12-06-2003, 07:41 AM
My enchantress(not really though, she used chain lightning most of the time for big crowds) was lucky enough to get both Stoutnail and Bloodrise(sold the former in favour of the latter when I got it)
I got to level 23, and went off to face Duriel.
"Looking for Baal?" he growled.
Managed to fire off enough statics to reduce him to 5% hp(estimate) before succumbing. Merc died within the first 2 shots. Thanked my stars I was in SC and had given the merc a PMH Voulge.
Popped back through the portal, pleased to notice Duriel still at 5%. Die the moment I pick up my body.
Pop back in ONE MORE TIME. 2 shots later, he's dead.
50str/50dex/50 vit, base energy, 169 hp(I think)
Why did I die so easily? The Summoner was another massive PITA. A single shot with his Glacial Spike knocked off 3/4 of my orb, around 100+ damage. That's just WRONG, for an area that's supposed to be cleared by a level 20-
Which makes me wonder, whose crack was Blizzard smoking when they did this patch? Did they simply grab the most overpowered character available and say "Let's make it such that they will die 10 minutes into the game"? I wouldn't normally say this, but the cheese of the game has definitely been ramped beyond my current level of adaptation.
I got to level 23, and went off to face Duriel.
"Looking for Baal?" he growled.
Managed to fire off enough statics to reduce him to 5% hp(estimate) before succumbing. Merc died within the first 2 shots. Thanked my stars I was in SC and had given the merc a PMH Voulge.
Popped back through the portal, pleased to notice Duriel still at 5%. Die the moment I pick up my body.
Pop back in ONE MORE TIME. 2 shots later, he's dead.
50str/50dex/50 vit, base energy, 169 hp(I think)
Why did I die so easily? The Summoner was another massive PITA. A single shot with his Glacial Spike knocked off 3/4 of my orb, around 100+ damage. That's just WRONG, for an area that's supposed to be cleared by a level 20-
Which makes me wonder, whose crack was Blizzard smoking when they did this patch? Did they simply grab the most overpowered character available and say "Let's make it such that they will die 10 minutes into the game"? I wouldn't normally say this, but the cheese of the game has definitely been ramped beyond my current level of adaptation.