Hey all,

I'm a bit lost on what to do next in D2R. I still show up every night but I'm wondering aimlessly right now b/c I don't know what to do.

I recently got my nova sorc to 99 which I've been playing since D2R release. It's been a great fulfilling journey esp. since I never reached 99 before and I've played since 2000. Reaching 99 was super statisfying.

But now what do I do? Get another char to 99? Idk... I just need options any advice here will be greatly appreciated.

I'm always passively doing my Holy Grail. It's a career Holy Grail so it doesn't matter how/when/who I found a piece of gear with. It still counts. Got a long way to go there I think.

I have a few options: (But what else is there?)
-Rework my Riftsin so she can use enigma and get her 99? (Not having TP is death for me at this point but Rifting is a lot of (visual) fun)
-Rework my Poison/Summon Nec to bone spear and get him to 99? Idk, poison nova seems lackluster but maybe that will change if I hold out for the poison sunder charm?
-Finish my Javazons gear and get her to 99?
-Get my WW barb to 99?
-Start a bowazon and make one of those TPing-multi-arrow-zons

I can drop gear/stats if anyone wants to know more about a specific char if that will help.

This post was edited by DuxClarus on Dec 20 2022 06:33am

Sounds like you want a mix of exp + mf. I loved my psn nova nec. With sunder, it can probably cruise all TZs, chaos, baals, on higher player counts while carrying decent mf.

Pitzerker is another fun, fast paced char if you want to purely mf, but can handle p8 chaos seal runs as well for exp and some drops if you hint champ packs.

I prefer WW over berzerking - I just find the mechanic of WW more fun even though it might be harder to use/less reliable. But, yes, I think you're right. I've been leaning towards my barb or riftsin over any other character. Also, its lovely that my barb has the 105 bp for fcr so its like I'm teleing with my sorc which is a huge bonus. That fcr tping on a sorc is addictive.

Nice, I always admire those who can master and enjoy the art of ww in D2. Maybe one day I'll join you. I could not agree more on the fcr bp of barbs, big quality of life playstyle (plus bo and find item).

Sounds like w enjoy similar builds, because I really enjoyed riftsin for a while. I think gel's guide kinda ruined the riftsin for me, when I realized how much better a hybrid trap/pure kicksin is. Rift looks neat, but kicks with static from stormlash and amp from atmas solve the single target problem trappers have much better than rift. With cloak of shadows and mind blast as backup, even a shadow minion for company, trap/kick hybrid is probably offers versatile ways to 99

Can you link gel's guide? Not sure I've seen that.

But yea my riftsin is a hybrid trapper/kicker. I usually forget to throw down the traps though lol. I also use rift over stormlash. I find the Frozen Orbs more entertaining. Plus I like how the NW helm looks with the green scepter haha. Gotta be styling while destroying hordes of demons obviously.

Dragon Talon Max'd obv.
Venom max'd for the poison dmg - I wanted all element dmg types. (Been heavily considering running all sunders once they migrate but counter the -resists has been a challenge - I think all res charms can fix it though.
Burst of Speed around 18 for the ias max bp.
Shadow Master max'd
LS - max
Fire Blast - in process of maxing
Blade Shield 1pt
Dragon Flight 1p - but this skill is cancer. There's a delay when my sin lands and I cant do anything until its over. I guess its a kick animation I'm not seeing idk... but need to switch to enigma to fix that and also free teleporting instead of enemy-only teleporting.

Pvp

yea thats a good point - i have no idea where to begin with that - also i dont know if i have the economy to build PvP gearsets

if you have any resources that are beginner friendly for PvP - post em and I'll read em

https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=87859201&f=87&p=596881644#p596881644

I hear you about riftsin. It's fun to watch. I was kinda basing my comments on Exp + MF since that is what you mentioned in original post. Gels build would be better at exp and mf than riftsin, for sure, but it all depends what you're looking for.

Not using traps on a riftsin is like a bad FO sorc IMO. If that keeps you playing and you have fun, the hell yeah, that's all that matters. I'm trying to be objective, no flames here.

melee necro.

PS. Give your brain a rest, let your dopamine receptors heal then come back.

This post was edited by Tarisus on Dec 23 2022 01:05am

Try hardcore