Searching Rares in Classic

[noreflex]

hey

i am here to ask about how to search properly for rares with specific modifiers. i have read through some pages about how it works but i am still confused, for what i understand in few words i should look for the area level on which the affixes for my desired item are, i don't know if that's accurate statement but i can't figure anything better by the paragraphs without speculating from them.

being that said i am looking for some items to build a goldfind baba and i am using this method for the rares i need.

Now i am looking for a 2hnd Exceptional 140-200% ed with +1/2 baba skills mana/life leech + elemental dmg.

i have seen a site where the affixes are shown with their modifiers, and there's a number right next to them, i assume is the lvl on which these modifiers appear, and it seems the max lvl of one these modifiers is 55, i see the place i should look for is on Durance of hate 1 and forth.

Now if there's something wrong with anything i said before please point it out, is a bit confusing and any advice is welcome.

Also i choose to use a sorcerer without any MF on her gear and hope for more chances of getting rares, is this a good idea? or should i use instead a MF gear?.

thanks in advance

[Krupa]

do you play on the realms or single player?
on the realms look for cs run games and run mephisto in them with a sorc that hasnīt completed that quest. he can drop up to 180 ed iirc
the chances are still not that impressive but porbably your best shot.
the council can drop up to the same amount of ed on martels, so i guess on execs aswell

if you have multiple chars in one game, run diablo. he is the best target. if you want to clear areas, run river of flame with your barb.
another possibility would be imbuing them. iirc a lvl 9 imbue can spawn 160 ed.

the problem with the alvl and ilvl is, that most sites give them for lod and not for classic and they are different, at least the arealevel is, which makes a difference for the ilvl.

if you run bosses having no mf is recommended if you run them with a char that hasnīt completed the quest in a game where it is completed. for all other purposes mf will increase your chances of getting rares.

[Mrjones]

How would having less mf give you more rares? The more MF the better.

[Krupa]

How would having less mf give you more rares? The more MF the better.

if you run with quest drop, more mf means more uniques and less rares, as all drops are rares with zero mf

[krischan]

Items which are supposed to be set items, but which cannot (e.g. because there is no set item like that or the qlvl of the set item is too high), will become magical with double durability. However, that doesn't influence the reduced amounts of rares in first kill drops when MF is high.

[noreflex]

do you play on the realms or single player?
on the realms look for cs run games and run mephisto in them with a sorc that hasnīt completed that quest. he can drop up to 180 ed iirc
the chances are still not that impressive but porbably your best shot.
the council can drop up to the same amount of ed on martels, so i guess on execs aswell

if you have multiple chars in one game, run diablo. he is the best target. if you want to clear areas, run river of flame with your barb.
another possibility would be imbuing them. iirc a lvl 9 imbue can spawn 160 ed.

the problem with the alvl and ilvl is, that most sites give them for lod and not for classic and they are different, at least the arealevel is, which makes a difference for the ilvl.

if you run bosses having no mf is recommended if you run them with a char that hasnīt completed the quest in a game where it is completed. for all other purposes mf will increase your chances of getting rares.

thanks for let me know about that, may i ask, is there any site that shows the area levels for classic anymore?

All those places (meph,river,diablo) should be done on Hell or Nightmare? (specifically for that exc sword)

also i am unsure yet on what depends for having a better chance of getting exc instead of lower class sword of the same type.

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Something i forgot to ask because i had those question first was about gambling, i'd like to know which are best items to gamble aside of ammus or rings.

cheers

[Krupa]

those places should be farmed in hell.
nightmare diablo can spawn 140 ed iirc, but thats not worth running for imo. a random snap beats that every minute of the day

i donīt know a site where you can find the arealvl for classic. maybe try the classic subforum here. there could be a list

there is nothing that increases the chance of finding exceptional items instead of normal ones. that is a static think that canīt be altered.

besides amus and rings it is worth to gamble for caster items like bone shields, bone helmets, base armor of choice, gloves, boots. weapons and belts are usually not worth gambling. i wouldnīt bother gambling amulets before reaching level 86/87 to have a chance at +2 skills, but thats just me.

[Krupa]

How would having less mf give you more rares? The more MF the better.

How would having less mf give you more rares? The more MF the better.

if you run with quest drop, more mf means more uniques and less rares, as all drops are rares with zero mf

if all drops are at least of rare quality with zero mf like in a quest drop, more mf lessens the amount of rares since it makes more uniques likely. if you run without quest drops, which almost no one does on classic, more mf is better.

[Krupa]

this is how mf can diminish the return in rares

all the blue things are failed sets, i checked

[noreflex]

i remember that happen when i used some mf on my gear when glitching, but sometimes i happen to get 2/4 rares of my meph runs, very few times tho, nothing major.

Also i'm trying the following for now, making a room with a character that has completed diablo quest on hell, right after the room is loaded i quit, and enter quickly with my soso to glitch on it, problem is sometimes when i quit the room the game boots me out and i can't connect to bnet, i don't know if that means they ban me for doing that, but the message says i am unable to simply connect and that i have to check my router. well, maybe is just a ban but it hinders alot my glitching, which sadly, is my unique resource when most of rooms are Cs taxi runs with bots leading the rooms (these rooms die quite fast) and i don't have enough time to find meph. Rest of the rooms are being glitched as well by people like me, or just by bots, there are very few rooms to glitch at, sigh.

Also, my Sorcerer is lvl 71 by now and i am not sure if i am just being unlucky or is just my level that doesn't grant me good enhanced damage/defence items. all i got by now is junk, but i don't lose my patience, it just gets harder when i can't do glitchs with so few rooms.

Also sometimes when i enter in tps after killing meph, the game lags and i have to wait about 30-40 secs to wait the screen to load. i am not from usa btw, idk if this has anything to do with it.

besides that im just looking for items to make this goldfind baba and a mf baba as well.