whats stone glitch?

[dkim]

How do i do the stone glitch? i hear something to do with the cube

[Tap]

its actually the eth armor glitch
Socket an eth armor in the cube using Tal+Thul+ p topaz
and it gives you some sort of extra precentage in defense i dont really know the numbers but heres an example
i found a 746 eth boneweave and socketed it to 1131 defense 4os

the downside to this whole method is that it doesnt always get 4 sockets

[In[F]ec[T]eD]

your pretty much gambling but its worth it if you get 4 sockets

[Siris]

so u actually soc it then transmute it or do u mean u put the eth armor and the stuff in the cube then transmute?

[In[F]ec[T]eD]

You put the eth armor and the stuff in the cube then transmute

[dkim]

hell yea! I got an Eth 692 Def Russet Armor, i did it I got a 4 soc with 1036 Heck yes! thx a ton

[Tap]

ya thats awesome it isnt always definate that you will get 4os but when you do its worth it

[zakdud]

hmm interesting i sould try that cud make sone good armour

[dkim]

holy crap, I made a stone out of that, and the stone has 3120 Defense holy crap.

[FstaR]

haha yeah my prudence has 3137 defense... I'm gonna go find some eth armor and do this. Is it only ladder or Non-Ladder?

[sXp]

I heard about this for first time gotta try it

[FraterPerdurabo]

In my opinion, it isn't really a "glitch" as such, because You're not abusing anything in the game. I saw some screenies of a Pala that had a "glitched" Stone and a "glitched" Exile, and his defence was 60k, legit, online, closed bnet. However, since the lowest chance to hit is 5%, so still 1/20 hits will hit You, meaning that the armor is only suitable for a merc...

[Doono]

Its very usefull if you intend to make either a prudence or a exile since they repair themselves. But a stone is still a fine choice its very cheap to make so you can easily get a new one. But i wouldn't be making one into an enigma, coh or fortitude any time soon unless i learn how to dupe.

And its not really 1/20 chance to get hit if you think about it, i worked this out quickly and i aint amazing at maths (yes i am very bored). If you have 75% chance to block the numbers are
1/20 x 15/20 = 15/400 = 3/80 chance to hit, thats almost never going to break unless your duling a smiter and im not even sure if they damage equipment.

[FraterPerdurabo]

That's right mate. I forgot about the blocking.

[baconbuddy]

If you look on the Arreat Summit now ,they have updated the armor section, and tell you how many sockets each item, whether its normal, exceptional or elite, will get.

Here's the link

http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/weaponsandarmor.shtml#normal

Generally...

Normal item = 2 sockets
Exceptional item = 3 sockets
Elite item = 4 sockets

Check it out and see.

[Deadlyy-Guy]

what makes me mad is i can get a 280% ed boost when i make a stone with a crappy armor like ancient armor (don't ask why i did it i just did) and that gave me like 850 defense. but then i find a 4 socket Krakken Shell and socket it and only get 240% ed boost giving me 1255 defense but if it would have given me 280% then it would have been almost 1.5k. i guess my point here is there's too big a gap between the minimum ED bonus and the maximum ED bonus.

[baconbuddy]

I saw a stone with defense of 4198. I play Europe ladder, and might have a screenie of it. But that's insane defense, and don't know how it's possible.

Edit: I expermiented on single player and this was the best I could create. It had a base defense of 900 after the glitch, before making the runeword.



It's still nowhere the one I saw though...

[Doono]

if you cant manage over 4k with a sacred, which is odd its easy to reach 5k with a sacred then your doing something wrong. Make sure you dont just set the defence in an editor, you have to acctually do the glitch with the armour first, a glitched sacred should have a base of about 1350. Put a stone in it and then it get about 5000 defence, i tested it now and my 275% stone has 5062 defence.

Edit: You know the base of a ethereal sacred is 900 dont you? Not a bugged one.... Normal sacreds have 600 add the +50% bonus you get 900 then bug it you get 1350 defence.

I just made two exiles from a zakarum shield and a vortex the bugged defence on the base shields were 507 for the vortex and 435 for the zakarum shield. The exiles came out as
1825 defence on the vortex exile
1566 defence on the zakarum shield

Ill post pics later if i can remember my photobucket password.

Edit: ok here we go

[KK3]

what exactly does the Tal+Thul+ p topaz do? is it just supposed to raise the defense of an armor and the glitch is that eth armors sometimes ALSO get 4 sockets? by what does it do i mean what is it SUPPOSED to do.

[lidoone]

OHHHHHH so this is why the guy wanted my eth great halberk so bad.