So I decided for myself that I should kill Mephisto 25 times and see how long it takes...



Could've been good.



Horrible. And these were the highlights of 25 runs. I'm only at 125~ mf and one kill is about 5-6 minutes from start to end.

Realizing I have to spend A LOT of time in Nightmare before any progress can be made I decided to go to Hell to test. Just get a feel of what I need.

Here's the stats for Hell. 35% block.



Blood Moor is quite safe since there's no heavy damage types nor range monsters (Quill Rats sure but not that like Archers).

Kill Speed on everything but fallens and rats is shit. Stuff die eventually but... it's slow.

Anyway, I'll clear Den of Evil as a test!



Wrong socket number and skills!

Clearing all this way safely took like 25 minutes. Even fallens hit me crazy hard.

This guy was left alone.



Killed him and got the quest done! +1 skill!



Ran to Cold Plains WP.

Tested it out aswell. I know there are good maps with Bishibosh and easy monsters around him. Got some exp and dinged 76.

I had a look around and decided Hell isn't for me yet. Already had two close calls. Might/Cursed is almost impossible to pass (almost as in I can pass them but merc dies and then I'm next).

Back to Nightmare!



Alright, lot's of reading now. I have a lower quality Mage Plate lying in my stash together with Fal Rune and 5-6 Dol Runes. If I can repair it and cube it to 3 os (it can because of where it dropped) I'll be able to make a Lionheart. It's not a Skin of the Vipermagi but it'll give some good stats and some all res making Hell safer. Best place for some gems is of course LK so I went there.

Got another Fal Rune in a Super Chest!



And then this happened... it really did. To be honest this is a HUGE game changer and LK rewards me as always!

Guillaume's Face



I obtained one Chipped Gem and repaired the MP.



Good defense! Now needing 3x Flawless Topaz and hope for 3 os.



This post was edited by sebhehe on Nov 27 2012 10:30pm

The same rack dropped a Cantor Trophy the run after the Gulli Face. Heart =

It's not a Cantor Trophy rack tho.



Then I found this sexy armor!



Crow Caw, putting merc on 35 cb, 35 ow and 15 ds. NOT BAD!



Now sleep, I'll play a bit tomorrow but then I've got three days of work. A lot of work.



This post was edited by sebhehe on Nov 27 2012 10:34pm

Awesome updates! I know that NM is going to be considerably longer for you as you try to MF better stuff, and you are playing it a bit safer this time (it seems), but I'm sure you will get tired of NM and want to progress faster. I'm guessing by about level 84 you will say "fuggit" and plug away at hell A1 some more ISO Andy drops.

my pants unzipped while reading

kill hell andy and i'll attempt nm baal without any farming on Luna

doit


ps. what should i gamble at lvl 63? my gold is maxed iirc, and too low for circs/amulets.

This post was edited by Airwaves on Nov 28 2012 02:30am

GIVE ME THAT GUILLAME'S!!! I'm a Lum away from Lionheart as well and should be joining you in some nm meph runs very soon! Anyway, gotta work all day so til tonight GL!