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Just registered here (and if I've committed some sort of unstated taboo in posting this thread, please tell me), and I wanted to ask something that's been bugging me for a long time, which is what exactly it takes to beat this game.
I played a lot of Diablo 2 some years back, but I eventually burnt out when I couldn't ever make it past Act 2 Hell. After trying and failing to be interested in Diablo 3, I came back to D2 and found it was still as fun as ever, and so decided to finally beat it. I finally completed Hell with an untwinked summon/CE necromancer, in the process burning through all of my enthusiasm. Beating the game that way was unbearable; getting through the Sand Maggot Lair was literally the work of hours.
Anyway, last month I decided to give it another try, and I really feel like I have to be doing something wrong. I tried to go with an untwinked Lightning Javazon, but was confounded by Act 2 Hell, again. My CL/Orb Sorceress didn't make it any further. I finally got bogged down with a Hammerdin and said screw untwinked. I respecced by Sorceress, Loaded her down with ~500 MF, and ground out some better equipment for my other characters. Not first-tier stuff, but way better than I'd had. That didn't do anything for my Javazon, who still couldn't get anywhere, but the Hammerdin made it all the way to the Worldstone Keep lvl2 before he got stuck.
No matter how carefully I move, or how methodically I work, I can't so much as reach the waypoint. There's always some stupidly-powerful unique pack, or a swarm of wil-o-wisps or undead fetish, or just a big pack of well-composed monsters, that manages to surround and kill me, even with a belt full of rejuv potions. I made it to this point, easy enough, but I just can't get past this.
I know it sounds childish and whiny, but is there some trick to this I'm missing or do I just seriously suck?
I played a lot of Diablo 2 some years back, but I eventually burnt out when I couldn't ever make it past Act 2 Hell. After trying and failing to be interested in Diablo 3, I came back to D2 and found it was still as fun as ever, and so decided to finally beat it. I finally completed Hell with an untwinked summon/CE necromancer, in the process burning through all of my enthusiasm. Beating the game that way was unbearable; getting through the Sand Maggot Lair was literally the work of hours.
Anyway, last month I decided to give it another try, and I really feel like I have to be doing something wrong. I tried to go with an untwinked Lightning Javazon, but was confounded by Act 2 Hell, again. My CL/Orb Sorceress didn't make it any further. I finally got bogged down with a Hammerdin and said screw untwinked. I respecced by Sorceress, Loaded her down with ~500 MF, and ground out some better equipment for my other characters. Not first-tier stuff, but way better than I'd had. That didn't do anything for my Javazon, who still couldn't get anywhere, but the Hammerdin made it all the way to the Worldstone Keep lvl2 before he got stuck.
No matter how carefully I move, or how methodically I work, I can't so much as reach the waypoint. There's always some stupidly-powerful unique pack, or a swarm of wil-o-wisps or undead fetish, or just a big pack of well-composed monsters, that manages to surround and kill me, even with a belt full of rejuv potions. I made it to this point, easy enough, but I just can't get past this.
I know it sounds childish and whiny, but is there some trick to this I'm missing or do I just seriously suck?