Greetings! I'm a Youtube scrub newbie Let's Player (basically someone who commentates on games) and one game I'm planning on doing is Diablo 2. However, I want to do something different. A friend and I used to play "live off the land" but different than what I have read what most people consider live off the land to be.
We always played this style in the essence of: you cannot go back to town. As I was thinking about doing this, I was trying to come up with some rules for this because I feel that just having this rule might not be entertaining. Here is what I think would work:
Play a Barbarian for find potion/item and would require me to stay in the thick of battle
Allow myself to visit town once per act and use repair services and turn in any quests, no buying of items
(I'm a little hazy on this part as I haven't played D2 in a few months) If an item breaks, I can't use it anymore. Must throw it away.
And that is where I dry up right now. I feel allowing myself to use repair services once per act would allow me to be able to keep some items and progress. (Side note, if an item breaks, does the game get rid of it or can you repair it? I haven't played D2 in awhile >.>) I would also allow myself to go back to town for certain quest requirements or maybe ease of life. Example: Kill radament and instead of going through the whole sewers, just make a TP and then walk out of town. Another would be going back to town to head towards the AS in act 2. During these moments I wouldn't use anything in town.
What do you think would be a good build if I did this? I was thinking a 1h/shield concentrate/berserk barb using all the warcries as effectively as possible.
If you have any suggestions or thoughts please let me know. You can find my Youtube channel here if you are interested. Thanks!
Greetings! I'm a Youtube scrub newbie Let's Player (basically someone who commentates on games) and one game I'm planning on doing is Diablo 2. However, I want to do something different. A friend and I used to play "live off the land" but different than what I have read what most people consider live off the land to be.
We always played this style in the essence of: you cannot go back to town. As I was thinking about doing this, I was trying to come up with some rules for this because I feel that just having this rule might not be entertaining. Here is what I think would work:
Play a Barbarian for find potion/item and would require me to stay in the thick of battle
Allow myself to visit town once per act and use repair services and turn in any quests, no buying of items
(I'm a little hazy on this part as I haven't played D2 in a few months) If an item breaks, I can't use it anymore. Must throw it away.
And that is where I dry up right now. I feel allowing myself to use repair services once per act would allow me to be able to keep some items and progress. (Side note, if an item breaks, does the game get rid of it or can you repair it? I haven't played D2 in awhile >.>) I would also allow myself to go back to town for certain quest requirements or maybe ease of life. Example: Kill radament and instead of going through the whole sewers, just make a TP and then walk out of town. Another would be going back to town to head towards the AS in act 2. During these moments I wouldn't use anything in town.
What do you think would be a good build if I did this? I was thinking a 1h/shield concentrate/berserk barb using all the warcries as effectively as possible.
If you have any suggestions or thoughts please let me know. You can find my Youtube channel here if you are interested. Thanks!
a couple of untwinked rules that you can consider:
only can go to town and talk to NPC's for quests
can talk to cain for IDs
no repairs, u must throw away the broken item, game doesnt delete it
must get each wp
kill all monsters in your path
crafting is allowed (blood crafts are great for barbs)
using an uncommon build, like a passive/valk zon or a blade shield/master sin
merc is up to you, if you go with an uncommon build, the game might be too hard without a nice merc. otherwise, only use the merc that was gifted to you for quest completions, and no res of the merc.
gl
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a couple of untwinked rules that you can consider:
only can go to town and talk to NPC's for quests
can talk to cain for IDs
no repairs, u must throw away the broken item, game doesnt delete it
must get each wp
kill all monsters in your path
crafting is allowed (blood crafts are great for barbs)
using an uncommon build, like a passive/valk zon or a blade shield/master sin
merc is up to you, if you go with an uncommon build, the game might be too hard without a nice merc. otherwise, only use the merc that was gifted to you for quest completions, and no res of the merc.
gl
Yea, if an item breaks I will throw it away since the game doesn't delete it. Thanks for letting me know, I couldn't remember.
I will definitely try for each WP and try for full clears (might not full clear blood moor when I first start as that's just annoying).
Will try and kill every monster I can and I should definitely use crafting to my advantage.
For an uncommon build, hmm, I could give it more thought.
Merc is something I totally forgot. I think, if I go with the Barb, I'd use the A1 merc gifted and use her as range support. Maybe allow her to be revived if I do a once per visit to town rule.
Thanks for your input as that brought up some stuff I forgot about! This LP is probably a good month away but never hurts to think ahead.
yeah, a lot of people on diablo related forums actually keep running diaries or journals of their experience. with some creative writing and nice pictures, it makes for a really nice tale! they usually make really quirky builds that no one would think could beat the game, in hell. like a naked thrower barb...:P
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Remember the String of Ears
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
I used to read Sirian's Diablo II page a LONG time ago. I always enjoyed his writings. I guess he was doing Let's Plays before they became popular lol.
I'm a little worried about the beginning of the game since it's pretty damn easy and will be repetitive but it could work out. If I do a bit of backtracking I'll make sure to edit stuff out. No one likes to see that.
I'm not concerned about being super popular at Lping. Of course I'd love that, anyone who says otherwise is kidding themselves. I'm currently doing two LP's which takes enough of my time currently and don't want to spread thin doing a third one right now (especially during the holidays). Once Harvest Moon is done I plan on starting D2. This thread is more for gathering ideas on it.
We always played this style in the essence of: you cannot go back to town. As I was thinking about doing this, I was trying to come up with some rules for this because I feel that just having this rule might not be entertaining. Here is what I think would work:
Play a Barbarian for find potion/item and would require me to stay in the thick of battle
Allow myself to visit town once per act and use repair services and turn in any quests, no buying of items
(I'm a little hazy on this part as I haven't played D2 in a few months) If an item breaks, I can't use it anymore. Must throw it away.
And that is where I dry up right now. I feel allowing myself to use repair services once per act would allow me to be able to keep some items and progress. (Side note, if an item breaks, does the game get rid of it or can you repair it? I haven't played D2 in awhile >.>) I would also allow myself to go back to town for certain quest requirements or maybe ease of life. Example: Kill radament and instead of going through the whole sewers, just make a TP and then walk out of town. Another would be going back to town to head towards the AS in act 2. During these moments I wouldn't use anything in town.
What do you think would be a good build if I did this? I was thinking a 1h/shield concentrate/berserk barb using all the warcries as effectively as possible.
If you have any suggestions or thoughts please let me know. You can find my Youtube channel here if you are interested. Thanks!
My Retro Video Game Store
My Youtube Lets Play Channel
only can go to town and talk to NPC's for quests
can talk to cain for IDs
no repairs, u must throw away the broken item, game doesnt delete it
must get each wp
kill all monsters in your path
crafting is allowed (blood crafts are great for barbs)
using an uncommon build, like a passive/valk zon or a blade shield/master sin
merc is up to you, if you go with an uncommon build, the game might be too hard without a nice merc. otherwise, only use the merc that was gifted to you for quest completions, and no res of the merc.
gl
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
I will definitely try for each WP and try for full clears (might not full clear blood moor when I first start as that's just annoying).
Will try and kill every monster I can and I should definitely use crafting to my advantage.
For an uncommon build, hmm, I could give it more thought.
Merc is something I totally forgot. I think, if I go with the Barb, I'd use the A1 merc gifted and use her as range support. Maybe allow her to be revived if I do a once per visit to town rule.
Thanks for your input as that brought up some stuff I forgot about! This LP is probably a good month away but never hurts to think ahead.
My Retro Video Game Store
My Youtube Lets Play Channel
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
My Retro Video Game Store
My Youtube Lets Play Channel
LP might not be as good since the action is so fast paced and somewhat repetitive.
"to the worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish."
My Retro Video Game Store
My Youtube Lets Play Channel
I'm not concerned about being super popular at Lping. Of course I'd love that, anyone who says otherwise is kidding themselves. I'm currently doing two LP's which takes enough of my time currently and don't want to spread thin doing a third one right now (especially during the holidays). Once Harvest Moon is done I plan on starting D2. This thread is more for gathering ideas on it.
Thanks for the feedback!
My Retro Video Game Store
My Youtube Lets Play Channel