Are there only two levels of difficulty: Normal and Nightmare? Or are there three, like in Diablo I? Or has no-one completed Nightmare, so we don’t really know?
I haven’t been there, but I understand there’s Hell level. I’ve heard lots of people talk about it in the Blizzard forums.
I’m still building up strength and Full Rejuvs to take on Diablo…
I’m so ridiculous. The adrenaline I get going when I’m heading up against a big boss is silly. My brain knows it’s only a game, but my body responds as though it’s real. As a consequence, I’m a complete chicken. I re-do the same levels over and over and over again until I am getting almost no experience, and THEN I move on. Sheesh.
My SO, however, takes on anything. He dies about once an hour, and doesn’t even suit up to go back, he just runs in real quick and loots his corpse. I don’t have the nerve.
by the way, someone earlier said that once you go into the Act IV, you can’t go back. That is simply not true. You can use the WayPoints to go anywhere in the game that you’ve already been. I have been in Act IV, I’ve got 2 of the 3 waypoints, and now I’m playing back in Act III.
stoid
Yes, Viginia, There is a Hell.
After you beat nightmare (heh) you can go to hell. According to the designers, the original hell was too easy. So they wanted to make it so that it would take 8 players to get through hell. Maybe. Solo was right out.
As is, I’m halfway through nightmare, and it’s near impossible solo. I die a lot, and every death takes away exp. I feel like I’m clawing for every bit of groung I can get against Hell’s minions. Loving every minute of it.
I’m almost done with Act II on nightmare mode. It’s not too hard so far, since I have zeal and thorns. The enemies basically kill themselves by attacking me.
However, I am going to get my ass royally kicked by Duriel. I’ll inform everyoone when I attempt this.
oh wow. I went up against Duriel today, normal mode. That thing is annoying.
question: who here has collected an entire set of items? I’m afraid to sell these things, but individually they don’t do much for me; otherwise I’d have them equipped right now. What great skill is unlocked when they’re all found and put together? Is it worth the effort?
Okay I want to play with some fellow dopers. So I am going to make a game. The name is SDMB and the password is “Squirrel” it will be on bnet not the open one anyways. So come and join if ya wanna 
My roommate and I are collecting every ‘set’ piece we can find. Currently, we are one piece short in about three sets (of course, there are only 3 or 4 items in these sets), and have a piece each in about 5 or 6 others. It definitely looks like some were tailored for specific classes (we found a ‘Barbarian’s Hauberk’, for example, that gives +1 to all Barbarian skills - I think there are about 4 other pieces to the set). As for collecting the whole set, you don’t typically get a skill, but you do get an added bonus (or bonuses), on top of whatever the individual parts give you; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
I’m almost to Diablo’s chamber (Normal mode… Monster gets more time to play than I do, the lucky bastard…). I’ve seen someone go against Diablo with a Necromancer, and from what I’ve seen, my Sorceress should whup his ass.
And to Bump… you were right about Glacial Spike. I scrapped my +3-Fireball stave today in favor of a +3-Glacial Spike staff… and BOY, do I LOVE the change! It costs a bit more, mana-wise… but today, I also raised Warmth three more levels. I wait three seconds, and I have another Spike ready…
I love the Meteor spell, too… it just LOOKS insane. I right-click a couple times, and I swear I can hear “Ride Of The Valkyries” playing…
And I’m keeping my eyes open for a staff that provides plusses to Lightning Storm and/or Energy Shield, or Blizzard… just some fun stuff to pound on the Big D with…
Ahhhhh! I read this thread yesterday, decided, what the hell, i’m sick of kicking major butt in StarCraft Broodwar on B-Net, i need a new game. So i buy DiabloII. You bastards! I’m hooked! So in the 5 hourse i play last night before i was forced to tear myself away from the screen, I’m a L7 amazon (with a really sexy voice), and i’ve been killed. I just entered the dark wood too. So now i’m sitting here at work which as much as it’s being slow here, i dread, and i forgot to bring the game with me to install here, and i’m already jonesing. Gotta go home and play DiabloII! That’s what’s in my head right now. So, Do you kids start a few different games with different characters and play a different one each time? Or just stick with one. I was thinking maybe if i started over with a necromancer this time… but i like my amazon. Shiva, that’s what i call her.
Mauve Dog said:
Yeah, you’re right. Brain fart on my part. But it was a Normal Topaz I found. Now, with the Boots of Fortune I bought, I’ve got a +65% chance of finding magic items.
Unfortunately, most of what I’ve found so far sucks ass. I’ve been through the Sewers, the first two Desert Areas, the Stony Tomb, and the place where you get the Horadric Cube (all Act II, in case you were wondering), and every time a rare item shows up, it’s a Crossbow. Great. Thanks for nothing. I get two Set items and a Unique item within the first half of Act I, and never see anything like them again… and now I’m struggling with the decision of whether or not to abandon my armor- I can buy Scale Mail, which would up my Defense by at least 50; but that gives up the +15 mana +15 life +15 Stamina Regenerate 3 bonus the armor gives. Arggh. What I’d do for some Unique Plate right about now…
Daniel: If you do a search by “Diablo II set list”, most search engines will point you to some web sites with a full list of the set items and what the set bonuses are.
soulsling: I screwed around with a lot of different characters when I started (part of the reason I’m only in the early part of Act II right now). But eventually I settled down for my main Barbarian. Maybe after pushing through the game some more, I might pick back up my Amazon, or start a new barbarian with Axes being his main focus (and thus getting a bit of a ranged attack once I get to Act II). We’ll see.
When I’m ready to slaughter things, I play my paladin. When I’m in a “sit back and sneer at the foolish mortals” mood, I play my necromancer. My necro hasn’t hit anything with a melee attack in 4 levels; golem makes corpses, corpses make skeletons, skeletons make more corpses…life is good. Even my freebie rogue mercenary hasn’t gotten killed yet. I feel so Evil Overlordish.
I’m good for a Bnet game, but because of my goddamned phone company I have no internet at home. I will have to play either early before work or late after work. Not sure if this will be convenient for anyone else. But at least I have a DSL connection here.
MR
My girlfriend and I just beat Diablo (again for me) last night. I with my Necro, her with her Amazon. He’s easy with range weapons… a little fire protection, a bone spear or 1000… he dies. My first one was a sorceress, and she killed him pretty quick with firewalls. My friend did it with a barbarian, and got slaughtered repeatedly, as he was point blank on a lightning blast every time Diablo got angry.
I’ma a hardcore MacAddict and playing on my hunny’s PC has been driving me nuts. Not so much because it’s a PC, but simply because it’s not MY computer that I’m playing on, I’m at his mercy as to when I can play. (Unless I play on the other PC, which invented the term LAG, even in single player…kudos to my hun for letting me play on the fast one when we play together).
Anyway, I ordered the Mac version from Blizzard yesterday and it’s supposed to arrive today. I wish I had my new G4 to install it on, but that will have to wait a bit.
Blizzard tech support tells me that I should be able to transfer my PC characters easily, maybe just changing the type and creator codes. I’m crossing my fingers and I’ll let you know how it goes…
Oh, and as a Diablo I player on a mac three years ago, let me clue the Mac novices in: You MUST invest in a 2-button mouse! It is ESSENTIAL. While you can play with a one button, it involves using modifier keys, which completely screws you up… you need your left hand for skill switching, run/walk and search for items. Having to attack with both hands…well, you’re a better woman than I if you can pull it off…
I am emphatically NOT a computer game hound. Mostly could give a rat’s ass about games. I’ll try 'em, play for a few minutes, get bored and blow it off. This applys to puzzle games, Role-playing, shooting, you name it, I’m bored by it.
This is emphatically not true of Diablo. 3 years ago I lost about 3 months out of my life and blew my health staying up til dawn and sleeping 3 hours a night, barely eating just to PLAY PLAY PLAY!!! I’m a little better this time around (I’d just hate myself if I got that bad again, how pathetic - but it takes discipline) but still, I LOVE it.
Why? I’m 42 years old, my friends ask me all the time, and I am at a complete loss. I cannot explain it. On its face, it looks dumb. Cast spell, bash, find item, get gold, cast spell, bash…blah blah. WHAT is the damn appeal, and why Diablo and not any other role-playing game. Is anyone else like me? Can anyone explain it? Diablo is the fastest/biggest selling game or very near…why why why? I need answers!!!
So…tell us why YOU are so damn hooked.
Let’s make this the standard. I didn’t see that game last night when I read the post; I’m gonna go look for it right now. If it’s not there, create it. So basically, if any Dopers wanna do battle with other Dopers, that’s the name and the password. Sound good?
headin’ to battle.net . . .
feh. Error message; server down. So much for that.
Also, I’m on USEast; I don’t know if it’s possible to be on any other realm, I only remember seeing the one option when I created the bnet account. Might that have been the problem?
Anyway I’m gonna try sometime today to put in the two hours necessary for the account to hold, and maybe make my character worthwhile.
All right, this is too much. I am gonna try and drag my ass outta bed really early and set it up at work. I’ll try to log onto bnet, USAEast realm. If I can’t get on, it’s all your fault <s>.
I’ve never played multiplayer before, believe it or not. So anyone have opinions on item etiquette? I don’t want to step on any toes.
Regards,
MR
I have lots of characters
I have two necromancers (one 17th level, one …I forget what level), two paladins - one 9th level, one 18th level (I did have three, but I deleted one - the game apparently decided he needed to lead a Spartan life, and only coughed up maybe two or three magic items in about 15 levels. He had only a few gems [most of which he got from Andariel], and most of his equipment was normal stuff that he had to buy!), a 26th level Barbarian, a 17th level Amazon, and a 13th level or so Sorceress. I probably could have finished the game a long time ago, if I didn’t keep creating new characters 
I am not looking at this thread as I dont want to know too much about this as I am playing it. However, Does anyone know if Wirts leg is actually used anywhere? It is taking up space in my stash, and I would like to get rid of it if I don’t need it.