Quote (njaguar @ Oct 9 2010 04:12pm)

No, you could not solo catacombs before (not past low levels, anyway). Imagine going in, and facing 5 mobs, and not being able to run to town to heal and resume combat. You didn't make it farther than 1 step in most cases.

Quote (Cloudfire @ Oct 8 2010 11:15pm)

you could actually, it just made no sense to do so. if you could survive catacombs solo, you could go to arena and full chain there for much better/faster exp and drops.

i did hear of some people soloing catacombs up around the 30-40s, and i'm sure with a good enough leather/scale people could have done it at level 60+ too

Quote (rectty2 @ Oct 8 2010 11:19pm)

been there  done  that  i  think some 1  needs to  really  play  his  own  game  before  doing  rash  updates.....  and get  real  ppl  that  actually  slash  to  do the beta  tests

Quote (Cloudfire @ Oct 8 2010 08:15pm)

you could actually, it just made no sense to do so. if you could survive catacombs solo, you could go to arena and full chain there for much better/faster exp and drops.

i did hear of some people soloing catacombs up around the 30-40s, and i'm sure with a good enough leather/scale people could have done it at level 60+ too

Quote (Cloudfire @ 8 Oct 2010 22:15)

you could actually, it just made no sense to do so. if you could survive catacombs solo, you could go to arena and full chain there for much better/faster exp and drops.

i did hear of some people soloing catacombs up around the 30-40s, and i'm sure with a good enough leather/scale people could have done it at level 60+ too

Quote (rectty2 @ 8 Oct 2010 22:19)

been there  done  that  i  think some 1  needs to  really  play  his  own  game  before  doing  rash  updates.....  and get  real  ppl  that  actually  slash  to  do the beta  tests

Quote (implite @ Oct 8 2010 11:02pm)

A nice thing I noticed with the skill I play "fishing" is that I can catch fishes with lower level rods such as a level 5 rod with 47 dura. I could catch 2 out of every 6 fish at level 23 fishing.
In the old version this was totally not possible. Not sure about cooking yet if it is easier or not but, one thing im kinda concerned about is the usefulness of fish now that people can shrine wile in a well and in a group in cata. Fish might have a nice usefulness in pvp but idk yet.
Post your experiences thoughts and comments about some cool things you might of found that people might not be aware of yet.

As for me im not so sure if I will continue fishing atm. Might be better for me to just play more catacombs and wait for fish to be more useful later on after more updates are added?

Quote (njaguar @ Oct 9 2010 04:21pm)

You're speculating, and I'm calling BS. 30s is still fairly low level, and 40s is where it became impossible. Additionally, drops have been better in catacombs than Arena since around version 1.17 or so (in terms of sheer probability of finding an awesome item).

Quote (njaguar @ Oct 9 2010 04:22pm)

Deal, let's make a bet. I bet your characters (will delete them all if I'm right) that you cannot solo in the old catacombs in the higher levels. Will load it up on the beta server and copy your characters over right now.

You have no idea how much I play my own game, because most of it is done ON the beta server so that I can ensure it's balanced and tested properly FOR you guys.

Quote (Cloudfire @ 8 Oct 2010 22:28)

you're right, i am speculating. I'm almost certain i saw someone saying they went around level 40. i may be wrong, and it may not be possible at even higher levels. alas, i have no way of testing as i don't want to give you my money, so speculation is the best i can do.

you don't give very good incentive for him to take your bet

Quote (Cylon @ Oct 8 2010 11:27pm)

That's an interesting change, never felt inclined to test that before the update though so I can't comment on it. At the very least you might not have to jack up rod prices anymore on hc haha.

I made a discussion topic specific to 1.20 fishing changes here:  http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=48546692&f=272, might as well use it if you notice anything else fishing-related because this topic seems to be getting off track (hi rectums!)