07-17-2003, 11:33 AM
Hi, I've been, er, lurking for several years now and thought I would finally post to what seems to be the best d2x forum around.
I have 3 questions which I haven't seen discussed elsewhere. Which is not to say they have been discussed elsewhere, I just haven't seen them. And I have looked. And searched. (So pls spare me the: 'You godDAMN NOOB, this was discussed in the Buck-Toothed Frenzy-Taur forum on 12 June 1976. Do NOT post this again! ;-) )
Question 1: Am I right in thinking synergy bonuses only accrue from actual skill points added to skills and not item +skill modifiers? (I think this is right. I was testing a barb and the bonus from berzerk to concentration could be measured exactly because it is 1% per point). Kind of limits the synergy factor but also prevents players with godly numbers of skill bonuses from becoming, well, GODLY.
Question 2: What level are merc auras? Do I understand correctly that the level is the same regardless of what level you first hire? And that they level up in their aura as they level up? So that it will always be better to hire a merc at a tender young age?
Question 3: Where does everyone get all this neat stuff? I hear players all the time, saying they have gaze and S/S and WFs and the full IK set and six million SOJs. I know some of it is duping but somebody must be finding this stuff. I've played for some time and only ever got mid-level stuff at best. (And what the hell is a Hex? I know... that's 4 questions).
Answers gratefully received.
*angry_soap
I have 3 questions which I haven't seen discussed elsewhere. Which is not to say they have been discussed elsewhere, I just haven't seen them. And I have looked. And searched. (So pls spare me the: 'You godDAMN NOOB, this was discussed in the Buck-Toothed Frenzy-Taur forum on 12 June 1976. Do NOT post this again! ;-) )
Question 1: Am I right in thinking synergy bonuses only accrue from actual skill points added to skills and not item +skill modifiers? (I think this is right. I was testing a barb and the bonus from berzerk to concentration could be measured exactly because it is 1% per point). Kind of limits the synergy factor but also prevents players with godly numbers of skill bonuses from becoming, well, GODLY.
Question 2: What level are merc auras? Do I understand correctly that the level is the same regardless of what level you first hire? And that they level up in their aura as they level up? So that it will always be better to hire a merc at a tender young age?
Question 3: Where does everyone get all this neat stuff? I hear players all the time, saying they have gaze and S/S and WFs and the full IK set and six million SOJs. I know some of it is duping but somebody must be finding this stuff. I've played for some time and only ever got mid-level stuff at best. (And what the hell is a Hex? I know... that's 4 questions).
Answers gratefully received.
*angry_soap