Eth Glitched Items...

[Nephyte]

I've seen talk about Eth Glitched pally shields and am not exactly sure what these are? Could someone explain.

Also, the Eth Armor glitch, what is it exactly?

[omgwtfbbqpwned]

When using the H.Cube recipe that pops a random number of sockets into ETHEREAL armor (helms, shields, body armor), it will gain an extra 50% Defence boost.

Both your inquiries refer to the same thing.

[lendial]

being eth increases def by a facto of 1.5 ebugging will increase the defense by another 1.5. so basicly 2.25 total

lets say you have a sacred amour ethereal no socket, base defense was 600 times 1.5 to get 900, ebugging it would give X sockets and (1350!) defense. now shove a runeword into it and you have an amour capable of over 4 THOUSAND defense!

[MaStAViC]

What's the recipe for making an ethereal Sacred Armor and "ethereal bugged" Sacred Armor? I searched Arreat Summit and the closest I came of finding it was this one: 1 Tal Rune + 1 Thul Rune + 1 Perfect Topaz + Normal Body Armor = Socketed Body Armor of same type

That doesn't seem right, though. Please advise.

Thanks,
Victor Ly

[ShotgunOpera]

Thats correct. You need to find the ethereal, non-superior, no socketed armor (any kind) and cube it with those items. it will apply the 1.5 ethereal defense modifier again, giving you more defense, + X sockets

Upon doing this, you will get an ethereal "bugged" armor

[MaStAViC]

Thank you for the prompt and informative reply. Just to make sure, there would be a difference between using the recipe on a 750 and an 800 defense armor, right? Thanks again!

[MaStAViC]

Thanks! Just tried this on an ethereal loricated mail with 750 defense that I found in a Hell Baal run. Came out with 4 sockets and is now 1095 defense. Thank you very much!

[lendial]

odd, the max norm loricated is 496, eth would be 744 , ebug woudl be 1116.

[MaStAViC]

odd, the max norm loricated is 496, eth would be 744 , ebug woudl be 1116.
Though I am pretty sure it was 750, I could have just read it wrong.

[IamMartin]

750 x 1.5 = 1125

x times 1.5 = 1095

1095 over 1.5 = x

x = 730

so your armor should have been 730 def

[MaStAViC]

750 x 1.5 = 1125

x times 1.5 = 1095

1095 over 1.5 = x

x = 730

so your armor should have been 730 def
Thanks for doing the math as well... lol. I went into the game to check to make sure that it really is 1095, did the math, came here to post that it was probably 730, and found your reply =P

[IamMartin]

=p i myself don't have luck when it comes to ebug stuff. the highest def with 4 socket was like 8xx rest had like 1 or 2 sockets =[.

anyways
back on topic
tal + thul + ptoz = ebug armor
ral + thul + blue = ebug helm
tal + amn + ruby = ebug shield (those 1.5-1.6k def ev exile are ebugged thats why they have such high def)