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I recently came back to D2 and I'm giving single player a serious try for the first time. I found I don't enjoy LK running, and I could use a Zod, so I figured council was my best bet. Now, on to the questions.
1.) I can't seem to find a guide specifically for this, so I'd like some gear suggestions before I blow a lot of wealth on gear I don't need. Rarity is not an issue, I'm rather patient. My current list of ideal gear is as follows:
Weapons, kill swap: Grief PB, BotD CB
Weapons, caster swap: 2x low HotOs (I'll be trying for a perfect one for my pally)
Helm: Guillaume's face "Um"
Armor: Enigma
Gloves: Laying of Hands
Belt: Upped String of Ears
Boots: Gore Riders
Amulet: Highlord's Wrath
Ring1: Ravenfrost
Ring2: Dual Leech rare or crafted ring
Charms: Steel/sharp GCs, resist SCs
My concern with this setup is the lack of resists and skills. I'll have to use quite a few charms, and possibly hard points in natural resistance to make up the res. The caster swap leaves me at only +9 to find item. Swapping to Arreat's solves both problems, but comes at a cost of 35% crushing blow and 15% deadly strike.
2.) Mana burn. It's really annoying. Is there a good way to deal with it? I've got concentrate on left click and I'm currently just trying to whack something then get a WW off before the mana is burned off again. Sometimes it works, sometimes I get stuck unable to WW until I'm forced to drink a purple. Does it get better with Enigma pulling the merc into the picture? He's kind of useless now.
3.) What /players setting is best for this? I read a rune finding guide in the sticky that suggested 3 players was the best setting for rune drops, but I don't know if this holds for council. They don't have a normal mob's drop table.
Thanks in advance for any answers, or just general tips. I'm sort of new to single player farming.
I recently came back to D2 and I'm giving single player a serious try for the first time. I found I don't enjoy LK running, and I could use a Zod, so I figured council was my best bet. Now, on to the questions.
1.) I can't seem to find a guide specifically for this, so I'd like some gear suggestions before I blow a lot of wealth on gear I don't need. Rarity is not an issue, I'm rather patient. My current list of ideal gear is as follows:
Weapons, kill swap: Grief PB, BotD CB
Weapons, caster swap: 2x low HotOs (I'll be trying for a perfect one for my pally)
Helm: Guillaume's face "Um"
Armor: Enigma
Gloves: Laying of Hands
Belt: Upped String of Ears
Boots: Gore Riders
Amulet: Highlord's Wrath
Ring1: Ravenfrost
Ring2: Dual Leech rare or crafted ring
Charms: Steel/sharp GCs, resist SCs
My concern with this setup is the lack of resists and skills. I'll have to use quite a few charms, and possibly hard points in natural resistance to make up the res. The caster swap leaves me at only +9 to find item. Swapping to Arreat's solves both problems, but comes at a cost of 35% crushing blow and 15% deadly strike.
2.) Mana burn. It's really annoying. Is there a good way to deal with it? I've got concentrate on left click and I'm currently just trying to whack something then get a WW off before the mana is burned off again. Sometimes it works, sometimes I get stuck unable to WW until I'm forced to drink a purple. Does it get better with Enigma pulling the merc into the picture? He's kind of useless now.
3.) What /players setting is best for this? I read a rune finding guide in the sticky that suggested 3 players was the best setting for rune drops, but I don't know if this holds for council. They don't have a normal mob's drop table.
Thanks in advance for any answers, or just general tips. I'm sort of new to single player farming.