Spider Queen down in Hell. This amazing amulet was dropped from the Queen.





Slammajamma reached level 56 in the Cave of the Moon Clan. He was skeptical going down into this cave knowing of the myths of tight passageways and relentless spearman. Slammajamma's follower has helped him numerous times get out of situations that with other followers couldn't have and would of resulted in death for Slamma.
(Templar has saved Slamma an estimated 5-10 times already with his Guardian Skill when Slamma has been surrounded by enemies and taking what would of been fatal damage)





Discovered Upgrade from a bloody chest. Slamma has been trying to craft hell level 54 bracers since the beginning of this act. These cuffs will suit him well and he can now concentrate on other necessary upgrades. There was a nasty spiderling horde/plaque/vortex pack in level 2 that Slammajamma had to defeat knowing he was close to treasures.

This pack took Slammajamma quite some time to kill. 750k HP is the highest he's seen so far.







Discovered Upgrade: Equipping "Royal Bond" gave a significant damage boost, armor, dex, int, physical resistance, and now Slamma has a pickup range of 12 yards. The lose of 2k health puts Slamma down to 43k.






Slamma was not expecting a weapon upgrade out in the Southern Highlands, but what seems to be a nicely rolled pirate sword was dropped with much needed dps boost and health.
Gold Budget: 522,723



This post was edited by bronkules on Jun 24 2013 05:16pm

Full clears of Southern and Northern Highlands: Estimated time: 1 hour 30 minutes. (Includes Cave of the Moon Clan)






Slammajamma hit level 57 in The Cursed Hold. This was a great place for Slamma to gain experience.
Elite Pack Update: Slamma ended up evading his 3rd elite pack in the Halls of Agony which was a pack of Berserkers with vortex/frozen/health link. He did test them but once being vortex into their attack it was time to go.





Hell Butcher Fight Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRTYcp75-0E&feature=youtu.be
Stats and skill are shown in beginning of video. Overall not that hard of a fight for Slamma. Half way through the fight he took off Ignore Pain and started using WOTB-Insanity. Standing directly over the fire grates did minimal damage to Slammajamma. His follower even got in three or so freezes on the butcher.



This post was edited by bronkules on Jun 27 2013 10:14am

congrats on act 1, this is definitely the best one of these threads I've seen so far

Thanks! I never planned to make it this far, but Act 2 may bring a whole different challenge. Getting to level 60 would be nice to start stacking valor. Slamma should be at 60 before the end of Act 2. If Slammajamma does make it through Hell, changes will be coming in inferno since Mp10 isn't possible with a Purist character.

Hell Butcher video is active, it was set to private for some reason if anyone wants to check it out!

You are at a turning point in the game right now, once you get to 60 and act 3 ilvl 63 items can start dropping. Especially if you start stacking NV, it could give you the edge back

What MP are you going to attempt inferno on?

And as always - keep up the good work!

If Slamma does make it through Hell I will probably post his stats and get a feel from everyone as what they think he is capable of handling in Inferno. I don't believe ilvl63 items drop in Act 3-4 Hell according to my search. Correct me if i'm wrong.

This post was edited by bronkules on Jun 27 2013 01:15pm

Sorry i am wrong... iLVL 63 cant drop in Hell, BUT iLVL 62 CAN (in Act 3 and 4)


June 28
Items

The drop rates for high-end items (items level 61-63) have been increased for Acts III and IV of Hell difficulty and Acts I – IV of Inferno difficulty:
The new approximate drop rates are as follows:
Hell – Act III and Act IV
iLvl 61: 13.9%, up from 9%
iLvl 62: 3.45%, up from 1.9%
iLvl 63: 0% (no change)
Inferno – Act I
iLvl 61: 23.9%, up from 17.7%
iLvl 62: 12.6%, up from 7.9%
iLvl 63: 4.8%, up from 2.0%
Inferno – Act II
iLvl 61: 23.3%, up from 18.6%
iLvl 62: 18.6%, up from 12.4%
iLvl 63: 9.3%, up from 4.1%
Inferno – Act III and Act IV
iLvl 61: 27.1%, up from 24.1%
iLvl 62: 21.7%, up from 16.1%
iLvl 63: 16.3%, up from 8.0%

EDIT: this is before MP. Once you enable MP in Inferno it all becomes this - In any act:


iLvl 61: 27.1%, up from 24.1%
iLvl 62: 21.7%, up from 16.1%
iLvl 63: 16.3%, up from 8.0%

This post was edited by nickjnelly on Jun 27 2013 01:35pm

cool story, bro, keep them coming!

i'm thinking about creating a selffound char too.. just for the fun of it.

cheers.

Slammajamma reached level 58 at Khasim Outpost. Act 2 so far hasn't been too overwhelming for Slamma. Manageable elite packs and a minimal change in difficulty from Act 1 to Act 2 so far...





Crafted Upgrade: Slamma has been trying chest armor crafts when the essences become available. Not much of a change with life or damage here, but 6 all resist and a armor buff of 242 armor.
Gold Budget: 554,735