Diablo 2 1.13 PTR is UP
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Re: Diablo 2 1.13 PTR is UP
Damn, this should have been patch 1.01, not 1.13!
There are some great changes but also some weird decisions.
No more death by FE-LE scarabs, exploding council, pindle, evil gloams.. incredible.
Only.. too bad I made all melee characters less powerful to be able to deal to IM!!
I would have preferred, instead, that Blizzy lowered its damage to an acceptable rate (es: no multipliers).
- archer-javazon: unaffected as she uses both freezing arrow and lightning fury.
- claw-trapsin: a little gift for her shadow master.
- ww barb: improved a bit his CS, luckly berserk is still useful against PI.
- hammer-zealot: primary is melee, but I wonder if all those points spent in BH to deal with IM, PI, FE are now wasted or not.
- wind-fire druid: unaffected as he doesn't shapeshift. However, I would have chosen fire claws instead of fire spells maybe without IM. He's a bit weak lol
- clay-skelemancer: for me CE was already too powerful, but the new patch it's ok from his point of view.
- meteor-orb sorc: unaffected.
So, no changes except for my druid who could have been better, and my preferred character, the zealot, who now has lego hammers as backup.. :tombstone:
Damn, this should have been patch 1.01, not 1.13!
There are some great changes but also some weird decisions.
Simply great.
Does it mean more or less gold?
About time! Those were my only deaths in late hell (plus some IM of course)
No more death by FE-LE scarabs, exploding council, pindle, evil gloams.. incredible.
Oh my god, that is heaven.
Only.. too bad I made all melee characters less powerful to be able to deal to IM!!
I would have preferred, instead, that Blizzy lowered its damage to an acceptable rate (es: no multipliers).
Nothing much for Single Player.
Changes to my characters (built to be able to defeat almost all monsters at P3):
- archer-javazon: unaffected as she uses both freezing arrow and lightning fury.
- claw-trapsin: a little gift for her shadow master.
- ww barb: improved a bit his CS, luckly berserk is still useful against PI.
- hammer-zealot: primary is melee, but I wonder if all those points spent in BH to deal with IM, PI, FE are now wasted or not.
- wind-fire druid: unaffected as he doesn't shapeshift. However, I would have chosen fire claws instead of fire spells maybe without IM. He's a bit weak lol
- clay-skelemancer: for me CE was already too powerful, but the new patch it's ok from his point of view.
- meteor-orb sorc: unaffected.
So, no changes except for my druid who could have been better, and my preferred character, the zealot, who now has lego hammers as backup.. :tombstone:
Re: Diablo 2 1.13 PTR is UP
That's exactly how i feel about ladder/non ladder. After a reset Blizzard offers us a new economy and for a short time every1 is enjoing it, leveling/trading etc. But with the horadric cubes recipes to cube up runes... we all know what happens. Every man and his dog are duping/cubing runes to equip their chars as they go. And then start bragging "i found xx shakos and xx this and xx that" (found by a char that's equiped with dupewords). Any1 can see this is what breaks the game economy (and the game actually because it's all about items). The cube recipes did not get removed so next ladder we'll see more of the same. Unless that dupe fix they mentioned actually stops it but i won't hold my breath.
--> the rune cube recipes + rune duping are the biggest threat to the D2 economy period. I can't believe they've left the cube recipes intact
That's exactly how i feel about ladder/non ladder. After a reset Blizzard offers us a new economy and for a short time every1 is enjoing it, leveling/trading etc. But with the horadric cubes recipes to cube up runes... we all know what happens. Every man and his dog are duping/cubing runes to equip their chars as they go. And then start bragging "i found xx shakos and xx this and xx that" (found by a char that's equiped with dupewords). Any1 can see this is what breaks the game economy (and the game actually because it's all about items). The cube recipes did not get removed so next ladder we'll see more of the same. Unless that dupe fix they mentioned actually stops it but i won't hold my breath.
--> the rune cube recipes + rune duping are the biggest threat to the D2 economy period. I can't believe they've left the cube recipes intact
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This assumes I have a few people to play with regularly. As of now, I don't. Almost everyone I've played with this ladder has quit at this point.
Nope. I don't care what the random people on b.net I'll never talk to do. I have no interest in being the best or the richest player on my realm. My only interest is having some fun with the game. Fun is not scheduling item use times, or running a particular boss until I have arthritis in my hands. Fun is goofing around with different builds and items to see what you can create. The longer the list of items you have access to, the more possibilities there are. Some of the most fun I've had this ladder was with novelty builds that were created around high end rune words.
Nimbostratus
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Sorry in advance if this seems hostile.
To all the "hardcore" players bashing the rune drop increase, removal of IM, etc.: Instead of raging against everyone who likes those changes, why don't you post on the Blizz forum and suggest that they add more things for actual challenge instead of nearly unavoidable cheapshots and luck-based success? Ask for more fights that play out like the battle with the Ancients. Ask for high-end items' stats to be toned down so that you can't simply over-power everything. Heck, ask for potions to be rebalanced so your health globe isn't 16 times larger than it says it is.
Iron Maiden and deadly FE death explosions were pure bullcrap, and I'm glad they're gone. They force you to use a completely different playstyle. Not a change in tactics, a straight-up "You want to play a melee character? Screw you." The only ways a melee character could get past Iron Maiden were:
Sorry in advance if this seems hostile.
To all the "hardcore" players bashing the rune drop increase, removal of IM, etc.: Instead of raging against everyone who likes those changes, why don't you post on the Blizz forum and suggest that they add more things for actual challenge instead of nearly unavoidable cheapshots and luck-based success? Ask for more fights that play out like the battle with the Ancients. Ask for high-end items' stats to be toned down so that you can't simply over-power everything. Heck, ask for potions to be rebalanced so your health globe isn't 16 times larger than it says it is.
Iron Maiden and deadly FE death explosions were pure bullcrap, and I'm glad they're gone. They force you to use a completely different playstyle. Not a change in tactics, a straight-up "You want to play a melee character? Screw you." The only ways a melee character could get past Iron Maiden were:
- Stop being a melee character
- Trick the AI in ways that, as far as I know, were only discovered recently
- "Every single barbarian in existence MUST have a point in berserk"
- Utilize equipment that there is no guarantee that you'll have
Re: Diablo 2 1.13 PTR is UP
No, just play your melee character better. Try actually keeping your eyes open for casting animations, targeting OKs first, using shutdown utilities to ensure your safety. I'm perfectly happy using leap and ww to take out OKs, one of the only real sources of adrenaline for a non teleing char, and have Patted HC chars on nothing more (although my general approach to barbs as an oft untwinked player would be berzerk, warcry, taunt are all indispensable utilites in their own right).
I'm quite capable of adjusting the game's difficulty in general with self-imposed limitations, like playing low tier builds, not shopping, etc.
What I'm not capable of doing is putting new challenges into the game that transform progression from a on-size-fits-all grind into actual gaming. It's great you want to play a melee char, so do I - just I don't consider blindly rcl-rcl-rcling through every enemy in the game "playing".
I'm glad they've made mercs immune to it though, that was just irritating.
No, just play your melee character better. Try actually keeping your eyes open for casting animations, targeting OKs first, using shutdown utilities to ensure your safety. I'm perfectly happy using leap and ww to take out OKs, one of the only real sources of adrenaline for a non teleing char, and have Patted HC chars on nothing more (although my general approach to barbs as an oft untwinked player would be berzerk, warcry, taunt are all indispensable utilites in their own right).
I'm quite capable of adjusting the game's difficulty in general with self-imposed limitations, like playing low tier builds, not shopping, etc.
What I'm not capable of doing is putting new challenges into the game that transform progression from a on-size-fits-all grind into actual gaming. It's great you want to play a melee char, so do I - just I don't consider blindly rcl-rcl-rcling through every enemy in the game "playing".
I'm glad they've made mercs immune to it though, that was just irritating.
amdZeroNineEight
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Re: Diablo 2 1.13 PTR is UP
W.T.F.
right as i get finals in both immunology and anthropology this happens?
great
W.T.F.
right as i get finals in both immunology and anthropology this happens?
great
Re: Diablo 2 1.13 PTR is UP
don't worry
you aren't missing anything
besides, the test server will still be up by Dec 21, and I'm sure your finals will be finished by then
W.T.F.
right as i get finals in both immunology and anthropology this happens?
great
don't worry
you aren't missing anything
besides, the test server will still be up by Dec 21, and I'm sure your finals will be finished by then
omgwtfbbqpwned
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I'm in Physiology/Neuroscience and threw away 8 hours of study time to go play. You should do the same. School is overrated. :yes:
W.T.F.
right as i get finals in both immunology and anthropology this happens?
great
I'm in Physiology/Neuroscience and threw away 8 hours of study time to go play. You should do the same. School is overrated. :yes:
korialstraz
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Re: Diablo 2 1.13 PTR is UP
If I'm reading this correctly, it basically means you can stretch the window more, so you'll still be running at 800x600 but you can have a larger window by stretching the image.
The quality will be lowered though.
If I'm reading this correctly, it basically means you can stretch the window more, so you'll still be running at 800x600 but you can have a larger window by stretching the image.
The quality will be lowered though.