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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The shortcut is sitting there on my desktop...taunting me...
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.
+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.
+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.
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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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
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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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).
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.
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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+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).
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.
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.
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?
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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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.
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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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.
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.
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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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
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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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.
one cdkey per b.net account is going to help a lot.
edit: I'm so slow....
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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.
The shortcut is sitting there on my desktop...taunting me...
You are correct in that +skills don't affect synergies. Also, they fixed the Marrowwalk bug.
Wait, does this mean we're supposed to see SC2 (release date: theoretical at best) before D3 (release date: theoretical at best)?
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
Pretty much, I would be shocked if Starcraft 2 doesn't come out this year and Diablo 3 next year.
...my therapist warned me about this...
...it's going to happen again
*twitch*
Currently playing: GW2 and TSW
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?
PS2
FF X replay
PS3
God of War 1&2 HD
Rachet and Clank Future
MGS 4
Prince of Persia
360
Bayonetta
Fable 3
DS
FF: 4 heroes of light
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
What exactly are you implying with Shared Stash?
PS2
FF X replay
PS3
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Rachet and Clank Future
MGS 4
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FF: 4 heroes of light
...HD Diablo 2 remake. That would make money yes I think it would.
Currently playing: GW2 and TSW
Hell, i would kill for 1024x768 support....
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).
that link actually exists, haha.
Lord, yes, that would be very helpful.
PS2
FF X replay
PS3
God of War 1&2 HD
Rachet and Clank Future
MGS 4
Prince of Persia
360
Bayonetta
Fable 3
DS
FF: 4 heroes of light
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).
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.
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?
PS2
FF X replay
PS3
God of War 1&2 HD
Rachet and Clank Future
MGS 4
Prince of Persia
360
Bayonetta
Fable 3
DS
FF: 4 heroes of light
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.
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.
PS2
FF X replay
PS3
God of War 1&2 HD
Rachet and Clank Future
MGS 4
Prince of Persia
360
Bayonetta
Fable 3
DS
FF: 4 heroes of light
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.