single player too hard in 1.10?

[Mydnight]

yeah, so i got a lvl 76 sorc and i'm just about to embark on the 'kill the snakes' quest in act 2. picked myself up a little def merc (the merc is pretty useless too..with a def over 6k and 75 on all immunities...he dies too quickly)...have some decent points in shiver armor and my def is over 4k with the armor that i have.

why is it that with all of this, and my life and mana being over 600 (yeah, a little low...i know; this char is legit) that one hit from a freaking maruder can sap all of my mana and nearly kill me in one blow with a def over 4k?

i wanted to play with a tri-tree sorc so i can have something for all immunites....is this totally infeasible? it seems that every level i go to next has a whole new host of problems. keep in mind that i only can play single player, and I don't have a lovely pali aura protecting me or some necro's golem meat shield in front soaking up the damage.

it's probably my skill distribution, right? how am i supposed to play a 3-tree sorc when it's advisable to play a 2-tree and run when you encounter the immunity that's your bane when the freaking monsters have regen so high that by the time you can mount a decent attack on that group, their life is back to 100 percent? also, ltn seems to be fairly worthless, so max fire and ice, right?

i don't know. any suggestions besides, go read the manual that spitfire just posted. heh. i read through it.

[Mydnight]

btw....she's lvl 76....i mean, that's pretty high to be taken down by one maruder blow, isn't it? i couldn't have screwed my character's attributes and skills that badly. has anybody faced similar difficulties?

[Waramp]

You bet I have! I guess you haven't seen my post about my druid being killed by a foul crow NEST. I agree that blizzard should tone down the difficulty a bit. And why is it that almost any common monster can now drain all my mana? Very frustrating...

[Mydnight]

yeah, i read your post, but it wasn't until after I posted this. I'm in the 3rd act now, and I am having problems with other monsters taking me down with a few hits.

what would totally help is if they nuked the monster regen. monsters seem to have at least 50 or 60 to regen....and i can't seem to find equipment with more than 5.

it seems monsters resists are out of this world too. i was messing around with a uberhacked sorc and i did /players 5 (i think) in hell....with my lvl 35 frozen orb, it was taking at least 3 to take down some monsters....

wtf.

(btw: awesome comic...heh...right out of JTHM...waramp.)

[pallyownage]

i am lvl 78 and i kill everything i have never died i am a god if u need tips reply 2 me

[Mydnight]

although I'm trying to remain on the side of believing what you say, the terseness of your reply, the lack of grammar, and the indication that you're a deity makes me think otherwise. my pathetic character is 100 percent legit besides me rearranging my stat points to try to make my build better, can you say the same? are you sure you didn't outfit your build with the typical elite weapons and armor like most? what char are you using? questions like so forth would strengthen your reply on this tread.

in your god-like lack of punctuation, please astound me as to how you've managed to never die; please.

[Waramp]

Judging by his reply, I don't think that he understood all of your big words. And what did you mean by (btw: awesome comic...heh...right out of JTHM...waramp.)? I didn't quite understand what you meant; it wasn't as clear as the rest of the fluid text in your reply.

[Mydnight]

heh...don't mind me, I felt like writing like a pretentious ass in the moment that I read his reply; did i succeed? heh. I hate it when people try to help when they seem to be mentally unable to do so. heh again.

Sorry about the remark about the comic. I often post on ladderhall as well as here, and I think I am confusing you with someone on ladderhall that drew a humerous comic (more funny b/c he used paintbrush) about how hard 1.10 d2 was in single player. If I can find the comic, I'll post a link so you can see it. It's pretty hillarious.

JTHM: Johnny the Homicidal Maniac (since you're canadian....you must know this! heh.)

[pallyownage]

i am quite capible of understanding your words and i am not a gay fag who makes there shit i am 100% legit and i was just tring to help you

[Mydnight]

don't mean to make enemies with anyone, like i said, I just felt like writing like a pretentious ass; sorry about that.

so, do tell: how's your build, what's the deal...how do you live and not die?

[Mydnight]

waramp:

The comic was on these forums...i found a link. Pretty funny shit:

http://www.d2sector.net/forums/showthrea...#post12030

[Waramp]

Ah yes. I just recently saw that cartoon as well! Very funny, and great artistic skills as well!

[A|fzZz]

Btw how come a lvl 76 has so much problems with defeating monsters?Are your armour good enough?Not like def on the armuor but on the armour itself like enhanced def or adds to yr resistance?

[Sonar]

wow, i just wrote a long reply to this, and now i just realized i wasnt logged in. nice.

What items are you currently using. My single player legit sorc had the same problems. What are your stats/skills looking like ATM? try something like this:

str:100
dex:140+
vita:250+
ene:70-80

for skills, dont use orb. Orb is not going to get you anywhere in single, you need spells that pack on dmg. for cold, use this kind of a combo: max blizzard and and put about 10-15 into all its synergies. put 10-15 into cold mastery. after that, try for a hydra/meteor combo. if u can do all that, you will be a decient sorc for pvm. also remember to put 1 into static, tele, and about 5 into ene shield. dont bother with ts and all, its not worth the skills. for ts, you have to be a light sorc for it to do much good in pvm. but +5 into ene shield is really nice, it will absorb a lot more damage. next, get items with + skills. in single, my sorc was lucky enough to find an oculus on baal in nm, so i was set for hell. if u can get one of thoes, you will not regret taking the time to find it. for finding some good items, i suggest doing tons of mf runs, do it on rakinishu (in hell only, i found shako after like 40 runs) meph, shrenk, baal, diablo, andy, countess, pindle. do any major boss in hell or nm, but only do shrenk, countess, rakinishu in hell, otherwise you wont find crap. I have found some pretty good stuff like that. I say this because without at least 2-3 good items, you wont stand a chance against baal or diablo in hell. there is no way to beat baal without some good items plus a good build. my sorc has a VERY hard time beating baal in hell, it takes her like 20+ tries, and she has oculus, shako, and skins of vipermagi with +28 res for all her nice items. She is lvl 88 as well. also, for elemental mosters, try to get some absorb gear. absorb is killer against baal and diablo, if you get the right stuff. doing runs over and over again for the monsters i named above is great exp, and good for mf. but try to find alot of mf, and use an act 1 hell cold arrow merc. you put mf on her, and she will be godly. get her like a 4x p topaz armor, a p topaz helm, and get same for ur sorc and mf, you will find nice gear. also, sorcs use tele, so they can save their mercs, plus they will lvl fast too. also, my biggest suggestion, is look to deffinelty take a look at runewords. runewords are what helps the most, if you can get them for some armors, like wealth, and other stuff, (find good runes by doing countess runs, i found ber then keep making good stuff. also, upgrade runes too with the cube if you find crappy ones. just slap mf on and do tons of runs in hell on just about every unique monster you can find, you will really start pumping out good stuff. so try this build for fire/cold

max blizzard, +10-15 into ALL synergies for it. max cold mastery
+5 to ene shield
+1 tele/static
+5 warmth
+10 to hydra/meteor/fire mastery

its not required to max all the synergies as fast as you can, make sure you do a lot of fire first because if you come up to immune cold, then ur ****ed. hydra is great cuz u just cast tons of them and they work fast, meteor is for groups, and fire mastery really packs on damage. but blizzard is by far the best, because you have cold mastery, making it godly. k well thats my suggestion.

[Waramp]

Wow! Looks like you put a ton of effort into that! I hope Mydnight finds it useful. I never liked sorcs for single because I'm more into melee fighting. I don't want to have to rely on my mana to get me outta tough situations. But when made properly they can be deadly!

[Sonar]

Oh yeah, I say to use a lot more cold then fire, because there are a hell of a lot more monsters immune to fire then there are to cold. Plus, unless you max like 4-5 spells, fire isnt all that good, espicially when most monsters in acts 4&5 are immune to fire. Plus cold will kill faster, you have cold mastery.

[Waramp]

I have to agree with you there. Lightning can do tons of damage in one hit, but it also has the chance of doing approx. 1 dmg too. Cold is much more reliable.