i use this build aswell (lvl 88 atm) , and my stats: ~2100fg (w/o merc then) and ~400mf
to answer iz:
1. 2-5mins depending on how many ingame and how spread out the council members are
2. leave them, just kill the rest
3. 54% chance (lvl 27)
4. doesnt matter, u lead around with the gf weapons anyhow
5. yes, but loose ALOT of gf/mf (makes like 4% difference, id guess)
6. i use alis for the mf aswell as high gf (i wanna find items aswell as pure gold when im mf'ing
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7. yes u could, ive got like base lvl 10-11 on my barb on shout, invested rest here after getting NR, find items, bo and leap to lvl 20