1.As posted by someone else, flayer dungeon has only 3 levels.
2. It sound like you are trying to tank with your necro, which I would never, ever do no matter how much bone armor I had. Get your merc and summons to tank for you.
3. You might have more fun if you tried to figure out how to deal with the increased difficulty instead of whining about it.
4.(to Crystalion) In my opinion the increased difficulty is a big improvement. I only play hardcore, and have no intention of switching.
Although, admittedly the lag has been scary at times, especially the first day. It seems to have improved since then though. And the reports of nightmare ancients sometimes doing 1 hit kills make me me a bit nervous too. Perhaps when I fight them I'll run away until each one has hit the mercenary once to make sure none of them do too much damage.
Edit: my level 45-46 ladder barb (now level 47) has just beaten the flayer dungeon on nightmare difficulty. Based on this experience, it seems the flayers like to ignore mercenaries, so it may not be possible to get a merc to tank for you effectively. However, you can still scout ahead by casting clay golem or curses ahead of you as you go along (remember that curses cause a patch of illumination around enenies even if you can't see them). You can probably use terror as well if you see a group of enemies about to swarm you.
2. It sound like you are trying to tank with your necro, which I would never, ever do no matter how much bone armor I had. Get your merc and summons to tank for you.
3. You might have more fun if you tried to figure out how to deal with the increased difficulty instead of whining about it.
4.(to Crystalion) In my opinion the increased difficulty is a big improvement. I only play hardcore, and have no intention of switching.
Although, admittedly the lag has been scary at times, especially the first day. It seems to have improved since then though. And the reports of nightmare ancients sometimes doing 1 hit kills make me me a bit nervous too. Perhaps when I fight them I'll run away until each one has hit the mercenary once to make sure none of them do too much damage.
Edit: my level 45-46 ladder barb (now level 47) has just beaten the flayer dungeon on nightmare difficulty. Based on this experience, it seems the flayers like to ignore mercenaries, so it may not be possible to get a merc to tank for you effectively. However, you can still scout ahead by casting clay golem or curses ahead of you as you go along (remember that curses cause a patch of illumination around enenies even if you can't see them). You can probably use terror as well if you see a group of enemies about to swarm you.