I have now found 2x Gul runes, a Lo & a Sur, I'm ether having awesome luck, the game's RNG has been tweaked from the original LOD to pay out more often, or I'm playing way too much. I did put some hours in between Christmas and New Years.
Did a lot of MF'ing, have done quite a bit of in-game trading, too. I can't quite figure out the Battle.net lobby, some days it's nothing but spammers, other days it's actual conversations and folks looking to make trades.
I've been setting on more than enough key sets to Uber again for a couple weeks now. Been holding off in hopes of getting the Paladin better equipped. While he's not where I want him, he's a lot better. I picked up a Highlord's Wrath, a Guardian Angel I socketed with an Um, and I upped my HoZ from a Gilded Shield to a Zakarum Shield.
If I put on my Treachery and proc Fade, then put my Guardian Angel on, I'm 90%+ on all res in Hell.
RNG has been kind to me with me finding Runes, and some other decent gear. Found a near perfect Arkaine's Valor, a Storm Shield, 3x Titan's, a Thunderstrokes, several useful charms and jewels, and a few Vipermagis, so the MF'ing Sorc is earning her keep. RNGesus really let me down when I finally got acquired an Ohm to make my first Call to Arms on D2R.
I guess +1 to Battle Orders is better than no Battle Orders, but I don't think I ever made one with less than +3 back in the day. I could have spent the FG on JSP and got this for about 1/3 of what I have invested in it.
Much better equipped I decided I was ready to Uber again. It went much smoother this time, didn't take long to find Lilith, and Mephi only killed me once. In my defense he spawned right next to the portal to Uber Tristram, he hit me before I ever even got close enough to touch him. I did all Ubers, Mini's and the Big 3 in about 1/2 the time as my first attempt. I'm pretty pleased with the Pally, he'll really be something when I eventually get him in a Fortitude armor, and get some P. Combat GCs on him. I'd like to eventually get a Bul Kathos' Wedding Band or even a Carrion Wind on him too. While I've found some decent unique items, I've hardly found any unique jewelry.
As bummed as I was about the crap roll on the CTA, RNGesus shined his light upon me again after this second round of Ubers.
Almost perfect, Sorceress Torch!!! I could easily get a Ber or Jah for this, but I've already equipped my Sorceress with it, and she seems to really like it.
Now I just need Diablo Clone to walk so I can get an Anni. I've been in a lot of public games, but I haven't seen a
X Number of SoJs Sold to Merchants notification yet.
How's everyone else's characters coming along? Any good finds?
I've got a Frenzy Barb and a Summon Necro I'm working on some too when I get bored with my main Sorc & Pally. Frenzy is fun, I've got an Oath & Crescent Moon Phase Blade on him, had a spare non-Eth Treachery so he's wearing that. He's dang fast, Frenzy & Leap is almost as good as Teleport, kills PvM almost as good as the Zeal Pally, he can't quite tank as good though. Summon Necro is kind of fun, darn expensive to build one for doing much of Hell at any speed though, needs Beast & Enigma, I'm not that invested in him. I found some Necro stuff early on, a bunch of Trang's gear and Skill GCs, but gave it all away, should have kept it.