Do I mf or lvl?

[SeP.OWNZ]

I'm lvl 81, have all the gear I need except the really huge major ones (shako, tals ammy, tals armor) I can't do the things I want effectively at all atm.

My non-mf gear:

Peasant crown
31% vipermagi
Wizspike
Stormshield
Nightsmoke
10% fcr rare ring
12 Resist all ring
Waterwalks
Mageist

I'm a meteorb, with max resist in hell cept fire which is at 62. Hell meph I have to moat trick because my merc isnt ready for him yet. Hell Meph hasnt dropped anything for me and I've been running him in hell and nightmare a lot lately. I've been thinkin about focusing on some rune runes to get some better gear and then continue MF.

What should I be doing?

[omgwtfbbqpwned]

IMHO, this is what I think you should do: Switch to a bit of MF gear, but don't overdo it. If you find that the change in gear kills your running speed, then switch back to this set-up and level up/find new gear before trying again.

[Superhal]

you look fine. if you want to stay at 105% fcr, then all you can do is switch the nightsmoke for an mf belt (tals or wealth or crafted), socket a ptopz into the viper, and switch the peasant crown for a 3 ptopz helm. this is about what i started with as well, but i also used a 4 ptopz armor and a rhyme shield. you can dump the vipermagi totally if you get a decent roll on a spirit shield.

you can also use a switch item on meph kills. i used a gull dagger + rhyme. leave the merc dead and use the moat trick.

[SeP.OWNZ]

you look fine. if you want to stay at 105% fcr, then all you can do is switch the nightsmoke for an mf belt (tals or wealth or crafted), socket a ptopz into the viper, and switch the peasant crown for a 3 ptopz helm. this is about what i started with as well, but i also used a 4 ptopz armor and a rhyme shield. you can dump the vipermagi totally if you get a decent roll on a spirit shield.

you can also use a switch item on meph kills. i used a gull dagger + rhyme. leave the merc dead and use the moat trick.


Well, thats not the gear I use to kill hell meph with ofcourse...

MF gear:

3 ptopaz armor with +8x health
Wiz spike and storm ---> switch to gull / rhyme for kill
26% / 29% nagel
goldwrap
47% war travellers (just bought)
p.crown still
telling of beads still
rare 22% gloves

5% mfsc and a 7%mfsc with +6 mana

[Superhal]

that set drops you below the 63% breakpoint for fcr. you should keep at least 63% for meph runs. you should get rid of the crown, as it contributes neither speed nor mf.

i had 3 sets of eq on my blizz sorc:

1. questing: about what you described first.

2. mf1: about what you described last, @500% mf, under 63% fcr. i found like 6 stormshields, 2 shakos, 2 sojs, etc. but it was frustrating to die half the time on the way there, so i stripped her.

3. mf2: after i stripped her and equipped an mf zon, i decided to fool around with meph runs, and gave her some godly eq. she ended up with 105% fcr, 250% mf, and just trashed meph without coming even close to dying.

[KTang]

When you do hell meph you still get quite alot of exp anyway, but I think you can always level a bit say to 85 if you want. Or you can mf to level 85, that'll take a lot longer of course but you can improve your gear on the way no?

KT

[SeP.OWNZ]

Well I dont mind losing the FCR, I dont die GOING there or anything, but sometimes when I moat trick him, the council do the hydras and I have to kill them (I only die when I try to TANK mf mephisto).

I'm thinkin about a new sorc, as Meteorb just isnt what it used to be :(

and with the gear I have now I get like 27x mf and I havent found ANYTHING off hell meph tahts decent in a while, I just got IK boots and stuff :(

[Superhal]

re: council on the little bridge thing: just kill them normally. if the last one is immune to your spells, lure him back to the stairs and tp through the wall.

edit: re: finding things: it's all about quantity. once you have it down, you should be doing 2 meph runs in 3 minutes, which will be around 160 items in an hour. because of realm downs, i picked up all elites and rares for selling, and generated another 80-100 amulets per hour.

[jonw]

re: council on the little bridge thing: just kill them normally. if the last one is immune to your spells, lure him back to the stairs and tp through the wall.

edit: re: finding things: it's all about quantity. once you have it down, you should be doing 2 meph runs in 3 minutes, which will be around 160 items in an hour. because of realm downs, i picked up all elites and rares for selling, and generated another 80-100 amulets per hour.

You do 2 meph runs in 3 minutes for a bit and you'll get a temporary account lockout. Make sure to do Andy as well to make your games last longer.

If you're level 81, go baaling till 87 or 88 when it gets too hard to level. I had absolute crap gear till 87. Now at 89 I can kill better and that helps with mf. In 1.11, level 81 is not real strong in hell unless you've got the gear.

Yes, your FCR MUST BE 63 or better or you're toast.

I found hoz last night with 110 MF. Traded for perfect spider. It CAN be done ;).