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The question is what's the simplest way to find a necromancer's shield with +3 to both Raise Skeleton and Skeleton Mastery, with 2 sockets (for making later Rhyme or Splendor)? The last part is easiest as I understood, I just need to minimize MF, and then gray and normal (white) things will drop more often. If white , I can just add 2 sockets via socket quest (it always adds two to necro shield, no matter what its' ilvl was, right?).
The main part is more complicated. How do I imagine it, necro shields start to appear with "+x to necro skill" if their ilvl matches the skill's level or higher, so the only way to avoid all those useless skill bonuses is to search among shields with ilvl 1 to 5 only. So I need to return to act I normal, few locations before Tamoe Highland have area level 5 or less. Silospen's drop calculator says that the highest chances for regular mobs to drop a Preserved Head are for those in Dark Wood and Black Marsh, with their dungeons. So the path looks clear. But all of this may not make any sense just because, I presume, items with such low level will never generate with +3/+3 modifiers, won't they? I don't know how this mechanic works.
Can someone explain if I'm right or wrong?
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I am not sure that this subject has not yet been considered inside out, just hope I won't get banned for this.
The question is what's the simplest way to find a necromancer's shield with +3 to both Raise Skeleton and Skeleton Mastery, with 2 sockets (for making later Rhyme or Splendor)? The last part is easiest as I understood, I just need to minimize MF, and then gray and normal (white) things will drop more often. If white , I can just add 2 sockets via socket quest (it always adds two to necro shield, no matter what its' ilvl was, right?).
The main part is more complicated. How do I imagine it, necro shields start to appear with "+x to necro skill" if their ilvl matches the skill's level or higher, so the only way to avoid all those useless skill bonuses is to search among shields with ilvl 1 to 5 only. So I need to return to act I normal, few locations before Tamoe Highland have area level 5 or less. Silospen's drop calculator says that the highest chances for regular mobs to drop a Preserved Head are for those in Dark Wood and Black Marsh, with their dungeons. So the path looks clear. But all of this may not make any sense just because, I presume, items with such low level will never generate with +3/+3 modifiers, won't they? I don't know how this mechanic works.
Can someone explain if I'm right or wrong?
Description by The question is what's the simplest way to find a necromancer's shield with +3 to both Raise Skeleton and Skeleton Mastery, with 2 sockets (for making later Rhyme or Splendor)? The last part is easiest as I understood, I just need to minimize MF, and then gray and normal (white) things will drop more often. If white , I can just add 2 sockets via socket quest (it always adds two to necro shield, no matter what its' ilvl was, right?).
The main part is more complicated. How do I imagine it, necro shields start to appear with "+x to necro skill" if their ilvl matches the skill's level or higher, so the only way to avoid all those useless skill bonuses is to search among shields with ilvl 1 to 5 only. So I need to return to act I normal, few locations before Tamoe Highland have area level 5 or less. Silospen's drop calculator says that the highest chances for regular mobs to drop a Preserved Head are for those in Dark Wood and Black Marsh, with their dungeons. So the path looks clear. But all of this may not make any sense just because, I presume, items with such low level will never generate with +3/+3 modifiers, won't they? I don't know how this mechanic works.
Can someone explain if I'm right or wrong?
gor1ck
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I don't mind negotiating, if it's within reason.
I found a +3/+3 Preserved Head once from Corpsefire at lvl 2
If you get a PM offer, post it in the trade. Promote healthy competition instead of settling for less. 
Game may generate item with +3 RS and +3 SM, but chanses are extremely low. You may repair broken shrunken heads, repaired items also get ilvl 1.
Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.
GMT+2, I'm usually available for trades between 6:00-10:00 PM.
I play SC and HC, please check twice before adding me or making an offer, thank you.
GMT+2, I'm usually available for trades between 6:00-10:00 PM.
I play SC and HC, please check twice before adding me or making an offer, thank you.
You can get +3/+3 modifiers on Act 1 drops for these skills. Staff mods are weird.
The game has all skills that can be applied via Staff mods set in tiers. Eg. Poison Nova is tier 6, while Poison Dagger is tier 2 and Skeleton Mastery is tier 1. Item level determines what tiers of skills can be accessed by an item when it generates.
But, once tier has been rolled based on item level, the procedure for calculating how many skills appear on an item (0-3) or the skills' +x value (1-3) is mostly random. Random enough, for your purposes, anyway.
So, you most certainly can get +3/+3 on Act 1 drops.
The game has all skills that can be applied via Staff mods set in tiers. Eg. Poison Nova is tier 6, while Poison Dagger is tier 2 and Skeleton Mastery is tier 1. Item level determines what tiers of skills can be accessed by an item when it generates.
But, once tier has been rolled based on item level, the procedure for calculating how many skills appear on an item (0-3) or the skills' +x value (1-3) is mostly random. Random enough, for your purposes, anyway.
So, you most certainly can get +3/+3 on Act 1 drops.
Can login for trades between 7-11pm EST
To clarify, you can "upgrade" low quality items to normal using the cube, with an El rune and a chipped gem, this sets the ilvl to 1.
This should work for this purpose, right?
I'm in CET (Central European Time), so that's UTC+1 normally and UTC+2 during DST.
My profile says Ladder, but I play both Ladder and Non-Ladder.
My profile says Ladder, but I play both Ladder and Non-Ladder.
Yes, this is what I meantShadowHeart wrote: 1 year agoTo clarify, you can "upgrade" low quality items to normal using the cube, with an El rune and a chipped gem, this sets the ilvl to 1.
This should work for this purpose, right?
Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.
GMT+2, I'm usually available for trades between 6:00-10:00 PM.
I play SC and HC, please check twice before adding me or making an offer, thank you.
GMT+2, I'm usually available for trades between 6:00-10:00 PM.
I play SC and HC, please check twice before adding me or making an offer, thank you.
These are very looked after and hard to get, just to let you know. Good luck !
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Thanks you all for informative answers.
I heard it, but never actually use this recipee. Why, do it rerolls staff mods? Or it's just a small addition?
I don't mind negotiating, if it's within reason.
Yes, It does.gor1ck wrote: 1 year ago I heard it, but never actually use this recipee. Why, do it rerolls staff mods? Or it's just a small addition?
I use this receipt for low quality Rune Staff.
If it had +3ES, +1-3CA so Larzuk would make it 5os.
pm me here (d2. Io) for trade
Thanks.
I don't mind negotiating, if it's within reason.
Is there a reason why you would want a 5os staff as oppose to a 4os? I assume people want to make Memory out of a 3 es staff.mockingbirdreal wrote: 1 year agoYes, It does.gor1ck wrote: 1 year ago I heard it, but never actually use this recipee. Why, do it rerolls staff mods? Or it's just a small addition?
I use this receipt for low quality Rune Staff.
If it had +3ES, +1-3CA so Larzuk would make it 5os.
You can make a Call To Arms out of it for space efficiency. Slightly worse than Memory in terms of the Energy Shield, but its still a great ES prebuff AND you get the usual CTA buffs.Atomicharmony24 wrote: 1 year agoIs there a reason why you would want a 5os staff as oppose to a 4os? I assume people want to make Memory out of a 3 es staff.mockingbirdreal wrote: 1 year agoYes, It does.gor1ck wrote: 1 year ago I heard it, but never actually use this recipee. Why, do it rerolls staff mods? Or it's just a small addition?
I use this receipt for low quality Rune Staff.
If it had +3ES, +1-3CA so Larzuk would make it 5os.
Can login for trades between 7-11pm EST
Oh got it. Thanks for the Insight.
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