#1 - Jan. 9, 2012, 9:32 p.m.
I started a game with a female barb and ditched the shield I started with but kept the hand axe. Halfway through the run I wanted a change of looks so I put on crappy white or gray gear (slots filled Legs, chest, feet, hands, and belt) Total AR was 11.
I died about 10 times (dam trapped treasure chest event with 4 re-spawning points was a pain to beat, didn't help that a rare teleporting bat that got involved when I was trying to take out the last 2 spawn points) and the durability never went down on the items.