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No-Stats has reached level 34 and beaten Baal. :D
He skipped the soldiers quest because he doesn't need Ral, Ort, Tal right now. He will go back for them if/when he needs them. He also skipped the Nihlathak quest. I always skip that one in hardcore, it's too scary for me.
The ancients were very easy. No-Stats only used one rejuv the whole fight (but a bunch of healing potions). He fought them at level 32, and got level 34 by completing the quest. His merc didn't even die.
Lister was very difficult. No-Stats pulled the minions one by one and slowly killed them. During this process his merc died several times. Once alone Lister wasn't too bad, but even one minion and Lister was too much.
Next was Baal. I had planned on getting some more levels before fighting Baal, but considering No-Stat's low damage and my impatience, killing in multi-player games is very difficult and gaining experience in single player takes too long. No-Stats gave up on xp and went to Baal despite his low level. Baal was very difficult as well, but No-Stats was able to slowly whittle down his hp between many trips back to town. I think his merc died 3 times. Baal dropped all magic items, none of which were useful. The most useless item was an ammy with +7 min damage. I name that one the most useless because it has a level req of 51 to use. No-Stats is level 34.
If not now, definitely after act1 NM No-Stats will go back to act5 normal to level. The only reason I'm even thinking of act1 NM is so I can get a might merc in act2. I think No-Stats should be in the 50's before he tries NM for real.
Edit: I meant to mention this, but I forgot. No-Stats does party while working through an act, but has always faced the bosses (and the ancients) by himself.
Also, No-Stats met his first PK today. While in the Frozen River a Lvl 22 assassin joined his party and entered his portal to the river. Then went back to town and hostiled me. I immediately made a new tp and went to town. The PK didn't realize this for some time. I eventually told the PK that I was a No-Stat character and didn't think that I would be very good in a duel. The PK called me a liar and stated that I couldn't have saved all my stat points because I was using sigon's gloves. I assume he used a hack to see my items. I explained to the PK that items can add to stats. At this point an amazon that I had also been partied with told me to non-hostile the assassin and use her tp to get the world stone wp. I told the amazon that I thought this was a bad idea. The amazon said, but it's for the wp. I said, "so???". The amazon said, "well f*k you, I was just trying to give you a wp." I assume the amazon was working with the assassin. I hate it when PKs think I'm stupid. Naturally, I taunted them both until they left the game.
No-Stats has reached level 34 and beaten Baal. :D
He skipped the soldiers quest because he doesn't need Ral, Ort, Tal right now. He will go back for them if/when he needs them. He also skipped the Nihlathak quest. I always skip that one in hardcore, it's too scary for me.
The ancients were very easy. No-Stats only used one rejuv the whole fight (but a bunch of healing potions). He fought them at level 32, and got level 34 by completing the quest. His merc didn't even die.
Lister was very difficult. No-Stats pulled the minions one by one and slowly killed them. During this process his merc died several times. Once alone Lister wasn't too bad, but even one minion and Lister was too much.
Next was Baal. I had planned on getting some more levels before fighting Baal, but considering No-Stat's low damage and my impatience, killing in multi-player games is very difficult and gaining experience in single player takes too long. No-Stats gave up on xp and went to Baal despite his low level. Baal was very difficult as well, but No-Stats was able to slowly whittle down his hp between many trips back to town. I think his merc died 3 times. Baal dropped all magic items, none of which were useful. The most useless item was an ammy with +7 min damage. I name that one the most useless because it has a level req of 51 to use. No-Stats is level 34.
If not now, definitely after act1 NM No-Stats will go back to act5 normal to level. The only reason I'm even thinking of act1 NM is so I can get a might merc in act2. I think No-Stats should be in the 50's before he tries NM for real.
Edit: I meant to mention this, but I forgot. No-Stats does party while working through an act, but has always faced the bosses (and the ancients) by himself.
Also, No-Stats met his first PK today. While in the Frozen River a Lvl 22 assassin joined his party and entered his portal to the river. Then went back to town and hostiled me. I immediately made a new tp and went to town. The PK didn't realize this for some time. I eventually told the PK that I was a No-Stat character and didn't think that I would be very good in a duel. The PK called me a liar and stated that I couldn't have saved all my stat points because I was using sigon's gloves. I assume he used a hack to see my items. I explained to the PK that items can add to stats. At this point an amazon that I had also been partied with told me to non-hostile the assassin and use her tp to get the world stone wp. I told the amazon that I thought this was a bad idea. The amazon said, but it's for the wp. I said, "so???". The amazon said, "well f*k you, I was just trying to give you a wp." I assume the amazon was working with the assassin. I hate it when PKs think I'm stupid. Naturally, I taunted them both until they left the game.
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