R.I.P. ~ The HC Graveyard ~

[PaleDuke]

Post your DAETHS here !





My first loss...



http://www.ovis.net/~daddd98/images/UberZONvII_death.jpg


Level 69+/-

Act IV NM

[PaleDuke]

*sigh*


The Stygian Doll's have been my curse...


http://www.ovis.net/~daddd98/images/pokezon_DAETH.jpg


Level 61+/-

Act III NM (doing Meph runs)

[ItsNoot]

The latest to fall

A dayum fine caster Necro specializing in Bone Spirit and Amp Damage, a small minion army supplemented by a thorns merc, and a very fiesty Fire Golem.

I was kicking arse... till that one stinking MSLE came along :/

http://boards.slackercentral.com/user/ItsNoot/oops.jpg

[Harddave]

R.I.P. - LunaRage-HOD
Lvl. 27 Druid

AP Newswire-

The latest in the horde of viscious hardcore characters of Harddave, also members of the elite HOD clan (a subsidiary of Harddave Enterprises), has suffered an unduly death. LunaRage, a budding lvl 27 druid, was slain Wednesday night while attempting to rescue the sweet vixen Anya. Confronted with two separate groups of maulers in the Crystalline Passage, each with a super unique, LunaRage became overwhelmed. While in retreat and chugging rejuv potions like a college student doing keg stands, Luna bailed from the game with only 20% of his life remaining. When attempting to rejoin, he had not quite realized that his spirit was navigating the River of Styx.

It is rumored that lag was responsible. When asked about this, Harddave replied, "I was robbed. I was putting up the good fight and could have easily won had it not been for that damn Bnet. Hell, I didn't even get a screenshot for a proper memorial. That's just not right. Poor Luna, he had so much determination and fight left in him. This is UNJUST."

[PaleDuke]

I was wading through the older threads when I Tripped over this....




^bump^

[Lollan]

lol PD.. *cough cough*

Man, i hope i dont Trip on my shoe laces.. that would be a shame indeed..

[Trip]

In other news...

Last night at the late hour of 4 AM, a dirty death has been reported. RampantMoose and his level 26 Barbararian "Cegrunk" went down into the depths of hell, and with the help of Maniac playing "ImAManiac". He killed many demons, then was surrounded... attempted to leap out of them, but in a sudden move... he was disconnected. We don't have any pictures of this death because well, RampantMoose didn't get to see the death.

:mecry:

[Chunk_Le_Funk]

cheddarbake. lvl 19 druid @ the hands of the summoner. He was but a cub, and on his way to bigger and better adventures. Such a life taken so yopung from us. But through all this l;ives his son cheddarbake_jr

[PaleDuke]

http://www.ovis.net/~daddd98/images/pokezon_death1.jpg



PokeZON_PDHC was a fine hybrid zon indeed. She used the posion ceremonial bow coupled with charms to kill most of her opposition. If the crowd was tightly packed she'd toss a few Lightning Fury javs and pick up the pieces. Through cunning and care she worked her way through acts1 and 2 in hellmode. Quick weapon switches and caution saved the day...untill she met the big bug, Duriel. Using guided to land the poison she'd switch to javs/sheild for blocking and throw out a decoy to share the pain. Sadly, it was not enough...two hits in a row and a near empty belt were too much for her 740HP....:(


We will love and remember her always !



Or not...


http://www.ovis.net/~daddd98/images/pokezon_death2.jpg

[msan_msw]

That sucks. I liked seeing PokeZON_PDHC going in and out of games. Now it's all up to KEEEEL..... :(

[msan_msw]

Brynhild_SLC passed unexpectedly to say the least.....

She was a lvl 42 zon with roughly 550 hp's hopping and skipping about Upper Kurast... and naturally ran into a MSLE just off screen while spitting out guided arrow in support of a Valk.

http://thebear.slackercentral.com/Brynhild

She had just found Endlesshail bow and was preparing to return Kuko Shakaku to PD when out of the corner of my eye I saw a wave of light.... I started pounding full rejuvs while running but it just wasn't enough... She pwned normal bloody runs until it was almost unfair and now she pwns 6 feet of dirt....

I thought I was going to be pissed but actually I'm not. She had a pretty good (albeit short) life. :) I lost some of PD's dang good equipment though... Thankfully she had been muling like a fiend before her departure and has a few goodies left on other chars.

[msan_msw]

Editors note... I hope they fix MSLE in 1.10 and make it reasonable... I had 85% lightning resist and 550 hp's and I didn't last literally more than a second... I saw the light and bam... dirt nap.

[PaleDuke]

Props™



Nice one msan. :bigthiumb:


They all take dirt naps eventually. MSLE is stupid strong and, next to lag, the numer one killer of the noble HC character. :grrf:

[ItsNoot]

MSLE is plain ass stupid. I seriously think Blizzard puts it in there expecting people to just avoid that one and move on. Thats all fine and good until your minion is the one who hits it. My necro went down to MSLE thanks to an overzealous firegolem :/

[EG]

Why I cant deal with HC..lol

RIP


those little bastiges that zap you once and your pumping potions like crazy... 2nd zap and you are gone...*sniff*

[msan_msw]

I don't mind HC or daeth... What gets me is that I was hoping she would be a mf char so I could build up a supply of goodies and just as importantly return PD's stuff. They all die eventually but this premature death hit me right in the capitalism and you know how that stings, lol. Thankfully I have a buttload of runes and gems stored along with Hsarus's set, a goldwrap, and some other lower lvl uniques and rares.

PD, that was the first time I'd played with a Kuko... that is one impressive bow. It turned a regular zon into a killing machine that just flew through the game.... to the grave, lol. I'll make it up to you. A shael Kuko is a pretty good item.

[EG]

Originally posted by msan_msw
I don't mind HC or daeth... What gets me is that I was hoping she would be a mf char so I could build up a supply of goodies and just as importantly return PD's stuff. They all die eventually but this premature death hit me right in the capitalism and you know how that stings, lol. Thankfully I have a buttload of runes and gems stored along with Hsarus's set, a goldwrap, and some other lower lvl uniques and rares.

PD, that was the first time I'd played with a Kuko... that is one impressive bow. It turned a regular zon into a killing machine that just flew through the game.... to the grave, lol. I'll make it up to you. A shael Kuko is a pretty good item.


lol... it was probably some guy from socialst Blizzard person tracking your progress and realized you were a greedy D2 capitalist and had you taken out...lol

[ItsNoot]

Originally posted by msan_msw


Kuko speed = windforce if I'm not mistaken... been a while since I looked at it.

[PaleDuke]

Originally posted by ItsNoot
Kuko speed = windforce if I'm not mistaken... been a while since I looked at it.


I don't know about that...there was no "increased speed" mod on it that I recall. Just a standard Long/Cedar bow [speed 0] I think. I know my EndlessHail Composite/Double bow [speed -20] was noticably faster than the Kuko, especially when using Strafe...possibly a breakpoint difference ? I Shaeled both and muled them 'cause I ended up using the poison bow in HM.

Don't worry 'bout it msan, what's mine is yours.:)

BTW, Diablo karma strikes again ! The very first game I played after reading your post my Javazon keeeeeled Duriel (NM) and the bastard dropped String of Ears ! :headbang: Gave it to my Pally who's also sporting a Rockstopper....now he's at 22% damage reduction...:D

[msan_msw]

Sweet! String of ears is pretty dang nice. DR is nice but I like the life steal almost as much. Leech and fast weapons speed make up for a lot of other areas.

I haven't played D2 since Byrnhild died... I lubbed her :mecry: I think I'll jump on and do some mf runs...

[Ambience]

:lol: @ the name

[PaleDuke]

http://www.ovis.net/~daddd98/images/pokezon_110.jpg


Level 78...almost 79....had 1200+HP and died in an instant.

I thought, let's see how tough 1.10 hell mode really is. Pindy is usually easy, stand just inside the archway, cast decoy, find Pindy and throw lightning fury 'till everything's dead. In 1.10 my decoy lasted about 0.2 secs, I though "gee whiz, that was fast", I heard the distinct "thaaaack" of being struck by his homies and saw my health drop about 70% and thought, "gee whiz, that was fast". As I was reaching for a full rejuve (of which I had a belt full) I heard yet another "thaaack" and was greeted with the lovely message above.

Hell mode is INSANE in the new version ! :eek:

[Hydra]

If I had a high level HC character and it died, it would be guaranteed that the more valuable things in my room would also feel the loss.

[Bill]

Hell mode is INSANE in the new version ! :eek:

Sucky loss PD :(

Hell is indeed insanely hard. It's sort of... not fun.

[ItsNoot]

New tactics is all thats needed, I'm convinced. Gone are the days of the 1 point wonder skills (like decoy). With the difficulty ramped in combination with the synergies, its necessary to specialize more and find diversity from playing in a party. I think also the overlooked party skills of the classes will see a lot more action too. War Cries, Spirits, Static Field, Slow Missles for those nasty beefed up archers... Heck, we might even start to finally see some paladins floating about as well.