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I want to completely set up a character with awesome items, and from what I can tell and think I have in my stashes, I need to get my hands on

2 more Mal runes (might have all I need, I'll have to check the stash)
an Ist
an Ohm
and a Lo

It's pretty clear that it's time to take up hellforge running. Problem is, my computer sucks. Badly. I'm talking eight-year-old-PIII-with-256-megs badly. My wife has a tasty new dual core 2-gig Vista laptop she guards like a child, but I might be able to use that. The guides seems to suggest that I host on the better PC, but I'd like to be able to play on either place. Can I split the load and do a few on each, hosting with the laptop?

Second, I've read the hellforge guides and they all mention 'modified .dlls' which is great except that I have no idea where to get them or how to use them. Help here would be appreciated.

Finally, how do I get started in 1.09 classic from scratch? I'm thinking a Fire/Cold build with a hefty Static should be functional enough, maybe something like

20 Meteor
20 Orb
10 Static
tele
rest in masteries

Would let me levle quick in cows. I could also try running in 1.11b classic, just because I alread have characters there, but the level reqs and anti-rushing stuff sounds like a real pain.

How do most people get started for HF rushing?
 
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Where can I find the 1.09b patch? The link on purediablo.com is dead, and I can't turn up any but 1.11 on Bliz's site - their pointers to old patches only lead to descrptions of each patch.
 
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Sent it to you thru PM (it's on Blizzard's ftp server)

Quick question : does it matter which difficulty I use the socket quest on for a Monarch? Will I get the max 4 sockets no matter which difficulty I'm in?
 
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Sessily said:
Sent it to you thru PM (it's on Blizzard's ftp server)

Quick question : does it matter which difficulty I use the socket quest on for a Monarch? Will I get the max 4 sockets no matter which difficulty I'm in?
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No and Yes. Difficulty setting doesn't matter, you'll always get 4 from Larzuk.:fortuneteller:

edit: damn, too slow


 
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I know corpse explosion is half fire and half physical damage. My question is, will fire mastery increase the half that is fire damage?
 
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Ooh, a question along that exact same line of thought:
Does the Barbarian BATTLE CRY skill (which at level 1 is -25% damage from enemies) decrease their death damage as well?

This would include the explosion from Stygian Dolls and I guess portions of FE-enchanted explosions?...
 
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Anyone knows what the range of stats is one a 1.10s call to arms? I just used my last 1.07 runes to make Poops a special weapon for his speial project. (i'm a sucker for special projects) And it rolled like this:

Call to Arms
Caduceus
'AmnRalMalIstOhm'
One-Hand Damage: 144 to 167
Durability: 70 of 70
Required Dexterity: 70
Required Strength: 97
Required Level: 66
Mace Class - Fastest Attack Speed
Item Version: Expansion
Item Level: 87
Fingerprint: 0x8a49c1d
GUID: 0x16f76d67 0x8a71f93 0x0
+290% Enhanced Damage
Adds 5-30 fire damage
7% Life stolen per hit
Replenish Life +12
30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
40% Increased Attack Speed
+11 to Battle Orders
+11 to Battle Cry
+20 to Battle Command
+1 to Holy Shield (Paladin Only)
+1 to Redemption (Paladin Only)
Prevent Monster Heal
150% Damage to Undead
+2 to All Skill Levels
Socketed (5: 5 used)

Now, the +20(!!) to battle command kind of bugs me bigtime.
 
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Call to Arms
Weapons
Amn + Ral + Mal + Ist +40% Increased Attack Speed
+200-240% Enhanced Damage (varies)
+2 All Skills
+5-20 To Battle Command Varies)
+5-15 To Battle Orders (varies)
+10-13 To Battle Cry (varies)
Replenish Life +12
7% Life Stolen Per Hit
+5-30 Fire Damage
Prevent Monster Heal
+30% Better Chance Of Getting Magical Items

EDIT: This was taken from some other thread on dii.net. Search tool: "1.10s" should get it.
 
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Wondering what kind of times I should be shooting for with a pure Blizz sorc on Pindle with roughlt 550 MF.

At the moment I am at about 40 secs a run on p8 mainly to level since I am only clvl87.
 
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My old BlizzWaller had an average time of around 18-22. I always tried to keep it at a maximum of 20, but sometimes that wasn't possible.

My newer PureBlizz has an average of around 21-25 seconds.

Even at /pl8, you shouldn't be at ~40. What do you do when Pindle spawns CI? If you kill him, what merc weapon is in use?

My numbers are based on running between /pl1 and 5.

Edit: Also, check ATMA drop calc for certain uniques with an MF value of 550 and lower, such as 350-400. You probably won't see a significant difference, but it may be possible to increase your damage and make it faster, thus, more worthwhile over time. (This depends on items, speed, and preference.)
 
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Damage is 3250-3450 or right around there.

Do kill CI's usually adds 20 secs. Merc is using Insight Thresher.

Should add that timing how long it takes from the time I click single player to actually getting into the game is ~20 secs since Im on an old crappy laptop. (only windows machine) but also the only machine that Ive ever played on so no idea what is "normal" for load times.
 
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branmuffins said:
Should add that timing how long it takes from the time I click single player to actually getting into the game is ~20 secs since Im on an old crappy laptop. (only windows machine) but also the only machine that Ive ever played on so no idea what is "normal" for load times.
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Try playing in window mode, it's great for MFing.



 
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Ok I am going to play stupid....how does one play in windowed mode?
 
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Tohanry said:
Ok I am going to play stupid....how does one play in windowed mode?
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Right click on the icon shortcut you use to open D2.
Click properties.
Go to shortcut tab.
Look at target.
Add "-w" (without quotation marks) after the last character and a space between.

Example:
"D:\Diablo II Folder\D2.exe" -w


--maxgerin



 
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ok question....i also use RRM/RWM....is there any special order is has to be? i.e. does the -w come before or after the part for the mods...or does it matter?
 
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yeah, figured as much. In windowed mode, 20 secs is the high end, usually between 10-15 load time. Switched over some gear now rocking 4K Blizz and pretty consistant times around 35 secs, and about 15-20 in terms of actual play.

Playing on an old second hand dell that was crappy to begin with when it was new 4 years ago since africa has already fried my nice rig. Im going to be so happy when I finally get home come december.
 
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