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Content patch (1.13) coming to Diablo 2.

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  • MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    Ok, this is just silly.

  • MonoxideMonoxide Registered User, ClubPA
    this is awesome, though I really don't understand the people who are asking to make the game easier. shared stashes I can understand, but that's about it. let's see some new content or skill tree adjustments.

    I mean, the game is incredibly easy as it is, so I don't get why you would want to remove the penalties and decrease replay value. especially considering the people who would still be playing this (like me) would appreciate a new challenge rather than removing existing ones

  • HenroidHenroid Baba Booey to y'all Tyler, TX (where hope comes to die!)Registered User regular
    I'm more interested in what Blizzard has planned as content. Taking fan suggestions is cool and all, but c'mon.

    Hey and this is a good way to keep that hype looming over us that there's a part 3 in the works.

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  • Andrew RyanAndrew Ryan Registered User regular
    I like how the blue poster stressed twice that they only wanted 1 suggestion each and people continued to ignore it an post enormous lists of suggestions.

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    With all of Blizzard's resources and their experience with running servers in WOW, the new b.net will probably run like a dream.

    You gotta remember, the b.net we are using now is probably old and archaic as hell. B.net started for Diablo 1 back in like '96 or something. I mean...its old.

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  • scootchscootch Registered User
    urahonky wrote: »
    remlap13 wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    remlap13 wrote: »
    Is D3 going to be pay-to-play?

    Pretty sure no. I think they are going to be using b.net again... Which kinda irks me.

    There was nothing wrong with BNet if you ignored the r-tards on there. Personally I'd rather have a free game on BNet than paying $15/month. Then it basically becomes WoW.

    I can say that if D3 has a monthly fee I will not be participating.

    I hate b.net because I get dropped almost all the time, and the botters really annoy me.
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    ^^^ Those got annoying as fuck.
    well, keep in mind when starcraft 2 hits, it will be launched with a new bnet. we'll see what they do to help us avoid that kind of shit.

    one cdkey per b.net account is going to help a lot.
    edit: I'm so slow....

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  • DixonDixon Registered User regular
    No sporky the phat lewtz have been lost...wait I'm pretty sure you already told me this last D2 thread :P

    It's cool, I find it a lot of fun trying to level up with shit and where every drop has a realistic chance of being better then your crack club of shit.

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  • LaonarLaonar Registered User regular
    It really would take about an hour or two to get to lvl 70... if you had a group that stuck together and you stuck together game through game. You would need one high lvl to powerlvl you though. It is not that hard. Also with synergies as long as you stacked your gear to +skill your syngergies this game was easy. Lvling in this game is so easy.

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  • McAllenMcAllen Registered User
    So... the gem does nothing? But I believed in it for so long!

  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Registered User regular
    +skills don't affect synergies in Diablo 2, as far as I know. Maybe that has changed with a recent patch. There was an old bug where skills with charges on items gave you the full benefit of the skill on the item as long as you don't put points into it (aka Marrowwalk bug). I'm not sure that was ever fixed.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Annnd I'm downloading the game as we speak. Great..

  • Vi MonksVi Monks Registered User regular
    Hahnsoo1 wrote: »
    +skills don't affect synergies in Diablo 2, as far as I know. Maybe that has changed with a recent patch. There was an old bug where skills with charges on items gave you the full benefit of the skill on the item as long as you don't put points into it (aka Marrowwalk bug). I'm not sure that was ever fixed.

    You are correct in that +skills don't affect synergies. Also, they fixed the Marrowwalk bug.

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  • ForarForar Registered User regular
    scootch wrote: »
    well, keep in mind when starcraft 2 hits, it will be launched with a new bnet. we'll see what they do to help us avoid that kind of shit.

    one cdkey per b.net account is going to help a lot.
    edit: I'm so slow....

    Wait, does this mean we're supposed to see SC2 (release date: theoretical at best) before D3 (release date: theoretical at best)?

    KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

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  • HalfmexHalfmex Only WHO can prevent forest fires? You selected 'you', referring to me. That is incorrect. The correct answer is: You.Registered User regular
    Forar wrote: »
    scootch wrote: »
    well, keep in mind when starcraft 2 hits, it will be launched with a new bnet. we'll see what they do to help us avoid that kind of shit.

    one cdkey per b.net account is going to help a lot.
    edit: I'm so slow....
    Wait, does this mean we're supposed to see SC2 (release date: theoretical at best) before D3 (release date: theoretical at best)?

    KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
    Last I'd heard, the rumor mill put SC2 at sometime later this year and DIII sometime thereafter (presumably same time 2010).

  • LotharsLothars Registered User
    Halfmex wrote: »
    Forar wrote: »
    scootch wrote: »
    well, keep in mind when starcraft 2 hits, it will be launched with a new bnet. we'll see what they do to help us avoid that kind of shit.

    one cdkey per b.net account is going to help a lot.
    edit: I'm so slow....
    Wait, does this mean we're supposed to see SC2 (release date: theoretical at best) before D3 (release date: theoretical at best)?

    KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
    Last I'd heard, the rumor mill put SC2 at sometime later this year and DIII sometime thereafter (presumably same time 2010).

    Pretty much, I would be shocked if Starcraft 2 doesn't come out this year and Diablo 3 next year.

  • IdolisideIdoliside Registered User
    Oh god...

    ...my therapist warned me about this...
    ...it's going to happen again


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  • LanrutconLanrutcon Registered User regular
    I would KILL for 1440x900 support. :!!:

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  • A-PuckA-Puck Registered User regular
    ... which reminds me that I haven't checked out the site for D3 in a while.

    Soon... soon I will install you, my precious.
  • jeddy leejeddy lee Registered User regular
    urahonky wrote: »
    Annnd I'm downloading the game as we speak. Great..

    Awesome Honky, let me know when you are going to play. I dl'd it recently to play on ym netbook with my buddy, but he BALE'd on me. (Har har har)

    I didn't want to read the whole thread, as Honky got in a heated argument with Clint Eastwood, so I figured I'd see if we know what this patch is bringing at this point?

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    jack eddy wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    Annnd I'm downloading the game as we speak. Great..

    Awesome Honky, let me know when you are going to play. I dl'd it recently to play on ym netbook with my buddy, but he BALE'd on me. (Har har har)

    I didn't want to read the whole thread, as Honky got in a heated argument with Clint Eastwood, so I figured I'd see if we know what this patch is bringing at this point?

    Not really. It'll be awesome if it ends up being shared stash (I'd KILL for shared stash) but there's a lot of voting going on in the thread. Also fuck Clint Eastwood.

    I'll let you know if I get it going here shortly. It may not be till this weekend but I'm sure I'll start it up :P

  • DHS OdiumDHS Odium Registered User regular
    Higher resolution would be great, though everything would end up so tiny.

  • jeddy leejeddy lee Registered User regular
    Yes yes YES! I would love to play some this weekend. Best way to get a hold of me honestly would be giving me a call, if you got the ability to call long distance, otherwise pm or email me or myspace me letting me know when your going to be on, and hopefully I get it in time.

    What exactly are you implying with Shared Stash?

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  • LanrutconLanrutcon Registered User regular
    Oh shit it just ocurred to me, if Blizzard has some spare time in the future...

    ...HD Diablo 2 remake. That would make money yes I think it would.

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  • IdolisideIdoliside Registered User
    Lanrutcon wrote: »
    I would KILL for 1440x900 support. :!!:

    Hell, i would kill for 1024x768 support....

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    jack eddy wrote: »
    Yes yes YES! I would love to play some this weekend. Best way to get a hold of me honestly would be giving me a call, if you got the ability to call long distance, otherwise pm or email me or myspace me letting me know when your going to be on, and hopefully I get it in time.

    What exactly are you implying with Shared Stash?

    Sure do. I'll PM ya.

    Shared Stash -> Spot in your stash that is shared out to every character in your account. Found an awesome weapon for your sorc using your amazon? Put it in the slot, log out of your amazon, log back into your sorc, and go to the stash and there's the weapon.

    Much better than solo transferring (which was dangerous).

  • FugaFuga Registered User
    urahonky wrote: »
    remlap13 wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    remlap13 wrote: »
    Is D3 going to be pay-to-play?

    Pretty sure no. I think they are going to be using b.net again... Which kinda irks me.

    There was nothing wrong with BNet if you ignored the r-tards on there. Personally I'd rather have a free game on BNet than paying $15/month. Then it basically becomes WoW.

    I can say that if D3 has a monthly fee I will not be participating.

    I hate b.net because I get dropped almost all the time, and the botters really annoy me.
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    ^^^ Those got annoying as fuck.

    that link actually exists, haha.

  • jeddy leejeddy lee Registered User regular
    urahonky wrote: »
    Shared Stash -> Spot in your stash that is shared out to every character in your account. Found an awesome weapon for your sorc using your amazon? Put it in the slot, log out of your amazon, log back into your sorc, and go to the stash and there's the weapon.

    Much better than solo transferring (which was dangerous).

    Lord, yes, that would be very helpful.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    If I don't find an occulus this round I'm going to be so pissed. I found it when it was first released and never again.

  • BartholamueBartholamue Registered User regular
    Shared stash is what I want the most...

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  • JihadJesusJihadJesus Registered User regular
    Hahnsoo1 wrote: »
    +skills don't affect synergies in Diablo 2, as far as I know. Maybe that has changed with a recent patch. There was an old bug where skills with charges on items gave you the full benefit of the skill on the item as long as you don't put points into it (aka Marrowwalk bug). I'm not sure that was ever fixed.

    The charge bug was fixed, I think in 1.11. +skills generally don't give synergies but DO with a few specific skills (Prayer for paladins is the only one I can think of right off the top of my head, and there weren't more than a couple of them anyway).

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    urahonky wrote: »
    jack eddy wrote: »
    Yes yes YES! I would love to play some this weekend. Best way to get a hold of me honestly would be giving me a call, if you got the ability to call long distance, otherwise pm or email me or myspace me letting me know when your going to be on, and hopefully I get it in time.

    What exactly are you implying with Shared Stash?

    Sure do. I'll PM ya.

    Shared Stash -> Spot in your stash that is shared out to every character in your account. Found an awesome weapon for your sorc using your amazon? Put it in the slot, log out of your amazon, log back into your sorc, and go to the stash and there's the weapon.

    Much better than solo transferring (which was dangerous).

    I was thinking about this and they are not likely to do any new art for this game, like redesigning the stash interface or anything. Remember that the new Uber content is just old bosses palette swapped and Tristram over again.

    I think one easy way to do this would be to implement a new take on the trade window system, where you choose two characters and a trade window opens for each, allowing you to trade anything between the two.

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  • DissociaterDissociater Registered User regular
    I know personally, my interest in the game would have been lengthened considerably by respecs.

    I actually reinstalled the game when D3 was announced and tried making a necromancer and I got to diablo and simply couldn't kill him by myself. I would shred every single thing with my skeletons, but diablo would just kill my summons in one shot before they even hit him. Basically, my spec didn't allow me to kill him without like grinding 10 levels or getting someone else to do the brunt work for me. I know I would have kept playing had I been able to respec.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    I know personally, my interest in the game would have been lengthened considerably by respecs.

    I actually reinstalled the game when D3 was announced and tried making a necromancer and I got to diablo and simply couldn't kill him by myself. I would shred every single thing with my skeletons, but diablo would just kill my summons in one shot before they even hit him. Basically, my spec didn't allow me to kill him without like grinding 10 levels or getting someone else to do the brunt work for me. I know I would have kept playing had I been able to respec.

    Shouldn't have tried to solo with a skelemancer. :P Really the game is a lot more fun with a bunch of people. Plus you level faster. You were, what, level 20ish when you did that? Took you probably 5 hours?

  • jeddy leejeddy lee Registered User regular
    On a single player run, I remember signifigantly more time than 5 hours to get to diablo, but I think I only did that twice, and it was before I ever tried online.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    That's not really a good reason to disallow respecs. Remember, D2 was designed as an offline game as well.

    I mean you might have other good reasons but that's not one of them. I think it's a legitimate mark for the "positive" side of the decision chart.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Yeah soloing in D2 is incredibly slow. Unless you join a game with 8 people and kill shit yourself. But even then you might as well join the group so you kill shit faster.

    e: I wasn't getting at the respec thing.. I was going to tell him that it would have taken him MAYBE an hour to reach 20 if he had gone with a group of 8 people. And he would have been able to kill Diablo, and would have kept playing the game instead of quitting.

  • jeddy leejeddy lee Registered User regular
    I think a good option would be if you could lose levels, and thereby removing the most recently added skill and attribute points. I think that would be fair. You could go back to a point, but it would be a signifigant penalty to try and rearrange everything.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    jack eddy wrote: »
    I think a good option would be if you could lose levels, and thereby removing the most recently added skill and attribute points. I think that would be fair. You could go back to a point, but it would be a signifigant penalty to try and rearrange everything.

    Actually... I like that idea. That way if you really thought you messed up, the penalty would be more killing. Hmm.

  • jothkijothki Registered User regular
    urahonky wrote: »
    jack eddy wrote: »
    I think a good option would be if you could lose levels, and thereby removing the most recently added skill and attribute points. I think that would be fair. You could go back to a point, but it would be a signifigant penalty to try and rearrange everything.

    Actually... I like that idea. That way if you really thought you messed up, the penalty would be more killing. Hmm.

    Perhaps losing levels to remove any skill and attribute points, instead. The point of respecs usually isn't to undo a short-term mistake.

  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    jothki wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    jack eddy wrote: »
    I think a good option would be if you could lose levels, and thereby removing the most recently added skill and attribute points. I think that would be fair. You could go back to a point, but it would be a signifigant penalty to try and rearrange everything.

    Actually... I like that idea. That way if you really thought you messed up, the penalty would be more killing. Hmm.

    Perhaps losing levels to remove any skill and attribute points, instead. The point of respecs usually isn't to undo a short-term mistake.

    Yeah that would make it really difficult to do though. Because if they were carrying enough gold, they'd lose the ability to hold it... I guess you can give them a prompt telling them that they might drop all the gold in their hand/stash.

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