TOPIC: Renew your VIG/Patron Badges

It's that time of the year again renew those badges or lose them to the general pool.

Slacker. You could have done it 4 days ago

definitely don't renew your badges, let others explore the glory of VIG instead

Fiddy wrote: Slacker. You could have done it 4 days ago

I was late this year. A whole 1hr late.

Arcanist Kolixela wrote: definitely don't renew your badges, let others explore the glory of VIG instead

+1

lazlo_hollyfeld1985 wrote:

Fiddy wrote: Slacker. You could have done it 4 days ago

I was late this year. A whole 1hr late.

Well the site itself was 15 minutes late. So you only missed out on 45 minutes.

Fiddy wrote:

lazlo_hollyfeld1985 wrote:

Fiddy wrote: Slacker. You could have done it 4 days ago

I was late this year. A whole 1hr late.

Well the site itself was 15 minutes late. So you only missed out on 45 minutes.

Good to know. I thought I was two hours late, but it was really only 1 hour and 45 minutes.

With VIG registrations just around the corner I was putting together my wish list. I would like to do some NM runs with a semi-organized group but only have 2 players and I'm new so I don't know a lot of people on this forum and so I'm a bit leery of trying to buy and fill a full run. So, I guess I would be interested in thoughts/advice. Should I try to buy a run? Leave a time slot open and wait for LFM posts here? Pick time slots that are in a lot of wish lists (since you can see that) under the assumption that those list are only VIG right now so are more likely to being looking for runs above normal? .

I'd say if you're flexible on time, you'll find plenty of NM groups LFM here.

If you want a particular time, buy it out, and then post it as NM LFM.

I suspect, barring Thursday, you'd fill no problem.

Dan Schneidewend wrote: I would like to do some NM runs with a semi-organized group but only have 2 players and I'm new

Hi Dan, welcome to the forum! You mentioned that you're new, so I just wanted to ask if you know much about the different difficulty levels available and have a lot of tokens already? Nightmare is one of the highest difficulty levels, and it's expected that anyone playing it has a very strong character with lots of high rarity tokens (as you'll need them to survive the increased difficulty). If you have a build suitable for Nightmare already, great! Otherwise you'll likely need to borrow a lot of tokens from other players to get the most enjoyment out of your run, so you may want to include that when you make your post.

Iross wrote:

Dan Schneidewend wrote: I would like to do some NM runs with a semi-organized group but only have 2 players and I'm new

Hi Dan, welcome to the forum! You mentioned that you're new, so I just wanted to ask if you know much about the different difficulty levels available and have a lot of tokens already? Nightmare is one of the highest difficulty levels, and it's expected that anyone playing it has a very strong character with lots of high rarity tokens (as you'll need them to survive the increased difficulty). If you have a build suitable for Nightmare already, great! Otherwise you'll likely need to borrow a lot of tokens from other players to get the most enjoyment out of your run, so you may want to include that when you make your post.

It may also not be obvious to the average person that we veteran forum-ites use "NM" to mean Nightmare, not Normal, even though the actual letters would seem to fit both words equally well (awkward turtle gesture).

edit: though you did also say "above normal" so I guess you probably know what you're talking about here. Carry on

Yes, thanks for checking, I could certainly see people making that mistake. But I have two builds of quite a few best in slot purples and 3-5pt relics(including class relic). Basically lvl 5 with +20-ish hit, damage, and all saves. Also have IoS TE and HHL but no CoAS or CoA.

I believe these are fine for nightmare, but let me know if you disagree.

For example:
Dwarf
Class: Dwarf Fighter

STR: 33
DEX: 15
CON: 20
INT: 11
WIS: 19
CHA: 9

Melee:
Hit: 21 Damage: 20 AC: 27

Range:
Hit: 3 Damage: 14 AC: 27 Missle AC: 0

Spell:
Damage: 2 Heal: 0 Resist: 0

Saves:
Reflex: 19 Fort: 22 Will: 19

Treasure:
Min: 7 Max: 7

Health: 69

Damage Reduction:

Melee	Range	Spell	Fire	Cold	Shock	Sonic	Eldritch	Poison	Darkrift	Sacred
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

Melee Mainhand: +1 Dwarven Battle Axe
Melee Offhand: Defender Shield
Ranged Mainhand: Mighty Sling
Ranged Offhand: Defender Shield
Head: Crown of Iron Will
Eyes: Lenses of Heimdall Sight
Left Ear: Arcane Earcuff
Right Ear: Earcuff of the Ravager
Neck: Amulet of Noble Might
Bead: Bead of the Lucky Traveler
Bead: Master Ale Drinker’s Bead
Bead: Bead Whole Vision
Torso: Death Knight Armor
Wrist: Charm Bracelets
Hands: Death Knight Gauntlets
Back: Lucky Cloak
Back: +2 Cloak of Resistance
Ring: Ring of Heroism
Ring: Ring of the 5th Circle
Ring: Ring of the Drake
Waist: Belt of the Brave
Shirt: Shirt of the Oaf
Legs: Pants of the Lynx
Shins: Venomguard Greaves
Boots: Death Knight Boots
Figurine: Figurine of Power: Imp
Charm: Charm of Brooching
Charm: Lucky Charm
Charm: Charm of Glory
Charm: Charm of the Fire Newt
Charm: Charm of Good Health
Charm: Charm of Enlightenment
Charm: Charm of Epic Insults
Ioun Stone: Ioun Stone Platinum Nugget
Ioun Stone: Ioun Stone Gold Nugget
Ioun Stone: Ioun Stone Tourmaline Tear
Ioun Stone: Ioun Stone Jasper Ellipsoid
Ioun Stone: Ioun Stone Beryl Prism
Slotless: Enchanter’s Whetstone
Slotless: Greater Alchemist Pouch
Slotless: Canteen of Quaffing
Slotless: Tankard of Celebration
Slotless: Harlax’s Helpful Lamp
Runestone: Viper Runestone