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Mar 31 2012 07:00am
Quote (darknessproz @ Mar 31 2012 03:18am)
sorcs really need some + skills to get by in hell. your current damage is pretty low..

i'd hit nm baal at least till you get a vipermagi/magefist.


Yep, this is the safest thing to do, but I'm still burned out on mf-in, and can't quite bring myself to do it for NM loot.

Quote (Miniflight @ Mar 31 2012 06:19am)
Mausoleum is great, its ilvl85 too :D


I love this place too. 85, slow mosters, no ranged attackers, decent # of chests.


Quote (Mikk0 @ Mar 31 2012 07:06am)
the wall your about to hit will be somewhere in a2 and it will be the fact that your merc cant survive & your mana does not cut it when spamming spells

if you strugle through a2 and get to meph then youll have to do some rerunning with meph. moat trick will net you the items you need if you have the patience (and i belive you do).

build your useing is able to cruise trough the game, but its the p8 that is creating the obsticles here :)


keep on it and hit the wall, then do the needed rerunning to return the wt. all in all you wont and dont need the insight from the merc. all you need from him is the tanking ability and that means def/leech/dr%&x. you'll be alot better of when you dont even get used to the manaregen of insight.

look for items with +skills and mana along with resist to keep you atleast at positive in hell. resist on the sorc is like def, your not planing on to get hit. thats what merc is for :)


Yep, but merc is already toast :) I will rerun nm only enough for merc upgrades, then try hell again. Insight is also good for damage, but I'll try to shop something with big damage first. I have already noticed the big boost +skills make. I may make memory in my insight staff if I find the runes while looking for the shaels for merc armr upgrade and new rhyme.
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Mar 31 2012 08:48am
Honestlly, I think it's time you made a spirit sword and insight for your merc. They will solve a lot of your problems, life, mana, fcr, fhr, +skills..
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Mar 31 2012 01:19pm
Back in NM now, did two runs Travincal, LK, & countess so far, and so far so good..

A minor gear update:



A much bigger gear update:



And I upped it:



Not a bad upgrade :) I can post video if y'all want, but really nn. This probably still won't be enough damage.



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Mar 31 2012 01:27pm
First countess run I got my Shael, replaced the Amn, and got a Ral for crafting!



I also found this, taunting me!!!



I'm going to save it here, in case I decide to wimp out and use spirit. I saved the 4os bill, the 4os crystal, and the Superior crystal that will get 4os @ Larzuk, but once I move stuff off page 1 of stash it is off limits until after hell baal. So if I decide to make spirit I need to keep this here.

Since I got my shael I don't need all those Sol, so time for a blood ring craft. First I gambled this ring:



It replaced this other ring I was holding on to: http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w486/d2thing/Penelope/20120331/Screenshot025.jpg
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Mar 31 2012 01:30pm
Craft result was garbage:



You really need to craft a lot of blood rings to get a good one for a caster. Scores and more. :( Freed up some inv space at least :)


Here is my new tower:





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Possibly the best tower map ever. Ofc, only NM, but still NM is usually a lot bigger than Norm.
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Mar 31 2012 01:34pm


Bah.

Onward to the council!





Why did I screenshot gorefoots?!?! It is actually the Flawless skull that is interesting here!! :D I now have 6 pSkulls!!!




Here we go!

This post was edited by DManZ on Mar 31 2012 01:35pm
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New merc helm! Bwahahahha! Pretty happy, mostly because I now have >10 stash slots free!

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Mar 31 2012 07:55pm
are you doing full clears? else you could just tele past most of act 2 and 3, and hit meph for some sweet gear.

i don't really recommend the alvl85 areas for unique drops at the moment, while its true they can drop every item in the game, the odds of a unique actually dropping is pretty low. hitting bosses like hell andy, nm baal or hell meph makes more sense in your current situation.
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Mar 31 2012 09:00pm
nice. my pally could use that circlet :P
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