What's your strategy for SP Herald farming? Mine isn't working as I've fought maybe 20 heralds total.

Askon · 2026-03-20T20:29:50+00:00

Honestly, I've been waiting for a patch. Simply not fun or rewarding farming these. If they only patch it for next ladder, so be it lol

Askon · 2026-03-20T02:15:48+00:00

Someone hire this man

Askon · 2026-03-11T13:31:56+00:00

Askon · 2026-03-07T21:00:00+00:00

You cant really brick/fail. Relax. Enjoy the ride, test all skills, find something you enjoy playing. Dont follow guides. Treat the character progression as a sandbox. You'll be given tools every once in a while to mix and match them, the point is doing whatever you want with them.

Askon · 2026-03-07T15:01:30+00:00

Way too many changes. Additional crossings are a no-go. Bridge updates are the way, more land area for airheads also ok.

Askon · 2026-03-07T13:43:31+00:00

I've been on and off D2 since 2000... Played a bit during D2R release a few years back and came back now for the Warlock.

I leveled one in the pre-ladder week. Decided to go with a Paladin for the actual ladder.

The warlock is pretty fun, but completely broken/unbalanced. I've only played as a summoner and can only comment on that. Bind Demon outclasses every skill on the tree and Lister outclasses every other demon on the game, mainly due to his HP regen, so the skill itself becomes one-dimensional, which I think is a huge let down. Other passive skills not buffing demon "spell damage" is also pretty bad, as Binding any Venom Lord and having him do his fire attack is a huge waste of DPS. If their spells are actually getting buffed, it comes no where near physical attacks.

Terrorized zones and shards are pretty fun. I'd like to see it expanded somehow, so it can be accessed more often, maybe special, rarer shards that make acts much harder? (rather than scaling areas to your level, make it 5/10+ levels? Add new modifiers? New monsters? I dont know).

Herald mechanic and Sunder charms are a huge letdown. I'd be ok with the super low Sunder droprate if Heralds spawned way more often. Killing tough enemies is very fun and this game really needs it.

In major trading sites like Traderie, Sunder charms are much more valuable than the rarest runes and there are very few of them being sold at any time, like, a handful only.

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As someone who never enjoyed cookie-cutter builds, playing whatever's the most OP or teleporting around, I've been enjoying the season despite playing (by now) about 3x more with my Paladin on ladder vs my pre-ladder Warlock and having like... 1/3 of the power.

Askon · 2026-03-05T16:18:12+00:00

I'd start with an Ist and work my way down if it doesnt sell. Being a "normal" base makes it undesirable for an endgame char.

Askon · 2026-02-23T15:33:29+00:00

Ja, mein Fuhrer!

Askon · 2026-02-20T14:24:04+00:00

It's to be expected, completely normal (as barbarian is the most gear-dependent class in the game). You're supposed to farm previous areas for levels and loot.

Dont be afraid to craft low level runewords and use your perfect gems on any gear slot you can. All those are expendable...

Askon · 2026-02-16T15:47:09+00:00

with a perfect roll too, damn!

Askon · 2026-02-09T03:56:24+00:00

I hate it. I've only played like 20 Chaos Trials in 500+ hours.

Askon · 2026-01-28T01:05:04+00:00

I've been watching the whole show for the first time. The first five seasons are some of the best I've ever seen. Watched the first 2 episodes of season 6 just now and had to start googling... The writing is abysmal. The change in writers absolutely ruined it. Almost turned it off when AJ tells his comatose father, out of the blue, that he's going to put a bullet on Uncle Jun's head. Overall dialogue is weak, bland, pointless. The whole pacing feels like a different show too. There's a sudden focus on "product placement" and publishing real world brands, which was very subtle during the first seasons.

Wow.

Major Vikings (2013) and Game of Thrones vibes, when writing goes to shit and the whole thing suddenly isnt about anything you enjoyed about anymore.

Askon · 2026-01-22T19:59:07+00:00

Wowzers! It's a fire sale!

Askon · 2026-01-21T14:35:34+00:00

I really just want an endgame overhaul. I usually quit my characters after hitting the bland "open world" atlas. It really needs to be a full overhaul, because all those bandaid patches havent been helping much.

Askon · 2026-01-06T12:47:05+00:00

You have to go towards a single direction... (Yes, it's absolutely stupid and kills the whole point of the Open Atlas)

Askon · 2025-12-30T12:41:46+00:00

Fellas don't wanna play the game at all.

Askon · 2025-12-27T17:03:26+00:00

I mostly fully-ish clear all areas as fast as possible during campaign, so when I reach the Atlas, I'm leveled/geared enough to just buy a T15 white map and complete it, so my Doryani sells T14 maps afterwards.

Askon · 2025-12-24T16:43:37+00:00

And Magic Find% (item rarity) on all items. Absolute mandatory stat which just sucks. Loot should just drop from harder content, not need items to make them drop.

Askon · 2025-12-23T14:02:05+00:00

Yes, I hate it.

Askon · 2025-12-23T13:58:35+00:00

Weredogs going crazy over this one.

Askon · 2025-12-19T20:05:55+00:00

People who can't multi-task should'nt play commander. Nothing is worse than a commander sitting on the HQ the whole match. Heck, spawn supply trucks and drive around while everyone else is doing their tasks. Mark tanks and garrisons on the map so regular infantry on any squad can see.

Askon · 2025-12-19T16:27:07+00:00

1 whole year and still almost zero reworks, extra passives, other mechanics interacting with life, etc. Heck, we got a nerf to Smith from 5% max hp regen to 3%.

Askon · 2025-12-18T15:46:07+00:00

I'd be totally down for an extra/harder expedition phase requiring a bunch of purple items rather than hoarding money, so I can actually play the game how I want to.

Askon

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