I remember reading something about a trick to find Durance level 3

[pharix]

but I don't remember where it was, does anyone know it? (I mean something like "if the waypoint is here then the next level is whatever direction")

[Archone]

Ive always gone left after the wp.. It seems its more often that way. Maybe 70% of the time or so.

[Black Lotus]

It is reported to be somewhere clockwise most of time.

[juju]

you can actually figure it out from wp position where is lvl3... i have made thousands mephi runs and have learned it but im too lazy to start write a guide

[Fizoo]

You want Zath's Map Layouts. http://www.theamazonbasin.com/d2/for...howtopic=36294 Most maps wind clockwise or counter-cc.

[Histal]

I have not recorded real statistics, but it seems clockwise run is better in about 6:4 cases.
The most frustrating layouts are those with down stairway hiding in the middle of the level.
They occur about once in 20-50 cases.

[Fizoo]

I have not recorded real statistics, but it seems clockwise run is better in about 6:4 cases.
The most frustrating layouts are those with down stairway hiding in the middle of the level.
They occur about once in 20-50 cases.

Yes you should go clockwise every time in durance 2. Taken from Zath's post:

Durance of Hate Level 2
1): Entrance (Durance 1)
2): Waypoint
3): Exit (Durance 3)
4): N/A

Numbers 1-4 represent points on a diamond:

....1
4.......2
....3

1 Is at the top, 2 is on your right, 3 is at the bottom, and 4 is to your left.

Clockwise means to run through the sequence as shown in the diamond by going 1, 2, 3 and then 4. Counter-clockwise means to go 4, 3, 2, and then 1.

If we warp to durance 2, and assign the spot we are standing to point 2 on the diamond, and point 3 is always the exit, we know we need to always go clockwise. This doesn't always work, as you said, because sometimes the map will get drawn in an odd way and a section of it will loop around another area. But always going clockwise is the most efficient without maphack.