Teleport alone just makes the sorceress the most played class ever and her items are the most expensive out there, there is just no comparison between a teleport or any speed boost.
Problem is the only alternative is a Jah and a Ber rune word, like wth??? for that reason alone all other classes are played so much less.
There needs to be a more budget version of Enigma with much lower runes so that people can at least get a teleport on a weaker armor then grind for enigma after.
The game in general needs a revival and a rebalance, this is just one example which I think is crucial for class diversity and fun
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There is tho. Akara sells teleport staffs that let you teleport.
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Charges are definately not even close to an unlimited teleport, people rarely use it even though it is out there as you say
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personally i use a teleport + mf amulet . work nice for the time being while also still giving me the juicy mf%
and there’s also some class i simply use aldur advance and other items to have very fast run speed.
found a jah in act 3 but i have yet to find a ber (i don’t trade as i play self loot , so might take a while but it’s ok , there’s no need to have everything handed to us)
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Theres also a unique axe with teleport charges called Spellsteel.
Safe to say a lower lvl enigma is clearly not needed, just use a magic / rare / spellsteel or play sorceress.
You don’t need to be able to teleport in order to play or even farm anything to boot. Enigma should stay an endgame item.
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Before Enigma, some duellers used teleport amulets. And there’s nothing wrong with getting a teleport staff on weapon switch. You don’t need infinite teleport. It’s a utility skill, use it when it makes sense instead of needlessly spamming it. There’s faster run/walk boots for a reason.
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you only need sorc and pala to get everything here.
all other chars are just for fun …
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This is not a problem ‘with the game’. Its a problem ‘with the players’.
Todays players seem to only be interested in pure ‘optimal efficient profitable’ builds. Period. In my day, i played the game for fun. Beat it with every class. Was just great. Oh, and with no enigma. HR’s were rare indeed.
That’s all.
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rarely?
My tiara gives 2druid skills, 15 all rez, 20fcr and lvl 2 tele charges, OP!! i always look for tele charges amus +mf. worth every peny.
Sadly tho i agree that always LF Jah and Ber is boring cause is the most OP item in the game (enigma) but sorc items arent that exp as u claim they are
Not today’s players, always players sorceress was the most popular class even in the old days. When something is better and more efficient by a mile most people will want to play it
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People acting like there’s nothing wrong with teleport but everyone starts with a Sorc. I love the game how it is but can’t deny it’s very unbalanced. Speedruns show it perfectly, 4 hours to beat Hell Baal as sorc but 9 hours as barbarian.
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Sorceress torch is like double the price of the next best torch which is paladin, probably even more. Tal rasha armor is stupid expensive and only the sorceress can wear for endgame since other classes need enigma
Well, play HC then. The number of sorcs there is far far less than you see in SC.
The problem isn’t with teleport. The problem is Enigma and a whole lot of other runewords just existing.
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HC is not a game type I would even waste my time on, why would I spend tons of hour on a character and die once and lose everything for good. Never got the appeal and probably never will
That’s not really my point. Ofc we all played a sorc. But the problem is, everyone is comparing apples to oranges. And then wanting the oranges to be apples. They are different, That’s the entire point. I just know, i wouldn’t be too impressed, if i fired up D2, and all 7 ‘classes’, were sorcs.
But the point is probably missed by most. That’s all.
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In most cases pala was the most exp Torch.
Tar armor is most exp cause is rare and cause of stats 88% MF and when equip 3 items takes another 65% Mf… That makes it mostly exp.
I took tal armor and amu with Lo, so was a damn good trade 
I hope they make more runewords with tele to shuffle things, with other runes req tho and not Jah and ber, Like Cham or sur or zod which are useless
Suuuuuuure. And I want a poor mans Grief as well. EL-ELD-TIR, with only +300 base damage.
Why even run any longer? Just give every class teleport for free.
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It’s simple. Don’t die then.
When that’s part of the game, perhaps you’ll realize why teleport isn’t the be all and end all of skills.
Sorceress being most played class has its downsides. Try to find a low sorc torch and they are expensive as hell. People give low sin torches for pgems because not a ton of people want them.
Sorcs also are not the best at farming, so people use them to farm their real characters some items to start. A decently itemed javazon will farm a whole lot faster than sorceress. Teleporting is a utility because you just need to go to the next monster group, and not to the act boss to actually farm. Farming runes is much better than farming bosses for items.
Her items aren’t the most expensive by a long shot. I know you think they are because a storch is currently expensive, but not even close. Godly rares and magic items for other classes are way more expensive. I’m guessing you’ve never heard of a JMOD