for a started, blizzard-sorc is actually possible to level-up (especially if you join cow games), because you actually can kill the monsters and you dont have to rely on other players that much, who 90% of the time are total idiots and deal with the monsters slower than your sorc with level 1 ice-bolt (leveling an orb sorc for example)... the sad fact is that they are usually barbarians...
keeping base strenght is very hard for a beginner, because it means running naked, even if you use cathan rings+amulet and wear a face of horror.
unless you get 10str/dex rings with resists almost instantly..
I think a goldskin for a starting sorc is better, because you manage to stack some resists and can use MF items elsewhere (milaberga shield etc)
gs+ward combo is ok - no fhr and higher strenght, but actually the character is playable
it's just two ways of facing the problem:
MF for some time quickly without fear of getting killed (you wear the goldskin etc) and then remake the character - in theory this path takes longer
but actually I never even bothered to level up my MF-sorc again, despite her being really really bad in many ways. she still gets the job done, despite having 103strenght with items and a point in every fire spell/not enough mana
OR
make a base strenght/dexterity sorc and be unable to equip your items for days, due to lack of strenght. I think it might affect your killing speed...
playing will be fun too
Akukami said:
I disagree. You're wasting points if you think that spreading out your points into other trees will benefit you later on. The fact is that there is no one Sorc that can be effective in killing everything, so boosting points in mass PvM killing skills is much better than simply "diversifiing." The current MFer I have right now is a Maxed Orber (FO, CM, IB) with a point each into Telekinesis and Static Field, and I'm maxing Teleport right now. I gave her 100 base Energy and dumped the rest into Vita. (That's right, I have no points into Str or Dex.) Also, I've managed to max all of her resists in Hell except for Poison, which I am working on getting gear for. My target MF areas are Andy and Meph, and I take them out very easily, even in a full game.
The reason why I level CM is simply to wipe out other MFers in the same game as me. I recently ran into some Level 85 Orber using the GSkin/Ward Combo with Enery Shield and loaded BO in one game, and right off the bat, I knew she was going for Andy and Meph. However, she hosted me, talked crap about killing me if I decided to steal her drops, loaded her BO, threw her EShield up, and went after Andy. Too bad I was waiting for her at Level 4 after I'd already killed Andy and took the drops. We traded Orb shots, and to make a long story short, she left naked crying, "HACKER, HACKER."
Think about that when MFing with other competing Sorcs around. :grin:
- Akukami
WOW I was really astonished by reading it!!
I have a similar story to share!
3days after the reset I allready had 2sojs and I managed to kill diablo with 1 hit on hell and of course won 1v7 duel games, you know like 7people versus me
there was this palladin with conviction, 2orb sorcs, 1firesorc, 1blizzard, 2barbs and a charger
actually diablo clone spawned in the game, but due to my stacked resists (250 stacked, 95% fire res etc) I killed him easily and procedeed to own them
I hope you were astonished by this boring story, while I was not
I can give you more advice if you plan to make a sorc from scratch and have just started - be such a cool 'dude' like Akukami!
seriously this forum needs a "brag" subforum, where the kids would debate *EDITED*