And so it begins
I cannot believe I actually got up early for this, but I did... so right as the clock chimed 4:30... okay it was digital so no chiming I got going. I had read someone say they would use players 1 to keep the score down, but I am terrible at hardcore so I wanted as many levels as quickly as possible so I have gone players 8 through all of act I excepting the last two levels of the catacombs.
So far I have no idea what to do with my character. I have a point in Bash, Stun, Concentrate and Iron Skin... he is currently level 18 and has just finished beating Andariel twice... I have never been so happy to see yellow, and for my two drops I only received one green... Hsarus' Iron Heel. The only other unusable finds were Cleglaw's Shield and an ethereal Diggler... wow what a weapon that isn't.
Equipment:
I am wearing an Amulet, Skull Cap, Hard Leather Armor, Spiked Shield (Charsi's Imbue quest) and a Spiked Club. On switch I have a pilum but also have a Voluge in my inventory once my strength hits 47. I still have not found any rare rings, so I have the Cain ring (7% MF... I don't need that). My merc has a decent Long Bow (w/ monster flee and poison) and Quilted Armor.
So far I haven't had any NDE's, but this is only act I... I have been playing as fast as possible so far so that I can get some skills... now the question is do I switch out my Merc and go with the Prayer merc or something else... any ideas? If I go to the Act II merc he could have the voluge. Decisions, decisions
Score:
Quest completed - 6 * 2 = 12
WP gathered - 9 * 1 = 9
Level - 18 = -18
TOTAL: 3 (wow that looks so weak)
I cannot believe I actually got up early for this, but I did... so right as the clock chimed 4:30... okay it was digital so no chiming I got going. I had read someone say they would use players 1 to keep the score down, but I am terrible at hardcore so I wanted as many levels as quickly as possible so I have gone players 8 through all of act I excepting the last two levels of the catacombs.
So far I have no idea what to do with my character. I have a point in Bash, Stun, Concentrate and Iron Skin... he is currently level 18 and has just finished beating Andariel twice... I have never been so happy to see yellow, and for my two drops I only received one green... Hsarus' Iron Heel. The only other unusable finds were Cleglaw's Shield and an ethereal Diggler... wow what a weapon that isn't.
Equipment:
I am wearing an Amulet, Skull Cap, Hard Leather Armor, Spiked Shield (Charsi's Imbue quest) and a Spiked Club. On switch I have a pilum but also have a Voluge in my inventory once my strength hits 47. I still have not found any rare rings, so I have the Cain ring (7% MF... I don't need that). My merc has a decent Long Bow (w/ monster flee and poison) and Quilted Armor.
So far I haven't had any NDE's, but this is only act I... I have been playing as fast as possible so far so that I can get some skills... now the question is do I switch out my Merc and go with the Prayer merc or something else... any ideas? If I go to the Act II merc he could have the voluge. Decisions, decisions
Score:
Quest completed - 6 * 2 = 12
WP gathered - 9 * 1 = 9
Level - 18 = -18
TOTAL: 3 (wow that looks so weak)