[1.05b] Drops Thread

[fearedbliss]

Hey all, I'm making this post to start off the process of showing off cool drops that we've found in 1.05b. I'll start with a few.

I found these boots which ended up replacing my Beast Trample:

Old Boots

And last but not least, just in time before I had to log off for the day ;D, I already had my other two unique rings in my stash so I knew this was it. I was actually trying to gamble for it, but luckily I saw an unique ring drop off a Cow haha:

[fearedbliss]

Recent drops. The first one I gambled on my Necromancer, and the second I found during my normal duriel boss kill on my new Javazon.

[fearedbliss]

I found a pair of Goblin Toe just when I needed the damage increase. CB only works on white mobs only though in prelod.. but still good.

[hedgesparrow]

I've just started a Bowazon in 1.05b. I've heard Multiple Shot and Critical Strike etc are good and I've not done one before. I cleared the Den on players8 but then decided I would twink my new character Gadot as I'd done untwinked twice already in 1.00. Early bow would be slow and it would be better to go melee or Javelin when untwinked. Once you get some mana leech using a bow would become more viable.

Arctic is nice little starter set for a Bowazon, decent damage. Even though the gloves only increase attack speed "slightly" it obviously goes to the first break point as you can really feel the speed up. I added Biggin's Bonnet, The Eye of Etlitch, Manald Heal, a Magic mana leech ring and Gorefoot to complete the low-level twink set.

Even though Arctic only requires level 2 it was level 12 by the time I could equip the whole set. I used Raven Claw and then Stormstrike up till then. I'll try Vidala's once I hit level 14, piercing may be very nice before I can get the skill at level 30.

[fearedbliss]

Welcome to the club .

[hedgesparrow]

Gadot, my Bowazon, just got to level 14. She switched to Vidala's Rig to try it out. The main problem with using it is that I can't use Eye of Etlitch which loses +1 skills, 6% life leech and cold damage. Vidala's says it does Freezes Target so lack of cold damage shouldn't be a problem.

On testing, you can see in the screen shot below, that Freezes Target does not work. I believe this is a general Pierce bug that doesn't allow other effects to trigger. The Enhanced Damage is a laughable 1-2 extra damage.

Even with these downsides, level 3 Multiple Shot + Piercing and decent bow rips through mobs on players8. The Fastest Run boots allows you to kite and bunch mobs into packs really easily. The set is really fun. We'll see if it can last till level 30 and my own Pierce skill!

[fearedbliss]

Nice . Gadot as in Gal Gadot? That's a good name.. the Amazon does look like Wonder Woman a little haha.

I know freezes target when using Iceblink is pretty OP but only for melee characters. I do see Vidala's bow says it has freezes target on it so there definitely is a but somewhere. I also do know that if I put a chipped sapphire in a bow, the monsters do get chilled. It would be interesting to have piercing on an item (or a skill) and see if the chipped sapphire chills the monster at least.

A benefit of prelod is that every single arrow in Multiple Shot has a chance to proc.

[hedgesparrow]

Nice . Gadot as in Gal Gadot? That's a good name.. the Amazon does look like Wonder Woman a little haha.

Yes, Gal Gadot and simply because Wonder Woman is an Amazon .

I know freezes target when using Iceblink is pretty OP but only for melee characters. I do see Vidala's bow says it has freezes target on it so there definitely is a but somewhere. I also do know that if I put a chipped sapphire in a bow, the monsters do get chilled. It would be interesting to have piercing on an item (or a skill) and see if the chipped sapphire chills the monster at least.

Perhaps cold damage is a damage that happens to also chill? As apposed to an extra effect from gear like Freezing Target. Once I get to level 30 I'll test cold damage and any other gear effects I come across!

[fearedbliss]

Yup, any cold damage (even a crappy +1 cold damage bow) will chill . It's interesting how such a simple property (even with 1 damage) is actually useful haha. Especially when all your other gear sucks haha.

[hedgesparrow]

One difference between 1.00 and 1.05b is that I could rename 1.00 chars simply by renaming the file(s). In 1.05b this causes a bad version error if you try and load a renamed char.

I tested self hosted multi-player in 1.05b. I didn't notice any glitching at all during my 20 minute session. In 1.00 I even had a character die in self mp when he was surrounded, couldn't move, and couldn't hit anything! Even with Singling self mp can be useful to find a good map, then farm in Single Player, and be able to return to the open game to mule.