The "Homage to the desert mercenary" Tournament der=0>

[SuperSavage]

The hardest fight is over until Diablo, unless you have 75 fire/75 light resist and lots of life

Started out at the Dry hills WP, and had no problems until Lost City where I didn't realize how much damage 4 champion Tomb Lurkers did. My life fell fast but I was lucky enough to stop zeal and get life back. Fangskin gave me no problems, I was lucky enough to have lots of jars block half the entrance to level 1 right out of the middle on level 2. Duriel was gonna be trouble, leveled to 25 and then put on /p 1 and had to go kill more monsters because I didn't have a full belt worth. I wanted more than a full belt but I just went with a belt. This was almost not enough, at Duriel I knew my zeal attack would keep going and if my life was low he could kill me because I couldn't run. My cold resist was only 25 so it wasn't amazing and I'm glad defiance helped me enough for me to get life back. Had to run away multiple times to gain life back because he was killing me too fast, and it gets scary if you don't finish zeal fast enough. He dropped rare bardiche was of no use to me and I moved on to Act III.

In Act III, I completed the first quest against 2 champion jungle beasts. Life totals a decent 357 so far. Found a 4%LL ring in Spider Forest so my LL is now at 9% total. Still using same weapon, have tried to gamble for lots more but no luck. Everything is too slow, and brandistock/bardiche don't do enough damage. I might have to do the cube recipe and find me some magic staffs/kris's/belts and I got hte diamonds. Looks good from here, Act III should be easy except those shamans and undead flayers probably. Merc is doing good, level 25 with me and she has a bow with cold damage with also the cold arrow. Tried to get her a better bow lots of times but no luck either.

Bruno, Clvl 25, Luckily survived Duriel... with 1 potion left
19 WP's, 13 Quests, Total Score +20

Forum Name     Quest     Char Name     LVL   ACT         WP        Score                            
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Docturnal      Gold Bird  Waheed       22     A3     Kurast Docks   21
SuperSavage    Find Eye   Bruno        25     A3     Kurast Docks   20
Butzull        Gold Bird  Tock         25     A3     Kurast Docks   18
EJB            Duriel     Fazel        24     A2     Canyon Magi    14
adny           Cube       Chalan       19     A2     Dry Hills       5
newco          Staff      Durga        21     A2     Halls of Dead   4
D.Master       Radament   Alzheed      17     A2     Lut Gholein     4
asdfgah        Radament   Azrael       19     A2     Lut Gholein     3
nepeta         DoE        Ahsab         1     A1     Rogue Enc.      0
Chutspah       DoE	  Osama	        1     A1     Rogue Enc.	     0   
SkaMan         DoE        Gulzar        1     A1     Cold Plains     0
nommx          Malus      Leharas      16     A1     Black Marsh    -3
Skunkbelly     Cain       Vikhyat      11     A1     Stony Field    -4
Duke HD        Countess   Emilio       15     A1     Dark Woods     -5

EDIT: Put EJB's newest Update to table.
@Duke HD you thought quests were worth one point, your score is -5.

*The quest category means the quest you are on currently not the one you just beat.

[SuperSavage]

Bruno has takin on all of Act III except Mephisto.

Managed to get a new weapon finally and as well as gloves, boots, and amulet. Found two uniques and two sets in Act III: I now use Nokozan's Relic amulet and gambled a pair of new gloves/boots. Found Nokozon/Cleglaws chain gloves/my 2nd berserker helm/6% manhald heal ring(which I dont use right now which is amazing, but no mana use for zeal but I gain mana back) My resists are a lot better now and I have a total of 37% FHR, have a 2 socket splint mail to make stealth out of but I am missing that Tal rune. When I kill mephisto, and move to act 4 i will have steealth made for sure(starts to get harder in act 4). Nokozan makes it where I can have 85 fire resist which is nice because my fire resist is pretty high.

Shamans weren't too bad with good fire resist, undead flayers weren't as bad as expected... thank god you can leech from them. Found a better merc weapon in kurast under a log which was a rare short battle bow with elemental damage(cold/fire) and 42%ed. No problems really in Act III, pretty smooth for a palidan with no shield. My vitality is rising a lot its at 118 so my life is 437. Managed to do a staff/kriss/belt/diamond recipe and results were decent with a savage lochaber axe of readiness 74%ed/10% ias. Its better than my weapon, but reqs are a little high so I have to wait I think 4 or 5 levels... kinda sux. My new weapon was another Voulge I gambled which came with 60%ed/1-3 fire dmg/10%ias/1 warcry skills and a socket which I use a Ral so it does 6-33 fire dmg. I found two nefs/two eths/ral/tir in Act III, and gambled a circlet which wasn't rare but it had +40 life of mammoth so gave it to merc.
**everything i say is always mixed up everywhere lol**
Bruno, Clvl 29, Ready to take on Mephisto....
27 WP's, 17 Quests, Total Score +32

Forum Name     Quest     Char Name     LVL   ACT         WP        Score                            
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SuperSavage    Mephisto   Bruno        29     A3     Durance        32
Docturnal      Gold Bird  Waheed       22     A3     Kurast Docks   21
Butzull        Gold Bird  Tock         25     A3     Kurast Docks   18
EJB            Duriel     Fazel        24     A2     Canyon Magi    14
adny           Cube       Chalan       19     A2     Dry Hills       5
newco          Staff      Durga        21     A2     Halls of Dead   4
D.Master       Radament   Alzheed      17     A2     Lut Gholein     4
asdfgah        Radament   Azrael       19     A2     Lut Gholein     3
nepeta         DoE        Ahsab         1     A1     Rogue Enc.      0
Chutspah       DoE	  Osama	        1     A1     Rogue Enc.	     0   
SkaMan         DoE        Gulzar        1     A1     Cold Plains     0
nommx          Malus      Leharas      16     A1     Black Marsh    -3
Skunkbelly     Cain       Vikhyat      11     A1     Stony Field    -4
Duke HD        Countess   Emilio       15     A1     Dark Woods     -5

EDIT:
- My damage 54-190 "Fast" Attack
- Merc's damage 29-56 cold attack/cold arrow
- Merc's Life is up to 310 with 17%FHR.
- Zeal is level 9, Sacrifice is level 20, Defiance Aura level 1(until might/HF if..)
- Resists are 76/72/40/16

[adny]

Chalan found the Cube and immediately cubed up all the chippies he found (except some ametysts left for the 3 chippies recipe). Found Nokozam relic from random Raptor in the Far Oasis :grin:
Started to collect ingrediens for the savage recipe, and in Maggot Lair lvl2 finally a Kriss dropped. The result was 60% Poleaxe, will have to spend all the stat points for it tough...
Found the Staff and now resting on the Lost City WP 'till Monday...

Forum Name     Quest     Char Name     LVL   ACT         WP        Score                            
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SuperSavage    Mephisto   Bruno        29     A3     Durance        32
Docturnal      Gold Bird  Waheed       22     A3     Kurast Docks   21
Butzull        Gold Bird  Tock         25     A3     Kurast Docks   18
EJB            Duriel     Fazel        24     A2     Canyon Magi    14
adny           Amulet     Chalan       22     A2     Lost City       5
newco          Staff      Durga        21     A2     Halls of Dead   4
D.Master       Radament   Alzheed      17     A2     Lut Gholein     4
asdfgah        Radament   Azrael       19     A2     Lut Gholein     3
nepeta         DoE        Ahsab         1     A1     Rogue Enc.      0
Chutspah       DoE	  Osama	        1     A1     Rogue Enc.	     0   
SkaMan         DoE        Gulzar        1     A1     Cold Plains     0
nommx          Malus      Leharas      16     A1     Black Marsh    -3
Skunkbelly     Cain       Vikhyat      11     A1     Stony Field    -4
Duke HD        Countess   Emilio       15     A1     Dark Woods     -5

[DementiaMaster]

Sorry it's been a while since I last updated. I've been busy a lot lately but I'll be playing a lot today so except an update eventually!

[DementiaMaster]

Won't let me edit so double post, sorry. Keeping it short, my character destroyed Duriel and smashed Mephisto. All in all, Isenhart's Case, Arcanna's Deathwand, Gorefoot and Griswold's Edge have dropped during that part of the journey. Blessed Aim is the key to hitting without dexterity. I need to level really really badly now. Act 4 is no easy trip.

Level: 25 - 17 = -9
Quests: +24
WPs: +17
Total: +32 (!)

Forum Name     Quest     Char Name     LVL   ACT         WP        Score                            
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D.Master       Izual      Alzheed      25     A4     Pandemonium    36
SuperSavage    Mephisto   Bruno        29     A3     Durance        32
Docturnal      Gold Bird  Waheed       22     A3     Kurast Docks   21
Butzull        Gold Bird  Tock         25     A3     Kurast Docks   18
EJB            Duriel     Fazel        24     A2     Canyon Magi    14
adny           Amulet     Chalan       22     A2     Lost City       5
newco          Staff      Durga        21     A2     Halls of Dead   4
asdfgah        Radament   Azrael       19     A2     Lut Gholein     3
nepeta         DoE        Ahsab         1     A1     Rogue Enc.      0
Chutspah       DoE	  Osama	        1     A1     Rogue Enc.	     0   
SkaMan         DoE        Gulzar        1     A1     Cold Plains     0
nommx          Malus      Leharas      16     A1     Black Marsh    -3
Skunkbelly     Cain       Vikhyat      11     A1     Stony Field    -4
Duke HD        Countess   Emilio       15     A1     Dark Woods     -5

[Elfstones]

Hello.

Great idea for a tourney and playing the game!!

I usually lurk around here to pick up all the good information the SPF provides and to play some of the tourney ideas you guys and EU's come up with. Thanks!

I had to post this question/observation about this tourney which like I said is a great idea. Since its a homeage to the act 2 merch I was thinking shouldn't only spears, tridents and pikes be allowed?? Since thats all the act 2 merch does is 'poke monsters with his stick'. Wereas a pally using a poleaxe, bardiche, voulge, etc is going to swing those weapons not poke people like the desert merch does.

Just a thought.

Thanks again and keep up the good work!

[SuperSavage]

I need to level really really badly now. Act 4 is no easy trip.

I'm level 30, in Act IV and I thought I needed to level up plenty

Quick update for Bruno, after destroying Mephisto on /p 1. I wanted to raise the player setting because my resists were decent, lightning only at 40 but it was enough. Wanted better items from him at /p 8, but dropped all rares which one was a CIRCLET! but i was happy for not long when I found out it was much worse than I thought with +1 trap skills and couple other things. Meph has a good chance of gettting you atleast a +1 skills helm which would just be awesome. Used no items from his drop and decided to move on to Act IV. Started out in the first area on /p 4, and to the left I quickly found the stairs down to the Plains of Dispair where things got a little trickier. My fire resist is at 76 and those pit lords continue to pack on the damage. My main problem is that I can't find enough healing potions because /players 8 in act IV is nothing like Act III and monsters are too hard anymore for /p 8 and whens its not on /p 8 you don't get half the potions at /p 1.

Bruno, Clvl 30, Re-thinking Leveling to 32, before Izual...
28 WP's, 18 Quests, Total Score +34

Forum Name     Quest     Char Name     LVL   ACT         WP        Score                            
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D.Master       Izual      Alzheed      25     A4     Pandemonium    39
SuperSavage    Izual      Bruno        30     A4     Pandemonium    34
Docturnal      Gold Bird  Waheed       22     A3     Kurast Docks   21
Butzull        Gold Bird  Tock         25     A3     Kurast Docks   18
EJB            Duriel     Fazel        24     A2     Canyon Magi    14
adny           Amulet     Chalan       22     A2     Lost City       5
newco          Staff      Durga        21     A2     Halls of Dead   4
asdfgah        Radament   Azrael       19     A2     Lut Gholein     3
nepeta         DoE        Ahsab         1     A1     Rogue Enc.      0
Chutspah       DoE	  Osama	        1     A1     Rogue Enc.	     0   
SkaMan         DoE        Gulzar        1     A1     Cold Plains     0
nommx          Malus      Leharas      16     A1     Black Marsh    -3
Skunkbelly     Cain       Vikhyat      11     A1     Stony Field    -4
Duke HD        Countess   Emilio       15     A1     Dark Woods     -5

@D.Master your score should be 39 if you've done all q/wp up to act IV.

[DementiaMaster]

39? Really? I always hated maths, heh. If you are having problems with potions, return to an earlier act and kill the Super Uniques. They'll drop plenty.

[SuperSavage]

39? Really? I always hated maths, heh. If you are having problems with potions, return to an earlier act and kill the Super Uniques. They'll drop plenty.

Very good idea, forgot about SU and all there healing potions dropped almost everytime. I was playing Act IV on /p 4 so if I go back and get about a full belt and a half and switch down to /p 1 I should be in much better shape.

Act I WP's = 9
Act II WP's = 9
Act III WP's = 9
Act IV Town WP = 1
Act I Q's = 12
Act II Q's = 12
Act III Q's = 12
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Total of 64
with
Level = -25
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39

EDIT: Switched your score to 39 in top table in time for edit.

[skunkbelly]

Forum Name     Quest     Char Name     LVL   ACT         WP        Score                            
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D.Master       Izual      Alzheed      25     A4     Pandemonium    39
SuperSavage    Izual      Bruno        30     A4     Pandemonium    34
Docturnal      Gold Bird  Waheed       22     A3     Kurast Docks   21
Butzull        Gold Bird  Tock         25     A3     Kurast Docks   18
EJB            Duriel     Fazel        24     A2     Canyon Magi    14
adny           Amulet     Chalan       22     A2     Lost City       5
newco          Staff      Durga        21     A2     Halls of Dead   4
asdfgah        Radament   Azrael       19     A2     Lut Gholein     3
nepeta         DoE        Ahsab         1     A1     Rogue Enc.      0
Chutspah       DoE	  Osama	        1     A1     Rogue Enc.	     0   
SkaMan         DoE        Gulzar        1     A1     Cold Plains     0
nommx          Malus      Leharas      16     A1     Black Marsh    -3
Skunkbelly     Cain       Vikhyat      13     A1     Dark Wood      -3
Duke HD        Countess   Emilio       15     A1     Dark Woods     -5

Not much progress, but I did rescue Cain last night, so that's done. Hopefully I'll get through Act 1 tonight, and finally get an aura to use!