Hey there, so this is actually my second walkthrough here, although the first one got interrupted due to a nasty hard disk failure (it was also an amazon walkthrough but in v1.07).
Why did I change my mind and decided not to stick to 1.07?
Although that version has very nice feature and interesting glitches and so on, the downs are heavier than the ups:
- There was no players x command, had to join the game with mule characters
- Even though some mechanics were favourable, the game was still in a really cheesy and unforgiving state in terms of mechanics
- High end items were not attainable in a normal fashion way, rack running hundreds of hours to get a Shako for example is pretty much runing the fun factor
Why 1.09?
A lot of these nasty mechanics were fixed by this version and also allows to play with fun builds like the hybrid Amazon or zerk/ww Barbarian and even a tri-element Sorceress could be viable unlike in 1.10+ where synergies were introduced which pretty much hindered the terms of versitality.
Why Amazon?
Probably the most fun character to play in this version and the most efficient one in terms of farming the cow level or just in general and is also a lot of fun to play. Was my favourite character back in the days.
Goals?
- Complete all quests
- Grab all the waypoints
- Defeat Hell Baal
- Clear the Secret Cow Level
- Farm Countess till getting hands on runes for Silence (will get back to Countess in detail later on)
- Level 90
Endgame goals?
- Viable endgame gear for both Bow and Fury trees
- Farming the Cow Level till reaching level 99
Rules:
- Basic v1.09 without any kind of mods or third party applications
- Hardcore
- Players 8 (will get into this in detail later)
So let's get going!