I played D2 back in 2000 but I was a kid I didn’t understand bases and rune words so I basically stayed in normal and played around.
Now I’m starting to play around with rune words but I don’t know a few things about bases.
It says I’m looking for missile weapons which I’m guessing is a bow but where can I get one? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 4 socket bow before… Does it have to be in hell of can I fish around in nightmare. I just want the Vigor so my characters can move quicker.
Also it says I can summon a Valkyrie, will she disappear if I switch back to my main weapons after summoning her?
For some weird reason I can’t add a link to my posts, hence the hint to google for ‘Arreat Summit’
Valkyrie should stay after switching. I’ve never used that runeword, though
Personal experience? I’d say try 3 places. I’ve had my best luck in river of flame, act 1 pit, and the red portals of act 5 (pit and abadon) if found many grand matron bows in those places. Mostly act 1 pit.I’d say farm there first on p7 or p8 for a while first. Then river of flame and then try act 5 red portals. I’ve only seen maybe 1 or 2 in cow level and 1 running Baal. But indeed what you are looking for is a grand matron bow. I believe they can have plus 3 or plus 4 to bow skills already on them, so your runeword skills stack on it. Hope this helps and best of luck to you!
I don’t think he/she’s going to use it on an Amazon. Therefore a GMB isn’t what I’d recommend.
Long Bow has the lowest DEX req. for a 4s Bow (can have up to 5!), I think.
Well, act 1 mercs can use the special amazon bows now too, so don’t worry too much which type it is. I did make Harmony in a Grand Matron bow, and I also have an Insight bow made in a different amazon bow which my merc uses. Whether you use it for yourself or your act 1 merc, try for the highest levelled bow you can get, since Harmony comes with a fairly decent damage boost as well. (My GMB version had a max damage of 240something, I think.) The KO rune has a level requirement of 39, so it’s kinda pointless to use it on a low-level bow unless you’re really impatient or desperate, or just have a crapton of KO runes that you can spend willy-nilly.
Missile weapons are bows and crossbows. Crossbows tend to be kinda bad, though – Buriza aside, they’re just so very, very slow, and I don’t know if act 1 mercs will use them if that’s the route you want to go. I don’t think they do.