Tournament: A lack of positive influences; All auras disallowed

**EmperorMoo** · 22-06-2012, 07:43

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EmperorMoo        ErichZann         Sacrifice      1  Rouge Camp  
Vang              Adrift            Undecided      6  Cold Plains
felixbavaria      Kazim             Avenger        6  Cold Plains
Krupa             Vryce             Charge        18  Lut Gholein

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Jason Maher       Ella              ES/Enchant     1  Rogue Camp

Beneath the Soil

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Glad to see people joing this one, and others willing to give Paladins a go!

@Jason M: I've moved you to the second, rather than - hopefully never - third table. The first table is an elitist Paladin-only table.

The question about Fade (and Treachery) being banned is an interesting one: I'm happy to admit I forgot it doesn't appear on the ground so I can't reasonably say it's forbidden as that would rule out Cold Armours, Cyclone and Bone Armour etc. I'm happy to leave it up to each person's discrestion, but please mention that you'll be using it should the circumstance arise.

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I've had a quick look on Google and as I see it Fade appears to fall from knee-height to the feet, rather than appearing on the floor. I don't have an assassin at the moment (since my restart) so I can't see for myself, and all the D2 videos I could see on YT have loads of other auras stacked so I couldn't see for long enough. I'm happy to allow fade, but if others feel it should be banned I'm happy to go with that too.

If I can work out how it's done, I'll pop a poll into this thread and let that decide.

EM

**felixbavaria** · 22-06-2012, 11:46

As far as I can remember, the in game display treats Fade as an aura: If you have Fade and another aura active, the "foot effect" of both will alternate (as if you had two auras active). Same for Burst of Speed.

Can't check that ATM because I'm at work ...

**Jason Maher** · 22-06-2012, 11:57

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EmperorMoo        ErichZann         Sacrifice      1  Rouge Camp  
Vang              Adrift            Undecided      6  Cold Plains
felixbavaria      Kazim             Avenger        6  Cold Plains
Krupa             Vryce             Charge        18  Lut Gholein

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Jason Maher       Ella            Sorceress    ES/Enchant     7  Cold Plains

Beneath the Soil

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Fixing that table break for you. Facepalm that I put a sorc in the 'din table.

**EmperorMoo** · 22-06-2012, 14:46

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Krupa             Vryce             Charge        18  Lut Gholein
EmperorMoo        ErichZann         Sacrifice      7  Cold Plains  
Vang              Adrift            Undecided      6  Cold Plains
felixbavaria      Kazim             Avenger        6  Cold Plains

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Jason Maher       Ella            Sorceress    ES/Enchant     7  Cold Plains

Beneath the Soil

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@JasonM: thanks!

Currenty hitting things with a +1 Sacrifice stick in the Cold Plains. I'll be away until Monday morning as we currently are internetless at home.

Have a good w/e, all.

EM

**ioupainmax** · 23-06-2012, 11:56

Originally Posted by EmperorMoo

I've had a quick look on Google and as I see it Fade appears to fall from knee-height to the feet, rather than appearing on the floor. I don't have an assassin at the moment (since my restart) so I can't see for myself, and all the D2 videos I could see on YT have loads of other auras stacked so I couldn't see for long enough. I'm happy to allow fade, but if others feel it should be banned I'm happy to go with that too.

If I can work out how it's done, I'll pop a poll into this thread and let that decide.

EM

I wasn't part of this Tourny but Fade is shown around the feet.

Originally Posted by felixbavaria

As far as I can remember, the in game display treats Fade as an aura: If you have Fade and another aura active, the "foot effect" of both will alternate (as if you had two auras active). Same for Burst of Speed.

Can't check that ATM because I'm at work ...

Nope, when you have both fade and an aura - they are both shown at the same time (I have both Meditation and Fade in this picture).

If you look carefully you can usually see it.

**purplelocust** · 23-06-2012, 16:22

Well spotted, indeed there is a "beneath the feet" part to Fade-- I should have looked myself!

**felixbavaria** · 23-06-2012, 17:03

ioupainmax is right. Fade and auras don't alternate. However, Burst of Speed and auras seem to alternate.

Since I'm playing a Paladin in this tourney I don't have a strong feeling about Fade, but I don't think that banning it would be too heavy a restriction. Sure, not having Treachery further cripples the mercs but in single pass play you'd have to be rather lucky to make one before endgame, anyway.

EDIT: Made it to Jail Level 1 and got a waypoint near the stairs down to Level 2. In the first 17 levels, Kazim's duty was mostly to take a beating while his rogue companion Maeko mowed down the enemies from afar. The Countess dropped 2x Ith and Tal which went into a Long Bow for Maeko. Kazim gambled a +5 max damage flail and is currently rocking with ~80 average Vengeance damage.

Kazim and Maeko, level 18, Jail Level 2 next

**skiffcz** · 24-06-2012, 16:08

Ok, Im in, one more reason to join is that we moved in a new place and the only connection I have is crappy cellphone link, so some offline action ftw then.

Im jonining with Dixi, pure fire trapper. I had once a lightening variant (Tixi) and she was mighty fun, cheap (and reasonably safe), so Im looking forward to try her sister. I know, its kinda lame, but I never got out of nightmare on HC so its quite a challenge for me by its own. Anyways, to make it a bit spicier, I added the "pure" to "fire trapper", meaning all skillpoints assigned go invariably into traps. Not trap tree, just traps. That means FBlast, WoF, WoI, SWeb, CBSentry, LSentry and DSentry. Also, Im too lazy to install Java so it will be without muling at all.

In the first segment, I got to OC, and so far managed to maintain full clears /p8. Gosh, I dunno if I have patience for this though. The first unique I found was Kneel Striker which dropped from Coldcrow. That was a great help and I still use it now for its CB. Coldcrow herself and her pesky company was dealt with from afar with this great little thingie. I normally have problems with Coldcrow, but when this dropped in cold plains, I immediately knew its purpose. Later on , I found envy jewel and some elemental charms, so life was easy while hacking my way through with kneelstrike. The only other SU this segment was Stoutnail from rakanishu, but that went straight to charsi. Once I had enough money, I started gambling, Boots were easy, I had some gloves,m so I spent my whole fortune on belts. Well, five minutes after this drops, and I go back to 2 rows only. Go figure.

Hurray to the jail!

Dixi, purist fire trapper, lvl 17, Outer Cloister
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Krupa             Vryce             Charge        18  Lut Gholein
EmperorMoo        ErichZann         Sacrifice      7  Cold Plains  
Vang              Adrift            Undecided      6  Cold Plains
felixbavaria      Kazim             Avenger        6  Cold Plains

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skiffcz           Dixi            Assassin     Firetrapper   17  Outer Cloister
Jason Maher       Ella            Sorceress    ES/Enchant     7  Cold Plains

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**Vang** · 24-06-2012, 18:57

Decided finally to be a Smiting, Fist of Heaven Paladin. Seems to cover my basis: fast attack, and a ranged undead smashing ability! Underground passage awaits!

Adrift, level 12 Smiting FoH Paladin
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Noble brothers of the Light

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Krupa             Vryce             Charge        18  Lut Gholein
Vang              Adrift            Smite/FOH     12  Stoney Field
EmperorMoo        ErichZann         Sacrifice      7  Cold Plains  
felixbavaria      Kazim             Avenger        6  Cold Plains

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skiffcz           Dixi            Assassin     Firetrapper   17  Outer Cloister
Jason Maher       Ella            Sorceress    ES/Enchant     7  Cold Plains

Beneath the Soil

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**felixbavaria** · 24-06-2012, 19:41

Noble brothers of the Light

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felixbavaria      Kazim             Avenger       20  Lut Gholein
Krupa             Vryce             Charge        18  Lut Gholein
Vang              Adrift            Smite/FOH     12  Stoney Field
EmperorMoo        ErichZann         Sacrifice      7  Cold Plains

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skiffcz           Dixi            Assassin     Firetrapper   17  Outer Cloister
Jason Maher       Ella            Sorceress    ES/Enchant     7  Cold Plains

Beneath the Soil

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Kazim has defeated Andariel. Despite wearing next to zero topazes, he found a Deathspade unique Axe in the Cathedral, a very useful starting weapon for an Avenger, as it has good damage, some crowd control (hit blinds target) and +4 MPK. Andariel went down very quickly at /p8 and did not even manage to seriously hurt Maeko. She dropped Cleglaw's gloves and Crushflange, not bad either.

Kazim and Maeko the Fire Rogue, level 20, Lut Gholein Sewers next