1.07 News, Info and Gossip

[WoRG]

Hmm, in my previous post I probably should have noted that you can shop Elzix for Druid Pelts in 1.07...damn shame there's no place to shop barb helms, which is one reason I always check them (and Lion Helms drop a LOT)...I'm less compulsive about druid hats.

Fabian, I have several I'm sitting on, waiting to get the fortitude up to socket them (the last batch went HORRRIBLY)...my current favorite is +2 barb/+77 life/+3WW/+2Frenzy/+2BO (I'm absolutely convinced Larzuk will screw that one up...), but I'm always looking for more

Nulio, in fact, I have an eth +43@ ...but if you're thinking exile, note that the base Defense is crap in 1.07, a bit more than half what it should be...you'd do much better with one racked from 1.08+

Honestly, even though they're both used in CtA, and therefore in very high demand, the 2 HRs I wouldn't forward are Ist and Ohm...Ist can really help hit those MF breakpoints, and Ohm is twice as good in a weapon in 1.07 as a maximal Ruby ED jewel(25%)...I suppose a strong case could be made for Ber as well, as Crushing Blow is very, very mighty in 1.07...assuming one ever found a Ber in 1.07, of course...

WoRG

[Fabian]

Druid hats zzzz

Let me know when that +3 Berserk +3 Find Item +3 Sword Mastery Helm drops though

[nulio]

Thanks WoRG.

Maybe I'll try 1.08 racks later.

[WoRG]

Hmmm....has anybody else ever done any rack-running while wearing huge amounts of MF? Did you notice any difference?

The accepted wisdom is that MF has NO effect on racks, and I've always stripped off MF gear when racking before, but I have some great racks in Durance 2 & 3, and Mephisto is right there, so...

I've managed to ramp up my MF so that I have 556MF on switch, without needing the merc...as Meph tends to kill him nearly instantly. In any case, as I did the runs, I noticed that I was getting WAY more blues and rares than normal (though fewer greens)...and eventually, golds as well!!

I only ran Meph ~400 times (it takes a while with MF gear, and you only need so many Gorefoots, Frostburns, Rattlecages, etc. etc. etc.) I did get 10 gold rings...all 1.07 Nagelrings (15MF, BOOOO!!), and I stopped hitting Durance 3 and the rack there after ~1,000 runs (even with a lvl3 LR wand, Bremm, Maffer, and Wyand can be dangerous and tough, and there were occasionally dolls in the entrance to Durance 3 that could make things dicey), but I ran the Winged Helm rack in Durance 2 ~3500 times (very fast and stable...and if only it wasn't in act 3 it would have been even faster!)

Anyway, in ~3500 runs, I got 6 gold Winged Helms!

Spoiler

1: Valkyrie Wing
Winged Helm
Defense: 132
Durability: 35 of 40
Required Strength: 115
Required Level: 44
Unidentified
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x636c7fa5
+35 Defense
30% Increased Attack Speed
30% Faster Run/Walk
30% Faster Hit Recovery
30% Faster Cast Rate

2: Valkyrie Wing
Winged Helm
Defense: 130
Durability: 38 of 40
Required Strength: 115
Required Level: 44
Unidentified
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x5b99e53b
+35 Defense
30% Increased Attack Speed
30% Faster Run/Walk
30% Faster Hit Recovery
30% Faster Cast Rate

3: Valkyrie Wing
Winged Helm
Defense: 123
Durability: 23 of 40
Required Strength: 115
Required Level: 44
Unidentified
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0xc87cfdcb
+35 Defense
30% Increased Attack Speed
30% Faster Run/Walk
30% Faster Hit Recovery
30% Faster Cast Rate

4: Valkyrie Wing
Winged Helm
Defense: 124
Durability: 31 of 40
Required Strength: 115
Required Level: 44
Unidentified
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0xfbc424f1
+35 Defense
30% Increased Attack Speed
30% Faster Run/Walk
30% Faster Hit Recovery
30% Faster Cast Rate

5: Valkyrie Wing
Winged Helm
Defense: 133
Durability: 27 of 40
Required Strength: 115
Required Level: 44
Unidentified
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x62d2dab1
+35 Defense
30% Increased Attack Speed
30% Faster Run/Walk
30% Faster Hit Recovery
30% Faster Cast Rate

6: Valkyrie Wing
Winged Helm
Defense: 132
Durability: 36 of 40
Required Strength: 115
Required Level: 44
Unidentified
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0xe72737d5
+35 Defense
30% Increased Attack Speed
30% Faster Run/Walk
30% Faster Hit Recovery
30% Faster Cast Rate

Thats about twice as many as one would expect, given the number of runs...I also got 31 rare winged helms, which is also about double the usual 5/1000 (and they all pretty much sucked, too...I think I ended up keeping one). I only got 19 green winged helms, at 8/1000 you'd expect ~28 (I kept all of these...Guillaume's Face is an AWESOME merc helm!) I didn't keep a count on blues, but I'd say I got one every 10-15 runs, rather than the usual frequency of 1/30.

The Espandon rack in Durance 3 was less stable, and I only got 1 gold Espandon in ~1000 runs...but it did drop a gold elegant blade as well! I didn't bother to collect the rare ones...1.07 rare weapons suck in general and Espandon is not a good base. There isn't a green espandon, and it didn't drop anything green, in any case...I also didn't bother much with the blues, not sure how many double dura ones I got.

Spoiler

Crainte Vomir
Espandon
One-Hand Damage: 22 to 71
Two-Hand Damage: 49 to 110
Durability: 36 of 44
Required Dexterity: 61
Required Strength: 73
Required Level: 42
Sword Class - Fastest Attack Speed
Unidentified
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x686f1f0e
+175% Enhanced Damage
Damage Reduced by 10%
50% Increased Attack Speed
20% Faster Run/Walk
-70 to Monster Defense Per Hit
Slows Target by 35%

Lightsabre
Elegant Blade
One-Hand Damage: 36 to 120
Required Dexterity: 134
Required Strength: 105
Required Level: 61
Sword Class - Fastest Attack Speed
Indestructible
Unidentified
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x3da68bfd
+200% Enhanced Damage
+100 Defense vs. Missile
+7 to Light Radius
50% Increased Attack Speed
Ignore Target Defense
30% Lightning Absorb
5% Chance to cast Level 16 Chain Lightning on striking

Anyway, I guess its possible that I was just lucky, but I gotta wonder if all that MF wasn't skewing things...Heaven knows 1.07 is weird about MF in any case!!

Meph also dropped some pretty nice charms while I was running him...and as always, my best charms seem to be large charms, for some perverse reason...

Spoiler

Prefix 967 Grand Charm of Sustenance
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 37
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x6ee0bbcb
+30 to Life
+58 to Mana

Prefix 1040 Large Charm of Maiming
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 40
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x54a13734
+11 to Maximum Damage
Fire Resist +24%

Prefix 1020 Large Charm of Vita
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 50
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x69ae2b2b
+30 to Life
Cold Resist +23%

Prefix 930 Large Charm of Vita
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 66
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x14b5bef0
+34 to Life
+35 to Attack Rating
+6 to Maximum Damage

Finally, Eldrich dropped me this...too bad there's no Tomby in 1.07!!!!

Spoiler

Bone Scythe
Thresher
Two-Hand Damage: 29 to 170
Durability: 177 of 195
Required Dexterity: 118
Required Strength: 152
Required Level: 65
Polearm Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 93
Fingerprint: 0x25143e4d
+87% Enhanced Damage
+237 to Attack Rating
Knockback
10% Chance to cast Level 8 Fire Bolt on striking

WoRG

[nulio]

Nice! 6 valks in 3.5 runs, gieb one?


Maybe other players can test this also in their wizzy, shako and valk racks.



LOL Today I dreamt that I got a Windforce in 1.07 ^^

[WoRG]

I swear the RNG is a perverse little gremlin sometimes...

after rackrunning like a madman for valkwings, I'm doing some cow runs (god help me, I STILL enjoy them ), and I just can't help but kill Griswold while I'm in Tristram fetching a leg...guess what ol' Grizzy drops for me...

Valkyrie Wing
Winged Helm
Defense: 132
Durability: 20 of 40
Required Strength: 115
Required Level: 44
Unidentified
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 74
Fingerprint: 0x6c6c4612
+35 Defense
30% Increased Attack Speed
30% Faster Run/Walk
30% Faster Hit Recovery
30% Faster Cast Rate

Also, the game seems to have decided I need Poison Resistance

Prefix 1075 Grand Charm of Greed
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 14
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x3f2b1a0c
Poison Resist +36%
27% Extra Gold from Monsters

Prefix 1075 Grand Charm of Sustenance
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 37
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x6414b71f
+28 to Life
Poison Resist +34%

Prefix 1083 Small Charm of Balance
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 29
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 88
Fingerprint: 0x516c556d
Poison Resist +12%
5% Faster Hit Recovery

Prefix 1083 Small Charm of Vita
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 39
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 68
Fingerprint: 0x268d7bc4
+20 to Life
Poison Resist +11%

and a nice damage charm:

Prefix 849 Grand Charm of Strength
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 10
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 94
Fingerprint: 0x211ff5c7
+6 to Strength
+19 to Maximum Damage

WoRG

[nulio]

Trav has been nice to me, tho they didn't still give me what I really want:

Prefix 1155 Grand Charm of Maiming
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 37
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0xfa75532
+18 to Maximum Damage
+1 to Warcry Skills (Barbarian Only)

Prefix 1036 Grand Charm of Balance
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 93
Fingerprint: 0x60d26bfa
Fire Resist +36%
12% Faster Hit Recovery

Prefix 1075 Grand Charm of Maiming
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 37
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x3048a968
+20 to Maximum Damage
Poison Resist +35%

Prefix 1107 Grand Charm of Sustenance
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 23
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x78bec499
+23 to Life
+1 to Javelin and Spear Skills (Amazon Only)

Prefix 1118 Grand Charm of Balance
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x19034f0a
12% Faster Hit Recovery
+1 to Lightning Skills (Sorceress Only)

Prefix 1119 Grand Charm of Sustenance
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 53
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x1aa15c92
+33 to Life
+1 to Cold Skills (Sorceress Only)

Prefix 834 Grand Charm of Vita
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 83
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 93
Fingerprint: 0x34ec9827
+42 to Life
+10 to Minimum Damage

Prefix 849 Grand Charm of Greed
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 14
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x320e8635
+20 to Maximum Damage
29% Extra Gold from Monsters

Prefix 994 Grand Charm of Vita
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 83
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 93
Fingerprint: 0x3e81f9ed
+43 to Life
All Resistances +18

Prefix 848 Grand Charm of Inertia
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 14
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x4623c35f
+17 to Maximum Damage
7% Faster Run/Walk

And:

Prefix 1258 Avenger Guard of Stun
Defense: 36
Durability: 55 of 55
(Barbarian Only)
Required Strength: 65
Required Level: 30
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 90
Fingerprint: 0x68847c62
+2 to Barbarian Skill Levels
+3 to Find Item (Barbarian Only)
+3 to Berserk (Barbarian Only)
Level 6 Stun (105/105 Charges)
Socketed (3: 0 used)

Funny thing, when I took it to larzuk to get socketed, it got repaired.

[Cyrax]

Some nice charms there guys!

Got a question about those too. Is it possible to forward a charm and reroll in it 1.13, or does that make it impossible to roll those otherwise unattainable pre-/suffixes?

[WoRG]

Very nice charms Nulio, and a very nice barb hat, too! Larzuk always repairs items when he soxs them...its one of the only ways to repair an ethereal item (personalization being the other).

Cyrax, its more than possible to forward the charms (that's how I get most of my rerolling GCs...ilvl94 from chests/poppables in the Hell Cow level, and I occasionally reroll SCs from Nilly's halls(ilvl98/99) in 1.09), but they will get affixes according to the patch they are rolled in, NOT the 1.07 affixes

Got some super nice rings from the rez formulas...had to LOL at how the first one is 'all in' for lightning:

Prefix 1067 Ring of Shock
Required Level: 37
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 64
Fingerprint: 0x58608d96
Lightning Resist +63%
Adds 1-23 lightning damage

Prefix 1047 Ring of Fortune
Required Level: 31
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 64
Fingerprint: 0x1b320401
Fire Resist +28%
Lightning Resist +34%
25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

Prefix 957 Ring of Fortune
Required Level: 31
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 64
Fingerprint: 0x7e28d28b
Cold Resist +23%
40% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

and I FINALLY got a rare MPK/FCR ring!!!!And its AWESOME!!!

Chaos Coil
Ring
Required Level: 30
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 64
Fingerprint: 0x21b72ed1
+15 to Strength
+94 to Attack Rating
Magic Damage Reduced by 2
Lightning Resist +27%
10% Faster Cast Rate
+32 to Mana After Each Kill

WoRG

[Albatross]

Woah, worg, that thing is godsend!

AR could be mana though :P