Alright folks, we are back! I've remade Songbird again and this time we are good for now. However, instead of doing HC_CL_SORC_C_EX, I'll be going HC_CL_SORC_P_EX so I can share my gear with my other future characters in this stash. Songbird will be part of my new universe called "Ladder 1 (2026)". Tentatively speaking, I may do another "ladder reset" at the beginning of 2027 just to "re-align" myself with the new year, and just keep it simple by having a 2027-01-01 to 2027-12-31. But we'll see what happens since it's much slower to get items in Single Player.
Anyways, Songbird has finished A1 Norm. It was a rough start but slowly I found some gear that has been helping like a Rixot's Keen, but out of the three recent Songbird starts I had in 1.05b, 1.06b, and now 1.05b, this third one was the roughest.
Currently in Arcane Sanctuary and am Level 17. Shopped some improvements over time and found some new gear as well, most notably an unique flail, and a magic mammoth ring w/ +33 life at lvl 18! Definitely gonna use both of them next level when I can also reach 41 str. Atm at 40 str. I also found an arctic belt but sold it for 10k gold which is needed and I also can find another arctic belt in the future if I want it for my collection. Atm +life on belt is more important.
@kereby0 Lol yea the flail is my main weapon now and will be for a while potentially. I still need to do melee attacks until I can get enough hp/mana and a good flow to sustain me without having to finish monsters off with physical attacks.
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At the moment I've completed Act 2, am level 18, and am starting A3 . I was able to use my 5 saved skill points at level 18 to get Firewall (Req: Inferno, Blaze), Teleport, and Glacial Spike. So I'm slowly starting to get used to my new expanded skills and flow. I was also able to equip the unique flail for a massive damage increase, and also equipped a +33 life mammoth ring and a +29 mana ring. I also found a +21 life ring but atm I want to balance the hp/mana. I can always swap out the mana ring for the additional life ring. Will be interesting .
A3 has been completed at Level 22 and I found some pretty nice rings and gear. Check these out (the rare ring was from gidbinn quest, and rare greaves were from Meph drop):
Finally reached level 30 and put my first point into FO. I'm just grinding p8 outer steppes for now. Relatively safe location for pretty much all character classes since there aren't any mages, so as long as you have good melee defenses, and can withstand sometimes having those mana drainers, you should be fine. Gonna keep power leveling myself and get stronger and find more gear/balance out resistances, before going to RoF/CS. I already have RoF WP.
Songbird has now become a Countess and has defeated Normal Diablo! He is vanquished once and for all (at least for this specific instance of the game LOL). From grinding all those levels in A4 Outer Steppes and then eventually making my way to CS, there were some pretty sick drops. I'm pretty happy with how Songbird has turned out so far and her power is increasing. Lots of room for growth. Mana is her only limiting factor atm since no spell cooldowns, if I feel in danger, I can just sink my entire orb mass spamming FO or FW. Next steps is for me to pick up the NM DoE skill point, and then just chill in normal for a while. I pretty much should stay in normal until I can comfortably do p8 CS all-bah-mah-self. That should be a pretty good indicator that I'm ready for NM, and my FO should be maxed out at that point, so I think I will chill in Normal CS until level 50-55 just to play it safe. Should give me time to get a 3os pdiamond tower shield (atm I'm wearing 3os tower shield but I only have 1 pgem from HF quest drop. I have a flawless that will be leveled up when I find a gem shrine).
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. I was able to use my 5 saved skill points at level 18 to get Firewall (Req: Inferno, Blaze), Teleport, and Glacial Spike. So I'm slowly starting to get used to my new expanded skills and flow. I was also able to equip the unique flail for a massive damage increase, and also equipped a +33 life mammoth ring and a +29 mana ring. I also found a +21 life ring but atm I want to balance the hp/mana. I can always swap out the mana ring for the additional life ring. Will be interesting 
