06-10-2003, 03:09 PM
I wouldn't bother with the 1@17s and 2@20s. If you play straight through the game and never repeat a level, doing full clears, you'll be around level 25 by the time you kill Diablo on normal difficulty. Trying to get these dots where you can barely kill any monsters along the way just seems silly to me.
All that aside, getting dots at low levels is relatively easy for a mage, and very hard for the other classes.
Given your setup, the best way would probably be to shop for a book of telekinesis and firewall (if you don't already have them). Then, streak to level 15, firewall Laz, streak to 16. Keep a portal up on 16 at all times, firewall whatever gets in your way, TK the 2 levers, firewall Diablo. This would involve a lot of dying and watching monsters roast in firewalls while I am dead.
For more practical purposes, I'd run through caves once, try to buy a higher damage bow, and put most if not all of my level up points into dexterity. Then I'd go very slowly on level 13, try to kill things a few at a time, and get better gear as I worked my way down, and end up getting first dot at level 20-something.
All that aside, getting dots at low levels is relatively easy for a mage, and very hard for the other classes.
Given your setup, the best way would probably be to shop for a book of telekinesis and firewall (if you don't already have them). Then, streak to level 15, firewall Laz, streak to 16. Keep a portal up on 16 at all times, firewall whatever gets in your way, TK the 2 levers, firewall Diablo. This would involve a lot of dying and watching monsters roast in firewalls while I am dead.
For more practical purposes, I'd run through caves once, try to buy a higher damage bow, and put most if not all of my level up points into dexterity. Then I'd go very slowly on level 13, try to kill things a few at a time, and get better gear as I worked my way down, and end up getting first dot at level 20-something.