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Just cleared out the sewers and got Lan Esen's Tome from one of the tunnels.

Still level 26 as very few enemies but lots of chests etc to check out.

Will do upper kurast tomorrow.

What does that tome do again? I haven't played act III for quite a while now.

You give it To Alkor back in Kurast and you get 5 atribute points.

Have cleared upper Kurast and have done 2 of the 'holes' in the causeway.

Am still using the same weapons I've had since act 2.
Nothing else better is coming up.

Level 27 now.

Am so hanging for level 30 to finally get whirlwind.

A baranar's star dropped for me in Hell from a normal monster today. Unfortunately it was ethereal.

Cleared Travincal and down to level 2 of durance of hate way point.

No good charms dropping, have over 300000 in gold as keep cashing in the not as good as I currently have items.

Council was actually really easy to smash.

Will try and go through to end of act 3 in the next couple of days.

you know I am going to have paint something now, right?

I have to do modelling but my free time is currently spent on Diablo 2.
I'm hoping to get through the game first time by the time I go on holidays in 3 weeks so I can paint a bucketload of models.

Between my BAs (if my shoulder pad order ever arrives from GWUK) and my HEs, AND an =I=munda gang (thanks to all the scandinavians on dakka) I'll have lots to do.

maybe I'll get Eldar and Lizards done by then. I am looking forward to assembling (and purchasing!) a wack load of Orks sometime soon. Sometime in time for the new Nobz in January.

The Council are fine, unless you're relying on magic damage. If you've taken them then you're only one sitting away from the end of Act III.

What do Scandinavians have to do with 'munda?

Found a new copy of LoD for $10. Most of the Battle.net servers are closed now, which is disappointing.

All the scandinavians here on dakka are playing necromunda with inquisitors and their retinues as gangs rather than the usuall necromunda gangs.

They have about 3 or 4 threads going in the P&M diary forum.
Beautiful stuff.

Finished Mephiston really, really easily.

Now in act 4, took a quik run through the land outside the base and found a greatblade (socketed) then whilst fiddling around in my stash I managed to stick a flawless amythist into it. I really, really wanted a flawless skull in it.

Damn.

Oh well.

Still level 27...

Now level 28!

Just got down into the river of flame for quest 2.

Izual was a breeze to get past, having more trouble with getting swamped by 10 or so monsters at once.
Am hanging for that whirlwind but don't think I'll get to level 30 before I get to Diablo as I couldn't be bothered to go back and grind xp.

This is why you copy the saved game of your character to a different folder after each time you stop playing, so you don't screw it up.


Also don't rush too far ahead. The top level creatures in Act IV are, at most, Level 30, so you can hang around 'til cLvl35 before they stop being of any use to you.

And you should hang around grinding 'til you hit 35 because Diablo is Level 40 and no use to you from an experience point of view until you're cLvl35. It'll be the difference between getting 1600 EXP and 80 EXP.

BYE

If I buy a Holf Freeze merc in Nightmare, does he swirtch auras when we get to hell level?

Orlanth: No.

Just cleared act III myself in Hell difficulty. My necromancer graduated to clvl80 - lvl31 skeletons made short work of Mephisto. Just need to find him an arm of king leoric and maybe trang's gloves for mid level loot. Magic-find has been unkind to me recently.

Got 4 of the seals open then had to stop to go and watch TV.

The Venom Lords (bat winged gargoyle type monsters who breathe flame) are brutal... especially the special ones. I found best way to take them on is to lure them onto my merc and pump him full of healing potions as he kills them.

Managed to get almost to half xp on way to level 29.

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:Managed to get almost to half xp on way to level 29.

You're still going to fast. There's so much experience to be had in this section of the game. You can go the next 6 levels grinding and get full EXP off everyone. If you're not cLvl35-45 when you take on Diablo, you'll get 5% of his EXP rather than 100% of it. The basic level Fallen - probably the weakest enemy in the game - starts at Lvl36 in Nightmare difficulty.

You need to be higher.

BYE

OK it seems everyone thinks I should be grinding ATM so I'll just keep slashing away in the river of flame each night, I seem to be generating a decent amount of xp ATM so will just keep going through.

Grinding gets boring for me though.

On the up side I'll have whirlwind at level 5-6 by the time I take on diablo....

,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,...Go man go!

Exactly. Never hurts to have a few more skill points invested before you take on Big Red.

BYE

Or Big Green, or black, depending on difficulty.
BTW, H.B.M.C, change your avatar back to the old one. I don't recognise you anymore.

No way man. Commissar Calgar now displays his suppressed rage and desire to execute you for crimes against the Emperor in colour.

And as soon as I can figure out how to do it in 3D, it will be done.

BYE

Ground out to level 29.

Am finding charms and magic items but none are as good as the ones I currently have.

CLeaned out most of Act 4 but only opened 4 seals.

I'll do it a few more times over the next few days to gring up to 35, then I'll take on diablo.

35 is where youj want to be.

Most basic enemy in Act V is Lvl31, and Ba'al himself is Lvl60. So you want to hit at leat cLvl55 by the time you get there.

BYE

It is possible at lower levels; I usually get to nightmare at lvl 45 and do fine.

Possible yes, but why rush? As I said, you have a 10 leve window in which you get full EXP for monsters, so why not make full use of that window?

I'm sure I mentioned it earlier, but the first time I played Diablo II I raced through as a Barbarian and was in Avt V by the time I hit cLvl18. The game was impossible as I was getting hardly any experience, and guys were causing so much damage per hit that I had to run away every 10 seconds to heal.

Every other time I've played it kept it nice and slow, knowing exactly what level I need to be by the main points of each act, gringing to ensure I get there, reaping the beneifts of so many drops. Works much better.

BYE

Took the advice and ground out all act 4 except for diablo and got to level 30.

Whirlwind kicks butt, however I quickly run out of mana (can use it 3-4 times) so have to go back to my regular double swing.

I'll pump some points into mana the next couple of levels.

Will continue to grind the next few days...

I would go with +Energy/ +Mana gear and Mana steal. I kind of want to play the Druid now over the barb. Hmm.

I've got an amulet and a sword giving me +4 mana and +3 health per hit (each) and +1 mana per kill.

Mana items will definitely be a priority.