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EDIT: This post is not maintained here anymore, it was merged into the time traveling info post in the SPF Community & Links sticky.
Welcome!
This thread is supposed to be an overview of useful posts in the "News, Info and Gossip" threads. These can be hard to comb through for information and so an index is in order.
Note that I will fill this out as I go along, for some content reposts will be necessary which I might just do in this very thread. This is because most of the News, Info and Gossip threads were not migrated fully when the forum migrated.
The version of the game as it was on release. Originally started by @Treeharl this thread contains discussion on all of the patches 1.00-1.06b and even some going beyond that. An important part of 1.00 are its various bugs, some of which can ruin your characters permanently, so I went ahead and collected every post on them in a general thread on gamebreaking crashes and bugs.
1.07 News, Info and Gossip
The most popular patch by far and accordingly we know a staggering amount about it. I reposted a selection of posts by @Fruit , @GalaXyHaXz and me from the original 1.07 News, Info and Gossip thread.
1.08 News, Info and Gossip
Not a lot of people play this patch but it has its upsides, such as caster amulets with up to 25% faster cast rate. The starting post contains a wealth of information gathered by @GalaXyHaXz .
1.09 News, Info and Gossip
This patch was live for a few years and arguably the prime of D2. SPF member @RobbyD wrote an extensive guide on it and started the 1.09 Roll Call thread which is as close to a News, Info and Gossip thread as you can get without actually calling it that.
1.10a/s News, Info and Gossip
These patches are already very close to current day D2 but still contain exciting things (1.10a moreso than 1.10s) such as the beta runewords. As with 1.08 the first post contains most of the information right now.
Feel free to post links to posts you found that contain solid info or curiosities, but beware of very old posts, a lot of them contain rumors and false information!
Welcome!
This thread is supposed to be an overview of useful posts in the "News, Info and Gossip" threads. These can be hard to comb through for information and so an index is in order.
Note that I will fill this out as I go along, for some content reposts will be necessary which I might just do in this very thread. This is because most of the News, Info and Gossip threads were not migrated fully when the forum migrated.
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Current Status:
- 1.00: PureDiablo thread done.
- 1.07: PureDiablo thread done.
- 1.08: PureDIablo thread done.
- 1.09: PureDiablo thread done.
- 1.10a: PureDiablo thread done.
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1.00 News, Info and Gossip
The version of the game as it was on release. Originally started by @Treeharl this thread contains discussion on all of the patches 1.00-1.06b and even some going beyond that. An important part of 1.00 are its various bugs, some of which can ruin your characters permanently, so I went ahead and collected every post on them in a general thread on gamebreaking crashes and bugs.
- Heuristic for Classic Breakpoints (proceed with caution!) (link) (@Fruit @art_vandelay)
- XP calculations (link) (@Fruit @art_vandelay)
- Info on Find Item (link) (@Fruit)
- Weird death courtesy of FE + Poison Cloud (link) (@art_vandelay)
- Two handed weapons and ED bug (link) (@Apila)
- ...
1.07 News, Info and Gossip
The most popular patch by far and accordingly we know a staggering amount about it. I reposted a selection of posts by @Fruit , @GalaXyHaXz and me from the original 1.07 News, Info and Gossip thread.
- HLW was supposed to give 1% Deadly Strike per level in 1.07 (link) (@art_vandelay)
- Cubing odds for unique and set jewelry in 1.07 (link) (@WoRG @GalaXyHaXz)
- Posts by me in the old 1.07 News, Info and Gossip thread (link) (@art_vandelay)
- Maximizing unstable rack runs (link) (@D2DC)
- Posts by fruit and GalaXyHaXz from the original 1.07 News, Info and Gossip thread with explanation on the crafting process by me in the third link (link 1, link 2, link 3, link 4, link 5) (@Fruit @GalaXyHaXz @art_vandelay)
- Some info on cube recipes to a question by me (link) (@WoRG)
- Info about poison bows (link) (@WoRG)
- General tips about building a sorceress for racking (link) (@WoRG)
- Poison bows again (link) (@WoRG)
- Some thoughts on efficient rushes by @WoRG and me (link) (@WoRG @art_vandelay)
- Comparison of gems.txt for all patches by me (link) (@art_vandelay)
- Comparison of runes.txt for all patches by me (link) (@art_vandelay)
- A note on Durimules by m4ke (link) (@m4ke)
- Craft tables for all version by me (1.07/1.08) and onderduiker (1.09+) (link) (@art_vandelay @onderduiker)
- Short Q&A with fruit (link) (@Fruit)
- Comparison of unique jewelry for all versions (link) (@art_vandelay)
- Comparison of socket numbers for all items at all ilvls with the help of the AB wiki (link) (@art_vandelay @onderduiker)
- Two people confirm questbugging Andariel in earlier versions (link) (@RobbyD @IQuitWoWForThis)
- A mysterious poison immune Ancient Kaa (link) (@Apila)
- Fires X Arrows, Piercing Attack and Hit Freezes Target sources in all patches and how they work (link) (@Fruit @art_vandelay)
- ...
1.08 News, Info and Gossip
Not a lot of people play this patch but it has its upsides, such as caster amulets with up to 25% faster cast rate. The starting post contains a wealth of information gathered by @GalaXyHaXz .
- Rarest items in 1.08 and where to find them (link) (@Fruit @GalaXyHaXz)
- MF breakpoints (art_vandelay) and MF breakpoint calculator (m4ke) (link) (@art_vandelay @m4ke)
- Eth-bugging and the 1.07/1.08 eth bonus (link) (@art_vandelay)
- ...
1.09 News, Info and Gossip
This patch was live for a few years and arguably the prime of D2. SPF member @RobbyD wrote an extensive guide on it and started the 1.09 Roll Call thread which is as close to a News, Info and Gossip thread as you can get without actually calling it that.
- Differences between 1.09b and 1.09d and static bug (link) (@art_vandelay)
- All area levels in every patch (link) (@art_vandelay)
- Leveling spreadsheet with estimates for the time needed for 85 to 99. (link) (@art_vandelay)
- 1.09 RWs work with ATMA (link) (@m4ke)
- MDR is applied BEFORE resistances in 1.09+ (link) (@jarulf)
- Zeal weapon comparison (link) (@art_vandelay)
- WW weapon comparison (link) (@art_vandelay)
- Affix differences between 1.09 and 1.10+ (link) (@art_vandelay)
- 1.09 grail sheet (link) (@m4ke)
- MS weapon comparison (link) (@art_vandelay)
- ...
1.10a/s News, Info and Gossip
These patches are already very close to current day D2 but still contain exciting things (1.10a moreso than 1.10s) such as the beta runewords. As with 1.08 the first post contains most of the information right now.
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Feel free to post links to posts you found that contain solid info or curiosities, but beware of very old posts, a lot of them contain rumors and false information!
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