ok - I did it. I had to look back in the forum - I've been hunting HRs for a while, since at least mid-november. I did take some detours, and a break recently, but here is the first batch of spoils
Had to think on it and do more research recently. After reflecting, I opted to respec sanity to light from ice, and not to go with COH. I can always do it later (I'm a sur short still). Of the two vipermagis I had in atma, one had 35 res, so that is nice
FCR has not been my focus since I've been using blizzard for a while, so that played into it too. My other consideration for these runes, was to start another character altogether. So after respec, I went and killed countess
It's crazy that there is plenty of room for improvement. A lot of my ice GCs were lifers --> I only have two light gcs. Lost a skill pt with ammy switch. I'm able to hit the 117 FCR breakpoint for lightning, but I'll need to figure out an MF gear swap setup or how I'm going to handle that; I'm getting plenty of time to get used to the changes running for runes 3 tourney. Here's the rest of the interesting gear / stats - also wearing spirits/shako/string/nagel/p chancies, no anni or torch yet
so now I get to run the more dangerous areas of the game I've been avoiding. the teleport speed and BO helps with my comfort level (hc remember!). Several different characters I'd like to start (barb, smiter, javazon come to mind. and a fury druid in memory of those that have fallen) in the near future