04-08-2004, 04:52 PM
I know what you mean. I routinely play in AB games with two other companions. I doubt that any one of us would have been able to make it past Act 1 Hell without our combined skills. The necro has maxed Dim Vision, skellies, and skellie mastery. The sorc has maxed firewall (the skellies help to create a front on which to put the firewall), a fair degree of frozen orb, and lots of static. The barbarian can deal good physical damage. None of us is wearing uber gear. Most of it is shopped. The barbarian is nude (circlet, sash, jewelry). Hell has been a battle each step. After 1.5 hours of play, we're exhausted. We're at level 80-81 and in Act 3.
My previous 1.09 guardians stayed in NM until about lvl 70 and finished Hell by about lvl 76, so you can see how much longer 1.1 is taking us.
We spent quite a bit of time doing NM Baal runs until we hit lvl 74. We needed to build up resists, as this is hard core. We looked for grand charms for cubing in NM Flayer and Great Marsh, and for small charms in the Crystalline Passage. We spent quite a bit of time cubing charms so as to get better resists. Our plus-skills charms have so far eluded us.
Playing in groups helped us gain experience more quickly than we'd have otherwise been able to do. Still, in preparation for Hell, we ended up spending about 1.5-2 hours per night for about a week.
I don't know if any class is easily able to solo Hell. We've found the necro to be invaluable. We just hope that we can make it past the gloams :ph34r:
--ceolstan
My previous 1.09 guardians stayed in NM until about lvl 70 and finished Hell by about lvl 76, so you can see how much longer 1.1 is taking us.
We spent quite a bit of time doing NM Baal runs until we hit lvl 74. We needed to build up resists, as this is hard core. We looked for grand charms for cubing in NM Flayer and Great Marsh, and for small charms in the Crystalline Passage. We spent quite a bit of time cubing charms so as to get better resists. Our plus-skills charms have so far eluded us.
Playing in groups helped us gain experience more quickly than we'd have otherwise been able to do. Still, in preparation for Hell, we ended up spending about 1.5-2 hours per night for about a week.
I don't know if any class is easily able to solo Hell. We've found the necro to be invaluable. We just hope that we can make it past the gloams :ph34r:
--ceolstan
In worlde we ware kast for to kare
To we be broght to wende
Til wele or wa, an of tha twa,
To won withouten ende.
To we be broght to wende
Til wele or wa, an of tha twa,
To won withouten ende.