1) No
2) No idea. Why would it be bugged for chests?
3) Can't help here
4) Yes
5) Like everything else gold drops are improved with large party because the chance of game rolling a 'no drop' per each monster is decreased with each extra player IIRC. Hence a monster may drop gold (or an item) instead of dropping nothing. The area should no be relevant unless its a higher act (where gold drops in greater amount per monster on average).
6) Magic boots can get up to 80% GF I believe (same cap as magic gloves.. but chance guards beat that of course).
For merc you might also consider Goldskin for extra resists if he dies easily from the elements.
If you use a sorceress another good area is wherever there is large amount of chests.
Lower Kurast and ends of arcane sanctuary are ok for this.
If you just want the gold you can just teleport, raid the chests and leave.
I like doing those if I have a bit of MF as well (with wealth you will but might not be enough)
Dwarf stars seem more suited to a Melee build as leech can be covered by weapon/circlet/amulet quite easily
As for charms grand charms is what I use myself. Have several with 30-40% GF.
Since GF% on Grand charms is a suffix you could get some nice prefixes like 'snakes' (30-60 Mana) or 'shimmering' (up to 15% resist all). Thiks would help out if you sorceress is lacking mana or resists because of her GF equipment.
2) No idea. Why would it be bugged for chests?
3) Can't help here
4) Yes
5) Like everything else gold drops are improved with large party because the chance of game rolling a 'no drop' per each monster is decreased with each extra player IIRC. Hence a monster may drop gold (or an item) instead of dropping nothing. The area should no be relevant unless its a higher act (where gold drops in greater amount per monster on average).
6) Magic boots can get up to 80% GF I believe (same cap as magic gloves.. but chance guards beat that of course).
For merc you might also consider Goldskin for extra resists if he dies easily from the elements.
If you use a sorceress another good area is wherever there is large amount of chests.
Lower Kurast and ends of arcane sanctuary are ok for this.
If you just want the gold you can just teleport, raid the chests and leave.
I like doing those if I have a bit of MF as well (with wealth you will but might not be enough)
Dwarf stars seem more suited to a Melee build as leech can be covered by weapon/circlet/amulet quite easily
As for charms grand charms is what I use myself. Have several with 30-40% GF.
Since GF% on Grand charms is a suffix you could get some nice prefixes like 'snakes' (30-60 Mana) or 'shimmering' (up to 15% resist all). Thiks would help out if you sorceress is lacking mana or resists because of her GF equipment.