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Games => General Gaming => Topic started by: MysterD on Saturday, May 26, 2007, 07:51:03 PM
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NEW -> 04-08-2016:
B-Net Forums -> Patch 1.14b has been released by Blizzard. (http://us.battle.net/en/forum/topic/20742997066)
Crossmap -> Diablo II officially patched to version 1.14a by Blizzard to work on modern OS's natively - Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10. (http://www.crossmap.com/news/blizzard-releases-patch-for-diablo-ii-after-four-years-check-out-diablo-ii-patch-1-14a-features-changes-and-improvements-26140)
Battle.Net -> Get the 1.14a patch here. (https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/100638)
OLDER:
Crossmap -> Diablo II officially patched to version 1.14a by Blizzard to work on modern OS's natively - Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10. (http://www.crossmap.com/news/blizzard-releases-patch-for-diablo-ii-after-four-years-check-out-diablo-ii-patch-1-14a-features-changes-and-improvements-26140)
Battle.Net -> Get the 1.14a patch here. (https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/100638)
PC Gamer -> David Brevik [former co-founder of Blizzard] on Battle.Net's early days with Diablo 1 w/ how it worked w/ peer-to-peer, cheating, hacks; and eventually going to a client-server set-up for Diablo II. (http://www.pcgamer.com/diablos-battlenet-originally-ran-on-a-single-pc/?utm_content=buffer0540c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer_pcgamer)
US Gamer.Net -> 5-page Retrospective on Diablo II with some of the dev's formerly with Blizzard North. (http://www.usgamer.net/articles/in-their-own-words-an-oral-history-of-diablo-ii-with-david-brevik-max-schaefer-and-erich-schaefer)
Shacknews -> Before D3, there were plans for a 2nd Diablo II Expansion; and some Diablo handheld games. (http://www.shacknews.com/article/76097/author-blizzard-wanted-a-diablo-for-handhelds?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)
Best Buy - Deal of the Day (today only - 10-16-2013)
Diablo II: Battle Chest (PC) [Diablo 2 + Lord of Destruction expansion] = $5 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/diablo-battle-chest-mac-windows/4307084.p?id=1051806668653&skuId=4307084&st=diablo%20battle%20chest&lp=1&cp=1)
Original Post -- May 26, 2007:
Okay, what a day for Diablo 2 + LoD for me. So, I go to EB/GameStop to get D2 and the expansion. Later on in the day, I get home and well, my original D2 game's missing a manual and a CD Key. Great. So, I return back to G-Stop and I make an exchange for another one.
So, I walk out the store and check the D2 box before I leave the mall. Well, D2 has the CD Key on one of the paper sleeves, but all paper sleeves are missing CD's! Great! So, I walk back into the store and make another exchange. So, I finally get D2 w/ the CD's and the manual. All's good....For now....
So, okay, here's a few questions, for all you D2 owners.
How many discs does D2 come with?
I got 3 here for it -- Install, Cinematics, and Play Disc. Sound right?
How many does D2: LoD come with?
I got 1 here. Sound right?
Okay, let's just make sure I got the right amount of discs here, before I do on to anything else...
Now, here's my issues w/ installing and running the game.
After installing D2, the game will not boot. PERIOD. It asks for the "Play Disc." Then I installed the newest patch 1.17b for D2 -- bingo, it runs. Something's afoot -- the game should boot up, right after installing the game.
Now, when I install D2: LoD, first thing it asks me is to "Insert The Play Disc." That's this issue here (http://www.blizzard.com/support/?id=adt0273p). For those who installed D2: LoD -- does D2: LoD ask for D2 Original's "Play Disk" on the installation process? B/c, from that issues list there, it sounds like it shouldn't.
Given everything, I'm beginning to believe my Disc 3 of Diablo 2 is damaged, myself. What do you all think???
Looks like I'm returning to EB tomorrow, again...
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D2 is 3 disks. LoD is one disc. You should install D2, then install LoD, THEN patch the game. The latest update patch is 1.1b. There is NO reason to play Diablo 2 without the LoD expansion installed. You put the LoD disc in your drive to play. I dont remember if LoD needs you to put one of the D2 discs in during installation (its been a long time since I installed).
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D2 is 3 disks. LoD is one disc. You should install D2, then install LoD, THEN patch the game.
Tried that, as well. Didn't work.
I've installed and reinstalled the whole thing 3 times already.
I dont remember if LoD needs you to put one of the D2 discs in during installation (its been a long time since I installed).
Okay.
Thanks for the info and help, Idol.
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It has to copy all the files from the original D2 before it can install LoD. That's why it's asking for the D2 Play disc 'cuz it's going to grab the files there. Alternatively, just do a fully install on D2, and then install LoD.
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Yeah, I don't understand what your problem is.
Step 1 -
Install Diablo 2.
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Install LoD. It will ask you for the Play disk because it's copying the files off. It will do this even if you've done a full install of D2 also, contrary to iPPi's statement. I know this because I've reinstalled the thing several times in the last year, including once just a couple months ago. I've always done full install. It always asks for the Play disk.
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Load Diablo 2 LoD. Sign onto Battle.net and the game will auto-download relevant patch stuff. If you want to download a patch yourself, I guess you can, but there's not much point in doing it manually. The game patches super quick and all you really have to do is create an account... which you should do anyway because D2 multiplayer is really fun to play after you've beaten the game yourself once.
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If all you are having is a cd problem, you could always just get a cd crack as well. There are a bunch for this game.
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At least your installation is non-linear.
Zing!
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At least your installation is non-linear.
Zing!
Ahahahahahahahaha.
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Haha, I don't know if anybody's going to be able to top that one! That's A grade material right there.
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At least your installation is non-linear.
Zing!
Yeah, but the end result is linear, at least for me.....See, the outcome is always the same -- the game won't run, after installing LoD. Period.
I keep getting the Evil ending, when all I want is the Good Ending! :(
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Why won't it run?
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Why won't it run?
So, I went and returned the games. Got new copies of both.
So, here's what happening now, this time around.
After installing D2: Original (which is version 1.03 on disc), it booted. No problem or anything. Great!!! :) I didn't have that kind of success, last time.
But, after installing the expansion, everything changed. "CD-ROM error." It wants the "Expansion disc" in the drive -- and guess what? It's in my DVD-ROM drive. Tried that in my CD burner drive; nope. No dice.
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Really odd. I've never once heard of anyone having problems with a Diablo 2 installation. Maybe contact Blizz support? They're supposed to be pretty helpful.
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Either contact blizz or get a cd crack. You can still go on Bnet fine with the cd crack.
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Well, we know D2 works on my new PC, no problem. So, I'm at least gonna *keep* that.
I'm gonna try and run The Expansion on my older PC.
Let's see if The Expansion runs on that.
If it does run, it ain't my Expansion game disc....
Something else would be afoot...
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Did you install them from different drives? Like, one in the CDR and one in the DVD? I remember a few older games having problems when stuff like that happened.
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Did you install them from different drives? Like, one in the CDR and one in the DVD? I remember a few older games having problems when stuff like that happened.
I used the same drive for both the D2 and D2: LOD install.
I think something's up w/ the Expansion disc.
Let's look at this....
First set of discs for D2 + LoD, on my newer Win XP PC
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First set of discs of D2 + LOD -- It just wouldn't run, period; I tried to run D2 w/out the expansion. I tried the version on disc, 1.03 -- no luck. I tried 1.11. No luck.
Then, I put in LOD; still no dice, whether it was version 1.09 or 1.11B.
So, I returned those, got new ones of both D2 and LOD today.
Second set of discs of D2 + LoD, on both my old and new PC's
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With D2 installed, ran regardless of if it was the version on the disc (1.03) or the newest version (1.11 B). Beautiful!!! Then, once I put in LoD, game no longer ran anymore (1.09). Throw in 1.11B for LOD, no dice still. This happened on both my new PC (Win XP) and old PC (Win 98 SE).
My Conclusion
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If I had a copyright protection issue "black-listing" me b/c I had other program installed (like say Nero or something), D2: Original would've never booted-up for me period, regardless of how many times I returned the game and exchanged them for another set of D2 CD's.
Given that, I also conclude that with LoD installed, I don't think the issue is the copyright protection. LoD should've worked, no problem.
I think the reason D2 and D2: LOD the first time around on my new PC didn't work b/c a disc was damaged for both D2 and D2: LOD.
And, second time around w/ new D2 + LOD discs -- where I got D2 going alone, but D2: LOD won't run, I think I got a bad-damaged LoD disc, myself.
Nothing else really makes anymore sense.
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It doesn't seem possible that you'd have this many problems from damaged disks. This is what, your third return? Or your second? Your last post makes it look like your 2nd set of disks, but from what you posted before, it sounds like you're on your 3rd.
Anyway, we again must ask you... did you install D2 first, then the expansion WITHOUT installing any patches? That's key. I've never installed D2, patched it, then installed the expansion. I'm pretty sure you said you tried it that way, but from your last post it makes it sound like you tried D2 at 1.11 B first, THEN installed LoD, which could theoretically cause problems. I don't know why it would exactly, and it doesn't seem likely, but D2 -> LoD -> patching seems like the logical order. Again, I think it would be best if you upgraded via b.net instead of manual patches just because there should be no way for that to fuck up.
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It doesn't seem possible that you'd have this many problems from damaged disks. This is what, your third return? Or your second? Your last post makes it look like your 2nd set of disks, but from what you posted before, it sounds like you're on your 3rd.
I've returned D2 + LoD once -- I returned it yesterday, for another set.
I tried my first set of D2 + LOD on my Win XP PC yesterday -- I did numerous installs; and even tried numerous different directories. No luck. Didn't try those on my old PC, though.
My 2nd set of D2 + LOD, I tried on my new PC a few times w/ installs and uninstalls. Then, I tried the old PC, a few times w/ installs and uinstalls.
Anyway, we again must ask you... did you install D2 first, then the expansion WITHOUT installing any patches? That's key.
Yep, I've tried that, as well.
I've must've at least installed D2 + D2: LOD eight times already; hehe.
I've tried installing it numerous ways, Que.
I've never installed D2, patched it, then installed the expansion. I'm pretty sure you said you tried it that way, but from your last post it makes it sound like you tried D2 at 1.11 B first, THEN installed LoD, which could theoretically cause problems.
I've tried that path, too. No dice.
I don't know why it would exactly, and it doesn't seem likely, but D2 -> LoD -> patching seems like the logical order. Again, I think it would be best if you upgraded via b.net instead of manual patches just because there should be no way for that to fuck up.
I've tried that, as well -- manual ways and BNet way, as well...
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Sorry, just couldn't quite tell from your last post. I don't know, man, I can't think of anything that'll help you. I guess if this is only your second set you could try again and see if a third fixes the issue with LoD. The place would probably let you keep your known working D2 disks and just swap LoD out. Well, I can't say probably... but it wouldn't surprise me if they did. If that doesn't work, I imagine you'd know for sure something else was up.
And really, it couldn't hurt to try Blizz support. Though they're probably all off on the weekend and memorial day.
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Sorry, just couldn't quite tell from your last post.
No, problem man. :)
I hope I had it clear, this time around.
Sometimes, I ain't too clear on things -- even when I think I might've been, hehe.
I'm not always great at getting things across to others.
I I don't know, man, I can't think of anything that'll help you. I guess if this is only your second set you could try again and see if a third fixes the issue with LoD. The place would probably let you keep your known working D2 disks and just swap LoD out. Well, I can't say probably... but it wouldn't surprise me if they did. If that doesn't work, I imagine you'd know for sure something else was up.
Yeah, I'm not taking back D2 itself. I don't wanna mess w/ success, now that I got it going w/ that set of Cd's. I did get D2 booting up w/out LoD every time w/ the new set of CD's; so I'm gonna keep those CD's. :) Those discs ain't the issue.
I am gonna just return LoD tomorrow, when I go back to the store and all.
And really, it couldn't hurt to try Blizz support. Though they're probably all off on the weekend and memorial day.
I appreciate the advice and all, Que.
If the next copy of LoD I get fails (tomorrow), I'll probably have to try Blizzard's forums and all. B/c, that means something else is really afoot. I'd have no clue then!!! Something else is really afoot or I just got the worst luck in the world to get another bad CD! LOL. Then, me going to go bug Blizzard themselves is the best option I've got.
Say LoD does work, once I do the exchange for another LoD disc tomorrow; that'd be great! I'd finally have it going! :O) All problems solved!!!
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Before you return it, I suggest uninstalling the game and then going and deleting anything that might be left behind. C:\Program Files\Diablo II or whatever...delete it completely, then reinstall D2. Dont run it and just immediately install LOD.
Its really odd you're having this much trouble with it.
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Before you return it, I suggest uninstalling the game and then going and deleting anything that might be left behind. C:\Program Files\Diablo II or whatever...delete it completely, then reinstall D2.
After doing the uninstall, yeah -- it leaves D2 files behind. So, I shitcanned 'em, every time.
Dont run it and just immediately install LOD.
What do you mean?
I've tried even doing a D2 install.
Don't run the game.
Go reboot the PC.
Then, putting in LoD to install.
Run LoD.
No dice.
Its really odd you're having this much trouble with it.
I don't think I've ever had this much trouble w/ a product, period.
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Are you installing to some custom folder instead of the default or something?
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Are you installing to some custom folder instead of the default or something?
Yup. Every time I've done an install on the new PC, the directory's different -- just to be safe and all. I've kept installing it to somewhere on my F drive (that's my 2nd drive on this PC).
Though, when I tried installing on my old PC, since I got only one hard drive on that PC, I installed to the default. Didn't work.
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That's really odd. I don't think I've ever had any sort of problem like that except trying to get old Windows 95-era educational games to work on Windows XP. Games in general could have installation problems back then, and then you have that it's some $5 educational game in the first place and the fact you're running it on an OS several generations more modern and I don't expect much else.
I am really, really surprised with the problems you're having.
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That's really odd. I don't think I've ever had any sort of problem like that except trying to get old Windows 95-era educational games to work on Windows XP. Games in general could have installation problems back then, and then you have that it's some $5 educational game in the first place and the fact you're running it on an OS several generations more modern and I don't expect much else.
I am really, really surprised with the problems you're having.
The part I find really funny is, in my current situation, I got Diablo 2 going...
Yet, I ain't got LoD going....
I don't think I ever had a problem where if the original ran, the expansion wouldn't run....
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Well, the exchange for another copy of LoD didn't do the trick.....
Fuck....
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Did you do anything to your Windows installation? Like a reduced installation via nLite or run RegSeeker or another registry cleaner? It's obviously something with your system.
Is it giving you an error of any kind?
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This doesn't make any sense! I realize how frustrating it must be having gone through shit with Chaos Theory and Double Agent.
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At this point its not the game, its your system.
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This doesn't make any sense! I realize how frustrating it must be having gone through shit with Chaos Theory and Double Agent.
I've never been through this shit w/ so many uninstalls and reinstalls, period. It's nuts.
I've been surfing seeing what I can find -- and this morn, I found what I think was the problem.
It looks like the issues is that you must always do a Full Install, regardless of everything -- that's what I do, anyways; I don't wanna deal w/ disc switching.
But, when you get the splash to install LoD, check "Options" -- see if there's an option to do a "MP to Full Upgrade", do it -- or else, it won't boot.
And, you have to copy all your MPQ files from LoD Disc over -- they don't always copy all of them over, since the LoD installer don't always install them all; weird. When I did the copy and paste, some files just got added; some I wrote over.
So, copying the music files; that didn't work....think it already got corrupted, somehow.
So sick of uninstalling and reinstalling.
So, I had enuff. I took Ghandi's advice....it's all "crack"-a-lackin' now.
At least, D2: LoD boots now.
Time to play.
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Crazy that you have to copy stuff over like that. I would definitely have contacted Blizzard support.
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Huh... I wonder if something got fucked up with the Battle Chest version of the game or something. That's pretty strange given how rock-solid Blizzard's games usually are in the technical department.
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Huh... I wonder if something got fucked up with the Battle Chest version of the game or something. That's pretty strange given how rock-solid Blizzard's games usually are in the technical department.
Hmmm...No clue if the BC is actually okay.
I bought the games separately, since that was how GS was doing the sale.
Would've been nice if the Diablo 2: Battle Chest was $20. ;)
I wonder what versions of D2 and LoD come in the BC, myself.
But, I don't need 'em; I can do w/out strat. guides, myself.
That's what GameFaqs is for. ;)
Regardless, after playing D2 for a while, I can see where TQ gets a lot of its inspiration from....
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Well, damn....I been playing this for at least the last 2½ hours -- didn't realize it, til I looked at the clock!
This game is incredibly addictive w/ insane amounts of loot and enemies galore coming at cha.
Diablo II is to action RPG's what Painkiller is to Action FPS's.
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wait I just realized something....
You've finally ended your long drought and started Diablo II! Congratulations. :D
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wait I just realized something....
You've finally ended your long drought and started Diablo II! Congratulations. :D
Hehe!!
Can you bring your SP campaign character into MP onto Battle.net??
Or vice versa -- can you bring you MP characters onto SP?
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No, you cant transfer characters from SP to MP or the other way. Thats just too much chance for hacking (just hex editing a character to have awesome stats and items or something). I hear Titan Quest has a huge problem with that since it allows you to do that.
What a lot of people do is simply play SP online. Just create a room, throw a password on it, and play solo. There is no difference between that and the regular singleplayer. Then, if you want to play with someone, you can.
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No, you cant transfer characters from SP to MP or the other way. Thats just too much chance for hacking (just hex editing a character to have awesome stats and items or something).
That makes sense why they kept 'em separate in D2 then.
I hear Titan Quest has a huge problem with that since it allows you to do that.
Oh, that's not good...
What a lot of people do is simply play SP online. Just create a room, throw a password on it, and play solo. There is no difference between that and the regular singleplayer. Then, if you want to play with someone, you can.
That makes a lot of sense.
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What class did you choose?
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What class did you choose?
I'm a Paladin.
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Last time I played there were two kinds of online. The online where your character is stored on Battle.net servers, and the online where your character is stored on your hard drive. The latter kind is easily hacked. I had a sorceress with all skills maxed out at 99 or something, plus a full cache of perfect skulls in my inventory. I think I had also created an item that couldn't exist in the game: a socketed rare item, which was loaded with perfect gems, of course.
I was so powerful that any damage I did was beyond what the game expected and it would crash any time I hit anything. I had to lower my level way down so that it didn't happen.
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I'm a Paladin.
And I was thinking it was the least desirable class.
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Pyro is playing a pally with us. I think hes died the most...heh. But his lightning resist aura saved our asses several times.
I'm playing a druid, but going for the werewolf with a pack of dire wolves and just meleeing the shit out of everything. I have almost zero casting spells. Its pretty fun.
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Paladins are team players. They have auras that help out the whole group, which in the right circumstances can either really save your ass or totally boost your damage output. They can be a little tricky to play, though, because of that. They're still fun. I played one for a while.
I'm doing the Amazon/bow thing. Lots of fun. I love shooting stuff.
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Yea Paladins are very useful in squads etc, but they aren't fun when you are going solo.
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Why haven't we played since we got to hell? Oh yeah, that's right. You all suck and I just push for more playtime.
I love the Assassin myself. She seems like she requires the most actual "playing" of all the classes from what I can tell, but she can dish out the damage like mad.
And to argue against the solo Paladin, I made one based around the lightning aura once and he freaking kicked ass, at least in normal mode. I had him doing around 3-600 damage a hit, or something like that, so he would level most anything within a hit or two. Plus, area effect damage would sometimes clear swarms. I'd assume he'd get knocked around in Nightmare or Hell with all the elemental resistances, but if anything wasn't strong against lightning they'd still take a pounding.
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Yea my favorites were Necromancer, Barbarian and the Ass Ass In.
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Paladins are team players. They have auras that help out the whole group, which in the right circumstances can either really save your ass or totally boost your damage output. They can be a little tricky to play, though, because of that. They're still fun. I played one for a while.
I'm doing the Amazon/bow thing. Lots of fun. I love shooting stuff.
I am totally loving the Thorn skill, myself. That skill's nasty -- especially when you go up against monsters that are quite above you, they wind up taking the damage they're dishing out to you. Freakin' bad-ass.
And, I really like the Smite skill, since I never see a game actually use a Shield as a weapon. Plus, it's awesome for a brush-back, to get the enemy out your way when you're surrounded.
So far, I really like The Paladin class.
Yea Paladins are very useful in squads etc, but they aren't fun when you are going solo.
I'm enjoying being a Paladin in solo, actually, so :P
Oh, I got a henchman w/ me, too. Annon or whatever her name is. :) Yay!
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Thorns is quite useful, although it doesn't protect against ranged, so you have to watch out.
I just made a hardcore druid, I'm going bear form for the extra defense since I'm playing hardcore. The only thing about hardcore that I dislike is the pesky pk'ers. I had a 60 hardcore druid get pked when I was last playing (a year or so ago) because I went afk. Quite annoying.
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How exactly does that work? Like you make an unpassworded server and then just anyone can join? Why would you do something like that?
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Does this game have a level cap???
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Level 99
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Level 99
Thanks, bro. :)
--D
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How exactly does that work? Like you make an unpassworded server and then just anyone can join? Why would you do something like that?
It's fun to play with other people. Most people are o.k., it's just the assholes that you have to watch out for.
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Ah, we've just got our own group going and I dont know about them, but I dont play with anyone else.
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I used to play with a pretty exclusive group on bnet, so I don't really know about the majority of folks on there even though I was around it for years. Just played with the regulars from our group, and they were all cool. Totally psychotic in real life, but fun as hell to hang out with. Mostly middle aged people, some of them even got together up at someone's cabin and stuff... they were crazy but a pretty neat group of people.
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Thanks, bro. :)
--D
Unless you're crazy you'll never hit 99. Most people stop leveling once they hit the 80s since it would just consist of doing Baal runs and stuff like that.
It's about getting the gear to make your character overpowered and stuff.
I haven't played Diablo II in ages though. World of Warcraft ftw.
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I installed this last night. I now have a level 13 Necromancer named MrCreepy on US East. Brought back memories. My first Diablo 2 character was a Necro named Darkenrahl. I remember being overjoyed that I could finally play in 800x600 when the expansion hit.
If any of you have a toon around my level and would like to join up sometime, let me know. Otherwise I guess i'll have to go solo since anyone I ever knew that played has since quit.
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I totally would but I've sort of got too much else going at the moment. Pyro, Sy, idol, and myself were all playing a game that we sort of stopped at the expansion area, but maybe if you get your dude up to whatever we're at (I don't even remember) you could join up or something.
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Diablo II has Patch 1.12 out now. (http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=20758)
Removes CD Check, too.
Here's notes, on how to get No-CD Check to work, if you got problems w/ it (http://www.blizzplanet.com/?action=news&id=2440):
Diablo II Patch 1.12 Released -- No-CD Patch
The Diablo II patch 1.12 was released today at 1:30pm EST (-5GMT). You can download it by login into the Battle.net realms. This patch marks the new ladder reset and introduces a no-cd patch. Cheers!
Diablo II Version History
- Patch 1.12
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Downloadable Installer Support
- If all required Diablo 2 '.MPQ' files are installed on the hard drive, the game will no longer require the CD to play.
For users that originally performed a 'Full Installation' and wish to run without the CD, all '.MPQ' files should be copied from the Diablo 2 CDs to the Diablo 2 directory. Most users will only need to copy D2Music.mpq from the Diablo 2 Play CD and/or D2xMusic.mpq from the Lord of Destruction CD. Mac users will need to copy these music files and rename them to 'Diablo II Music' and 'Diablo II Expansion Music' respectively.
Anyone who did not perform a 'Full Installation' will need to re-install from CD again to ultimately play without the CD. In this case, a 'Full Installation' is required, followed by file
copy step noted above.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an incompatibility between Rosetta and OpenGL mode on Intel Mac.
Share your comments with other Diablo fans.
UPDATE: Some fans are having problems with making the no-cd feature work. DatH said the following:
Please reinstall the game using the Full Installation method (with the cinematics) to make sure that all 3rd party files are gone from the Diablo II folder. Once it's done, install the Expansion pack. Once the Expansion pack is installed, go to the Lord of Destruction CD and copy these two files to your Diablo II folder:
d2xvideo.MPQ
d2xmusic.MPQ
Once that's done, run the game and it'll get the patch. You won't need the CD after that.
Personally, I highlighted all the files ending as .MPQ (within the Lord of Destruction CD) and dropped them into the Diablo 2 folder. I clicked NO when it asked me to replace an existing file -- only copying those that didn't exist. Removed my CD from the CD-Drive, and launched Diablo II. It worked fine without the CD.
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I am so happy!
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I am so happy!
Ditto.
Thank you, Blizzard!!
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Blizzard's no CD fixes are so weird. I remember for Starcraft and Brood War you also had to copy some files from disc, and they both were something like 500MB. I guess it's videos and audio.
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People still play this game?
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Blizzard's no CD fixes are so weird. I remember for Starcraft and Brood War you also had to copy some files from disc, and they both were something like 500MB. I guess it's videos and audio.
If I recall, that's what it was for Starcraft, as well.
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I launched my game, because I didn't think I needed a no-CD patch. Sure enough, I already have one. It's been years. I couldn't remember a thing. I have this Level-69 mage-type character that seems untouchable at the normal difficulty in the Flayer jungle. The inventory is filled with all these buffing charms, and the armor has lists of magic properties. Health and mana regenerate very quickly. She was set to use fire spells. The hydra spell by itself seems to clear the road ahead nicely.
I think I'll leave well enough alone. I don't remember ever having technical problems with the game. My version is 1.09d.
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I gotta respect Blizzard for keeping up with the D2 community for so long; in fact with all their game communities!
Res'pet!
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People still play this game?
I started a character a year or so ago just for shits and giggles and there were still tons of people playing.
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I gotta respect Blizzard for keeping up with the D2 community for so long; in fact with all their game communities!
Res'pet!
Amen.
Plus, I like it when game companies remove their copy protection from a game.
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I started another character. Found out some friends from my hometown play so I've been running with them. On Saturday I had a level 10 druid. As of last night he was level 52. Power leveling ftw!
I decided to make him a wind druid, and so far wind druids rock.
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I would sooo rock this game again if they released a WS patch.
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I'm really amazed at the number of people that still play this game.
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All of Blizzard's games seem to have a long lifespan. I just started playing WC3 again and I'm having no problems finding people to play with. There are tons of people that still play the game.
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A testament to how good the games really are I suppose.
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And to the dedication of Blizzard. They keep up with games that are well past their prime and keep patching and updating them. They are truly above and beyond in that regard.
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Yeah, the fact that D2 was patched as recently as a year or so ago amazes me.
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Fiscally, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I love the fact that they do it, but I don't understand why they would devote employees to patching ancient games. Other than the fact that they rock.
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I would assume the games still sell fairly well. I mean the Diablo Battle Chest still sells for 40 bones.
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Well, that makes sense. It's just refreshing to see, I guess. Every time I purchase a Blizzard game I feel incredibly sound in my investment. All too often you see dev's give up on a game after a year or so.
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Woo I just soloed Diablo in Hell.
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Do they still have the secret cow level? Back in the day I remember getting to hell at level 5 and just hitting up the secret cow level until I got to 99. It was pretty cheap.
Damn writs leg.
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I never heard of that. Played the game solo a lot too.
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You've never experienced the glory of the cow level? For shame!
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The cow level is still there. If you beat diablo in a particular difficulty you can take wirts leg and a tome of town portal and open a portal to what basically amounts to a pasture full of axe wielding cows. If you don't kill the Cow King, you can continue to play over and over. But once the cow king dies, that's it. Your character will no longer be able to make the portal on that difficulty level.
Beating Diablo in hell meant a lot to me. This has been really my second true attempt at a high level character. When I first played I had a necro that I really didn't pay enough attention to as far as stats and skills go. So I get to level 70 and find that my necro can't hang in hell AT ALL. Like act 1 mobs decimate him. So yeah, taking this wind druid into hell At level 72, being able to clear out the Chaos Sanctuary, and killing Diablo with nary an issue means that maybe I'm doing something right with this toon.
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A modder released a Multi-Resolution Mod for Diablo 2, so you can pump it up to higher resolutions. (http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16131)
NOTE: This is a mod, so use at your own risk, of course...
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By that he means they will ban your ass off Battlenet if you take it online.
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Patch 1.13 has made Public Beta Testing stage.
A handful of fixes and changes have been made here. (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/61575)
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It's hard to dislike a company that's lending support to their games nearly 10 years after release.
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It's hard to dislike a company that's lending support to their games nearly 10 years after release.
Amen.
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Patch 1.13C Released. (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62943)
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Patch 1.13D released. (http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=20758&parentCategoryId&pageNumber=1&categoryId=2717)
Patch notes. (http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=27835073330&sid=3000)
Patch 1.13d
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New Features
Ignoring players is now saved between sessions of the game. All ignores are now written out to disk (file: 'ignorelist'). This feature can be toggled by issuing the command '/ignorepersist'.
Users can now filter messages based on content by issuing the command '/filtermsg <content>'. To unfilter content issue the command '/unfiltermsg <content>'. (The maximum length of a filter pattern is 128 characters)
Users can now set their home channel by issuing a new Battle.net chat command '/home <channel name>' while in the Battle.net chat interface.
Users can return to their home channel at any time by issuing the command '/home' while in the Battle.net chat interface.
Major Bugs
Fixed a known dupe method.
Fixed another issue where players were able to stack auras in an unintended way.
Minor Bugs
Fixed a bug where Mercenaries wouldn't have multiple auras active when they should have.
Fixed an issue where players could create games prefixed with color codes.
Potentially fixed an issue where players would be disconnected when watching the cinematics when in a Battle.net game.
Fixed an issue where the game would crash when running in windowed mode with sound disabled and the game tried to play a cinematic.
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No reason to NOT own Diablo 2 + LOD now, if you're missing this...
Best Buy - Deal of the Day (today only - 10-16-2013)
Diablo II: Battle Chest (PC) = $5 (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/diablo-battle-chest-mac-windows/4307084.p?id=1051806668653&skuId=4307084&st=diablo%20battle%20chest&lp=1&cp=1)
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US Gamer.Net -> 5-page Retrospective on Diablo II with some of the dev's formerly with Blizzard North. (http://www.usgamer.net/articles/in-their-own-words-an-oral-history-of-diablo-ii-with-david-brevik-max-schaefer-and-erich-schaefer)
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Crossmap -> Diablo II officially patched to version 1.14a by Blizzard to work on modern OS's natively - Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10. (http://www.crossmap.com/news/blizzard-releases-patch-for-diablo-ii-after-four-years-check-out-diablo-ii-patch-1-14a-features-changes-and-improvements-26140)
Battle.Net -> Get the 1.14a patch here, select D2 & your version of the game (Regular or LoD) if you already have D2 installed and need to just update it; or if you tied your retail keys to your Battle.Net account then just download the newest version's entire game installer-files in full. (https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/100638)
PC Gamer -> David Brevik [former co-founder of Blizzard] on Battle.Net's early days with Diablo 1 w/ how it worked w/ peer-to-peer, cheating, hacks; and eventually going to a client-server set-up for Diablo II. (http://www.pcgamer.com/diablos-battlenet-originally-ran-on-a-single-pc/?utm_content=buffer0540c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer_pcgamer)
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B-Net Forums -> Patch 1.14b has been released by Blizzard. (http://us.battle.net/en/forum/topic/20742997066)
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woooo!
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Wish more companies supported their games like this.
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@Que
Agreed 100%.
Blizzard is tough to top, when it comes to supporting old-games.
Hell, even if they just release one patch when a new Windows OS drops, they'd STILL be topping most companies w/ free support on old games.
Most companies seem to like to re-release old-games w/ some new features...and then charge for them.
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It's kinda funny how at the same time that Blizzard is patching Diablo II even though Diablo III is still alive and going, they're sending C&D letters to 3rd party vanilla WoW servers and refusing to open any of their own. They're supporting the old Diablo, but not the old WoW. (Also I'd like a patched up digital release of Diablo 1 as well, please.)
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That whole thing with nostalrius is such a huge gray area. I understand the nostalgia of old WoW and people being able to play it again, but I find it really really weird people bitching at Blizzard about it. You honestly can't expect a group of people to start up an old version of WoW, make it free, and have Blizzard just be okay with it? I haven't looked that much into it to be honest so there maybe more to it than that, but I haven't seen Blizzard just outright deny that they will never do it themselves. Maybe not now, but I'm sure they at least realize the interest there is for vanilla WoW.
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I started playing on Nostalrius just recently. I was slowly progressing and made it to level 20 or so, but didn't want to go on once I heard it was shutting down. I had a few friends playing with me as well. I completely agree that it's within Blizzard's legal right to shut them down, but I'm still not happy about it. I would gladly sub to WoW to play on a vanilla server, but they won't offer it. I'm really not interested in playing the current version anymore. It's just too different from the game I was hooked on back then, and playing it again recently just cemented in my brain even more.
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(Also I'd like a patched up digital release of Diablo 1 as well, please.)
After the damn nostalgia factor for D1 being thrown in D3, I actually experimented yesterday w/ Diablo 1 quite a bit and actually got it going on W7.
Do you still have your Diablo 1 retail disc copy? Do you have a DVD or CD drive, whether internal or external that you can connect via USB?
It's really easy and fast to install - almost instant! LOL. :)
Patching isn't too hard, either, as the most recent patch is on B-Net.
Anyways, I'll create a thread on how to make Diablo 1 work, patch it up, and whatnot for modern systems.
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GameRant - Brevik and The Schaefers say a Diablo 2 Remaster is unlikely:
https://gamerant.com/diablo-2-remaster-when/
Notes:
- There was a major data corruption on their back-up drives at Blizzard North (BN).
- This happened near the end of D2's development!
- All of their original assets & code were lost, from the corruption incident.
- They were supposed to have a back-up, but neglected in doing so.
- They had to cobbled the game up & back together, from different computers at BN.
- Numerous computers at BN each had chunks of the game on it, needed to be put back together.
- They believe a lot of code & assets would need to be re-created from scratch, to do D2 Remaster.