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skunkbelly
08-04-2004, 18:06
So after gambling away billions of gold since 1.10 came out, and never gambling a single rare or set item, my perseverence paid off yesterday... I was gambling amulets last night, and when I ran my cursor over my seventh or eighth purchase, I was surprised to notice that ugly "set item" orangish color. It took my eyes a minute to actually comprehend the text... TAL'S! :flip:
Since I was already using Tal's belt and helm, and had the Orb in my stash, my sorcy is *very* happy... now if I could just find the armor, she'd be nice and purple :D
CoonerTheRed
08-04-2004, 18:20
So after gambling away billions of gold since 1.10 came out, and never gambling a single rare or set item, my perseverence paid off yesterday...
i refuse to believe that you've never gotten a rare.... they're still popping at about 1 every 10 for me, i thought this was standard?
Since I was already using Tal's belt and helm, and had the Orb in my stash, my sorcy is *very* happy... now if I could just find the armor, she'd be nice and purple :D
very nice you lucky skunk. But please, don't put on the purple armour, it's just sooooo ugly (as is the helm) :lol:
skunkbelly
08-04-2004, 18:24
LOL, duh, sorry, I should've said "set or unique." Oodles and oodles of rares, of course.
hc_ugajeremy
08-04-2004, 18:26
Does it matter where you gamble as long as it's in Hell? Also, I'm assuming level 80 is a good point to begin?
Congrats! You're an inspiration to me to keep on gambling :) I've gambled quite a bit without seeing a unique or set as well :( Nice gamble!! :)
Does it matter where you gamble as long as it's in Hell? Also, I'm assuming level 80 is a good point to begin?
I didn't think it mattered where you gambled, only your level. Does it matter if you are gambling in hell?
skunkbelly
08-04-2004, 18:50
Well, I gambled the Tal's ammy in normal Act 1, while perming a muling game. Your character's level is all that influences gambling... that, and how much patience you have.
And Cooner, yes, I know, I know, Tal's armor is butt ugly... therefore, SUMBUDY GIB PLZ! :D
Randal.Flag
08-04-2004, 23:02
Orange? Crafts are orange, unless that is some mh feature? I've gotten both unique and set from gamble, unique was a ring and set was an amu... and they both sucked :C
my lvl 4 sorc gambled a gul dagger yesterday. was the first unique I have gotten out of bazilions of gold too. but it was nice. :)
skunkbelly
08-04-2004, 23:24
Orange? Crafts are orange, unless that is some mh feature?
ROFLMAO... no, no hacks here, but thanks for pointing out to the entire forum just how bad my *color blindness* is! Seriously... when I go to the eye doctor and they do that color vision test, the nurse generally laughs at me. I can't tell purple from blue half the time, or green from brown, and when I'm tipsy, pink = gray.
Sooooo.... um, what the heck color are set items, then, anyway? Since apparently they ain't orange ;)
I should add that I *do* luckily see crafted items as orange... I just thought that set items were a little *less* orange. Lol!
Also, I don't know how many people here are old enough to remember the old (and awesome!) PC game "Starflight." Well, the copy protection scheme was a map of the game universe with multi-colored stars... every so often, you'd be stopped by a patrol ship, who would ask you "How many green stars are in quadrant 4?" or something like that. If you answered incorrectly, the game shut down. Which was really bad, in my case.... but luckily, it was such a common problem that their customer service mailed me a special numeric map just for the colorblind :D
Nice find Skunk! I'm in the same boat as you and have never gotten unique or set from gambling. And sets are green. =P
slick4hire
09-04-2004, 00:45
I have never gambled a set item, but I did gamble a goldwrap very early in 1.10 when I was trying to get a life/fhr/resist belt.
At the time, it was the best item I had... Of course, that was 2 days into 1.10.
Randal.Flag
09-04-2004, 05:05
ROFLMAO... no, no hacks here, but thanks for pointing out to the entire forum just how bad my *color blindness* is! Seriously... when I go to the eye doctor and they do that color vision test, the nurse generally laughs at me. I can't tell purple from blue half the time, or green from brown, and when I'm tipsy, pink = gray.
Sooooo.... um, what the heck color are set items, then, anyway? Since apparently they ain't orange ;)
I should add that I *do* luckily see crafted items as orange... I just thought that set items were a little *less* orange. Lol!
Also, I don't know how many people here are old enough to remember the old (and awesome!) PC game "Starflight." Well, the copy protection scheme was a map of the game universe with multi-colored stars... every so often, you'd be stopped by a patrol ship, who would ask you "How many green stars are in quadrant 4?" or something like that. If you answered incorrectly, the game shut down. Which was really bad, in my case.... but luckily, it was such a common problem that their customer service mailed me a special numeric map just for the colorblind :D
Hmm I do remember a separate patch (or modification in a regular upgrade) for another blizz game Starcraft that had some colorblind help. Don't remember what it did exactly and not even sure if it was SC... ;) Maybe there is one for D2 too, or maybe that doesn't matter since you do see them as different color and probably don't mix them up. And yes they are green. :)
Shadoway
09-04-2004, 05:16
Hmm... Skunk sees things differently :scratch:
As for Tal's armor, I think you have got one on your assasin, right? BTW, that armor looks really cool on an assasin---100 times better than on a sorc.
Never seen one on a sin... Picture please ;)
So, if you see colors differently, do you get all excited when people say (for example) Ohh! a white shako! ;) Hehehehe
-Matt
I can't tell purple from blue half the time
So you see those ugly purple tals sorcs as sexy blue ones? Talk about lucky!
MoUsE_WiZ
09-04-2004, 09:22
Hey, don't knock the tal's sorc look...I mean they get to GLOW.
It's just that silly newbs have popularized the cap+purple armor look =(
Give me an ugly looking purple necro with an acorn on his head any day.
Ugly looking chars with max resists > pretty looking chars any day in hcl.
(450% mf is also nice bonus)
skunkbelly
09-04-2004, 15:38
Alas, Shadoway, the assy who had the Tal's armor died a month or two ago, while doing some solo MF runs... But yeah, she looked good, eh?
Actually, the colors in D2 are differentiated enough that I can tell them apart... luckily! Though I did think Tal's armor was blue...
But since sets are apparently a yellowish-green, and I thought they were orangish, well, you can see how bad it is! :D Needless to say, in RL, I let my wife do my clothes shopping, and wear lots of black ;)
Needless to say, in RL, I let my wife do my clothes shopping, and wear lots of black ;)
Bet that you wear white too... kinda like a...................
Zebra? :uhhuh:
CoonerTheRed
09-04-2004, 18:30
Give me an ugly looking purple necro with an acorn on his head any day.
Ugly looking chars with max resists > pretty looking chars any day in hcl.
(450% mf is also nice bonus)
i'm sorry, maybe i'm just dumb, but i'd prefer a sexy looking sorc to an ugly purple one any day. I mean, sure, survivablility is cool and all, but please.... purple armour with brown caps are just ugly. And i'm sick of seeing them. Almost as bad as all those ugly green helms people used to run around with on their barbs. I'll take my sexy sorc- upgraded vipermagi (socketed with um, which makes it black) and a nice +skills coronet with her nice gray shield (pdiamond whistan's) that looks bad*** without covering her entire body (like that ugly gold stormshield or tower shields). And with the nice little daggar she carries, she still has full resists, plenty of mana and ok +skills, and all the killing power she needs :D
edit: screw the mf... i'll take looks over mf any day :D
Shadoway
09-04-2004, 19:00
Exactly, style is above all! That's why my pally uses a phase blade and wears a diadem. My barb with Guillaume's Face and Ironpelt and dual sword also looks cool (in 1.10, axe barb = barb without style).
Sounds like you guys need to host a new show "Queer Eye for the Diablo Guy" :p
NEURO_CKY
09-04-2004, 19:23
i'm sorry, maybe i'm just dumb, but i'd prefer a sexy looking sorc to an ugly purple one any day. I mean, sure, survivablility is cool and all, but please.... purple armour with brown caps are just ugly. And i'm sick of seeing them. Almost as bad as all those ugly green helms people used to run around with on their barbs. I'll take my sexy sorc- upgraded vipermagi (socketed with um, which makes it black) and a nice +skills coronet with her nice gray shield (pdiamond whistan's) that looks bad*** without covering her entire body (like that ugly gold stormshield or tower shields). And with the nice little daggar she carries, she still has full resists, plenty of mana and ok +skills, and all the killing power she needs :D
edit: screw the mf... i'll take looks over mf any day :D
very interesting to say the least..i think my flail sporting,purple armor wearing sorc is quite pimpy lookin,plus wit all her insane killing power and mf she finds nice lil daggers,magis,and whristans for all the people who like inferior chars
on acct of preferances on looks...(heheh) anyway,cheers
:buddies:
Shadoway
09-04-2004, 19:44
very interesting to say the least..i think my flail sporting,purple armor wearing sorc is quite pimpy lookin,plus wit all her insane killing power and mf she finds nice lil daggers,magis,and whristans for all the people who like inferior chars
on acct of preferances on looks...(heheh) anyway,cheers
:buddies:
Don't you think it is too much stereo-typing, even if it were good looking? :spy:
NEURO_CKY
09-04-2004, 20:00
Don't you think it is too much stereo-typing, even if it were good looking? :spy:
ok...if you are referring to me stereotyping than i must say that it was not my
intention to do so. basicly my point was that if you dont like tal armor because
its too spendy for you then thats understandable...but if u dont like it because
of the looks on ur char than id say u got a few issues....beings that you are
fine with having a less dominate char on acct of only looks. basicly id rather
have a better mfer/pvmer no matter what the appearance ended up. my sorc
could be holding mr hankey himself is long as that lil terd gave me +3 all skills,
38 all resist,and an oak sage...besides it keeps my "ugly" char alive longer!!!
as with anything else i post this is just my two pennies...thx :thumbsup:
CoonerTheRed
09-04-2004, 20:22
Sounds like you guys need to host a new show "Queer Eye for the Diablo Guy" :p
hahahaha... but seriously though, what is with the fact that all the good gear is just plain ugly. I mean, shako, ugly. Vamp, ugly. Tals, ugly. I do like the fact that you can pick the color of your gear by what you socket it with though, that's kinda nice. Hmmm would socketed Tals armour not be purple anymore? Anyone? :D
(wait a minute... i can't host queer eye... i'm straight... doh well... have to come up with a new name :p )
hahahaha... but seriously though, what is with the fact that all the good gear is just plain ugly. I mean, shako, ugly. Vamp, ugly. Tals, ugly. I do like the fact that you can pick the color of your gear by what you socket it with though, that's kinda nice. Hmmm would socketed Tals armour not be purple anymore? Anyone?
(wait a minute... i can't host queer eye... i'm straight... doh well... have to come up with a new name :p )
LOL, I was just kidding with you guys anyway :)
And, my amazon has a Tal's Armor socketed with a perfect topaz. Still purple, though :) This should make you fashion guys cringe.... My amazon wears Tal's Armor with Nightwing Veil :uhhuh:
skunkbelly
09-04-2004, 21:04
This should make you fashion guys cringe.... My amazon wears Tal's Armor with Nightwing Veil :uhhuh:
Ick!
My favorite fashion faux pas in the game is still those silly druid chickenhats. I mean, come on! They're chickenhats! How can you fight evil dressed as a chicken?!
I keep meaning to make a druid just to see how much I can dress him up to look like Foghorn Leghorn. Is there any white armor in the game? White armor, red trim, and a chickenhat. Maybe Woody Woodpecker would be easier.
Sounds like you guys need to host a new show "Queer Eye for the Diablo Guy" :p
Yeah, thats what i really meant :lol:
Ick!
My favorite fashion faux pas in the game is still those silly druid chickenhats. I mean, come on! They're chickenhats! How can you fight evil dressed as a chicken?!
I keep meaning to make a druid just to see how much I can dress him up to look like Foghorn Leghorn. Is there any white armor in the game? White armor, red trim, and a chickenhat. Maybe Woody Woodpecker would be easier.
Sigon's armor is white... :drool:
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