Question About MF and Such

[MinnieMike]

Ok i have a Meteor/Orb Sorc

W/ NM Act-2 Defense Merc

I am Currently Wearing

1 Spirit Wpn
1 Spirit Mon
Enigma
Shako
2 Rare FCR MF Rings
Glooms Traps
Tals Amulet
MageFist
Rare MF Boots 20% no FRW :(
25% Gheeds Charm

My Chr is lvl 85

My Merc is Wearing

Infinity Superior Giant Thresher
Tals Mask
Enigma

He will be Wearing Fort here soon or should i keep Enigma on him? And use Fort on my Soon to be JavaZon? And should i keep Tals mask on him or Put Dream Tiara on him i know Tiara right? I Like Tiara's their sexy hehe any and all pointers will do thnx

How Much MF Do you need to get good drops from Pindle Runs?

right now i have between 220-230 MF should i get more? And try and get to 350-400?

I Was Doin cow's for socket items but my merc accidently killed the king in 3-4 jabs

[LorveN]

He will be Wearing Fort here soon or should i keep Enigma on him? And use Fort on my Soon to be JavaZon? And should i keep Tals mask on him or Put Dream Tiara on him i know Tiara right? I Like Tiara's their sexy hehe any and all pointers will do thnx

How Much MF Do you need to get good drops from Pindle Runs?

right now i have between 220-230 MF should i get more? And try and get to 350-400?


A merc is better off with fort than enigma 99% of the cases. Fort is good on javzons, but I'd say CoH is better. Dream runewords aren't very good on mercs, and he will need lifesteal, so keep tals helm or get him gaze/crown of thieves/andys or similar. Tiaras sure are sexy, but you won't see the difference on a merc anyways.

To get good drops from pindle, you need patience over mf. More is always better, but 300 is fine.

[Eilo Rytyj]

Fortitude>Enigma for merc armors. Enigma is not a merc armor.

Dream is not a merc helm. Keep the Tal's Mask on him, it's better for him.

If you can afford 2 Enigma's, why not get the full Tal Rasha set? It's simply teh bomb for a Meteorb Sorceress. You can then get rid of one of those FCR rings for something better, like another higher MF ring, or a SoJ, or whatever, since you'll hit the 105% FCR breakpoint with Tal's Set, Spirit, Magefists and 1 FCR ring.

Sure, it's cookie-cut, but there's simply no setup quite like it for efficiency and compatibility with a Meteorb build. In other words... it works. Really well. Better than your current gear I'd say.

An Ist in the Weapon, and 2 PTopaz's in the Helm and Armor will get you around 250% MF right there. And that's not even counting Gheed's, Boots, Rings or MF charms. Expect to see 350%+ MF with these things, higher with more MF charms.

Your merc looks fine, the basic Merc setup is Infinity, Fortitude, <life leech helm>. Tal's Mask is a life leech helm. So is Vampire Gaze and Andariel's Visage.

[MinnieMike]

Another Question is that When i put Fort on Merc his str isn't high enuff to use infinity Giant Sup Thresher so i have to lvl him and keep enigma on him till he has enuff str to use both fort and Infinity same time ....


One More Question i was doin pindle runs and after the 20th run i got disconected and the msg says i am temporary restricted from the realm why is that?

i dont use bots or maphack ..... is it because i was goin to fast in the games?

or should i do 10-20 min mf runs in each game?

[FireMarshal]

or should i do 10-20 min mf runs in each game?

simply put, yes. Hit some other mf hot spots if your character can do it. meph, andy etc...

[MinnieMike]

simply put, yes. Hit some other mf hot spots if your character can do it. meph, andy etc...

Well i'd do meph and all but teleporting tryin to find the 3rd lvl entrance is harsh for me because those damn sygian dolls kick my *** badly ....


plus i have done all the resist's quests and yet my resist's are stilll in the negatives -40 to -60

Right now w/ my set up my Fireball does 5.6k dmg and my meteor does lil over 15k dmg and if i switch to full tals i would lose like 5-6k dmg would that be worth the loss of that much dmg w/ full tals? or w/ hell meph should i keep set up but try n get more resist's?

[LorveN]

Run shenk/eldritch too, doesn't take too long, but maybe 30-60 seconds extra, that might help you from not being restricted.

[brokensvt]

I'm with Ello on this. Take the 'nigma off your sorc's bod, make a game along the lines of "Enigma 4 Tal's." Wear every piece. Ist the orb. Topaz the armor and helm. Chances are the original owner may have already taken care of this step for you. With your current shield and gloves, and perhaps a 10fcr ring(as was already stated by Ello), you'll hit the desirable 105 break. Your MF will be a nice solid number for now. And better than all that combined, you'll have resists!

Greg

[MinnieMike]

Im Thinking About using Full Tals .... is it worth it sacraficing like 3-5k dmg?

Right now i have like a Total of +14-+15 to all my skills w/ everything on

And Tals has a total of how many skills? im not to sure on dat part.


Or could i do it this way?

Tals Armor
Tals Belt And Amulet
Spirit Shield
Hoto
MageFist
The Fcr Ring with 15% MF and 85 Mana
Other Ring i dunno maybe Soj or 2 Sojs
Shako

would that be a good setup or full tals is more gooder? (Aka Better)

[brokensvt]

You could go to the sorceress forum and search out the thread entitled "The truth about tal's set," and read all 48731240830 pages of the thread. Or, you could take the advice of a couple peers who realize the potential of said gear for this particular build. In a nutshell, you won't be losing out on much-if any-damage. In reality you will likely kill faster. The proof is in the pudding.

Greg