Let's play Diablo 2 LOD 1: Regret is imminent

[HawkTheRed]

1st of all:that is the challenge of the melee class.if you think you can just hop in and rip some ass, you are wrong. this is a RPG and to me, RPG's are were you start at the bottom and completed challenges to get to the top,(not gay RPG's like final fantasy or kingdom hearts etc)

2nd of all:when you challenge people to play solo as Necromancer, guess what IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT THE GAME AS A Necromancer. if you don't like challenging RPG's, then you can fuck off back to finale fantasy

[TheShadowofX]

@HawkTheRed You can hop in and rip ass in MP due to the rushing/Baal runs/overpowered runewords. It's so prevalent that getting rushed and mooching off botted Baal runs is actually listed in strategy guides as what one should do. And it's what everyone did prior to the 1.13 update, now people just grind bosses for the keys to remake their characters without making a new one.

I have neither a level 90 Enigma Hammerdin buddy nor the 1.13 update. I have a stack of sticks. What did I do wrong again

[HawkTheRed]

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[HawkTheRed]

can I see a lets play were everyone don't bash tall the melee classes

[HawkTheRed]

@HawkTheRed sorry were everyone don't bash all

[TheShadowofX]

@HawkTheRed Melee classes aren't bad per se, it's just that without Enigma/BotD etc. they are drastically weaker, whereas other non-melee classes aren't as effected (Necromancer aside, just try to kite 40 skeletons without teleport). And in SP those runewords are impossible to get without hacking the runes in and without modding them to be allowed to make them in the first place; both Enigma/BotD are ladded-only.

[TomGrae]

Is it me or does Daiblo (the original) just look nicer? both graphics and aesthetics?

[2000mAh]

Druid - joke?... You're a joke

Paladin - melee class?... Durrrr

Necro - naked?, should be easy

[JeeHost]

I must admit - I've sunked quite some time in this game and even got the best stuff (runes are not included - screw this Blizzard's mindf*ck) farming Ancient Tunnels on Hell with sorceress (very efficient in SP actually). I'm looking forward to this LP, cause I like an opinion of someone with your particular attitude and ability to produce something both silly and entertaining. Hope it's easier on your system in terms of encoding video. Good luck, m8.

[TheShadowofX]

@JeeHost Sorceress is the best farming class bar none, especially in SP for their natural Teleport skill. Even so my other Amazon, Elly, is decked out with awesome gear as well, for what passes as awesome in SP. As for encoding these D2 videos take around 6 hours to encode, rather than 8. I do hope this LP works out well, since this will be tons of farming and lengthy boss fights of me hopefully NOT dying. I dread the day I fight Diablo already, that guy's an ASS on /players 8.

[JeeHost]

@TheShadowofX I've messed up most of my hardcore playthroughs. Best was Hammerdin at I dont remember which patch (1.08?). I could take up challenge running naked through Hell with Fishymancer but with maximum of 2 out of 3 requirements (Hardcore/Naked/Players 8), still would be pain in the ass even on NM with all the glooms 1-shotting from out of screen. As for Diablo on /players 8 - I believe amazon has some cheap tricks vs him which I think you should and will abuse.

[TheShadowofX]

@JeeHost Never used a Hammerdin or Paladin in general, and don't even remind me of the Burning Souls. If I run into any I just reload to get a different spawn, they're mass-murderers on /players 8. A javazon does have one trick up her sleeve, and that is that she has a very good source of poison damage, which prevents health regeneration. I might also spam Valkyrie, since they only cost mana to spawn. Hose of Death will take care of that "detail though". That attack is plain unfair...

[JeeHost]

@TheShadowofX Well, I wasn't in any meaningful way good with amazons so that's another reason to follow this undertaking of yours. Surprised though that you haven't modded stash size, considering your explanation about gambling items. I can barely justify every character having same inv space (though I only used barbs as mules, following the common sense of them looking strong), but the tiny chest size is inexplicable. I guess transfer fee between locations in D2 collected by the powers above ))

[TheShadowofX]

@JeeHost I haven't modded the stash because I honestly don't know how, although it's rarely an issue. I do use mules if I have to though, although I'm hoping to avoid any storage size problems this time around. The entire "not enough storage space" thing is another problem rampant in MP, which can mostly be avoided in SP if you know what you're doing. As for transfer fee it must be collected by whoever takes your money on death. I mean how could a Burning Soul take it, why would it even care?

[JeeHost]

@TheShadowofX You've brought up an entire "lack of sensibility" topic right there. If somebody gets your gold as a fee for your revival, why would this someone cares for gold more than for magical equipment which is probably much more valuable in a metaphysical way or any way this revival of yours happens. Ah, nevermind me, I'm giving game devs too much credit. And that's Blizzard we are talking about, though back in the days of D2 they weren't as "corrupted" as their more recent projects...

[TheShadowofX]

@JeeHost Also a question is how mercs get revived. I mean they can get frozen and than shattered into ice cubes, which quickly melt into nothing. How do you revive someone from that? To be honest after having played Oblivion for years I'm pretty much immune to things that make no sense, as well as a lack of care when it concerns games and gamers. At least in this game it doesn't show very well, if you don't know about all the MP-exclusive stuff. But eh, that's why SP has mods.