Diablo II Degenerate

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Well, my Palidan has killed Diablo and I’ve finished the game so I can go back to leading a normal life. I’ve started again with a Necromancer and a Barbarian, plus through again at a tougher level with my good old Palidan. My plan is to rotate between three ongoing games whenever I feel like playing so it should be months before I face Diablo again.

This is one great game. I played Age of Empires II for eight months before I got sick of it so I’ll probably get my money’s worth out of Diablo II.

The final brawl to throw the five switches and get to Diablo is staggering - the variety of monsters coming at you is overwhelming. My poor guy was stumbling around frozen, poisoned, cursed with a variety of curses (one seemed to make him drop his healing potions on the ground), fried by lightning, flames licking at him, and being hacked at. Running away and town portaling in and out were critical.

One tip: When Diablo dies a clock appears “the game will end in XX seconds”. Diablo drops a bunch of goodies (in my case a super sword, an amulet…) and you have to pick the stuff up before the game ends. Make sure you have some room in your pack when you drop the big guy so you can snag these goodies.

I’ll never know how some of you guys get through so fast. Seraphim says he went through the game twice in four days. I must have played for damned near 100 hours to get through once and I tried to be fast.

Keep the trivia and tips coming. This is truly Mundane Pointless Stuff we must share.

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All right, we really need to work out a b-net schedule here. I don’t have a multiplayer character yet, but I am currently buzzing through the game with Necrophiliac, my necromancer. I know all of you guys are partial to summoning spells, but I prefer to load up on armor and wade through melee, throwing out my high level teeth and cursing everything that moves. Less efficient it may be, but it is damned satisfying.

MR

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I never thought I would find lost souls at the SDMB…

You guys play Diablo II?

Thats just cool, and funny all at the same time!

-SS

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No, actually. We prefer talking in some technical detail about the fine art of character creation and handing out advice to other players even though we ourselves wouldn’t go near the game. :slight_smile:

Regards,
MR

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Just an update. I killed D the night I got back from vacation, and have taken my Paladin into nightmare mode. The cow level is tough! One on one the cows arent too hard, but they attack 20 at a time! I’m gonna try to bring a few more characters along so I have a variety of different heros to chose from at an advanced level. I think open b-net is gonna be the way to go. If anyone really wants to play, start by posting a time you can play and a character you want to play, or e-mail me. We should start from scratch with new heros.

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I can’t Battlenet; my free internet connection is absolute crap.

Here’s how my Palidan finished the game:
level 28, strength 83, dexterity 72, vitality 50, energy 30

Diablo went down to a Knight’s Long sword, damage 6-31, very fast attack speed, +83 to attack rating.
gauntlets 15, belt 10 (both magic), “Field Plate of the Wolf” armour-defense 157, +15 to life, “Sigon’s Sabot” greaves-faster run/walk, cold resist 40%, “The Ward” gothic shield- defense 74, successful blocking 56% (you can hear the clank as a big hit is blocked) magic damage reduced by 2, +10 to strength, “Undead Crown”- defense 42, half freeze duration, poison resist 50%, +8 defense, 4% life stolen per hit.

As an amateur I didn’t build up my special powers too wisely. I emphasized Might, Defiance, and Blessed Aim up to levels 4 or 5. I wasted points on on Prayer. Cleansing came in handy and the three Resist Cold, Lightning and Fire came in handy near the end. When the nasties telegraph that one of these elemental hits is coming I could quickly hot key the necessary defense and reduce the damage. I wished I could spare the points to play around with Thorn and such but it’s a hard world out there.

I enjoyed my “Ring of Radiance”- +3 to light radius, silver ring- +73 to attack rating, “Bronze Ring of Excellence”- +16 to attack, +3 to minimum damage, “Doom Touch” ring- +1 to light, magic damage reduce 2, fire resist +9%, +4 mana, plus the best rings and amulets I could find for poison, fire, lightning, freeze.

When Diablo died I bagged “Glowing Ancient Armour” - defense 231, light radius +2, and “Grim Sever” great sword - damage 30 - 49, but these both require strength of 100 to use.

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Heehee my level 23 Paladin just beat the tar out of the main boss of Act 2. Duriel I think. And I hardly had to lift a finger. All I did was turn on my level 3 thorns and a whole slew of potions. Since Duriel does so much damange to me and his attacks are all Melee he was doin 4 times the damage to himself. All I did was hit him with my Fine Broad Sword of Venom :).

Anyways yeah we Should work out a Bnet schedule. Someone email me what time would be good for you guys.

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“Cow Level”??? With my “Sir” Palidan in the original camp of Act 1 I put Wirt’s leg and a scroll of town portal into my transmogrifier but nothing happened. Maybe I lost my chance to get to that hidden or secret level because I went out of the camp briefly before I tried. Any advice?

Damn! I just had a call from a headhunter. I might get a job soon and have to end my career as a computer game player.

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Al, you gotta do it in the rogues camp of the level you just completed. Try again in normal difficulty.

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Acually Diablo II is supposed to work on NT. So maybe getting a job will only help your career as a Gamer, As for me I’m gonna be turning my desk around so that the screen no longer faces the door.

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It does work on NT. I’ve been playing it at work. They can’t fire me–I’m the only one who knows what’s going on.

Just started a necro on the side. I love having minions.

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Dave, a good way for the paladin to kill the cows is with the holy hammer and with poison potions. There are 2 unique cows as well as the King of the Cows. As long as you keep your distance and don’t get surrounded, you should be fine.

BTW, the Cow King gives you one rare, one magic, and a ton of stamina potions.

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How’s this for massively stupid?

I got through the Arcane Sanctuary (in Act II), with difficulty, my first try. That’s one bugger of a level, BTW. Then I walk through the portal to the Valley of whatever-it-is. Not thinking to clearly at this point, I happily cast a Town Portal, do some shopping, and quit. That’s when I realize that my only connection to the Valley was that Portal which disappeared when I quit. Sure enough, when I start it up again, all I can do is waypoint to the Arcane Sanctuary.

Sooooo, I start fighting my way through again, but this time I get killed by the summoner. So I run back to my body, but just as I get there, I get killed again, scattering my equipped posessions. Not thinking at all this time, I say forget it, and exit, thinking that my body will be back in town this time, albeit with less cash. But, of course, what happened is that all the stuff that was scattered is gone!! Forever! I can’t get it back!! I’m such an idiot!!! My rare helmet! My enhanced armor! My kick-ass bow!! My amulet that took 10% of my damage from my mana! And especially, my belt that increased the amount of money I got from monsters!!! Damn! Damn me to hell!!

The only good thing was that my kick-ass socketed crossbow was in my backpack at the time, so I still have it. Good thing, too, because since I exited and came back, the AS was repopulated again. I died three or four times before I finally made it through again - this time, determined not to leave until I found the new waypoint. And to top it all off, the portal opens right next to the damn waypoint. Blast it all. I am so damned stupid.

I haven’t tried battle net for a couple of weeks. Has performance improved? I’d be way up for some SD battle net games. Let me know! I’m going to allow my email to be accessable just for this. You should be honored.

Also, for whoever it was that was asking about Mac, it will be out in a week or two - by the end of July. It’s the fastest PC to Mac conversion ever. It’s already gone gold.

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oh yeah, one other cool thing about cold armor spells: aside from lasting after being cast (so you can use other spells and skills with the armor active), boosting your defensive stats and causing cold damage to attackers . . .

it adds to your light radius! Just one more reason cold elemental spells are the best thing there is.

Workin’ my way to Cold Mastery . . .

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I dont think your cold spells will do ya much good when just cut your character in half with nice pointy sword.

Sorry I just wanted to get in some trash talkin :slight_smile:

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I don’t think your sharp pointy sword will do you much good when your joints have been frozen solid by a glacial spike.

Sorry just wanted to respond in kind :smiley:

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Cold spells suck when your teamed with a Necro. The bodies freeze, shatter and melt away, so there is no corpse to raise.

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I have found the best recipe for the cube (aside from upgrading gems)

3 health
3 mana
1 chipped gem (May work with any kind of gem, I just used chipped because I’m so far in the game I don’t get them anymore to upgrade the chips to flawed)

Stir…

1 FULL rejuvenation potion, which completely rocks. I’ve stacked up 9 of them, which I’m saving for Da Man himself.

(For those who don’t know, FULL rejuvs instantly bring mana and health to 100%, unlike partial rejuvs, which do 36%, and individuals, which are too slow.)

stoid…totally hooked

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Well, I finished Act I last night. (Yeah, yeah, I know, everyone else is going through their second run. I’m a slow player. Deal.)

Remember how I said that between two rings and an amulet, my Barbarian character has a +37 chance of finding magic items?

Part of my treasure from killing off Andariel at the end of Act I was a Normal Amethyst. The gem which, when placed within a helm, adds about 20 to your chance of finding magic items.

My next several levels will all be focused upon building up my ‘Find Item’ skill. This rocks.

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Actually, the gem that gives you extra chance to find magic items is the topaz (if placed in a helm).

My barbarian (level 26) has long ago abandoned his Find Potion and Find Item skills. For one thing, with all the junk he’s wearing, he has a 75%+ chance to find magic items. Second, his armor (unique, called ‘Iceblink’) allows him to freeze everything he hits. As a result, no bodies. No muss, no fuss, just gets his boots a bit wet :smiley: