SEGMENT GUIDE?!?

Team in mind: summon Nec (Shiner), cold sorc (Tyebo), zeal/conviction pally (Sean)

Things to keep in mind: All quests have to be done in that act before moving on.

Look for 2os armour until Act 5 normal. Look for 2os helmets until Act 4 normal. Look for 3os armour (low str req) until Act 4 nm, or otherwise ordinary armour to socket. Look for a 2 os shield, preferably a pally shield, until act 4 nm. Look for a War/Divine Scepter, hopefully with +2 to Conviction (if not, a +offensive auras amulet will have to be grabbed) - Larzuk will socket this in Nightmare.

Grab good stuff to otherwise socket. A nec shield will probably get two sockets added, I can jam my Ral runes in there for some cheap fire resist. Or maybe make a Splendor of my own eventually?

1. All of Act 1. Try to get Eth from Countess. Summoner: grab a Yew Wand or head. Sorc: grab a staff or orb. Pally: grab a good weapon to use until Nightmare, a scepter I suppose. Remember, whatever +skills the item has will be removed if it gets imbued! A Damaged or Superior weapon is also fixed/blunted, respectively. A spear or polearm weapon is also good for the nec's merc weapon. 

2. All of Act 2. Nec buys Blessed Aim merc (Offensive). Sorc (+pally?) goes off to do Maggot Lair while summoner does Claw Viper Temple, starts Palace/Arcane as soon as that is finished. We'll have to find a way to study our map seeds so we won't waste time exploring wrong branches of Arcane. Once Duriel dies due to Static Field and Life Tap, talk to Tyrael, exit game.

3. Talk to Jerhyn (he's right there?) then Meshif. Do all of Act 3. Sorc will learn Teleport by now...split up and grab Khalim's first two parts in the jungle and the Gidbinn. Tome is always in the Forgotten Reliquary, right? Nec and pally grab that while sorc teleports through Sewers, damn rivers. Proceed through Meph's portal, end segment.

4. Act 4 up to River of Flame wp. Do one person's forge (let's say Shiner's for now) and get Amn (the best rune normal forge can drop...Sol would be ideal ;_;).

(4.5: actually maybe Shiner's forge should be a separate segment to avoid mass frustration)

5. Do another person's Forge as a team. This isn't BNet, concurrent games don't save time. Take the River WP, leave once the forge is mostly safe and get another Amn rune.

6. Do the remaining dude's forge. Get Amn. Leave as soon as you pick it up.

7. Transmute Amns to get a Sol rune. Go fight Big D. It's worth segmenting here in case the pally gets Iron Maiden'D anyway. Grrr. Save and exit.

8. Talk to Tyrael, proceed to Act 5. Kill Shenk. Keep moving forward to rescue barbs unless someone needs to use the socket quest. Eventual White wand? eventual Bone armour? socket a shield just to cram Ral runes in it right after? I don't know. TP back and grab runes. Make Lore and give it to someone. Make Stealth for as many people as possible; sorc gets first priority. Take TP back. Sorc can tele while nec and pally level? Either way, the rest of Act 5 is done in this segment. Just exit instead of talking to Tyrael/touching portal.

BX: BAAL RUNS UNTIL LEVEL 35 (or maybe 40, we have no time to level while running)

9. go kill Cow King. Try to make best usage of Corpse Explosion.

10. Act 1 up to Cain. DON'T TALK TO AKARA

11. Get a good ring from Akara and do countess. Get Amn or Sol, preferably Sol. This is for Honor.

(11.5 - hey, ring should be a separate segment, dur hur)

12. Another countess run for Sol. Give Lore to someone, pally will need it soon.

(12.5: Optional countess run for last Lore)

13. Rest of Act 1. Be on the lookout for an exceptional polearm/spear while you do this one so you can give it to your merc. 

14. Act 2. Same as normal. Pally buys Might merc (Offensive), Sorc buys Thorns merc (Combat type). Good luck teleporting through Maggot lair while nec runs to Claw Viper. Pally can level and take someone's TP if help is needed.

15. Talk to Jerhyn, Talk to Meshif, go to Act 3. Same as before I guess but with even more teleporting.

16. Appear in Act 4 and get up to River of Flame wp.

17. Do Shiner's forge, get Lum. Make Splendor for Sean in a 2os shield...hopefully a pally shield with enhanced damage.

18. Do Tyebo's forge, get Um.

19. Do Sean's forge, get Um.

(19.5: extra Countess segments to get Amn and Sol for Honor, Sol for Bone, maybe even El Tir Eth for Honor or Eth for Splendor if we don't have them already by finding them on the way)

20. Make Bone for Shiner. Kill Diablo.

21. Talk to Tyrael, go to Act 5 nm. Socket War/Divine Scepter, make Honor. Sean will have at least +3 to all skills, +5 to Conviction is ideal to get up to -150 enemy resists; this will allow us to break most cold immunes (anything up to 140%). Shiner should hopefully have 10 points in Lower Resist which will grant -55 resist, getting up to -60 will take a lot more points so don't expect him to pull more weight in that regard. Do the rest of Act 5...or segment before Anya in case it's batshit insane?

22. nm Cow King

23. OH SHIT IT'S FUCKING HELL DIFF

24 - 18987. Countess runs until we make Call to Arms and Chains of Honor for everyone