02-27-2004, 04:36 AM
Quote:I would like to discuss the best way to amass Diablo wealth when starting from nothing.
Is this with or without friends in Hardcore? Either way, your best bet is to level up quickly then do magic find "runs" on a specific boss. If you have friends already in hardcore, you could get an Enchant to plow through the first 25 levels and leech on some baal runs then when your ready, start magic finding. I personally like the game just the way it is and would rather play it slowly level by level than rush and do baal runs.
Quote:My goal is to build up my supply of gear and trade goods so that I can play some of the more gear dependent builds. Because I'm starting with nothing that rules out any build that relies on eq for damage or leech.
Without a doubt you need a sorceress, but I would like to mention that a Summoner necromancer is the SAFEST in hardcore and can easily solo hell mode difficulty. If you go with the sorceress, I'd suggest going with the cold tree and a single point in static. What I did was max. Orb + Synergy, Cold Mastery, Mana Shield + Synergy and lots of Damage turns into mana (I used Nightsmoke). I was pretty much invincible for MF'ing. I made the mistake of getting a Barbarian merc and he died every game. While it may sound opposing to the sorceress, I found the best merc for survival and damage is either the Act 2 Might merc or the Act 1 Fire Arrow (helps to kill the cold immunes).
Of note, the funnest I've played yet has got to be the Enchantress bar none, but I would NOT recommend for starting Hardcore.
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