Never have hit 99 on a character in 20 years of playing Diablo II.

ShadowHeart wrote: 4 hours ago

Semirotta wrote: 4 hours ago

It takes so long to grind that the closest ive gotten was 98 back in the original d2 times.

This has changed substantially with

Terror Zones, and also with the addition of Worldstone Shards (especially since they became more common with the latest patch). Sure, it still take a significant amount of time, but nowhere near what it used to be like.

As a comparison,

• It takes about 2770 p8
  Baal runs (including
  Baal himself) to get from 98 to 99 without TZ:s
• It takes about 731 p1 terrorized (TZ 96)
  Baal runs (including
  Baal himself) to get from 98 to 99
• It takes about 19 complete runs of the entire game (all areas) on p1 to get from 98 to 99 (using Worldstone Shards to terrorize all Acts)
• It takes about 66 complete runs of Act 2 (all Act 2 areas) on p1 to get from 98 to 99 (using Worldstone Shards to terrorize Act 2)

(assuming perfect 10% xp

Annihilus but no

Ondal's Wisdom)

This is entirely doable without cheating or abusing bugs. Yes, it takes a lot of time, and yes, it helps tremendously to have multiple accounts (or a friend group to play with) for increased player counts.

Pitach wrote: 4 hours ago

Semirotta wrote: 4 hours ago

Hitting lvl 99 is a weird e-penis stretching move. It takes so long to grind that the closest ive gotten was 98 back in the original d2 times.
That day I chose never to go for 99, one has to have either bug abuse system to get there or just play 20 hours a day grinding and I dont have that in me.

When I see people hitting 99 all I think of is cheaters or bug abusers. Thats about all of them.

Pitach wrote: 5 hours ago

I hit lvl 99 on my sorc by farming on 4 accounts at once
if you have a decent PC you can run more instances of diablo and farm stress free, but you also have to get more accounts

This is exactly what is wrong with Diablo, plus the bots.

how is that wrong? playing on multiple accounts at once?
how is that cheating?
keep your opinions to yourself lol, it's a game mechanic, completely legal and available, to play on multiple accounts at once
if you cannot afford it for various reasons it doesn't mean nobody else should do it, sour grapes eeeh?

ShadowHeart wrote: 4 hours ago

[*]It takes about 731 p1 terrorized (TZ 96)

Baal runs (including

Baal himself) to get from 98 to 99

ShadowHeart wrote: 4 hours ago

• It takes about 2770 p8
  Baal runs (including
  Baal himself) to get from 98 to 99 without TZ:s

klmklm27 wrote: 1 hour ago

ShadowHeart wrote: 4 hours ago

• It takes about 2770 p8
  Baal runs (including
  Baal himself) to get from 98 to 99 without TZ:s

from 98 to 99, 22 700 min (it takes me 10 min) , 378+ hours, 16- days .... 63 if I play 6h a day
it was my goal but now I'm not sure (currently lvl 92 to 93)
how many from 90 to 99 or 95 to 99? do you have a link or is it your calcs?

sewcioj wrote: 1 hour ago

Baal runs at lvl 90+ are way slower than TZs. With current drop rate of shards, you can terrorize Act 2 and just do elite-sniping in

Canyon of the Magi and

Tal Rasha's Tombs (and maybe add

Arcane Sanctuary to rotation, if you care about the keys and have access to

Teleport).