Sigh...for many months when I was really into the game I kept looking for Ist runes but I never managed to find one. I had a lvl 80+ MF barb and later I got an even better MF barb from Kam. However, no Ist...
Recently I took up playing again after one years break (the hubby has kept Kam's and my high lvl chars alive since he still plays), and I was strolling around in Worldstone Keep with my old FO/FW/CB sorc just to get into the game again...and off a stupid little Enslaved, an Ist rune drops!
Congratulate me!
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well done those runes are tricky customers. I'm trying to organise my ungodly collection of very basic runes at the moment.
Here where the flattering and mendacious swarm
Of lying epitaths their secrets keep,
At last incapable of further harm
The lewd forefathers of the village sleep.
The stupid thing is that now, I don't have much time to play! Well, at least I finally got the Ist-socketed Occulus I always wanted...kept it empty all the time.
My next goal rune-wise will be to find another Ist and a Vex to build a Silence for my Samurai Ass...less damage than the Cruel sword she has now, but the 75% resistances and the 20% IAS should make it worth it.
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