Advice for finding eqp, starting from scratch?
Just like many other players, the recent Diablo III announcement has brought me back to D2 after years away.
My first character back is a fairly standard Meteorb build. At level 75, she has FO maxed (8 in CM), maxed Meteor, maxed FB, and is starting to put points in FM.
She has about 200 life, 300 mana (1 pt. Warmth), and very poor resists.
In Nightmare, she could kill a bit, even in larger games of 6-8 players. She has some trouble staying alive, but she can generally teleport away after a hit or two, if I avoid being surrounded and stun-locked.
I've recently brought her to Hell, and she can barely kill anything. Doing the A2 Sewers solo was very difficult - it takes multiple FOs or meteors to take creatures out, and she dies if anything so much as looks at her.
So, I clearly have problems with my gear. My question to you is: if I'm not going to beg/borrow, and I can't twink, how can I build a solid character from scratch? Most equipment advice on these forums assumes you have at least one character capable of staying alive and dealing damage well in Hell, enough to do MF runs. This is my plan, but I'm not seeing a good way to do that.
What areas should I be running at this time? Should I be back in NM? Even NM Meph is probably too much, and I only have about 60% MF in my gear.
I thought that sorcs were supposed to be the easiest and quickest way to ramp up to good equipment and the ability to do good MF runs, so I'm hoping you all can point me in the right direction.
Just like many other players, the recent Diablo III announcement has brought me back to D2 after years away.
My first character back is a fairly standard Meteorb build. At level 75, she has FO maxed (8 in CM), maxed Meteor, maxed FB, and is starting to put points in FM.
She has about 200 life, 300 mana (1 pt. Warmth), and very poor resists.
In Nightmare, she could kill a bit, even in larger games of 6-8 players. She has some trouble staying alive, but she can generally teleport away after a hit or two, if I avoid being surrounded and stun-locked.
I've recently brought her to Hell, and she can barely kill anything. Doing the A2 Sewers solo was very difficult - it takes multiple FOs or meteors to take creatures out, and she dies if anything so much as looks at her.
So, I clearly have problems with my gear. My question to you is: if I'm not going to beg/borrow, and I can't twink, how can I build a solid character from scratch? Most equipment advice on these forums assumes you have at least one character capable of staying alive and dealing damage well in Hell, enough to do MF runs. This is my plan, but I'm not seeing a good way to do that.
What areas should I be running at this time? Should I be back in NM? Even NM Meph is probably too much, and I only have about 60% MF in my gear.
I thought that sorcs were supposed to be the easiest and quickest way to ramp up to good equipment and the ability to do good MF runs, so I'm hoping you all can point me in the right direction.
