Upgrades with missing DMs

justa quick note but with the DMs MIA in real life action are the upgrades still viable options?

Is it still worth the effort to find all the parts for an upgrade?
Asking as Im unsure whether they are still around or available to pop on if PM'd.

Dont wish to intrude into their lives, but all answers and advice welcome

well, i've found them to be pretty amenable if you post and ask. if you've already got the ingredients all organized as they request in this post, just post in the 'dm help needed' forum saying that you'd like to arrange a time for an in-game upgrade, see if that works.

Yes, yes, Belarric, some of us are still around and able to do upgrades for y'all. As titus suggested, the best way is to follow the instructions in the previously referenced post and then suggest a time when you can be available. I myself am going to have some time now, as job hunting doesn't take up all of my day, neither does childcare. Typically I have time available pretty much Sunday through Saturday, 10pm - 2am Eastern Standard Time, US. I can't speak for any of the other DMs, but I know that they are still around, as well.

Just a warning in advance though, I don't typically RP my upgrades, so you'd be dealing directly with my DM avatar - no worries, though, she's a pretty friendly sort.

Im playing again, albeit in short, infrequent spans. Please be patient with request response. I apologize in advance for being crotchety about switching to DM mode when I am in PC mode.

I will very likely be back playing again myself within the next month... Not as much as I used to, but enough that I'll be going through my lists and changing them as necessary.

I hope you're all around in a bit. I've been a collecting fool for 20+ upgrades. Some of those lists requires two bags to fit everything but I've already numbered and sorted most of them.

Of course, it would be nice if I could find my main 3 missing items: golem bracers, crystals of smiting, and cloak of vision. Would also be nice to find a kindly wizard/?? to create some Blood of Magic stones for me. Otherwise, I have just about everything needed, oops, almost forgot about Boots of Evasion. Yeah, still need those too.

So, if I read the upgrade list right, to go from /10 resistance to /30, I still have to collect for /20 first. Elemental crystal would give /10 on something (armor), then you have to collect to upgrade to /20 and repeat for /30. Someone is going to be a very busy DM shortly.

Liches would probably be a likely source for those 3 items you are missing. There are some desert ruins you may be able to explore to that end... Just be sure to destroy the sarcophagi to ensure respawns.