I've gotta say, Baal's 'summon a twin' power is the most annoying bullshit ever.
Why is it annoying? You can tell which one is the real Baal.
Minions can't.
So keep an item with charges of Teleport on hand.
Actually I'm a sorc so that wasn't a problem at all. It was annoying cause they both kept spamming that stupid knockback V shaped thing and were pushing me all over the place. Plus while you're being pushed you can't cast spells so the fight took longer than it should have.
The most fun in Diablo 2 is when you're in an 8 player party, doing act 1 on normal. People always tend to get to the final dungeon totally unprepared, and it turns into some Benny Hill looking shit with people running around wildly in every direction, chased by irate ratmen. It's fantastic.
If anyone finds any Wands or Heads with bonuses to any combination of Skeletal Mastery, Skeletal Mage, Lower Resist, or Corpse Explosion, I could use them.
you on USeast or west? cause I have a head with +2 necro skills. I dont want to try to trade it so you can have it if you want. I am USeast btw.
I could use this, hit up *theantipop and we can work out a trade of some sort.
BTW, I didn't see an answer last page, but do weapon speeds matter for mercenary weapons?
which is more fun to play and hell viable? Trapasin or phoenix striker? Im amazed at how much fun my pre lvl 30 assassin is to play. Well until I hit those serpents with knockback in act 2. Not cool.
I'm having a blast with my Trapasan, but she's not to hell level yet. Throw down lightning traps, throw down corpse explosion traps, lewts, rinse and repeat.
The build I'm going for calls for points into fire bomb, which supposedly is useful in hell for lightning immunes.
I have a level 70 trapassin now, just made it 2 days ago. She doesn't have dick for armor yet, so she gets hurt easily. But when you get some corpses on the ground and some death sentries and Wake of Infernos going, the corpses keep piling up. And my dragon tail AoE finishing move kick does 5k - 7k damage fully charged up. I just started Hell, but Hell is so hard for every class. They buffed the shit out of it.
If anyone finds any Wands or Heads with bonuses to any combination of Skeletal Mastery, Skeletal Mage, Lower Resist, or Corpse Explosion, I could use them.
you on USeast or west? cause I have a head with +2 necro skills. I dont want to try to trade it so you can have it if you want. I am USeast btw.
I could use this, hit up *theantipop and we can work out a trade of some sort.
BTW, I didn't see an answer last page, but do weapon speeds matter for mercenary weapons?
Aaaargh, I needed that.
Well I never saw him in game so it's not gone yet.
I have a level 70 trapassin now, just made it 2 days ago. She doesn't have dick for armor yet, so she gets hurt easily. But when you get some corpses on the ground and some death sentries and Wake of Infernos going, the corpses keep piling up. And my dragon tail AoE finishing move kick does 5k - 7k damage fully charged up. I just started Hell, but Hell is so hard for every class. They buffed the shit out of it.
I've learned already that my sorc's best course of action is just to run from ridiculous rare spawns. No longer can I use the kill everything in my path approach. Extra fast, frozen aura, lightning enchanted, mana burn, cold immune my ass.
I have a level 70 trapassin now, just made it 2 days ago. She doesn't have dick for armor yet, so she gets hurt easily. But when you get some corpses on the ground and some death sentries and Wake of Infernos going, the corpses keep piling up. And my dragon tail AoE finishing move kick does 5k - 7k damage fully charged up. I just started Hell, but Hell is so hard for every class. They buffed the shit out of it.
I've learned already that my sorc's best course of action is just to run from ridiculous rare spawns. No longer can I use the kill everything in my path approach. Extra fast, frozen aura, lightning enchanted, mana burn, cold immune my ass.
Spectral Hit, Extra Strong ranged guys are my particular bane.
Nothing like getting hit for 60% of your HP before you can even get close, and then frozen so you can't run away.
Hi guys, I just installed LoD, but now my single-player character has gone! He is not in the list, but when I try to create a new character and give him the same name, I get a message saying that there is already a character by that name...
Ugh, what's the best way to increase attack rating? My level 37 tiger strike assassin (USEast) has like a 50% chance to hit anything in nightmare (less for normal bosses) and it sucks. My strength and dexterity are equal, as per the requirement for the best claws that I still haven't found. I sit there for half an hour whaling on things to build a charge (and doing no damage since this build is based on attack speed to get the charge quickly to release with a dragon tail and all my items are shitty rare things with like one meaningful bonus - in this case resistances and IAS.)
Is putting extra points in claw mastery worth it at all?
Ugh, what's the best way to increase attack rating? My level 37 tiger strike assassin (USEast) has like a 50% chance to hit anything in nightmare (less for normal bosses) and it sucks. My strength and dexterity are equal, as per the requirement for the best claws that I still haven't found. I sit there for half an hour whaling on things to build a charge (and doing no damage since this build is based on attack speed to get the charge quickly to release with a dragon tail and all my items are shitty rare things with like one meaningful bonus - in this case resistances and IAS.)
Is putting extra points in claw mastery worth it at all?
Most easiest way is to partner up with a paladin and/or barbarian with the proper shout or aura.
Ugh, what's the best way to increase attack rating? My level 37 tiger strike assassin (USEast) has like a 50% chance to hit anything in nightmare (less for normal bosses) and it sucks. My strength and dexterity are equal, as per the requirement for the best claws that I still haven't found. I sit there for half an hour whaling on things to build a charge (and doing no damage since this build is based on attack speed to get the charge quickly to release with a dragon tail and all my items are shitty rare things with like one meaningful bonus - in this case resistances and IAS.)
Is putting extra points in claw mastery worth it at all?
If you're using dual claws in melee, you absolutely need max claw mastery. If you're using the claws only for their +skill bonuses, then you don't need it except one point as a prereq for whatever you're using.
Ugh, what's the best way to increase attack rating? My level 37 tiger strike assassin (USEast) has like a 50% chance to hit anything in nightmare (less for normal bosses) and it sucks. My strength and dexterity are equal, as per the requirement for the best claws that I still haven't found. I sit there for half an hour whaling on things to build a charge (and doing no damage since this build is based on attack speed to get the charge quickly to release with a dragon tail and all my items are shitty rare things with like one meaningful bonus - in this case resistances and IAS.)
Is putting extra points in claw mastery worth it at all?
Most easiest way is to partner up with a paladin and/or barbarian with the proper shout or aura.
I'm absolutely loving my Holy Shockadin. At the moment, at level 43, I do about 160 - 1600 damage per hit. I just maxed Holy Shock, so I'm going to start working on Zeal for the Bonus AR.
Okay I spent 3 fucking levels killing pygmies in the beginning of act 3 and haven't gotten the drop for the first quest. But I did manage to roam long enough to pick up the next two. What the fuck.
Ugh, what's the best way to increase attack rating? My level 37 tiger strike assassin (USEast) has like a 50% chance to hit anything in nightmare (less for normal bosses) and it sucks. My strength and dexterity are equal, as per the requirement for the best claws that I still haven't found. I sit there for half an hour whaling on things to build a charge (and doing no damage since this build is based on attack speed to get the charge quickly to release with a dragon tail and all my items are shitty rare things with like one meaningful bonus - in this case resistances and IAS.)
Is putting extra points in claw mastery worth it at all?
there is gear which adds a solid %. I have a helm that adds 70%, so 900 and a weapon which adds 20%. I put a few in Claw Mastery, so at level 70 I have 5k AR.
I have a level 70 trapassin now, just made it 2 days ago.
How...the fuck did you do this?
And me and my friends killed Diablo for the first time last night. Boy did he rip my skellies to shreds. I was pretty useless for most of the fight. Even with Weaken on him, he ripped us apart. We eventually had to turn to the drop-the-money-on-the-ground-and-zerg-him technique.
Of course, then we got to fucking Baal later in the nigth and one of them goes "Oh, I gotta go to bed" so we stopped at Baal. That was annoying.
If anyone finds any Wands or Heads with bonuses to any combination of Skeletal Mastery, Skeletal Mage, Lower Resist, or Corpse Explosion, I could use them.
you on USeast or west? cause I have a head with +2 necro skills. I dont want to try to trade it so you can have it if you want. I am USeast btw.
I could use this, hit up *theantipop and we can work out a trade of some sort.
BTW, I didn't see an answer last page, but do weapon speeds matter for mercenary weapons?
Aaaargh, I needed that.
Well I never saw him in game so it's not gone yet.
Hi guys, I just installed LoD, but now my single-player character has gone! He is not in the list, but when I try to create a new character and give him the same name, I get a message saying that there is already a character by that name...
Does anyone know how I can fix this?
Just a wild guess but is there no button or something similar to toggle between expansion and not expansion characters ? Might be that the game is only showing you expansion characters.
I have a level 70 trapassin now, just made it 2 days ago.
How...the fuck did you do this?
1-15 trist runs
15-20 tomb runs
20-25 = blow cocks and suffer through it
25 - > 45 baal runs
45 - > 70 NM baal runs
Okay, wait what? Do you know of a guide that details this anymore? Because I don't get how you do "runs."
the games are up all the time just look for them. Everyone in D2 has friends with high levels and also just every random person is really bored. trist-01, trist-02, baalin1, baalin2 shit like that; and groups of people will just sit there and do 25 "runs" in a row with some high level doing all the killing while everyone else just tags along gets about somewhere about 1-2 levels per run.
It's super easy. Obviously you need someone to rush you to act 2, and then straight to act 5 after you're done with tomb runs. But once you're there, that's all you do. There's always baal, tomb, and trist runs going-- like between 3-6 different groups always. And they usually just keep making them because baal and trist runs take about 5-10 minutes to do, depending on what class is doing the clearing.
I have a level 70 trapassin now, just made it 2 days ago.
How...the fuck did you do this?
1-15 trist runs
15-20 tomb runs
20-25 = blow cocks and suffer through it
25 - > 45 baal runs
45 - > 70 NM baal runs
Okay, wait what? Do you know of a guide that details this anymore? Because I don't get how you do "runs."
Check on 8 player random groups there is always a run of sorts going through there. Make sure that you leave before getting credit for a Baal Kill so you don't jump a difficulty unless you are ready. Unless someone who completed the quest teleports there. Also its pretty easy to get into a PA partner to help you out on US west for quests and such. Just jump into PA channel.
For all those in Hell now. I'm a level 77 trapassin so should I just keep doing Baal runs to gain levels or just simply start farming for items now from Meph/Andy/Countess? I can handle everything but lightning immunes which I just run away from until My fire blast gets good enough.. in about 3-4 levels.
I have a level 70 trapassin now, just made it 2 days ago.
How...the fuck did you do this?
1-15 trist runs
15-20 tomb runs
20-25 = blow cocks and suffer through it
25 - > 45 baal runs
45 - > 70 NM baal runs
Okay, wait what? Do you know of a guide that details this anymore? Because I don't get how you do "runs."
the games are up all the time just look for them. Everyone in D2 has friends with high levels and also just every random person is really bored. trist-01, trist-02, baalin1, baalin2 shit like that; and groups of people will just sit there and do 25 "runs" in a row with some high level doing all the killing while everyone else just tags along gets about somewhere about 1-2 levels per run.
It's super easy. Obviously you need someone to rush you to act 2, and then straight to act 5 after you're done with tomb runs. But once you're there, that's all you do. There's always baal, tomb, and trist runs going-- like between 3-6 different groups always. And they usually just keep making them because baal and trist runs take about 5-10 minutes to do, depending on what class is doing the clearing.
Perhaps I should check out the random games more instead of trying to quest through the game...
Okay - I don't know if this has been mentioned before but the guy who did the paladin voice is the flaming gay dude from Revenge of the Nerds. Could Diablo 2 be any better? No. The answer is no.
Hey guys, me and a mate are trying to get some D2 going over Hamachi but neither of us have ever used it before (Hamachi, not Diablo). We've both gotten onto the same network and can ping/chat with each other but we're having trouble getting a game of any sort to run. If we enter the IP Diablo gives us, it takes about 30 seconds before saying it can't connect, if we enter the IP Hamachi displays next to our names, it immediately says it can't connect.
He's on vista, I'm on XP. We've played together before at an actual LAN and wanted to continue our game.
Hey guys, me and a mate are trying to get some D2 going over Hamachi but neither of us have ever used it before (Hamachi, not Diablo). We've both gotten onto the same network and can ping/chat with each other but we're having trouble getting a game of any sort to run. If we enter the IP Diablo gives us, it takes about 30 seconds before saying it can't connect, if we enter the IP Hamachi displays next to our names, it immediately says it can't connect.
He's on vista, I'm on XP. We've played together before at an actual LAN and wanted to continue our game.
Any suggestions?
battlenet?
I can't play Dawn of War over hamachi because I always lag out after 10 minutes of a match so I had to use gamespy. It's just finicky.
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Minions can't.
So keep an item with charges of Teleport on hand.
Actually I'm a sorc so that wasn't a problem at all. It was annoying cause they both kept spamming that stupid knockback V shaped thing and were pushing me all over the place. Plus while you're being pushed you can't cast spells so the fight took longer than it should have.
Aaaargh, I needed that.
The build I'm going for calls for points into fire bomb, which supposedly is useful in hell for lightning immunes.
B.net: Kusanku
Well I never saw him in game so it's not gone yet.
I've learned already that my sorc's best course of action is just to run from ridiculous rare spawns. No longer can I use the kill everything in my path approach. Extra fast, frozen aura, lightning enchanted, mana burn, cold immune my ass.
Nothing like getting hit for 60% of your HP before you can even get close, and then frozen so you can't run away.
Does anyone know how I can fix this?
Is putting extra points in claw mastery worth it at all?
If you're using dual claws in melee, you absolutely need max claw mastery. If you're using the claws only for their +skill bonuses, then you don't need it except one point as a prereq for whatever you're using.
Conviction Aura Represent! (USWest, though)
AKA [PA]Ilovepandas
there is gear which adds a solid %. I have a helm that adds 70%, so 900 and a weapon which adds 20%. I put a few in Claw Mastery, so at level 70 I have 5k AR.
B.net: Kusanku
How...the fuck did you do this?
And me and my friends killed Diablo for the first time last night. Boy did he rip my skellies to shreds. I was pretty useless for most of the fight. Even with Weaken on him, he ripped us apart. We eventually had to turn to the drop-the-money-on-the-ground-and-zerg-him technique.
Of course, then we got to fucking Baal later in the nigth and one of them goes "Oh, I gotta go to bed" so we stopped at Baal. That was annoying.
Summon Golem in front of Duriel -> Duriel attacks/kills Golem in one hit -> Summon Golem in front of Duriel -> repeat
Obviously you have to have another person in there.
AKA [PA]Ilovepandas
1-15 trist runs
15-20 tomb runs
20-25 = normal cow runs
25 - > 45 baal runs
45 - > 70 NM baal runs
edit: 20-25 is normal cow runs, not blowing cocks while suffering
B.net: Kusanku
Okay, wait what? Do you know of a guide that details this anymore? Because I don't get how you do "runs."
When'll you be on?
Just a wild guess but is there no button or something similar to toggle between expansion and not expansion characters ? Might be that the game is only showing you expansion characters.
the games are up all the time just look for them. Everyone in D2 has friends with high levels and also just every random person is really bored. trist-01, trist-02, baalin1, baalin2 shit like that; and groups of people will just sit there and do 25 "runs" in a row with some high level doing all the killing while everyone else just tags along gets about somewhere about 1-2 levels per run.
It's super easy. Obviously you need someone to rush you to act 2, and then straight to act 5 after you're done with tomb runs. But once you're there, that's all you do. There's always baal, tomb, and trist runs going-- like between 3-6 different groups always. And they usually just keep making them because baal and trist runs take about 5-10 minutes to do, depending on what class is doing the clearing.
edit: oh wait, 20-25 is normal cow runs
B.net: Kusanku
Check on 8 player random groups there is always a run of sorts going through there. Make sure that you leave before getting credit for a Baal Kill so you don't jump a difficulty unless you are ready. Unless someone who completed the quest teleports there. Also its pretty easy to get into a PA partner to help you out on US west for quests and such. Just jump into PA channel.
For all those in Hell now. I'm a level 77 trapassin so should I just keep doing Baal runs to gain levels or just simply start farming for items now from Meph/Andy/Countess? I can handle everything but lightning immunes which I just run away from until My fire blast gets good enough.. in about 3-4 levels.
Perhaps I should check out the random games more instead of trying to quest through the game...
and I'm on East, soooo....
West Ladder, but I'm positive one of these dudes will rush you to act 2, then act 5 then you can be high level in no time
B.net: Kusanku
He's on vista, I'm on XP. We've played together before at an actual LAN and wanted to continue our game.
Any suggestions?
I'll have to do that with a new character. If I do it with my Necro, my friends will kill me for getting ahead of them.
battlenet?
I can't play Dawn of War over hamachi because I always lag out after 10 minutes of a match so I had to use gamespy. It's just finicky.
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Giant Skull
Nos Coil
Ravenfrost
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Stealskull
Vampire Gaze
Tal Rasha’s Horadric Crest
Sting of Ears
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