I like to revisit my all-time favorite game once a year. I'll be grinding pretty hard over the next couple weeks and hope to make a lot of progress. In the past, I've done a few WT's on a Mac with relative success. I haven't completed Hell Baal just yet, but I hope to do so on my freshly built PC (runewords, woohoo!). We're going javazon until we find sufficient gear to go bowa/strafe. Let's get started.

ATHENA, the Amazon.

Rules:
• Hardcore P8 except for countess reruns
• No PlugY
• Ladder Runewords Enabled via .txt file
• Imbue and socket quests must be used in the difficultly they're earned with an item found in said difficulty (i.e. no saving Normal socket quest for Hell drops)

Short-term Goals:
• Zephyr Bow
• Titans
• Twitchthroe
• Treachery

Long-term Goals:
• Level 90
• Defeat Hell Baal
• CoH
• Infinity (merc)
• Faith (merc)
• Ravenfrost
• Upped Witchwild
• Valk Helm

And we're off...

*Edit: figuring out the best platform for free photos... ugh *

This post was edited by EnableMe on Dec 18 2019 11:48am

I suggest you use imgur. I like the idea of the socket quests I’ll be watching

Thanks man!

Ok, after a short delay... here we go. I'll try to fly through normal


Countess.


Farmed for a few runs to find Tal + Eth.

Got it.


Pushing forward... found my first unique just outside the catacombs.

Let's get Andy glitched so we can farm for a while




Drops were all kinda crap except this amulet.

A few highlights from hours of farming Andy. Goal is to stay here until Bloodfist Heavy Gloves drop.


Love this thing - using.


New weapon for merc.

New weapon for Athena.


Wuz dis!?


Using.

Stashed.




Level 24 just from running Andy

Anddddd boom. Finally. I can't remember how many hours I spent running Andy... but it was too many.




With that done, let's push through Act 2.

I've always loved this part of Act 2.


Duriel was pretty easy. CS is so overpowered in normal / nightmare.


Trash drops.