Taken directly from
www.diabloii.net !
One of the first group of Ladder Characters on USEast to beat Hell Baal have mailed in to let us know it's been done.
Very early this morning, a group of 7 couragous, high level ladder people became the first group to kill Baal on Hell Difficulty to earn their final titles. After many trials and hardships, including having the Diablo Clone spawn with Baal's Minions, the team of Aethelwolff, Marton-Stro, RIONs-zonm, Spankage, Shankness, Vxi and Myself (Letah) finally engaded the monster beast in his own lair. After 10 min of hard fighting and only 2 deaths, Baal was vanquished forever, ending his reign of torment.
Zero to Matriarch/Patriarch in just over a day and a half is pretty impressive, with no twinking or turbos. Congrats to everyone.
On a side note, do you think v1.10 is way too hard? No offense, but it's your build, gear, and play style, not the game. Plenty of people are killing quickly, dying very little, and having a blast, including Hardcore players in Hell.
Note : For those who dont know ! I am Spankage.