Spoiler-----cube recipies list here

[jbouley]

Currently, there are only two types of each mechnist weapon...two swords, two hammers, two staves and two bows...I may add a third variety of each in the next version, but I'm not sure yet.

[Max-Violence]

Yea, the second sword (Teknus Longblade IIRC) is pretty good, but the combination of high stat req's and the fact that there are much better 1-handed swords out there (exceptional/elite war sword, long sword, and crystal sword to be exact), by the time one's character is able to use the thing (let alone put a decent Runeword in it), it's obsolete.

But sets come first for the next version

[jbouley]

I'll definitely work on those those mechanist weapons if I can.

Currently have 10 or 11 sets done...some general...some heavily oriented toward a certain class. I'll start a thread soon with some initial info, though I'm not sure I'll give away too much about the powers...maybe just general hints and what items are in the sets, as well as their names.

[40revs]

Here's an idea for a set:

Maybe have each boss drop 7 items, all the same 'type' like body armor, belt, whatever. One for a set for each class. Each set would have 5 items, and you could only complete the set by beating all the bosses, and every class would have their set.

-Revs

[Dragon^Gaist]

it would be cool if andy, duriel, etc dropped some nicke items, andy drops good but duriel really sux :=) hope u have the time

[jbouley]

I'll look into Duriel and others.

As far as "boss" set drops...I have many superuniques set up to do just this (for class-related sets that already exist in the game)...especially at Nightmare and Hell levels, certain sets should drop partially or in their entirety from various bosses and superuniqes.

If they aren't, either something's wrong or you are running into the D2 bug whereby if you travel too far away from a superunique, it seems to take on Bishibosh's treasure class instead of it's assigned treasure class.

I have so many different variations of class sets right now in my new stuff that it wouldn't be feasible...I already have two different doubl-swing sets for barbs (both of them mace-based...one with mace and morningstar and the other with some melee bracer-type items.

[Dragon^Gaist]

yeah well im gonna post some new (i think) repices
well here goes: Nightmare wep + perf gem + a rune + several (12?)magic stones Will make the elite counterpart

Med.Root+ P.Heart = Med.Box
P.Brain + Stamina.P = Magus mead

there thats all for now [/b]

[jbouley]

At some point in the (relatively) near future, I'll probably compile the recipes revealed here into a single post in a new spoiler thread and close this one off...that way, we can start "clean" with stuff easier to find and people can add new posts onto that new thread as the decide to reveal more.

[Max-Violence]

Nightmare wep + perf gem + a rune + several (12?)magic stones Will make the elite counterpart

*drools*

By "nightmare wep" you mean exceptional, right? i.e. great sword -> executioner's blade -> collosus sword (iirc)

*slobber*

[Dragon^Gaist]

yeah thats it but my english really really suck but hey thats real life right??

[Max-Violence]

Hey JB - I finally finished act1 with my sorc, and I got the mechanist's staff.

Why, exactly, does it require 35 dex? Are there any other staves in the game that require any dex at all?

*hint, hint*

[jbouley]

I will adjust some requirements for the mechanist weapons probably...but they are meant to be melee weapons primarily...so they are more suited to characters that engage in hand-to-hand combat, so I'm not likely to make them readily accessible for sorcs.

[Max-Violence]

Who uses staves for combat? Do staves fall under the barb's Mace Mastery (since staves could feasibly be considered blunt objects)?

Seriously, I don't think I've ever used a staff for combat in D2 ever -- only time was in D1 Hellfire with a monk

[pjotr95]

i think 3 stones will be sufficient for the elite counterpart of an exceptional weapon btw

[40revs]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but staffs fall into the Staff class, and Mace Mastery has no effect on them. I think that if it doesn't say mace class, the mastery doesn't apply.

[jbouley]

You know, it's funny, but I don't play barbs much and always thought they had a staff mastery, too. Ah well.

In any case, I'll see about either making the staves more sorc-friendly and/or making them polearm class.

I'll probably do both...but at the least, I'll do one or the other.

[KillBurn]

make em polearm class that would be cool cause then we could use em with barbs

[jbouley]

That was actually my thought. I kind of fancy the idea of a staff-wielding barb. It's...different

Making it more usable for sorcs is less likely, though I may do that as well.

[Max-Violence]

Couldn't you make a polearm version for a barb and a staff version for a sorc?

Or would that upset some harmonious balance in SiC?

[jbouley]

If I can come up with a suitable set of ingredients for a sorc mech staff and slip the clue in somewhere by the time I release v. 2.2, it's certainly an option.

[Untamed]

im pretty sure that staffs used to work with mace mastery, but blizz changed it... but that led to some staf-barb variants with mace mastery.. they should make it work with mace mastery again because then there would actually be a use for the ribcracker(?) excep unique staff..

no new recipies sorry

[Adam Diggins]

Massive spoiler:

Who wants to know the results for etherseeking?????

If everyone shows intrest (& Jeff agrees) I'll post my chart

[Dragon^Gaist]

think i have found that one for a long time ago
but its in my txt file and again im too lazy to post it

[Adam Diggins]

To show that I really am still alive, and not a bad guy, I'll contribute a little to this thread.

First off, I think the oil of etherealness works with magic items, too.

And there's another substance you can use to get around the no-repair problem with ethereal items once you've made one....because it grants indestructibility. Shouldn't take too long to figure out which substance that is.

It will also work on unqiues, & sets. It will *not* work on socketable items, although I dunno about the mech stuff or rares...

[Adam Diggins]

sorry for the double post, but i have a question & it will probly get noticed easier if I make it seperate (sorry jeff, I'm too lazy to wait till you arrive to ask)

The necro charm has 5 sockets...what do charms count ass when you put somethign in? shield????