1. i save before every battle. it is down to a fact i only play no loss impossible with extra challenges to make it very very difficult. It is the only way that gives me buzz after game has been conquered standard way.
2. i personally despise kitting, unless required for specific purpose arising from my challenges - demon line up etc. Kitting is sort of on the border of cheating, but then not everyone wants to play like a pure angel
. It makes the game significantly easier and ruins otherwise interesting and challenging first 20 levels or so. Also, each game on the market has some (intentional?) weaknesses which can be exploited. Remember gremlin rush with wizard in original hmm3? here it is summoning dragons with ancient scroll at the beginning, black knight strategy, troll strategy..
3. i do not read about other people strategies until i have mastered game myself and still feel satisfaction when discover something new. currently playing with single red dragon and discovered invisibility, spell which i never used before, for example
4. Never used wanderer scrolls before k'tahu, apart from experience scroll.
5. i now use scanner i'm afraid. again it is down to a fact that i push for the extreme and do not want to game fall apart around level 40 due to one artifact not found. I'm not a student anymore so time is precious