🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:36:22 +0900, orchid64takemeout@alltel.net
(Orchid) wrote:

>Moosen <nospam@buhbye.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:10:21 GMT, deathsabyss@yahoo.com.au (Ashen
>> Shugar) wrote:
>
>> >I used to farm them up using a Fireball/Frozen orb sorc to gather the
>> >keys, make the portals and teleport to the minibosses, then open a
>> >town portal to let my smiter in on my second computer to do the actual
>> >killing of the bosses.  The smiter also handled Uber Tristram's three
>> >clones.
>> 
>> Hmm. Never saw that, must have been added after I bailed. /waves...
>> Hi Ashen :-)
>> 
>> Sounds like an interesting diversion for once you've mastered hell
>> level (something I never did, personally), but hardly a post-LoD
>> expansion pack ;-) I remember getting frustrated from running a
>> bazillion meph/baal runs (and cow runs) and never seeing a Windforce
>> (or several other overly-elusive items), so I got to playing mods that
>> allowed you to pretty easily avail yourself of everything in the game.
>
>The drop rates of elite items has been changed. It's now possible to get
>elite items through regular playing, particularly the elite sets. The
>entire economy has also changed because of new runewords. Pul runes are
>now currency, for instance, and uber runewords are attainable with some
>savvy trading. There is an economy, it's just a very different one than
>before (trading 40 perfect gems for puls then trading puls and ums for
>vexes and jahs or whatnot is relatively normal).
>
>These days, nobody wants a Windforce though. With the release of 1.10,
>the entire way in which we played and the most desirable character
>classes have changed. 
>
>Uber Tristram is a challenge, though not an insurmountable one. It's
>good fun.
>
>These days, 0t (who coincidentally brought up your name in the past few
>weeks as it popped into his head), 

Now that is truly freaky. In a Carlish sort of way.

>my sister, my hubby, and I play once
>a week. We played a few teams, a motley crew of puritans and are now
>doing puritan scorching paladins 

I must confess a complete ignorance of what a puritan scorching
paladin is... was this a recent development? Like, since 2003?

>who are struggling in Hell because of
>their craptacular gear, but that's the way we like it. We have other
>characters with good gear, but where's the fun in that? ;-) 

SvH would approve... 

>0tarin, my sister and I 

Otarin, Orchid... your names are sweet music to my poor old ears! I
haven't thought about either of you in so long, the sight of your name
on this post brought a big smile of remembrance to my face :-) My
humble apologies for having the memory of a protozoan- but hey, I can
claim CRS with a straight face. How the hell is Ot doing these days?
Damn, it has been a while.

>defected to Guild Wars because we're too cheap
>to pay monthly fees. Also, we're mainly gaming to chat (now via Skype, I
>know what the great and powerful wombat stuffer sounds like) 

Which one? I seem to remember a lot of them in AGD at one time...

> and goof
>off. We are, as always, Carl. We have our own neglected web site where
>we attempt to bestow our philosphy on others whether they want us to or
>not. http://the3carls.blogspot.com/

Hehe, it has been a long time since I dabbled in the ways of Carl..
but I'm sure a Carl renaissance will be in the offing, someday soon. I
almost remember the Genesis of Carl, back in the mists of time... but
alas, like so much else (like, what I had for dinner yesterday), my
neural clutch slipped and that thought spun loose and escaped into the
wild.

>And, hello stranger. :-) I haven't been posting or reading AGD and only
>popped by today.

Well, you'd best drop in and visit more often. I intend to be around
regularly to post random thoughts on whatever, maybe even on D3. As
much as being on-topic can be droll on usenet, I still fall into that
trap every now and again. And tell Ot to get his ass on here too. Way
too many shy, lurking, or totally MIA people around this NG, i swear.
Somebody has to dust it out a mite and pull the covers off of the old
furniture. And the beer bong.

>We'll all be back for Diablo 3.

Yes, that is my hope too- it is very good to talk to old friends
again, Orchid. Don't be a stranger :-)
   -Marshall