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Content patch (1.13) coming to Diablo 2.
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Spend 5 minutes getting to level 70 again, or use a program to make your char in singleplayer to level 70 or whatever. Or, you know, plan your tree in advance like us leet members.*
Side note: Shared stash better win, because if it does... That's all I'll ever need to come back to this game. Seriously.
*we may or may not be leet.
This is coming from one of the first Paladins to use the Hammerdin pre-LOD and reach 90, to flex my e-peen if we're going leet.
Seriously. It doesn't take 5 minutes to get to 70. God everytime D2 or 3 comes up the first thing said is OMG RESPECS. Followed by OMG NO RESPECS 3 seconds later.
So is the guy in your avatar, but that doesn't stop you.
But seriously I've had this argument with just about everyone on PA. I'd rather not bring this shitstorm to this thread.
god dammit no
FUCK I'm going to lose another 6 months to this game
I am fucking astonished that this is actually happening
My reasons for not liking respecs are just as valid as your reasons for liking respecs. No one will ever change my mind that they are ever a good idea in a fast paced game like Diablo. And I really don't intend on changing anyone elses mind about liking them.
And then say "use the five minutes?"
I mean, the audacity of your statement is just as rude and abrasive as mine. You say it's lame, I say your way is old and busted and respecs are the new hotness.
If you want me to justify my response, I got no problem with it; but, to say that and not expect it to rub at least someone the wrong way when we've been over this a couple of threads already is beatin' that dead horse well after it's dead.
If you're not going to change your mind, and you don't like it, and everyone else does, and you're not going to say "well, I don't think it's a good idea because X, Y, Z, A, B, C, 1, 2, 3" then I don't know what you're trying to accomplish other than whining.
I mean, if that's what you wanna do, that's cool too, you know.
That's just, like, your opinion man.
In my own non-anti-urahonky opinion, I think respecs are a fine idea (and I like using them in two other Diablo-like games, Guild Wars and Titan Quest). However, I would want something in Diablo II that actually revitalizes the game, like a new game mode or a new Act. The previous "content patches" added lame multiplayer-only bosses and only a handful of runewords. The patch that added synergies really changed things up, and regardless of others' opinions about synergies, I really think a new content patch should contain something as earth-shattering as that.
Though a prayer paladin sucked while playing him... But it's not like I assumed it was going to be the best thing ever created when I started it.
Half the fun of Diablo, in my mind, was creating off-the-wall builds and going somewhere with it. At release I made a CB sorc and it was fucking fun to shoot off like 40 CBs per shot. No one else really made that, they all went the frozen orb/static field (before nerf) build. All respecs do are create more cookie cutter characters. But I guess you can't really help that anyway.
e: Lucascraft, sorry for acting like a douche to you. I realize I should have explained my position without saying something stupid, but really I was half-way kidding. If you realize, at level 70, that you messed up... Then you really should have looked up your skill tree online before putting points in. But I understand the predicament that would cause a person to want respecs. But honestly, I'd LOVE to run into that situation, because that means I get to restart my char with all the phat gear and plow through everyone again.
What?
I wouldn't mind seeing the difficulty on Hell scaled back a bit, at least in single-player mode.
Respecs would be nice too, especially if they start tinkering with balance again.
Melee sorcs were also awesome. Max Enchant and mana shield and yeah... go to town!
Oh absolutely. They're completely useless above Nightmare. But they're fun to play all the way there haha.
How is Guild Wars anything like Diablo?
Heavily gear dependent, though.
I bet they are better for Hell than a frozen orb sorc... Hardly melee immune mobs there.
"Go up, thou bald head." -2 Kings 2:23
Now I'm beginning to think this beast is immortal.
All right, people. It is not a gerbil. It is not a hamster. It is not a guinea pig. It is a death rabbit. Death. Rabbit. Say it with me, now.
Not even death can save Diablo 3 from Diablo 2?
The Competitive PvP aspect of Guild Wars is the selling point, of course, and it differs from Diablo greatly in terms of competitive balance (in PvP and PvM). I played Guild Wars for a number of years, even wrote a few guides for it when I was playing. It's a much different game, but I'd say it's more like Diablo than it is like its brethren MMOs.
Out of curiosity do you think that Diablo 2 would have made it this long with respecs? I'm not trying to be an ass, just asking I promise.
I dunno. Just throwing out things. But yeah... Blizzard knows how to keep their games alive. Must sprinkle the CDs with crack or something.
Nah, I love you Zen. You're good peoples. Just asking a question. I swear it's not a loaded one.
But... I gotta go workout. So yeah, you can ignore it if you want.
As an example - Lets say I have a paladin that's a Zeal/Fanaticism build. Then I pop a really sweet fucking 2hand weapon and want ty try a Vengeance build. But that means I gotta make an alt and get him to appropriate level just to use the damn weapon in the first place.
In all likelihood, I will get bored with the alt and take a break from the game long before I get the character up to the right level.
Oh, and for those of you who claim that it takes "5 minutes" to get to 70 need to share your secret with me, because in my many years of experience playing Diablo, the game really slows down in the 40s. It takes forever from that point on.
EDIT: The thing is, I don't want this anymore. Which is why I want something earthshattering and brand new with this so-called "Content Patch." Personally, I think Blizzard didn't anticipate the retro-game sales of Diablo II after their Diablo III preview, and with the resulting swell in DII numbers, they figure they should "release some content" (i.e. fix some bugs).
Unfortunately, I don't think they'll get around to adding an expanded stash, shared stash, tokenisers, item containers, worthwhile sets, more uniques, more runewords, item rerolling, comprehensive item customisation, skill and stat resets, a reason to put points into anything other than vitality, fully equippable mercenaries, more maps and vaguely balanced skills to their aging, soon-to-be-dead game.
Respecs would be a cool idea since this will be the last update most likely before D3.