![]() ![]() When you first enter Nightmare difficulty, the chances of gambling an exceptional item are quite low (around 5%), and even by the end of Nightmare when you hit level 60 or 70, your chance of landing an exceptional are still only around 10%. In Normal difficulty, the items available for gambling steadily increase as your character's level increases, with at least one new item becoming available at every level until you hit level 40, when ancient armor finally becomes available, which has the highest item level among normal equipment. Since there really isn't much to spend gold on other than gambling, you may as well do it. ![]() ![]() I do know what the exact formula is for deterimining your chances of getting an exceptional or elite, but it increases with character level, and there's a better chance for an upgrade on Hell difficulty compared to Nightmare difficulty. (On the gamble screen, it will always display the "normal" version of the item, but after the purchase, sometimes it becomes the exceptional or elite version). ![]() I do not know if you are already aware of this, but once you hit Nightmare and Hell difficulties, there is a chance of gambling exceptional and elite items, respectively. Obviously, class-specific equipment (other than assassin claws) cannot be purchased, so that's one piece of equipment where you have to make do with whatever drops. On any given character I make, I'd say about 2/3 of the items I have equipped are gambled, with the other 1/3 being found. Gheed's (or Elzix, Alkor, Jamela, or Anya) gamble screen is typically populated by items that you'll never find for sale by anyone else in Normal, and then when you add in the 1 in 10 chance of landing a rare, there's no comparison when it comes to the quickest way of improving your equipment. So if you don't gamble, you're basically accepting that you are progressing using inferior equipment. Obviously, even if you're really quick, you're going to be far higher than level 12 by the time you reach the end of Act 1. For example, Charsi, in the Rouge Encampment has her item level capped at 12. Gambling, on the other hand, is based solely on your character level. On Normal difficulty, shop owners have their item levels capped so that they can only offer certain equipment. Click to expand.Gambling is a necessary evil of any untwinked character. ![]()
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