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  1. maareek

    So, Uh, Who Still Plays D2?

    I mean, I haven't for quite some time and only think about it when I get a comment on one of my old videos, but surely there's some cool things that have been going on. What have I missed? Who has crushed all Grip's MF records? How many naked HC characters are in the works? What are the really...
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    Meet the Olympians - 2016 Summer MFO

    For those uninitiated, the Meet the Olympians threads are for showing off your character from the corresponding MFO. You can include whatever details you want, basically; it's a chance to brag on your runner or just to show them off. Personally I ran Pindle with a Bersek Barbarian. Not a new...
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    Looking for D2 Topics to Make Videos About

    So the thread is pretty much just the title. For a little while now I've been making Youtube videos regularly and I've noticed that my old D2 videos seem to still be getting a number of views, and those numbers have gone up recently. Since people both seem to be interested in D2 content and...
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    Patriarchs Huey, Dewey and Louie: Frenzied o-Skill Barbarians

    When I originally came back to D2 I looked around to see if anybody had done anything with the Frenzied Zealbarb archetype I had done before I left. I didn’t really find much which didn’t surprise me, but I do remember running across a specific post that made me feel like I didn’t get my...
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    Matriarch BoltOnBoltOff, Charged Boltress

    She's The Bolter. I'd never made a Charged Boltress, but when Zenigma mentioned making one with his freshly made Infinity in the IFT a little while back it seemed like a reasonable way to put my new(ish) Infinity through its paces while also testing out a build I had no experience with...
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    2015 Spring RFO Results

    Well the two entrants with outstanding final results seem to have not been around since the RFO started, so I elected to not make everyone wait for them. If you two have results, you can still feel free to send them and I'll add them to the list and make a post and all that jazz. In the...
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    Exceptional Sept Wrapup

    Intro After coming back to the game, I wanted to make the cookie cutter builds I had never really gotten around to before, but I wanted to add a little bit of a twist so I decided to make characters geared more like they were back when I joined the forum . I pressed that a little far – most...
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    Matriarch FBTheI, Blizzball Sorceress (Exceptional Sept)

    Sorceresses are my favorite characters, and as soon as I came up with the idea of the sept I knew the sorc would come last, as a reward. The first sorceress I ever made was a Blizzballer, with a barb merc, so it seemed a good time to revisit the build. Doesn't hurt that none of the other...
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    Patriarch Dervish, Whirlwind Barbarian (Exceptional Sept)

    From the beginning I knew the barb for the sept would be a dual-Butcher’s Pupil whirler. I’ve said multiple times in the past the character could finish the game just fine with un-upped Butcher’s Pupils, so it seemed like the perfect time to make sure I wasn’t just full of hot air before...
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    Matriarch Lilietta, TS/DC/DS Assassin (Exceptional Sept)

    I originally wanted to make a straight fishysin, but it fairly quickly became apparent that if I wasn’t going to upgrade the Ribcracker Bartuc’s would just perform better. Instead of dumping the Ribcracker entirely, I decided to leave it on switch in order to have a source of Crushing Blow...
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    Patriarch Poy_Zen, Poison/Skeleton Necromaner (Exceptional Sept)

    I really like poisonmancers, so I never had any question about what I was going to do here, especially since this gave me a chance to try one without Death's Web, which I had never done before. Obviously the lack of that wand makes an enormous difference, in oh so many ways, but I expected to...
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    Patriarch BurritoofFury (Exceptional Sept)

    I'd never done a shifted druid, though I had done a wolfbarb, so that seemed simple enough here and I didn't really find a bear build I really wanted to do with the gear limitation plus I really like Feral Rage, leading to a fairly straightforward decision. As a reminder: the rules for the sept...
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    Matriarch Bowlette, WWS Strafer (Exceptional Sept)

    I had originally expected to do a javazon here, but I haven’t found a pair of Titan’s since my restart and I was itching to get going so meh. Had never played a bowazon before (the Vengeance Zon was my only one of the class, in fact) so I definitely found the playthrough interesting. The...
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    Patriarch The_Snowman, Frost Zealot

    Alright, let’s address the elephant in the room: yes, I have said in the past that I hate Paladins. Yes, I did say I would only make another Paladin if I came up with an interesting/unique idea. And, yes, a Frost Zealot counts as neither. However, if a person were to decide to make a sept...
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    Patriarch Fruor, Wind Druid

    Well I did say I wanted to do cookie cutters. In this case, though, I’ve done almost this exact skill distribution before, which sort of explains the name, since I felt the similarity to Patior seemed senseless to fight. As for the names, Patior means something like “I suffer†in Latin...
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    ...And Then Comes Back (A Returnee Thread)

    Title in reference to this thread. So, in the past I accumulated a little wealth and made some not quite standard characters with it but I hadn't really ever done most of the "standard" builds. Didn't really worry me when I decided to give everything away and leave (I knew more or less how...
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    The Tuesdaily Arrives on the Wings of Liberty

    The Tuesdaily Arrives on the Wings of Liberty Seriously, no Tuesdaily? It's the middle of the afternoon here! RL: Knocked off work early to wait on the UPS man. D2: Only if the UPS man doesn't come. I had intended to run ColdCrow looking for a Torch of Iro, but that lost its charm in a...
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    Overview of WhyNot and Thoughts on Frenzied ZealBarb Builds

    Overview of WhyNot and Thoughts on Frenzied ZealBarb Builds Alright, well I wasn't as prepared as I would've liked, but I did a little overview of my Baal runner from the MFO: WhyNot, a Frenzied ZealBarb. If you're not familar with that concept, here's the Pat thread. I also included a little...
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    Independence Daily (US); Simply Sundaily elsewhere

    Independence Daily (US); Simply Sundaily elsewhere Happy Fourth of July to my fellow Americans! To the rest of you: don't mind the hoopla; we don't get to experience big soccer wins so we gotta invent something to celebrate. ;p RL: Work. I'm not big on holidays, anyway, so it's not a big...
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    Tinny Tim Thursdaily

    Tinny Tim Thursdaily RL: Good news, everyone! Futurama returns! Definitely one of my favorite shows of all-time, and there'll be two brand spanking new episodes on tonight after 7 years of none? Awwwww yeah. Work's been kicking my butt the past couple days, and I fully expect it to...
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