Diablo II: Resurrected

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  1. jplaYa

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    Remaster graphics are excellent. Played closed beta and it was fun.

    One of my favorite changes I’ve read is you can now kill cow king and repeat. Saves on a lot of griefing.
     
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  2. cutig

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    Game day



    Servers are down :shocker:
     
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  3. jplaYa

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    Yeah they really pissed in their cheerios

    One of the head guys saying they were shocked by the player base. Get out of here
     
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  4. b0ne5

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    I need the servers to be down. Im working from home and have way too much to do……but I really just want to sit here and grind for 8 hours straight.
     
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  5. jplaYa

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    I am the same. Was actually glad they went down yesterday for a while in the morning/afternoon.
     
  6. cutig

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    After spending so much time with Diablo 3 I forgot how unforgiving this game is. Getting my ass whipped
     
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  7. jplaYa

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    They fixed the trapsin MF bug so she’s viable. That’s what I’m playing and the dps is so nice early.
     
  8. b0ne5

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    Shared stash, right? Trying to figure out if I want to start online or single player. Plugy made SP so nice. Need to research if all rune words are available on single player. I know spirit is.
     
  9. cutig

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    All runewords are I believe. I think there is no longer ladder specific stuff
     
  10. JohnnyChimpo

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    Anyone else playing?
     
  11. b0ne5

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    Got a Viper Magi from nightmare Mephisto. Starting Act 5 nightmare. Took the day off to play today. Sorceress for MF and trading purposes.
     
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  12. jplaYa

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    I got a trapsin to 80 to do some hell cows, pit runs, and tower runs

    need better gear to do more

    probably leveling a cold sorc to farm meph
     
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    My first character is cold sorc too like everyone else. At level 80 now - great first character to help people with rushes and meph runs / cows.

    Next up is probably either necro or druid
     
  14. CUtigers

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    Planning on starting this next week probably after I finish Arise. Never played 2 before, only 3. Any tips for a newbie?
     
  15. jplaYa

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    Ha

    2 is much harder than 3 could ever be. It’s a much better game.

    My advice would be to do a little research and pick a build knowing what it does before you play.

    for instance, some builds are incapable of beating the game solo, others are for farming gear and items for future builds that need quite specific gear. Over half of the skill builds in the game are also not viable or at least not great.

    cold sorc, trapsin, summon necro, bone necro, wind Druid, shout Barb, and hammerdin are all good well rounded great builds for clearing content. Now you don’t need to do those specifically, but they’re good ones to look at.

    use rune words to socket your gear. As you go to nightmare and hell difficulty, resistances are critical.

    people say just play the game and pick your own path. That may be your desire and that’s great—just realize that for a lot of people who play today’s iterations of video games (typically easy and not punishing) they will end up getting frustrated because this game is hard on Hell difficulty.

    oh and

    moo
     
  16. jplaYa

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  17. b0ne5

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    I always run a sorc first. Focus on fireball and fire bolt early. Find a staff that is +2/3 fireball and 2 sockets. Make a leaf rune word. Respec to frozen orb for nightmare. It makes it trivial. Respec again around 65-70 for hell and find a build for blizzard and fireball. I usually farm for some gear at hell Andariel to get me through Act 3. Farm mephisto in act 3 for better gear until level 75-80.Act 4-5 are a bitch on hell. Lots of cold/fire immunes. Make sure to have lightning and fire res close to being maxed before getting to act 4 hell. Most of my other classes were built after getting some good gear for their classes and sharing them. Game can be a lot of fun and then you hit hell difficulty and your gear/build can make you quit the game.
     
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  18. VASooner

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    Do I just load up on Vitality with a sorc or what?
     
  19. b0ne5

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    Nothing in energy or dex. Enough in strength to use gear which is really not a concern until you hit end game and you can respec for it. At some point you’ll end up investing enough strength (156) for a spirit rune word in a monarch shield but that is late game and it’s a waste up until that point. I’m level 80 and about to respec into it once I get a shako and arachnid belt. All the rest in vitality. I’ll not overload you with info but once you get the rune words for call to arms you’ll be able to jump up to 2kish health. I’m sitting at 800-900 right now. Playing online gives you a lot of options towards getting better gear bc you can trade high runes or good drops for other stuff. It’s tough to do it all by finding stuff on your own. That’s more of an end game farming thing. Smashing mana potions gets tedious so do what you can to find a 4 socketed pole arm class weapon for an act 2 merc and get insight rune word. My favorite merc rune word is treachery and it’s relatively inexpensive. Will make him tanks af. No need for that until hell though.
     
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  20. jplaYa

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    Got Ohm yesterday in Hell Trav. Really want to make CTA but need to prioritize other gear first. Trying to break for 2x Vex but not many want to sell. Might have to offer Ohm+Lem or something.
     
  21. b0ne5

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    I’m struggling to decide if I want to trade my ohm for a torch or tals armor or deaths fathom. Ill run across a shako/arachs/occulus at some point but cta/fathom/torch are really tough to come by. You trying to make a hoto?
     
  22. jplaYa

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    I found it rushing a buddy and told him I would split it if I could. He has a pally and wants a hoto. Vex is probably the easiest HR to trade because everyone and their brother want a hoto.

    I’ve farmed hell cows and the pit quite a bit to decent success but realizing that the economy is based on sorc and hammerdin items, I thought I’d try and acquire some wealth on a sorc and hell meph is a good place for it that’s really sorc limited unless you grab a tele staff which is awkward until enigma.

    My only thought on holding out with your Ohm is that the general player base hasn’t reached CTA yet. I feel like Ohm will go up in value a little bit when that wave comes.

    I have also found that trading on Europe is exponentially better than NA. NA is looking for handouts or trades which heavily slant their way.
     
  23. b0ne5

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    I think I’m going to keep farming until I can find a Mal and ist or until I have enough to trade for them. CTA early is too much for me to turn down. I’ll probably roll a shitty one. Last one I rolled on Plugy was 6/5 so I’ll not have that luck again.
     
  24. jplaYa

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    Ohh man yeah 6/5 is nice. Last I had a was a 3/4 and I wasn’t angry about it
     
  25. b0ne5

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    Just got a gul from forge. That will do it.
     
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  26. jplaYa

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    Wow my friend did too

    I got Tal, Sol, Fal

    He got Amn, Um, Gul

    neat
     
  27. b0ne5

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    First not shit rune I’ve ever got from it that I can remember. Just traded for an ist. Gotta find a Mal now.
     
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  28. b0ne5

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    5/2. Better than nothing I guess. Don’t have to do the most trick anymore at Mephisto at least. Merc can tank.
     
  29. jplaYa

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  30. Andy Reocho

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    I’m so torn on buying this or Humankind. I played D2 but it was so long ago I’ve forgotten most of it
     
  31. b0ne5

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    D2 will get it’s barbs in me and I won’t be able to shake it for weeks and then the desire will just go away. It has its hooks in me currently though. I don’t know anything about Humankind, but D2s longevity compared to what it cost is an easy sell.
     
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  32. jplaYa

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    Yep D2 has barbs like few others. Eventually I’ll stop but I’ll start right back up for the ladder
     
  33. b0ne5

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    Took the day off to farm. 5 Mephisto runs in I get a Ber. Wtf.
     
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  34. jplaYa

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    Good grief

    Saving for Enigma?
     
  35. b0ne5

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    Sold it for 4.5k fg on d2jsp. Then I bought an oculus, shako, and war travs. Went searching for how to change regions to Europe and accidentally deleted my character. No shit. Now I’m in here with a guy who is giving me a ton of free shit but I have to level up again. I need a rush lol.
     
  36. jplaYa

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    Oh my word
     
  37. b0ne5

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    I paid for the items but he hadn’t sent them to me yet. Ended up giving me a spirit, vamp gaze, trangs, chancies, 2 nagels, a torch, gold wrap, duriels and a gheeds. Along with the occulus, shako, and travs I already purchased. So gear wise I’m in a lot better spot. Just have to level up now.
     
  38. Petito

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    I can rush you up to Hell A1 if you still need
     
  39. b0ne5

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    I got a rush and then power level in chaos until 70. Got up to 83 now. Thanks for the offer.
     
  40. cutig

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    What the fuck
     
  41. JohnnyChimpo

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    Add me if you wanna run together or need rushes, etc..
     
  42. cutig

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    What platform?
     
  43. b0ne5

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    Definitely need to get some group mf runs. Solo farming has netted me almost nothing lately.
     
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  44. JohnnyChimpo

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  45. JohnnyChimpo

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    Had a smiter friend run my Ubers today

    18/19 Sorc torch
     
  46. JohnnyChimpo

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    this is insane

    congrats
     
  47. b0ne5

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    you’re rich af if you sell it on jsp. Sold my ber for a lot and geared out an entire sorc. Wish I would have saved it for Enigma and started a hammerdin. Getting bored of the cold sorc farm route.

    Edit: not rich af as I suspected but they got for around 2.2k fg which can get you some good stuff. I have a 12/10 and haven’t worried about trying to upgrade it.
     
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  48. JohnnyChimpo

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    I’m running full Tal’s (not the best I know) at level 87 and still having fun doing countess / summoner / meph / chaos / Pindle circuits

    damage went up huge after the torch which was nice
     
  49. JohnnyChimpo

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    I’ve got an extra 20/10 necro torch if anyone is running necro and doesn’t have one