Lucificate
25-02-2004, 01:29
Hello DII people!
I am returning to Diablo II after a very long hiatus. I purchased the game shortly after it was originally released and played through the game until beating the hardest difficulty, and then stopped! I had too much going on back then and didnt want to take the time to farm out a bunch of good gear or anything. It was a single player non-bnet character anyways, so there was no prestige in gaining anything good.
Well, I just bought the expansion pack on a whim, and decided to play again! I am going to create a battlenet character this time, and I intend on making him pretty good eventually =)
Everything about the game seems to have changed, completely! I want to create the most deadly PvM character possible and I have no idea where to start. I want a character that will be able to slice through Hell monsters the easiest. Id like to be able to use this character to equip future characters should I choose to make more later, as well.
I am sure this is an incredibly common and annoying question for you all, but I am a humble newbie only seeking advise.
I have flipped through a large amount of posts and guides on this site while at work today, but I still cant come to any definitive conclusion about what would be best.
To those who will offer an opinion, a few basic things:
I am fine with being underpowered and having a rough go of it in the beginning as long as the character in the end is generally considered the best out there for my purposes.
I dont like amazons for some reason! So I hope an amazon build isnt considered the best now =) But go ahead and tell me if it is...
I have no friends in DII so I will be completely on my own. No twinkage! One of the worst things about the guides I found was all of them talked about getting gear so much. I wont have gear available to me that I can't get. Nonetheless, if some build is generally held to be the most deadly at high level with certain gear, I suppose I am fine with suffering along until I can aquire it somehow.
I know that a typical response here is to just "play what sounds fun", etc =) I KNOW it is my choice, and that I just need to enjoy my character and whatever is FUN to me. Well, what is FUn to me is what is most powerful. Call it a character flaw on my part if you will, but I cant change it right now =) Whenever playing any type of RPG I always go for what will maximize my capability in the end, and research it as much as possible. Im not a roleplayer, just a stat manipulator! Sorry...
So anyways, I dont expect any essays here... if you are so inclined to give some input, just a quick name of build/description, maybe a link where i can read more would be awesome. Whatever seems to be the consensus I will probably go with!
This seems like a good community here, reading all the stuff here has whetted my appetite for Diablo more and more! Im gonna get installing now and check back later.
Thanks a lot! I appreciate any help...
I am returning to Diablo II after a very long hiatus. I purchased the game shortly after it was originally released and played through the game until beating the hardest difficulty, and then stopped! I had too much going on back then and didnt want to take the time to farm out a bunch of good gear or anything. It was a single player non-bnet character anyways, so there was no prestige in gaining anything good.
Well, I just bought the expansion pack on a whim, and decided to play again! I am going to create a battlenet character this time, and I intend on making him pretty good eventually =)
Everything about the game seems to have changed, completely! I want to create the most deadly PvM character possible and I have no idea where to start. I want a character that will be able to slice through Hell monsters the easiest. Id like to be able to use this character to equip future characters should I choose to make more later, as well.
I am sure this is an incredibly common and annoying question for you all, but I am a humble newbie only seeking advise.
I have flipped through a large amount of posts and guides on this site while at work today, but I still cant come to any definitive conclusion about what would be best.
To those who will offer an opinion, a few basic things:
I am fine with being underpowered and having a rough go of it in the beginning as long as the character in the end is generally considered the best out there for my purposes.
I dont like amazons for some reason! So I hope an amazon build isnt considered the best now =) But go ahead and tell me if it is...
I have no friends in DII so I will be completely on my own. No twinkage! One of the worst things about the guides I found was all of them talked about getting gear so much. I wont have gear available to me that I can't get. Nonetheless, if some build is generally held to be the most deadly at high level with certain gear, I suppose I am fine with suffering along until I can aquire it somehow.
I know that a typical response here is to just "play what sounds fun", etc =) I KNOW it is my choice, and that I just need to enjoy my character and whatever is FUN to me. Well, what is FUn to me is what is most powerful. Call it a character flaw on my part if you will, but I cant change it right now =) Whenever playing any type of RPG I always go for what will maximize my capability in the end, and research it as much as possible. Im not a roleplayer, just a stat manipulator! Sorry...
So anyways, I dont expect any essays here... if you are so inclined to give some input, just a quick name of build/description, maybe a link where i can read more would be awesome. Whatever seems to be the consensus I will probably go with!
This seems like a good community here, reading all the stuff here has whetted my appetite for Diablo more and more! Im gonna get installing now and check back later.
Thanks a lot! I appreciate any help...