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[PanzerAzel]

Perhaps a stupid question, it’s been a long time since I played this, but how do I repair equipment durability early game?

 

[Skifi28]

So conflicted on getting it. I've wasted enough of my life on Diablo 2 already, I was happy I had moved past it this last decade. Darn you Blizzard.

 

[cormack12]

Perhaps a stupid question, it’s been a long time since I played this, but how do I repair equipment durability early game?

Speak to charsi at the rogue camp then if console, repair one or click and hokd left thumbstick to repair all

 

[killatopak]

I am following the meteorb guide from mrllamasc that says to use Nova as early build. I just got it and it's basically useless, I run out of mana after a few casts and it does barely any damage. Do I need to pump this more before it's effective?

I use Nova in conjunction with Static Field. Nova is just for slowing them and finishing them off after their health is cut down by Static Field.

Sometimes mrllamasc’s methods may not be apparent to new players because he simply plays in a different way especially from beginners. He’s a speed runner so it’s pretty weird sometimes but it works.

Perhaps a stupid question, it’s been a long time since I played this, but how do I repair equipment durability early game?

For act 1, go to Charsi. There should be a repair/repair all icon below the items she sells.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

I use Nova in conjunction with Static Field. Nova is just for slowing them and finishing them off after their health is cut down by Static Field.

Sometimes mrllamasc’s methods may not be apparent to new players because he simply plays in a different way especially from beginners. He’s a speed runner so it’s pretty weird sometimes but it works.

For act 1, go to Charsi. There should be a repair/repair all icon below the items she sells.

yeah the plan is you static until they have a sliver of health then nova kills everything around you

it works really, really well but eats mana like crazy

 

[Warablo]

Hopefully I can play after that maintenance haha, never leaving a game again.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Hopefully I can play after that maintenance haha, never leaving a game again.

but I need those runes

people who planned on racing must be pissed. the groups who decided to not run countess over and over were able to continue playing whereas the people who decided to do trist/countess runs got locked out.

I know it's just day 1 but I also know some peopel take this shit super seriously

 

[Yoshichan]

THIS GAME IS DRUGS

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

meanwhile my hardcore single player necro is doing really well

forgot how fun summoner is. been farming countess. wish my sorc could have these runes.

 

[sircaw]

just killed andy, when back upstairs to try to find the wp, i forgot about it, realm down,

please don't put me back like 5 levels and three zones like it did this afternoon cry

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

just killed andy, when back up stairs to try find the wp, i forgot about it realm down,

please don't put me back like 5 levels and three zones like it did this afternoon cry

I'd be more worried about not being able to bug Andy

I guess it doesn't matter much on normal but people make sure you bug Andy as soon as you kill her. especially with the server going down.

 

[sircaw]

I'd be more worried about not being able to bug Andy

I guess it doesn't matter much on normal but people make sure you bug Andy as soon as you kill her. especially with the server going down.

as long as when i log back in i go straight to act 2 but yer saying that probably want to get out of normal asap, if it happened on nightmare plus i would be worried.

 

[PanzerAzel]

Speak to charsi at the rogue camp then if console, repair one or click and hokd left thumbstick to repair all

For act 1, go to Charsi. There should be a repair/repair all icon below the items she sells.

Awesome, thanks guys.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

as long as when i log back in i go straight to act 2 but yer saying that probably want to get out of normal asap, if it happened on nightmare plus i would be worried.

the way the bug works is you head to act 2/travel east before closing/exiting the game

you're probably better off of if they rolled you back before Andy died so you can still bug her

if you killed her, stayed in act 1, then got disconnected, I have no idea if the bug worked or whether you can still bug her

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Thanks for posting the tweets above gents.

I'll wait to get after online servers and connections are sorted out.

 

[I_D]

I'd be more worried about not being able to bug Andy

I guess it doesn't matter much on normal but people make sure you bug Andy as soon as you kill her. especially with the server going down.

Just to clarify what this is talking about:

The purpose of causing an Andariel bug (glitch) is to increase your chances of finding good loot when you kill her.
The first time you ever kill a boss, your magic-find statistic is increased for that one particular boss. After that boss has been killed, your MF returns to normal.
You can glitch Andariel so that she is always stuck in the MF+ status.

In order to achieve this, you must kill Andariel.
When she dies, a town-portal will open (without you needing to use a scroll). This happens for all of the bosses, just an fyi.
Go through that town-portal, then immediately talk to Warriv.
You can travel East, or stay put. It doesn't matter.
As soon as you have exhausted his dialogue, immediately exit the game.

Andariel is now permanently bugged in that difficulty.





I still haven't been able to even join a single game.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Just to clarify what this is talking about:

The purpose of causing an Andariel bug (glitch) is to increase your chances of finding good loot when you kill her.
The first time you ever kill a boss, your magic-find statistic is increased for that one particular boss. After that boss has been killed, your MF returns to normal.
You can glitch Andariel so that she is always stuck in the MF+ status.

In order to achieve this, you must kill Andariel.
When she dies, a town-portal will open (without you needing to use a scroll). This happens for all of the bosses, just an fyi.
Go through that town-portal, then immediately talk to Warriv.
You can travel East, or stay put. It doesn't matter.
As soon as you have exhausted his dialogue, immediately exit the game.

Andariel is now permanently bugged in that difficulty.





I still haven't been able to even join a single game.

according to MrLlamaSC you MUST travel east.

according to him the only thing that matters is that you travel east after killing her but before exiting the game

I used to think you needed to take her TP but I tested it with my own TP after MrLlamaSC saying it doesn't matter during the beta and it still worked

you might be right about only needing to talk to him but I would 100% travel east just to be safe.

 

[sircaw]

the way the bug works is you head to act 2/travel east before closing/exiting the game

you're probably better off of if they rolled you back before Andy died so you can still bug her

if you killed her, stayed in act 1, then got disconnected, I have no idea if the bug worked or whether you can still bug her

i will find out in 10 mins or so when servers come back up

 

[Con_Z_ǝdʇ]

How much time can i expect to sink into this game?

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

i will find out in 10 mins or so when servers come back up

it really won't matter much since you're in normal. only thing I think people farm Andy for is nagelring, and I'm not even sure if people really do that? seems like your time would be better spent getting to NM tbh

 

[Ulysses 31]

How much time can i expect to sink into this game?

Depends on your goals, clearing Hell could take 20-40 hours orso, wanting the top end gear(runewords) to farm Annihilus and Hellfire Torch easily 100+ hours.

 

[Ulysses 31]

Servers down is an Americas issue? In Europe I just got in a game again.

 

[Warablo]

Servers are up

lost some progress and a set item.

 

[I_D]

according to MrLlamaSC you MUST travel east.

according to him the only thing that matters is that you travel east after killing her but before exiting the game

I used to think you needed to take her TP but I tested it with my own TP after MrLlamaSC saying it doesn't matter during the beta and it still worked

you might be right about only needing to talk to him but I would 100% travel east just to be safe.

I'm pretty sure travelling doesn't matter, but I agree that it's better to be safe than sorry.

It's going to be an annoying process, but I might test it out myself.


EDIT:
Where are you guys seeing the realm-down information? I don't see anything in-game, and nothing on the Battle.net client.

 

[Pilgrimzero]

Last time I played D2 I made a Necro who was a maser at summoning... and apparently this was not a good build for dealing with Diablo himself. Thus my whole run was ruined. Does the Remaster make it so you can't fuck yourself if you "build wrong"?

 

[Vagswarm]

Looks like I made the right choice in not pre-ordering and waiting to see how word of mouth is. Expect a lot of maintenance, frustration, and excuses for a while.

These issues of not having enough server space at launch have been occurring since the original Diablo II launched (long before WoW). By this point they are well aware of what's going on, they just choose to go with the minimum then add more that are already in the back-up. As opposed to making sure they have more than enough ready at launch, because money.

If they claim they weren't prepared and couldn't anticipate this many players (like they did the last however many times), they are lying.

 

[Relique]

Looks like I made the right choice in not pre-ordering and waiting to see how word of mouth is. Expect a lot of maintenance, frustration, and excuses for a while.

These issues of not having enough server space at launch have been occurring since the original Diablo II launched (long before WoW). By this point they are well aware of what's going on, they just choose to go with the minimum then add more that are already in the back-up. As opposed to making sure they have more than enough ready at launch, because money.

If they claim they weren't prepared and couldn't anticipate this many players (like they did the last however many times), they are lying.

I don't get the big deal. It will be okay in a day or two. Buy it then if you want.

 

[Revolutionary]

lol, they actually gave Assassin some modesty pants for her loincloth armor. I was wondering why her skin looked so wrinkly and then I remembered I could zoom in and sure enough: she now has ugly flesh-colored pants. That's what the current artists at Blizzard interpreted the original sprites as? Right...

I know this is probably old news but I haven't kept up with development at all, outside of the original announcement when they showed John Cena Amazon.

 

[Malakhov]

I would just focus on Lightning/chain light/light mastery and Charged bolt if you want to start out as a light sorc. Charged Bolt is really deadly and great against packs or solo targets (if you stand close). Think its the fastest starting out for a Sorc.

speedrunners use the lightning bolt/nova

it's the fastest but requires a ton of mana. nova eats your mana but you're supposed to slamming mana pots.

if you do and point some points in energy, it's incredibly effective. i just don't like that playstyle.

you can watch this video if you want an idea as to how it plays:



the nova/lightning build actually takes some basic understanding of the game as you're going to be right up against the mobs can can easily die

also you want to use the charged bolt like a shotgun against elites/bosses/etc. be up against them so all the bolts hit them.

once you start using nova you want to static until they're almost dead then nova

on console the game will automatically start to use mana pots in your inventory when there aren't any in your belt, not sure what you're playing on but that should help. plan on filling your inventory with mana pots.

edit: I go fire then respec into what I want because I don't like slamming pots, but lightning tree is very efficient if played right.

don't be afraid to dump some points in energy. you'll be respecing into meteorb anyways based on your post

Im respecing, i just teamed with a fireball sorc and he was mowing down everything while i had problems killing some simple stuff. He told me all he was using was fireball so im gonna look into that

 

[Vagswarm]

I don't get the big deal. It will be okay in a day or two. Buy it then if you want.

Never said it was a big deal, otherwise I would've pre-ordered it and joined the frustration. Just sayin, this is nothing new and has been occurring with Blizzard games since the original Diablo II launch. There is no way they couldn't anticipate it by this point.

 

[Relique]

Never said it was a big deal, otherwise I would've pre-ordered it and joined the frustration. Just sayin, this is nothing new and has been occurring with Blizzard games since the original Diablo II launch. There is no way they couldn't anticipate it by this point.

Many people might have bought it in the few days leading up to release or at launch. I know I did. It's not like they wanted this to happen, and they certainly don't need bad PR after all the recent events over there. I don't know why they would lie about underestimating server load. They aren't the only ones who deal with this, most recent big online games have had issues day 1. From the top of my head recently Destiny, Outriders, Wolcen had problems on the first day or two after a major expansion/launch. Maybe it's just hard to launch an always online game.

 

[Malakhov]

Using this now I respeced, much better

10 points to Fire Bolt
1 point to Static Field
All points to Fire Ball until level 17
1 point to Telekinesis at level 17
1 point to Teleport at level 18
All points to Fire Ball
1 point to Fire Mastery at level 30

I couldn't do shit in the catacombs with my lightning build, I'm one shotting everything now

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Using this now I respeced, much better

10 points to Fire Bolt
1 point to Static Field
All points to Fire Ball until level 17
1 point to Telekinesis at level 17
1 point to Teleport at level 18
All points to Fire Ball
1 point to Fire Mastery at level 30

I couldn't do shit in the catacombs with my lightning build, I'm one shotting everything now

This is pretty much my exact build that I’m using before I respec

I did it in beta. Once you get leaf everything melts.

mine is slightly different. For example I put 1 point in frost nova as I like it as an AoE slow down spell (I don’t use it for damage)

 

[Malakhov]

This is pretty much my exact build that I’m using before I respec

I did it in beta. Once you get leaf everything melts.

mine is slightly different. For example I put 1 point in frost nova as I like it as an AoE slow down spell (I don’t use it for damage)

Yeah I will try getting a leaf staff as well now

 

[killatopak]

Using this now I respeced, much better

10 points to Fire Bolt
1 point to Static Field
All points to Fire Ball until level 17
1 point to Telekinesis at level 17
1 point to Teleport at level 18
All points to Fire Ball
1 point to Fire Mastery at level 30

I couldn't do shit in the catacombs with my lightning build, I'm one shotting everything now

It’s good you finally found a build to your liking. While there are plenty of best builds to min max and stuff, it always much better to go with a build that suits your play style. Have fun my friend, that’s what’s this game is all about.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Yeah I will try getting a leaf staff as well now

Farm countess for the runes.

pick up a white staff in act two with 2 sockets that has + fireballs already on it from the staff vendor guy

exit and re enter town to reset his inventory

 

[Barakov]

Booted it up and before I realized it a couple of hours passed. Just rescued Cain. Can't wait to get back in there.

 

[Malakhov]

Farm countess for the runes.

pick up a white staff in act two with 2 sockets that has + fireballs already on it from the staff vendor guy

exit and re enter town to reset his inventory

Map always resets online though right?

 

[Kamina]

Depends on your goals, clearing Hell could take 20-40 hours orso, wanting the top end gear(runewords) to farm Annihilus and Hellfire Torch easily 100+ hours.

How many hours for main story?

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Map always resets online though right?

Yes, but the manner which the map spawns isn’t always totally random. You’ll eventually learn how all the dungeons can spawn. In my opinion it is essential to learn this if you plan on farming stuff.



edit: it’s pretty easy to figure out how to get to the countess quickly

 

[Coolwhhip]

lol, they actually gave Assassin some modesty pants for her loincloth armor. I was wondering why her skin looked so wrinkly and then I remembered I could zoom in and sure enough: she now has ugly flesh-colored pants. That's what the current artists at Blizzard interpreted the original sprites as? Right...

I know this is probably old news but I haven't kept up with development at all, outside of the original announcement when they showed John Cena Amazon.

blizzard is doing that in all their games, they are going back in time. Soon all women in their games will wear burkas.

 

[Malakhov]

Yes, but the manner which the map spawns isn’t always totally random. You’ll eventually learn how all the dungeons can spawn. In my opinion it is essential to learn this if you plan on farming stuff.



edit: it’s pretty easy to figure out how to get to the countess quickly

Will watch thanks. Game is really different playing a caster, I played paladin and barbarian back in the days, it feels like a completely different game

 

[sircaw]

it really won't matter much since you're in normal. only thing I think people farm Andy for is nagelring, and I'm not even sure if people really do that? seems like your time would be better spent getting to NM tbh

was ported back a level, no biggie, got to kill Andy and bug her

 

[Subterranean]

So I log back in just now and my level 9 character is now level 3? What the fuck.

 

[Inviusx]

Cant play till after work, can anyone comment on the current gen version regarding the Quality/Performance modes? Are they the same as the Beta or have they been improved?

Hoping for a resolution bump on the performance mode.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

So I log back in just now and my level 9 character is now level 3? What the fuck.

I got rolled back twice today. Looks like things were finally running smoothly as of the update 2 hours ago, although I haven’t been on for the past hour as I’m not home

 

[Warablo]

Wonder if its safe to leave yet

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Wonder if its safe to leave yet

I was doing countess runs about an hour ago with no issues

ymmv

 

[strange headache]

This game is pure heroin, just like in the old days. Only wanted to check it out for a bit and when I looked at the clock, it was 3 hours later.
Goddamn... so good.

The "legacy" mode is kinda cool, it's crazy to think that I once blown away by the original graphics. It's still good art, but the pixels man... the pixels!