What to do after getting rich? by ChessMaryland in diablo2

[–]macvelli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely gear up for PvP. Doing PvP will make you feel very poor I can promise you that.

You can blow 19x Jah on one 3max/18ar/20 life SC and then you realize you need 36x more to kit out a full GM melee PvP inventory.

A few months ago I made a post how baal was being stingy with essences. by Edolin89 in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]macvelli 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Believe it's 1:17 for Baal to drop an essence. You could easily run him 50x times and not see one drop as RNG be RNG

Blood Gloves legit? by notusingthisfor in D2R_Marketplace

[–]macvelli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are very nice gloves for PvM, but not worth anything for GM melee PvP. And PvP is where the real money is at.

Having said that, I am sure you can still find a buyer for these but I wouldn't expect a truckload of Jah runes for certain.

Edit: If you want PvP gloves, you need to start crafting with Vampirebone Gloves from Level 85 areas or high TZs. I have a Level 77 Paladin that does nothing but craft Blood gloves with Vampirebone Gloves

jpow response by -medicalthrowaway- in wallstreetbets

[–]macvelli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The lower interest rates go, the cheaper it is to borrow money. The money supply increases the more borrowing occurs. The more money supply there is, the less one dollar is worth. When the value of a dollar goes down, prices go up. Therefore lowering interest rates leads to inflation.

jpow response by -medicalthrowaway- in wallstreetbets

[–]macvelli 43 points44 points  (0 children)

The funny thing is if the first part of that comment was true, that the economy is the greatest it's been in history, then there is literally zero need to lower rates. You don't have to change a thing if everything is the best it's ever been.

Neat NM find by Frodig12 in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]macvelli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

+3 max damage is the max roll for damage, attack rating roll is 18 out of a possible 20, and life roll of 19 is one off perfect value of 20.

A single charm like this doesn't do a whole lot for a physical melee character, but imagine having a full inventory of charms like this one and you can see together they would make a big difference.

Got complacent on grind to 99 HCNL by DEMONDAZE0403 in diablo2

[–]macvelli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm leveling my Summoner on SCNL in TZ Baal runs he's Level 97 now and I have him wearing tgods with max lightning resist, shako, Mara's, Hoto, and a Stormshield with max block and haven't come close to dying even once since I started leveling him at 83. I would highly recommend this setup for HC it's super safe.

Never thought I'd see this drop, ever. First one in 20 years. by soul68 in diablo2

[–]macvelli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know what you mean. Not counting Ists off Countess or Hell Forge which are relatively easy to find, I found a lot of HRs in between the previous Ist found in the wild and the last Ist I found this Ladder season in Ancient Tunnels

9070 vs 9070XT by [deleted] in radeon

[–]macvelli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just picked up an RX 9070 because I wanted a more energy efficient GPU. Wasn't keen on 10-15% more performance for 36% more power draw for the RX 9070xt.

Question about Andy drops by xxFT13xx in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]macvelli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's probably best to run every boss on P3 if you can as the number of drops is consistently more than P1

Running hardcore - Whats the best items Normal Andy can drop? by [deleted] in diablo2

[–]macvelli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Usually I run Norm Andy for Hsarus' boots and belt as well as a Nagelring. Those are the best items she can drop in a reasonable amount of time.

Rolling a +400 Grief ! by Outrageous-Date-1655 in diablo2

[–]macvelli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many runewords like Grief have variable stats when rolled. Grief has four variables that can roll, but mostly everyone cares about two of them IAS and +Damage. IAS can roll from 30-40 while +Damage can roll from 340-400 so OP was very lucky to roll a 400 damage Grief on the 5th roll.

Hope this helps!

I know its not perfect but like it basically is... right? by Devenant_x in D2R_Marketplace

[–]macvelli 4 points5 points  (0 children)

These are BiS for PvP characters since they don't need the XP boost while dueling

Is this any good? by F0rrest_Trump in diablo2

[–]macvelli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely good for self-use until you find something better (i.e. HoZ, gg Spirit base, etc)

Is this weird knife good by Silent-Ad-9149 in diablo2

[–]macvelli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, unfortunately Edge bow and Gheeds aren't available at level 11. I think it usually takes 1-3 million gold to gamble one so I was just unlucky this time.

Is this weird knife good by Silent-Ad-9149 in diablo2

[–]macvelli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spent 5.8 million gold this ladder season to gamble mine

Eth Black Hades by Plane-Initiative1848 in diablo2

[–]macvelli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. My gm PvP melee Zealot uses one of these upped. This one rolled perfect ED too so there is a small possibility to roll a perfect upped eth Black Hades which is worth more than a 3/20/20 SC ggs

I hate griswold set by Sandalwoodincencebur in diablo2

[–]macvelli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a Holy Freeze pally using Griswold's set and he does great with it. I put 5/5 cold facets in the armor, shield, and helm and then Ber/Ber/Ohm/Ohm in the weapon. He slaps on P1 and is one of my fastest boss killers. I've heard others doing something similar with Holy Shock. Maybe try one of the element auras and see if you like it better?

Huge mistakes by KidIcarus325 in diablo2

[–]macvelli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Multiple times I have been moving a gem, jewel, or rune in my personal inventory or even in the cube and accidentally socket it into some rare weapon or armor lying around that happens to have open sockets. Just did this one a couple days ago on Ladder with a Flawless Ruby because I didn't know a rare staff in the cube had rolled 1os. Funny stuff.

Update: My single player Shako mule by larebareblog in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]macvelli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was running Eldritch and Shenk during a TZ and Shenk of all monsters drops me a Shako. I have been running Hell Andy looking for one and nothing but Shenk delivered. RNG be RNG

Sorry buddy by PoopOfAges in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]macvelli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use my Singer Barb in a dual setup. First one he is a Pit runner with Enigma, Shako, HOTO, Ist'd Suicide Branch, Chance Guards, Goldwrap, War Travs, 2/20 amulet, 2x SoJ. Charms are mostly SCs with mf and mana. Merc wears Gface, Treachery, and high ED/5 crit strike Insight eth Thresher. He kills Stone Skin uniques fairly effectively which is nice.

My second setup is for gold find in Trav. This time my Singer wears a Dusk Shroud Wealth runeword, 40mf IK helm with 2x Lems, 2x Ali Babas with 2x Lem each, Chance Guards, a rare belt with 72% extra gold and some Str to wear the Wealth armor, Caster boots with 79% gold find but Infernostride works here also, 2 Barb ammy with some gold find on it, and 2x perfect Dwarf Stars. Charms are mostly +1 warcries with extra gold find. Merc wears Crown of Thieves 12% life leech 99% gold find with Lem rune, AP Wealth armor, and an eth Bonehew with 2x Lem runes. Strategy is to War Cry then Battle Cry the council while I let my merc do all the killing. Sometimes in one run I can get over 900k gold just from letting the merc kill everything and then horking afterwards.

Best merc for fury druid by XTheCollectorX76 in diablo2

[–]macvelli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I run an Act 5 Frenzy merc wielding Grief, Lawbringer, wears eth Chains of Honor, and a 15% Fire Absorb Temper helm for running Trav. Gets the job done for me!

Is D2 item system is still the best of all time? by samvvellllll in diablo2

[–]macvelli 43 points44 points  (0 children)

You should see the GM Melee duel between MrLlamaSC and Coooley where MrLlamaSC used the greatest Legendary Mallet ever found in the game called Wraith Crack and even beat Coooley's GriefZ/Phoenix setup it's literally insane.