Bartucks link

[Tilia]

Hi there.. sorry to be a pain but can someone point me in the direction of the recipe for bartucks? In my usual uselss-at-searching way I can't seem to find anything....

Thanks heaps

[order]

bartucs are a unique greater talon. you wont find a recipe to make one.

[BIGeyedBUG]

Kids these days...they think everything is a runeword. :laugh:

When I was a boy, we had to walk uphill both ways to the Chaos Sanctuary in our unique Silks of the Victor.

[gorash]

heres the stats on the bartucs (remind u its a unique item so u can't runeword it)

http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/normal/uassassin.shtml

[Tilia]

Kids these days...they think everything is a runeword

LOL!!! I'm 33!!!!

bartucs are a unique greater talon. you wont find a recipe to make one.

boooooo.. sure I read somewhere that I could make one... it is that that up's my spells isn't it?

I'm playing trapassin and could do with beefing up my maxed traps.. I've got to the worldstone keep and am starting to get a bit wussy!!!

I've got shadow so she's doing a fair bit of the work and I've got a merc from act 2 with as good stuff as I have found on the way.. should I re-roll him?

Which merc would be best for a trapassin?

Ta

Hevs

[stephan]

I'm playing trapassin and could do with beefing up my maxed traps.. I've got to the worldstone keep and am starting to get a bit wussy!!!
You can shop +3 trap claws from anya act5 (nightmare and hell) if you are patient, which will beat bartucs for damage. You can enter the red portal near her (if you haven't done Q4) and go back to reset her items. Should be able to get 2 +3 trap claws in 30-60 minutes.

Which merc would be best for a trapassin?
Nightmare act 2 defensive is a good choice.

[BIGeyedBUG]

My favorite merc for the Trapper is the Act II Holy Freeze merc. And everybody loves Act II mercs generally because of their ability to use an Insight weapon. (That *is* a runeword, btw. :wink3: )

It almost doesn't matter though. A Trapper is well-equipped to run even without a merc if she likes.

[Tilia]

cheers guys.. will hassle Anya for +3 traps and will work on Insight.

Fankooooo

[petriomelony]

Kids these days...they think everything is a runeword. :laugh:

When I was a boy, we had to walk uphill both ways to the Chaos Sanctuary in our unique Silks of the Victor.

not to mention our eye of etlich, which prolly both cost us an soj.

[Tilia]

on from this.. can I only get + traps from anya? Am just starting Hell now.

[zarfen]

Your language seems very childish for a 33 year old.

Anyway, anya can sell you extremely good +traps claws, but it will take A LOT of shopping to find good ones.

You should easily find the runes for insight (that is a runeword) from running even nm countness for a while, and a 4 soc polearm should not be too hard to come across.

I prefer act 2 mercenaries, either from normal (defiance aura) or nm (holy freeze aura). Some say that act 2 nm offensive ones (might aura) are better since they can kill LI's by themselves, but if you have trouble getting an insight, I guess you don't have the wealth to equip a good one, so stick with the holy freeze one imo, since his aura will slow monsters down alot. Or a defiance one, he tanks better but he doesnt slow all monsters down, it's a matter of preference.

You will probably start to struggle really hard if you are a pure lightning trapper, since hell has alot of lightning immunes. So either getting a decent backup attack, or playing in a team(adviced if you don't have great gear, since making a good secondary attack takes rather good gear if you dont wanna sacrifice too much from your main attack)

Hope it helped somewhat.
~Peaceout

[Tilia]

Your language seems very childish for a 33 year old.

Are you always this judgemental? I just like to take it easy on fori like these and not worry too much about how I speak.. considering I would think a large proportion of the people here are under the age of 20.

Maybe I am more in touch with my inner child than some.

At least I don't speak in code, you don't have to be a genuis in textspeak to understand what I am talking about.

[RealmOftheWolf]

Are you always this judgemental? I just like to take it easy on fori like this and not worry too much about how I speak.. considering I would think a large proportion of the people here are under the age of 20.

Maybe I am more in touch with my inner child than some.

At least I don't speak in code like so many people here.

good point ^^

Good luck with your trapper. Try shopping anya for claws or go for dual spirit combo (only 4 to skills) but gives quite alot of nice mods fairly cheap too but can be steep on strength. Collects as many Perfect gems as possible (about 20) and trade for ber and jah make enigma in a breast plate for the low str since sins have no good returns on defense. whats your weapon atm. should aim for fastest trap layin with BOS.

[Tilia]

You will probably start to struggle really hard if you are a pure lightning trapper

I'm not purely a lightning trapper I do have Wake of Inferno at max level too. I tend to switch between the 3 top traps depending on what I am up against. To be honest, so long as they are not lightning AND fire immune I should be ok. I'm just looking for a way to amp them up a bit.

I have a total of +3 traps at the moment between both equipped weapons.

I will have another look into insight again see if I can magic it up.

My merc is a Nightmare level 2 but I'm not sure which aura he uses, it puts an ice blue ring around us that has gaps in it. It doesn't freeze so I assume it is a defiance one.

Thank you for your reply, it was very helpful.. a shame you had to blow it by being so arrogant.

[zarfen]

Hey, I as not trying to be offensive. I appologie if you was hurt. I was only a little biut frustrated because I do as well dislike all kinds of code or "leetspeak". And for me, your past posts were very hard to read, as well as other thread you have made,, your two last ones was very clear though :thumbsup:.
Again I'm sorry if you got offended and I came on as arrogant to you.

Anyway, back to topic, that aura should be defiance, and that is either from act 2 in normal or hell, nightmare has holy freeze, I often prefer defiance, as I feel like my merc survives longer with that.
With a backup, you should be able to kill most enemies, it might take a while for a un-synergyses wake of inferno though, but if you say it works. Just be ware that there is some kind of bug to inferno, making it deal less damage thebn what is listed.
You should be able to shop for at least +3 traps or +3 lightningsentry from anya with a little time spent, dn't wait for +3traps/+3lignting sentry since that will take forever :P
I don't have very much experience with trappers, but I never had items like enigma or such, so I have a pretty bad idea what the "ideal" gear is, but I know some about how you can make it without dying all the time.
Also, make sure you know your breakpoints like realm said.

Yet again, I am sorry for opening our conversation with saying that you seem childish, I have no idea who you are and I admit I was rather judgemental, but I got a little annoyed with the "IM 33!!! LOL!!!" such language is often a bit annoying, stil I shouldnt have said that. I am sorry. I hope we can get off on better feet in the future, let me know how your trapper does :thumbsup:
It would also help if you listed your full gear and skillpoints.

edit: btw, I am only 18... :hide: And I think you got a little too offended from a harmless comment :wink3: