Today, Godiva won normal, at level 39. For other characters, I don't consider a normal victory noteworthy, but for Godiva, it was often rather a challenge; she's a nude sorc. No equipment of any sort, including charms and merc equipment. Also, she's not using any potions other than the ones she's finding herself. So this character is completely unaffected by my vast wealth of muled stuff. I'll have to level her up some more before I'll attempt nightmare; a few more levels will help a lot.
In honour of her first difficulty milestone (and because I thought it would be funny), I decided to make a bit of a top 10 list, except that it has more than 10 entries. Feel free to add you own
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Top X reasons for playing nude
1. You never have worry about clashing colours.
2. If you die, you don't have to retrieve your corpse to have full killing power.
3. No more repair costs, ever.
4. A lot less junk drops; even a cracked sash would be a good item if you allowed yourself to wear it.
5. Get the stylish circlet look without needing an expensive circlet.
6. Not getting dressed before an adventure saves a lot of valuable time.
7. No more time spent pondering how the same armour fits a barbarian and a sorceress.
8. Weaponless combat really humiliates monsters.
9. A bare head looks a lot spiffier than one with a Harlequin Crest, Vampiregaze or Tal-Rasha hat.
10. If you accidentally hit the weapon-switch button, you still have the same equipment.
11. You don't have to think about where your equipment has been before you got it.
12. Points in dexterity or strength are completely optional.
13. The armourless look beats the same old Skin of the Vipermagi look.
14. Your other characters will thank you for not taking any of the good equipment.
15. Winning actually means something.
16. The belt is a lot easier to refill with just 4 slots.
17. No charms means lots of extra inventory space.
18. You're practically immune to several curses (lower resist if you're already in deep negatives, weaken and iron maiden if you only do 1-2 punch damage, etc.).
19. No one gets jealous of your uber stuff.
20. The RNG loves mocking people, so he'll give you nice equipment just because you won't use it.
21. No boni to stats or skills makes it a lot easier to see how many points you actually put in them.
22. It's a lot easier to get immune to the blood mana curse without any +mana equipment.
23. No possible use for socket rewards makes your other characters happy.
24. Resistance shrines actually do something.
25. To cast off the material possessions is a very liberating experience.
In honour of her first difficulty milestone (and because I thought it would be funny), I decided to make a bit of a top 10 list, except that it has more than 10 entries. Feel free to add you own
Top X reasons for playing nude
1. You never have worry about clashing colours.
2. If you die, you don't have to retrieve your corpse to have full killing power.
3. No more repair costs, ever.
4. A lot less junk drops; even a cracked sash would be a good item if you allowed yourself to wear it.
5. Get the stylish circlet look without needing an expensive circlet.
6. Not getting dressed before an adventure saves a lot of valuable time.
7. No more time spent pondering how the same armour fits a barbarian and a sorceress.
8. Weaponless combat really humiliates monsters.
9. A bare head looks a lot spiffier than one with a Harlequin Crest, Vampiregaze or Tal-Rasha hat.
10. If you accidentally hit the weapon-switch button, you still have the same equipment.
11. You don't have to think about where your equipment has been before you got it.
12. Points in dexterity or strength are completely optional.
13. The armourless look beats the same old Skin of the Vipermagi look.
14. Your other characters will thank you for not taking any of the good equipment.
15. Winning actually means something.
16. The belt is a lot easier to refill with just 4 slots.
17. No charms means lots of extra inventory space.
18. You're practically immune to several curses (lower resist if you're already in deep negatives, weaken and iron maiden if you only do 1-2 punch damage, etc.).
19. No one gets jealous of your uber stuff.
20. The RNG loves mocking people, so he'll give you nice equipment just because you won't use it.
21. No boni to stats or skills makes it a lot easier to see how many points you actually put in them.
22. It's a lot easier to get immune to the blood mana curse without any +mana equipment.
23. No possible use for socket rewards makes your other characters happy.
24. Resistance shrines actually do something.
25. To cast off the material possessions is a very liberating experience.
