For those running Baal what are you playing and what's your run time
I'm playing my would-be-UT99er Lightning Sorceress Das-Omen. If you want, you can read up on her in
this post made in the UT99er thread just before the MFO started. Or, you can see her
here over at maxroll if you prefer that format.
She has 212 MF (perhaps I should have switched to a setup that has more
), but makes up for it (perhaps) by absolutely wrecking most everything in her path. I don't have any long term data (as I don't want to know how long it's actually going to take to get to clvl 99), but ten runs I just completed resulted in an average run time of 2 minutes and 47 seconds.
It takes me seven seconds to load into Harrogath (D2R), but after that, the only potential hold up is if Lister spawns LI ... which he did, in three of the ten runs (which feels about right for how often that happens on average). If Lister
doesn't spawn LI, my average run time was 2:32 (2:24 on the fast side, 2:42 when there was a lot of trash to clear). When Lister spawned LI, my average run time was 3:23 ... or put another way, about an additional 50 seconds of sitting back and watching the merc poke the plucked chicken.
In terms of the runs themselves, I go:
P1 - Clearing Throne, Colenzo, Achmel, and Bartuc. I use Chain Lightning to get rid of these P1 guys fast! ... (as I find summoners and Hydras annoying) ...
P7 - Ventar and Lister. I use Static Field and Lightning to get these guys. (P7 for extra drops and xp ... and it doesn't really affect kill speed).
P3 - Baal ... for obvious reasons ... if I mess up and end up taking him at P7 there's really not much of a difference ...
So, yeah. I love my 1.11b Hammerdin. But this Lightning Sorceress is wildly more damaging. I dare say she's the most damaging character I've ever made. I was looking forward to putting in some serious runs, but it just wasn't to be ...
P.S. - Yes. I did consider both playing left handed and attempting to get a PC compatible controller
... but in the end, decided that sitting at clvl 98.33, I'd be risking a bit much xp loss to attempt either of those transitions. So, next year ... I'll be back next year
.