Recent content by dariustriplet

I suspect many of the active rune words are effectively "active placeholders" - the only bonus is +25% poison resist. The ones that actually have full bonuses are pretty cool; I've used Bramble before. What's up with the terrible defense on those armors? Light Plate should have way more than...

I appreciate that it casts level ten Teleport.

I have a HC 1.09 Nova/FO Sorceress that I'd like to 99 at some point. I decided that, with block+phys res being so strong in 1.09 cows, I'd make it more interesting by keeping Vitality at base and pushing other stats instead. I've gotten to Hell Duriel but, frankly, I'm afraid to fight him. I...

A long time ago I poked around in the MPQs from the beta CD image, and found that there was data for the Assassin and Druid in skills.txt. The Druid's skills just had a line referring the reader to the design bible, but the Assassin had full skill descriptions. It's been a while since I read...

Incredible find! Certainly not every day you see one of those.

I double-checked the numbers and you're right. I thought that Mastery only gave +1% crits/level, so the Critical Strike skill would outstrip it, but it gives +2% for some reason. It's hard for any other character to keep up with the amount of damage packed into Masteries! Lurker Lounge lists...

What are the speed tables for Fend? I know there's a single formula that everything uses (other than fixed speed attacks like Jab/WW), but don't recall what values Fend uses. I also don't remember if it gains attacks per level like Zeal (in which case, maybe the 3% ED/level isn't worth it)...

Can you aura flash in 1.05? I remember it from 1.09 but never bothered to try in D2C. It wouldn't be super useful but would be cool just to see how high Hammer damage could get on the LCS.

Those are some impressive items! The 300+ damage Lance is as close to max damage as you could reasonably hope for (https://web.archive.org/web/20010221145122/http://www.lurkerlounge.com/2i/maxdam.shtml). Back in 2000 that would have been a highly sought after item.

It's a shame, but all of the Paladin's melee skills stink. Zeal caps out in usefulness at very low levels, Smite deals pitiful damage, and Charge is impossible to use if you're playing over TCP/IP. I suppose Charge is better in true SP without desync; it can be fun to get a big maul and bash...

Which version had MS damaging on each arrow? The old guides I've read say that it would do a hit check with each arrow, but once a check succeeded, the monster was immune to further arrows in the volley. It's a cool trick, but given that GA autohits, it feels a bit redundant. I vaguely recall...

The 1.07 note may have been in reference to the old Mastery bug, which applied +ED% as a multiplier (same as old Strafe). I'm fairly sure crits behave as expected in D2C (which is to say, as a secret _really important_ feature) so I don't think it's a regression.

It's really silly how much focus there is now on useless things like base defense, because there's no other way to have a better fixed-stat item. The difference between a rock-bottom Breast Plate and perfect Superior Archon Plate is close to zero, but one commands a higher value because it's...