05-23-2005, 03:09 PM
Toverkol,May 23 2005, 02:23 PM Wrote:In my example an Awesome Tower Shield of the Tiger, the Awesome has qlvl 28, the Tower Shield qlvl 20 and the Tiger qlvl 21.
Am i correct then that this item can drop from any monster of mlvl 28 and up (thus a Steel Lord, Blood Knight, Cabalist, Advocate, Hell Spawn or Soul Burner on normal, anything from mlvl 13 (familiar) and up on nightmare, and any monster on hell difficulty)?
Or should i add up all qlvl of the item for a total of qlvl 69, and as such not droppable (since the highest mlvl is Lazarus on Hell, 65) by monsters?
In the same vein, if i look for a Full Plate (qlvl 25), do i simply need to bash some Stone Clans on nm (mlvl 10) or anything on hell difficulty?
I'm not sure, but i think i've never seen a FPM drop on the 2nd dungeon level of Hell difficulty. Am i wrong on this?[right][snapback]78316[/snapback][/right]
A couple of quick notes to set you on the right path: enchantments have qlvls; base items have ilvls. qlvl is determined by the monster's base mlvl (i.e. always 1 for Skeletons), whereas ilvl is determined by the monster's difficulty-modified mlvl (i.e. 31 for a Hell difficulty Skeleton). Thus, you should be able to get an FPM from anything in Hell difficulty, but if you want quality enchantments on it, you need to fight high level enemies. Boosted church monsters tend to drop really low grade stuff like FPM of Health (-1 damage from enemies). I'm pretty sure I have seen FPMs dropped on dlvl 2 of Hell difficulty, but they're never worth recovering. :)
Therefore, while you could get a tower shield from any monster in Hell difficulty, you must fight something of mlvl 28 or better to have it be an Awesome/Tiger tower shield.
Note: I'm assuming your ilvl / mlvl numbers are correct and just applying my understanding of item generation to the data you've given.