The Diablo II thread: Resurrected

PatrThom

PatrThom

Since the original D2 thread has closed, started another one to talk about D2 and now D2R which was released 5 years after the most recent bug fix patch (v1.14), or 20 years since the last time I played at all (v1.09).

Anyway, the thing I most want to say after not having played in two decades is...Duriel can eat twenty years' worth of dicks.

--Patrick
 
Bubble181

Bubble181

PatrThom said:
Since the original D2 thread has closed, started another one to talk about D2 and now D2R which was released 5 years after the most recent bug fix patch (v1.14), or 20 years since the last time I played at all (v1.09).

Anyway, the thing I most want to say after not having played in two decades is...Duriel can eat twenty years' worth of dicks.

--Patrick
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Well, good to hear some things never change.
 
Krisken

Krisken

Duriel was rough the first time as a summoner necro for me. Once I got a decent Clay Golem and Decrepify, all bosses become a joke. My Necro is lvl 79 and still farming for real gear for Hell despite having 250% magic find. Good lord, I forgot how hard decent drops were ro get.

I may farm Countess forever so I can get good runes eventually.
 
Krisken

Krisken

I've had some rotten luck trying to find skill charms, or even resist charms. Anyone here had any success?
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

I’ve only just hit 24 or 25 (I forget which) last night. Only ones I’ve kept so far have been a couple of small charms with +1-2 cold dmg & high single-digit elemental resist.

—Patrick
 
Krisken

Krisken

Ahh, ok. My Necro is lvl 77 with +250% MF. I find lots of low level stuff but nothing to get too excited over (though i did get a Mal rune, which was cool). Still struggling with resists in Hell and really need +Skills so the Skellies can deal decent damage in Hell.

Getting REAL tired of the game crashing after getting to the lvl 5 Hell Countess cellar before I can kill the Countess :censored:
 
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Krisken

Krisken

Necromancer has finally farmed his Monarch shield and has the Spirit runeword. I think what I enjoy about this game is how each step feels meaningful.
 
Krisken

Krisken

Story time:

Was traveling through Act 3, had just entered the Travincal Hell and a rando Unique drops this-

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Damn near piss myself, excited as hell. Then I try to identify it.... and it won't do it. I immediately save and log out. Try to get back in and it shows my character as dead in the load screen.

Breathe a bit, get really worked up. Ready to do an angry post on the Blizz forums (which, c'mon, it's just a game right?). Try again in a minute and see my character isn't dead. With trepidation I open my inventory and I see it there! Hit Identify and am so lucky I still have my fantastic Shako, ready to go!

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Just glad I didn't need to do 1700 Mephisto runs to get one!!!

Thanks for reading my story!
 

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Krisken

Krisken

I had them in the old days (I played a LOT), but to have it drop as soon as I roll into the Travincial area was bonkers. I saw the Unique color and Shako and said out loud "Are you fucking kidding me?!?"

I would have definitely not been happy if the character didn't load back up with it!
 
Zappit

Zappit

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Playing on the switch. Working on building up my summoner necro, but it’s slow going since you’re capped at four players and the biggest group I’ve hooked up with is three.

Right now, I’m just trying to find a plain crystal sword and kite shield to make a couple Spirit runewords. They. Just. Won’t. Drop.
 
Krisken

Krisken

That Monarch shield you won't get until hell difficulty and you are better off shopping for a +3 Sunmoning wand. Only Paladin can Spirit shield in Normal.
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Krisken said:
Yeah, but then you can respec into Wind Druid, which is hella fun. But you aren't wrong, fire druid is pretty craptastic.
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Arcane Sanctuary to a fire druid is like the maggot tunnels to a summoner necro. Pure frustration. All of the fire druid spells travel along the ground and don't work on stairs, and the sanctuary is ALL STAIRS.

But yes, once you get to around 32 or so you can comfortably respec into wind and it's a lot better.
 
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Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

So is there a Battlenet group to join? Do I post my username? Down to play with some people sometime. I am only Lv 15, just finished Act I on Norm
 
Zappit

Zappit

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Ravenpoe said:
Arcane Sanctuary to a fire druid is like the maggot tunnels to a summoner necro. Pure frustration. All of the fire druid spells travel along the ground and don't work on stairs, and the sanctuary is ALL STAIRS.

But yes, once you get to around 32 or so you can comfortably respec into wind and it's a lot better.
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I main Summon Necro. Maggot tunnels aren’t so bad, especially with Corpse Explosion. The Arcane Sanctuary is my most hated zone because of the minion pathfinding. If they have to go downstairs to get to a ranged enemy, it’s the biggest PITA.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Chad Sexington said:
So is there a Battlenet group to join? Do I post my username? Down to play with some people sometime. I am only Lv 15, just finished Act I on Norm
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I think we have a thread where many of us have posted our bnet IDs?
It's been a while since @Jay has updated the OP with the tags people have posted further on in the thread, though. So it might take some digging to find the rest of us. Too bad the board doesn't have a regex search function, eh?

--Patrick
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Zappit said:
I main Summon Necro. Maggot tunnels aren’t so bad, especially with Corpse Explosion. The Arcane Sanctuary is my most hated zone because of the minion pathfinding. If they have to go downstairs to get to a ranged enemy, it’s the biggest PITA.
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I have a summon necro as well and the only problem I have with arcane sanctuary is it's going to use up my staff of teleportation charges and force me to return to town to repair/recharge.

Seriously, don't let your skeletons path find, just teleport them.
 
Krisken

Krisken

Ravenpoe said:
I have a summon necro as well and the only problem I have with arcane sanctuary is it's going to use up my staff of teleportation charges and force me to return to town to repair/recharge.

Seriously, don't let your skeletons path find, just teleport them.
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The day I get Enigma for my Necro is the day the clouds part and choirs of angels sing. Though at this point I'd settle for 2 Um runes for Bone.
 
Zappit

Zappit

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Krisken said:
The day I get Enigma for my Necro is the day the clouds part and choirs of angels sing. Though at this point I'd settle for 2 Um runes for Bone.
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Have Enigma on my OG Necro, and it makes things sooooooooooo much easier.
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Krisken said:
The day I get Enigma for my Necro is the day the clouds part and choirs of angels sing. Though at this point I'd settle for 2 Um runes for Bone.
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Enigma is hard to get, but a staff of teleportation is easy, give it a try. It'll change your necro life.
 
Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

What should I be doing on Normal for gear? Farming bosses or just pressing onward and using the mediocre things I find. I still can't find a belt better than one that dropped in the Den of Evil
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Just keep going. Unless the meta has changed, you probably want to get through the normal (“training”) game ASAP so you can at least start farming the tier II stuff in Act I Nightmare OR hang out in Act IV/V hoping for boss drops.

…now you’re going to make me go look to see if the meta has changed, dangit.

—Patrick
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Chad Sexington said:
What should I be doing on Normal for gear? Farming bosses or just pressing onward and using the mediocre things I find. I still can't find a belt better than one that dropped in the Den of Evil
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For normal you can almost ignore gear entirely and still get through it, especially if you are a caster. Just use that you find and soldier on. Once you get to NM you can run normal cows for some nice socketed items to build runewords in, and farm nightmare countess of blood in act 1 for the proper runes, which should be able to carry you through nightmare
 
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