First Time

[Diablo No.1015040]

I'm about to play Diablo for the first time ever. I very rarely play older games and want to know what I'm in for; tips and tricks for beginner players.

I've played to many new games to know what's going to happen. So I'd love to have /vr/ give me some dire heads up on what I'm in for!

Thanks in advance

[Anonymous No.1015041]

get hellfire expansion so you can move faster in town

[Anonymous No.1015051]

I don't think you need special advise. The game is relatively self-explanatory and there's no way to screw up your character beyond repair.
Warrior is strong in the beginning but has the biggest trouble in the last levels. Sorcerer has a rough start but becomes extremely powerful. Rogue falls somewhere in between.

[Anonymous No.1015052]

>>1015040
DON'T get hellfire. It's not made by Blizzard and its content is very sub-par compared to the original game.

Clear out entire levels. As simple as that.

Watch out for yellow zombies. They permanently decrease your hp when they hit you, use spells/bows only when you see them.

Always have a scroll of town portal or even better learn it from a book so you can cast it for mana.

[Anonymous No.1015059]

>>1015051
This, Diablo is very easy to get the hang of. It's also an amazing game, so enjoy the ride.
The main info regarding characters I'd give is: if you're a sorcerer, PUT EVERYTHING INTO MAGIC.

[Anonymous No.1015068]

>>1015052
I used Hellfire for the option to play on higher difficulties in single player.
It's a mod with questionable additional content.

[Anonymous No.1015091]

>>1015040
mage is overpowered, once you get spell mana shield

[Anonymous No.1015101]

>>1015091
As a starting player should I just go for Mage?

[Anonymous No.1015109]

>>1015101
You won't get Mana Shield until you're halfway through.

[Anonymous No.1015108]

>>1015052
I don't see the need for avoiding Hellfire. You are probably better off playing vanilla as a first time, but don't cry when you want to play a higher difficulty and can't convert your character to Hellfire.

[Anonymous No.1015113]

I'm lacking in my Googlefu. Not sure how to play Diablo on my Windows 7. Tried using...

http://www.solemnwarning.net/ipxwrapper/

But not sure how to make it work. I'm not tech savy in the least.

[Anonymous No.1015118]

>>1015101
Not the same guy, but I would recommend warrior as a first character.

[Princess Sevenshit !!4kgug9zbIJb No.1015134]

>>1015113
That is not what you need, at all.

https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/diablo-patch-information

patch it

run in compatibility for windows xp
and kill explorer.exe to fix the color bug

[Anonymous No.1015137]

Warriors should also learn some stronger spells because in the final levels you'll be fighting projectile hurling foes that moves faster than you and retreats when you get in their melee level. So you must force them into corners, which always never works, or use spells to kill them. Also they come in SWARMS.

[Anonymous No.1015143]

>>1015137

In the early levels, it also helps to funnel enemies through doors whenever possible and from behind corners to manage the flow better.

[Anonymous No.1015149]

i think its better than diablo 2

1. Only one dungeon but dont let that discourage you
2. Certain early zombies on the 2nd or 3rd floor can PERMENANTLY low your HP if they hit you
3. There arent many quests, but you cant get all of them in one playthrough
4. Avoid goat fountains but use the other ones

have fun OP

[Anonymous No.1015152]

You'll need a cheap disposable mouse or a heavy duty one because you'll be doing A LOT of clicking. Unlike D2 you have to click for each attack, holding the button down doesn't work. Alternatively you could use Diablo Clicker.

[Anonymous No.1015158]

Be careful of the Shrines. Some are very good and some can permanently hurt your character. Cauldrons and Goat Shrines are best avoided.

http://www.bigd-online.com/JG/JGFrame.html

Everything you could possibly want to know about Diablo.

[Anonymous No.1015162]

>>1015152
Actually, if you just hold shift down, you attack non-stop in whatever direction you've clicked. It's for archers, and it works on Melee too. You just stay put, so it's bad for chasing.

[Anonymous No.1015197]

Personally I've always preferred the CUSTOM PLAYSTATION EDITION.

[Anonymous No.1015202]

>>1015197
Those potion hotkeys were so handy.

[Anonymous No.1015207]

10/10 music and atmosphere. Legitimately spooky. So much more atmosphere than the later Diablo games.

[Anonymous No.1015246]

>>1015040
Continue to 2 after you are done. But then remember that blizzard north is gone and D3 is nothing more than a necromanced abortion.

[Anonymous No.1015249]

>>1015207
I beg to differ...while playing d2 for the first time (no rush, single player) the varying acts and their respective locations always made me feels
A3 in particular made me feel slimy and gross cause it was very wet and marshy...

Also random dungeons that you think are going to be full of awesome loot and bring you to the next part of the quest were just shit with shit...made me think twice about dungeon crawling I tell ya whut.

[Anonymous No.1015250]

>tfw those sounds of women being raped by demons in the lower levels

[Anonymous No.1015432]

OP here

I can't tell what zombies are yellow and which ones aren't. The colors are so fucking cheesy looking.

Also, I can't kill this mother fucking Butcher. He keeps stun locking my ass.

I'm using the Sorcerer.

>My face when that Butcher just keeps swinging and I can't do jack shit.

[Anonymous No.1015437]

>>1015432
Grind more, use magic.

[Anonymous No.1015435]

>>1015432
Just skip the Butcher until you have Mana Shield.

[Anonymous No.1015440]

>>1015435
Where do I even find Mana Shield? The only quest I have is "The Butcher" not sure what else I'm suppose to do.

I know as a Sorceror I'm running around with a 1 - 4 dmg Bow because I'm always running out of mana.

[Anonymous No.1015449]

>>1015440
>Where do I even find Mana Shield?
Buy it.
>because I'm always running out of mana.
Use the staff to refill your mana. Recharge it in the town if you have no charges left.

[Anonymous No.1015465]

>>1015449
Yeah... I recharged it using my class skill... so now it has no more charges and the only other staffs are 6k+ gold and I only have 500g.

I'm also not seeing Mana Shield at the Witches Hut.

[Anonymous No.1015487]

I wish the battle chest didn't cut Diablo 1.
Anyway, how's the online for D1?
I was thinking of just getting the PS1 version so me and my friend can do local bro-op

[Anonymous No.1015520]

>>1015432
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, FRESH MEAT.

If you were using the warrior or rouge you could have trapped the Butcher at the stairs. When you are first able to encounter the Butcher you cannot kill him head on. He will rape you.

[Bilson Ranch !YM05jg9MUU No.1015605]

>>1015440
haha this is hilarious, babs first real game.

explore, clear dungeons out completely. if you can't beat butcher come back after a couple level ups

also sorc is really hard to start with for a new player

[Anonymous No.1015626]

OP back again from stories of Diablo
>On Level 4
>Find a goblin boss who wants me to go around the corner and kill big bad guys for him and give him his magical powers
>Kill all the bad guys, the Tavern Sign drops
>Give it back to Goblin Boss
>WALLS OPEN UP TO HUNDREDS OF GOBLINS
>Kill me
>Haven't saved in at least an hour.

Welp

[Anonymous No.1015647]

>>1015626
Yep, thats Diablo. You'll have more luck with the warrior till you get a better hold of the game.

[Anonymous No.1015648]

>>1015487
best online game ever.
diablo on battle.net

[Anonymous No.1015660]

>>1015626
Fuck yeah. Would any new game rape you that hard? There'd have been an autosave right before the trap was sprung.

Great thread, OP.

[Bilson Ranch !YM05jg9MUU No.1015668]

>>1015626
stop making my mouth water, i'm about to fire it up

[Anonymous No.1015669]

>>1015660
You're implying it's an actually hard game. Diablo 2 is way harder than 1, and it's not even just the ability to save wherever you want.
It's very atmospheric and a brilliantly made game, but come on.

[Anonymous No.1015723]

>>1015660
>>1015669
OP here again, I very RARELY ever play older games, almost if not ever. I was interested in buying Diablo III but a close friend of mine was like back the fuck up and play the first two before you even touch Diablo III or watch any videos on it.

Also I've never had a game punishment or challenge me like this. When I first started playing earlier, I was like where am I suppose to go? I was waiting for my starting quest to direct me to who I need to talk to. So I just started talking to people and just looking around.

I'm having a blast.

Just found a shrine called the Eldyrich Shrine.

>All these skeletons spamming bows and arrows. We Matrix now

So here I am.

Are these dungeons randomly generated out of curiosity?

[Anonymous No.1015843]

>Level 5
Oh god this is just pants are insane, neon bright red bats stun locking me all day everyday.

[Anonymous No.1015869]

>>1015723
>Are these dungeons randomly generated out of curiosity?
Pretty much. They'll sometimes have a few fixed locations for quests, but the rest is random.

[Anonymous No.1015872]

Guys, I just got Arkaine's Valor. Is this any good for Sorcerer?

[Anonymous No.1015894]

>>1015872
It's great for everyone until you find something better.

[Anonymous No.1015928]

This is making me nostalgia so hard...

>level 6 on bnet
>random player: hey do you know how to dupe?
>lolwut.gif
>dupes full set of amaze balls armor
>beat d1 like a boss

Spent the rest of my time teaching nubs how to dupe.

Ps...
Am I the only one who hates the pvp aspect of diablo? I absolutely refuse to fight anyone and everyone

[Anonymous No.1016024]

>>1015440
Pretty much all the items are randomly dropped, and that drop depends on several things. Basically, the tougher the monster, the better the item. You'd be lucky to find a book of mana shield any time soon.

Here is a tip. If you just equip a shield, the sorceror swings it pretty damn fast. Go beat some skeletons with a buckler.

>>1015449
Staves can only recharge your mana in Hellfire.

[Anonymous No.1016030]

>>1016024
Also, when you level up with the sorceror, you should really put all of your points into Magic. Magic is where all your damage and to-Hit come from (for spells), and you get +2 mana for each point.

[Anonymous No.1016132]

>>1015928
early dupes were the greatest of my childhood. Being OP online was great even if I didnt know the fuck was going on.

Blaring through the dungeons in random pub games with my decked out fighter. So boss

[Anonymous No.1016538]

>>1015134
>Kill explorer.exe to fix color bug
Thanks based Anon, now I have an excuse to play Diablo again,.

[Anonymous No.1016964]

Rogue, firewall, stone curse, guardian and infravision are broken. Firewall and stone curse also scales well for Rogue's low magic in nigthmare/hell modes.

Played PSX version on XEBRA emul. Aiming is harder in PSX version but you can aim spells further in PSX version than PCs
>inb4 muh grafics

Rogue benefits a lot from +all stats than any other character because 1.5 health gain and 1.5 mana gain per 1 point of VIT (items) and MAG (items) + her ranged dmg is based off STR and DEX.

>Jarulf's guide to Diablo and Hellfire
This guy literally analyzed whole game mechanics in his guide

[Anonymous No.1016972]

>>1015669
You can't even die in D2 on normal (with very few notable exceptions) unless you go afk or something. D1 will kick you in the balls when you least expect it as soon as level 2-3 of cathedral.
Then again, D2 has hardcore mode and the difficulty gets really insane near the end if you play self-found and don't do 100 boss runs before you move to the next difficulty, so I see what you're saying.

[Anonymous No.1016975]

>>1015149
>Certain early zombies on the 2nd or 3rd floor can PERMENANTLY low your HP if they hit you
Only on higher difficulties if I remember correctly.

[Anonymous No.1016978]

>>1015432
You should be able to kill him if you're lvl 4 or higher.
If you still keep having trouble run away from him until you find a room with barred windows and a door.
Run in there, close the door and keep shooting lightning or fire at him.
He can't hit you nor open doors.

Make sure you clear the whole level before you approach him.

[Anonymous No.1016981]

>>1015648
Except that no one plays it.

Biggest party I ever had there was 3, myself included.

[Anonymous No.1016992]

>>1016972
Normal is definitely easy, but it's the same with D1, and the unlimited saving makes things pretty trivial. Also, Diablo himself is thoroughly disappointing as a challenge. D2 on hell difficulty is some of the most ball-busting fun I've had in a game, if you play a Sorceress you simply can't get hit.

[Anonymous No.1017013]

Go mage. They start out shitty but if you stick with them you become a god.

[Anonymous No.1017014]

>>1016992
>thinks diablo from D1 is a disappointing challenge
>plays sorceress in D2
>likes that she's so overpowered
I think you might have a bad case of the stupids.

[Anonymous No.1017016]

>>1017014
Dude, I meant that you'd die if you got hit. Sorceress in hell is a glass cannon and you'll pretty much die with a single hit from a lot of monsters.

[Anonymous No.1017030]

>>1016992
I don't think you can compare D1 normal and D2 normal. In D2 normal difficulty is basically a tutorial, you'd have to play really, really horribly bad to die outside of a few boos fights. in D1 you will die and reload even if you know what you're doing, sometimes when there is defiantly a challenge there, even if you can just save/load. I just don't like how long D2 takes to pick up, nor do I like rushing through the content to get to the real game.

I'm not >>1017014 btw

[Anonymous No.1017034]

>>1017030
>in D1 you will die and reload even if you know what you're doing, sometimes when there is defiantly a challenge there
I really fucked up that sentence for some reason.

[Anonymous No.1017036]

>>1015626
You should have given it to Ogden instead.

[Anonymous No.1017050]

>>1015723
hey there, long time Diablo player here. DONT PLAY 3. IF YOU ENJOY EITHER OF THE FIRST TWO DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT EVEN THINK OF PLAYING 3.

The first two were made by Blizzard North, a now disbanded group of programmers. Their prototype of D3 was scrapped by Jay "Have fun our way" Wilson, who ruined the series.
>>1015246
this guy has the right idea.

[Anonymous No.1017056]

OP here again, I'm a few levels deep into the Catacombs and I still can't beat that mother fucking Butcher.

He fucking stun locks me and I can't do shit AND he's sanic speed fast.

Also, FUCK THOSE GARGOYLES holy shit.

[Anonymous No.1017058]

>>1017056
>Also, FUCK THOSE GARGOYLES holy shit.
Someone has not encountered acid beasts yet.

[Anonymous No.1017065]

>>1017056
Yeah, the Butcher's one tough motherfucker. Best thing to do is lure him to a door that has bars next to it, close the door so you're each on either side, then use a bow and fire right through the bars.

[Anonymous No.1017071]

>>1017065
Firewall is great for those situations.

[Anonymous No.1017078]

>>1015432
Grind like a motherfucker. I remember I pretty much had to clear out levels 1-4 and then some before I could face him. Also, try to find a decent staff. There's no point in using anything else while playing as a sorcerer.

[Anonymous No.1017082]

>>1017016
You're doing it wrong then.

[Anonymous No.1017103]

>>1017078
I wouldn't call that grinding, it's not that repetitive.
Repeatedly reloading for the witch to buy good books and potions is a different story.
For weapons there is theoretically dreamflange and other stuff that boosts your magic.

[Anonymous No.1017135]

>>1017103
Dreamflange?

[Anonymous No.1017149]

OP here again, how do I save my money? Because I'm running out of space to put my gold. I almost have three stacks of 5k gold

[Anonymous No.1017159]

>>1017149
Just keep it in piles in town, it won't disappear.

[Anonymous No.1017164]

>>1017135
A unique item.
http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/D1_Unique_Blunts

[Anonymous No.1017169]

>>1017149
Spend it. You need books and items to boost your magic as a sorcerer and they won't hurt for other classes.
Otherwise lay it on the village floor until later when stat boosting potions become available.
Wirt can also offer decent items.

[Anonymous No.1017228]

OP back again. I'm on Level 8 of Catacombs and this level has about five shrines in it, most all good one bad, hauling in tons of money now, I have 20k gold laying around the pond/fountain in the Town Square.

I've found this staff called Staff of Chain Lightning but I haven't found the spell of Chain Lightning yet. However, this staff requires me to have 30 Strength which I only have 18 right now, all my points have been going into Magic.

Is it worth putting points into Strength to use this staff?

>My face when I spam my Level 6 Firebolt at enemies and they can't do shit.

[Anonymous No.1017252]

>>1017228
I don't see why not. Besides, you'll want at least a little strength so you can carry some neat armour later on. Are you doing ok with the mana as it is right now? Then spend a little, just a little, on str.

[Anonymous No.1017272]

>>1017228
The stats are capped anyway so you won't end up missing points.
What are your hotkeys?
If I recall correctly I had F5 for Firebolt/Fireball, F6 for Holy Bolt/Lighting/Chain Lightning, F7 for Firewall/Flame Wave and F8 for Healing/Mana Shield.

[Anonymous No.1017284]

>>1017252
I guess I'm doing alright in the Mana department. I'm still chugging mana pots left and right but not as much as I use to
>>1017272
>Mfw
Didn't know there we're hotkeys, I just clicked on Firebolt and selected a different spell while I was running away from enemies

[Anonymous No.1017286]

>>1015723
>Are these dungeons randomly generated out of curiosity?
Yep.
Maybe you heard of the roguelike genre? It's going back to life with stuff like dungeons of dredmore and the binding of isaac. Diablo spawned from there.

[Anonymous No.1017309]

the most annoying monster per lair =

dungeons = skeleton archers
catacombs = toxic dogs
caves = ??? (toxic dogs again?)
hell = succubus (Warlock if playing as warrior)

[Anonymous No.1017319]

>>1017284
Don't you kids read the manual? Were you at least aware that there's an automap on TAB that can be zoomed in and out?

[Anonymous No.1017328]

>>1017309
Spitters aren't really a catacomb enemy. Goat archers in large groups can be frustrating. Hidden Ones and Chargers can catch you off guard.

[Anonymous No.1017353]

>>1017056
Sword of The Bear, it will knock him back when you hit him.

[Anonymous No.1017375]

>>1015052
Don't listen to this guy. Diablo itself is painfully easy. If you want to have fun, and kite stuff around and actually have a challenge, get Hellfire and start on Nightmare.

[Anonymous No.1017391]

Hey, not OP, but is anyone interested in playing D1 online? Back when /vr/ first started up we had a couple days long D1 thread and it was a blast from the past grouping with people and kicking ass and taking names.

[Anonymous No.1017396]

>>1017391
here again, I also have the Hell mod if anyone wants to play that too.

[Anonymous No.1017427]

OP here again. I'm literally stuck on Level 10 of Caves. Everytime I go into Level 10 Caves I'm greeted with over 20 Demons who are standing in front of the spawn point and I can't move and die instantly.

What do?

[Anonymous No.1017432]

>>1015137

my first playthru of diablo i did warrior, it was a ridiculous struggle at first again the succubi when i hit lower levels but after leveling up a bit i could take on rooms of hell knights and succubi so long as i play it smart and dodged their bolts

i got REALLY good at cornering the little bitches

[Anonymous No.1017464]

>>1017427
OP here yet again. I really can't get through Level 10 is there anyway to have the enemies respawn on the previous levels so I can get some experience?

I still have yet to find a single Mana Shield scroll or book and these monsters just destroy me and health pots don't help at all.

[Anonymous No.1017469]

>>1017464

Having a higher armor class will help prevent stunlocking if I remember correctly. Just bring a ton of health and mana potions with you and spam chain lightning.

[Anonymous No.1017471]

>>1017464
If you go to New Game you restart the world and keep your character and items in your inventory.

[Anonymous No.1017472]

>>1017469
I don't have that spell ether.

[Anonymous No.1017487]

>>1017472

Lightning, Nova - really anything with a good AoE.

You could also use teleport if you had it.

[Anonymous No.1017494]

>>1017469
>>1017471
No one told me I could restart the game and have the NPCs loot table change.

Is this considered cheating?

[Anonymous No.1017503]

>>1017494

No more cheating then finding an overpowered weapon. Also if you don't have some kind of lightning spell and mana shield by level 10, you probably have some really bad luck and the next few floors will probably nigh impossible without them.

[Anonymous No.1017502]

>>1017464
Start a new game, choose the same class and enter the same name.
The game resets but your character stays the same.

You will lose everything you left on the ground though so you might want to spend all that money.

[Anonymous No.1017509]

>>1017494
>Is this considered cheating?
By whom?

If you have trouble you cheat. That's what they're for.

Hell, people uploaded speedruns of Diablo with a big fat "verified for not cheating" in the description while they're obviously duping gold in it.

[Anonymous No.1017510]

>>1017472
Then fucking buy it. You can refresh the inventory of the merchants by reloading.

[Anonymous No.1017521]

>>1017375
It's pretty doable for sorcerers. At one point I had to do the Hellfire dungeons to get ready for hell.

[Anonymous No.1017526]

>>1017494
It's not really like running the same sweet spot in D2, in D1 it literally restarts the entire game.

[Anonymous No.1017535]

>>1017494
I'd say it was implemented precisely because you can get really unlucky with spellbooks, or you suck a lot.

[Anonymous No.1017606]

OP here again. I restarted my game but my unique chest piece I got in catacombs disappeared. It was something of Valor.

[Anonymous No.1017629]

>>1017606
Arkaine's Valor I think. Don't worry, this quest appears in like 3/4 of games, you'll probably get it back when you reach the catacombs.

[Anonymous No.1017749]

>First level of Catacombs
Find...
>Meteor Stone
>Gnarled Root
and
>Wisdom's Wrap
>Go back to town to identify the first three weapons and hand in Meteor Stone quest
>Mana Shield Book is being sold by the Witch

GG Diablo

>Dat Gnarled Root Mace

What the fuck. Dis RNG mayne

[Anonymous No.1017787]

>>1017749
OP here again... accidentally clicked load game instead of save.

>Three hours of gameplay and all that loot. Gone. Just gone.

Going to keep going... not sure if the RNG Gods will be that nice to me ever again.

[Anonymous No.1017817]

>>1017787
OP here again. I just killed the same enemies again and they dropped the same stuff I got my last run before I loaded.

Gnarl Root, Needler. Going to see if the other stuff is the same in Catacombs.

[Anonymous No.1017832]

>>1017817
The thing that's different about playing Single player is that your dungeon lay out is ALWAYS THE SAME. So I guess maybe that is the same case for monsters and item drops?

Unlike in Battle.net when you create a new room everything is reset from the dungeon layout, minimap, monsters everything. But you can access the furthest cave you've been to (Say catacombs or caves)

[Anonymous No.1017926]

>>1017149
Drop it in town. It won't disappear in the single player game.

Protip: Keep armors with good magical resists around. Drop them in town and if you get to a floor in a dungeon in which they chuck either a lot of fire, lightening, or magical attacks just switch armors to complete that floor.

You'll thank me when you are in the caves.

[Anonymous No.1017952]

any way to increase the characters walk speed, my warrior is like molasses

[Anonymous No.1017964]

>>1017952
Not at all unless you play on Hellfire.

Try to walk in diagonals since you walk slightly faster that way.

[Anonymous No.1018040]

>>1015432
If they are named Zombie they aren't the ones. It's Black Death you have to be particularly careful.

[Anonymous No.1018397]

OP here again. Finally made it past Level 10.

>Lava Lords
>Mfw

They scared the fuck out of me, not to mention they're mixed together with Ice Giants.

[Anonymous No.1018456]

>>1018397
There are no ice giants in Diablo.
Are the lave lords your first fire immunes?

[Anonymous No.1018491]

>>1018397
Things will never get worse, right? I suppose you are still going with the Sorcerer.

[Anonymous No.1018525]

>>1018491
Oh god, do I even want to know what the fuck that is?!
>>1018456
Forget what the other ones are called but they're Ice/Frost somethings.

Just got to Lv 12... I forgot how lenient older games were with nudity.

[Anonymous No.1018535]

>>1018491
Frost Chargers. They're an advanced version of the Horned Demons you faced for Arkaine's Valor.

[Anonymous No.1018619]

OP here again. I'm in hell now.

I want Mr. Diablos Wild Ride to end. Holy fuck, I have like 50 Golden Snakes and these black demons just gang raping me. I just got to Level 14.

[Anonymous No.1018712]

>>1018619
PREPARE YOUR ANUS

[Anonymous No.1018760]

>>1018619
Why aren't you grinding?

What are you doing?

[Anonymous No.1018848]

I love these kind of threads. Keep it up, OP. I remember I was utterly terrified when I played Diablo for the first time; the atmosphere is incredibly thick and creepy, and the game is rather unforgiving. Diablo 2 is a step backwards in that regard, even if it's still a great game.

[Anonymous No.1019029]

Well I had a blast with Diablo 1. I ended up spamming Guardianall over the place to kill Diablo and all his minions.

Who the fuck in their right mind would stab a crystal into their fucking skull.

I'm sorry but that ending was pants on retarded.

[Anonymous No.1019060]

>>1019029
He's NOT in his right mind. It's part of the series backstory.

[Anonymous No.1019121]

>>1019060
Where in the game or reading can I learn more about the hero you play as and why he's not in the right mind?

[Anonymous No.1019135]

>>1019121
I assume he just went crazy after going down the cathedral.

Everyone else did.

[Anonymous No.1019478]

>>1015134
For the color bug, you could just open the "resolution" window by right clicking the desktop (where your wallpaper and icon shortcuts (if any) are). You just leave open that window, and start up the game; you don't even need to run in compatibility mode. Not real sure how it works, but it hasn't failed me yet, and it works for any game with the problem to my knowledge. Just a tip for those of you who don't want to remove basic UI from Windows 7 by killing explorer.exe.

[Anonymous No.1020739]

>>1015052
>>1015041
IF you get Hellfire, OP, make sure to find a fan-made patch or something, because Hellfire breaks a LOT of the original game.

It's interesting, very interesting, but not fantastic.
I'd go so far as to make a separate install even.

[Anonymous No.1020773]

>>1016030
Personally, I found myself putting some points in STR, DEX and (rarely) VIT, just so that I could use higher level gear that would give me kick-ass boosts.

Basically, the Dreamflange Mace is the best weapon a Sorcerer could find, if you find that shit NEVER GET RID OF IT EVER, and get a nice shield that boosts your Magic and/or mana.

Firebolt is also incredibly good when you play as Sorc, (but shit for everyone else), at higher levels, you can cast them at a very fast rate, they'll be fast as shit, use little mana, and actually do nice damage.

[Anonymous No.1020781]

>>1016975
Nope, they'll rape your HP regardless.

Never EVER let these neon-yellow motherfuckers get even an inch within you, never let them get the opportunity to swarm you.

Learn Firewall, or Fireball, or Chainlightning if you're high enough level, demolish those sumbiches before they can even think about moving towards you.

They're slow, but they'll ruin you if you don't watch out.

[Anonymous No.1021689]

There are two good things about Hellfire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFDlvr_DTo4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_aJSGvJbJs

[Anonymous No.1021773]

>>1019121
Well I think it has to do with the crystal alone can't contain diablo's spirit, lore-wise, and needs a host altogether, and with no one else around... well you see where it goes. The hero thinks they can contain him, and then we get diablo 2.

Personally, I think diablo 2's lore might be just dandy, but the gameplay I get bored with by the time the second act rolls around, and I am just sad I have never found more games that are more like the original diablo.

[Anonymous No.1021790]

>>1019029

The crystal needs a host otherwise Diablo will break free and manifest his true form, and that form isn't the giant red pussy you beat down at the end of the game. It's end-of-world bad.

With no other hosts available, the hero takes it upon themselves to become the new host, hoping they can contain Diablo and not become possessed like the last form they destroyed.

It doesn't work.

[Anonymous No.1021858]

>>1020773
The Dreamflange is really damn good, but really depends on how you want to play your mage.

I rock an Arch Angels Staff of Nova. A wizardy suffix would be better, but I just love that level 20 Nova.