Hey guys, I've been following all of the D3 content because I'm a huge fan of the series in general. As you all know the ladder reset was yesterday - which I plan on taking part in with a few friends.
However, I haven't played D2LOD in 8 years. Can someone quickly summarize the majority of the key changes since patch 1.09 or so. I've tried looking for details on whats new but I must be failing at forum searching.
Also a recommendation for a starting class - fresh start, no rushes, no help. For all of the years I've played D2 I never made an Amazon or an Assassin (had too much love for my sorcs, druids and pallies).
I don't think they had synergies between skills when you last played either. Check out a skill tree calculator to see all the bonuses, but essentially putting a point in one skill boost other related skills. This is pretty key for most builds now. Just keep in mind that +skill from gear doesn't grant synergy bonuses.
We also have all the patch notes on our Wiki. Here's Patch 1.10 to start you off.
Thanks to everyone for all of the responses. It's good they have some different 'end-game' stuff to run now, at least. I decided on necromancer, starting as poison and bone.
Is there any runewords i should be looking out for that will make leveling a lot easier? I have heard good things about insight and Stealth.
If you have a bunch of runes and don't know what to do with them, I recommend this tool. It takes the runes you have and spits out runeword matches or runewords you can almost make.
for a necro? depends on the staff mods you may want and what kind of necro. pnb: +bone spear and +bone spirit. nova: +nova. summoner: leorics is awesome.
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Remember the String of Ears
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
Don't forget! You can now respec a characters skills and attributes!
"Respecialization is now possible! Completing the 'Den of Evil' quest will now additionally reward 1 free respec which can be saved. Players who have already completed this quest should receive 1 free respec in Hell difficulty."
Don't forget! You can now respec a characters skills and attributes!
"Respecialization is now possible! Completing the 'Den of Evil' quest will now additionally reward 1 free respec which can be saved. Players who have already completed this quest should receive 1 free respec in Hell difficulty."
In addition, the Hell difficulty bosses sometimes drop "Essence" items. Combining all of the essences in the Horadric Cube will create an item that, when used, resets your skills and attributes just like the Den of Evil reset.
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However, I haven't played D2LOD in 8 years. Can someone quickly summarize the majority of the key changes since patch 1.09 or so. I've tried looking for details on whats new but I must be failing at forum searching.
Also a recommendation for a starting class - fresh start, no rushes, no help. For all of the years I've played D2 I never made an Amazon or an Assassin (had too much love for my sorcs, druids and pallies).
Thanks in advance!
press 'n' a lot for the first couple of minutes when you make a public game
or just make private games.
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
Thanks to everyone for all of the responses. It's good they have some different 'end-game' stuff to run now, at least. I decided on necromancer, starting as poison and bone.
Is there any runewords i should be looking out for that will make leveling a lot easier? I have heard good things about insight and Stealth.
thanks again.
For shields, look into rhyme and splendor.
A lore helm is a decent starter hat if you don't find any good uniques with +skill.
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Nice tool Magistrate will definitely be using that now.
(Why is te smoke runeword called silence)
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
type in:
/filtermsg
and then whatever key words (or phrases) you want to filter. Any message containing those words will not be displayed.
So, if there's a bot spamming "www.somediablotfarmbotsite.com is great, lots of items!"
you can
/filtermsg www.somediablofarmbotsite.com
and that line of text will never again appear (nor any other line containing that website).
OR
you can
/filtermsg lots of items!
and message that contains the exact phrase "lots of items!" somewhere in the text will not be displayed.
With fewer than 10 filters, I'm only seeing bots join and leave my games now.
"Respecialization is now possible! Completing the 'Den of Evil' quest will now additionally reward 1 free respec which can be saved. Players who have already completed this quest should receive 1 free respec in Hell difficulty."
In addition, the Hell difficulty bosses sometimes drop "Essence" items. Combining all of the essences in the Horadric Cube will create an item that, when used, resets your skills and attributes just like the Den of Evil reset.