Burning in Mules

[Caaroid]

I think it does. I could be wrong, though. I seem to remember hearing about it.

You are :)

We did try it (heck, all you needed to to would be to set up a single game, where you cleared everything from Ancients WP to lev2 wp, and walk all your mules down the line). The key is, that without the quest, you cannot leave Mt. Arrerat.

The solution Adeyke mentioned does work, however. If you have multiple instances of the game, you can "pull" some mules along with you. While this is of paramount importance to low level duelers, it also comes handy when you try to do rune-runs.

I NEVER kill Baal in public games these days. I have an account set up for Rune-mules, and it is filled with characters whose only purpose in life is to grab the hammer and smash the stone (ok, they do drill OK holes in uniques, too.) When I am about to cross a difficulty, I ask my friends to "help" me, and they log in with that account's characters, party me, and then we all cross over to the next difficulty.