Guardian #2 in my HC set sept done (#3 for me overall):
Having quested the Barb in the sept here and there in recent weeks, he was in A5 NM when D2R came around, so I figured finishing him was a nice first dive into the beautiful new graphics of D2R and play through the game casually.
I had thought about Bear initially, but ended up going the very boring WW route in the end. Gear was super basic:
Action shots with the fancy new graphics:
Having started HC relatively recently, I'll mostly play D2R to continue HC there.
So after finishing this Barb, I promptly moved over some gear and turned him into a Travincal runner. Very basic stuff, I don't even have HLW in HC yet. Two Griefs, Enigma, LoH, Arreat's and some random items that help with resists, stats and FCR. I generally prefer Blizzy for Trav (by a long shot), but don't have good stuff for her in HC either yet, and most importantly I figured it's better to go with the more sturdy Barb anyway for HC Trav farming.
As mentioned elsewhere, so far I really don't think D2R is where you want to be when doing any kind of "serious farming" in SP. At least that's when assuming others have similar loading times as me, where most types of runs to take at least 5-10 seconds longer, mostly just down to those everlasting loading screens...
Anyhow, here's a quick recording of how D2R Travincal runs look like for me... and it's a bit painful, unless you like to stare at opening fiery doors. I settled for this map even though it's not super amazing, I was happy to see it within 45 minutes or so because the rolling process is of course very slow as well.
So unless there's some way to improve the loading times, I guess it's better stick to legacy D2 for magic/rune finding. I was thinking about moving my untwinked 99er HC Barb who's currently around 97.5 to D2R, just because Nihlathak runs in legacy D2 have this terrible S&E lag anyway... haven't properly tested D2R Nihl runs yet, but I'm not holding my breath..
Anyhow, see you guys around.
Having quested the Barb in the sept here and there in recent weeks, he was in A5 NM when D2R came around, so I figured finishing him was a nice first dive into the beautiful new graphics of D2R and play through the game casually.
I had thought about Bear initially, but ended up going the very boring WW route in the end. Gear was super basic:
Code:
IK helm (2x PRuby)
IK armor (PRuby)
IK hammer (IAS/ED, IAS/AR jewels)
IK gloves
IK belt
IK boots
Raven (wanted CNBF in HC)
Crap rare ring with some AR, leech, res
Crap rare ammy with some AR, res, stats
Build: 20 WW, BO, Mastery, rest Shout and some FI
Merc: Reaper, Tal, Duriel
Action shots with the fancy new graphics:
Having started HC relatively recently, I'll mostly play D2R to continue HC there.
So after finishing this Barb, I promptly moved over some gear and turned him into a Travincal runner. Very basic stuff, I don't even have HLW in HC yet. Two Griefs, Enigma, LoH, Arreat's and some random items that help with resists, stats and FCR. I generally prefer Blizzy for Trav (by a long shot), but don't have good stuff for her in HC either yet, and most importantly I figured it's better to go with the more sturdy Barb anyway for HC Trav farming.
As mentioned elsewhere, so far I really don't think D2R is where you want to be when doing any kind of "serious farming" in SP. At least that's when assuming others have similar loading times as me, where most types of runs to take at least 5-10 seconds longer, mostly just down to those everlasting loading screens...
Anyhow, here's a quick recording of how D2R Travincal runs look like for me... and it's a bit painful, unless you like to stare at opening fiery doors. I settled for this map even though it's not super amazing, I was happy to see it within 45 minutes or so because the rolling process is of course very slow as well.
So unless there's some way to improve the loading times, I guess it's better stick to legacy D2 for magic/rune finding. I was thinking about moving my untwinked 99er HC Barb who's currently around 97.5 to D2R, just because Nihlathak runs in legacy D2 have this terrible S&E lag anyway... haven't properly tested D2R Nihl runs yet, but I'm not holding my breath..
Anyhow, see you guys around.