2.000 TraviRuns Recap

Setup: HorkerBarb - Lvl85-92
Items: Grief, Eni (after 1k runs), Highlords, Rhyme, WT, Chances,

Goldwrap, 2 Nagel, Arreats - 2 Ali on Weaponswap
MF: 400 - 550 on swap
Time per run: 1:20 min

Runes: 3

Ber,

Ohm,

Vex,

Gul,

Ist, 2

Mal, 2

Um, 3

Lem

Items: Draculs, nature Peace perf,

Eth titans, Chance39, 8 Ravens, 3 Reapers, 2 WT, 3 Vipers, 2 Highlords,

Thunderstroke, Maras29, Zaka, Sandstorm

Eth,

Tal Amy and a sc 7mf 11LightRes + a few medium scs

I admire your dedication. I am not able to run same location for 1hr straight

How long does it took you to do 2k runs? 80sec per run = 45hrs game time.

These are some really nice finds.
How often was

Travincal terrorised? Did you notice any difference in the killspeed/drops ratio?

Great documentation!

Yea I also can’t run trav more than like 50 times in a row without getting super bored.

My very best results were a

Ber and

Jah within like 100 runs, my first ever 100 runs.

Since then it’s been pretty meh, recently I’ve done a few hundred between cows and

Lower Kurast but still waiting on a high rune to drop.

Did you do all these on players 1 or higher?

Thank you for posting this. I really appreciate people providing this kind of information about build type and items, speed of run and items collected.

Out of curiosity, what item find percent were you at with Enigma? Does time per run include load time/ item organizing (upping gems,identification and such)? Do you stay in and then run through town in act 3, or travel to act 4 before saving and exiting in order to get to trav?

If I averaged a

Ber every 666 runs from trav, I would do it even more often than the insane amount I already do. Congrats

negativ wrote: 1 year ago

Setup: HorkerBarb - Lvl85-92
Items: Grief, Eni (after 1k runs), Highlords, Rhyme, WT, Chances,

Goldwrap, 2 Nagel, Arreats - 2 Ali on Weaponswap
MF: 400 - 550 on swap
Time per run: 1:20 min

Runes: 3

Ber,

Ohm,

Vex,

Gul,

Ist, 2

Mal, 2

Um, 3

Lem

Items: Draculs, nature Peace perf,

Eth titans, Chance39, 8 Ravens, 3 Reapers, 2 WT, 3 Vipers, 2 Highlords,

Thunderstroke, Maras29, Zaka, Sandstorm

Eth,

Tal Amy and a sc 7mf 11LightRes + a few medium scs

That's rpg for you. Here's mine:
Setup: HorkerBarb - Lvl83-91,

Find Potion and

Find Item both lvl 28
Items: double Grief, skullders, arreats, Highlords, trang

Belt,

Laying of Hands, gorerider, 2 nagels - 2

Gull on Weaponswap
MF: 342 - 542 on swap
number of runs: didn't count, but since I only do Traviruns it should be about the same.
Travi was terrorized twice.

Runes: 1

Ohm, 1

Um, 1

Pul

Items:

Thunderstroke,

Tal Amy and andis visage

I collect the pgs and sell them for Ists.

But I often think it's just a waste of time...

knightfall1985 wrote: 1 year ago

negativ wrote: 1 year ago

Setup: HorkerBarb - Lvl85-92
Items: Grief, Eni (after 1k runs), Highlords, Rhyme, WT, Chances,

Goldwrap, 2 Nagel, Arreats - 2 Ali on Weaponswap
MF: 400 - 550 on swap
Time per run: 1:20 min

Runes: 3

Ber,

Ohm,

Vex,

Gul,

Ist, 2

Mal, 2

Um, 3

Lem

Items: Draculs, nature Peace perf,

Eth titans, Chance39, 8 Ravens, 3 Reapers, 2 WT, 3 Vipers, 2 Highlords,

Thunderstroke, Maras29, Zaka, Sandstorm

Eth,

Tal Amy and a sc 7mf 11LightRes + a few medium scs

That's rpg for you. Here's mine:
Setup: HorkerBarb - Lvl83-91,

Find Potion and

Find Item both lvl 28
Items: double Grief, skullders, arreats, Highlords, trang

Belt,

Laying of Hands, gorerider, 2 nagels - 2

Gull on Weaponswap
MF: 342 - 542 on swap
number of runs: didn't count, but since I only do Traviruns it should be about the same.
Travi was terrorized twice.

Runes: 1

Ohm, 1

Um, 1

Pul

Items:

Thunderstroke,

Tal Amy and andis visage

I collect the pgs and sell them for Ists.

But I often think it's just a waste of time...

If you’re upto 2000 runs then that is just terribly bad luck. Don’t quit! You will eventually have a string of luck that will convince you the effort is worth it. I think Trav is great bc you can just play autopilot while watching tv. It’s like my stress ball.

Any idea on how much time per run? Its tedious, but timing yourself is a very useful measurement one should work to optimize. Shedding 10 seconds over 2000 runs adds up quick. I think there is a balance, but imo speed generally trumps mf especially after 200+Mf. Speed over mf is especially true if your main focus is runes, as past the first few weeks of ladder, a lot of the uniques generated won’t hold much value (good gheeds and facets excluded which along with skillers which are bread, jelly and butter of trav).

In relation to your poor luck thus far, if it gives you perspective, I think I’m on a 1250+ run dry spell in which I’ve found one

Cham… some mid runes also. However, a week or two prior I was on fire, like 4 hrs in 150-200 runs. I’m guessing you haven’t done as many as you think based on your list of finds, so keep at it. You will see gains!

The Flash wrote: 1 year ago

I admire your dedication. I am not able to run same location for 1hr straight

How long does it took you to do 2k runs? 80sec per run = 45hrs game time.

I guess around 45hrs maybe more, but i didnt count the actual time - only the runs.

SuperIllu wrote: 1 year ago

These are some really nice finds.
How often was

Travincal terrorised? Did you notice any difference in the killspeed/drops ratio?

i think

Travincal was terrorised around 3 times - i got no nice drops, but the killspeed was slower.

Nate wrote: 1 year ago

Great documentation!

Yea I also can’t run trav more than like 50 times in a row without getting super bored.

My very best results were a

Ber and

Jah within like 100 runs, my first ever 100 runs.

Since then it’s been pretty meh, recently I’ve done a few hundred between cows and

Lower Kurast but still waiting on a high rune to drop.

Did you do all these on players 1 or higher?

players 1 because horkering doesnt apply on the playersnumber so the time/run ratio is worse.

Rik wrote: 1 year ago

Thank you for posting this. I really appreciate people providing this kind of information about build type and items, speed of run and items collected.

Out of curiosity, what item find percent were you at with Enigma? Does time per run include load time/ item organizing (upping gems,identification and such)? Do you stay in and then run through town in act 3, or travel to act 4 before saving and exiting in order to get to trav?

If I averaged a

Ber every 666 runs from trav, I would do it even more often than the insane amount I already do. Congrats

The time per run include load time but not item organizing (upping gems,identification and such)

Its more like a

Ber every 1100 runs because i had a 1,65 horking chance so around 3300 drops.

Rik wrote: 1 year ago

Any idea on how much time per run?

9 seconds average to reach the wp.
30 seconds average to kill the council.

knightfall1985 wrote: 1 year ago

Rik wrote: 1 year ago

Any idea on how much time per run?

9 seconds average to reach the wp.
30 seconds average to kill the council.

30s + horking?

Yep. Horking is extra.

knightfall1985 wrote: 1 year ago

Yep. Horking is extra.

ok, but anyway crazy bad luck - 2000 runs and only 3 "Hrs".

ok but how many isenhart bps did you find

negativ wrote: 1 year ago

Rik wrote: 1 year ago

Thank you for posting this. I really appreciate people providing this kind of information about build type and items, speed of run and items collected.

Out of curiosity, what item find percent were you at with Enigma? Does time per run include load time/ item organizing (upping gems,identification and such)? Do you stay in and then run through town in act 3, or travel to act 4 before saving and exiting in order to get to trav?

If I averaged a

Ber every 666 runs from trav, I would do it even more often than the insane amount I already do. Congrats

The time per run include load time but not item organizing (upping gems,identification and such)

Its more like a

Ber every 1100 runs because i had a 1,65 horking chance so around 3300 drops.

Thanks for the response. I’ve got an Obsession with optimizing trav runs and am very curious about other’s data.

When you say 9 seconds to wp, are we talking arrival in

Travincal wp?

I run my game on Xbox and wonder if I’m not adding like 5+ seconds per run based on loading times. I only recently discovered that it may be quicker for me to run through act 3 to get to trav rather than tp from trav and then go to act 4 and save and exit. I have to collect more data before concluding but evidence is adding up. I even briefly tested equipping Harmony on offhand to cut the run time, but that was a major failure.

I run ww and use

Berserk situationally but think for optimal time I should use

Berserk more, mainly when trav is more dispersed, as I think

Berserk is more efficient when killing one or two more isolated enemies , whereas ww tends to be faster vs facing 3-4 +. Unless of course there is an immune to physical in the middle of the pack absorbing a large portion of your strikes, where their group healing capacity can prolong kill time.

Now that I’m wealthy enough I’ll probably experiment with more varieties of weapon types. Phase Grief is so convenient, but if running a

Berserk barb, I wonder if Grief + Beast ba would be ideal. I’ve also considered Death and its combinations but griefs itd is so useful. However, I’m running Infinity on my merc so maybe it can compete. The trav kill time is usually a large portion of the overall run and from my perspective the 2nd most modifiable sequence of the run, behind item management.

I’m into finding sweet rares and expend a lot of time examining most melee weapons and bows along with all rubies,

Amethyst and many of the useful lower runes for recipes and runeword rerollz which is by far the biggest time sink. If I only picked up good uniques and high runes, I’d be blazing. Nonetheless I have a system which allows me to, if focused, average around sub 50 second runs (until my stash gets full, at which point I stop the timer). However, I run around 135 mf from an Enigma and gheeds. I keep my fcr at 110 in order to minimize time to trav wp to council and time spent horking. I keep my inventory mostly open, I think I keep around 28 inventory slots open by keeping minimal charms to allow me to pick up rares without item juggling, which is a huge time sink.

Again I’m obsessed and could go on. But I probably should have shut up a few paragraphs ago. Thanks again for the post

communistsquirrel wrote: 1 year ago

ok but how many isenhart bps did you find

Innumerable. But I can’t remember the last time bc my mind immediately filters them out. But now that you brought it up I’ll probably start noticing them again dammit

negativ wrote: 1 year ago

knightfall1985 wrote: 1 year ago

Yep. Horking is extra.

ok, but anyway crazy bad luck - 2000 runs and only 3 "Hrs".

I may be topping this soon… Roughly upto 1500 with just 2 hrs. I’ve been struggling. However, something happened which according to my data, is much, much rarer than a high rune.. 4 runes total on a single trav run (all useless tho). It has only happened to me twice, whereas I’ve probably found around 20 + hrs on trav. Yay.

One time, I found two upper mid runes on one run,

Um +

Mal.

Maybe someday, one run, two hrs

Rik wrote: 1 year ago

If you’re upto 2000 runs then that is just terribly bad luck.

Not sure if my calculation is right, but here goes:
atm I have 1.780.707.345 experience.
One Travi run brings ~ 150.000 experience.
To reach my current exp from lvl 84 takes 817.505.824 experience.
And 817.505.824 divided by 150.000 per run equals more than 5k runs?

That can't be right...