Diablo 2

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:26 pm

Iunno, maybe we could make it a nightly thing for a few hours per night?

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 7:47 pm

Well, labour day came and went and no game. Also, some of you were playing and asking us to join games where you were in act 2 or 3.

I was thinking we were supposed to start back at act 1?

I'm not against playing 5-6 jours straight with a few breaks on a weekend night but we need to set a date and time in stone.

Right now, my Sorceress is about level 7 from about 1 hour of playing.

So start a new character and we'll set a date soon.

Phoenix Red · Post by **Phoenix Red** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 9:16 pm

a little more notice and I'll be there. A time where we all start new in the same game, and wait for everyone, i hte only way to do it.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 1:43 am

This game sounds fun! I'm downloading the demo.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 6:53 am

Ok, well this week/end is out for me as I have company from tomorrow till Sunday. But the foloowing week is ok.

Sage, you can buy Diablo 2 and the expansion for like 20$ or something. It's well worth it.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 7:34 pm

Yeh I bought em beause the demo is awesome.

I have a n00b question. What the heck to I do with "Unidentified" items?

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 7:41 pm

you have to buy scrolls of identify, then use those, they will reveal the items and most of the time, they are magical in nature.

email me if you want to play a game tonight before 11PM EST. Check my profile for addyt. We can do a direct TCP or a bnet game

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 7:51 pm

I ordered the games off of Internet so they won't be here for about a week.

Oh yeh and what's a good class to start off with? The demo only has Barbarian.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 8:25 pm

If you have the expansion also, I find the Paladin is a great choice. I've tried the others but find the Paladin and Sorceress the best for me. Paladin has team and area affect spells.

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 8:46 pm

The Paladin is the definitive "Mister Party". Any high powered 6-8 player party will want one or two Paladins with different auras going at the same time. There have been people who leveled their paladins extremely high and never attacked an enemy once simply because the Auras can augment the party THAT MUCH.

In second place for party usefulness is a Curse using Necromancer.

Even better is a combination of two pally's and a necro. One pally uses Fanatacism, the other pally uses Conc, and the necro casts Amp Damage on the mob of monsters. Any Pallys, Barbs, Bowazons, Melee Druids, and Melee Assassins will have a field day.

That said, pretty much every character except the assassin has a skill or group of skills that can contribute to overall party strength. The Barb has his stackable War Cries, The Pally has Auras, Necro has Curses and Minions, The Zon has decoys, the sorc has Static, and the Druid has spirits.

Well, I guess the Assassin also has a decoy, but Shadow Masters kinda suck for parties...no damage and they tend to cast cloak too much, which really sucks.

Dammit, I wanna get an 8 player game going NOW!!!

*bashes head on desk*

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 2:46 am

Maybe we can get an 8 player game if enough of us want to play together! Oh god that would be fun... Of course I would just walk around not knowing what to do...

BAAL · Post by **BAAL** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 11:39 am

Let me sort out a few comp issues and i might join yas.... not sure if'n i wanna build up a new char tho...more into the duelling/MFing these days

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 2:41 pm

But brand new characters in parties are awesome. Its a team adventure!

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 5:03 pm

I'd consider rushing you guys with my 88 Sorc, but I'm on the other side of the continent.

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 5:20 pm

If we do any rushing at all, I'm out. Rushing and BS like that is part of the reason I quit to begin with.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:41 pm

Yeah, I don't do PK'ing and rushing. I like co-op.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 4:32 am

uhh I like hitting zombies with the Axe....

KompresZor · Post by **KompresZor** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 8:12 am

would you guys pick a day already

I'll play

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 5:16 pm

Ok I just installed and created a Paladin on USEast, non hardcore, Ladder/Expansion yada yada. Its like a crack addict who was clean for like three years and gets his first hit again...this could not be good for my social life.

Anyway, I plan on going out tomorrow night because my girlfriend is going out of town on Saturday. So how about Saturday evening? Say around 9 pm est? USEast, new characters, start from scratch?

Whose in?

Merlin
Me
Kompressor
Vader
PR
whuppinboy
Xamindar

thats a 7 person game right there.
lets set it up. This could be a lot of fun. D2 sucks when you're alone and just MFing or getting power rushed all the time. You gotta have a group adventure...thats when its fun.

Let me know.

Phoenix Red · Post by **Phoenix Red** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 5:51 pm

let's pick some classes so we can have a semblance of party balance =)

My hardcore-based instincts are taking over here, optimal fast killing balanced with extreme safety, with skills chosen for higher levels in mind, are what I like to see. Of course we will probably not see much in the way of higher levels unless we really stick together. If all goes well, we can lift the GAT weekly game model from diabloii.net and make a habit of this. Here is my 1.10 ideal party (bear in mind this is for level 90 baal runs)

Werebear druid, with a caster build (mana and +skills) for big stun with shockwave and high life boost from oak sage.

Singer barb, stunning and fair damage with Warcry, huge Battle Orders for party safety.

Hammerdin, conviction aura.

Hammerdin, concentration aura.

DPS necro. Lower Resist curse, Poison Nova doing plenty of damage, and corpse explosion to very very quickly add big damage. (edit: this is a minionless build, with 2 tank classes and more stun is strictly neccecary minions are laughable compared to your spells)

Lightning Fury Zon, mass +skills. The hands-down fastest way to thin huge packs, especially with all the resist lowering goodness. Coupled with corpse explosion, any grouped monsters are laughable. Charged Strike, incidentally sharing all the synergies, is the best boss eater in the game too.

Fire sorc. Standard meteor and fireball.

Blizzard sorc. Slow and heavy damage.

This build will hold up at early levels too, and by the time we reach late act 5 we would be a killing machine. The one drawback to this party is a screen with 5 dispersed monsters dies slower than a screen with 12 packed ones. This is obviously a minor issue :p

Anyone else like to contribute a role agenda, or maybe pick one for themselves? Do you guys not play like that and prefer to just zerg? It's been a long time since I played with anyone that wasn'ta high-level hardcore mode player who refused to lose characters.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 7:32 pm

I cna't play till at least monday night since I'm busy all weekend. I have a level 11 Sorc that I started this week. Right now, she's into fire so I have that aspect covered.

Phoenix Red · Post by **Phoenix Red** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 7:37 pm

If people like my model, I would love ot go with the necromancer. I've never taken one far, but I think I will have fun with him.

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 8:15 pm

I know how to play a good necro. After I get CE and a respectable amount of mana everything will die in front of us.

So yeah, saturday sounds good to me...all we need now are two more people.

If bnet is laggy we could always do tcpip.

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 8:32 pm

I can play a melee character but I honestly couldn't tell ya how to make a good Paladin or Druid. I played Barb/Sorc when I played.

I'm down with bein a Paladin though. We should get contact info.

Beowulf1053@yahoo.com
beowulf1053 on AOL instant messanger

Meet on Saturday at 9pm EST in channel DescentBB on USEast

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 9:12 pm

Ideally we need a few people up front on melee. Barb/Pally/Druid or so.

A WW Sword barb (Or whatever class of weapons is most powerful these days)

A Zealot/Vengance Pally with his blocking maxed at 75%. Two would be ideal for stacked Auras

A decent fury druid would help too.

And of course the Zons Valk and any NecroMinions will be up front too. Oh, and dont forget the meat shields!

In back should be the Bowazon, Necro and a Fire/Ice sorc. Tri-Elemental if the person on the sorc is GOOD.

So my ideal party stacking would be:
1 Necro
1-2 Sorc
1 Bowazon
2-3 Paladins
1-3 Barbs
1 Druid, so long as he has oak sage, will be helpful

So, for 8, I would go with 1 Necro, 2 Sorc, 1 Bowazon, 2 Pally, 2 Barb. Substitute a druid for either the second sorc or barb.

9 Eastern sounds good. Everyone bring a nude level 1 character!

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 9:58 pm

It came! Oh Jesus GOD IT CAME!!! Only Diablo II though, the Expansion is coming next week. I haven't had a chance to play it yet. But OH GOD it came!

email: tyransuasrex@gmail.com
my aim is Sage Hedgeh and my msn is sagezero@hotmail.com

do I have to have the expansion to play with you guys?

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 10:30 pm

No, we can play classic diablo2, but I dont really think thats too appealing considering all the best stuff only drops in expansion.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 6:21 am

yeh you guys go ahead and play with the expansion. i'll just sit it out.

Phoenix Red · Post by **Phoenix Red** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 8:48 am

Oh noes a minion necro >< they are so silly and lag inducing.

Pallies are not front liners anymore. There are two kinds of paladin now, hammerdins (blessed hammer + synergies, unresistable big aoe damage) and charge pallies (pvp only).

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 2:19 pm

Well it looks like I may be sitting Saturday out because I have a social life

Maybe Saturday afternoon at like 3est? The afternoon works better for me because there's no guaruntees that I'm not out with the boys.

And I should be home late tonight if anyone is interested in playing later this evening. Probably won't be home till real late though.

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 2:28 pm

Phoenix Red wrote:Oh noes a minion necro >< they are so silly and lag inducing.

Pallies are not front liners anymore. There are two kinds of paladin now, hammerdins (blessed hammer + synergies, unresistable big aoe damage) and charge pallies (pvp only).

Well whatever. The only minions I ever use are revived monsters, and only then if the front line sucks. And if the only good pally is a hammerdin then wtfe. Ive barely touched 1.10 so I dont know anything anymore.

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 7:07 pm

Well plans change...anyone up for some Diablo tonight?

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 7:45 pm

I cant make it saturday night afterall. A close friend of mine is coming up to visit me and I owe her my undivided attention

What about say, late monday night?

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:43 pm

Cant Monday.
Tonight?

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 1:50 am

Cool. Looks like the expansion pack shall be arriving by Wednesday (probably sooner).

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 10:28 am

I *might* be able to make it if you guys limited it to once per week, each friday night.

Phoenix Red · Post by **Phoenix Red** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 6:10 pm

Once a week is fine with me. Weekdays, it'll have to be 9pm EST or later 'cause of work/school, saturdays 7pm or later. This sunday I work, but I should be free anytime most sundays.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 12:37 pm

The Diablo II expansion paque came so I can come to the night. when is it going to be? fridays?

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 2:51 pm

I could play tonight, but it would need to be a TCP game. I cant get connected to bnet to save my life.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 3:03 pm

hmm. I might be able to play tonight, but probably not. unless it's REAL late at night (like 12 o'clock) :
and I couldn't host the game. I can't get my network set up to save my life.