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IX. Final Words and Acknowledgments

And finally, I can think of no other suitable word to end my little contribution but ‘thank you and have fun’. Thank you for reading my guide, and have fun with your Javazon, for that’s why we play this game in the first place. Hopefully this guide would leave you with some new perspectives on building your Javazon, despite my relatively limited experience on Javazon builds.

Special thanks for CorwinBrute, who had inspired me to write this guide, and allowed me to refer to his own excellent Bowazon guide as a guideline for this guide. Also to Javazon enthusiasts Loschonorg, WuTangYang, fighting_monk and hiryuu1115 (who suggested a Javazon build to me in the first place) for their contributions, ideas and encouragements. From that, special thanks to hiryuu1115 who had edited the v0.9 of my guide, therefore preparing it for final release. Thanks as well to earlier Javazon guide writers . . . Bolshoi_Too, BrianDNA, Flux, as well as other inspiring guide writers . . . AK404 and Jonathon Spectre. Also thanks to the technical team who so patiently explained the finer points of D2 mathematics to me as well as providing the necessary mathematics . . . Ruvanal, Kyrene, tommi, aurikan, ZenDragon, and countless others who had contributed to the knowledge. Special thanks to Chippydip with his most excellent skill calculator, from which I obtained all those obscure numbers like the damage of a slvl-46 Holy Shock. Also for Icewraith for graciously allowing me to use some images from his fashion show gallery. Thank you to my friends in the Amazon Basin community, who had provided a haven for gaming for me and for everyone in the community. Also to the Lurker Lounge people, sorry I can’t name you one by one, but I know that you have left a great impact in our knowledge of the game mechanics. Thanks to Blizzard Entertainment for robbing my life by making such a great game.

And finally, very special thanks to you, again, dear readers. I hope you have enjoyed this guide.

Phage
Austin, TX, USA
March 1, 2003

Version history:

V0.9: March 1, 2003. Pre-release.
V1.0: March 17, 2003. Initial release. Major edition to v0.9, also correction to Impale table.
V1.1: March 23, 2003. Correction to FE, CE and LE data. Addition of armor and shield tables. Some more thoughts on Impale. Addition of images to guide. Lots of images.
V1.1a: March 23, 2003. Addition of several more images, as well as minor corrections to the guide.
V1.2: April 19, 2003. Addition of jab tables (thanks Kyrene). More about Charged Strike (thanks Telemont). Overall expansions and corrections to make the guide more ranger-friendly. Additions to the Miscellaneous sections, including mercenary recommendations, about Hardcore and looting.