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Re: The Xmax Hardcore Challenge
« Reply #315 on: 17 November 2018, 14:13:15 »
Well done getting into Epic Tauceti.  :)

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Re: The Xmax Hardcore Challenge
« Reply #316 on: 17 November 2018, 14:24:01 »
Well done Tauceti!

I cannot say the same for myself - Siegfried unfortunately died in Land's End, right before the final boss.

I aggro'ed a room full of Lava dudes and Dark Elves, the game started chopping a bit and as a result my ADCtH wasn't triggering. I agree that Act V isn't really suited towards xmax - troll areas are way too choppy and Jotunheim & Land's End are a bit challenging even with a pretty broken class.

Nevertheless, this didn't discourage me from playing on - I'll be using Siegfried to farm some nice Legendary and MI gear and my future attempts will be Twinked as well :)

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Re: The Xmax Hardcore Challenge
« Reply #317 on: 17 November 2018, 15:08:19 »
Bad luck Ororo.  Still well done for getting that far.

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Re: The Xmax Hardcore Challenge
« Reply #318 on: 17 November 2018, 22:48:34 »
Too bad Ororo, yep black elves are dangerous with their ability of reducing resistances, as well as spirits in mid-act or troll mages that can disrupt your buffs.
Anyway bravo for your long run untwinked  ;)

And yes come back twinked, it's really needed in later difficulties. Legendary Xmax is .. ::).

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Re: The Xmax Hardcore Challenge
« Reply #319 on: 20 November 2018, 00:11:17 »
Runny Smith - L63 Twinked - Rhakotis

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Regarding the minolords, i continue a serie of crash-tests. I wasn't heading blindly indeed towards the minotaurs but made some tests before and adapted accordingly my gear. I hope Runny will still be there in legendary so that i could check if it's doable. Shield recovery from rune, shield block from defense, and %less damage from beastmen, worked well together for this encounter.
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Re: The Xmax Hardcore Challenge
« Reply #320 on: 20 November 2018, 07:43:25 »
Nicely done Tauceti.  :)

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Re: The Xmax Hardcore Challenge
« Reply #321 on: 22 November 2018, 18:41:14 »
...Stormyboy did it with an Haruspex without using any health or energy potions.... [/color]

And untwinked :D. Hello guys! I am back and planing to get back into my challenge pants. With AER fixing a lot of the issues IT had with balancing I kinda like the diversity i now have on hand (Tho i think i will be going safe and play nature+defense or hunt). Glad to be back, glad to have found the forum and glad that i see a lot of the old names doing well.

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Re: The Xmax Hardcore Challenge
« Reply #322 on: 22 November 2018, 21:38:05 »
Hello! So, I will be starting the challenge by posting a random 3x boss like mob just to join up the dance. I will be posting updates at the end of every act or if the character dies (hope it won't)
I will be going for the hardcore route (again), meaning no potions allowed. I started with a hunter and still thinking on a second mastery. What i care mostly is survivability as hunt has enough damage to shatter stuff on it's own.

stormyboy - Borkan - L8 AER (no potions) - natural cave

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Re: The Xmax Hardcore Challenge
« Reply #323 on: 22 November 2018, 23:43:50 »
Welcome Stormyboy to the challenge  ;) Untwinked and no potions ? Ouch, Good luck !

Runny Smith - L66 Twinked - Babylon outskirts

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I finally chose the strength route for the runesmith. While playing with Mjolnir in whole act II, i got the feeling that i could find a wall later on with elemental damges if not supported either by a wide intelligence pool, either by storm/earth mastery. Next stop: Barmanu  ;D

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Re: The Xmax Hardcore Challenge
« Reply #324 on: 23 November 2018, 07:28:10 »
Welcome home stormyboy.  Good to see you again.  ;D  Good luck with Borkan.

Tauceti, well done, almost to the top of the leaderboard.  :)


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Re: The Xmax Hardcore Challenge
« Reply #325 on: 24 November 2018, 01:45:26 »
After this bitter defeat in the Yellow Challenge, I'll try out this one. Hopefully I want get stuck in the scenery this time ^.^

Exinite Lv. 1 (AER, TWINKED) - Helos

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Re: The Xmax Hardcore Challenge
« Reply #326 on: 24 November 2018, 08:36:52 »
Added to the leaderbaord WNG and good luck.

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Re: The Xmax Hardcore Challenge
« Reply #327 on: 25 November 2018, 21:52:06 »
Update for Exinite. I don't want to pronounce myself to hastily, but I have a good feeling this challenge is easier than Yellow Only.

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Re: The Xmax Hardcore Challenge
« Reply #328 on: 26 November 2018, 22:08:41 »
Hey WNG, welcome in the TQ-marathon  ;)

Runny Smith - L68 Twinked - Rhodes


My serie of crash-tests ends with Epic-Barmanu. A 1st attempt against one Barmanu showed me that his ice shower really hurts in epic even when well protected. Therefore i came back in Xmax and was running around to desynchronize them with hits and run. Regarding Typhon, the fight was not easy,  trying to land a seal of fate on them. But the radius of the seal is really short and Typhon didn't want to sit on it. When the debuff finally applied on them, the fight was much simpler.
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Re: The Xmax Hardcore Challenge
« Reply #329 on: 27 November 2018, 07:11:42 »
Good going WNG and you too Tauceti. That takes you to the top of the leaderboard.  :)

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