It's kind of crazy how much the game has changed since then. I almost forgot that the Packing tree even existed! Wands still had charges. Archers and slingers were still separate. Weapon masteries were still ten ranks, etc.
Half a dozen of my first chars were shaloren archers, dying in crystal dungeon. Until I realized that a)I start on exit and b)archers blow.
Then I made dwarf bulwark, and it worked fine and was one-shotted when entered Celia room.
Oldest I have on the list. Brought low by a bug fighting the last stair guardian on High Peak. My first was I think a dwarf bulwark on some ancient version were the tileset was still a hodge-podge of free stuff from all over the internet. Only it wasn't a bulwark back then, but a fighter...