Foolish questions

[Cdnexpat]

Is it possible to find a magic items that provides an aura for the wearer and his "allies" or is this only available thru the use of rune words.

Can I reasonably expect to find high end runes playing an average of an hour a day (level 84 Skelliemancer) or should I abandon all hope and just play for fun.

Lastly what items do i stand the best chance of getting teleport on when i am gambling. Right now I gamble on circlets and amulets.

thanks

[Necrochild313]

Circlets and amulets are the best place to find teleport (only place) ;)

However, the set item Naj's staff doesn't have much trade value and has oodles of teleport charges. That would be decent to keep on switch.

If you are playing on ladder, there are a few low runewords with decent auras. The missle weapon runeword "Edge" comes to mind. Auras cannot spawn on magic items unfortunately, but I know that one of the unique phaseblades "Azurewrath" has an aura attatched to it, however it doesn't help your minions :(

[Kyo]

There no such thing as a foolish question. If you don't ask, you don't know so don't worry about it :)

Is it possible to find a magic items that provides an aura for the wearer and his "allies" or is this only available thru the use of rune words.

Not entirely sure what your asking but if you look in runeword (http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/runewords.shtml) page on Mount Arreat then you should see various items that bestow the wearier auras. Most auras would then give you that attributes from that aura to yourself and your minions.



Can I reasonably expect to find high end runes playing an average of an hour a day (level 84 Skelliemancer) or should I abandon all hope and just play for fun. .

You can go for specific mobs/quest like the countess and Hellforge that will give you a better chance for runes but it all random tbh. MF does not affect your drops either so it a matter of luck



Lastly what items do i stand the best chance of getting teleport on when i am gambling. Right now I gamble on circlets and amulets.
thanks

They are really not hard to find your probably get one jsut by running when you least expect it. They can come from staffs, amulets but i don't think i seen one on a ring but i heard you can get them.

GL

[Mad Mantis]

Is it possible to find a magic items that provides an aura for the wearer and his "allies" or is this only available thru the use of rune words.

Welcome Newcomer to The Darkness. Grab a brew (http://www.lgl.bayern.de/de/left/fachinformationen/lebensmittel/warencodes/_images/bier.jpg) and feel free to raise some corpses.

The only item besides runewords that grants an aura is Azurewrath.

[Wambat]

Circlets and amulets are the best place to find teleport (only place) ;)(

THE best way to get high-end runes is through the use of the hell forge in hell. You can do this either by rushing ppl for their hell forge, or by using classic to rush your own characters to the hell level hell forge. One way is not really quicker than another, but if you have trust issues, then you might feel better rushing your own characters.

[Cdnexpat]

Thanks for the replies

I am playing on the ladder so I may try for Edge, I must have the runes. I also thought about insight, for the extra mana. I really like the look of infinity for my merc but it is expen$ive. I guess what I really need to find first is teleport and worry about the rest later.

I have read on other forms that nm countess drops the same as hell countess. Does anyone know if this is true? If it was, I could run the countess much faster in nm.

Thanks again

Phil

[Mad Mantis]

Does anyone know if this is true?

It isn't. NM Countess can drop up to Ko, while Hell Countess can drop up to Lo.

[scopeye]

I have done more than 200countess run in hell but i have never found a rune higher than sol dol or hel

but in nm countess quest i found Io

is it just my luck or the posibility of high runes is really really high?

[Mad Mantis]

I have done more than 200countess run in hell but i have never found a rune higher than sol dol or hel

The drop percentages of runes isn't very high. And the really high runes have a very low chance to drop. To be certain that you get a Lo you will need to run the Countess a bit more than 3 million times.

[silospen]

This'd be what you want:

http://www.flightsofsplendor.com/diabloII/Urlik%27s_RFG_v2.xls

[Necrochild313]

THE best way to get high-end runes is through the use of the hell forge in hell. You can do this either by rushing ppl for their hell forge, or by using classic to rush your own characters to the hell level hell forge. One way is not really quicker than another, but if you have trust issues, then you might feel better rushing your own characters.

What do high runes have to do with gambling :( ?


I have read on other forms that nm countess drops the same as hell countess. Does anyone know if this is true? If it was, I could run the countess much faster in nm.

No, Hell countess can drop up to Lo, and nm countess can drop up to Ko.

I do many countess runs, and she can drop pretty decently. After a few hours worth of running I have enough ele runes, amn, and hels to reroll spirit a few times, as well as a usual bunch of ko-mals to boot. It takes alot of runs to see results however, but unlike magic finding, even bad drops can be cubed up to more useful ones.

The best tip that I can give you is that there are 4 different kind of start/end possibilities (where if the end is distinct type, the start is a distinct type) for the tower. When you memorize the pattern between starts and endings the hardest part of countess running is actually finding the tower in the black marsh. I can countess run in less than a minute alot of the time (without maphack)

[Wambat]

What do high runes have to do with gambling :( ?
Ummm, what?

Anyway. You can run countess a lot and quickly, and a a lot of runes; the problem is, like with every monster, the countess has different % chance to drop each rune, and it gets desperately low the higher you go. This is why you will get better results with hell forges, even though it could take you a solid hour to get each one; each rune in the spectrum of possibility has an equal chance of dropping, and this is just infinitely better odds for high runes than you will get from countess.

[Kyo]

Ummm, what?

Anyway. You can .....

lol i wish i can get you to write my report at my work. You would be superb :thumbsup:

[Necrochild313]

Ummm, what?


Lastly what items do i stand the best chance of getting teleport on when i am gambling. Right now I gamble on circlets and amulets.

I was replying to the gambling question :p

[Wambat]

I was replying to the gambling question :p

Oooookaaaay, why were you quoting me? Was that just a mistake?

Gambling has to do with getting items with teleport charges, which can then be used to do countess runs.