I never played Diablo or Diablo 2, and I feel super left out. If I tell anyone I haven't played them they give me the whole "WAHT OMG REALLY?!?" routine. Are they worth playing now, because I heard the beset part was the online and I've heard the online community is no longer active.

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Anonymous Thu May 23 18:28:59 2013 No.711216 [Reply] [Original]

I never played Diablo or Diablo 2, and I feel super left out. If I tell anyone I haven't played them they give me the whole "WAHT OMG REALLY?!?" routine.

Are they worth playing now, because I heard the beset part was the online and I've heard the online community is no longer active.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 18:35:58 2013 No.711257 buuump

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 18:39:58 2013 No.711273 Diablo 2 is one of my favorite games and I only played it 2 years ago and never played online.

Anonymous Thu May 23 18:42:58 2013 No.711294

>>711216
I'm also late for the party. Just played the first and second game two months ago and really enjoyed all of them. The atmosphere is great and the soundtrack really got me into it. So yes I think they're highly enjoyable and you should play it ( Just make sure you play it using win xp...cause playing it using win 7 really suck balls)

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 18:51:58 2013 No.711331 File: 112 KB, 640x480, call-the-cops.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I grew up with D1 and never went online, not once I still had a great time overall

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 19:00:28 2013 No.711369 >>711331 how strong are magic classes in that game?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 19:05:01 2013 No.711395 >>711369 there is only one magic class and it starts off a bit weak and becomes OP as fuck

Anonymous Thu May 23 19:11:31 2013 No.711415

D1 and D2 are still really awesome. D1 has a huge roguelike feel, awesome brooding atmosphere and good gameplay, still worth it today but you should definitely play this before D2 or the gameplay differences will bug you. Also don't play D1 online because it will be hard as shit (friendly fire, way too easy for people to outlevel you if you play sorceror) so at least wait until you beat it once before taking it to bnet.

D2 holds up really well, but its biggest problem is the leveling system, which will really screw you over unless you do a bit of research into the skills first. Luckily you can respec once per difficulty so the changes aren't permanent but it's still annoying. With Diablo 2 you should jump in with a friend, although playing offline is fine too.

Very good games, both of which are more then worthy of your time.

Despite what people may say, D3 isn't half bad either. Just not nearly as good as the first two

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 19:26:02 2013 No.711463 >>711395 This. You struggle through the first few levels but once you get some choice spells and a decent mana pool you are literally unstoppable. Warrior is good at first but becomes more and more mediocre as time goes on. Rogue sucks the entire game.

Anonymous Thu May 23 19:36:31 2013 No.711508

>>711463
Exactly. First time I did well with the Sorceror was when I found tons of firebolt books early on. Later went into Fireball and chain lightning.

Warrior gets annoying later on in the game. Succibi shoot and run, have fun chasing them. Strong melee enemies will wreck you, so learn to use chokepoints (very few of those in hell).

Rogue is not that bad imho. Medium difficulty throughout the entire game. Can get rather boring, since you'll be kiting your way through the whole game. Also, you need to find a good bow, otherwise you're screwed.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 19:41:31 2013 No.711531 File: 8 KB, 217x283, BigD.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>711508 my very first Diablo kill was with a Rogue wearing Griswold's edge.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 19:43:31 2013 No.711547 >>711531 Well, diablo was piss easy. Only problem was his knockback when palying melee, but when you stoot with the back to a wall you could just wreck him with anything. Griswolds edge? seriously? That thing was pretty worthless later in the game.

Anonymous Thu May 23 19:45:02 2013 No.711557

>>711508
Kiting isn't that great in Diablo 1 since you can't really run away from your opponents. You may outmaneuver a single guy but a group gets troublesome.
The key is firing blindly and listening for hits since there is no ammunition.

If you have Hellfire you can start on Nightmare with a Sorcerer. With all the gates in the cathedral you can kill a couple of Fallen Ones and then buy books from the witch. You can regain mana by leveling.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 19:45:02 2013 No.711561 >>711547 I had nothing better...

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 19:50:02 2013 No.711587 >>711561 Griswold and Wirt should sell you better stuff than Griswold's Edge when you reach the bottom of hell.

Anonymous Thu May 23 19:51:32 2013 No.711590

>>711216

I never had Diablo online, just the rare two, or even rarer three player lan sessions between the family growing up, and I played the everliving fuck out of it.

I knew goddamn everything about it after a while. I saw a couple of monsters in a level and I already knew what unique monsters might be lurking around. I saw a unique item drop, you better believe I knew what the fuck it was or could be if it was an item type that had multiple unique variations before I even identified it.

I didn't even have access to the internet, I'd just played it that fucking much.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 19:54:32 2013 No.711602 Diablo 1 has such a great atmosphere and such great gameplay that I think it still holds up. D2 is mechanically a better game but it kinda lacks something to me that D1 had in spades.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 20:21:31 2013 No.711714 damn, thanks everyone for the replies, going to get diablo 1 right now and give it a playthrough

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 20:38:31 2013 No.711774 I tried playing hellfire. Got to the bug level and said shit was gay. Did it get better?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 20:45:02 2013 No.711795 >>711774 Hellfire generally sucks, but there are mods to add in unfinished content and tweak things so it isn't an unbalanced shitfest.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 20:50:01 2013 No.711813 Is there any way to play D2 online anymore? I always run into empty games or with people that are incredibly high levels. None of my bros are interested in D2 anyways, they're too busy playing Dota or some shit.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 21:03:02 2013 No.711848 >>711813 Bnet servers are still running, lots of people continue to play.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 21:08:01 2013 No.711870 >>711848 Like I said, most of the servers I join are just people AFKing or higher levels. I wanted to start over with some people, since my single player character wouldn't migrate for some reason.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 21:11:02 2013 No.711881 >>711870 You can use single player/locally stored characters in Open Bnet. Closed Bnet stores the characters on the server to prevent manipulation.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 21:13:32 2013 No.711889 >>711881 Color me stupid. Should I be playing in open anyways, for more players?

Anonymous Thu May 23 21:14:32 2013 No.711893

>>711813

4chan has a server, here's the guide from the /vg/ thread. It's quiet, but it's free and better than single player:

Download Battle net gateway editor here:
http://www.icyhell.net/2008/05/06/blizzard-battlenet-gateway-editor-v3010702/

And configure it:
Name: The B Hells
Zone: -1
IP: 84.29.35.247

Get the game here if you don't have it yet.
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/6098061/
(proxy)
http://pirateproxy.net/torrent/6098061/

Finally download and overwrite your patch_d2.mpq with this one here (put it into your diablo folder):
http://www.mediafire.com/?2o977ffird4dknp

List of patchnotes:
http://pastebin.com/ZCbEJzAu - v1.3.2 (current)
http://pastebin.com/2VUTRtMU - v1.3.1
http://pastebin.com/bqeR0CfR - v1.2
http://pastebin.com/XwLfnSs6 - v1.1
http://pastebin.com/beiQC5AQ - v1.0

List of cube recipes:
http://pastebin.com/yGYndRP3

FAQ:
http://pastebin.com/jQEFfsQG

If you have any troubles, heres the original patch_d2.mpq if you didn't back it up.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?cdezqh67mp1ncrh

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 21:17:32 2013 No.711907 >>711889 I don't think there are many regular players in open Bnet. Play ladder after a ladder reset, everyone starts fresh then.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 23:16:32 2013 No.712471 How well does Diablo 1 run on newer OS's? I want to know if it's worth digging my disc out of storage.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 23 23:20:02 2013 No.712491 >>712471 I'm playing it on windows 8 with zero issues.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 02:16:33 2013 No.713102 >>712491 Aside from the issue of "you are using Windows 8".

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 02:23:03 2013 No.713123 >>711774 Nope, the only good things about it are the monk class and running in towns.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 02:29:03 2013 No.713140 >>711216 d2 is not retro.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 03:39:03 2013 No.713410 >>713140 He asked about both, dipshit.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 03:47:34 2013 No.713432 File: 48 KB, 209x193, 1360805299340.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >yfw duping in Diablo 1

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 03:49:03 2013 No.713436 >>711331 >tfw we will never get topless succubi in a modern game release

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 03:52:34 2013 No.713445 File: 49 KB, 640x480, 1268001535968.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>713432 >This char's totally legit I swear

Anonymous Fri May 24 03:53:33 2013 No.713448

>>713436
> Implying D2 Andariel's massive breasts and chain-wearing pierced nipples didn't happen

but yes, I do pity the people born in 2000's who will never know the feels of finally killing THOSE FUCKING HEALTH DRAINING BITCHES, FUCK YOU FOR STUN LOCKING ME
YES I MAD EVEN AFTER ALL THIS TIME

fuck stun lock mechanics

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 03:56:33 2013 No.713458 File: 12 KB, 175x175, andariel.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>713448 whenever I think of Andariel, I think of poison, then I think of Alice Cooper

Anonymous Fri May 24 03:58:34 2013 No.713469

>>713445
Fun fact, "Godly Plate of the Whale" was literally physically impossible for the game to naturally generate, because both of those item mods when taken together, add up to a item drop level total that no creature is capable of reaching.

Don't forget the fucking "yeah this item is legit even though its stat ranges are maxed... just like all the other items I have" bastards who played online.

Anonymous Fri May 24 04:04:34 2013 No.713483

>>713448
well, diablo 2 is pretty far from being a modern game.

for some reason, right when 3d graphics got good, they stopped putting tits in games. same thing happened with the transition from daggerfall to morrowind.

>>713469
emerald ring of the zodiac would actually have better stats than obsidian. eventually, they just hacked the obsidians to have just as good stats anyway though.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 04:08:33 2013 No.713496 They both hold up pretty well. There's worse games you could buy for five dollars at a garage sale.

Anonymous Fri May 24 04:26:03 2013 No.713528

>>713483
Take a moment to think about all the innocent lives that could've been lost to slightly realistic tits in games.

Some contemporary titles like God of War still put topless women in, but most companies are too afraid of increasing their classification rating to show nudity, as you probably know.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 04:29:03 2013 No.713537 >>713528 No wonder why most games are shit, too scared to take risks

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 04:52:33 2013 No.713581 >>713445 >"Don't worry guys, I'm totally legit" >Any GPOW >Any OROZ, especially x2 OROZ >Any ONOZ >Maxed KSOH >Maxed KSOB >Maxed GGHW Such is life in the HALLS OF THE BLIND

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 04:54:34 2013 No.713587 >>713581 As far as I know, OROZ and OAOZ are capable of dropping.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 04:56:04 2013 No.713594 >>713581 >tfw dupers would give out hacked items to new players for free >meet one of these new players >"hey man this gnarled root ring is totally legit"

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 05:11:33 2013 No.713620 File: 370 KB, 640x480, 1368860245292.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>713594 >gnarled root ring My sides just hit the red screen

Anonymous Fri May 24 05:11:33 2013 No.713621
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>character wallhacks into the Inn
>I'm like fifteen
>"Holy shit man how did you do that"
>"You have to have an invite bro. Gotta get it for clearing all of the Catacombs without being hit once"
>mfw I spent all summer trying to do this
>mfw I finally do
>mfw I realize I've been had

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 05:17:34 2013 No.713639 >>711893 >join server >no games why do you do this to us /vg/

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 05:25:04 2013 No.713670 >tfw satellite connection and foreverial 600 ping

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 05:34:05 2013 No.713689 >>713594 >mfw I joined a server to see that someone had a gnarled root ring laying on the ground >mfw I took it and quit the server before they completed trade After a while I felt dumb as fuck finding out that it was just a duped item.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 05:42:34 2013 No.713698 >>711216 If you do play it, play the original once. Then find a good mod for it. The hell is my flavor. Some prefer the awakening. I don't, since I feel it ruins the atmosphere of the game.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 24 18:28:04 2013 No.716051 >>713670 shit nigga

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>>711774

Dude! I loved playing Diablo I, and bought Hellfire also. It's been like 10 years but I don't remember having any complaints about Hellfire. Once you get through Diablo you want some more levels, enemies and items, which the expansion delivers. There's also a new Monk character class.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 01:55:35 2013 No.717650 >>713123 Monk class?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 02:06:37 2013 No.717673 >>717650 A Shaolin like dude who beats demons (and aliens) with a staff

Anonymous Sat May 25 03:42:34 2013 No.717882

>>717673
In original Diablo, we had a class based on STR (Warrior), a class based on DEX (Rogue), and a class based on MAG (Sorceror), Sierra wanted to balance it out with a class based on VIT (the Monk). What they ACTUALLY ended up doing was creating a class based on DEX that had an INVERSE armor system, did the most unarmed damage of any class, actually LOSING damage when equipping any weapon other than a staff, and the only legitimate class able to strike multiple enemies at once (though only while using a staff). It was a class that effectively had almost Sorceror levels of casting potential, almost Warrior levels of raw damage output, and almost Rogue levels of evasion and accuracy.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 03:47:35 2013 No.717897 >>717882 >Inverse armor system What?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 03:48:34 2013 No.717902 >>713123 don't forget the two new Uelmen tracks

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 03:53:36 2013 No.717908 They've never been worth playing. I've never understood why PC hack and slashes ever got popular in the first place. They're nothing but clickfest carrot-dangling sims.

Anonymous Sat May 25 04:08:36 2013 No.717937

>>717897
The Monk would get an armor bonus (2*character level) if he were wearing light/leather armor, or no armor at all. If I remember correctly, he could also use his staff to block.

The Monk is a pretty fun class. While he will never be the best in any one catergory, he seems to be second best at everything.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 04:09:06 2013 No.717938 >>717897 the less armor he wears the more protected he is -- dodging and shit instead of soaking hits

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 04:11:05 2013 No.717941 How does the Hellfire expansion affect the normal game? I just want Diablo 1 but with running.

Anonymous Sat May 25 04:21:04 2013 No.717960

>>717941
The extra content is of lower quality than the original but it keeps the good feeling going for a little longer.

Get The Hell mod or The Dark mod and play these! You need to have Hellfire in order to play them and they actually make all the expansion pack content better, fix a load of bugs, make the game harder, and add running. They make the game like D2 in a lot of ways but it keeps the Rogue-like dungeon crawl feeling

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 04:51:34 2013 No.718026 >>717897 The lighter the armor that the Monk wore, the higher the Armor Class bonus gained from the armor. Monks were actually most armored if they wore NOTHING AT ALL.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 04:58:34 2013 No.718039 What's a good class for playing Diablo 1 for the first time?

Anonymous Sat May 25 04:59:34 2013 No.718042

>>717897
Monks got a HUGE AC boost for wearing no armor or for wearing "Light" armor, which included all armors up to Studded Leather. Monks also got a slight penalty on AC for wearing "Medium" armor, such as Ring Mail and Splint Mail, and a MASSIVE AC penalty for wearing any "Heavy" armor, which included every armor heavier than Splint Mail. So, not ENTIRELY inverse, in that wearing a Studded Leather was a little bit better than wearing no armor whatsoever. However, wearing anything heavier was almost completely useless.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 05:04:05 2013 No.718054 File: 85 KB, 640x480, laz-run.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>718039 I'd say sorcerer. With the other classes you will probably have trouble in the lower levels. As stated above, sorcerer becomes very powerful (and fun to play) later on

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 05:11:04 2013 No.718072 >>718054 >Mana shield is low >that health >only a partial mana and a full health left >Boss succubus at point blank That sorc gonna die, son.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 05:18:05 2013 No.718087 >>718072 who are you quoting?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 05:22:04 2013 No.718096 >>718087 Stop that.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 05:22:04 2013 No.718097 >>718087 The implications of the image.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 05:27:04 2013 No.718109 >>718097 >explicating

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 05:32:05 2013 No.718121 >>718109 >explying explications which I did NOT exply.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 05:37:04 2013 No.718137 >>718121 English major here. "Exply" isn't actually a word.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 06:31:35 2013 No.718196 File: 11 KB, 300x316, 1318999511922.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>718137 >explying it isn't

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 06:42:34 2013 No.718218 What is the story of D3 anyway? Aren't prime evils dead due to their soulstones destroyed?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 06:46:34 2013 No.718230 >other classes >have to balance out the stats somewhat >Sorcerer >EVERYTHING IN MAGIC EVERYTHING >WHY EVEN BOTHER WEARING ARMOR Guy is OP as fuck.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 07:02:34 2013 No.718260 >>718230 Pretty much this. CHAIN LIGHTNING! But, it's entertaining going through the game with different classes to experience the many skill strategies that you can come with.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 07:04:35 2013 No.718267 >>718218 IIRC, only Mephisto got his stone kicked in.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 13:00:42 2013 No.719018 Are the quests in Diablo 1 random or something? I'm seeing some stuff I don't remember last time I played.

Anonymous Sat May 25 13:40:11 2013 No.719159

>>719018
Yes.
There is a hell quest for a special hat that I have only ever gotten once
When you start it up you can tell if you got poisoned water if the well is brown or ogden s sign if his sign is missing. The butcher isn't a garunteed quest either, smoetimes bleedy mcdonthelpme isn't there.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 18:05:43 2013 No.720073 >>718260 >lure an entire level into one room >activate chain lightning >level cleared instantly

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 18:55:13 2013 No.720247 Diobla is no NetHack just saying.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 25 23:28:44 2013 No.721291 >>720247 actually it's more like angband.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 04:29:16 2013 No.722307 >>718267 He couldn't get on the PC's lel.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 04:53:16 2013 No.722364 I actually found both games to be really tedious but I can appreciate that they are solid games that are enjoyable for a lot of people. Which makes me kind of sad that I don't seem to be able to enjoy them.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 12:24:54 2013 No.723306 >>722364 I'm the same way. With JRPG's, too.

Anonymous Sun May 26 14:44:24 2013 No.723827

1 has great atmosphere but can get a little boring.

2 pretty much improved on everything but I personally think it's too fast paced and too colorful.
Also Nightmare and Hell more or less require that you min/max a single skill and keep spamming that which is really really boring.
The atmosphere is still good. Act 4 and even more so 5 suck though.

As for onlone ...
Like someone else already said earlier there's a 4chan server.
I've played a druid and an assassin up to lvl 70+ there and it was pretty fun because the people are cool dudes.

Speaking of Online, you might also want to give Fonline 2238 a try, if it still exists.
Basically Fallout 1+2 Online with some neat additions like crafting and cars.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 14:49:24 2013 No.723848 >>718230 Yeah. You can pretty much finish the game in 5 minutes with the sorcerer. Thanks to chain-lightning, teleport and damage-to-mana.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 14:58:25 2013 No.723889 >play online >talk to new player >tells me he found a really good item >ask him if I should dupe it for him >he happily agrees and gives it to me >log out

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 15:02:55 2013 No.723902 File: 4 KB, 242x46, Untitled-1 copy.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>723827

Anonymous Sun May 26 15:07:24 2013 No.723915

>Few months ago
>download Diablo 2
>try installing the 1080p HD mod over the course of 2 days
>nothing but trial and error
>eventually give up and try to enjoy Path of Exile and Torchlight 2
>also in OP's situation, never played the Diablo games, but still feel like they're both lacking in different ways

I only played both games for a few minutes but never actually PLAYED the Diablos. I'd hate to play it in a windowed mode but I suppose I'll just end up doing that if necessary. It seems impossible to get the widescreen mod to work, has anyone here been able to get it to work?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 15:08:24 2013 No.723924 never actually played 1 but i'd recommend 2 to anyone

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 15:11:24 2013 No.723940 >>723915 It doesn't work with the latest patch. Only works on 1.12. Use a second install with the latest version if you want to play on bnet.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 15:21:55 2013 No.723983 >>718267 That's wrong, mephisto's soulstone is destroyed in game while the other two brothers had their soulstones destroyed in cinematic sequences.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 15:33:25 2013 No.724041 >>723940 Yeah I made sure I used the 1.12b (think that's the name) patch. It still kept rendering in 720-768 resolution in fullscreen. I'll probably give it another try later today.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 15:47:25 2013 No.724117 I remember going online in D1 and using trainers to create seriously OP items. Then I gave them to random people. It's an abstract kind of feel.

Anonymous Sun May 26 16:35:55 2013 No.724332

>>718218
Some witch invites a bunch of hero-looking people on a wacky adventure through the colorful land of Diabloland.
There's several attractions too like fighting the butcher in a staged fight.
She even announces him like a prizeboxer.
It's freaking terrible.

Here's a short summary of why D3 sucks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I22Ivb8ELzQ

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 16:48:55 2013 No.724403 Fun fact: The warrior becomes the lone wanderer / Diablo, the rogue becomes bloodraven and the sorcerer becomes the act 2 summoner in Diablo 2.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 16:52:55 2013 No.724434 >>724403 Fun fact: It was his sled. His sled from when he was a kid.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 16:53:25 2013 No.724437 >>724434 Fun fact: The narrator and Tyler Durden were actually the same guy with a split personality

Anonymous Sun May 26 17:00:26 2013 No.724468

D2 was my childhood. I used to play with my mom all the time. It's actually a pretty fun game, and if you can get a few of your friends to play it, the online community won't really matter.

Never really needed online as a kid, still don't need it, though I haven't played in god knows how long.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 17:09:27 2013 No.724509 >>713102 HUEHUEHUE >>>/g/

Anonymous Sun May 26 17:49:25 2013 No.724683

>>724403
>The warrior becomes the lone wanderer / Diablo,
>the rogue becomes bloodraven
>and the sorcerer becomes the act 2 summon

I dont know where you got that the rogue became bloodraven however the summoner in a2 has his own lore, horizon i believe he was called or something? he completely predates d1

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 17:57:25 2013 No.724717 >>724683 Horazon is the dude who made the arcane sanctuary. The summoner is the player character from D1. http://diablo.wikia.com/wiki/The_Summoner

Anonymous Sun May 26 17:59:25 2013 No.724725
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>>713483
Ah.... Daggerfall nudity. I had some formative experiences back with the paper dolls in that game.

The random naked people in tavern rooms and temples you would run across was also cool.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 18:00:25 2013 No.724729 Nah, play a more modern one, like Torchlight or Titan Quest (a personal favourite). D1-2 are just not diverse enough.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 18:00:55 2013 No.724730 >>724683 And regarding bloodraven: http://diablo.wikia.com/wiki/Bloodraven

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 18:15:56 2013 No.724806 >>724683 When you kill the summmoner with the necro he says "he was not Horazon, he was a deluded fool who got too close to true power".

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 18:36:25 2013 No.724887 >>717908 cool view bro. im sure that mindset works great on /vg/. in fact go post your babble there

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 18:37:55 2013 No.724891 >>724725 Why is she nude, anyway? Is that the PC?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 18:42:26 2013 No.724906 >>724891 yes it is. it's installed without censorship. all males and females are nude no patches or hacks needed in modern censorbs society

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 19:37:25 2013 No.725089 >>711395 The gui ruins it, is awfull to control. Try D2+LoD, its way better.

Anonymous Sun May 26 19:57:26 2013 No.725172

>>724403
I never thought it was fair that one of the first three becomes the ultimate boss, while...

1. The rogue becomes a pitifully weak second quest boss

2. The sorcerer becomes an equally weak, but slightly more legit boss.

I mean if the Warrior was the act 3 boss, why couldn't the rogue and the sorcerer be Act 1 and Act 2 bosses?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 20:35:38 2013 No.725303 >>725172 Act 3 boss was Mephisto, not Diablo

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 20:40:27 2013 No.725319 >>724403 Fun fact: The warrior was actually King Leoric's son, and Prince Albrecht's brother. http://diablo.wikia.com/wiki/Aidan

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 20:42:26 2013 No.725326 >>725319 Only because Diablo 3 retconned it to be so.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 20:45:57 2013 No.725337 I fucking love diablo 1, but I exclusively run linux now (yes even at work (yes a real job)) and I can't get it to run in wine. I'd love to play it again, or have some asshole kickstart a blatant copy of it. I really miss d1 ;__;

Anonymous Sun May 26 20:50:57 2013 No.725354

>>725172
Bloodraven is hardly weak when you're just starting out.
She's actually pretty tough until level 8 or so.

You gotta see it a little more abstract.
In gameplay terms you may be a demigod fairly quickly and everything becomes exponentially more powerful and tougher,
but in story terms it's certainly much less so.
You do get more powerful but not the same dragonballish way as the gameplay implies.
Today you can barely lift a huge rock tomorrow you can split maintains with your bare hands?
I don't think so.

That's what I dislike about D2. It's too flashy.

In D1 you don't percieve the extreme rise in stats because it looks mostly the same throughout.

Anonymous Sun May 26 20:51:27 2013 No.725359

>>725337
I had this problem yesterday.

I installed virtualbox with windows xp.

I don't know if you would consider that cheating.

(straight through wine gives only the bottom half of the screen. Which is fucking strange, since Wine can handle DIablo 2 no problem)

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 20:52:26 2013 No.725365 >>725337 Get a linux playstation emulator and the psx Diablo.

Anonymous Sun May 26 20:55:26 2013 No.725378

>>725359
I don't have any valid windows keys, otherwise I would consider it.

Interesting that you get that problem. I get a black screen, but the keyboard works; if I can figure out how to load a character by keyboard, then the game loads and runs correctly, but is a bit crashy crashy.

Still wish someone would blatantly rip off diablo 1, since blizzard has shown that they have 0 interest in continuing that style of game. I'd even take Darkstone these days.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:00:26 2013 No.725391 >>725365 >psx diablo You mean diablo beta version. Seriously, it is like playing an unfinished PC Diablo

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:01:27 2013 No.725395 >>725337 runs ok in wine for me, the menu at the start is just a blank screen but if you know what to press (return return <name> return) you get into the game no problem

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:14:57 2013 No.725431 >>713445 >Diablo Sword >Diablo Shield >Diablo Plate >Diablo Helm >Diablo Amulet >Diablo Ring x2 >This char's totally legit I sear

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:17:27 2013 No.725443 >>717882 The Bard was leagues better.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:19:27 2013 No.725458 >>725431 >godly plate of the whale >king's sword of haste >"totally legit, bro"

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:21:26 2013 No.725463 >>725458 But King's sword of haste was legit. I had it dropped in single player before.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:34:26 2013 No.725512 >>725443 Barbarian was king

Anonymous Sun May 26 21:38:26 2013 No.725524

>>725463
GPOW is "technically legit" too. Its treasure class is so high that it is impossible to drop from a monster, but Wirt will sometimes carry a GPOW.
However, the price modifiers for a GPOW are so high that it is impossible to carry enough gold on your person to purchase the plate, unless you get the double gold carrying amulet in Hellfire.

Anonymous Sun May 26 21:40:26 2013 No.725532

>>725443
Agreed. The bard was also capable of Triple Striking as long as you dual wielded, and while being incapable of ever stunlocking an enemy, was able to dish out MASSIVE bursts of damage if used intelligently. Also had the highest attainable Armor Class in the game, if I remember correctly.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:43:26 2013 No.725545 >>725524 I've seen Wirt sell it before, this is true. And, as you said, I couldn't afford it, or conceivably afford it, because the gold cost is impossibly high.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:43:27 2013 No.725543 >>725512 Barbarian was total fucking boss. Highest vitality cap in the game, the only class in the entire game capable of having OVER ONE THOUSAND FUCKING HEALTH POINTS, and strength just as high as a warrior? HELL YES MOTHERFUCKER

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:44:56 2013 No.725548 >>725543 The barbarian can have more health with a VIT cap of 150 than a sorceror can have in mana with a MAG cap of 250. Sorcerors get on my lel.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:46:56 2013 No.725558 Wait, there was a barbarian in diablo 1? What?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:47:26 2013 No.725560 >>725548 Well, yes, because the Barb gets 2.5 HP per VIT, but the Sorc only gets 2 Mana per MAG.

Anonymous Sun May 26 21:50:56 2013 No.725573

>>725548
Not true. A barbarian with 375 vitality, the highest reachable vitality in the game, will have 1091 health. A sorceror with 485 magic, the highest reachable magic in the game, will have 1216 mana, which they can use as health because of Mana Shield.

Barbarians get on my kek.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:51:56 2013 No.725575 >>725548 >get on my lel fucking stop that

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:52:56 2013 No.725584 >>725543 >>725532 It's really too bad they didn't have time to finalize those classes with unique sprites and such

Anonymous Sun May 26 21:53:27 2013 No.725585

>>725532
>had the highest attainable Armor Class in the game
Which is probably the most useless achievement to brag about. At level 50, you only need 285 AC to fully negate the To Hit of all monsters on Hell/Hell. Any more AC is completely useless, and all classes are capable of reaching 285 AC.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:54:57 2013 No.725593 >>725575 Anti-sage forever. Don't tread on our thread. I am the bump.

Anonymous Sun May 26 21:55:56 2013 No.725596

>>725558
In the official expansion there was the Monk class added, but there was also going to be a Barbarian class and Bard class. Sierra ran out of dev time, but kept the classes available in semi-finished form if you edited a file in the installation directory, alongside a couple unfinished quests.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:57:56 2013 No.725606 >>725585 High AC is still useful in PvP. At 425 AC, you could pretty much troll PKers all night long.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:57:56 2013 No.725607 >>725596 Huh, I never knew that. Hellfire was weird as fuck anyway. I didn't really like what it did to the game. The worldstone was ok I guess, but basically everything else made no goddamn sense >that fucking cow guy

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:58:26 2013 No.725610 >>725606 >425 AC Is it really that high?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 21:59:57 2013 No.725619 >>725593 >He doesn't know what sage does lel

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:00:56 2013 No.725624 >>725606 But you can't play Hellfire online

Anonymous Sun May 26 22:01:56 2013 No.725625

>>725610
Rogues have the highest reachable AC, at 425, with Monks and Bards being not far behind, at 419 and 413, respectively.
However, Bards have, by far, the highest To Hit, at an absolutely massive 565% To Hit, with Rogues being the next best hitter at 487%

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:02:56 2013 No.725629 >>725619 >She doesn't know that sage isn't a downvote kek

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:03:26 2013 No.725632 >>725624 I'm pretty sure there's a patch floating around that allows multiplayer for Hellfire

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:04:26 2013 No.725638 >>725625 >565% CHANCE TO HIT HOW COULD YOU EVER MISS?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:07:56 2013 No.725651 >>725629 Sage isn't a downvote. It's for when someone feels they don't need to bump up the thread with their post. It's a very Japanese concept. get on my lel

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:08:26 2013 No.725657 >>725638 Miss? What is this "miss" you speak of?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:12:27 2013 No.725664 >>725651 >It doesn't know that I already said that sage wasn't a downvote, and literally just agreed with me right now. get on my DICK

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:17:27 2013 No.725685 >>725664 >>725651 >>725629 >>725619 >>725593 thanks for ruining the thread, retards

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:19:26 2013 No.725698 >>725632 >I said something that is wrong, but you know, it might be right, go look it up. Fag

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:19:56 2013 No.725696 >>725685 Sage isn't a downvote, /v/ag. The thread is alive and well.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:24:26 2013 No.725712 >>725696 >thread is alive and well >it's devolved to two people arguing about what sage does and doesn't do and stupid misspellings of words memes Ya nah.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:24:26 2013 No.725716 >>725698 It seems /v/ is in full force tonight.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:26:26 2013 No.725724 >>725712 Your sagefagging is only hurting the thread worse. Maybe instead of being an antagonistic and inflammatory dick about everything you could actually try to contribute relevant discussion to the thread.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:28:26 2013 No.725735 File: 9 KB, 400x300, 1366668382751.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>725712 >>725698 >>725685 >>725651 >>725619 >>725575 Why must our younger brother be such a complete retard?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:36:26 2013 No.725765 >>725735 Too much exposure to reddit.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:39:56 2013 No.725784 >>725319 >http://diablo.wikia.com/wiki/Aidan >read that page >get to the part about knocking up Adria >wat

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:43:26 2013 No.725796 File: 214 KB, 458x433, stop a troll.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>725735 How come whenever someone shitposts you say >>>/v/ and don't ignore it?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:46:26 2013 No.725813 >>725796 He's desperately trying to be something other than /v/ and he's not very good at it.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:50:57 2013 No.725821 >>725813 Why do you think it's just one person?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 26 22:51:27 2013 No.725823 >>725813 Isn't all of /vr/ pretty much trying to be less like /v/, but failing?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 27 01:01:28 2013 No.726434 >>723827 what are good consistent times where there's people on the /v/ D2 server?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 27 07:46:41 2013 No.727674 >>713621 It was time well spent. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 27 10:14:29 2013 No.727898 >>713469 i actually had a lot of legit items that had max stats.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 27 10:15:59 2013 No.727901 >>713581 i have legit obsidian ring of the zodiac with max stats and a dragon's ring of the zodiac. it is totally legit.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 27 10:31:30 2013 No.727920 >>711602 i know what you mean d2 has far better multiplayer and is a great game in it's own tight but singleplayer d1 felt like meditation on a descent to hell

>>	Anonymous Mon May 27 10:33:00 2013 No.727924 >>713445 >lv 1 >dupe elixirs >max stats

>>	Anonymous Mon May 27 10:35:30 2013 No.727929 >>718218 azmodan and belial were the ones that kicked the prime evils out of hell and are the true rulers of hell. Remember? this was stated in diablo 1 and 2. Also the worldstone was destroyed but baal's essence was still in it.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 27 10:42:00 2013 No.727939 >>717941 hellfire only gives you running in town just play vanilla on your first playthrough

>>	Anonymous Mon May 27 10:43:00 2013 No.727941 >>718039 warrior because it's canon

>>	Anonymous Mon May 27 10:55:00 2013 No.727976 >>725596 i don't think it was official

>>	Anonymous Mon May 27 10:59:00 2013 No.727986 i can't find a decent torrent of d1 can anyone help sage because no actual contribution

4chan D2 srvr with UMs and Vex and Gheed the greedy bastard 4chans Diablo 2 Server Mon May 27 16:50:31 2013 No.729270
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Hey guys,
just your friendly street team for the 4chan server, we got a good amount of people but well lets just say it doesn't even fill up the ladder listenings
there is no cheating/modding character saves or anything and this will function as a perfect battle net server

instructions to play:
Download diablo 2 (--note: I'm not sure if the latest version will work (v1.13d that is) but you can try if you already have it)
http://pirateproxy.net/torrent/6098061/Diablo_2_With_Lord_of_Destruction_(v1.13c)_(Direct_Play)_(Latest

then download this gateway editor

http://www.icyhell.net/2008/05/06/blizzard-battlenet-gateway-editor-v3010702/

and select the diablo 2 tab and add a gateway with this information

Name: The B Hells
timezone: -1
IP: 84.29.35.247

Then start up diablo, choose battle.net, create an account and play! (I can't join atm i'm at work now..)

invite everyone you know to come and join us in playing..

>>	4chans Diablo 2 Server Bump !D24s65nhoU Mon May 27 23:20:32 2013 No.730896 >>729270 84.29.35.247 privare d2 server

>>	Anonymous Tue May 28 06:19:32 2013 No.732246 >>729270 how many people are actually playing i went yesterday and today but there were 4 people tops

>>	Anonymous Tue May 28 10:54:02 2013 No.732621 >>720247 It doesn't try to be. >>721291 this dude is right. If I remember correctly, Diablo 1 credits thanked uMoria, which would spawn Angband.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 28 11:01:02 2013 No.732632 >>732621 i think i read somewhere diablo was supposed to be LotR based but thankfully blizz couldn't afford license

>>	Anonymous Tue May 28 11:17:02 2013 No.732682 >>732621 >>732632 There's a Diablo roguelike made by the dude who created DoomRL, but I don't know how good it is.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 28 11:18:02 2013 No.732685 >>732632 Diablo wasn't even started as a Blizzard game, bro. Blizzard acquired the company during development.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 28 11:20:03 2013 No.732693 >>732692 Are you the gut from /rlg/?

Anonymous Tue May 28 11:20:32 2013 No.732692

>>732682
The lack of vikeys is pretty frustrating. I'm almost at the Butcher, but Shadowbite is immune to my fire bolts, drops me below half HP with one hit, and is just barely slower than I am.

Aside from that, though, sorc is fairly easy: Find a bow and shoot things, and bolt other things that are harder to shoot.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 28 11:24:04 2013 No.732698 >>732693 Yeah. Going to make some more progress now that I have a numpad available.

Anonymous Tue May 28 12:54:32 2013 No.732894

>>732685
didn't know that
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_North
if anyone is interested in the story
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nmE5t1EvM8
video is about early development of d3 which was almost completely scrapped later

looks like w3 was last thing blizzard will ever do right

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