Diablo II: Expansion Pack (release date!!!)

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Chowlett
Grr. Got a Shae and an Eth rune, so I thought, hey let's make a Rhyme shield. So I find a bone shield, get Larzuk to socket it - yay, it has two sockets. So I pop in Shae, then Eth and get... a ShaeEth shield. Luckily I took a backup, but what gives?

Do you play on the realms or single player?

[Chowlett]

Originally posted by DinoDoc


Do you play on the realms or single player?

Single Player - and it doesn't work with a spiked shield either.

Anyway, Baal's down (all 4 of him - that's a tough challenge), and the imbue has been collected - but not needed as yet, I found a very nice rare armour on the ground, along with some rare boots. Also SteelClash, but as a sorc not overly useful, so I sold it in exchange for a rainbow small shield - much more useful. What with the new Double Immunes, I reckon I might now try to beckon a tri-elementalist. With 2 +1 sorc skills items (an amulet and Anya's rare orb), it seems a viable proposition - i skill point = 3!

[Dis]

my sorc is using 3 elements. primarirly I'll concentrate on firewall, glacial spike and chain lightening.

I tried a werebear druid but didn't like it. the bear looks cool, but attacks to slow. I like fast attacks. And the lag and dysync was so bad yesterday I would swing 10 times and not hit anything. more frustrating than fun considering how long it takes to swing 10 times.

My fav characters are still the amazon and paladin. with sorceress coming in 3rd and barbarian 4th. I'll say the druid is fifth. I didn't like the necro much- too indirect for my tastes. The assassin doesn't look all that great, but I will take one all the way through normal level.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Chowlett
Single Player - and it doesn't work with a spiked shield either.

None of the rune words work for off-line play, as far as I know. I'd try it again on open battle net and see if it works there. If not the rune words, will only work on the closed realms.

P.S. If you do try open battle net, I might like to party with you sometime. It might be fun battling the hordes of hell with a fellow Apolytoner. Also, open battle net will allow you to trade for some really sweet sorc items that you might be having trouble finding right now.

[Chowlett]

Unfortunately, my Diablo machine isn't working for the net at the moment. Maybe sometime in October I'll get connected (well, actually, I definitely will, but whether or not I'll manage before then is another matter).

It seems a bit off that rune words would only work online, particularly as you get a Rune Word for a quest reward - and it doesn't say anything about it in the manual.

Another bizarre thing - just before patch 1.08 appeared, I gambled a Nagelring, which I wear at all times. So I was playing along the other day, when a unique ring dropped, and I thought "wahay, it's the second in the series (I forget the name)". So I take it to Cain, who ID's it as... Nagelring. Grr. That's not meant to happen.

[Chowlett]

Ah, you're right. Just checked the Arreat Summit site, which says...

"Rune Words are currently only active for Realm Characters. We expect Rune Words to be added for Single Player and Open Characters in a future patch. "

Gee, that's nice.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Chowlett
Unfortunately, my Diablo machine isn't working for the net at the moment. Maybe sometime in October I'll get connected (well, actually, I definitely will, but whether or not I'll manage before then is another matter).

That's cool. Whenever you get the machine connected, my necro would still like to part with you. With your elemental attacks and my Lower Resist curse, the minions of hell wouldn't stand a chance.

It seems a bit off that rune words would only work online, particularly as you get a Rune Word for a quest reward - and it doesn't say anything about it in the manual.

Ancient's Pledge is the only rune word to work off line at the moment. The rest of the rune words will likely be activated for off-line play in the next patch.

Another bizarre thing - just before patch 1.08 appeared, I gambled a Nagelring, which I wear at all times. So I was playing along the other day, when a unique ring dropped, and I thought "wahay, it's the second in the series (I forget the name)". So I take it to Cain, who ID's it as... Nagelring. Grr. That's not meant to happen.

1) Lucky SOB. I haven't even had one unique ring drop in game.

2) Double spawning is a known bug right now. Look for it to be fixed in the next patch. In the meantime, enjoy the benefits of your two Nagelring. When you finally get your Diablo machine connectted, you can you one of them to trade for what you really want.

[Chowlett]

Actually, I had a much better rare for the second ring, so as I didn't plan to use my Sorc on open B.net, I sold the old Nagelring and kept the new one. Probably a foolish move, but hey.

[Diablo, Bro. of Mephisto]

Originally posted by DinoDoc


None of the rune words work for off-line play, as far as I know. I'd try it again on open battle net and see if it works there. If not the rune words, will only work on the closed realms.

P.S. If you do try open battle net, I might like to party with you sometime. It might be fun battling the hordes of hell with a fellow Apolytoner.

I would love to play with you online, what characters do you have, whats their names and lvls, so I can watch for em whenever I get a chance to get on open b.net (I've been really busy lately). Anyway, the guys I play with are my assasin, her name is Ewyn, she is around lvl 18, and then I also play with my amazon, who is lvl 62, her name is Rogue.

anyway, maybe every time I get online, I can create a game called, Apolyton, so that whoever is here at apolyton, will join and play with me. And so you can find me, or me find you, if yuo create a game with that name.

also, I love the new assasin, she kicks butt!, and she looks cool, though not as sexy as the amazon.

about the runewords. I was at the blizzard site recently, reading about this exact topic. They said that none of the runewords work off of the battle.net realms, except for the ancients Pledge one (Tal + Ort + Ral, or Ral + Ort + Tal), and that this is one of the main fixes in the new 1.9 patch that will becoming out any time soon.

ps. For those of you who dont know any, and would like to know some, i will list the best runewords that I know here in the next couple days. but right now I am either too busy to, or just to lazy to post them...you decide.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Diablo, Bro. of Mephisto
I would love to play with you online, what characters do you have, whats their names and lvls, so I can watch for em whenever I get a chance to get on open b.net (I've been really busy lately).

I have a lvl 42 necromancer by the name of Merlin. I'm currently in the process of comming up with a werebear elemental druid but I have not started on him yet.

ps. For those of you who dont know any, and would like to know some, i will list the best runewords that I know here in the next couple days. but right now I am either too busy to, or just to lazy to post them...you decide.

You can find a semi-complete listing of them at www.diabloii.net . They also have some sweet crafted item recipes.

PS. What weapon does your amazon specialize in? I have what I think to be a sweet rare +2 skills spear.

[Diablo, Bro. of Mephisto]

*RuneWords*

Dinodoc,

I got most of my runewords from diabloii.net, and in the next couple posts I will post the ones that I think are the best.

About your question, "What weapon do I use with my amazon?"

Answer: I use a crossbow, its not +1 or 2, but its got incredible damage, 72 - 260. And its got some nice other attributes, like piercing attack. I socketed it with larzuks quest reward, and added a skull, so it now steals mana and life, a big bonus for me, since I play in nightmare, which can get pretty tough at times, even for being lvl 62. Also, it is fast attack speed, HUGE bonus for being a crossbow.

And one thing about my amazon, she is carrying around two arkaines valor armors, one that I am saving, and one extra to trade, so in case anyone needs some nice, high lvl armor, talk to me. I am looking for 'Hel' rune to insert it into the one I am saving, cause it will lower the req. lvl, so I can use it alot sooner, if you have Hel rune, please let me know. I figured out that since the armor is req. lvl 85 right now...that if I put a -15% req. in it, it will lower to about lvl 72, so that will help alot, since i am only 10 lvls away from 72, but 23 away from lvl 85.

well, I got to go. Next post i do I will list all the runewords that i think are the best, and that are worth using the runes for.

[Diablo, Bro. of Mephisto]

rune words

well, as I promised, I will now post the best runewords that i know:

1. Ancients Pledge (Shield Only) - Ral + Ort + Tal

note: this one is the only one that will work off the b.net realms right now, be patient, that will be soon fixed in the 1.9 patch. This is for a 3 socketed shield, and I classify it as, "ok". the resistances are nice (+45 to all), but even better with a paladin shield (+80 - 85), but the rest of the mods are not much use.

2. Honor (Any Melee Weapon only) - Amn + El + Ith + Tir + Sol

note: this weapon has just incredible mods, +170% inhanced damage, +250 to AR (attack rating), and lots of others, including life steal. It's surprising how nice this weapon is with the kind of runes it requires, all of them are pretty easy to find.

3. Holy Thunder (Scepters only) - Eth + Ral + Ort + Tal

note: this scepter has unbelievable lightning mods, obviously for a lightning based paladin. if you like alot of elemental damage on your weapons, try this one out. with all of the runes being easy to find...why not try it?

4. Memory (Staves only) - Lum + Po + Sol + Eth

note: this is a really nice sorceress staff, with +3 to all skills, and mana bonuses.

5. Kings Grace (Swords or Scepters only) - Amn + Ral + Thul

note: this is a nice weapon, not as nice as Honor, but good enough for mid-lvl characters.

6. Lionheart (Armor only) - Hel + Lum + Fal

note: this armor has incrediblely nice mods, the only draw back is it has no +% to defense, so you'll want to use this on a exceptional or elite armor, to get the higher defense. other then that, its quite nice.

7. Smoke (armor only) - Nef + Lum

note: the resistances on this armor are incredible (+50), and some other nice mods too. For only two runes, this is quite a nice armor. If you are in need of better resistances, this armor is for you.

well, thats about all the ones that I thought were really worth the effort of using up your runes, though there are tons of other runewords. you can check them out at www.diabloii.net

[Diablo, Bro. of Mephisto]

I forgot 1 runeword...and it happens to be the best. lol:

Silence (any weapon only) - Dol + Eld + Hel + Ist + Tir + Vex

Note: this is just an unbeatable weapon. the mods on it are incredible!!! though with 6 runes, 2 of them being extremely rare (Ist and Vex), its to be expected. here are just a few of these amazing stats:

11% mana steal
+75 resist all
requirements -20% (the required lvl on the weapon is 56)
30% find magical items
+2 to all skills
increased attack speed
175% damage to demons
+50 to attack rating against undead

and those are just a few of the many mods on this weapon. Personally, I would use up all those runes to make this weapon, it really is 1 in a million. I think it is well worth it to use up those two rare runes.

well, that should be all! (hopefully)

note: the 1.9 patch should be coming out by the end of the month, and as soon as it is out, all of the runewords should work off the b.net realms, both on single player, and on open b.net.

[DinoDoc]

My character has died due to unknown causes. Any suggestions on what new character to create would be most appreciated.

[Diablo, Bro. of Mephisto]

what character class died?

this is my own personal oppinion, but I really like the amazon, and the assasin. I also like the paladin.

but again...thats my own personal oppinion.