Short Questions Thread

Is there any chance to create sacred unique? Or i must found it from mobs?

must drop from mobs

Are there any completely, absolutely detrimental things I should be aware of that once I hit a certain level I can no longer retroactively earn
i.e., the earliest example of such a thing is the Harkon Crystal, as far as I am aware.
Are there others I need to know about? I want to make a level based checklist so that I can hit EVERYTHING, and perfect my characters.

Is there a better place to farm than dunc? eg in previous ladders, people who are able to would run Athuala or Kabraxis for SU drops. I've been doing dunc but the drops haven't been great. I've got 200plus mf, if I switch to 300plus I'd be more squishy tho. Where's a good place to farm then?

TheNeeoo wrote:Are there any completely, absolutely detrimental things I should be aware of that once I hit a certain level I can no longer retroactively earn
i.e., the earliest example of such a thing is the Harkon Crystal, as far as I am aware.
Are there others I need to know about? I want to make a level based checklist so that I can hit EVERYTHING, and perfect my characters.

Level 5 harkon

Levels 50,60,70 Sunstones quest

level 80 ennead challenge

Level 90 binding of baal.

That's it! You can find out more about them in the docs

Having problems with ele druid in survival aspects. Should i get high def gear with laek jewels, get minion life/res gear to make acid fiends tanky(not sure if worth), or invest points into charm lady skill?
Also not sure what uberskill to pick. I currently use 1 pt Force of Nature, but still put every point into energy.
Thanks

fairie fire = survival

get that if you have problem staying alive.
Additional, you can try get couple of reanimate as proc (even basic skeleton and fallen MO is good enough) so that everytimes you kill enemy, there will be some meatshield blocking enemy away from you.

whats cap on fcr? how many %?

Is blocking a hardly viable thing? I can't seem to get a decent at all block rate. That, and I saw a lvl 100 unique amulet that granted +1% block rate. I take it blocking is just not a route that's viable in median?

Block rate is luxury, and generally specific to classes and builds that can hardly get any defense. You need a significant amount of dexterity investment to reach maximum block, depending on your base block rate. One of the best ways to get a good amount of dexterity, besides charms, is using abandoned crafts, blessed as well. As well as sockets filled with amyphysts or Io runes.

Quote from docs on block:

Block
In Median XL, your chance to block depends on character class:

Amazon/Assassin/Sorceress: 3%
Druid: 2%
Paladin: 1%
Barbarian/Necromancer: 0%
Shields have 0% chance to block, except class-specific shields – which provide +1% extra chance to block.

The block rating is boosted by dexterity as follows:

Chance to Block =
Block% * (Dexterity - 15)
2 * Character_Level
Capped at 75% chance to block, rounded down.
Block% is the base chance to block from: the character class + class-only shield + other bonuses (items/skills/etc.)

Max block is hard to reach; you will need to invest heavily into dexterity. This is a balance measure in Median XL to ensure that shields do not outclass two-handed weapons as in classic Diablo II Lord of Destruction.

Amount of dexterity needed to achieve max block (75%) on a level 120 character:

Base block Dex needed
1% 18015
2% 9015
3% 6015
4% 4515
5% 3615
6% 3015
7% 2587
8% 2265
9% 2015