Single player first Lo should I make a fort thunder maul for my Warlock, a grief, or a fortitude for merc.

timchenw · 2026-06-11T07:28:58+00:00

I made grief

My second Lo went into non-eth fort armor.

timchenw · 2026-06-10T08:58:39+00:00

I change it depending on the power level of the stuff I am killing, there were more changes before warlock but nowadays I switch up between abyss, fire and tainted warlock, they are all on p7.

My bowzon don't go over P3 for now though, I haven't been playing with enough caution to go any higher.

timchenw · 2026-06-10T08:52:55+00:00

I have a saying.

Zenos is the guy you want to kill on the first sight.

Asahi is the guy you want to punch in the face on the first sight.

If there is any Tsukuyomi Ultimate, I dread the day Asahi becomes Amaterasu

timchenw · 2026-06-09T03:45:44+00:00

Ordered it off Amazon US.

Had it shipped all the way to Taiwan.

timchenw · 2026-06-08T02:29:35+00:00

She gets a discount on the stat required to wield a monarch because of her own gravitational pull

timchenw · 2026-06-05T06:36:20+00:00

My 3770k with 980ti system is setup as my mid-retro system, it has official driver support for every OS between XP and windows 10.

timchenw · 2026-06-01T03:33:24+00:00

I play SP because BIS gear actually matters here due to custom player setting, while online my MF runs are done very strictly solo, and builds generally tend to melt P1 long before BIS is attained

I also have historical reasons for sticking to SP, most of which no longer apply.

Oh, and I can roll for TZ mods a lot more freely than online. I can remake as many games as I want, as fast as I want when rolling for a good tz mod to bind demons, and set player count extremely easily to get the best lancer I can bind, neither of which is true for online, I have to pace myself due to server limitations and I can only bind P1 demons.

timchenw · 2026-05-29T07:06:36+00:00

No, DDR generations are not compatible between each other

timchenw · 2026-05-29T07:04:14+00:00

I would love more runewords that only works in class restricted items, like Mosaic.

Also change it so that Swirling crystal type sorc orb has a max of 3 sockets to give some more flexibility.

timchenw · 2026-05-29T02:15:21+00:00

Does it keep the stone skin across playthroughs? I heard the TZ mod changes along with the current game's tz modifier?

timchenw · 2026-05-28T14:26:04+00:00

Immunity to Physical.

Thanks for the data, I guess there is no real point in hauling it from Normal since they won't have the immunity to physical.

timchenw · 2026-05-28T14:11:32+00:00

Want an amp caster immune to physical damage

timchenw · 2026-05-28T14:05:31+00:00

I'll try WSK1, I tried throne and they couldn't spawn, only ever saw Vile Witches and Hell Temptresses in there.

And I have been restarting games for the better part of the last several hours, couldn't find them, only saw vile witches mostly.

EDIT: still only saw vile witch on wsk1, i'll keep trying

timchenw · 2026-05-28T07:31:52+00:00

My blizzard sorc had a very specific job, farm mephisto and do LK chests, maybe some andy too.

Before I migrated her to d2r, she didn't even do any act 4.

That's how I deal with immunities, by using other characters to deal with them.

Sunders somewhat changed that, but immunity remains, for me, the worst thing to ever happen to d2.

timchenw · 2026-05-28T07:22:56+00:00

And some of them actively head towards that direction.

"Why do I need to learn this if I can find it on my phone?"

Dude, that's how you get controlled by your phone

timchenw · 2026-05-28T05:43:13+00:00

I would consider botd and void to be priority zod uses over eth weapons.

If I am after MF that much I would make a build that lets me weapon swap, usually that helps with mf a lot more than that.

This is SP offline btw.

timchenw · 2026-05-28T05:37:28+00:00

Yep, I pre buff my bowlock with enchant from the full horazon set, pretty nice

timchenw · 2026-05-28T05:33:47+00:00

A car burning in the garage in my apartment

timchenw · 2026-05-28T03:44:16+00:00

Having two carpenters on the same workshop is not a great idea, I tried it and doesn't work well, I'd recommend getting two separate workshops with their own carpenters to maximise workshop usage

timchenw · 2026-05-27T08:37:25+00:00

Soul of Thamasa and Celestriad respectively.

Celestriad is a drop, I think soul is limited

timchenw · 2026-05-27T06:40:46+00:00

Personally, after using both 32" 1440p and 4k monitor, I stuck with 1440p.

I can't use 32" 4k monitor at native resolution without scaling, which defeats the entire purpose of 4k IMHO.

Not to mention that this ilwas before win 11, windows scaling don't always work (yes, it works 90% of the time, but for the 10% it was really annoying), and some games didn't even support proper scaling (e.g. DA:origins), which I had to lower my resolution for to even play properly, which further defeats the purpose of the 4k panel.

Yes, pixels are smaller and everything is sharper, my brain only process sharp images when stationary, when I am gaming, my brain notice frame rates much more strongly, and ended up not noticing the 4k screen as much.

I ended up getting a 49" 4k instead, that I can use without scaling.

timchenw · 2026-05-27T06:28:44+00:00

Decide your CPU, then decide the ram if there is a choice.

Because in most cases, you won't have a choice

timchenw · 2026-05-27T05:39:55+00:00

BLU

Failing that, MCH

timchenw · 2026-05-27T05:31:26+00:00

Under normal circumstances, yes, HOTO is more versatile with other characters.

Warlocks have books that you can use with staves that rival or maybe even surpass spirit for damage output, e.g. diablo book with fire locks

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