10-07-2003, 12:03 PM
If the race is to 8, twinking is not worth the time. However, I think the only race is to 20 (which when twinked right is not much longer than 8 when total time is considered). For 20, what works fast below about clvl 9 is immaterial. Unless there is a fast way to 20 (and 40), this whole approach is not worth the time. Even the agony of cubing hell countess runes will be more efficient than the Hellforge. NM countess runs are fast and easy, so I guess the race is really just to clvl 40 in order to get the sweet runes. Once you get the runes for Enigma, you can bring melee characters to the Countess and thus bring the runtime down to nearly NM times (you lose the fast cast tricks potentially).
To get to clvl 40 fast, it's all clvl 30 skills with rapid AOE attacks. I think that immediately narrows the field to the orb sorc and the javazon. I know that the orb sorc is a very slow start, so I think the best char is the javazon (the one that I least enjoy playing alas) overall.
Reading alternate builds is fun BTW, but every once in awhile I like to pretend to see a big picture too.
To get to clvl 40 fast, it's all clvl 30 skills with rapid AOE attacks. I think that immediately narrows the field to the orb sorc and the javazon. I know that the orb sorc is a very slow start, so I think the best char is the javazon (the one that I least enjoy playing alas) overall.
Reading alternate builds is fun BTW, but every once in awhile I like to pretend to see a big picture too.