05-02-2003, 05:09 AM
Mikedok,May 1 2003, 05:01 PM Wrote:I never liked that idea. What level req do you think would be good? I've had some very low level characters beat baal before. I would be upset not to be able to get in to NM even though I can kill normal baal.The earliest I have ever killed Diablo solo is clvl 24. I estimate this is about the lowest level you can get to diablo when doing everthing you need to get there yourself (collecting staff, flail, etc.). Also, act 5 gives enormous amounts of experience. You can easily level up 10 times just getting to baal. Let's say you do kill him before you meet the level requirements to move to nightmare. Why the rush? Again, act 5 gives so much experience, even after killing baal it is a good idea to stay behind and gain 5 more levels.
Perhaps you can kill baal at level 25 or so, and you do so by taking the last waypoint (even if you rushed through each area, it would almost be certain you would gain 5 levels). The point of putting the level requirements in place would be to minimize rushing, which is exactly what that would have been.
I think it would be a great idea. Level 35 would be very reasonable in order to get into nightmare for characters that played the game through act by act.