Fresh Ladder startup strategies?

[Caaroid]

Baal himself is no problem

Ah. I thought he would be. I did not think that the damage would be high enough for that --- apparently I am mistaken. Truth to be told, he was no breeze with Magic Arrow either, but with the enchantress around...

iirc, when my Durimule creates a game:
1. the true tomb is known (Quest screen, durimule)
2. the summoner can still be killed, if you wish, for credit
3. the viper darkness can still be lifted, if you wish, for credit
4. the staff isn't needed, as it has already been placed; Duriel/Tyriel is available, for credit
5. the palace can be walked into at will

Tricky. How do you achieve that? (I mean: placing the staff without the snake/summoner quest?) Do you get the amu for the mule with another character and then walk the mule from the palace to the socket? By the way, what DOES open the palace? (I thought it was getting the quest for the summoner.)

In my view, the whole "reason" for rune rushing to get wealthy is merely to acquire "toys" to have more fun with.

You're talking to someone who has a KINGSLAYER using STONE wearing melee enchantress... Yes, I could have bought myself a HotO from that equipment (I still use wizspikes as caster weapons). I just make expensive toys ;) (But it's fun to kill an IK barb with a melee enchatress, as it had been noted by my opponent as well ;))