05-13-2003, 12:28 PM
We are talking in terms of fast experience gain, right? I can recommend something. Try to do things differently. Maybe do 5 Hell/Hell games and then 10 games of powergaming(more on that soon). This way you will be killing a bigger variety of mosnters and don't get bored too fast.
Doing a H/H with a rogue by using only spells can be quite slow, so always have a bow and a melee setup ready. But as for faster experience gain:
Highly depens on what you call a 'tank setup'. AFP(SFP), RC, DF + SS? In this setup with zodiac rings your magical to hit is close to maximum. The only drawback are monsters that have double immunity+ a resist or are triple immune. My advice is to avoid them.
Here's an idea: enter level 13, if the mix is easy to do with spells(most mixes on 13 are) then clear it. If not, start teleporting. Either way, continue up to level 12 and clear all cave levels that do not include Obsidian lords. Two types of winged creatures (Death wing and one more) are also too slow to deal with spells. Skip them( you can even kill the other mosnter type on the level by just not spending time on winged ones and teleporting past). Do this until you are out of mana(sometimes you will have mana left even after clearing 13 and all caves this way, it is more likely that you will run out sooner though. Just quit the game and start a new one and walk to Adria.
(this thread had various points discussed, I hope I didn't get sidetracked on this one and discussed something that doesn't belong here)
Doing a H/H with a rogue by using only spells can be quite slow, so always have a bow and a melee setup ready. But as for faster experience gain:
Quote:To hit with FB, you need high magic. A Rogue in tank setup will have too low magic to use FB efficiently in H/H unless maybe she has dream items. CL works fine against some ranged attackers, but not against all. Often, switching to a bow will be faster than using magic.
Highly depens on what you call a 'tank setup'. AFP(SFP), RC, DF + SS? In this setup with zodiac rings your magical to hit is close to maximum. The only drawback are monsters that have double immunity+ a resist or are triple immune. My advice is to avoid them.
Here's an idea: enter level 13, if the mix is easy to do with spells(most mixes on 13 are) then clear it. If not, start teleporting. Either way, continue up to level 12 and clear all cave levels that do not include Obsidian lords. Two types of winged creatures (Death wing and one more) are also too slow to deal with spells. Skip them( you can even kill the other mosnter type on the level by just not spending time on winged ones and teleporting past). Do this until you are out of mana(sometimes you will have mana left even after clearing 13 and all caves this way, it is more likely that you will run out sooner though. Just quit the game and start a new one and walk to Adria.
(this thread had various points discussed, I hope I didn't get sidetracked on this one and discussed something that doesn't belong here)
-Cytrex