Problems with getting summon necro heads

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I am having a hell of a time trying to farm for that gg summon necro head. There are few ways to go about it:

  1. farm in low level areas for preserved head or zombie head and pray for that sweet 3/3 on white. The problem with this is the item level is so low that its stats other than the skill are useless. There is no way to upgrade the qlvl of the item at all.
  2. Farm for white bloodlord or succubus skull in highest level areas (with around 1:38000 chance), imbue it with lvl 1 character and use 6 pskulls to reroll and hope you win the lotto to get 2/3/3
  3. Magic items are impossible. The holy grail of items are the 3/3/3 but it cannot spawn due to the requirements of high qlvl and low ilvl which is impossible to spawn naturally.

This is a huge problem. The chance of getting gg summon heads are almost slim to none as it is a tier 1 skill. All the other classes can potentially farm/shop for their needed items as their strongest skills are NOT tier 1. There are poison nova heads out there, bone spear ones out there but I havent seen a SINGLE summon necro head anywhere including trading forums or cash shops or whatever source you name it. Sure I can possibly settle for the boneflame skull (which I already have) but I am at a crossroad of giving up on farming heads after trying for months.

Even if blizz did add a gambling or shop system or whatever, the 2 problems still exist as the qlvl needs to be high and ilvl needs to be low. This is a juxtaposition and doesnt make sense at all.

I just wanted to address this to blizz (and hope they see it) because on top of already insane odds, there are more insane odds on top of it. How many ppl in original d2 got anything remotely close to the 2/3/3? Probably less than 5 ppl throughout 20 years I am guessing.

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itā€™s not a huge problem, itā€™s rng and something to work towards. keeps the game interesting

this isnā€™t d3 where you need end game gear to do content

you can beat the game and farm bosses with basic features

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I just addressed the issue, maybe take the time to read what the issue itself is. Its rng + impossible mixed together. I am way past the point of ā€˜beatingā€™ the game.

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Sorceress, Necro, Druid, and Barb all deserve to have an end-game Class-Specific Item Rune Word added eventually, IMO.

Now the question is, should those be specific to common end-game builds or not?

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No, its not common and shouldnt be. sorcs and necros (other than summoner), barbs, druids, you name it, can all get their 3/3/3 some way or another. The fundamental problem with the summoners is that the summon heads just doesnt spawn naturally at all and it is impossible to get the magic 3/3/3 as it is the only specific class that needs high qlvl and low ilvl TOGETHER.

Necro runeswords are lacking to the boot also. necro heads can only get 2os max, so the only real option is to settle for splendor which isnt that great in the first place. Sure, bone necros have the white runeword which is possibly the most OP thing ever, but that only applies to bone necros.

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Are you playing solo? You could always trade for one.

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I would, if there are any. There are NONE that currently exist due to problems i have laid out above

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Have you tried using a community website and posting a listing? Unfortunately, D2R has a horrid chat system and itā€™s impossible to find anything within the game. Back in the day, the channel system was pretty nice and you could stop in trade channels and find anything you want, but our only option now days is community sites.

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Yup. 0 results with d2r, Ive been bumping for months with no results.

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I couldnā€™t find one even for a bone necro. Eventually I said F it and used Spirit. Made life a lot better.

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Yup. And bone necros are on ez mode too.

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So what combination of skills are you talking about, exactly? Saying that you ā€œsettledā€ for Boneflame implies that you think itā€™s underpowered (it isnā€™t) and that something better is possible via Rhyme or Splendor.

Boneflame
Succubus Skull 	 
  Defense: 323-367
  Durability: 20
  Req Strength: 95
  Chance to Block: 30%
  Req Level: 72
  +120-150% Enhanced Defense
  +20% Faster Run/Walk
  +2-3 to Necro Skill Levels
  +20-30 to all Resistances
  15% Chance to cast Level 3 Terror when struck

What are you expecting to just randomly find thatā€™s going to be better than that if you make Rhyme or Splendor with it?

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Bone seemed to be easiest to clear Hell with less gear. You donā€™t have to deal with immunities. Summoners are awful once you hit hell unless you have at least +7 or so to all skills with marrowwalks.

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I have 45 RS and 47 SM. I am already way past that point

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Yes, you pointed out your problem on Day 2. Maybe you should read first and see what the problem is first before posting nonsense.

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I would, if there are any. There are NONE that currently exist due to problems i have laid out above

So what you are saying is you need the 3 chipped gems + magic weapon to work on other item types, not just weapons? Then you could get a high qlvl necro head and use this cube recipe to re-roll the head to an ilvl of 25. Or would that not work?

I honestly did not know that a high qlvl would prevent lower affixes. Is this only +# Specific Skill that is affected by this rule? Like Wands, Scepters, Staffs, and Class Specific Items?

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Needs to be below 24. That is why I am saying it is impossible. Afaik, summon necros are the only class that have tier 1 skills as the most important so I would say yes.

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Needs to be below 24.

Where is this chart/source? I am curious.

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Many sources on google, cant post links here? Not sure on the charts as it isnt that well documented.

Iā€™ll just quote some external sources:

The list of available skills is already based on tier. The game will never try to pick a tier 1 skill if you have an ilvl 25+ item

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you can more easily find one on another trade site like jsp