06-16-2008, 01:50 PM
Quote:In the grand scheme of things, 36 is nothing. I didn't get upset at a lost character until the mid 40's as that was some good effort. Just start a new character and if you've done it enough, you will be at 36 in no time. Even my "throw-away" characters that I just started on whims usually made it to 35 after a few weeks or so of casual gaming before I got tired of them and started a new one ;-)
I reach the same conclusion from the opposite starting point. Level 36 is virtually everything. By then you have reasonably similar gear to any high level character, stats maxed or close to it, spells getting as high as you will ever bother to get them, and hell/hell is probably starting to get boring. You have essentially "beat the game". It would be a convenient time to delete the character and start over on purpose, much less on accident. I don't think the game ever gets more fun than that first trip to normal/hell (or first trip to hell/hell), when your equipment is haphazardly patched together, your stats are just barely enough, and the random selection of monsters seems like a huge deal.