Diablo

[Father Beast]

I got Diablo recently (cheap of course), because I heard that it bears a resemblance to an old arcade favorite - Gauntlet.
I never got far in gauntlet because I just didn't have coin. it was never for lack of interest.
so what's the deal? is it like that? I suppose I actually should install it, but I've been playing civ2.

[Father Beast]

Why have I not been to this forum lately, because I loaded diablo. Gak, what an addicting game!
anyway, I was wondering, is there anyplace that covers the stuff not talked about in the manual? I mean it says what a fire wall spell is, but what is a mana shield?
and are some items truly useless? I ran across the Harlquin helm, a unique item (actually, ogden gave it to me), and I couldn't see much use for it. it had an armor of 1, and reduced some stat by 5. Griswold paid out good for it, though.

[CornMaster]

Mana shield- When you cast it your immume too attacks until all your mana is drained. When enemies attack you you will lose mana instead of hit points. This can help if your a warrior and need a few extra seconds to fight or if your a mage and have like 300 mana and can use mana shield as well as fry your enemies with other magic.
Useless Items- Yes there are some useless items that do nothing. Mostly they are a source of income. You can sometimes sell them for a LARGE profit. But I guess you figured that out already.

Edit: AKKKKK!!! Typos!
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[This message has been edited by CornMaster (edited September 16, 2000).]

[Chow Yun Fat]

The best resource for Diablo on net, in my opinion, is: Jarulf's guide http://pf.chemeng.lth.se/diablo/

unless you are into Diablo modification. In this case
try to search for VK mod Diablo from some search engine.

Enjoy.

[Father Beast]

hey thanks, CYF, that is very good, what I've looked at so far. I'm going to have to print it out and read it, keep it handy.

just... What is Hellfire? is that some diablo add on pack I haven't heard about?

[Scouse Gits]

Exactly FB - I saw it for the first time yesterday discounted to £12.99 I think in the HMV shop - I am unable to comment on whether it is any good or not - I haven't finished Diablo 1 yet and didn't buy Hellfire


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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor
"The Great Library must be built!"

[The Call of Snapcase]

I just bought the game on budget, I'll try it tonight or tomorrow...

[Father Beast]

This is one heck of a game! it seems that everyone in the family, except the almost 1 year old, has a character on this game. I have 2, having started a rogue as well as a warrior, just to try it out.
None of us have finished the game yet, I'm ahead of most with my 21st level warrior, having just cleaned out level 13 (first level of hell).
It kind of irritates me that some of the great items I get on quest aren't as useful as what I've already bought. Wirt sold me this brutal sword of speed (heavy damage, faster attack), and I find it a lot more useful than Griswolds Edge, which Gris gave me in exchange for bringing him the anvil of fury. Funny thing, selling that back to griswold would net me 159 before it was identified, and 10,500 after!

[Bkeela]

Father Beast, you should download Mame, which is an arcade emulator, and download the Gauntlet rom. You will get a kick out of it. It's just so perversly fun to play these games for free, after pumping so much coinage into them over the years. In fact, you can even get emulators for the latest fighting games. It's so pleasurable to walk through arcades and watching these chumps spend heaps of cash on what I can play for free.

Bkeela.

[Narck]

Why don't you get Diablo II if you like the ancient first version so much already?

[Marcel I]

Diablo 1 is really a nice game,
I play it almost as long as it is released(96) and only recently replaced it in my drive with diablo 2 (bigger, better, faster)
With Civ2 they are my favorite games of all time.
Especially multiplayer is nice, though battlenet sucks in diablo 2 (too much lag).
Lists of all aspects of the game are available on many sites on the internet.

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[Father Beast]

I am too damned cheap to buy a game until it gets to the budget rack. Why do you think I waited so long to get Diablo?
I still like to hear about them, though, and read games mags a lot (usually standing at the rack in the supermarket).
I may go over to the Diablo II thread to ask questions about what I've heard.

...Anyway, back to the game...

I have never played anything online, but am just enjoying the sp of Diablo.
I am down to level 13, and gave up my helm of stability to go back to using the undead crown. That life stealing is just so useful! I don't use healing potions near as often, and the helm of stability didn't seem to add much to my hit recovery while already wearing the empyrian band.
I found a plate mail (armor 47) down at the bottom of the caves, and started wearing that instead of my armor of the sky, since the added AC does a lot more for me than the magical enhancements. My wife thinks I am nuts for wearing a non magical item, but - what the hey!
since getting to level 13, Adria is selling me elixirs, and my dexterity is now maxed out. It gave me a use for all that money I had sitting around - I got tired of all the space it took in my inventory, and left a bunch in several piles next to the cows. Why not? nobody takes it, and I don't buy things in the dungeons.

In other news I have started a rogue character also, and is up to level 9.

[Father Beast]

BTW, BKeela, where do I get mame and gauntlet?

[Father Beast]

I finally went to the bottom and beat Diablo. I was kind of disapppointed because the game ended and I didn' get to explore all the chests and stuff in the room after killing everyone. maybe I'll go down as a REALLY tough guy and ignore the dark lord while I go around and pick up everything.
My rogue character went and fought the skeleton king recently, and I discovered I could use him for an experience machine. I cast a town portal in the center of that one big room, and let the skeleton king raise new skeletons all over the place while I immediately dispatched them with my bow. I had my belt full of potions of full healing, and never let the skeleton king get close to me. I just shot down his minions (with the odd shot or 2 for Leoric himself) and went back to town whenever my potions got low. after about 5 trips to town, I finally got tired and finished old Leoric off. I had leveled up twice and was almost ready for a third.
In other news, my wife recently had the Black mushroom quest, and ater getting the spectral elixir, she quit and came to ask me if it was any good. Now SHE CAN'T USE IT!?!?! Is there any way she can use it now?

[Father Beast]

I was thinking that maybe I'll need a way to keep the dark lord off my back while I plunder the level. I was thinking of getting him to follow me into one of the other areas and putting a firewall across the entrance, trapping him in there until it dies down. But I don't know if he'll just cross it or not. I can just see the game ending while I'm opening chests because Diablo stood in my firewall.