Finally 93 !

Finally, after almost 2 years, my first char on non ladder, my dear necromancer, has reached the level he was aiming at - level 93.
Yeah, that's what many reach after two weeks on ladder, but still, I am happy. Levelling from 92 to 93 has proved... painful !

The gearing has also reached his objective.

And for the style points, when I was at 99.9% I waited for a DClone to get my level up killing BigD.

Now, bringing my sin to 90 (current 88, hell

Baal finished) and zon to 80 (current A2 nightmare) !

May I ask, as a newbie, why 93 was a goal? I've heard that highest affixes appear at ilvl 95 (then everything is clear), but i'm not sure if this is true.

Good question !

- At first, because I wanted to craft caster amulets when gambling them.
But I have now my 2/20 (through trading) and TZs have reduced the need to get amulets lower than 93.

- 93 is the first level allowing me to wear all my stuff without any point in STR (Torch / Anni /

Mage Plate Enigma / 20 STR FCR 10 ring /

Eth Sandstorm bring me to 156 - just what I need to wear my Spirit

Monarch on swap with CtA)

- And I have pretty much the skillpoints where I want them. Sure with 99 I'll have more, but considering how much I felt annoying the levelling from 92 to 93, I'll NEVER make it to 99 !

Congrats!

I delete my lvl 94 ladder character at the end of the season.
Guest we don't have the same amount of time to play

I guess so mate, thanks for your words
About 3 hours a week, not much more.
But in the long run, that allows to get where you want to be.

I am not putting my nec in the garage though, I want to try once to do Ubers solo - did them about 10 times with my sorc and pally buddy, but on my own, never tried yet. Can be a nice challenge now that I have no XP point left to lose.

I just need a safe 1-2 hours without interruption - no idea when I can get that !

But the guy is damn well geared now.

Necrarch wrote: 9 months ago

considering how much I felt annoying the levelling from 92 to 93, I'll NEVER make it to 99 !

I suppose it took more time than levelling from 1 to 90 or so, even without deaths.

Correct. Or at least felt like it.

Baal hates me now (shall it be in normal or TZ). ^^

Congrats Nec!

Im in ur shoes as well

Finally got my zon to be lvl93. Honestly this is the only lvl 93 char I’ve ever had since 2003(when i started playing d2lod)

I never had the patient to climb past 92 and/or i die too much and my exps kept dropping so i gave up.

Anyhow, knowing I need to make a 93 for ammy crafting purpose, i was forced to, and finally able to. Thid is the highest i will get my char to. No motivation to go past 93 for me at this point in time

Nice! I'm stuck at 91 with my necro as well. This is a painfull journey, i guess we all can relate!

Congrats!

to be honest, this thread motivates me a lot. As you are quite a renowned player, at least here, I appreciate the fact that you are happy as child on its birthday when reaching level 93 while I always watched youtube videos of players that have several lvl99 ladder chars were I ask myself if those guys have even normal lives... I mean, I am married and have a small child and even me can't complain about the time I have spare to play, but man, how many days / weeks do those lvl99 guys have spare? ^^ That grounds me a bit and makes me happy about every single level my char gains (currently the highest one is lvl90). Thanks!

I am level 98 currently grinding to 99 on my zon. I have 2 kids 2 and under along with a full time job. I probably average around an hour a day, including trading and camping dclone. One

Key is looking out for TZ

Baal and

Chaos Sanctuary. I get like half a bar with an hour of one of those even at level 98.

Sirius Delta wrote: 9 months ago

I mean, I am married and have a small child and even me can't complain about the time I have spare to play, but man, how many days / weeks do those lvl99 guys have spare? ^^ That grounds me a bit and makes me happy about every single level my char gains (currently the highest one is lvl90). Thanks!

There's no need to compare oneself to streamers/YouTubers whose literal job is to play games
(even if you don't think of it as work, it is how they make their living - the rest of us have non-gaming related jobs )

Necrarch wrote: 9 months ago

Finally, after almost 2 years, my first char on non ladder, my dear necromancer, has reached the level he was aiming at - level 93.

Congrats, @Necrarch

My highest level character so far in D2R is a level 94 Sorceress, she was the very first character I created when D2R was released. She has gone through some evolutions, but still whipping demon butt from time to time. Seriously doubt she'll ever hit 95 though LOL.

Thanks all for your answers, love that community

Agreed with Landros that you have to pick the right time to grind, sometimes when I have no work meeting AND free time AND a nice TZ AND in homeworking... well, can't recommend doing that for your own lives but...

As for the 93, it was overall because it was right with my build to have a nice skill point distribution, if you're happy at 80, don't bother

Necrarch wrote: 9 months ago

And for the style points, when I was at 99.9% I waited for a DClone to get my level up killing BigD.

Love that!

Congrats on finally hitting your target mate! Well done.

mockingbirdreal wrote: 9 months ago

Congrats!

I delete my lvl 94 ladder character at the end of the season.
Guest we don't have the same amount of time to play

I mule my ladder builds. That way I can use them to trade anything they're storing at all levels of the game. When I run out of char slots for ladder I delete the lowest one on the tree.

Necrarch wrote: 9 months ago

Thanks all for your answers, love that community

Agreed with Landros that you have to pick the right time to grind, sometimes when I have no work meeting AND free time AND a nice TZ AND in homeworking... well, can't recommend doing that for your own lives but...

As for the 93, it was overall because it was right with my build to have a nice skill point distribution, if you're happy at 80, don't bother

Agreed with the thread and love the passion/enthusiasm. Congrats my friend.

And to many of the commentators above; absolutely focus on your own pathways vs. making comparisons. It is about your own fun and mental headspace that matters. I also have 3 kiddos, and a job, balancing content creation with time to play. It is all about the journey, experience, and joy.

Best of all, and what we love as Diablo 2 fans, is the patient and persistent grind through Sanctuary.

Cheers all.

d2rppa69 wrote: 9 months ago

Anyhow, knowing I need to make a 93 for ammy crafting purpose, i was forced to, and finally able to. Thid is the highest i will get my char to. No motivation to go past 93 for me at this point in time

Fortunately for you, this changed by the way with the injection of

Terror Zones. Now at clvl (Character Level) 91, all ammys dropped are guaranteed to be ilvl93 at minimum. This is a far better line of sight than the prior gambling issue of having the randomized +/- 5 level swing either way which is always why it was previously recommended to be clvl93 at minimum.

Th3ory wrote: 9 months ago

d2rppa69 wrote: 9 months ago

Anyhow, knowing I need to make a 93 for ammy crafting purpose, i was forced to, and finally able to. Thid is the highest i will get my char to. No motivation to go past 93 for me at this point in time

Fortunately for you, this changed by the way with the injection of

Terror Zones. Now at clvl (Character Level) 91, all ammys dropped are guaranteed to be ilvl93 at minimum. This is a far better line of sight than the prior gambling issue of having the randomized +/- 5 level swing either way which is always why it was previously recommended to be clvl93 at minimum.

Yeah i know it just im too lazy to farm for mass 93 ammys from

Terror zones through luck… having lvl 93 char and gamble the ammys is a much quicker route

Congrats mate Every level gained above 90 has a certain pain to get... playtime, random deaths from random affixes mobs have, random lag even so a level up after that point is always a reason for celebration

Me personally right now im fighting for level 95 ( need half bar still ) on sorc and 90 on my paladin ( he's close too ). Its not like I ever put a specific goal in terms of level i just do my thing, call it farm with sorc or ubers with paladin and when i reach a point were i see im pretty close to the next level my priority changes just to get it before i lose exp to some obscure place.

Sad part is that with the build i play ( blizzard-Orb ), i need like.... level 110 to fully activate all the synergies and thats why i refrain from thinking about it

I'm pushing hard towards 92. I should be there this weekend!