Re: 1.07 News, Info and Gossip
I used to play HC on the realms and had not played D2 for years until I started a Sorc in 1.07 HC single player a couple of weeks ago. Was stuck in A5 normal for a while, because I didn't have time, but progressed from A5 normal to A5 NM today.
I haven't looked at other FAM ways to run multiple instances for self-mp yet, so I'm running multiple installations in virtual machines at the moment. Since this the first character I guess it's untwinked players 8 (no exceptions thus far) hc.
Normal was pretty uneventful, albeit rather slow for the most part. Since it's players 8 experience gain was pretty good. CS was the toughest part (gave up on resurrecting moron after 3 or 4 weaponless IM deaths...), especially De Seis, who is much harder with oblivion knight minions instead of doom knight ones (I don't recall, did he have OK minions pre-LoD as well?). Lots and lots of potions used (thanks to buying purples). I think I did 3 or 4 Baal minion runs (w/o killing Baal) plus some leveling in the CP/GT/AW), finally killed Baal with level 45 I think and progressed to NM.
I just killed Shenk with level 56 on NM and no
real problems so far, except the constant thirst for mana (before I continue any further I will try my luck with the saphire+thawing pot+ring recipe, just have to get another character to level 8 first, for the best fcr/maek chance). I don't do full clears, but I also don't teleport ahead much or skip monsters (the tougher you are the more I want to kill you...); I do all the quests and collect all the waypoints (yes, even things like Halls of the Dead lvl2 in NM/Hell, I always do

). Had a couple of not so easy fights, namely:
- extra fast + teleport Horadrim Ancients boss pack @ Claw Viper Temple
- champion flayer shaman pack + dolls @ Flayer Dungeon level 2 (wtf)
- I was a wuss and didn't Kill Endugu as he was Conv/LE (no thx)
Did a full clear of Travincal before engaging the council, which proved totally unnecessary, as they had laughable mods. Found my first Skiller (Sorc Lightning) @ Durance level 1. Also, Mephisto bugged out and died to 1 static, pfff
I don't have Atma installed yet, so no readouts, only screenshots - Hellforge gave me a Shae and some other mob at RoF gave me this :whistling::
Chaos wasn't hard except for De Seis (again...), also I didn't know triple immunes were possible in 1.07 (in nm no less) - I know CM still pierces him in 1.07, but still:
Diablo gave me my second or third unique so far (I know I found Steelclash in normal and I think another unique as well, can't remember which one though) with 0 mf:
I'm level 57 now:
FO 20
CM 9
Shiver 1
Static 20
TP 1
Warmth 5
I just maxed static, hindsight is 20/20, but I should have maxed it from the get go (only had it at level 12 or something and put all the NM quest rewards into it, as well as some of the latest level ups). Not sure whether I should go for higher CM or some points into teleport (mana...) next.
Other than that incredible 31 life coldskiller I'm wearing only rags basically. I think I'll stay in NM until at least level 70 or so. Maybe try to see if I can find a stable LK rack or two and run it for a bit. Will try some shopping as well and maybe try crafting a sword for moron? Not sure. I need some better gear for Hell for sure though.
Pretty pleased with everything so far. Certainly more of a challenge than what I was used to in 1.10+