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5zigen
30-05-2004, 07:05
So, recently i lost my level 90 sorc (teleporting thru the tower there were 2 stacked boss packs, just happened to be fanat + might :rant: , i didnt even care what the other mods were after i was dead to be honest.) lost some stuff, arachs, eschutas, 34% upgraded viper, tals amu, 5x lit skill charms, anni, res and vita charms.

after i got over that i decided to run hell meph. I kill him, a bunch. I even came up with some new slogans for him "because you can never have too many stormstrikes" and "because you really need to finid 5 bloodrises a day".
needless to say, it was nearly fruitless. in fact, the best ide gotten off of him in the past few days was a gore riders, and a +3 shiver armor ormus.
So i decide to go mf the pit some as i was rapidly running out of rejuvs. after running it a few times, and watching the unique chain mail drop next to a magical monarch, i decided i would just go mf some other places. So i go back to meph, and one run, he drops a ring, "oh great, another manald" i think to myself, and .... i id it and.... its a 24% nagel. :sleep:
next game, i run meph again, and he drops a unique ammy, and i think to myself, "This is maras, i can FEEL it" take it to town, ID and OMG?!?

its a sacrens chance (at least it was 20% res). So i decide to just mf, wherever, i figured i would just teleport around until i found some boss packs, gank em, pick up gold and mana potions and rejuvs, do this in a1 while looking for gem shrines.

after haphazardly clearing a1, i do the ancient tunnels, then i decide i should do a3 city places because of all the corpses and chests. well nothin unique this game yet so i give meph another try. he drops like 5 yellow things, and a gold ammy, and im like "this one is SOOO maras" and i id it,
And its frigign maras!!! :drool: :thanks:

sorry for the long story, im just extra excited because ive never seen a maras drop before, let alone have one.

xeyloderixed
30-05-2004, 07:13
congrats!

not to steal your moment in the lights, but i also have a similar story.

i've gotten so bored of meff that i am actually thinking of retiring my sork (not stripping or killing, just gonna use for rushing). all the mf i've been doing in the last month has mainly been eld/pin with my trapsin, because it is the fastest run (predictable) and because i get to shop once in a while.

needless to say, both monsters have god awful drop rates, and its not really the fastest way to get rich. as you can imagine, it takes DAYS to actually find anything useful.

well, i had a string of terrible luck, and something like 5 "runs" (i gamble all gold, and call 1 "run" as when i get enuff gold for max, so thats something like 750 runs) of nothing but a black echo weap.

well, one day, i decided to do like 5 actual runs (not "runs") so i do my usual gambling. so what do i gamble?

a friggin 27% maras.

talk about luck

5zigen
30-05-2004, 07:18
heh, what lvl do you have to be to gamble maras?

xeyloderixed
30-05-2004, 07:19
hmm, im not sure on this.

+2 rare ammys in general, you can gamble past 86 iirc (or maybe its 87). im not sure on sets and uniques

kurg
30-05-2004, 08:30
I recently upgraded from a 21% resist sacarens that I had found to a 20% Mara's that my friend had found.

Sucks that it has the minimum resist, but the +2 skills is a bit more useful than the +7 all attributes difference.

det
30-05-2004, 10:46
Anya in hell seems to be a good place for gambling. Gambled my Mara's with a lv 80 (or even a bit below) Necro. Recently even a SoJ. :clap:

5zigen
30-05-2004, 11:22
what level char, det ?

det
30-05-2004, 11:37
*points to post above

lv 80 or a bit below. This Necro has finished the game at lv 82 and he gambled the ammy when he had just done Shenk or so. my estimate is that he was between lv 78 and 80 at that time. Sorry, I just don't know for sure.

The amazon that gambled the SoJ was lv 83...not that it matters for that ring

Jedi
30-05-2004, 12:08
*points to post above

lv 80 or a bit below. This Necro has finished the game at lv 82 and he gambled the ammy when he had just done Shenk or so. my estimate is that he was between lv 78 and 80 at that time. Sorry, I just don't know for sure.

The amazon that gambled the SoJ was lv 83...not that it matters for that ring

the chance gambling unique should be very low as far as i know. there must have been a lot luck involved to get the populast ring and amu ;)

congrats to the others aswell

regards
Jedi

det
30-05-2004, 12:11
Yeah..I should have been playing the lottery that weekend. Especially since I are currenly also lucky with my Hellforge drops (2 Ums and 1 Lem yesterday in NM) and on my 6th attempt I got my dream crafted gloves for my Strafer.

Usually I gamble my money away hoping for nice rares. Guess it just was my turn after 3 years Diablo without a SoJ at all, hehe....

Winona
30-05-2004, 12:41
its low, but its not crazy low. Sure aint the 1/100000 that diabloii.net claims. Ive been doing some gambling (a coupple of hundred amys) and ive gotten 3 uniques and 4 set.

U will get one now and then.

kurg
31-05-2004, 03:13
I've gambled several hundred ammies/rings and not a single unique or set.

I even went through a streak where I gambled more than 50 belts and didn't even get a rare.