Another 99

Hello there!
I just finish leveling my

Zeal Paladin after an agonizing looong road from 98 to 99. I play solo oflline, P8 and share my only Enigma and

Annihilus between my chars.
I had about 4 deaths in his time, two of them by letting the game running on hostile territory and turning my head to look at TV. On one situation my merc pulled some beetles on us and on one occasion the last mobs from The Cave killed us while I turned my head for about 10 seconds.

Now I have my

Hydra Sorc and

Zeal Pally at 99 and I wonder what should I play next.
I have almost all gear on the game (95% Holy Grail completed) and some runewords and high runes.
I could make a Javazon for farming speed (I have all top gear for this build and Infinity for the merc).
I like the idea of Summoner Necro for passive play.
I like the chances of magic find and rune find of a Barbarian.
I could try the Mosaic Sin for the much criticized damage maker.

I'm kind of undecided right now. Leaning for Javazon but I'm afraid of getting another char and have to take him to 99. It takes too long.
The Paladin and Sorceress reached level 99 after one year and five months.

Spoiler

Congrats

Since you are playing solo offline, finding a group isn’t an issue (can be difficult at times). This also means you need damage, so I’d strongly recommend avoiding Summoner Necromancer or Barbarian. I’ve levelled a Barbarian to 99 (Necro is close at 98), but you need a group with some decent damage dealers. Or be prepared to spend a very very long-time levelling.

The easiest character to level is the Mosaic Assassin, based on own experience and observations from last few ladder rankings. Quality of life wise Mosaic charges are slightly annoying for smaller TZs and the highest damage Javazon build is mana hungry. Fun was had with both builds, maybe try them out and see which you prefer. All TZs are accessible.

Nova is also pleasant to level unless you are specifically wanting to try another character. Play what you enjoy the most though

Congrats ! I love necros, but at P8 they might suffer a bit indeed. On my side, I loved levelling up my Zon (she is a Java / Bow hybrid, but never went over 88 or 89 with her), she may be the funniest char to play with I think - but that's very subjective.

I started Java.
For the game completion, before killing Hell

Baal, I like to kill every mob on the map, explore all corners, wiping out the whole map.
After

Blood Moor and

Den of Evil she's at level 7.

I did the same when levelling my first 3 chars (Nec / Sin / Zon) ^^

I will have to make another perfect Flickering Flame in

Grand Crown this time, Sorc looks so cool!

Have to admit that the Sorc does wear the

Crown very well indeed !

Necrarch wrote: 2 months ago

Have to admit that the Sorc does wear the

Crown very well indeed !

I think the light and the make-up makes all the difference

Storm got her 99th level a few days ago.
She is very powerful, especially on crowded spaces.

The Arcane Sanctuary was a pleasure to farm, so The

Chaos Sanctuary and The

Secret Cow Level.
Did the Ubers with her a few times with no problems, sometimes even

Fade didn't expire before the brothers were finished.
I think I only died 3 or 4 times from start to level 99.

I think I'll start a Mosaic Assassin now.

See the Hall of Fame below
Having a very good friendship between them, the only one Enigma and

Annihilus are shared.

Krisa - Sorceress -

Hydra,

Fireball,

Meteor

Florian - Paladin -

Zeal,

Fanaticism,

Holy Shield

Storm - Amazon -

Lightning Fury,

Charged Strike,

Valkyrie

Congrats, Storm looks great!

I am still impressed by the patience you have. Already levelling my first char ftom 93 to 94 (well p1) seems terrible long

Congrats. So 1 to 99 for Storm was 6 weeks... they age so fast!

seansixsixsix wrote: 1 month ago

Congrats, Storm looks great!

Thanks!

Necrarch wrote: 1 month ago

I am still impressed by the patience you have. Already levelling my first char ftom 93 to 94 (well p1) seems terrible long

I like to take my time and do it properly although at times I'm on the Edge with patience. Level 98 to 99 is from another play, time wise. I was afraid it will be slow to reach 99, like Paladin was, but it was smooth. Maybe that I had all BiS gear at first moment I could wear them.
Online I have a

Hydra Sorc and she's at 91 right now but indeed, it takes way to long to level on P1. I can't imagine how will be from 98 to 99 on P1, grrrr...

TheJudger wrote: 1 month ago

Congrats. So 1 to 99 for Storm was 6 weeks... they age so fast!

Yes, I was surprised to see how fast she levels. I was on holiday and had decent (put it obscene) time to play.

Grats! I'm about to hit 98 on my

Zeal pally and know how agonizingly slow that grind can be for melee. My Javazon and Sorc hit 99 no problem, but this

Zeal pally is taking like 5x as long.. Might take me a full year to get that last level on him (I only play at night, and if there's a good Tzone). Almost wanna switch to FOH for last level xD

As for your next char, I'll give my vote of magic find horker Barbarian. That was my first 99 and never felt boring or slow thanks to the hork ability always giving me extra loot.

Good luck, whichever you choose!

Still can't motivate myself to get those last few levels without online P8 and with games generally being as solo/dead as they are. :/

Be that as it may: grats. 4 more to go..

like so many others i wish player count was availavbe online...
Congrats!