I don't mean to butt in here but perhaps a better way would be to run around act 1 hell since if you had anything good to begin with the characters probably are high enough level to kill the monsters there without any trouble even without items. Grab some basic gear there and then instead of asking for free stuff like so many spammers do (which places you in a similar category. Think about it and all the people who spam you over and over again asking for FREEPLZ! and how you ignore them most of the time and think they might be lazy or whatever and then think about what you're doing here.) and ask someone to help run through some acts with you and maybe give them some of the better drops for their troubles in carrying you through a mephisto or andy run or something and you keep some of it for yourself at least until you have enough to handle a mephisto or andy run again yourself and then build yourself up. More likely than not the person helping you might actually have something for you then for "free" after if he's nice and you express simple gratitude and haven't been annoying him.
If you're starting at level 1 again because he deleted your characters as well and you cant run around Act 1 Hell then...well the free stuff won't do you any good anyways at this point.
As an example of how players can react to people who are actually pleasent on here and not asking for free stuff consider this story: When I was just restarting on Ladder, a level 95 paladin was helping me level because I was the only n00b not asking him for free stuff. During a cow run he accidently dropped his HOTO and didnt notice for some reason (must have had his inventory and clicked on it by accident). At first I didnt know if he left it for me so I picked it up but when he freaked out I realized the mistake and handed it back to him. The player was so amazed he handed me a perfect dungos, chance guards, a few mid rune runes and an solid anni charm. Granted the HOTO was probably worth more but in the end I got something for being a decent human being without having to lose sleep over it....and I got another reliable contact on my friends list to help rush my new characters or do Baal runs with.
Just some friendly advice take it or leave it. Frankly its not that difficult to level yourself from level 1 and get decent gear in the process. Almost all of us here did it at one point or another at least once. Sometimes that part is the most fun of all in this game.
Don't ever let people say video games leads to a decline in or lack of learning of social skills.
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