# All Diablo2 Talk here......... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956 "2003-04-11T03:20:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/101 "2003-05-02T21:35:19Z")
Voltaire and iampunha both play on USEast also. I’ve played with both 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2003, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/102 "2003-05-03T07:41:32Z")
So do Kwejibo and I, although we’ve both been occupied with the Eastern Sun mod lately. I suppose we should both sign on to Battlenet to keep our characters alive… ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/103 "2003-05-04T04:12:13Z")
My dad tells me he can’t put any runes, jewels, or gems into any of his socketed items. I know I’ve seen the solution to this problem somewhere, but danged if I can remember where or what it is. He’s running LOD 1.09d on XPHome, and he uses the latest MapHack/Mousepad hack. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Madawc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Madawc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madawc)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/104 "2003-05-04T07:00:08Z")
Well I’m not sure because I don’t use the “latest” version of Maphack by Mousepad. But I’m pretty sure there is an option for that version of Maphack that forces no jeweling allowed. This allows for people not to accidentally put say a chipped gem in a Griswold’s Ornate Plate. Again, I don’t know for sure that the version of Maphack your father uses has this option. I use a 1.09c version of the Maphack that has the bare minimum abilities of seeing the map, changing the colors of the names of higher end runes, charms and gems. So just check out the readme file that is part of the version of maphack you are using and figure out if the jeweling thing is set to don’t jewel a damned thing. Finally, I don’t have a definite answer but am pretty sure that the problem lies with that version of Mousepad’s Maphack. I hope this helped ---
**Author:** ![Madawc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Madawc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madawc)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/105 "2003-05-04T07:33:53Z")
check out this site… [http://mousepad.d2network.com/files/mh/readme.html](http://mousepad.d2network.com/files/mh/readme.html) it’s the readme… and there is a tiny bit there talking about “Protect socketed items from accidental socketing.” so you need to disable it to be able to socket things in general. The configuration Section should be where you should be looking to solve this. and this is for Version 4.7g for Diablo II & Diablo II LOD v1.09d. probably similar configurations for other 4.7 version of MH too. If you don’t trust that site, then load up your maphack and there should be a link on it that’ll direct you to mousepad’s site, which is where I direct you to. this is your answer. I just needed to dig a bit deeper for you and “tada” your answer to your father’s problem. ---
**Author:** ![Madawc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Madawc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madawc)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/106 "2003-05-05T22:12:35Z")
I have no idea why my replies to **Morgyn** ’s question, didn’t bump this thread…I hope this post will get it bumped and you can have the answer you were looking for ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/107 "2003-05-06T01:17:27Z")
I almost had a Diablo tragedy tonight. I decided to change Magic-find characters and sent my Skullders, Chancies, and all my other mf gear to my old sorc (using a Gull gives 100% more mf). Well I did that and changed equipment around to re-equip my zon. As soon as I did that and started my first mf run, the whole USEast realm went down, I can’t even get to the server to log in. I guess the sign of a real gaming geek is that I consider that an “almost tragedy”. 🙂 (but I _can_ hope that it went down to install the patch even though I know that it didn’t) ---
**Author:** ![Madawc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Madawc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madawc)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/108 "2003-05-06T03:29:30Z")
u guys see that new 1.10 Azurewrath? man is it crazy. [http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/images/other/azurewrath.jpg](http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/images/other/azurewrath.jpg) drool away guys ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/109 "2003-05-06T04:39:28Z")
Madawc–thanks, I saw the reply. I did figure out it had something to do with MapHack–forgot there was an option for “socket protection”–Dad’s MapHack is all on default settings, so maybe that’s the problem. I’ll tell him how to fix it. Right now I told him to turn MapHack off to do it, but the instruction seems to be confusing him. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/110 "2003-05-06T06:53:22Z")
Just to let you guys know, I’m playing in USWest realm, with my lvl 70 Amazon (YeticaRexia), lvl 13 Paladin (YeticusRex - I accidentally erased my lvl 75 Paladin:smack: ), and my lvl 13 Barb (YetiPrime). I usually start a game called “Yeti” or “Yeti1”,“Yeti2”, if the previous games are already going. Let me know if your a doper so we debate while we kill! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/111 "2003-05-06T18:42:43Z")
About that Azurewrath… Seeing as there’s only one unique of each item type (except for rings and amulets), does this mean that they’re removing the Lightsabre? And they really should pay more attention to continuity, since Azurewrath is supposed to be a runeblade. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/112 "2003-05-06T18:58:13Z")
Nope, the Lightsabre is staying. The front page of [dii.net](http://dii.net) mentions that. There are a couple set items of the same item type, and Blizzard said they’ll probably do multiple items of some item types in 1.10. Rune blades are only exceptional items, so the base damage is too low, and the frequency is too high. Plus, a crystal sword is indestructible, something I’d expect from the weapon of an angel. ---
**Author:** ![Madawc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Madawc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madawc)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/113 "2003-05-09T09:35:54Z")
[http://www.pikacenter.com/temp/d2/](http://www.pikacenter.com/temp/d2/) this shit is semi-legit, i visited [www.battle.net](http://www.battle.net) and with a lot of patience and refreshing i got into arreat summit I saw a few of these pages and what that website has up, is what I saw at Arreat Summit. This is NOT a lie from me. It can be a prank from the Blizzard employees but not likely. [www.diabloii.net](http://www.diabloii.net) even has a story on this too. Skill changes and the interaction between skills, new runewords, items, and set item boostage. I checked to see if there are other lower lvl items being added but doesn’t seem like it. Looks like a blend of Eastern Sun mod and Sanctuary Reborn to me. And I’m salivating at the prospect of 1.10. check out the Community Forum at [www.diabloii.net](http://www.diabloii.net) they have threads there that have stats too. But the link at the very top of this post seems to be the best presented and there is a zip file of it all that you can dload. Guys the patch is imminent. Let us brace ourselves to be blown away to a whole new gaming experience with an old game we came to love. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/114 "2003-05-09T12:34:42Z")
I hope nobody minds me exploding on them, but this is too good not to share. Killed off NM Mephisto for the first time with my Bowazon, and he drops a Ballista. A gold Ballista. Un. Be. Fucking. Lievable. Anyway, there’s a shitload of 1.10 info up on [diabloii.net](http://diabloii.net) now including a list of all the new rune words - one of which uses two Zods! - and a bunch of elite uniques. It also seems that possessing certain skills will power up other skills in the same tree. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/115 "2003-05-09T14:01:43Z")
ED, you use that buriza, and I will hunt you down and kill you. But good job on the drop, especially for the first kill - I can’t imagine you had a lot of MF on. I’m off to dii! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/116 "2003-05-09T14:36:47Z")
Other than the sweet skill interaction, I’m afraid I’m unimpressed until the set boosts and unique weapons come out. There are only about 3 rune words that are feasible, and those require runes that are near-impossible to find in Single Player. There’s only one, ONE!, new unique armor item that adds IAS, and it has a Str. Req. of 106. How about pandering at least an item to the speed crowd? Damn, I hate looking a gift horse in the mouth, but it just doesn’t look like they consulted people who actually play the game when making some of these items. I mean, how many of the rune words for melee weapons actually add Enhanced Damage? About half. That’s ridiculous. I’m not asking that every item have 300% ED, but having some good mid-level damage is a necessity. There better be an elite Diamond Bow, or I’m a gonna be upset. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/117 "2003-05-09T15:10:15Z")
I can’t wait for the patch release. My magic finding has sucked recently, so starting a ladder character will get my mind of it. I cannot believe that I’m doing hell cows and hell meph at 525 mf and CANNOT GET A FRICKEN UNIQUE!!! Ahhhh… I feel better now. I think I’m going to mules my mf stuff back to my zon, at least she would find things… ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/118 "2003-05-09T16:59:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Munch \* > **ED, you use that buriza, and I will hunt you down and kill you. But good job on the drop, especially for the first kill - I can’t imagine you had a lot of MF on.** Stealskull (borrowed from my lvl72 Assassin), a bit on a ring, a bit on boots - no more than 50% total. Don’t worry about me using it on _you_, though, Munch - I only ever play SP. The real irony is that I’d been pumping Guided Arrow because I was using Ichorsting as a backup to Endlesshail _until_ I could find a Buriza. By the time I was high enough level to use the Buriza (I was lvl37, Str 87 when I found it), I had max GA… This character’s turned into a positive god for finding stuff; Hellforge Smith dropped a Pul rune - my highest ever rune, I think - and Diablo dropped a near-perfect Manald Heal (7% steal, replenish 6). ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/119 "2003-05-10T14:30:28Z")
There’s more patch news from Blizzard. Most interesting- a new “secret level” that has something to do with selling Stones of Jordan (getting rid of the dupes in the process.) There’s also some kind of superpowered unique set that isn’t even listed as a set- the only way you know it’s a set is if you wear all the items at once. If it ever comes out (after E3 is the latest estimate, [Dii.net](http://Dii.net) says May 21st at the soonest,) this shit could be nuts.[Here’s the post from the blizzard guy,](http://www.battle.net/FORUMS/thread.aspx?ForumName=d2-general&ThreadID=118615&PageNo=1) check out the screenshots. ---
**Author:** ![Kivick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/65b543/32.png) [@Kivick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kivick)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956/120 "2003-05-10T22:42:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jimmy Chitwood \* > \*\*There’s more patch news from Blizzard. Most interesting- a new “secret level” that has something to do with selling Stones of Jordan (getting rid of the dupes in the process.) There’s also some kind of superpowered unique set that isn’t even listed as a set- the only way you know it’s a set is if you wear all the items at once. If it ever comes out (after E3 is the latest estimate, [Dii.net](http://Dii.net) says May 21st at the soonest,) this shit could be nuts.[Here’s the post from the blizzard guy,](http://www.battle.net/FORUMS/thread.aspx?ForumName=d2-general&ThreadID=118615&PageNo=1) check out the screenshots. \*\* The common guess on Dii is that it is Tyrael’s set. In which gues My guess is that when you complete the set you appear to have the vorpal cloak that surrounds him in the game. That would be so cool! _crosses fingers_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-diablo2-talk-here/167956.md?page=7)