Is a Skelliemancer viable on 56k?

[SynthetiCyclone]

I haven't played a skelliemancer since 1.04 or something along those lines where I was using a iron maiden/revive necro, and lag prevention was quite a bit better in those days.
are skelliemancers still viable even if I have a constant ping of 400 or so.
Thank you

p.s. no I can't get a better internet connection
p.s.2 no I won't settle for a poison bone necro.

[Uzziah]

I haven't played a skelliemancer since 1.04 or something along those lines where I was using a iron maiden/revive necro, and lag prevention was quite a bit better in those days.
are skelliemancers still viable even if I have a constant ping of 400 or so.
Thank you

p.s. no I can't get a better internet connection
p.s.2 no I won't settle for a poison bone necro.

Skellimancers in 1.09 could lag up even in single player games thats why the implemented the new number limits with skelletons. They may be doable the best way to know would be to take the hour to get 18+ levels and try one out. If its laggy then it just isnt worth it if not then yeah go for it.

[JohnnyShotMe]

Some people lag because of a crappy end system, no necessarily the connection speed to the source. Seeing as I don't have any lag issues, I wouldn't know for sure which was more common on D2.

I would suggest searching well-known fan sites and seeing if there is a single player trainer or something where you can make a high level single player summoner. Raise a bunch of skels, rev, mages, etc and run around to see if you lag on the front end. If that is okay, then invest a little time and just try it out online.

Even though your overall connection speed is low, there are other factors involved. A lot of people buy an ISP package with a certain rating and ignore the "up to" in front of the numbers. A good 56k connection with high packet survivability can actually run many games really smoothly. Trying it out is usually the best way to see how well you fare.

[Mr_knightboy]

where can i can ISP package since sometime i lag even though i have cable. so where can i get ISP package?

[sapi]

i doesn't lag

[HarbingersOfSkulls]

I haven't played a skelliemancer since 1.04 or something along those lines where I was using a iron maiden/revive necro, and lag prevention was quite a bit better in those days.
are skelliemancers still viable even if I have a constant ping of 400 or so.
Thank you

p.s. no I can't get a better internet connection
p.s.2 no I won't settle for a poison bone necro.

You should be fine with 56k...though you might have the same problems that NecroChild313 has...and due to a crappy connection...lag yourself out sometimes.

I've had other friends that are not on dsl or cable...and are Summoners with over 45+ minions and have lagged other people in the party along with themselves out of games...and they won't change from the isp they have...though they could if they wanted to.

HoS

[kryo]

Before the reset I had a lvl 8X Skelly necro... no trouble at all, even on my 56k. I didn't generally work too hard at keeping a full complement of revives (only 1pt+skill from equips anyway) though, and those seem to be more lag-generating than skellies due to their incredibly complex artificial stupidity.