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12-19-2013 , 04:40 PM

#2126

Kowalski

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,338

Eh, even if it absorbs only one shot it draws aggro from the enemy and you can put distance between you and the mob. Especially when fighting strong single target stuff like Warden, Bandits etc.

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12-19-2013 , 05:12 PM

#2127

Dr. Wily

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,579

If you're fighting strong single target enemies, then higher level cwdt would activate anyways. If you're fighting big mobs then having it die in 1 shot is not useful. Having a full party running decoy totems on cwdt is pretty hilarious though.

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12-19-2013 , 05:40 PM

#2128

Jackitos

srs biz

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 17,561

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Originally Posted by #Thinman

finnnallllly found a replace decoy totem for the one I over leveled and made useless with CoDT. Then I realized that since I had been playing with the skellies, I had forgotten about enduring cry. lol, the combination of getting those two back is fairly key to dmg reduction

Vendor recipe - gem + scouring = delevel by 1.

Or it might be regret orb, I forget

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12-19-2013 , 06:47 PM

#2129

kinda

adept

Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,173

scour

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12-19-2013 , 06:54 PM

#2130

Dr. Wily

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,579

except for cwdt, those other gems are worth less than a scouring

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12-19-2013 , 07:08 PM

#2131

#Thinman

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 13,107

its all relative. if it takes a harder hit to proc a 'better' totem, that harder hit is going to one shot it anyway. I'd rather have it proc more often personally.

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12-19-2013 , 07:22 PM

#2132

Dr. Wily

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,579

base life on high level decoy totem is actually extremely high, the only things that will 1 shot it are attacks that will also one shot your character.

I'm not sure if it scales to zone level like other totems though. If it doesn't, then high level decoy totem is probably not viable.

Last edited by Dr. Wily; 12-19-2013 at 07:28 PM.

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12-20-2013 , 12:10 AM

#2133

bagclip2007

veteran

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,671

i love how insane tanky my 20/20 decoy is. seems super key

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12-20-2013 , 08:15 AM

#2134

Jackitos

srs biz

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 17,561

Competed my first map solo. Smothering suffix is no joke when you get certain monster types.

It was a good night imo

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12-20-2013 , 12:42 PM

#2135

Regret$

burnt out

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 12,124

Honestly starving, if this game is too easy then you should just non-cookiecutter your own build and **** will get real fast.

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12-20-2013 , 12:51 PM

#2136

Regret$

burnt out

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 12,124

^not meant to be douchey in any way, jmo

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12-20-2013 , 01:03 PM

#2137

#Thinman

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 13,107

good to see MF screws with my head in this game as much as D2/3. With my gear spec'd optimally, I have something like +8MF. I was running out of >67 maps, so I respect to about +60MF and ran a double boss +55% map. lololol, neither boss even drops a yellow and zero maps in the entire map.

respect back to optimal, run another map....3 maps and a bunch of yellows.

:/

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12-20-2013 , 01:49 PM

#2138

mashxx

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 7,840

thanks to Led we now have a guild tag.

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12-20-2013 , 01:55 PM

#2139

Kowalski

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,338

Thanks, Led!

Think I'm gonna get back on the horse

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12-20-2013 , 02:48 PM

#2140

Dr. Wily

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,579

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Originally Posted by #Thinman

you should cull bosses and some elites with a skill supported by rarity gem.

map drop rate is not affected by iir in any way, or any of your gear's iir/iiq, only by the map's iiq. Gearing up with mf only helps you find rares and uniques, not more maps.

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12-20-2013 , 02:57 PM

#2141

#Thinman

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 13,107

I cull with bear trap / rarity / culling, unless I get bored, then I switch it to lightning warp :/

iir helps with finding better maps though doesn't it? (ie, chance to roll higher lvl map when they drop)

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12-20-2013 , 03:13 PM

#2142

Jackitos

srs biz

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 17,561

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Originally Posted by mashxx

thanks to Led we now have a guild tag.

Do you have to buy the tag or something?

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12-20-2013 , 03:30 PM

#2143

#Thinman

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 13,107

union dues itt

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12-20-2013 , 03:39 PM

#2144

Sciolist

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 17,528

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Originally Posted by Jackitos

Do you have to buy the tag or something?

Yeh, you sacrifice maps to do it

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12-20-2013 , 03:49 PM

#2145

Dr. Wily

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,579

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Originally Posted by #Thinman

no.

It does give more of a chance that you find a higher rarity map though. If you run with high iiq, you may find more unique maps, but your overall map drop rate will be unaffected.

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12-20-2013 , 04:10 PM

#2146

mashxx

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 7,840

there's actually a lot of work to make this EK scion work (which is kinda interesting I guess, but also frustrating at the same time)

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12-21-2013 , 01:57 AM

#2147

#Thinman

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 13,107

meh, if maps wont drop, I'm not going to bother with another high level build.

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12-21-2013 , 02:42 AM

#2148

Dr. Wily

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,579

it's easy to make maps drop, you just need to invest currency into them. You can't expect to put 1 transmute into a map and get multiple higher level maps back.

When you do high level maps, like 72+, expect to invest multiple chisels and alchs+scourings or chaos orbs into every map. I started alching the majority of my maps at 69, and at 70 I alched all of them.

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12-21-2013 , 03:07 AM

#2149

#Thinman

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 13,107

I've never found anything over 70 and only 3 70's so far. I alch or alt them all basically hoping for the hardest mods, anything except mana regen killers. nuttin.

anyway, just need to complain a little. was down to ledge as my best map left...lol. ran it and got 4 maps, 69, 68x2 & 67. i'll take it.

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12-21-2013 , 03:29 AM

#2150

#Thinman

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 13,107

...and of course, I alch the 69, catacombs, get more totems, 48% more magic monsters, players cursed with ele weak, 30% more monster damage, +50% items....

no maps drop.

le sigh