07-05-2003, 08:36 AM
I've checked out a Fire only Sorceress and a Lightning only Sorceress in Act 5 Hell. Neither of them were particularly optimized for the Synergy system, yet both proved quite functional.
Note both these cases carry about +4 in skills so subtract that from Synergy comments . . .
Fire
This cLvl 82 girl is a mix of maxed Inferno and Hydras along with Mastery. She has about 10 Warmth and a whole pile of extra points dumped in blaze now up to level 18. She smoked. She rocked the Glacial Trail, but the merc who had once been so mighty is now so frail he couldn't last long and that spelled the end of the quick test. Even with less-than-optimized Synergies, she proved to be the fastest damage dealer I've tried yet.
Lightning
Her Lightning was a one-point precursor to maxed Chain Lightning. Mastery was also maxed and Nova, which I had previously for odd moments like Duriel, provided the Synergy support from level 18. She could move around. It was pretty slow going and her Mana globe vanished after every couple of monsters if I wasn't feeding it, but at least she could move.
Fire was overpowered IMO. At least compared to other characters I've tried and that's not saying much considering most of my efforts have been in the Paladin department. Another one that was ridiculously capable of moving around Act 5 Hell with impunity was the old Bow Amazon I swore not to use ever again last year (due to game design boneheadedness that had ripped the fun out of playing her). No new cube recipes necessary - Just max Pierce and cringe at the fact she's already balanced for the game. <_<
Balance has gone completely out the window. The once struggling Elementalists are actually moving for a change (bout time), the Necromancer has a few new tricks and loses some old ones (generally winning though), Barbarians and Assassins are more or less the same minus the 'uglyness' of hell level and you'd think the entire QA department has been using Paladin data for toilet paper (I'm growing a small rant on my HDD as we speak).
Note both these cases carry about +4 in skills so subtract that from Synergy comments . . .
Fire
This cLvl 82 girl is a mix of maxed Inferno and Hydras along with Mastery. She has about 10 Warmth and a whole pile of extra points dumped in blaze now up to level 18. She smoked. She rocked the Glacial Trail, but the merc who had once been so mighty is now so frail he couldn't last long and that spelled the end of the quick test. Even with less-than-optimized Synergies, she proved to be the fastest damage dealer I've tried yet.
Lightning
Her Lightning was a one-point precursor to maxed Chain Lightning. Mastery was also maxed and Nova, which I had previously for odd moments like Duriel, provided the Synergy support from level 18. She could move around. It was pretty slow going and her Mana globe vanished after every couple of monsters if I wasn't feeding it, but at least she could move.
Fire was overpowered IMO. At least compared to other characters I've tried and that's not saying much considering most of my efforts have been in the Paladin department. Another one that was ridiculously capable of moving around Act 5 Hell with impunity was the old Bow Amazon I swore not to use ever again last year (due to game design boneheadedness that had ripped the fun out of playing her). No new cube recipes necessary - Just max Pierce and cringe at the fact she's already balanced for the game. <_<
Balance has gone completely out the window. The once struggling Elementalists are actually moving for a change (bout time), the Necromancer has a few new tricks and loses some old ones (generally winning though), Barbarians and Assassins are more or less the same minus the 'uglyness' of hell level and you'd think the entire QA department has been using Paladin data for toilet paper (I'm growing a small rant on my HDD as we speak).
Heed the Song of Battle and Unsheath the Blades of War