id or not to id...???...
Runia called on zMiiTa to make short work of Dclone and deliver her the coveted annihilus charm...
nothing but a shadow left where DClone stood
to id or not to id...???...
Runia’s New Fave Chars:
2009-03-02 8:41 PM PST
SubZeero: ladder (runia
lvl 91 orb sorc
Built with fcr & fhr to tele for Countess runs (who builds a cold sorc to run Countess??)
After all ladder is for mfing ladder only items and making runewords for nl, right? Oh and for upping runes and items! Strategy for cold immunes: tele right on them and static them while merc kills. Protected by fhr, energy shield and holy shock.
Skills: lvl29 cold mastery & frozen orb (707-742cold dmg); lvl12 blizz (731-842cold dmg); lvl12 chilling armor; lvl10 static; lvl17 e shield; lvl20 telekinesis; lvl10 teleport
Gear: Fathom 5/3 cold faceted; up’d Vipermagi 943 def, 33resist; Dream Tiara; Dream troll nest 17resist 18%mf; 39% Chancies; Tal ammy; Silkweave; SnowClash; 2x10 rare fcr rings; 15/13 sorc torch; 135%gf 39%mf Gheeds; 6x5%fhr scs; wicked gold find
Merc: lvl 91 A2 Holy Freeze; cryptic axe insight (lvl17 med; 6cs); Gladiator’s Bane
zMiiTa: ladder (runia8 lvl 89 smiter
Fanatic Zealot & 1 point Smiter. Built for Uber Trist and pwning Hell (wicked underpowered vs nl smiter but dispatches ubers nicely). No merc.
Skills: zeal lvl21; sacrifice lvl21; fanaticism lvl21; holy shield lvl21; salvation lvl2; cleansing lvl2; defiance lvl11. O yeah and 1 point in smite (lvl2). Any dmg I could quote would be grossly understated.
Gear: Grief phase blade (39%ias;+372dmg; 15lak); archon plate Fortitude (1647def; 211%ed;30resist); Guillaume’s Face (15ias jewel); Dracul’s Grasp; Gore Rider (185ed); HOZ; Highlords; 242/16raven frost; Dwarf Star; Nosferatu’s Coil
SwtHeet: non-ladder (runiax) lvl 89 fireclaws bear druid
Built for ias and fire damage (12-13k). Tank. Stuns with shockwave then pretty much 1 hits everything in hell…fire immunes take a few swipes.
Skills: fireclaws lvl34; shockwave lvl14; lycanthropy lvl19; werebear lvl14; firestorm lvl31; molten boulder lvl31; fissure lvl31; volcano lvl18; oak sage lvl11
Gear: 6shael phase blade (120%ias); archon plate Chains of Honor (966def); Stormshield; 11/4 Crescent Moon ammy; Jalal’s Mane...
lvl 91 orb sorcBuilt with fcr & fhr to tele for Countess runs (who builds a cold sorc to run Countess??)
After all ladder is for mfing ladder only items and making runewords for nl, right? Oh and for upping runes and items! Strategy for cold immunes: tele right on them and static them while merc kills. Protected by fhr, energy shield and holy shock.
Skills: lvl29 cold mastery & frozen orb (707-742cold dmg); lvl12 blizz (731-842cold dmg); lvl12 chilling armor; lvl10 static; lvl17 e shield; lvl20 telekinesis; lvl10 teleport
Gear: Fathom 5/3 cold faceted; up’d Vipermagi 943 def, 33resist; Dream Tiara; Dream troll nest 17resist 18%mf; 39% Chancies; Tal ammy; Silkweave; SnowClash; 2x10 rare fcr rings; 15/13 sorc torch; 135%gf 39%mf Gheeds; 6x5%fhr scs; wicked gold find
Merc: lvl 91 A2 Holy Freeze; cryptic axe insight (lvl17 med; 6cs); Gladiator’s Bane
zMiiTa: ladder (runia8
lvl 89 smiterFanatic Zealot & 1 point Smiter. Built for Uber Trist and pwning Hell (wicked underpowered vs nl smiter but dispatches ubers nicely). No merc.
Skills: zeal lvl21; sacrifice lvl21; fanaticism lvl21; holy shield lvl21; salvation lvl2; cleansing lvl2; defiance lvl11. O yeah and 1 point in smite (lvl2). Any dmg I could quote would be grossly understated.
Gear: Grief phase blade (39%ias;+372dmg; 15lak); archon plate Fortitude (1647def; 211%ed;30resist); Guillaume’s Face (15ias jewel); Dracul’s Grasp; Gore Rider (185ed); HOZ; Highlords; 242/16raven frost; Dwarf Star; Nosferatu’s Coil
SwtHeet: non-ladder (runiax) lvl 89 fireclaws bear druid
Built for ias and fire damage (12-13k). Tank. Stuns with shockwave then pretty much 1 hits everything in hell…fire immunes take a few swipes.
Skills: fireclaws lvl34; shockwave lvl14; lycanthropy lvl19; werebear lvl14; firestorm lvl31; molten boulder lvl31; fissure lvl31; volcano lvl18; oak sage lvl11
Gear: 6shael phase blade (120%ias); archon plate Chains of Honor (966def); Stormshield; 11/4 Crescent Moon ammy; Jalal’s Mane...
Diablo Walks The Earth
2009-01-09 7:55 PM PST
Diablo Walks The Earth!
I was helping a Diablo’s Den friend with normal ladder Ancients…chillin and chattin about character builds. All of a sudden I get a frantic whisper from another friend. “Runia!!” “COME!!!”.
Hastily saying goodbye I hurried off to my friend’s game to see what was up. I smiled on entering the game as I felt the familiar rumble and saw the screen shaking madly. In the corner the words appeared “Diablo Walks The Earth”.
My friend quickly exited and switched his mf sorc for his zealer. “Come watch” he said “Stony”.
Catching the waypoint and teleing around I saw the familiar yellow portal, however when I got there, no Rakanishu and his band of Carvers, just a mean, mad, raging Clone of Diablo.
I teleported around snapping screenshots as my friend’s zealer battled DClone. It was a fairly short battle. At the end an Annihilus charm was extracted and identified. A nice 18/20/8 Anni. Thx DClone!
Here are the pics I took. I told my friend he can never complain about not finding anything again!
It's Dark...where's DClone?
Watch out for bone prison!
The Undead are drawn to DClone
DClone's Fire Ring!!
DClone carries a big torch...what a Firestorm!
Merc makes a valiant effort to stay alive
HaHa missed me!
DClone tries to trap the Pally
The Battle at Stony Continues...
DClone Defeated, He Drops His Treasure
Nice Anni...Thx DClone!
I was helping a Diablo’s Den friend with normal ladder Ancients…chillin and chattin about character builds. All of a sudden I get a frantic whisper from another friend. “Runia!!” “COME!!!”.
Hastily saying goodbye I hurried off to my friend’s game to see what was up. I smiled on entering the game as I felt the familiar rumble and saw the screen shaking madly. In the corner the words appeared “Diablo Walks The Earth”.
My friend quickly exited and switched his mf sorc for his zealer. “Come watch” he said “Stony”.
Catching the waypoint and teleing around I saw the familiar yellow portal, however when I got there, no Rakanishu and his band of Carvers, just a mean, mad, raging Clone of Diablo.
I teleported around snapping screenshots as my friend’s zealer battled DClone. It was a fairly short battle. At the end an Annihilus charm was extracted and identified. A nice 18/20/8 Anni. Thx DClone!
Here are the pics I took. I told my friend he can never complain about not finding anything again!
It's Dark...where's DClone?
Watch out for bone prison!
The Undead are drawn to DClone
DClone's Fire Ring!!
DClone carries a big torch...what a Firestorm!
Merc makes a valiant effort to stay alive
HaHa missed me!
DClone tries to trap the Pally
The Battle at Stony Continues...
DClone Defeated, He Drops His Treasure
Nice Anni...Thx DClone!
Ubers
2008-10-11 11:32 AM PDT
Runia’s Uber Experience:
Collecting Keys:
The event begins in Hell. Killing certain bosses will net you a special kind of key:
Multiple drops of 2 or 3 keys at a time are rare but possible
3 of these keys comprise a “keyset” and they open one portal to an “uber” area.
“Mini” Ubers
I call these portals opened with the minor keys “minis” as they are a necessity and just a prelude to the upcoming fun.
Each keyset opens a portal when you transmute them in the Horadric Cube in Act 5 Hell. The first portal generated is completely random. So if you make one portal in 3 games you have a chance to get the same portal. However if you make 3 portals in the same game, you are guaranteed they will be one of each.
The “mini” uber portals are:
Forgotten Sands:
This takes you to a desert scene looking like Act 2 Canyon of the Magi where you will find Uber Duriel. He is the easiest of the “mini” uber bosses to kill.
Most of the time he spawns by himself, but he is sometimes surrounded by those wonderful lightning enhanced scarabs which you are wise to dispatch prior to taking down Duriel. As a reward for killing Duri he drops Baal’s Eye, all red and squishy. Pop this into your stash and save it.
Uber Duriel
Furnace of Pain:
As you wind your way through a River of Flame setting you encounter Demon Tricksters shooting fire, Pit Lords who are immune to all but physical and our favourites, the Oblivion Knights who cast Iron Maiden so your damage is turned upon yourself. Scary for melee characters; deadly for mercs.
After cutting through the welcoming committee, you run into Uber Izual. As in Act 4 Hell, he has a lot of life, and pulls his teleport and Nova tricks on you. Teleport on him and wear him down. He provides you with Mephisto’s Brain. Store this with your eye.
Uber Izzy
Matron’s Den:
One of the portal’s in the game will be the “Matron’s Den”, full of nasty female minions...
Collecting Keys:
The event begins in Hell. Killing certain bosses will net you a special kind of key:
- Key of Terror from Countess
- Key of Hate from Summoner
- Key of Destruction from Nihilithak
Multiple drops of 2 or 3 keys at a time are rare but possible
3 of these keys comprise a “keyset” and they open one portal to an “uber” area.
“Mini” Ubers
I call these portals opened with the minor keys “minis” as they are a necessity and just a prelude to the upcoming fun.
Each keyset opens a portal when you transmute them in the Horadric Cube in Act 5 Hell. The first portal generated is completely random. So if you make one portal in 3 games you have a chance to get the same portal. However if you make 3 portals in the same game, you are guaranteed they will be one of each.
The “mini” uber portals are:
Forgotten Sands:
This takes you to a desert scene looking like Act 2 Canyon of the Magi where you will find Uber Duriel. He is the easiest of the “mini” uber bosses to kill.
Most of the time he spawns by himself, but he is sometimes surrounded by those wonderful lightning enhanced scarabs which you are wise to dispatch prior to taking down Duriel. As a reward for killing Duri he drops Baal’s Eye, all red and squishy. Pop this into your stash and save it.
Uber Duriel
Furnace of Pain:
As you wind your way through a River of Flame setting you encounter Demon Tricksters shooting fire, Pit Lords who are immune to all but physical and our favourites, the Oblivion Knights who cast Iron Maiden so your damage is turned upon yourself. Scary for melee characters; deadly for mercs.
After cutting through the welcoming committee, you run into Uber Izual. As in Act 4 Hell, he has a lot of life, and pulls his teleport and Nova tricks on you. Teleport on him and wear him down. He provides you with Mephisto’s Brain. Store this with your eye.
Uber Izzy
Matron’s Den:
One of the portal’s in the game will be the “Matron’s Den”, full of nasty female minions...
Energy shield explained
2008-08-10 9:54 AM PDT
This small FAQ gives answers to all relevant knowledge needed to understand Energy Shield and its synergy Telekinesis.
Author: soepgroente
Energy shield explained
Author: soepgroente
Energy shield explained
Sweet DII LOD Skin!
2008-08-02 2:51 PM PDT
Download this D2 skin for ur chat window!!
http://www.gunsammocrate.com/content.php?content.2
THIS LINK IS NO LONGER VALID BUT IF YOU WANT THE D2 LOD SKIN FOR XFIRE PM ME AND I'LL SEND IT TO YOU
http://www.gunsammocrate.com/content.php?content.2
THIS LINK IS NO LONGER VALID BUT IF YOU WANT THE D2 LOD SKIN FOR XFIRE PM ME AND I'LL SEND IT TO YOU
Runia's dII Favourite Characters:
2008-08-02 9:41 AM PDT
sweet_soul: v 1.11 nl acc
SwtNess: lvl 94 fury java – Remake of saltysweet –sweetest java yet!
Built for hi skills and kickazz dmg! Stats: str 297; dex 202; vit 345; e 50
http://www.xfire.com/video/2b3f5/
Skills: (in field alone with merc; after bc & bo) Chg strike (lvl3 7k lite + 1-2.3k phys/ele per bolt (10 bolts); Fury (lvl42) 3k lite + 1.2-2.7k phys/ele per bolt (42 bolts); all fury synergies maxed; all passive min lvl 13; 66% critical strike (dbl dmg)
Gear: 186ed 6ll eth up'd (matriarchal) titans; 2.6.4 pb cta; 1.3k wire fleece enigma; shako &ss (both p.l.facet); p.gores; 7ml 4ll soul drainers; tgods; 216ar 20dex raven; 3ll bk; highlords
Merc: act 2 nm might merc; 2k loricated eth duress; 1k eth cv infinity w/ lvl 12 conv -53% e lite resist; veil of steel; dmg (in town) .9-7k
SwtSpinz: lvl 90 hammerdin – Fast tele; fast hammers; nice mf & rusher thru hell; uber spinz – He really is sweet!
http://www.xfire.com/screenshots/runia8/?ss_file=3a4a9efd1cb33f74543ee3ccdc368873d35b3017.png
Built for hi skills and fast cast rate!
Stats: str 251; dex 74; vit 414; e 46
Skills: (in field alone with merc; after bc & bo) Blessed Hammer (lvl3 11k w/ conc (lvl3; hammer synergies maxed; full resists hell
Gear: 39 hoto; 4.5.1 cta; 1.27k ap enigma; shako (ptopaz); 154ed hoz; p.travs; magefist; arachnid; 2x10%fcr+mod rings; 27 maras; 102.36.14 gheeds; 17.20 ptorch
Merc: act 2 nm holy freeze merc; 4.3k great hauberk eth stone; .5k cv insight w/ lvl 13 med -221ed/184ar; 218ed steelskull; dmg (in town) .5-2k
SwtCharmer: lvl 90 Elemental Zealot –Tank (46%ll); fast attack; full resists he can go anywhere; conviction aura melts enemy resistance to high physical and various elemental damage; uber killer; quick mini ubers; hell ancients
Built for hi phys & ele dmg, high ll and to break monster immunites.
Based on Nikodemus222's build on Diablo II Strategy Compendium: http://strategy.diii.net/news.php?id=500
Stats: str 222; dex 188; vit 316; e 66 ; 8.3k...
SwtNess: lvl 94 fury java – Remake of saltysweet –sweetest java yet!
Built for hi skills and kickazz dmg! Stats: str 297; dex 202; vit 345; e 50
http://www.xfire.com/video/2b3f5/
Skills: (in field alone with merc; after bc & bo) Chg strike (lvl3
7k lite + 1-2.3k phys/ele per bolt (10 bolts); Fury (lvl42) 3k lite + 1.2-2.7k phys/ele per bolt (42 bolts); all fury synergies maxed; all passive min lvl 13; 66% critical strike (dbl dmg)Gear: 186ed 6ll eth up'd (matriarchal) titans; 2.6.4 pb cta; 1.3k wire fleece enigma; shako &ss (both p.l.facet); p.gores; 7ml 4ll soul drainers; tgods; 216ar 20dex raven; 3ll bk; highlords
Merc: act 2 nm might merc; 2k loricated eth duress; 1k eth cv infinity w/ lvl 12 conv -53% e lite resist; veil of steel; dmg (in town) .9-7k
SwtSpinz: lvl 90 hammerdin – Fast tele; fast hammers; nice mf & rusher thru hell; uber spinz – He really is sweet!
http://www.xfire.com/screenshots/runia8/?ss_file=3a4a9efd1cb33f74543ee3ccdc368873d35b3017.png
Built for hi skills and fast cast rate!
Stats: str 251; dex 74; vit 414; e 46
Skills: (in field alone with merc; after bc & bo) Blessed Hammer (lvl3
11k w/ conc (lvl3; hammer synergies maxed; full resists hellGear: 39 hoto; 4.5.1 cta; 1.27k ap enigma; shako (ptopaz); 154ed hoz; p.travs; magefist; arachnid; 2x10%fcr+mod rings; 27 maras; 102.36.14 gheeds; 17.20 ptorch
Merc: act 2 nm holy freeze merc; 4.3k great hauberk eth stone; .5k cv insight w/ lvl 13 med -221ed/184ar; 218ed steelskull; dmg (in town) .5-2k
SwtCharmer: lvl 90 Elemental Zealot –Tank (46%ll); fast attack; full resists he can go anywhere; conviction aura melts enemy resistance to high physical and various elemental damage; uber killer; quick mini ubers; hell ancients
Built for hi phys & ele dmg, high ll and to break monster immunites.
Based on Nikodemus222's build on Diablo II Strategy Compendium: http://strategy.diii.net/news.php?id=500
Stats: str 222; dex 188; vit 316; e 66 ; 8.3k...
