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sphere
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posted July 17, 2009 05:30 PM |
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Hi,
I just got out and bought the TQ:IT - Got it patched all is ok.
I have a few questions though ;
1) Should I start a new character, since I can sort of read between the lines that an imported one is not that good in the expansion ( not the first time I have seen this happen ) or ?
2) What is the latest patch , 1.17 ?
3) Might seen like a dumb question but do one start in the same town as in TQ a.k.a. Town of Helos ?
4) I got inspired by Doomforges build - Haruspex but I need a little help here - Bow assigned to one of the two but what about the second ?
I am guessing LOTS of Dex and just enough of all the others to wear/use items , or ?
Finally , could I have a few pointers as to which skills I should pump the most into ( Hunting/Dream ) ?
Seems like a cool game though 
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Doomforge
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posted July 17, 2009 06:26 PM |
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The latest patch is 1.30, but you should install fan-made 1.17a on top of that, which corrects many bugs.
I'm still not sure about stats. Dex is important but so is STR: only a few unique items are "ranger-specific" and require high DEX instead of STR. If you go diablo2 style, putting everything into most important stat (DEX, in this matter), you will find yourself unarmored for 99% of the game, and that's pretty bad.
Not sure whether there is any difference between importing and starting new, since I started with expansion characters.
Second? Do you mean second item slot? You should put a -cooldown shield there (they are pretty common) and, if you find one, a -cooldown weapon, because it will let you take advantage of permanently active call of the hunt way faster, before you find both of necessary components to do it (those are Jade Emperor's something - a divine artifact - and a legendary unique archer helm)
(of course this requires you to swap weapons before using the skill)
As for skills:
1. put a point in net early, it does much more damage then the bow for quite a few levels. One point is enough. Max Wood lore (or however it's called) ASAP next. Put a point in herbal remedy.
2. Put a point into marksmanship, art of the hunt and penetrate, rush scattershot arrows and the triple attack skill (can't recall the name :/). Max them ASAP, they are awesome. Also, put a point into the curse that reduces piercing/damage resistance ASAP and use it against bosses and statue-type enemies (those tend to have high piercing resistances.)
3. Once it's done, start putting points in dream mastery, up to level 24, maxing the second trance skill in progress. At level 24, max the skill that boosts speed at dream mastery. Maxed trance skill should solve all your mana problems and allow you to spam curse every time the cooldown resets.
4. Once it's done, start maxing curse, penetrate, art of the hunt and marksmanship (marksmanship has the priority, then curse, then penetrate, then art.)
5. Finally, start maxing call of the hunt and the skill that improves it. It's an awesome skill but takes a fair share of -cooldown items to make it godly, so leave it till you max the skills mentioned above.
Afterwards you can focus on whatever you like, I'd suggest the dream skill that boosts damage.
I still have to test whether the final trance skill reduces piercing/physical resistances, too. If it does, it may be a good thing to pick for legendary difficulty.
Don't forget you can re-skill any time you want.
If you have any other questions related to my build, go ahead. I'm still testing it though, in the middle of Epic difficulty, but I have played parallel Conqueror (Defense/Warfare) and Elementalist (Earth/Storm) and Haruspex is simply twice or thrice more powerful/comfortable then them.
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sphere
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posted July 17, 2009 07:56 PM |
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Edited by sphere at 19:57, 17 Jul 2009.
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@Doomforge - Nice little "guide" , Just what I needed
A few additional questions though ;
1) I overlooked the Wood Lore so that answers my "what should I do to get slow/very slow bows/spears more efficient" - I was lucky enough to get a club ( average speed ) 15-27 + 2-9 lightning dmg from one of the first woodland bosses. Should I keep this + a -cooldown shield ( when I find one ) and have a bow /or spear attached to my second weapon slot ? - I am asking because I need a good/fast weapon with the shield, right ?
2) I have found quite a few of those small relic/artifact items. Most of them say 1/3 ~ 1/5 Does that mean they are part of a set or how does those work ? - Or can you combine them in some way ?
- Probably more to come, but thanks so far
Edit Ah , yes, re-skill - Dosen't that cost money, even on normal ?
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Doomforge
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posted July 17, 2009 08:15 PM |
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You need a bow and that's all, a second weapon slot is good only if you want to reduce the cooldown of skills like call of the hunt. That won't happen until you reach levels 50+, so don't bother right now
yes you can combine essences and charms, right click on them and left click on a essence/charm of the same type.
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sphere
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posted July 18, 2009 09:50 PM |
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Hi,
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art of the hunt
what is that good for, I mean in the long run ? Unless I'll be battling a truck load of animals later on ( I am currently lvl 9 in Spartan Woods ) I would like to place that point into another skill - UNLESS - it applies / boosts some of the skills you'd mentioned all ready .....
I have found a scroll / recipie 1~3 but it seems I have to get some very hard to get artifacts just to get it to work..... what's the story of these scrolls , in general ?
I really don't like the bow skill so far, at lvl 9 I can't do enough dmg to anything and my Nessus shield + a newly found cleaver ( green ) that does ~ 26 -45 + 2-6 cold and 2% att speed seems to be the choice so far ....or am I missing something ?
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posted July 18, 2009 10:01 PM |
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art of the hunt
what is that good for, I mean in the long run ? Unless I'll be battling a truck load of animals later on ( I am currently lvl 9 in Spartan Woods ) I would like to place that point into another skill - UNLESS - it applies / boosts some of the skills you'd mentioned all ready .....
It boosts piercing damage. Nuff said.
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I have found a scroll / recipie 1~3 but it seems I have to get some very hard to get artifacts just to get it to work..... what's the story of these scrolls , in general ?
what scroll? A recipe for an artifact? You need that and the essences/charms mentioned to create an artifact. Just play the game and you'll swim in those, no prob.
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I really don't like the bow skill so far, at lvl 9 I can't do enough dmg to anything and my Nessus shield + a newly found cleaver ( green ) that does ~ 26 -45 + 2-6 cold and 2% att speed seems to be the choice so far ....or am I missing something ?
Yeah, that piercing damage ignores armor, which makes 400 dps with bow superior to 900 dps with a sword.
And, you don't bit the dust every eight seconds. Seriously, some enemies in the expansion could tear me apart in seconds, and I had 3k HP and 1000 armor.
Well equipped epic difficulty archer kills thrice faster than epic difficulty warrior with legendary unique sword+shield @_o
early game bows just suck, you have to wait a bit.
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sphere
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posted July 18, 2009 10:12 PM |
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This one - Worth holding on to, otherwise it's a lot of money
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It boosts piercing damage. Nuff said.
- Okay. point taken 
Belive it or not, I haven't found a single - cooldown item ....nothing or am I just a bit to impatience ?
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Doomforge
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posted July 18, 2009 10:18 PM |
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Those are endgame stuff, my friend  Don't expect them to pop up at normal difficulty.
That particular artifact is crap, you can safely sell it.
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sphere
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posted July 21, 2009 05:19 PM |
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Edited by sphere at 00:29, 22 Jul 2009.
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Granted, I only have a limited time to play this game a day, but I have managed to get to lvl 19. And it sure is fun !
It reminds me of older games like this one which I also had tons of fun playing
Regardless whether one like these sorts of games, one always has a favorite and mines always been the neutral/evil assassin type so I really have had a hard time adjusting to the Harusplex ( shoots from a distance / run, and pray you hit your target ) - Like a ballet dancer roaming the woods singing this  .................
BUT, that all changed when I got my first point in scatter shot.
- Heck, I would even go to the lengths and say that I can change history with this build, hehe
Edit Well....I tried to use that x-fer thing but I think I messed up..and on top of that, I lost my lvl 18 ( not 19 as I mentioned before ) somehow !! - When I opened a new character I could get the things all right but the one I transfered it from was lost ?
- Ah, well things happens - I build a new but this time I had the Deathweaver's Tip ( the weapon from the Green spider near Ambrossas ) so I am already at lvl 14 again, that tip is simply awesome imho
I still need to get a good bow though - I am about to hit Delphi to have a look-see. Megara and that Smith in the woods didn't have anything , besides a 84 pison over 6 sec and + 26 offensive short bow for sale.
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Doomforge
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posted July 23, 2009 10:25 AM |
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Green items are the rare ones, randomly generated
Blue ones are uniques
Purple ones are either quest items or legendary uniques 
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sphere
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posted July 24, 2009 06:17 PM |
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Edited by sphere at 19:48, 24 Jul 2009.
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I have another question.
I have a collection of various charms/relics already but how does it work as in how do I use 'em with the scrolls I have picked up along the way ?
Take the Scroll I presented in my previous post : Scrool of Onerios - Do I assemble them at the right place and then get what is shown on the Scroll ( ON TOP ) of what I already do, dmg wise ?
P.S. I can safely say that I am a HUGE Deathweaver's Legtip fan - That bad boy / socketed can do some REAL damage, even as a Haruspex - Talk about croud-control in a mayor scale
How's your second build comming along ( can't remember the name ) ?
EDIT@Doomforge - Is this an okay bow to enchant ?
if so, what with .... I pretty much have all of the low lvl charms and relics in store .....
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posted July 24, 2009 07:57 PM |
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Unique & Legendary Unique items can't be enchanted 
Only rare (green), ordinary magical (yellow) and ordinary (white) can.
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sphere
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posted July 24, 2009 08:17 PM |
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So I can't use any of those charms/ relics on this , like Artemis's bow String or even better, a fire(burning) -what's it's name relic ?
If not, what do you suggest I do, because this is the best bow I have found and I am lvl 20 now ( not that long into the game, been farming ALOT ) and I am lacking in firepower so to speak ....? - Best I have found ( read bought ) is a 84 poison over 6 sec's + 17% dmg ( 18-35 / yellow ) and 3 bonus bow ....that's why I keep hanging on to the Deathweaver's Legtip .....
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posted July 24, 2009 08:40 PM |
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relax, better gear will come in time. As long as you don't die, it's fine.
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sphere
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posted July 24, 2009 09:08 PM |
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Edited by sphere at 21:13, 24 Jul 2009.
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Relaxing...............
BUT ...hehe - Well I have a few more questions, Doomforge, then I'll be on my way.
1) Found a necklass that says 14% vitality damage ...could you be so kind and specify ? ( it's one of those accursed beads )
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is this one of those -cooldown shields that you'd mentioned ? I know it's only -8% but is it like those ?
3) Set Items - IF there's a such - I have found many items ( green ) that has the same name but .....does this game have sets ?
4) YOu mentioned I should put a point into a curse that reduces enemy res/pierc , there are several of them ....
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Doomforge
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posted July 24, 2009 09:28 PM |
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1) Found a necklass that says 14% vitality damage ...could you be so kind and specify ? ( it's one of those accursed beads )
It enhances vitality damage only. Some attacks cause vitality damage (i.e. necromancer's lifedrain), but haruspex doesn't have any source of vitality damage, so it's useless for you.
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is this one of those -cooldown shields that you'd mentioned ? I know it's only -8% but is it like those ?
yeah that's it
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3) Set Items - IF there's a such - I have found many items ( green ) that has the same name but .....does this game have sets ?
"Deathweaver" is just a prefix. Rare items have their own prefixes and suffixes; they can't spawn on yellow items.
Yeah there are sets, but they aren't colored in a different way: you will see the list of other set items though in their description. Only unique/ legendary unique items can be parts of a set.
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4) YOu mentioned I should put a point into a curse that reduces enemy res/pierc , there are several of them ....
It's called Study Prey.
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Arcax
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posted July 24, 2009 09:51 PM |
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Yeah there are sets, but they aren't colored in a different way: you will see the list of other set items though in their description. Only unique/ legendary unique items can be parts of a set.
Also green items are sometimes parts of sets. In set crafted for dream mastery, the helmet is green and can be enchanted. However its only available after getting Overlord from Hades.
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Doomforge
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posted July 24, 2009 10:18 PM |
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ah, sry then.
Got my overlord in like third attempt. I got lucky, I guess ;D
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Arcax
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posted July 25, 2009 03:28 AM |
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After my 1st beating Hades I thought he is some kind of trophy which will be there always^^ Btw Sherlock set owns in terms of style
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sphere
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posted July 25, 2009 10:42 PM |
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Edited by sphere at 18:20, 30 Jul 2009.
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Made it to Memphis.....
I have a few more questions at this point.
1) How many charms/relics can I put in an item ? e.g. a low lvl white/yellow bow ? - I am guessing there's not a socketing system as in D2/LoD ?
2) I have like 20 stats points standing ...I can see that I don't need to use them on certain things ( I'm entering Dream master now - str/intel ) but should I just hold 'em till I have maxed ( 24 ) Dream Master and then allocate ? - Because I'm doing okay now...
3) I have tried, so far, to put on different items that gives me a variety of elemental dmg i.e. bow = poison, lesser artifact = burning , ring1 = cold and so and so on ..... question is is that wise to do so ?
4) I have a ring + some other gear that gives cold dmg but my ring adds 10% cold dmg ( on top of all the others ) ...is that "only" cold dmg or does it freeze / slow down as well ?
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