2015.03.20 Multiple Maps

Grotto Map
Servant of a Falling Sky - Torment
Mods - None
Quantity: +0%

Currency Expended:
None (mirrored map, so no currency can be used on this)

Currency Gained:
-1 Transmutation
2 Alteration
7 Jewlers
1 Fusing
2 Chromatic
3 Scrap
1 Whetstone
1 Chisel


Maps Gained:
None

This was another easy run.  It pretty much went like the last one, but I didn't get any maps from this run.  I did get an Enduring Cry gem, so I took a break from mapping to do the library quest to get a Cast When Damage Taken gem.  I did get the Limbsplitter unique axe on this run, so that looked like a nice item for levelling early in the game.

Note that I did use a Transmutation Orb on a Strongbox on this map, so my currency was negative on this run for that specific orb.


Crypt Map
Servant of a Falling Sky - Torment
Mods - None
Quantity: +0%

Currency Expended:
None (mirrored map, so no currency can be used on this)

Currency Gained:
1 Transmutation
4 Alteration
1 Augmentation
1 Fusing
2 Scrap
1 Whetstone


Maps Gained:
None

The Crypt is another pretty easy map, although usually a bit harder than Grotto.  However, no trouble with this one either.  I probably have more to report from The Docks where I've picked up an Exalted Orb and The Coward's Trial unique Crypt Map.  I also, even though I suffered quite a few deaths in the process, cleared a few Vaal zones while questing and ended up completing a Vaal Fragment set.  I'll need to see if I can round up a few friends to level characters in Standard once Torment league ends to try out the high end content.

2015.03.18 Grotto Map

Servant of a Falling Sky - Torment
Mods - None
Quantity: +0%

Currency Expended:
None (mirrored map, so no currency can be used on this)

Currency Gained:
1 Transmutation
2 Alteration
2 Augmentation
7 Jewlers
2 Chromatic
1 Alchemy
1 Scrap
3 Whetstone
1 Chisel
1 Vaal


Maps Gained:
Sewer L67

This was a pretty easy run.  Even with map mods, I consider Grotto to be an easy map.  Without mods it is even easier.  I am pretty happy with how self cast Firestorm is working.  I had two maps in my Torment stash, and I was going to try to run them before the end of the league.  While levelling I found a Cartographer's Strongbox in the Docks.  I got additional items and mirrored when I used an Alchemy orb on it.  That was currency well spent as I ended up with 18 maps from that strongbox.  I'm going to try to use up the nine mirrored maps and see what I get from them.  This was a good start gaining a level 67 Sewer map on the run.

2015.03.07 Fecund Wharf Map of Exposure

Lady Bla Bla - Standard
Mods - Monsters have extra health, player's maximum resistances reduced
Quantity: +42%

Zana's Mission: Pier (L66)
2 Rogue Exiles, monsters deal extra damage, monsters have extra armor, monsters cannot be stunned
Quantity: +53%

Currency Expended:
Unknown

Currency Gained:
7 Transmutation
9 Alteration
4 Augmentation
1 Jewlers
2 Fusing
6 Chromatic
11 Scrap
3 Whetstone
1 Baubble
1 Regret


Maps Gained:
Dried Lakebed L66
Orchard L66

This was an interesting run.  I finally met Zana and got a quest I could complete.  The only other time I met her, there was a five minute timer on killing the map boss.  I wasn't anywhere close to having that kind of clear speed.  I'm a little disappointed in only getting 1 level 66 map from the Wharf with IIQ of +42%.  I'm even more disappointed in getting a single level 66 map from Zana's mission with even higher IIQ.  However, the currency from running two maps was fantastic.

However, the loot could have been worse.  The map gained from the Zana mission came from opening a chest after the map had been cleared.  I did die once to one of the Rogue Exiles, but I waited to long to blog about this and I forgot which one killed me.  The other odd thing about the Zana mission is that it seems to be 4 prefix mods.  Maybe that's normal, maybe not.  I'll have to pay attention if I do other missions of hers.  The large amount of item quality items came from an Artisan's Strongbox that I didn't notice on my first run.  I went back in to pick up a few blue items to get enough Transmutation shards to form one more orb.  The other thing I noticed is that in my failed Zana mission, the second map was a level higher than the one I started in.  This time, the mission was a level lower.  Something else to watch for.

However, all things considered, the plus of having Zana available as a hideout master more than makes up for a slight downgrade in my map pool trading one 67 for two 66's.

2015.02.27 Punishing Mountain Ledge Map of Desecration

Lady Bla Bla - Standard
Mods - Monsters reflect physical damage, patches of desecrated ground
Quantity: +29%

Currency Expended:
1 Augmentation

Currency Gained:
4 Transmutation
4 Alteration
3 Augmentation
1 Chromatic
1 Chance
1 Scrap
1 Vaal


Maps Gained:
None

This was a pretty ordinary run, although I think I might have died once on the run.  I think I spent too much time standing in a desecrated area while I was taking damage.  I think that was the only real issue.  Loot was OK, except for blanking on the maps.