actually, my sorcerer is my 2nd one.. the 1st one i accidentally deleted lolz.. my 1st sorcerer was self-found.. it was somewhere act 1 legendary when i accidentally deleted it iirc
my nephew's prophet, this one
https://www.reddit.com/r/TitanQuestAE/comments/77gztd/mage_prophet/was also self-found.. so i really don't understand when other people say casters are not to be played self-found.. it's only mid to late game when you would need some good gear, same as melee.. but at that time you should have done some self farming already.. clearly those who say that just don't like casters, are too biased that they choose to judge before they even try, or just not that acclimated to the game yet.. actually, casters are very easy to start.. you just need lots of mana pots