09-27-2003, 06:59 AM
Quote:The problem with the build I'm curious enough to be doing, is that I can't tell ahead of time what mix of skill points into SM, Skelie and Revive is optimal. As such I've not put any points into any of them yet (I've 12 unspent points at clvl 24, and, iirc, 83 unspent stat points--edit: 92 stat points actually). I suppose it would be easier to do an -act5 clvl 33 or other "fake" clvl character to toy with it a bit first.
By the way, diabloii.net has a package of untrained 99th level characters you can download from their 1.10 beta page. The characters are 99th level, but the stat and skill points are unassigned. I've found them useful to experiment around with while trying to figure out what my builds are going to be. For example, if I want to simulate what a 78th level character just entering hell would be like, I'll take one of the 99th level characters and assign only 85 skill points, leaving 25 points unassigned. Doing this gives me an idea of what skill point distribution I eventually want my real character to have. The package also includs items, but unfortunately most of the items were created for 1.10 and not 1.10s, so most of the items disappear in 1.10s. However, the runes and normal and socketed items still work in 1.10s, so you can try various runewords out. You can also convert the other items to 1.10s, but that involves a hack, so I'm going to politely not talk about it.
The link to the package of characters can be found at http://www.diabloii.net/items/v110/news.php. Look about half-way down the page for the news item titled "v1.10 Item Download."