So, I'm introducing this guy now that he survived normal. This is a first for me (playing HC in general) and posting a walkthrough (I mostly do 2 player p8 walks with a buddy). I just wanted to know if people wanted to see my struggle in normal or if they would rather I just post current gear at beginning of NM (lvl 45) and move on from there.




Rules:

Basic rules
No extended stash
Ladder RWs allowed
I'm not allowed to skip any superuniques that are quest guys (no ditching Lister in Throne, ETC)
1.14d (no ubers)
Dead is Dead
p8 at all times, excepting countess reruns
Only respec allowed is to switch mastery if I find some godly unique that really need to switch to in hell.

Advanced rules:
I must distribute points evenly into all 4 stats whenever I distribute points
I must distribute skillpoints as evenly as possible between skill trees (if I have 40 points, then I must have 13-13-14 or some +- 1 difference)

By the way, if anyone has tips about WW, I would greatly appreciate them. This is my first ww barb that I've walked through with.

Love WT's with heavy restrictions. Good luck!

Love the idea, love the restrictions . I'll vote for YES, I WANT TO SEE NORMAL ^^

Based on the votes, I'm going to try to cover normal in a brief way then get to the more interesting stuff.
This guy had a predecessor, same rules, who died to Szark the burning in normal (yes, I know I'm bad at this)


The essential hat of playing diablo 2. Filled it with a second topaz in the stony field.


First charm (spoiler alert, I used this till NM!)


I'm not going to show all the weapons I used in normal, but they all followed the same vein; blue, bought from vendor, 30-60 ed, occasionally max on top of that.

Countess! Ran about 8 runs to get stealth runes, and some spares.


Another one of these, which also lasted through normal.


Between all the p-res i stacked up on random gear, i think i had 70 before I fought andy

Andy quest drops! The gloves had 14 mf, and the buckler was a 7 res prismatic w/ block mod. I used it on switch until I found slightly better in a5

Continued running andy for about an hour (maybe 8 runs?)

Finally, what I was looking for. With CB in hand, and a crappy AR rare ring on finger, I moved on to a2.


Found my cube.
Act 2 and 3 are going to be pretty sparse on the screenshots, I cleared most areas fully and got nothing other than EXP to show.

Shot of me, lvl 24. Spending points this way is already making me sad.


Only had to town about 3 times during Duri. Merc got the hawkmail, and proceeded to suck a tiny bit less.


Heres a shot of me avoiding getting pwnt again by Balanced v 1.0's nemesis.

Upgrading my MF hat to reflect new gems, defense



First ring worth showing


Definite keeper of a charm in a Str-starved walk!

This post was edited by maniacalgenius on Jun 26 2017 05:46pm

Wyand voidbringer almost took me out even with a combat shrine. It took me about 15 minutes to get past the council members safely (but I refused to ignore them, at least on the first run)



Mephisto down!. Dropped a nagel (28!!!)


Needed a new weapon, and the 3 chipped + magic weapon recipe (after like 6 failures) rolled me up something useful. Double ITHed it for higher damage. Used it through end of normal.

Stats currently (during some meph reruns)


So many unspent skills! Every level now I'll get to spend 3 though until my blockage is cleared.


Sanders boots! Took these and ran all the way to a4