Thank you for the sub! 🙂 It took some time to manually add and sync the socket/rune sounds because I’m an editing noob, but I’m super glad you liked it!
@Zarfen the Loot Goblin something about the small blonde chick with a bow to the epic music was so funny. Great work. And yeah I think pindle is something to mix into Shenk while your hammerdin finds the throne room in 8 player baal games. Kind of a fun thing to do while you wait if ur character is strong enough to kill him quickly in p8
I can feel the effort. Great footage, editing, and commentary throughout. Agree with other comments - levelling the Zon was great fun too. Kept me engaged from start to finish of the video - amazing content. Subscribed!
Crazy that this is only your first video, the quality is top notch. Congrats on the Windforce! And leveling up an entire Zon for that was incredible. Love the content
@@zarfen Holy what ? You're not an established RUclipsr? Well I loved the Meph video, am glad RUclips suggested it, and was really compelled to watch this one. Now I just might "need" to buy D2 Resurected though...
@@renaudgauthier6985 Thank you, that makes me happy to read! It’s a great remaster so I think it’s absolutely worth it. But it’s also a huge time sink 😜
Regarding your Windforce drop, I know what you felt, as the physical bowazon is my all-time favourite character. I restarted from scratch on single-player when D2R came out and I haven't found a Windforce yet, but I found a Jah rune rather early. At the second that rune dropped, my heart missed a beat or two, realizing that I also had a Vex and two Gul runes, as well as a 4 socket +3 GMB, so I stopped all other D2R activity, cubed up the runes to Ohm, made a Faith bow and started a physical bowazon. Today she's my most versatile terror zone runner.
Nice! It takes a die hard bowazon player to make faith before enigma! I salute you 🫡 I haven’t gotten to play her much yet, but I imagine terror zones being added to the game was a great thing for the bowazon’s end game.
@@zarfen Well, I think Enigma isn't really worth it until you have a certain amount of other high-end gear. For example, a hammerdin or fohdin can be pretty efficient with gear not more rare than a shako and paladins can substitute teleportation with charge. I have a second Jah rune now, but not a Ber, although I could probably cube up all my HRs lower than that to produce one, so I'm still without Enigma. BTW, I've found two WFs in the meantime 🙂
Back in the day when I never found a WF and before rws I used to run a shaeled up bow that already had ias and strafe as my main. That was always fun :D
@@kosterix123 Physical means that you are concentrating on strafe or multishot. Strafe seems to be the better option bacause a couple of issues with strafe have been fixed.
Gambling a metalgrid surely has to be the highlight of this video... I still cant believe you gambled it haha, i stil havent found one in my entire life! Cool videos man.
I remember back in 02-03 running Pindle on V1.09 and finding WF! Those were the days. I think everyone used SOJ's to trade back then. So much nostolgia!
Yes. SOJ’s were the currency back then. I don’t know if people still do this but we would also not ID the item to make negotiations more interesting. Sometimes you get 2 SOJ’s for an item roll only worth one, and sometimes you paid 2 SOJ’s for an item roll only worth one 😂
@@QuintinMasseyit wasn’t to be interesting, it was gambling, meaning the house (seller) wins in the long run. So people would sell unidentified verdungos, for example, for more than the price of an average roll. Same concept with people selling “Unid” runewords like call to arms for 2 HRs. Even though it’s made of amn ral mal ist ohm and a flail, so like 1.5 HRs with of materials at best. Because one that rolled a +1-3 is worth so little, (less than the runes it’s made of, obviously) they could make profit, and a buyer could gamble and potentially get a perfect or near perfect one worth 5-6 HR for only the price of 2, and it saves time not having to trade down a Hr into mal ist amn ral and a flail
Lovely video! I played D2 back in the day and have been grinding D2R on and off since launch. I have traded a few times, but I never trade for uniques - I want to do the grail on my own. I don’t know how, but now I’m rich - Enigma, Jah:s in the stash etc. Currently play light-sorc. Mostly on TZ, but when the TZ is bad I usually go to good ol’ Pindle. Last week, after probably thousands of runs, he suddenly dropped IT. On the ground lay a unique Diadem. I will never forget that moment and I am so happy I didn’t just trade for it. Damn I love this game!
Dude, great content, hope you had some fun on your bow zon it's always been a dream to own a windforce I've came close throughout my short d2 career but I've yet to get my hands on one. If I ever get one I'll remember this video :)
Haihada, I think you found the perfect description for him with “Wildcard”! Don’t expect too much, but there’s very high potential. I guess that’s why people keep coming back.
@@Lifelimit94 Dude, offline most efficient is River of flame super chest + deliberate Terrorize it. you can get Runes up to cham from chest and those mobs there can drop anything in the game! Pindle isnt even worth offline. Its purely an online strat since map is static online for Pindle.
Back in the old days, I ran a MF bot with 1000%ish MF. 700 runs of Pindle netted me at best only a medeocre Stormshield. Can't imagine how much effort this tok for you!
I love comments with nostalgic stories of playing d2 2 decades ago! 😃 I’m still looking for my first SoJ in d2r. I think I only ever found 1 myself in the original d2
Thank you so much, Justin! There are! I went on a short vacation for a few days after uploading them, with no new content ready. I did not expect them to “blow up” like this. I hope to upload in a couple of days to keep the momentum going! :)
I’m 8 items away from finishing the holy grail. A couple of years ago I had the most insane RNG on Pindle, I dropped a Griffon’s Eye, then on the VERY NEXT RUN I dropped it again. I calculated the odds using silospen’s drop calculator and I think it came out to like 1 in 33 million chance of it happening twice in a row. Makes me wonder if I’ll ever finish the grail or if I’ve already used my whole allotment of RNG for Diablo 2 😅
7:45 IK Maul or the Black runeword is really good to iron golem with 40%CB. Hustle is also fairly good and cheap to give an attack speed based class lvl 1 fanati. Malice is also decent with the -100 armor per hit and guaranteed open wounds to stop bosses from regening. If you want to ball out on a hurricane druid, make a doom IG.
I… I had no idea about this, but a quick googling seem to agree with you. Thank you for telling me, Jeroen. Good to know so I don’t waste a bunch of (more) time because of this in the future…
Playing Online solo, did hundreds of Pindle runs, 99% nothing but a Griffon's Eye also. If you farm Pindle with the intent of getting lots of loot then you lose. If you add him to your MF run cycle, you'll be surprised.
I know now but I didn’t know when doing the runs… and the exp wasn’t worth it either, so I would not increase the settings if I were to run him again :)
I’m glad to hear that Zia! When watching the whole video before uploading I was unsure if maybe it was a bit too off-topic for a loot video but I didn’t want to cut it since I actually leveled a bowazon just for it so I kept it in :P
When i was a teen had a necro and my time was divided into pindle, pvp and friends baal runs x8. Pindle was great and did a great part into reaching max lvl. Servers were durable...
Windforce is a classic diablo 1 item. Gotta respect the original! I remember my friends dad using a character builder and putting Windforce in every slot and 1-shotting everything. Including me and my friend. Lol
im a noob in this game and i dont get much from pindle, but ancient tunnels gave me a lot of items such as shako, war boots and the +1 skills belt... I hope you do ancient tunnels runs too. i'll subbed to find out hehe! 🖤
Thank you Mumbo Jumbo! I’ve done a lot of Ancient Tunnels in the past. It’s an area I like running so I wouldn’t mind making a video about it in the future 🙂
CaptainRosi beat me too it, chuckled when you actually leveled a bowazon up into hell. Worth it yea? 😜 If you are looking for some ideas for videos, maybe compare like Terror Zones 100 runs compared to the same zone without the terrorize buff? Good videos again, thank you!
Tomas, thank you again for your comments! I’m happy people found it funny! It would maybe not have been “worth it” for the joke alone but I genuinely wanted a bowazon as soon as the WF dropped! 😁 That a really interesting idea, thank you! I’m still a bit of a TZ noob since they only came to single player in the last update, but idea goes straight to the “future video idea” document
You need to keep uploading content! I’m new to D2 and videos like this get me really interested in finishing the game already and wanting to learn how to do these runs like you’re doing. You’ve inspired me to farm the Countess on normal this week cause I’m like level 15 🫡
Thank you for the nice comment, Tiger! ‘Welcome’ to the game, it’s awesome! Especially if you like doing these kind of runs 🙂 Good luck with the countess. She’s a great source of early game runes and all the unique boss packs in the tower gives decent experience. Many of my new characters stop by her for some runes to get started! Act bosses are imo the best place to start really running though, since it’s nice to get some set and unique items at a decent frequency.
I run Pindle purely because I want some 3/20 gloves off Anya and he breaks up the time a bit better (I know Charsi is more likely to have some but it's not worth running cows for magic find unless its terrorized - though the cow king is still bugged and can't drop his own set). In 500 runs he has dropped less than 10 uniques, one was Lightsabre the rest are not worthy of note. It is very demoralizing but I'm hoping it will pay off before insanity hits.
If you really want the gloves why don’t you just “power shop” chars, like just refresh her inventory over and over don’t do cows? I guess that drives even more insanity 😅 good luck!
I started with D1 back in 1996 (or whenever), then played a ton of D2 and later D3. I was not sure if I would enjoy D2 again. Bbecause just from the combat mechanics D3 was much improved compared to D2. However, I always preferred the story, the quests, the graphic style. Or would I "destroy" my great memories of D2, by realizing that the days of D2 are long over? I decided to give the remaster a try. And it definitly was worth it! Not that I put 1000 hours into it, but I leveled a Sorc to 92, equipped her with good gear and had just a lot of fun with the game. I was surprised how well the combat system worked for me. Sure, D3 combat system is faster, more direct and in general superior. But D2 was no disappointment. The optics are great, I like the darker style a lot. The story in general is way better than in D3, the quests more interesting. Give it a try, it is money VERY well spent IMO.
A lot of people will tell you to only farm in hell because you can find better items, but if you’re getting stuck or are so under powered that you’re not having fun it’s totally fine to farm a bit in nightmare or even normal, in my opinion. Nightmare Mephisto is “easy” and can actually drop a lot of great late game items. But if you’re able to, definitely farm for items in Hell :)
@@zarfen Thanks for the Tip.. its just that in ladder, you start from scratch so still on my way to Nightmare and maybe with my Necromancer with not so rare items haha only equip with 18 to 19 magic find make it and finally have loot.. jsut got to act 2 on nightmare mode with 150 to 200 runs on Pindleskin lol.. just not my luck i guess :D
No sorry I just started doing RUclips so I only have 3 vids :) but if you search for it there will be many guides I’m sure. Though sometimes RUclips guides focus just on the fully geared end game which isn’t so useful for playing through the game… The most important is to max raise skeleton and skeleton mastery ASAP. That alone with an act 2 offensive mercenary from nightmare (might aura) and a point in Amplify damage curse and summon resist is all you need to clear the game imo, the rest is bonus. This build can focus 100% on +skills and magic find if you’re careful. To be an efficient magic find runner you also want a high level corpse explosion for clearing big packs of monsters fast but that is mana hungry so you need a little bit of gear for it to be a “fun” way of doing it. Good luck!
So I almost always run pindleskin once per game I make at the start. I’m a summon necro so I go through the portal to summon my 16 skeletons. Then I kill pindleskin bc he is already in front of me and it only takes 5 seconds. That being said, I’ve rarely gotten a good drop from him. I did however get a 160/12/40 gheeds gc a couple nights ago.
That’s so dope I long long ago had a hardcore wf wielding Amazon died at lvl 98 that was a dope leveling video brought back memories lol was back like 2002 something like that when supper invisible fuzzy lightning and imp shank boots was a cool duped boots
@@zarfen can i just say i am astonished by your dedication to the channel and willingness to interact with your fans. Hope you continue your great videos, love them!
@@Austrian9876 thank you so much for the nice comment! It’s fun to interact when the comments are filled with a nice mix of D2 nostalgia, loot stories and kind supportive messages. I want to do many more videos, hopefully this is just the beginning for the channel :)
I seldom ever sit and grind Pindleskin, but I have a habit of killing him right at the start or end of a run. He takes negligible time [usually], so why not waste the minute?
Botted pindleskin couple years with 15 accounts back in the day. Checked the loot couple times a day and every time it felt like xmas. D2 itemization is awesome.
It was so unexpected when it happened and I didn’t think much of it at the time, so my reaction in the vid is a bit underwhelming. I understand now afterwards how insanely rare/lucky it was!
I found many good items from Pindleskin in original D2, Mephisto drops more uniques per kill yes, sometimes even 4-5 unique items with 500 rarity, but Pindleskin has unlocked better end game items, like Buriza, Cranium Basher, Earthshifter, Deaths Web etc.
Pindleruns are best with find barbs since pindles so easy to kill with no travel time so no need for an op set or teleport to get to him and you double your drop chances with find item.
I like killing Pindle while I’m farming keys. I don’t use the WP so the portal stays open, and adding Nilathak makes the runs less tedious and more enjoyable, even though it’s less efficient. Hope I can nab a WF too one day.
Yes. Doing Nilathak on your way to Pindle is a great line up for your MF run. Takes a bit more time, but at least you won’t be so deflated when Pindle doesn’t drop anything by Nil does.
Pindle is pretty fast, so it does make some sense to chain Pindle runs with LK and/or Meph. It shouldn't add too much time to each iteration (I don't think). OTOH, if it adds significant time then you really want to run more Meph and/or LK instead...
Before I started making these videos I would always run several targets/areas in the same run because it's more variety/fun. Pindle specifically is SO easy to add to any run too since he's always in the same place and close to town/wp
I make sometimes Pindle runs for XP. I was leveling my sorc and after 7 Runs if found a BER Rune from one zombies outside. I also get a Buls Ring from him.
I never see anyone do multiplayer videos of this game.. seems to mainly focus on single player. Unlike Diablo 3 which has a big focus on co op/ meta play but solo is also optional.
I personally play all Diablo games mostly solo. I enjoy regular play throughs with RL friends from time to time, but otherwise D2 is a solo game for me.
I would love to level a zon but they always feel like they need too many points everywhere, and they feel like they already need all of their gear and charms waiting on them. I lose motivation. Especially bowazaons though. Without the charms, bowazons have always felt lackluster to me and their decent to good charms are so hard to get ahold of for me personally. It's a shame.
Wow you’re right, that’s a great roll. I didn’t even take note of it when they dropped other than that the STR and DEX both were above 10. I guess I always auto-default to War Traveler / rare MF boots (or gores on melee) so much that I don’t even consider treks.
Dude actually leveled a bowazone for a short joke. Hats off to you.
I’m glad it paid off! I had almost forgotten how weak a low-mid level bowazon is after playing mostly sorc lately 😆
Also, thanks for the comment!
@@zarfen Fire bow works well until you have that witchwild on and then strafe does quite well in the recent patches I find
That was awesome! 😂
@@Brotmeister thanks Marc, I’m glad you liked it!
This made my day 😅
I have ascended to the point where I don't even farm in D2 anymore. I just watch people farm in D2.
why i like the amazon cutaway: there's no game sound effects, but you added the socket sounds. the whole thing felt like a weird dream
EZ sub
Thank you for the sub! 🙂
It took some time to manually add and sync the socket/rune sounds because I’m an editing noob, but I’m super glad you liked it!
My dude got 1 item and built an entire character around that one item. What a G
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I remember my first ever Druid was built solely because I got a Jalals and was too lazy to trade
This is what good game design do
Loool the lil bowazon journey montage was hilarious 😂
Thank you! That makes me so happy to hear. That part took as much time as like 500 of the Pindle runs 😅
@Zarfen the Loot Goblin something about the small blonde chick with a bow to the epic music was so funny. Great work. And yeah I think pindle is something to mix into Shenk while your hammerdin finds the throne room in 8 player baal games. Kind of a fun thing to do while you wait if ur character is strong enough to kill him quickly in p8
@@frequentsee3815 Thanks!
Yes I think that's a more sensible way to run pindle, than doing only him for a 1000 times in a row, hehe
I can feel the effort. Great footage, editing, and commentary throughout. Agree with other comments - levelling the Zon was great fun too. Kept me engaged from start to finish of the video - amazing content. Subscribed!
Thank you for the super kind comment! Comments like this makes the effort 100% worth it
wr,no such thing as efforx or etc, sayx , can sayx etc any nmw s perfx
Crazy that this is only your first video, the quality is top notch. Congrats on the Windforce! And leveling up an entire Zon for that was incredible. Love the content
Thank you so much for the kind comment! I’m quite overwhelmed by ‘success’ of this and my meph video to be honest.
Impressive!
@@zarfen Holy what ? You're not an established RUclipsr? Well I loved the Meph video, am glad RUclips suggested it, and was really compelled to watch this one. Now I just might "need" to buy D2 Resurected though...
@@renaudgauthier6985 Thank you, that makes me happy to read!
It’s a great remaster so I think it’s absolutely worth it. But it’s also a huge time sink 😜
no such thign as fx or tx or etc, outx any nmw s perfx
This captures the nostalgia of D2 so perfectly, thank you!
I enjoy your videos and the time required to make them plus the runs themselves. Thanks!
Thank you, glad you like them
Regarding your Windforce drop, I know what you felt, as the physical bowazon is my all-time favourite character. I restarted from scratch on single-player when D2R came out and I haven't found a Windforce yet, but I found a Jah rune rather early. At the second that rune dropped, my heart missed a beat or two, realizing that I also had a Vex and two Gul runes, as well as a 4 socket +3 GMB, so I stopped all other D2R activity, cubed up the runes to Ohm, made a Faith bow and started a physical bowazon. Today she's my most versatile terror zone runner.
Nice! It takes a die hard bowazon player to make faith before enigma! I salute you 🫡
I haven’t gotten to play her much yet, but I imagine terror zones being added to the game was a great thing for the bowazon’s end game.
@@zarfen Well, I think Enigma isn't really worth it until you have a certain amount of other high-end gear. For example, a hammerdin or fohdin can be pretty efficient with gear not more rare than a shako and paladins can substitute teleportation with charge. I have a second Jah rune now, but not a Ber, although I could probably cube up all my HRs lower than that to produce one, so I'm still without Enigma.
BTW, I've found two WFs in the meantime 🙂
Back in the day when I never found a WF and before rws I used to run a shaeled up bow that already had ias and strafe as my main. That was always fun :D
Found one today in the pits
@@kosterix123 Physical means that you are concentrating on strafe or multishot. Strafe seems to be the better option bacause a couple of issues with strafe have been fixed.
Subscribed based on the break in the video. Really good content!
Thank you so much! That is so nice to hear 🙂
Funny edits! I really enjoyed watching and I’m looking forward to the next one.
Thanks for the nice comment, Stephanie! It means a lot for a new “creator” like me 🙂
Gambling a metalgrid surely has to be the highlight of this video... I still cant believe you gambled it haha, i stil havent found one in my entire life! Cool videos man.
Yeah it was extremely unexpected. I think this is the only one I’ve ever found.
Thank you!
Found my first one this most recent season from pindle funny enough
Excellent video and editing! Making a Zon for the Windforce was awesome lol.
Thank you for the kind comment! I’m glad it paid off, I had forgotten how slow questing can be for a low-mid bowazon…
I rewatched this video and you make me laugh so often. Great videos sir!
Thanks John! This comment made my day 😄
Great video. Definetely worth subscribing, wish you good luck :)
Thank you so much!
I remember back in 02-03 running Pindle on V1.09 and finding WF! Those were the days. I think everyone used SOJ's to trade back then. So much nostolgia!
That’s awesome!
SOJ was the value measure unit back then
Yes. SOJ’s were the currency back then. I don’t know if people still do this but we would also not ID the item to make negotiations more interesting. Sometimes you get 2 SOJ’s for an item roll only worth one, and sometimes you paid 2 SOJ’s for an item roll only worth one 😂
@@QuintinMasseyit wasn’t to be interesting, it was gambling, meaning the house (seller) wins in the long run. So people would sell unidentified verdungos, for example, for more than the price of an average roll. Same concept with people selling “Unid” runewords like call to arms for 2 HRs. Even though it’s made of amn ral mal ist ohm and a flail, so like 1.5 HRs with of materials at best. Because one that rolled a +1-3 is worth so little, (less than the runes it’s made of, obviously) they could make profit, and a buyer could gamble and potentially get a perfect or near perfect one worth 5-6 HR for only the price of 2, and it saves time not having to trade down a Hr into mal ist amn ral and a flail
Your conclusion got me all the way 😂👍🏻🤘🏻 keep grinding guys
Lovely video! I played D2 back in the day and have been grinding D2R on and off since launch. I have traded a few times, but I never trade for uniques - I want to do the grail on my own. I don’t know how, but now I’m rich - Enigma, Jah:s in the stash etc. Currently play light-sorc. Mostly on TZ, but when the TZ is bad I usually go to good ol’ Pindle. Last week, after probably thousands of runs, he suddenly dropped IT. On the ground lay a unique Diadem. I will never forget that moment and I am so happy I didn’t just trade for it. Damn I love this game!
Thanks!
Finding those amazing items on your own is a special feeling for sure! I remember finding my first Griffons very clearly too
Dude, great content, hope you had some fun on your bow zon it's always been a dream to own a windforce I've came close throughout my short d2 career but I've yet to get my hands on one. If I ever get one I'll remember this video :)
Thank you, I appreciate it!
For me, windforce is an iconic Diablo 2 classic.
I hope you find one soon!
Good quality content and the bowazon part made me laugh
Thank you, Craig! I really appreciate the comment.
That means that the Bowazon part was worth making 🙂
It's definately worth adding him to your MF runs, such a wildcard with potential to drop anything but 3 items in the entire game.
Haihada, I think you found the perfect description for him with “Wildcard”!
Don’t expect too much, but there’s very high potential. I guess that’s why people keep coming back.
dude, its offline P7.
Why would you MF him when you can do terrorize super chest river of flame all the time and get cool loots and hi runes.
@@xijinpig7978 terrorzones dont change anything with chests
@@Lifelimit94 Dude, offline most efficient is River of flame super chest + deliberate Terrorize it. you can get Runes up to cham from chest and those mobs there can drop anything in the game! Pindle isnt even worth offline. Its purely an online strat since map is static online for Pindle.
Pindle will drive you crazy until he poops out that GF sword or WF. Then you realize it was all worth it 🥲
Dude! Your content is awesome keep it up! ❤️❤️❤️
Wow, thank you for your super kind comment! 🙂
Levelling a Bowazon just for the luls was amazing! Another subscriber here.
Thank you, J W! I’m glad you liked that part. It took a lot of time in relation to everything else in the video, but I think it was worth it.
@Zarfen the Loot Goblin 100% worth it, thanks for the entertaining video and look forward to the next ones!
@@BladeSkate Thank you!!
Back in the old days, I ran a MF bot with 1000%ish MF. 700 runs of Pindle netted me at best only a medeocre Stormshield. Can't imagine how much effort this tok for you!
That’s unlucky! Maybe the game
Knew you were hitting and punished you 😜 hehe
It took a while but I enjoyed the process and the upgrades along the way
Back in early-mid 2000s I found an actual SOJ off pindleskin on my hc character, it was such a joy, a real SOJ! great times
I love comments with nostalgic stories of playing d2 2 decades ago! 😃
I’m still looking for my first SoJ in d2r.
I think I only ever found 1 myself in the original d2
why is watching your videos so comforting?
Yo! This is top quality content!
Please make more! Subscribed!
Thank you for the kind comment, Al. Means a lot to a newbie RUclipsr!
I will do my best! :)
Love your vids! I hope there are more coming!!!
Thank you so much, Justin!
There are! I went on a short vacation for a few days after uploading them, with no new content ready. I did not expect them to “blow up” like this. I hope to upload in a couple of days to keep the momentum going! :)
Geez... I'm never going near pindle again. I didn't visit him much already because never got anything anyway. Great video
Haha 😁
Thanks!
i loved the bowazon part xD
That makes me very glad to read!
I used to have the time and patience to grind D2 when i was younger. I guess i got old, now i am just watching short videos of people doing the run.
I’m 8 items away from finishing the holy grail. A couple of years ago I had the most insane RNG on Pindle, I dropped a Griffon’s Eye, then on the VERY NEXT RUN I dropped it again. I calculated the odds using silospen’s drop calculator and I think it came out to like 1 in 33 million chance of it happening twice in a row. Makes me wonder if I’ll ever finish the grail or if I’ve already used my whole allotment of RNG for Diablo 2 😅
Wow that’s crazy! I imagine grinding for the specific few items left is tough. GL, hope you finish the grail!
7:45 IK Maul or the Black runeword is really good to iron golem with 40%CB. Hustle is also fairly good and cheap to give an attack speed based class lvl 1 fanati. Malice is also decent with the -100 armor per hit and guaranteed open wounds to stop bosses from regening.
If you want to ball out on a hurricane druid, make a doom IG.
Hi, good work😊You have nice voice and sence of humor😂 I was enjoying to watch your videos❤ Thank you, bro😊
Thanks! Glad you enjoy watching :)
Oh, man! Why didn't you show Windforce in action?
That Bowazon montage was a thing of beauty
Hi! Increasing player count doesn't have any effect on drop rates from Pindle, right? At least not according to Silospen. Or am I missing something?
I… I had no idea about this, but a quick googling seem to agree with you.
Thank you for telling me, Jeroen. Good to know so I don’t waste a bunch of (more) time because of this in the future…
@@zarfen you're welcome! It makes farming superuniques so much faster. Have fun!
wait are you sure about that @bronchoped1? Isn’t it only super uniques that don’t benefit from higher players settings?
No kidding! Thanks and you too! :)
Playing Online solo, did hundreds of Pindle runs, 99% nothing but a Griffon's Eye also. If you farm Pindle with the intent of getting lots of loot then you lose. If you add him to your MF run cycle, you'll be surprised.
I think this is the best approach. Don’t make him your bread and butter but add him in whenever and view him as a bonus with great potential.
Yes. That’s the correct way to think about running him. Just program him into your MF run.
I will watch this 10 times over simply for the honest statement in the beginning... "Pindleskin can drop anything, but he never drops anything."
And I keep running him for some reason! 😅
@@zarfen me too 😅🤣😂🤣😂
Did you change the game dificulty for Piddle? You know it doesnt affect him?
I know now but I didn’t know when doing the runs… and the exp wasn’t worth it either, so I would not increase the settings if I were to run him again :)
I loved the bowazon intermission lmao
I’m glad to hear that Zia! When watching the whole video before uploading I was unsure if maybe it was a bit too off-topic for a loot video but I didn’t want to cut it since I actually leveled a bowazon just for it so I kept it in :P
4:15 look at mephisto spinning and dancing in the rhythm of the music
My most fav hunting ground during my time with old d2.
Nice! I’ve not seen a lot of people who has pindle as their fav. What did you use to run him with?
When i was a teen had a necro and my time was divided into pindle, pvp and friends baal runs x8. Pindle was great and did a great part into reaching max lvl. Servers were durable...
Windforce is a classic diablo 1 item. Gotta respect the original! I remember my friends dad using a character builder and putting Windforce in every slot and 1-shotting everything. Including me and my friend. Lol
im a noob in this game and i dont get much from pindle, but ancient tunnels gave me a lot of items such as shako, war boots and the +1 skills belt... I hope you do ancient tunnels runs too. i'll subbed to find out hehe! 🖤
Thank you Mumbo Jumbo! I’ve done a lot of Ancient Tunnels in the past. It’s an area I like running so I wouldn’t mind making a video about it in the future 🙂
CaptainRosi beat me too it, chuckled when you actually leveled a bowazon up into hell. Worth it yea? 😜 If you are looking for some ideas for videos, maybe compare like Terror Zones 100 runs compared to the same zone without the terrorize buff?
Good videos again, thank you!
Tomas, thank you again for your comments! I’m happy people found it funny! It would maybe not have been “worth it” for the joke alone but I genuinely wanted a bowazon as soon as the WF dropped! 😁
That a really interesting idea, thank you! I’m still a bit of a TZ noob since they only came to single player in the last update, but idea goes straight to the “future video idea” document
Headhunter goes pretty good on a javazon with facets. Not as much damage as a 4 socket monarch, but you keep some res
Oh nice, I like the javazon. I need a few good facets to make that though but I’ll keep it in mind!
tnx for a good stuff!
I’m glad you liked it!
You need to keep uploading content! I’m new to D2 and videos like this get me really interested in finishing the game already and wanting to learn how to do these runs like you’re doing. You’ve inspired me to farm the Countess on normal this week cause I’m like level 15 🫡
Thank you for the nice comment, Tiger!
‘Welcome’ to the game, it’s awesome! Especially if you like doing these kind of runs 🙂
Good luck with the countess. She’s a great source of early game runes and all the unique boss packs in the tower gives decent experience. Many of my new characters stop by her for some runes to get started! Act bosses are imo the best place to start really running though, since it’s nice to get some set and unique items at a decent frequency.
I run Pindle purely because I want some 3/20 gloves off Anya and he breaks up the time a bit better (I know Charsi is more likely to have some but it's not worth running cows for magic find unless its terrorized - though the cow king is still bugged and can't drop his own set). In 500 runs he has dropped less than 10 uniques, one was Lightsabre the rest are not worthy of note. It is very demoralizing but I'm hoping it will pay off before insanity hits.
If you really want the gloves why don’t you just “power shop” chars, like just refresh her inventory over and over don’t do cows? I guess that drives even more insanity 😅 good luck!
7:50 avenger guards drops in nm tz. I have two of those. You don't need pindle for that.
Natalya's set however is hell only.
Man, these videos make me want to buy the remaster and dive deep into d2 again
I’m very happy (and very sorry, it’s a time sink! 😜) that you got that feeling from the videos! It’s a great remaster imo
I started with D1 back in 1996 (or whenever), then played a ton of D2 and later D3.
I was not sure if I would enjoy D2 again. Bbecause just from the combat mechanics D3 was much improved compared to D2. However, I always preferred the story, the quests, the graphic style. Or would I "destroy" my great memories of D2, by realizing that the days of D2 are long over?
I decided to give the remaster a try. And it definitly was worth it!
Not that I put 1000 hours into it, but I leveled a Sorc to 92, equipped her with good gear and had just a lot of fun with the game.
I was surprised how well the combat system worked for me.
Sure, D3 combat system is faster, more direct and in general superior. But D2 was no disappointment. The optics are great, I like the darker style a lot. The story in general is way better than in D3, the quests more interesting.
Give it a try, it is money VERY well spent IMO.
The terror zones and sunder charms made it fun again
should you only loot in Hell difficulty? Im still getting there with my Ladder character
A lot of people will tell you to only farm in hell because you can find better items, but if you’re getting stuck or are so under powered that you’re not having fun it’s totally fine to farm a bit in nightmare or even normal, in my opinion. Nightmare Mephisto is “easy” and can actually drop a lot of great late game items. But if you’re able to, definitely farm for items in Hell :)
@@zarfen Thanks for the Tip.. its just that in ladder, you start from scratch so still on my way to Nightmare and maybe with my Necromancer with not so rare items haha only equip with 18 to 19 magic find make it and finally have loot.. jsut got to act 2 on nightmare mode with 150 to 200 runs on Pindleskin lol.. just not my luck i guess :D
I hope you find some upgrades soon!
@@zarfen oh do you have a video of a necromancer build? most videos are more on Sorcerers and paladins.. verry few summoning heroes lol
No sorry I just started doing RUclips so I only have 3 vids :) but if you search for it there will be many guides I’m sure. Though sometimes RUclips guides focus just on the fully geared end game which isn’t so useful for playing through the game…
The most important is to max raise skeleton and skeleton mastery ASAP. That alone with an act 2 offensive mercenary from nightmare (might aura) and a point in Amplify damage curse and summon resist is all you need to clear the game imo, the rest is bonus. This build can focus 100% on +skills and magic find if you’re careful.
To be an efficient magic find runner you also want a high level corpse explosion for clearing big packs of monsters fast but that is mana hungry so you need a little bit of gear for it to be a “fun” way of doing it.
Good luck!
Are uniques gameable in this version of Diablo?
Yes! But there’s only a 1/2000 chance for a unique when gambling
Oops. Just saw you wrote gameable and not gamble-able, not sure what you mean unless it was a typo
Your videos are great. Thank you
Thanks! I’m glad you like them
Don't stop making content. You'll be big soon.
Thank you, Nick! That is such a nice comment, I will try my best 🙂
Leveling that amazon after the Windforce was epic. It's exactly how i play 😂
Thanks! The drawback is that I sometimes lose interest halfway through and end up with a bunch of characters abandoned in early nightmare 😅
@@zarfen yes, I'm right there with you
1 really neat budget item to make with Metalgrid Iron Golem is a Lawbringer sword. that sanctuary aura is nice
I wonder are these runs single player with max players or online 1p only?
bro made a video in a video
of course a druid item dropped run 420
Beaufort's glory ride. Gorgeous!
So I almost always run pindleskin once per game I make at the start. I’m a summon necro so I go through the portal to summon my 16 skeletons. Then I kill pindleskin bc he is already in front of me and it only takes 5 seconds. That being said, I’ve rarely gotten a good drop from him. I did however get a 160/12/40 gheeds gc a couple nights ago.
That seems like a good way to farm him. Adding him to something you’re already doing so it’s just a bonus.
That’s so dope I long long ago had a hardcore wf wielding Amazon died at lvl 98 that was a dope leveling video brought back memories lol was back like 2002 something like that when supper invisible fuzzy lightning and imp shank boots was a cool duped boots
Awesome! It makes me super happy when the videos sparks some nostalgia in people!
But damn, losing a 98 HC bowazon is rough!
Great video makes me wanna start a new bowzone instantly
Thank you!! Bowazons are one of my favorite builds
@@zarfen can i just say i am astonished by your dedication to the channel and willingness to interact with your fans. Hope you continue your great videos, love them!
@@Austrian9876 thank you so much for the nice comment!
It’s fun to interact when the comments are filled with a nice mix of D2 nostalgia, loot stories and kind supportive messages.
I want to do many more videos, hopefully this is just the beginning for the channel :)
Damn i miss finding loot in Diablo 2. My favorite game of all time 👍
You find a lot of nothing but then when something awesome drops it’s a GREAT feeling!
I have played this game for 23 years and never found a Windforce in SP. I got one on a trade during ladder. Killer bow.
I was trying to get Winforce for the past 2 weeks on SP players1 but stormlash dropped instead. I still don't have windforce as of today.
It’s tough looking for a specific item in D2. Hope one drops soon!
lol, Love the Windforce side quest stuff...
Nice! Glad you liked it.
I seldom ever sit and grind Pindleskin, but I have a habit of killing him right at the start or end of a run. He takes negligible time [usually], so why not waste the minute?
I think that’s how I’ll “use” him going forward. Throw him in as a bonus cause you never know you might get lucky
Can you give a list of what he CANNOT drop? Is it too long?
Tyrael's might, Arachnid mesh, and Azurewrath.
@@zarfen That's it? Those three things? Or those are just a few? If that's it, then that's not too bad.
Botted pindleskin couple years with 15 accounts back in the day. Checked the loot couple times a day and every time it felt like xmas. D2 itemization is awesome.
I will always have respect for Pindle runs. He dropped me a zod rune before, and I haven't got a better drop since.
Damn! I wonder if I will ever find a zod.
I also got my Windforce from Pindle. But that's about it. But still ... I also love the Bowazon, so I was hyped about that drop.
Windforce is something special. Though I have never tried ‘Faith’ bowazon myself.
@@zarfen me neither (there was always a rune missing), but the Windforce reminds me of the 'old days' (long before D2R). Just loving it.
Haha I like that you just had to build an Amazon for the Windforce! 😄 oh I miss D2 in many ways!
Metalgrid can be used with lacerator for the amp dmg
That’s really clever! I only though about auras, not items with % chance to proc. Seems really powerful! Thanks for sharing
7:35 wtf you gambled a metalgrid? I feel like you dont realize how insane that is unless they buffed the droprates in d2r..
It was so unexpected when it happened and I didn’t think much of it at the time, so my reaction in the vid is a bit underwhelming. I understand now afterwards how insanely rare/lucky it was!
I found many good items from Pindleskin in original D2, Mephisto drops more uniques per kill yes, sometimes even 4-5 unique items with 500 rarity, but Pindleskin has unlocked better end game items, like Buriza, Cranium Basher, Earthshifter, Deaths Web etc.
That homunculus is pretty sweet.
Is this set to players 8 or not?
I’m not sure if this was ever confirmed but I feel like I was getting a lot better drops from Pindle around when D2R came out as opposed to now.
Pindleruns are best with find barbs since pindles so easy to kill with no travel time so no need for an op set or teleport to get to him and you double your drop chances with find item.
I never did much running with barbs or any melee character. Might have to give it a go soon!
I like killing Pindle while I’m farming keys. I don’t use the WP so the portal stays open, and adding Nilathak makes the runs less tedious and more enjoyable, even though it’s less efficient. Hope I can nab a WF too one day.
I like that idea!
Just FYI, if you’re on Resurrected, the portal doesn’t close if you get the wp anymore 🙂
@@zarfen Oh I'm not on Resurrected yet but I plan to start with the next season. Thanks for the tip!
@seth8858 ah gotcha! I think it’s a great remaster, def worth it if you still play d2 :)
Yes. Doing Nilathak on your way to Pindle is a great line up for your MF run. Takes a bit more time, but at least you won’t be so deflated when Pindle doesn’t drop anything by Nil does.
the bowazon level up in the middle of a 1000 runs was wild
Pindle is pretty fast, so it does make some sense to chain Pindle runs with LK and/or Meph. It shouldn't add too much time to each iteration (I don't think). OTOH, if it adds significant time then you really want to run more Meph and/or LK instead...
Before I started making these videos I would always run several targets/areas in the same run because it's more variety/fun. Pindle specifically is SO easy to add to any run too since he's always in the same place and close to town/wp
@@zarfen I think I tried this too! Pindle started dropping off simply because there was almost no yield compared to the other runs...
@@fredrichardson9761 hehe yeah. Like I said at the beginning of the video: he can drop almost everything, but he never drops anything 😁
@@zarfen Hah!! Well said!
I make sometimes Pindle runs for XP. I was leveling my sorc and after 7 Runs if found a BER Rune from one zombies outside. I also get a Buls Ring from him.
Unexpected great item drops are the best! :D
Can't believe you gambled a metalgrid. Very nice
Absolutely crazy! My reaction in the video under-sells how rare that is for sure
You got me!!! @ I’ll level the Amazon🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nice! 😁 glad you liked it
u have taken the 4 bows drop from mephisto to serious with the amazon :D
Haha good catch! Hadn’t thought of that myself until you said it :D
Found me dweb doing a quick 10 runs the other day. Almost perfect also!
I never see anyone do multiplayer videos of this game.. seems to mainly focus on single player. Unlike Diablo 3 which has a big focus on co op/ meta play but solo is also optional.
I personally play all Diablo games mostly solo. I enjoy regular play throughs with RL friends from time to time, but otherwise D2 is a solo game for me.
windforce is also in D1 but deadly hunter in my opnion is best for rouge in d1 with the %damage vs demons
Casually leveled up a bowa in the middle of a droop compilation video.
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This video is money... The leveling up bit was super duper fun
Thank you! I’m so glad you liked that bit 🙂
You pronounced homunculous perfectly
Thanks for letting me know! I guess I was worried for nothing 😅
I would love to level a zon but they always feel like they need too many points everywhere, and they feel like they already need all of their gear and charms waiting on them. I lose motivation. Especially bowazaons though. Without the charms, bowazons have always felt lackluster to me and their decent to good charms are so hard to get ahold of for me personally. It's a shame.
Don't know how res is but in og d2 they did pindle for runes and a bot did it not a person
Those Treks are really good as the stats are way above average.
Wow you’re right, that’s a great roll. I didn’t even take note of it when they dropped other than that the STR and DEX both were above 10.
I guess I always auto-default to War Traveler / rare MF boots (or gores on melee) so much that I don’t even consider treks.