True Tales from a Bowmancer (Added SC NL Prizes!)

oglesbeard wrote: 7 months ago

I'm going to go with

Kuko Shakaku for first unique bow.

And I'm going to go with Nightmare

Bone Fetish as cause of first death... they can catch you off guard!

That's the Bow I'm hoping for and Monster I Fear Most!

Pretty Happy with This

This guy and his pack of wild dogs nearly got me! Had to Port out and take the long way back. Picked them off one by one

Clayface looking pretty squishy so Feel it's time for a Respec. Farm up some Chaos to reach level 30 and Face Diablo

But Before all That. Gotta Cook up some Dinner. Time for a little break

Back again.. a Before and After of the Attributes and Skill Trees for the Respec

Going to farm up Chaos for a

Amn rune or Level 30 then face the Big D-Man himself ..

He gave me the most trouble in my last run, so I'm not feeling so great about this thus far

Got good news and Bad news

Good News, am one

Thul away from crafting

Amn then Edge

Bad News, Clayface still squishier then a fresh mud puddle on a warm spring afternoon

Found a new Strat against those Venom Lords on Steroids

Soultego wrote: 7 months ago

Found a new Strat against those Venom Lords on Steroids

… bad enemy pathing gonna be bad

Was a Hard Fought Battle However Lord Diablo, I Have Bowed You .. Bow before your New Master

That's gonna complete Day 4 .. what I've learned today is the Zephyr proved better then

Ral

Tal

Ral Bow
and

Golem Mastery is more like Golem Plastery cause Clayface keeps getting Plastered over the Floors

Not even sure what I could have done differently. perhaps all them points into

Corpse Explosion instead
but rather liking the idea I'm not relying on it so much so I don't know, have to think this over more

Not being a terribly experienced player, I have to wonder, will Attack Rating eventually become a problem that renders your bow attacks useless, such that you are relying entirely on golem/merc and

Corpse Explosion? Or is it possible to keep up with Attack Rating into Hell just based on gear?

oglesbeard wrote: 7 months ago

Not being a terribly experienced player, I have to wonder, will Attack Rating eventually become a problem that renders your bow attacks useless, such that you are relying entirely on golem/merc and

Corpse Explosion? Or is it possible to keep up with Attack Rating into Hell just based on gear?

Oh yeah. But you can force thru Hell with lvl farming if you have AR problems because big chunk of AR formula is your character lvl vs enemy lvl that affects the hit% (you can see/test this out in end game 86+ lvls -- the more you level up the less stress you have on nominal AR values). Other part is your att rating vs their defense (which can be lowered/ignored with items). The main issue is the fact that ITD (ignore target's defense) doesn't work on Act Bosses, their lvl is waaay up high, and their defense is usually decent, and that is where majority (if not all) of Bow builds suck the most. However you can also circumvent those problems with having a skill or a weapon that has either "always hits" trait (

Guided Arrow for example) or something like explosive arrows/bolts which always hits/triggers even if the actual physical arrow doesn't hit.

oglesbeard wrote: 7 months ago

Not being a terribly experienced player, I have to wonder, will Attack Rating eventually become a problem that renders your bow attacks useless, such that you are relying entirely on golem/merc and

Corpse Explosion? Or is it possible to keep up with Attack Rating into Hell just based on gear?

Can't say I know all the game mechanics of Diablo Ogle, but did already consider the Attack Rating being one of the Achilles from the Bowmancer. Hence why Zypher proved better then

Ral

Tal

Ral Bow; capable of bringing down target's defense was effective when only hitting 50-60% of my shots. My solution going into this was stacking AR gear whenever possible and Banking on Mercenary's True Sight skill

TheDoo wrote: 7 months ago

Oh yeah. But you can force thru Hell with lvl farming if you have AR problems because big chunk of AR formula is your character lvl vs enemy lvl that affects the hit% (you can see/test this out in end game 86+ lvls -- the more you level up the less stress you have on nominal AR values). Other part is your att rating vs their defense (which can be lowered/ignored with items). The main issue is the fact that ITD (ignore target's defense) doesn't work on Act Bosses, their lvl is waaay up high, and their defense is usually decent, and that is where majority (if not all) of Bow builds suck the most. However you can also circumvent those problems with having a skill or a weapon that has either "always hits" trait (

Guided Arrow for example) or something like explosive arrows/bolts which always hits/triggers even if the actual physical arrow doesn't hit.

That was all useful information Doo man, Thank you!

Day 5 .. Act 5! Here we are, Finally. Suiting too being Day 5, Act 5. You know the Drill, Gotta Seek and Destroy All Monsters!

Hoping to find that

Amn or

Thul for Edge. Also could use a

Sol to craft Lore for the 1st +skills gear and yea' Have Fun! LETS GET IT!

TheDoo wrote: 7 months ago

... or something like explosive arrows/bolts which always hits/triggers even if the actual physical arrow doesn't hit.

huh! I didn't know Explosive Arrow would always trigger, even on a missed shot. But that effect will only do fire damage, right?... which won't be terribly useful in Hell.

That takes care of Shenk and Eldritch. Pretty easy actually. Also Clayface starting to feel little more Tankier in A5 some odd reason

After saving the Soldiers and receiving another

Ort Rune..
was able to Craft 3x

Ral into another

Ort giving me 3x

Ort to craft a 3rd

Thul for the

Amn rune needed to Craft this thing of Beauty

Say Hello to the Perfect

Edge Bow! Feel like I need to give her a Name. Take a little time to think of one. Any Suggestions??

Partr'Edge ? Fr'Edge?
No-owl-Edge ?

N-Edge-romancer

Necrarch wrote: 7 months ago

Partr'Edge ? Fr'Edge?
No-owl-Edge ?

Think I got the 1st two but No Owl Edge? what am I missing?

oglesbeard wrote: 7 months ago

N-Edge-romancer

Ha, I like that. But not exactly what I had in mind. Leaning towards a Female name with The Edge or the

Edge Bow to follow

Partredge the

Edge Bow sounds pretty good so far, as an example