First level 99! through the abyss
I am probably one of the last to make it to 99 this ladder. Good luck for anyone still grinding.
I was eight days late to the party this season, but the first people started getting to 99 within a week if I remember.
I don’t think that’s ever going to be me but if I do a ladder this season which I doubt, I would hope to just do better.
I accomplished all my goals, and the only thing I didn’t do was assemble a void, because I didn’t like my base with only three abyss.
The other thing I didn’t do was experiment with other warlock specs, I was I guess saving that in a way, but I liked abyss and wanted to keep with it.
the grind is hard, and starts to get tedious at well (88) if you like Baal running with pals. And 93.
I found an ondal‘s wisdom at I think 96 and switched that for my hoto, it left me with +18 % exp gained. It also left me with horrible resistances, and well I rolled with it. I should have looked a bit deeper and realized 15 lightning res is too low. i died a few times but it was very fun and possibly a good trade off.
about half way into 98 I really took the gloves off, I filled my inventory with charms except the cube, and with the help of the pickup direct to cube button, still itemed during the final push (which took over three days.)
I prioritized negate to magic resistance besides plus skill, and at the end finally donned my gheeds. Using sling, gheeds, and a +2 warlock crafted fcr amulet, I lost four plus (to all) skills (and to a lesser extent using the book instead of spirit.) this means my battle orders and consume gave me about 200 less health or so. i choose to use shako over hellwardens, I didn’t need fcr.
final thoughts, don’t give up! Have fun! Make friends!