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ImperiusDamian
Mar 18, 2012, 7:05:34 PM3/18/12
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Gemstone Progress
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CUBE RECIPES
- Any Item (weapon, armour, jewelry) + El rune + chipped gem -> removes
+1 Light Radius bonus from item
(Useful for items with many attribute lines: too many can make the
attributes invisible! Use this to get rid of a useless attribute!)
- 3 of the same grade Health/Mana Potions -> 1 Health/Mana Potion of
next grade. IE, 3 Minor potions -> 1 Light Potion.
MONSTERS
- Lord de Seis is now Cold Enchanted instead of Extra Strong (that mod
never made sense for him :P ). He also spawns with more minions.
- Oblivion Knights may now spawn with their own kind as well as Doom
Knights. Be careful!
--
ImperiusDamian
http://damiansdominion.byethost7.com
Diablo II Gemstone IV Mod
http://damiansdominion.byethost7.com/diablo/gemstone.php
-----------------
CUBE RECIPES
- Any Item (weapon, armour, jewelry) + El rune + chipped gem -> removes
+1 Light Radius bonus from item
(Useful for items with many attribute lines: too many can make the
attributes invisible! Use this to get rid of a useless attribute!)
- 3 of the same grade Health/Mana Potions -> 1 Health/Mana Potion of
next grade. IE, 3 Minor potions -> 1 Light Potion.
MONSTERS
- Lord de Seis is now Cold Enchanted instead of Extra Strong (that mod
never made sense for him :P ). He also spawns with more minions.
- Oblivion Knights may now spawn with their own kind as well as Doom
Knights. Be careful!
--
ImperiusDamian
http://damiansdominion.byethost7.com
Diablo II Gemstone IV Mod
http://damiansdominion.byethost7.com/diablo/gemstone.php
~misfit~
Mar 23, 2012, 4:01:27 AM3/23/12
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
> Gemstone Progress
> -----------------
>
> CUBE RECIPES
> - Any Item (weapon, armour, jewelry) + El rune + chipped gem ->
> removes +1 Light Radius bonus from item
> (Useful for items with many attribute lines: too many can make the
> attributes invisible! Use this to get rid of a useless attribute!)
>
> - 3 of the same grade Health/Mana Potions -> 1 Health/Mana Potion of
> next grade. IE, 3 Minor potions -> 1 Light Potion.
>
> MONSTERS
> - Lord de Seis is now Cold Enchanted instead of Extra Strong (that mod
> never made sense for him :P ). He also spawns with more minions.
> - Oblivion Knights may now spawn with their own kind as well as Doom
> Knights. Be careful!
Good man, keep up the great work. :-)
> Gemstone Progress
> -----------------
>
> CUBE RECIPES
> - Any Item (weapon, armour, jewelry) + El rune + chipped gem ->
> removes +1 Light Radius bonus from item
> (Useful for items with many attribute lines: too many can make the
> attributes invisible! Use this to get rid of a useless attribute!)
>
> - 3 of the same grade Health/Mana Potions -> 1 Health/Mana Potion of
> next grade. IE, 3 Minor potions -> 1 Light Potion.
>
> MONSTERS
> - Lord de Seis is now Cold Enchanted instead of Extra Strong (that mod
> never made sense for him :P ). He also spawns with more minions.
> - Oblivion Knights may now spawn with their own kind as well as Doom
> Knights. Be careful!
(Although I'm still not sure that I'd have given OKs back the ability to
cast IM....)
--
Shaun.
"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
ImperiusDamian
Mar 23, 2012, 6:31:54 PM3/23/12
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On 2012-03-23 04:01 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
> Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
>> Gemstone Progress
>> -----------------
>>
>> CUBE RECIPES
>> - Any Item (weapon, armour, jewelry) + El rune + chipped gem ->
>> removes +1 Light Radius bonus from item
>> (Useful for items with many attribute lines: too many can make the
>> attributes invisible! Use this to get rid of a useless attribute!)
>>
>> - 3 of the same grade Health/Mana Potions -> 1 Health/Mana Potion of
>> next grade. IE, 3 Minor potions -> 1 Light Potion.
>>
>> MONSTERS
>> - Lord de Seis is now Cold Enchanted instead of Extra Strong (that mod
>> never made sense for him :P ). He also spawns with more minions.
>> - Oblivion Knights may now spawn with their own kind as well as Doom
>> Knights. Be careful!
>
> Good man, keep up the great work. :-)
>
> (Although I'm still not sure that I'd have given OKs back the ability to
> cast IM....)
They don't seem to use it, unfortunately. To my mind, it made the Chaos
> Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
>> Gemstone Progress
>> -----------------
>>
>> CUBE RECIPES
>> - Any Item (weapon, armour, jewelry) + El rune + chipped gem ->
>> removes +1 Light Radius bonus from item
>> (Useful for items with many attribute lines: too many can make the
>> attributes invisible! Use this to get rid of a useless attribute!)
>>
>> - 3 of the same grade Health/Mana Potions -> 1 Health/Mana Potion of
>> next grade. IE, 3 Minor potions -> 1 Light Potion.
>>
>> MONSTERS
>> - Lord de Seis is now Cold Enchanted instead of Extra Strong (that mod
>> never made sense for him :P ). He also spawns with more minions.
>> - Oblivion Knights may now spawn with their own kind as well as Doom
>> Knights. Be careful!
>
> Good man, keep up the great work. :-)
>
> (Although I'm still not sure that I'd have given OKs back the ability to
> cast IM....)
Sanctuary easier than it should be to disable IM on Okies.
~misfit~
Mar 24, 2012, 12:48:17 AM3/24/12
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
> On 2012-03-23 04:01 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
>>> Gemstone Progress
>>> -----------------
>>>
>>> CUBE RECIPES
>>> - Any Item (weapon, armour, jewelry) + El rune + chipped gem ->
>>> removes +1 Light Radius bonus from item
>>> (Useful for items with many attribute lines: too many can make the
>>> attributes invisible! Use this to get rid of a useless attribute!)
>>>
>>> - 3 of the same grade Health/Mana Potions -> 1 Health/Mana Potion
>>> of next grade. IE, 3 Minor potions -> 1 Light Potion.
>>>
>>> MONSTERS
>>> - Lord de Seis is now Cold Enchanted instead of Extra Strong (that
>>> mod never made sense for him :P ). He also spawns with more minions.
>>> - Oblivion Knights may now spawn with their own kind as well as Doom
>>> Knights. Be careful!
>>
>> Good man, keep up the great work. :-)
>>
>> (Although I'm still not sure that I'd have given OKs back the
>> ability to cast IM....)
>
> They don't seem to use it, unfortunately. To my mind, it made the
> Chaos Sanctuary easier than it should be to disable IM on Okies.
Yeahbut only for some classes. It was very biased against meelee toons but
> On 2012-03-23 04:01 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
>>> Gemstone Progress
>>> -----------------
>>>
>>> CUBE RECIPES
>>> - Any Item (weapon, armour, jewelry) + El rune + chipped gem ->
>>> removes +1 Light Radius bonus from item
>>> (Useful for items with many attribute lines: too many can make the
>>> attributes invisible! Use this to get rid of a useless attribute!)
>>>
>>> - 3 of the same grade Health/Mana Potions -> 1 Health/Mana Potion
>>> of next grade. IE, 3 Minor potions -> 1 Light Potion.
>>>
>>> MONSTERS
>>> - Lord de Seis is now Cold Enchanted instead of Extra Strong (that
>>> mod never made sense for him :P ). He also spawns with more minions.
>>> - Oblivion Knights may now spawn with their own kind as well as Doom
>>> Knights. Be careful!
>>
>> Good man, keep up the great work. :-)
>>
>> (Although I'm still not sure that I'd have given OKs back the
>> ability to cast IM....)
>
> They don't seem to use it, unfortunately. To my mind, it made the
> Chaos Sanctuary easier than it should be to disable IM on Okies.
made very little difference to ranged or spell-casting toons. I remember my
one foray into HC that I never did take my Pally past hell Diablo as he
wasn't massively powerful, using what he found (also with a bit of help from
the AGDHC crew) I was too worried about losing him.
He took a long time to kill things and, although he got past the bastards in
NM I didn't think he'd do it in hell, so there he sat.....
The only thing that would be 'fair' to balance it IMO would be if there was
an essential area of the game inhabited by monsters that were immune to
everything except physical - and even then casters might just squeak through
by dint of their hirelings. <shrug>
Hope you're well. :-)
ImperiusDamian
Mar 24, 2012, 1:46:42 AM3/24/12
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On 2012-03-24 12:48 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
> Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
>>
>> They don't seem to use it, unfortunately. To my mind, it made the
>> Chaos Sanctuary easier than it should be to disable IM on Okies.
>
> Yeahbut only for some classes. It was very biased against meelee toons but
> made very little difference to ranged or spell-casting toons. I remember my
> one foray into HC that I never did take my Pally past hell Diablo as he
> wasn't massively powerful, using what he found (also with a bit of help from
> the AGDHC crew) I was too worried about losing him.
>
> He took a long time to kill things and, although he got past the bastards in
> NM I didn't think he'd do it in hell, so there he sat.....
>
Ahh shame :( I take it he didn't have much in the way of hammers since
> Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
>>
>> They don't seem to use it, unfortunately. To my mind, it made the
>> Chaos Sanctuary easier than it should be to disable IM on Okies.
>
> Yeahbut only for some classes. It was very biased against meelee toons but
> made very little difference to ranged or spell-casting toons. I remember my
> one foray into HC that I never did take my Pally past hell Diablo as he
> wasn't massively powerful, using what he found (also with a bit of help from
> the AGDHC crew) I was too worried about losing him.
>
> He took a long time to kill things and, although he got past the bastards in
> NM I didn't think he'd do it in hell, so there he sat.....
>
those are ideal for dealing with IM.
In any case, okies in Gemstone don't seem to know how to use IM despite
it being listed in the skills they can use. So I guess CS is still gonna
be IM-less. LOL!
> The only thing that would be 'fair' to balance it IMO would be if there was
> an essential area of the game inhabited by monsters that were immune to
> everything except physical - and even then casters might just squeak through
> by dint of their hirelings.<shrug>
>
> Hope you're well. :-)
~misfit~
Mar 24, 2012, 2:12:14 AM3/24/12
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
> On 2012-03-24 12:48 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
>>>
>>> They don't seem to use it, unfortunately. To my mind, it made the
>>> Chaos Sanctuary easier than it should be to disable IM on Okies.
>>
>> Yeahbut only for some classes. It was very biased against meelee
>> toons but made very little difference to ranged or spell-casting
>> toons. I remember my one foray into HC that I never did take my
>> Pally past hell Diablo as he wasn't massively powerful, using what
>> he found (also with a bit of help from the AGDHC crew) I was too
>> worried about losing him. He took a long time to kill things and,
>> although he got past the
>> bastards in NM I didn't think he'd do it in hell, so there he
>> sat.....
>
> Ahh shame :( I take it he didn't have much in the way of hammers since
> those are ideal for dealing with IM.
No, he was my usual, a freezealot. My first ladder of HC, I wasn't about to
> On 2012-03-24 12:48 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
>>>
>>> They don't seem to use it, unfortunately. To my mind, it made the
>>> Chaos Sanctuary easier than it should be to disable IM on Okies.
>>
>> Yeahbut only for some classes. It was very biased against meelee
>> toons but made very little difference to ranged or spell-casting
>> toons. I remember my one foray into HC that I never did take my
>> Pally past hell Diablo as he wasn't massively powerful, using what
>> he found (also with a bit of help from the AGDHC crew) I was too
>> worried about losing him. He took a long time to kill things and,
>> although he got past the
>> bastards in NM I didn't think he'd do it in hell, so there he
>> sat.....
>
> Ahh shame :( I take it he didn't have much in the way of hammers since
> those are ideal for dealing with IM.
go playing toons I had no experience with. I didn't have multiple keys and
laptops set up back then either. :(
> In any case, okies in Gemstone don't seem to know how to use IM
> despite it being listed in the skills they can use. So I guess CS is
> still gonna be IM-less. LOL!
reluctance to let go of my loverly off-ladder uber-runewords and the
occasional co-op game.
>> The only thing that would be 'fair' to balance it IMO would be if
>> there was an essential area of the game inhabited by monsters that
>> were immune to everything except physical - and even then casters
>> might just squeak through by dint of their hirelings.<shrug>
>>
>
> Well any area with harpies is basically IM for sorcs. ;)
>
>> Hope you're well. :-)
>
> Not bad, could be worse! How about you?
Benefit considerably and I'm appealing the decision. If that doesn't go well
then things go go south very quickly as I'm not getting enough to pay bills
and eat at the moment..... :-/
Shiflet
Mar 24, 2012, 3:50:40 AM3/24/12
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> Well any area with harpies is basically IM for sorcs. ;)
casting, and that's only if she has more mana than life(my primary
sorc has 2.5k life 2.4k mana, so Blood Mana doesn't affect her at
all), but it was never a 1 hit kill. IM was guaranteed, 1 shot
instant death if you were a standard melee build using a half decent
weapon. If you were an Auradin using Rift you might survive, Fury
druids could sometimes live because of the shapeshift bug(the one
where when they die in feral form they shift to human form with 1 hp,
a really fast or lucky druid could use a rejuv pot before they took
the 1 hp of damage and died), but regular zealots(and many auradins,
shockadins, and freezealots), smiters, chargers, WW, conc, and frenzy
barbs, WW and kicksins, and I assume spear/jabazons were instantly
dead if they got IMed mid attack. Even if my ES nova sorc(3.5k mana 1k
life) gets Blood Mana'ed mid-cast she doesn't die instantly and can
even continue to fire off several novas before she's in any danger
from the curse.
ImperiusDamian
Mar 26, 2012, 2:32:09 AM3/26/12
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On 2012-03-24 02:12 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
> Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
>>
>> Ahh shame :( I take it he didn't have much in the way of hammers since
>> those are ideal for dealing with IM.
>
> No, he was my usual, a freezealot. My first ladder of HC, I wasn't about to
> go playing toons I had no experience with. I didn't have multiple keys and
> laptops set up back then either. :(
>
That makes sense. ;) My first HC char was a javazon, a clas I was
> Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
>>
>> Ahh shame :( I take it he didn't have much in the way of hammers since
>> those are ideal for dealing with IM.
>
> No, he was my usual, a freezealot. My first ladder of HC, I wasn't about to
> go playing toons I had no experience with. I didn't have multiple keys and
> laptops set up back then either. :(
>
familiar with too. Of course she died in A4 normal. :P LOL!
>> In any case, okies in Gemstone don't seem to know how to use IM
>> despite it being listed in the skills they can use. So I guess CS is
>> still gonna be IM-less. LOL!
>
> Nice. My plans to change to playing Gemstone have been halted somewhat by my
> reluctance to let go of my loverly off-ladder uber-runewords and the
> occasional co-op game.
>
how long it'll last though!
>>
>>> Hope you're well. :-)
>>
>> Not bad, could be worse! How about you?
>
> Good to hear. I'm OK for now... Welfare here have recently cut my Invalid's
> Benefit considerably and I'm appealing the decision. If that doesn't go well
> then things go go south very quickly as I'm not getting enough to pay bills
> and eat at the moment..... :-/
bureaucracy. :(
--
ImperiusDamian
http://www.damiansdominion.web44.net
Diablo II Gemstone IV Mod
http://www.damiansdominion.web44.net/gemstone/index.php
ImperiusDamian
Mar 26, 2012, 2:33:31 AM3/26/12
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Same principle; less risk. ;)
--
ImperiusDamian
http://www.damiansdominion.web44.net
Diablo II Gemstone IV Mod
http://www.damiansdominion.web44.net/gemstone/index.php
~misfit~
Mar 27, 2012, 7:58:31 AM3/27/12
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
> On 2012-03-24 02:12 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
[snip]
> On 2012-03-24 02:12 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
>>> Not bad, could be worse! How about you?
>>
>> Good to hear. I'm OK for now... Welfare here have recently cut my
>> Invalid's Benefit considerably and I'm appealing the decision. If
>> that doesn't go well then things go go south very quickly as I'm not
>> getting enough to pay bills and eat at the moment..... :-/
>
> Ack! I hope that works out; I know how that kind of crap goes. Damn
> bureaucracy. :(
Thanks. Spent most of the day composing my letter asking for a review of the
>>
>> Good to hear. I'm OK for now... Welfare here have recently cut my
>> Invalid's Benefit considerably and I'm appealing the decision. If
>> that doesn't go well then things go go south very quickly as I'm not
>> getting enough to pay bills and eat at the moment..... :-/
>
> Ack! I hope that works out; I know how that kind of crap goes. Damn
> bureaucracy. :(
decision (and tracking down receipts, billls etc.). I seriously dislike
living off the credit card and I have a $600+ home contents insurance bill
due next month.....
Cheers,
ImperiusDamian
Mar 29, 2012, 2:08:05 PM3/29/12
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On 2012-03-27 07:58 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
>
> Thanks. Spent most of the day composing my letter asking for a review of the
> decision (and tracking down receipts, billls etc.). I seriously dislike
> living off the credit card and I have a $600+ home contents insurance bill
> due next month.....
>
Ah yuck!
>
> Thanks. Spent most of the day composing my letter asking for a review of the
> decision (and tracking down receipts, billls etc.). I seriously dislike
> living off the credit card and I have a $600+ home contents insurance bill
> due next month.....
>
I hope they review it in your favour, that really bites! :(
~misfit~
Mar 29, 2012, 7:40:37 PM3/29/12
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
> On 2012-03-27 07:58 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
>>
>> Thanks. Spent most of the day composing my letter asking for a
>> review of the decision (and tracking down receipts, billls etc.). I
>> seriously dislike living off the credit card and I have a $600+ home
>> contents insurance bill due next month.....
>
> Ah yuck!
> I hope they review it in your favour, that really bites! :(
Thanks. I dropped the appeal letter (and copies of bills etc.) off two days
>>
>> Thanks. Spent most of the day composing my letter asking for a
>> review of the decision (and tracking down receipts, billls etc.). I
>> seriously dislike living off the credit card and I have a $600+ home
>> contents insurance bill due next month.....
>
> Ah yuck!
> I hope they review it in your favour, that really bites! :(
ago. The waiting continues.....
ImperiusDamian
Apr 1, 2012, 10:54:32 PM4/1/12
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On 2012-03-29 07:40 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
> Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
>> On 2012-03-27 07:58 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks. Spent most of the day composing my letter asking for a
>>> review of the decision (and tracking down receipts, billls etc.). I
>>> seriously dislike living off the credit card and I have a $600+ home
>>> contents insurance bill due next month.....
>>
>> Ah yuck!
>> I hope they review it in your favour, that really bites! :(
>
> Thanks. I dropped the appeal letter (and copies of bills etc.) off two days
> ago. The waiting continues.....
Typical bureaucracy: waiting is the major feature. ;)
> Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
>> On 2012-03-27 07:58 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks. Spent most of the day composing my letter asking for a
>>> review of the decision (and tracking down receipts, billls etc.). I
>>> seriously dislike living off the credit card and I have a $600+ home
>>> contents insurance bill due next month.....
>>
>> Ah yuck!
>> I hope they review it in your favour, that really bites! :(
>
> Thanks. I dropped the appeal letter (and copies of bills etc.) off two days
> ago. The waiting continues.....
~misfit~
Apr 2, 2012, 8:28:47 AM4/2/12
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
> On 2012-03-29 07:40 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
>>> On 2012-03-27 07:58 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks. Spent most of the day composing my letter asking for a
>>>> review of the decision (and tracking down receipts, billls etc.). I
>>>> seriously dislike living off the credit card and I have a $600+
>>>> home contents insurance bill due next month.....
>>>
>>> Ah yuck!
>>> I hope they review it in your favour, that really bites! :(
>>
>> Thanks. I dropped the appeal letter (and copies of bills etc.) off
>> two days ago. The waiting continues.....
>
> Typical bureaucracy: waiting is the major feature. ;)
Yup.....
> On 2012-03-29 07:40 PM, ~misfit~ wrote:
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs ImperiusDamian wrote:
>>> On 2012-03-27 07:58 AM, ~misfit~ wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks. Spent most of the day composing my letter asking for a
>>>> review of the decision (and tracking down receipts, billls etc.). I
>>>> seriously dislike living off the credit card and I have a $600+
>>>> home contents insurance bill due next month.....
>>>
>>> Ah yuck!
>>> I hope they review it in your favour, that really bites! :(
>>
>> Thanks. I dropped the appeal letter (and copies of bills etc.) off
>> two days ago. The waiting continues.....
>
> Typical bureaucracy: waiting is the major feature. ;)
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