Gearing for a third life fire sorc

[Slyie]

So as mentioned in the title, I'm on a second life toon. It's been suggested to finish out the ED spheres I should go sorc as my third life (Currently on a Human Paladin and previous life was WF BARB). My question is it an absolute must to have the Dicisples of Rage chain to get Wild Flame or is there something similar in comparison? I have Ravenloft and most other packs. I'm planning on buying Sharn next as opposed to feywild. Any feedback would be great thanks in advance.

[mikarddo]

So as mentioned in the title, I'm on a second life toon. It's been suggested to finish out the ED spheres I should go sorc as my third life (Currently on a Human Paladin and previous life was WF BARB). My question is it an absolute must to have the Dicisples of Rage chain to get Wild Flame or is there something similar in comparison? I have Ravenloft and most other packs. I'm planning on buying Sharn next as opposed to feywild. Any feedback would be great thanks in advance.

You dont need the Wildflame even if it is very good. It is only really if you intend to stay for a long time at level 30 optimizing your gear that the Wildflame matters.
If you have access to the Borderlands you can easily make a level 20 scepter that will serve you reasonably well up to level 30 without being the very best.

ML 20 purchasable weapons
Weapons purchasable at Morten Edgewright. BtA, eligible for Sentient Weapon upgrades.
Epic Sceptre of (Element): +6, +16% (Element) Lore, +111 (Element) Spell Power, +55 Insightful (Element), +97 Insightful Wizardry, Empty Red Augment Slot Icon tooltip.png
Comes in Fire, Cold, Electricity, Acid, Sonic, Light, Positive,Negative, Impulse and Repair flavors. Requires one Epic Arcane Ingot per Sceptre.

Link: https://ddowiki.com/page/Update_44_named_items

If you dont mind farming some with your Pally before you Epic TR and then TR you should consider farming up a Pale Lavender Ioun Stone and a Vibrant Purple Ioun Stone.
The former has 50 charges of spell absorption which is great as a swap in item when needed against beholders or spell wards. The latter has 200 sp which is doubled on a sorc. Both are only level 5. You will get an extreme value out of those over many lives if you do so. Those two are simply amazing.

The most efficient way of getting ioun stones is running the end quest, Dreaming Dark, on heroic casual. Every third completion you get a random stone as an end reward + a small chance to get a stone from end chest. There’s no way to control the randomness I’m afraid, you can get 5 copies of the same one in a row.

Have fun.

[Slyie]

You dont need the Wildflame even if it is very good. It is only really if you intend to stay for a long time at level 30 optimizing your gear that the Wildflame matters.
If you have access to the Borderlands you can easily make a level 20 scepter that will serve you reasonably well up to level 30 without being the very best.

ML 20 purchasable weapons
Weapons purchasable at Morten Edgewright. BtA, eligible for Sentient Weapon upgrades.
Epic Sceptre of (Element): +6, +16% (Element) Lore, +111 (Element) Spell Power, +55 Insightful (Element), +97 Insightful Wizardry, Empty Red Augment Slot Icon tooltip.png
Comes in Fire, Cold, Electricity, Acid, Sonic, Light, Positive,Negative, Impulse and Repair flavors. Requires one Epic Arcane Ingot per Sceptre.

Link: https://ddowiki.com/page/Update_44_named_items

If you dont mind farming some with your Pally before you Epic TR and then TR you should consider farming up a Pale Lavender Ioun Stone and a Vibrant Purple Ioun Stone.
The former has 50 charges of spell absorption which is great as a swap in item when needed against beholders or spell wards. The latter has 200 sp which is doubled on a sorc. Both are only level 5. You will get an extreme value out of those over many lives if you do so. Those two are simply amazing.

The most efficient way of getting ioun stones is running the end quest, Dreaming Dark, on heroic casual. Every third completion you get a random stone as an end reward + a small chance to get a stone from end chest. There’s no way to control the randomness I’m afraid, you can get 5 copies of the same one in a row.

Have fun.

Thank you for all the advice! I have nearly every stone on another server but that was from back on the day when dreaming dark was new. I don't see people running this alot anymore. :/

[PrinceOfAsphodel]

Do you mean Heroic Wild Flame or Legendary Wild Flame? You definitely don't need the Legendary one unless you're going to stick around at endgame doing a bunch of raids and mid-high reaper quests. The Heroic one isn't necessary either. Ravenloft gear will carry you all the way to Epics and maybe past there depending on how you plan on leveling. At level 10, I use Macabre Scepter, Flame Sphere, Cannith Crafted Helm (Sheltering/Parrying) Dragon Eyes, Kindred Pendant, Barovian Nobles' Regalia, Scarlet Scale Cloak, Bracers of the Fallen Hero, Blurfingered Gloves, Five Rings (Con, Resistance), Spinneret, Burnscar Sash, and Softsole Slippers. Obviously that's a lot to acquire but even a portion of this will work really well. I would recommend a complete Beacon of Magic set and whatever you can scrap together for and Adherent set. Also if you plan on buying Sharn while in your Sorcerer life, know that the saves on mobs there are ridiculously high so your spells might be landing much less often.