Due to 5000 word limitation I am splitting my diary into a few parts.

Part I is the introduction of my Hardcore journey, and covers my stats in fighting SK and the Butcher in MP10 Normal Act 1. The link to the previous post: Hardcore Diary Part I: MP10 [Normal Act 1]

Part II is intended to cover MP10 Normal Act 2-4. As per Part 1 I will list down my stats of HP, Armor and DPS while fighting the bosses, and will provide a short summary if I find the fights interesting.

Part III is intended to cover MP10 Nightmare Act 1.

Most likely I will advance into Part II with my WD and DH first. Both are quite fast in leveling. I believe WD is overpowered in Hardcore, and for DH I found the playstyle of DW DH is pretty addictive (fast shooting, traps, vault...), especially because I chose DH to be my first character at the softcore side, in the first place. With gold slowly accumulating from zero, I am having fun in spending gold to gear up my toons too.

Note that I am new to Hardcore, and these posts are more meant to help me keep track of my progress (and how and when my toons die!), and to provide you with a reference points of how I fair at various stages/ stats. These posts are certainly not meant to be a guide! There are more Hardcore gurus in RMT who can provide good guides and advices in Hardcore.


Act 2 Checkpoints

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1. Maghda

WD (lvl21 / HP 3,170 / Armor: 496 / DPS: 174)
DH (TBA)

WD Level21 (very fast leveling thanks to MP10 and ruby). Super easy fight.


2. ZK

WD (lvl27 / HP 4,164 / Armor: 796 / DPS: 216) - Super easy fight at level 27.

3. Belial

WD (lvl27 / HP 4,164 / Armor: 796 / DPS: 216) - Same as ZK, super easy fight at level 27.
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Act 3 Checkpoints
1. Ghom
2. Siege Breaker
3. Azmodan

Act 4 Checkpoints.....

Edit: WD UlumuluWey downed ZK last night. Super easy fight. MP10 has made him advancing fast in level.

Down Belial with ease. I haven't proceeded with WD to Act 3, but played with my DH in Act 1 instead.

I found that by choosing MP10, it actually made the leveling EASIER (at least in Normal and probably Nightmare Act 1-2, provided you have the right gears). This is because once you start to outlevel the mobs due to fast XP gains (without grinding!), the mobs and bosses bow to you. However easier it may seem, I will still play carefully..........overcautious is the first rule in HC should you not want to die young!

Also, I found that Blizzard has stolen +0.2% bonus XP gain from me.

MP10 = 100%
Cain's Set = 30%
Ruby = 19%
Total = 249%, why does it only show 248%?

HC is...well too hardcore for me... but i just read this and thought id share it:

linky

Posted by shniggies at 01/06/2013 10:14 PM

HC is...well too hardcore for me... but i just read this and thought id share it:

linky

Yes, I read about this on D3 forum as well......about sick people PKing players after they invite you into their games. Lesson learned - don't go public in Hardcore.