Regarding Hardcore..

[d00m2k]

Trade some of your SC items for forum gold at JSP site, then you can buy HC gear.

It's very difficult to level at times, but here is how: It isn't hard to find a regular game with an enchanter, so find one and level to 24 or 25. Find a game/person to kill ancients, and you're set. Now baal to 40, but DO NOT USE YOUR BAAL QUEST! Stay in normal and level to 40.

People are always looking for level 40s in normal to grush level1s to hell. You'll be able to tag along, and you might be able to get some items out of it as well.

Your problem will be after you get rushed to hell. There are usually 0 NM public games. If there are any, they are full of TPPKers. The same goes for hell: they are either advertising for trade, or TPPK games. However, understand that there are TONS of people and games going on in the background. The difficult part is finding people who will take a chance and trust you. But once you get into these groups, it's 10x better than softcore. People help each other out, gear each other, baal/cs each other.

My best advice is after you're hell rushed and level 40, find a paladin, barb, or someone that uses a char that is more difficult to TPPK with that is rushing a friend. Every now and then games pop up where a level 70 - 80 is making pub games to get a friend to high levels.

doomtwo - 94 Necro HC

[Halas]

Trade some of your SC items for forum gold at JSP site, then you can buy HC gear.

So much for subtle hints. Pwnt!

[ComeOfAge]

I can chant you if you need. PM me.

Don't ask me for gear though.

[Barrynor]

Pah. Delete your SC chars, forget about them. Play HC like you are hardcore, die a lot, learn a lot, learn to play the game. Wealth means nothing, a cracked sash and some potions is all you need, literally, with some classes. That, fast reflexes and a working brain.

[Full_Circle]

...and a working brain.

Plenty of HC players get by without that.

[Kirah]

Is there a great deal of lag on Hard Core ladder? I'd be interested in how hard core players are able to deal with it.

Good luck and good hunting!
Kirah

[Tai.]

Lag isn't any different on HC from SC we just build solid characters and thus b/c we play them through and know their exact limits we don't lose them to something stupid. The ones who don't hang around and learn to build a decent char are the ones who complain about the lag.

Cheers
-Tai

[WrongdayJ]

. . .The ones who don't hang around and learn to build a decent char are the ones who complain about the lag.

Cheers
-Tai

I couldn't have said it better myself.

[Socialism]

Lag isn't any different on HC from SC we just build solid characters and thus b/c we play them through and know their exact limits we don't lose them to something stupid. The ones who don't hang around and learn to build a decent char are the ones who complain about the lag.

Cheers
-Tai

Hey. I'm in Canada now, but I damn well complained about my 450-800 average ping when I was playing from Malaysia. I kinda hung around! And I'm almost personally insulted by that! (not really)

Peacelove.

[YogiRat]

Lag isn't any different on HC from SC we just build solid characters and thus b/c we play them through and know their exact limits we don't lose them to something stupid. The ones who don't hang around and learn to build a decent char are the ones who complain about the lag.

Cheers
-Tai

Knowing when to bail out on a game does matter too. Arcane lag deaths anyone? :rolleyes: