The untwinked level 99 progress thread

[Downsy]

I'm experiencig very annoying 4-9 sec loading when I S&E after killing Nihl but this is included in my run times above

A while back I done a bunch of Pindle runs and I think I was getting slowed by S&E and starting new games, someone suggested something to do with the sound. It might have been -ns in game script or something but I recall it helped a ton. I'll try and see if this is the same issue and the same fix.

[Ohomemgrande]

Good thing it was the important one that made the grade. And on a side note, who’d have thought I would have had a Grief before a String of Ears? . . Go Go 1.13 . . .

LOL. I was still wearing a yellow light belt when I made Infinity

Good times!

[horseheadnebula]

-I'm experiencig very annoying 4-9 sec loading when I S&E after killing Nihl but this is included in my run times above

don´t know how it is in pc world but in macs it makes real difference if you remove all screenshots from d2 directory and unused characters from save directory away. i wish i would have known this before i made 5000 pindle runs back then.

i just readed whole thread. looks very nice challenge. very surprising how fast zgpmf has been.

[Garnier]

I am going to begin a walkthrough. Not sure what character yet (Probably Wind Druid or a Sorceress)
Hope to be up the list in time to come.

[loomy]

Another level, still looking for gear.

Edit: Almost forgot, I made a HotO and CtA. 4BO! I usually get 1 or 2BO.

Forum name      Character Name    Class         Level/exp   #of Deaths   #of S/U   #Hours in
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
zgpmf           Diiieeeeee        Sorceress         98.15       20+         N/A       N/A
kestegs         OHM's Law         Sorceress         95          14         1820       125
MercMan         Khal Drogo        Barbarian         94           2         3636       N/A
jevgeni         Madness           Amazon            93         ~40          808       N/A
Ohomemgrande    Endura            Sorceress         92         lots         750       N/A
Loomy           Ragnarok_II       Palaidn           92          HC          N/A       N/A
Kokojo          Bobladin          Paladin           91         ~65         250+       N/A
Dysgenics       Iconoclast        Paladin           90          HC          n/a       n/a
Hanshotfirst    Hector            Barbarian         90          HC         1301       N/A
MizzouFTW       Cecilia           Sorceress         88           0          N/A       N/A
stephan         xxxHAMMERTIMExx   Paladin           88           0          n/a       n/a
JoshK           Gambit            Amazon            87           ~          216        58
BlatantlyObviousAriadne           Amazon            85          30+         N/A       ~80
Corax           Defendor          Barbarian         83           0           97       N/A
kimiko          Electra           Sorceress         81         TONS        200+       N/A
reddude         Maegor            Paladin           78           7          127       N/A
coju            Andraste          Sorceress         77           ?           ??       N/A
Fyourics        RiderInTheStorm   Amazon            75           8           65       ~24
DavidD          ArmyofDarkness    Necromancer       75           2           50       N/A
Drewgie         Calvin            Paladin           67          HC          N/A       N/A
Pirape          HULK              Barbarian         62           4          N/A       N/A
Jocular         SteveBrule        Druid             52           0           17       N/A
Torquil         Ossifier          Necromancer       50           0            0         ?
Corax           Bert              Druid             50           0          n/a       n/a
JCakes          Tiny_Dancer       Assassin          49          HC           12        12
Gahzban         Taz               Barbarian         45           0           21        14
Chaostar        Rhaegar           Druid             45           0           17       N/A
GoldenredDragon Nynialy           Sorceress         29          HC            8         7
LiquidClear     LoneWolf          Druid             29           0            9       n/a
Shintyguy       Frozen_Kitteh     Paladin           27           0          N/A       N/A
kstuart         Wozniacki         Druid             26           0           10       N/A
Hew             PipeLine          Amazon            26           0            8       N/A
jjscud          Lathgertha        Amazon            26           2            2       N/A
djmbbandie      GloryofLight      Sorceress         25           0            7       N/A
Maniachiavelli  UT_Razr           Assasin           20           0            4         2
Jason Maher     JohnDoe           Necromancer       19           0            1         4
Delocked        HC*untwinked      Sorc              18           0            0       N/A
Kitteh          Kitteh            Barbarian          1           0                      0

[Pringlesman]

I decided to try to do this. I figure I won't finish before Diablo III absorbs my soul. But I can always keep diablo II on my laptop and play it inbetween classes and work on her throughout the years.

I decided to go with a sorceress (named Angelin) due to her inate ability to Teleport. Currently she is level 23 (so high I know). And she is in Act II. I am taking a picture of her on the character select every time she levels so I have a history of her development. She is currently a fireball sorc but I plan on respecing into Blizzard/Nova once I get to a higher level.

Couple of Questions.

1. Where are the best places to MF the following items: Tarnhelm, Harlequin Cresist, Maras, Archnids Mesh (SoJ is off of NM Andy, right? If so, How many runs on average should I be expecting to get one Soj)
2. Can you collect essences to get infinite respecs like online? If so that changes some of my plans.
3. I hear talk about having stable racks. Can someone explain this to me. I think it means since single player has stable maps, the item generation seeds are locked in from game to game. If you don't do anything to change the seed (Like attacking, I'm not sure if teleporting changes it) items from chest and racks will remain the same base item from game to game.

Thanks in advance.

Oh yeah, my first unique drop happened off of an Andariel run. This boosts my MF from 6 to 24!

[zgpmf]

Jah (mentioned before)
Lo
Ber

3 deaths slowed me down a bit but I still made some progress.
I already had -ns command but I think deleting some chars helped a bit, thanks for advices guys.

Forum name      Character Name    Class         Level/exp   #of Deaths   #of S/U   #Hours in
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
zgpmf           Diiieeeeee        Sorceress         98.2       20+         N/A       N/A
kestegs         OHM's Law         Sorceress         95          14         1820       125
MercMan         Khal Drogo        Barbarian         94           2         3636       N/A
jevgeni         Madness           Amazon            93         ~40          808       N/A
Ohomemgrande    Endura            Sorceress         92         lots         750       N/A
Loomy           Ragnarok_II       Palaidn           92          HC          N/A       N/A
Kokojo          Bobladin          Paladin           91         ~65         250+       N/A
Dysgenics       Iconoclast        Paladin           90          HC          n/a       n/a
Hanshotfirst    Hector            Barbarian         90          HC         1301       N/A
MizzouFTW       Cecilia           Sorceress         88           0          N/A       N/A
stephan         xxxHAMMERTIMExx   Paladin           88           0          n/a       n/a
JoshK           Gambit            Amazon            87           ~          216        58
BlatantlyObviousAriadne           Amazon            85          30+         N/A       ~80
Corax           Defendor          Barbarian         83           0           97       N/A
kimiko          Electra           Sorceress         81         TONS        200+       N/A
reddude         Maegor            Paladin           78           7          127       N/A
coju            Andraste          Sorceress         77           ?           ??       N/A
Fyourics        RiderInTheStorm   Amazon            75           8           65       ~24
DavidD          ArmyofDarkness    Necromancer       75           2           50       N/A
Drewgie         Calvin            Paladin           67          HC          N/A       N/A
Pirape          HULK              Barbarian         62           4          N/A       N/A
Jocular         SteveBrule        Druid             52           0           17       N/A
Torquil         Ossifier          Necromancer       50           0            0         ?
Corax           Bert              Druid             50           0          n/a       n/a
JCakes          Tiny_Dancer       Assassin          49          HC           12        12
Gahzban         Taz               Barbarian         45           0           21        14
Chaostar        Rhaegar           Druid             45           0           17       N/A
GoldenredDragon Nynialy           Sorceress         29          HC            8         7
LiquidClear     LoneWolf          Druid             29           0            9       n/a
Shintyguy       Frozen_Kitteh     Paladin           27           0          N/A       N/A
kstuart         Wozniacki         Druid             26           0           10       N/A
Hew             PipeLine          Amazon            26           0            8       N/A
jjscud          Lathgertha        Amazon            26           2            2       N/A
djmbbandie      GloryofLight      Sorceress         25           0            7       N/A
Maniachiavelli  UT_Razr           Assasin           20           0            4         2
Jason Maher     JohnDoe           Necromancer       19           0            1         4
Delocked        HC*untwinked      Sorc              18           0            0       N/A
Kitteh          Kitteh            Barbarian          1           0                      0

[darknessproz]

Ouch, deaths at those levels must suck a lot.

[shintyguy]

Forum name      Character Name    Class         Level/exp   #of Deaths   #of S/U   #Hours in
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
zgpmf           Diiieeeeee        Sorceress         98.2       20+         N/A       N/A
kestegs         OHM's Law         Sorceress         95          14         1820       125
MercMan         Khal Drogo        Barbarian         94           2         3636       N/A
jevgeni         Madness           Amazon            93         ~40          808       N/A
Ohomemgrande    Endura            Sorceress         92         lots         750       N/A
Loomy           Ragnarok_II       Palaidn           92          HC          N/A       N/A
Kokojo          Bobladin          Paladin           91         ~65         250+       N/A
Dysgenics       Iconoclast        Paladin           90          HC          n/a       n/a
Hanshotfirst    Hector            Barbarian         90          HC         1301       N/A
MizzouFTW       Cecilia           Sorceress         88           0          N/A       N/A
stephan         xxxHAMMERTIMExx   Paladin           88           0          n/a       n/a
JoshK           Gambit            Amazon            87           ~          216        58
BlatantlyObviousAriadne           Amazon            85          30+         N/A       ~80
Corax           Defendor          Barbarian         83           0           97       N/A
kimiko          Electra           Sorceress         81         TONS        200+       N/A
reddude         Maegor            Paladin           78           7          127       N/A
coju            Andraste          Sorceress         77           ?           ??       N/A
Fyourics        RiderInTheStorm   Amazon            75           8           65       ~24
DavidD          ArmyofDarkness    Necromancer       75           2           50       N/A
Drewgie         Calvin            Paladin           67          HC          N/A       N/A
Pirape          HULK              Barbarian         62           4          N/A       N/A
Jocular         SteveBrule        Druid             52           0           17       N/A
Torquil         Ossifier          Necromancer       50           0            0         ?
Corax           Bert              Druid             50           0          n/a       n/a
JCakes          Tiny_Dancer       Assassin          49          HC           12        12
Gahzban         Taz               Barbarian         45           0           21        14
Chaostar        Rhaegar           Druid             45           0           17       N/A
GoldenredDragon Nynialy           Sorceress         29          HC            8         7
LiquidClear     LoneWolf          Druid             29           0            9       n/a
Shintyguy       Frozen_Kitteh     Paladin           51           HC          N/A       N/A
kstuart         Wozniacki         Druid             26           0           10       N/A
Hew             PipeLine          Amazon            26           0            8       N/A
jjscud          Lathgertha        Amazon            26           2            2       N/A
djmbbandie      GloryofLight      Sorceress         25           0            7       N/A
Maniachiavelli  UT_Razr           Assasin           20           0            4         2
Jason Maher     JohnDoe           Necromancer       19           0            1         4
Delocked        HC*untwinked      Sorc              18           0            0       N/A
Kitteh          Kitteh            Barbarian          1           0                      0

my frostie paladin is making good but slow progress due to lack of game time. Picked up a rare hammer at beginning of NM that really increased my kill speed as a pose to the flail I had. My moron now has insight which is nice but deciding which merc now is the issue.

Prayer for 2*healing - I am HC after all
Might for increased dmg?

Hmmmm

[kestegs]

Forum name      Character Name    Class         Level/exp   #of Deaths   #of S/U   #Hours in
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
zgpmf           Diiieeeeee        Sorceress         98.2       20+         N/A       N/A
kestegs         OHM's Law         Sorceress         96          16         1820       165
MercMan         Khal Drogo        Barbarian         94           2         3636       N/A
jevgeni         Madness           Amazon            93         ~40          808       N/A
Ohomemgrande    Endura            Sorceress         92         lots         750       N/A
Loomy           Ragnarok_II       Palaidn           92          HC          N/A       N/A
Kokojo          Bobladin          Paladin           91         ~65         250+       N/A
Dysgenics       Iconoclast        Paladin           90          HC          n/a       n/a
Hanshotfirst    Hector            Barbarian         90          HC         1301       N/A
MizzouFTW       Cecilia           Sorceress         88           0          N/A       N/A
stephan         xxxHAMMERTIMExx   Paladin           88           0          n/a       n/a
JoshK           Gambit            Amazon            87           ~          216        58
BlatantlyObviousAriadne           Amazon            85          30+         N/A       ~80
Corax           Defendor          Barbarian         83           0           97       N/A
kimiko          Electra           Sorceress         81         TONS        200+       N/A
reddude         Maegor            Paladin           78           7          127       N/A
coju            Andraste          Sorceress         77           ?           ??       N/A
Fyourics        RiderInTheStorm   Amazon            75           8           65       ~24
DavidD          ArmyofDarkness    Necromancer       75           2           50       N/A
Drewgie         Calvin            Paladin           67          HC          N/A       N/A
Pirape          HULK              Barbarian         62           4          N/A       N/A
Jocular         SteveBrule        Druid             52           0           17       N/A
Torquil         Ossifier          Necromancer       50           0            0         ?
Corax           Bert              Druid             50           0          n/a       n/a
JCakes          Tiny_Dancer       Assassin          49          HC           12        12
Gahzban         Taz               Barbarian         45           0           21        14
Chaostar        Rhaegar           Druid             45           0           17       N/A
GoldenredDragon Nynialy           Sorceress         29          HC            8         7
LiquidClear     LoneWolf          Druid             29           0            9       n/a
Shintyguy       Frozen_Kitteh     Paladin           51           HC          N/A       N/A
kstuart         Wozniacki         Druid             26           0           10       N/A
Hew             PipeLine          Amazon            26           0            8       N/A
jjscud          Lathgertha        Amazon            26           2            2       N/A
djmbbandie      GloryofLight      Sorceress         25           0            7       N/A
Maniachiavelli  UT_Razr           Assasin           20           0            4         2
Jason Maher     JohnDoe           Necromancer       19           0            1         4
Delocked        HC*untwinked      Sorc              18           0            0       N/A
Kitteh          Kitteh            Barbarian          1           0                      0

Welcome pringle, and good luck!

Made it up to level 96, all from p8 AT runs. Found some decent stuff but nothing terribly useful. Still at least a Sur short of making an Infinity. Why does the game hate me so much? It's really depressing to be quite honest. I'd like to run baal for the MFL next weekend, guess I'll hit up the LK. Tried every rune spot in the game and can't get good runes, maybe I should run Nil too