RF Generation Message Board

- Do not skip enemies and be sure to kill all enemies on every level. Enemies do not respawn so this is the only way to increase your level and stats to progress through the game.  Take your time and explore it all.
- It's not always wise to plunge directly into combat with enemies, especially if you are playing a lower armor class/ranged character. Use obstacles to your advantage. Retreat and pull enemies around corners to slow them down and hit from range. Even as a warrior this often comes in handy. Just be sure that you're retreating into an area that has already been cleared.
- Avoid getting surrounded. Being surrounded restricts movement and is severely punishing to health. Retreat when you need to.
- Save often. In Diablo, you can save on the fly. Be sure to do it often after intense battles or when your health is low (not in the middle of a fight though) and before going into intense battles.  It's easy to simply reload your file.
- Tougher enemy boss quests like The Butcher can be skipped and returned to. Get some levels and come back to complete them. Sometimes the rewards are worth it.
- Always carry a few Town Portal scrolls.  These are invaluable in terms of travel time. You can also set up a portal near a big fight and run into it to retreat. Retreating to stairs is also a great option if you have low health. You can outrun most enemies and they will not follow you up the stairs.
- Your inventory getting full? Drop weapons, armor, or stacks of gold in town. Amazingly, no one will take it and it will remain on the ground for the entire game unless picked up. If you are not using constant saves, it's not bad to have some extra gold or armor/weapons in town in case you have to go retrieve your belongings after you die.
- Always carry a full bar of health/mana/rejuv pots.  When you run out, return to town even if you are in the middle of a level.
- Different classes require different stat upgrades. Be sure to spread your points in the right places and always put at least one per level into vitality (increased health).
- Be sure to get all of your items identified by the elder in town before selling them. Having them identified will earn you much more gold.

I've already started playing and am a few hours into it!   

 I started playing and didn't stop. I finished the game last week. 

I am playing as well, since we try to stay ahead for the sake of setting up the playghrough and recording. Just dropped into dungeon 11 within the caves.

I played through as a Warrior. I'll save any discussion for March. 

1. Find Wirt the pegleg boy.
2. Enter the Catacombs.
3. Complete The Chamber of Bone.
4. Enter the Caves.
5. Enter Hell.
6. Finish two of three quests: The Butcher, The Poisoned Water Supply or The Curse of King Leoric
11. Destroy Archbishop Lazarus.
12. Defeat Diablo.

Look for a crack in the wall in Level 2.