Disclaimer: Jane already mentioned a few things, so I might be repeating them here.
I think you're most likely to get the RC off the bosses in any hell (dlvls 13-16), difficulty doesn't matter, so if you go about killing all bosses you're off to a good start. Dlvl 15 is probably the best place, since you get 3 bosses in one room, they're always there, plus you might find Bloodlust on your way there. Stormshield follows the same rules, but it can drop earlier and more frequently.
Most people tend to do Laz runs in normal, as it's the fastest way.
Levelling up, in addition to getting minimal amounts of life and mana, affects quite a few things. Your maximum effective AC and To Hit become lower (read: you need less and less über items), you do more damage (physical and magical), you need less Dex for perfect block, all sorts of things. When you do get a copy of JG (it's available online as well) and start looking at formulas, you'll see where clvl comes into account.
Good luck.
EDIT: (comment) OK, so much for a useful post... <_<
I think you're most likely to get the RC off the bosses in any hell (dlvls 13-16), difficulty doesn't matter, so if you go about killing all bosses you're off to a good start. Dlvl 15 is probably the best place, since you get 3 bosses in one room, they're always there, plus you might find Bloodlust on your way there. Stormshield follows the same rules, but it can drop earlier and more frequently.
Most people tend to do Laz runs in normal, as it's the fastest way.
Levelling up, in addition to getting minimal amounts of life and mana, affects quite a few things. Your maximum effective AC and To Hit become lower (read: you need less and less über items), you do more damage (physical and magical), you need less Dex for perfect block, all sorts of things. When you do get a copy of JG (it's available online as well) and start looking at formulas, you'll see where clvl comes into account.
Good luck.
EDIT: (comment) OK, so much for a useful post... <_<
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