Lazuli
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This is true, but I'm not sure it's good advice for a completely new player. Reaper is the highest difficulty tier in the game. A completely new player has nothing to survive on this difficulty: he has no gear, he's a 28 point build, he doesn't even have knowledge of the game to know how to move between enemies.
By yourself, sswf224, I don't think you can survive on this difficulty. You're going to be mashed, and the first reaper you encounter will rip you to shreds (if you play reaper, get a ghost touch ability on your weapon first!). You could team up with veterans joining to a reaper lfm, but be aware that you will be able to contribute very little, that you will die a lot unless you stay away from mobs (they hit hard, very hard, on reaper), and in general I don't think you will enjoy the ride. Also, many veterans tend to view leveling as a mere formality, and rush through quests, so you're going to miss out on a lot of exploration (those veterans just want to reach the end game as quickly as possible in a new build).
To enjoy the game, I would learn to play on an easier, less punishing difficulty. If you stay in the game you will have plenty of time to start reaper when your character is a little stronger and you have more knowledge of how the combat system works. But--- if you join to a reaper lfm, you can let the veterans do the quest, you get the xp and treasure, and then you can replay it on a difficulty you're comfortable with, leisurely exploring and such. Also, once you have done the quest on a difficulty, all minor difficulties are automatically unlocked (veteran characters can open on any difficulty, it's something you'll unlock when you reincarnate your toon). It's a posibility. But watch out for reaper diff at this point, it's going to be very hard on your character.
Regarding reincarnation---this is not the time to think about that either. In this game it is not worth having many alts. It is best to have only two main characters. You leave one in the cap to join raids and end game, getting useful items for both toons. You reincarnate the other one (you return to level 1 with a new build, but stronger. Each incarnation will give you more power. For example, the next time you reincarnate your character, you will reincarnate with 34 ability points instead of 28, and one or two past life feats, and also your character will no longer be limited to opening quests in Normal if you are not VIP). That's why many players don't have many alts, what they have is one or two toons that reincarnate over and over again to make them stronger, and with each life they try a new, different build. There are so many possible builds that it's very hard to tell you how many there are. Not only do they change depending on the class or race, it's that within the same class you can make radically different builds. In a reincarnation, in addition, you keep the items that you had from past lives.
But, but, this is for when you get to cap, or at least level 20. It's your first life. Enjoy, explore, there are fantastic quests to discover. Enjoy the trip. And learn the mechanics of the game.
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