For me it was 26, though I only finished once because I always get new party ideas and abandon my old parties somewhere along the way.

For me it was Lvl 25 (Fighter) . I only finished it twice; the first time after about 5 month with try and error.

I took me only four months but of those four months three were spent stuck in the rift killing rapax away for the fun of it, before I found IW and got told how to proceed.

edit: cool I got a new avatar!! :D

[ 10-16-2003, 09:27 AM: Message edited by: dplax ]

My first party was a full flegged 8-person party levels 18-22 playing on normal mode.
Fighter, Rogue, Bard lv 22
Psionic, lv 21
Ranger, lv 20
Bishop, level 19
RFS level 19
Vi level 18

I wanted to start a new party so I didn't do anything with the Umpani, didn't do the Rapax Away Camp, and didn't do any retro dungeons. This party had no difficulty with anything on the Peak so I decided to ascend and am going for the other areas with my current party.

[ 10-16-2003, 10:06 AM: Message edited by: petertmorgan ]

21 for me.

21 for me too. That was a party of six w/ two NPC's. Just wanted to see how fast I could get through - obviously didn't explore all the plot lines.

me too dplax. even now, i have 5 parties sitting on the peak that i wont finish because a) other ideas interest me and i want to pursue, and b) i hate to see it end!

because i tend to run small parties, i rarely finish below 24. but my earliest 6-person team finished around 19 (hybrids) -22 (pures).

I made one party of 3 Fighters, a Priest and an Aclhemist with the intention of trying for the youngest finish. I skipped all non-essential operations and the only delay that was necessary was making L15 to get the important equipment from Ferro. Then i went up, on Normal, and was L16-17 upon Ascending.
The hardest part was surviving the Cloud Djinn and its pals--took much Reurrection powder. You can avoid completely the fight with your Al-offspring and her buddies, which i did, i think that saved me a lot of pain...

me too dplax. even now, i have 5 parties sitting on the peak that i wont finish because a) other ideas interest me and i want to pursue, and b) i hate to see it end!
</font>[/QUOTE]I usually abandon my parties earlier than that. I think I have about 4 parties n the rapax areas, and three scattered between Arnika and Trynton. The current party has just cleaned out the away camp BTW.

oh, believe me dplax, i've got dozens of parties littering the highways and byways of dominus. only, when i abandon those, i delete them altogether. in fact, only a few months ago did i start saving my ascended teams. i really wish i would have saved my first few, both for nostalgia and to compare how my development of characters and parties has evolved.