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guys, just post here what time you're playing & the name of the game. i'll just check on the forum from time to time today and see if can join you.

thanks.

K.

Started a sorc today. She's gonna have (sigh) frozen orb (?) and hydra, so I don't think she will be overkill (a decent hurricane druid in normal is overkill though. As soon as anyone gets near you, it dies...). But she won't be screwed when she runs into a fire or cold immune either (this waqs the regular pain in the a$$ when you played a sorc). She's currentlly lvl 15, and was disconected from a superb game where I discussed skellynecrotactics with someone who called himself elite. And I was allso disconected JUST when we'd killed radarment, so I did not get quest nor book of skill. There's some problem with my connection... As soon as I exit a game D2 hangs up, and I get a message saying I can't play on this CD-key since Erik Westholm (yes' that's my name) is currentlly playing on another computer. Very annoying.

And I've allso started my bowazon. She's lvl 1.

Back tomorrow with time and game. I think we will play US east (unless Womble feels like changeing to Europe. He could just as well do that as I change to US east.).

Übereil

i think you have to wait for some time after you get disconnected. there's a lag between the server and the computer. then you can re-log.

well then, i may have to start a new char if we're playing on us east since i play on asia server mostly. besides, my chars have been probably deleted by now since it's been quite sometime i last played on b.net.

ube, do you know what char womble is playing? i'm thinking of playing a pally, either holy freeze (so we i can slow down monsters while you guys dispose them at your leisure) or fanaticism (so we'll be attacking faster). but since you're playing a sorc, i don't think a pally can be of big help there. maybe a necro can do a better job. i'll focus on summoning so we'll all feel very, very safe behind the skellies. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

btw, what time is it now in your place ube? it's almost 10am here, saturday.

Ok, from now on use this thread - post yours msn for easy comunication, for who are interested in play too, and enter the game with yours original forum names:

krysnamurt@hotmail.com

If possible i would like to start this sunday.

Guess what will be my char? TrowBarb of course.


I'll go to shopping tomorrow and buy another version for me. So we'll can play together, all of us. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

What will be the realm?

ok but i don't use msn, not even yahoo msngr. at any rate, just post your preferred schedule here on this thread and see how we all can fit to the schedule.

now we're growing as a party. hope we can translate this into reality.

just don't forget to bring beer so we can have a real party.

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I was planning to start my Bowazon with you guys. I allso have plans on starting a skellynecro somtime in the future (they're soft).

It will be pretty straightforward:
Raise skelleton 20
skelleton mastery 20
raise skelleton mage 20
(clay) golem 20 (for slow, might take something else here...)
Desreptify 20 (other curse possible)
and one skillpoint in all the skillsa I need (will have one in summon resist and revive, with +points I will be able to summon a decent ammount of revives (will focus on my skellies anywhay) and summonresistance will be decent too).

We can allso discuss my bowazon. Womble pointed out that a bowazon with guided arrow/strafe needs a good bow (hopefully I'll find one), but I THINK (I've played one, but I don't remember how far I got) I will be allright anywhay... Don't know though (played a cold ama too, can't remember how far I got with THAT one, don't think it was too far. It was the one who were supposed to have Mavinas, couln't find the armor (or was it the bow?) though).

Übereil

Edit: I forgot my adress. But hey, you can just check my profile, right? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Here we go:

ne_det_kanner_jag_inte_till@hotmail.com

And don't try and send me any e-mails on that adress, I only use it for msn.

So, I'm sitting here in my small room, feeling lonelly. Anyone here who would like to play?

Übereil

Edit: *dead...*

My advice would be to create a session : invite people, ask when they have time to meet, and then go ! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

@shyon & ube: i played a little last night while checking your msgs here at the forum. i didn't see any new posts so i just continued on playing. got my overlord necro to lvl 9, took the black marsh wp and stopped playing because my gf called.

anyway, if you have free time today, pls post at what time you're available. i can start a new game and post the name of the game here so you can join. or it can be the other way around: you can start the game and post it here and i'll join. thing is, i don't know what characters you're playing and at what level. maybe better if we can start new chars altogether. anything goes.

i can start playing at about 4 hrs from now. it's 8:30 a.m. here sunday so i have to hear mass first this morning. whole afternoon i'll play some more. hope you guys can join.

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I want to know something:

We'll play at ladder mod?
Cause there have more special itens.

yes ladder. there are runewords specific for ladder chars only.

shyon, when are you free to play?

Tomorrow at afternoon. Here now is 01:6 AM

feeling sleepy already, shyon? why don't we play right now, even for just a while? so we can test our chars.

i can start a game if you want.

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Time set to 16.00 here. That's 13.00 for Shyon. If it suits everybody else. That's 8 hours and 20 minutes from now.

As said I'm going to play a Bowazon, but I feel like I'm starting to chick out... Feel like playing a necro instead (overlord style). Allready mentioned the build. Might modify it...

So, one necro with support trops.

Übereil

that's fine ube. as shyon's gonna play a throw barb and you a necro, i'll play a pally to help out the party. going to make him a fanatic zealot, unless you want me to get another aura (holy freeze, conviction, among others). fana aura works best for your skellies, i think; they will chop everyone in their path. however, fanat is a lvl 30 aura, so we'll have to make do with concentration until then. still, i think it will be enough. hope we can have more play sessions so we can get to nightmare and hire the better mercs.

by way of a reminder, max out raise skeleton and skelly mastery first before golem. skellies are so much better now in 1.10 and more meatshields for us. my suggestion is to focus on summoning tree first & amplify damage.

i've already indicated to shyon that we communicate/post (via pm/msn) an hour or two before actual playing so we have ample lead time. if my estimation's correct, we should be playing around 4 to 5 hours from now, depending on how soon shyon wakes up. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

btw also, we agreed to play ladder chars (for ladder-only runewords) and that we'll start as brand-new chars. i think it's more rewarding that way.

see ya later & hope you can join. others too.

Yes, I allways play ladder. It's crossed in when you create the char you know...

Decreptify, clay golem, holy freeze= monsters not being very fast... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

But I allso think Fanaticism will really do the trick for my skellies. But why amplify and not Decreptify? And the other way around...

I was thinking this: Get curse and golem up to something decent (not much, but decent. I whant them to be able to do SOMETHING), and then max skellys out (should I go for raise or mastery first? I've allways been taught quality before number, but number is the main thins with skelletons, isn't it?)

Übereil (was allso about to check some items, but battle.net could not be found (this is seriouslly starting to piss me off. Hope it won't affect our gameing))

Edit: Can't connect to Battle.net for the moment, hope this will solve by itself before we're supposed to start playing.

1 pt into decrep will be enough. +skills equipment will take care of the rest. decrep is good only for single bosses (meph, andy, diablo, baal, dury, lister, etc.) amp & attract is so much better against crowds of monsters. amp damage will take away 100% of the monsters' physical resist; thus, your skellies will do double damage, and if you have noticed in your playing, the skellies will almost always hit. they have no attack rating problems. combine that with amp damage and we will not have any problem with any monsters at all, save for the physical immune ones (it's easy to get elemental dmg weapons anyway) and the act bosses. besides, if you use decrep often, you'll run out of mana quickly. you won't run out fast w/ amp.

go for raise skeleton first. 1.10 has changed a lot. you won't be getting 1 skelly per point anymore, and we have to have as many skellies running around as fast as we can. don't worry about skeleton mastery. we can max it later. the skellies will be sturdy enough, and we can hire the prayer merc in act ii normal to help keep them alive. if we can get at least 5 skellies by the time we finish act 1, we'll mow everything in our path, except for the act bosses of course. they require a bit of a strategy. trust me, i've played 2 overlord necros in 1.10. it's vital to pump skill pts into raise skeleton initially.

for example, my lvl 10 necro (new char i started yesterday) has 9 pts in raise skelly (found a wand in act 1 that has +2 to raise skelly & skel mastery), 3 in mastery, 1 in clay golem, and 1 in amp dmg. i've had no problems w/ him. the skellies (think i have 4), clay golem & the rouge merc kill so fast before i even get to cast amp. and the skellies hardly die at all.

also, put only 1 pt into raise skeletal mage. they won't do our army any good, since we'll focus on dealing massive physical damage. they drop like flies and i hate babysitting them. moreover, they block passageways so often that it gets to be very annoying. 1 pt. will be enough; let +skills gear do the rest. imho, it's more important to divert your pts into golem of your choice (clay is good) & golem mastery.

good luck!

I've only played 1.10... And 1.00 and 1.07 singleplayer... But that's it. I've played an overlord online btw...

You'll have 5 skellies on lvl 9 (8 if you put every skillpoint you have ito it). 2 points into skelletonmastery will HEAVILLY increase them.

Late, 1 point in revive can give you some edge if you need it. You hardly ever do though...

Never noticed mages being in the way... But you're the boss... How does summon resist work btw? I meen 75 res in norm isn't 75 in hell... And how usefull is it? Anywhay, one point in it can't hurt...

And if I only put one point into mages, I have 19 points to invest in something else... (a direct dmg skill, prehaps? Lvl 20 bonespear sin't very impressing though... At least not by itself... Maybe teeth <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />).

The dream would be to have 42 skelletons in the end. I've met a guy who had this. I don't know what kind of überkokko-equipment he had (I DO know he had his inventory FILLED with summonskill-charms though, and he had full trang oul's). You can allways dream...

Übereil (charactebuild. The best part about D2 <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />)

Edit: Poison nova migh be an idea agaist those physicalimmune bastards. One point in lower resist and we can kill EVERYTHING... Sooner or later...

2:nd edit: Maybe we can convice Womble that a druid with heart of the wolverine is the way to go... Better dmg, better attack (not needed, but still nice). And then have dire wolves... With maxed out grizly bear they'll have quite solid dmg... And then he puts points into BOTH hurricane AND armageddon, and then he can walk around and look ugly or something... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />

yeah you're right. it's 5 skellies. i checked my necro on b.net.

on mages, it's ok if you want to pump it if you have a lot of spare pts. i won't hinder your playing style; just stated my own experience and i'm not imposing in any way my preference. play it the way you want it. after all, this is a game and we all want to have fun. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

just max raise skeleton & skel mastery first.

revives can be a lot of help against act bosses. skellies die so fast, especially against diablo & baal, that we need revives.

summon resist is very handy. put as much pts into it as you can until diminishing returns set in.

i'm not sure about other offensive spells/curses. you might be strapped for pts as synergies are needed to boost their damage. amp, decrep, & attract will be your staple curses.

If I recieve a (fairlly reasonable) bonus of 10 bonuspoints, puting one point into these three curses will make them quite decent. And who knows what to do after lvl 71... I'm pretty much out of skills then... Don't really need anymore, so I can just as well start investing into mgaes then...

Try this adress:
http://www.d2items.com/skills.php
Great for skillplanning.

Übereil

PS We should play US east, right? In that case, I need a new account... DS