last night i did about 20 baal runs in nightmare...
the first 3 were HORRIBLE!!! the sorc sucked... the games didn't continue after the 3rd game of failures...
The next games i went for 17 rounds, all BUT ONE we completed throne (technically 2, the last game i did, people couldn't kill things in the throne to start the spawning -_-)
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For the 17 games that did go well, guess who did the teleporting? ME!
I was lvl 60 at the time when i started teleporting in nightmare.
32% spirit sword
stealth armour (25% fcr)
magefist (20% FCR) - lucky find from when i killed baal in normal
I believe that was ALL my fcr gear. NO spirit monarch yet, but soon!
Other gear:
nightwing helm (the one with 35% damage to mana)
aldur boots (lucky find while in act 3 nightmare)
NO fcr rings... just some dumb ones that i haven't found better, i believe they MIGHT have resistance
the unique ammy with the 50% fire res, moziacs relic i believe
some dumb shield with 17% all res i bought from store, no sockets
My fcr isn't super high... and i did 16 successful baal teleport games.
My resistance is:
84% fire
-9% cold
72% light
24% poison
only way i died is because i teleported INTO a champion group of dark souls with minions... died pretty fast.
I went from 60-69 that night, ^_^ died a total of 2 times the whole time.
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my merc NOW uses a lvl 17 meditation aura insight (was using a lvl 12 until i got a lucky roll on my third one i made). Without my merc, teleporting to throne on average took 5 greater mana pots... with merc, 0-2 mana pots to get to throne.
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My point?
LEARN TO TELE!!! if you aren't a sorc, start walking!
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OT:
It's not hard... heck, i did about 45 nightmare countress runs before i did baal runs last night. That taught me how to tele better, and want to know ANOTHER THING!!!
There is a secret to countress running, which in other words means, the lvl 1-4 ARE NOT RANDOM!!!
Depending on where the entrance door when you enter is located, the exit to the next lvl is ALWAYS IN THE SAME AREA POINTING THE SAME WAY!!!
i've been accused of map hack from a friend who was joining me... i can tele from lvl 1 to lvl 5 in about 30 seconds or less because they are always in the same area depending on where you enter. who needs maphack when you can learn the maps?
after a while on nightmare baal runs the other night, i was noticing another pattern on how they were set-up and could get through some really fast... sometimes i took an extra 30-45 seconds because i chose the wrong direction to start teleporting in.
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good luck finding tele people. i'll most likely be making baal games tonight where imma tele in nightmare til i'm lvl 75 (maybe 72)
By the time i get to hell act 5, i'll most likely have a spirit monarch and some better armour WITH resistance and most likely a better ammy as well with resistance and skills. most likely better rings too.
I don't see why ANYONE with ok fcr gear would have a hard time in nightmare baal teleporting... heck, mine i made, except for the magefist... but you can get 10% fcr magic rings pretty easy to get up to my fcr and do the same!
my gear is really quite cheap. compared to a lot of others out there. i'm completly un-twinked...
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SORCS CAN TELE EVERY BAAL GAME IF THEY AREN'T NEW TO THE GAME!
some people just don't know the game well enough to tele around, while 90% of people should know how to tele if they've ever played longer than 4 months and have had a sorc and know gear basics.