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On 17 Mar 1997 00:11:30 GMT, "Mark Asher" <ma...@impacttech.com>
wrote:

>> Benjamin Black <cali...@cloud9.net> wrote in article
><332C68...@cloud9.net>...
>> Zurt Vortex wrote:
>> 
>>   But on the subject of chance I have spent more hours playing
>>   Diablo than I care to think about: I still have not found all
>>   the unique items ( based upon web postings ), I found the
>>   Royal Circlet for only the second time yesterday but I have
>>   found the Ring of Engagement about a dozen times.
>> 
>> Speaking of the Ring of Engagement, exactly how useful is that really?
>> I've found it quite a few times myself, and other people seem to want it
>> badly, but it doesn't seem to be worth that much.  There are other rings
>> of better value.
>
>There are many unique items that aren't good enough to use. The reason
>behind this is you generally don't find them until your character is
>advanced, and by then you will have found better swords, armor, etc. The
>game needs some tweaking so that some uniques find their way into the hands
>of lower level characters. The Ring of Engagement would be a great find on
>the second level of the church for an 8th level character, for example. But
>if you are a 20th level character finding it in Hell you will probably have
>better rings by then. Wisdom's Wrap is another of these useless uniques.
>Give it to a low-level sorcerer and it's useful, but the AC is so low on
>this item that higher level sorcerers will have some kind of enchanted
>plate and never use this. (BTW, for fun wear 2 rings of engagement and
>start a normal game and go in the church. Skeletons will walk up to you and
>die when they attack you due to the magical effects of the rings. It's
>pointless but fun.)
>
>The uniques that people actually seem to use are:
>
>Royal Circlet
>Thinking Cap
>Grandfather sword (the King's Sword of Haste is the preferred sword,
>however)
>Eaglehorn
>Windforce
>Dreamflange
>Stormshield
>Constricting Ring (most people prefer to get their resistances from other
>items, but sorcerers with a lot of mana points can wear this selectively to
>good effect)
>
>I also like Naj's Light Plate and Mindcry for my sorcerer. The Rod of Onan
>isn't a bad staff to carry around either. 
>
>I can't think of any other uniques that get widespread use. Probably
>another sword and axe are somewhat popular. 
>
>Mark Asher
>
>
Hey, my Warrior found the Executioners Blade on level 2! I used it
until I bought (from wirt) a sword of haste!

Cheers,
	Anson.