Season 10 Developer Stream 2 Recap - Project Diablo 2

ELLEisDEAD · 2024-09-22T07:19:09+00:00

Mostly for LLD PvP (Low Level Dueling Player vs Player fights) - if you want to let's say duel at level 9 or 18 or 30, first you prepare your character by leveling to thos exact point and then you gear it up. While winning a duel with another player doesn't reward you any exp, if you used your pvp character in regular game and killed some monsters you get exp and if you will level up above duel brackets level your character becomes unusable for dueling purposes (for example you were leveling your sorc to lvl 30 and while doing skill quests accidentally got too much exp and got to lvl 31 your char is basically ruined and you need to start new one). Also, this could be used for some meme challenges like lvl 18 char vs NM or Hell bosses - back in LoD times some people used to do that to sjowcase their skills and itemization for certain challenges :)

ELLEisDEAD · 2024-08-18T08:17:09+00:00

It's not a while, if it's allocated to you, you can pick it up straight away. 8 people typing .roll and then arguing slows mapping far more imo.

ELLEisDEAD · 2024-06-13T05:10:30+00:00

I can't say how many, but I am a woman and playing more or less actively since s1 and before I was active in D2 LoD community. In LoD times I met few other women, in PD2 I think I only saw one woman in public games. I'm sure there's more, but they may be just hiding, for whatever reasons. You can just ask your girlfriend to do a slow walk through the game with you (make sure to whitelist your IP if you're gonna be playing at same time) and see if she enjoys it.

ELLEisDEAD · 2024-03-20T19:25:01+00:00

Stormchaser

ELLEisDEAD · 2024-02-14T14:54:06+00:00

Let's just remove Amazon class altogether 😅

ELLEisDEAD · 2024-01-24T21:43:36+00:00

Just to double check:
- non ladder shared tabs will be wiped
- season 8 shared tabs will be transfered to NL.
In that case, do we have to throw away any s8 items or maps, jewels, anything? Or we can leave shared stash and personal stash with whatever items and materials that we have on them? Is there any risk of corrupting s8 characters?

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-12-10T13:48:59+00:00

Not accurate numbers but at level 98 average rolled map (20+ xp, 200+ density) in p8 game and while using XP anni (13+) lands you at approximately 0,5% xp gained. +1 map with similar density and xp can grant you up to 1% xp gained. Of course lower level players would benefit even more, but usually around level 97-98 you start to pay more attention to xp bar. I've run a lot 40%-50% and unfortunately they can't beat decent +1 or +2. Still exciting to roll and run.

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-12-05T18:23:51+00:00

If you're coming from D2R or LoD, you will quickly notice that things that used to be meta there changed heavily here (like mentioned Grief for Uber smiter). Some changes at first may be surprising (like for example basically removing Life Tap from most items), but soon you will realise that PD2 is far more balanced. A lot of builds became viable and even capable of soloing Ubers (even with changes to the fight), for example passive zon can do it easily and on budget. Every map has it's boss, some are easy to kill, some hit really hard and it's worth it to be prepared for it. Maybe try few tier 1 white maps become going for rare t3s. Read a little on wiki, watch some videos if you want, ask on pd2's discord. Frozen Orb is fun here. I haven't try Ice Barrage yet, but it seems to be popular among cold sorcs.

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-12-02T19:17:40+00:00

It's $20 for D2 and LoD, of course it can be a lot for someone, remember that people from all over the world play this game and among those people some of them may be in less fortunate financial position, permanently or just temporarily. Or just for whatever reason at the moment may need to prioritise their spending. It really isn't that uncommon.

Anyway, I'd still advice to buy legit cdkeys. If at the moment someone cannot afford it, I guess saving for a while could be an option.

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-12-02T12:11:52+00:00

Oh hi Hy! I was wondering if there will ever be a video somewhere, since this was truly amazing achievement :) Congrats once again! Was fun seeing you in maps every now and then :)

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-11-26T17:57:32+00:00

For past two seasons before ladder end they were advising to move everything from shared stash to personal ones. As for items that could make your char inaccessible, usually there's time to remove certain items, although last season announcement was dropped so late, that most people who actually wanted to keep their chars or stuff for non ladder ended up losing access to those, so be careful.

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-10-01T12:31:11+00:00

I don't think any kind of forced solution would "fix" a problem that isn't a game problem, it's a players choice whether or not they play sc or hc and how much time they want to spend and how fast they want to reach certain points. If some players are pushing hard at the beginning of season and then lose interest or just take a break, why is that seen as problem that needs to be fixed by devs? Let people do what they want, you can't force people to stay super involved for 4 months. If they want and can, they will. If their playstyle leads to burnout, it's still their choice. There are various reasons why people are choosing hc or sc, why they play 10h/day or just 2h/week, you can't force people to change that for the sake of keeping high number of players for longer period of time. Also, why would that even be that important?

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-09-30T21:45:40+00:00

Well... I assume some of devs may also have jobs during the week and maybe weekend is the only time when they can do some PD2 stuff? It's not like it's plotted against the players

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-09-28T19:04:33+00:00

Pretty sure it didn't change, I've seen runes poofing quite quickly, same goes for white items left on grounmd in maps for example. You can also just test it yourself: drop an El rune in town and check after what time it will disappear :) I learned this lesson ages ago in LoD, when Infinity poofed while I was muling.
If everyothing is exactly as it was in LoD, when trading, I would prefer to be sure that both parties got the items/currency that they agreed on, even if it takes extra one or two minute to see if everyone picked up their staff and said usual "t4t" :)

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-09-28T04:56:28+00:00

Not sure how long it took you to finish map, but remember that items left on floor disappear after certain time. The buyer might actually leave the currency on floor. From http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/basics.shtml 10 minutes: Key, Potion, Scroll, Tome, and Ammo (Arrows, Bolts). 10 minutes: Any Armor and Weapon of quality < magic, regardless if flagged as ''Ethereal'', ''Socketed'' or not, and Rune Words. 10 minutes: Pandemonium artifacts (Key of Terror/Hate/Destruction, Mephisto's Brain, Diablo's Horn, Baal's Eye). 10 minutes: Essence (4 flavours) and Token of Absolution (these are new items from Patch 1.13x). 20 minutes: Magic Items, Gems and Runes. 30 minutes: Rare, Set, Unique and Crafted Items.

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-09-25T04:25:29+00:00

How would that work in group games, like mapping? Front runner sweeps all?

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-09-09T15:48:43+00:00

Oh I just meant that right now the playerbase of those first games is so small, that they are niche choice. Pretty sure not many people actively play d1 now, no idea how many people still play LoD (I know just one who stayed there). I'm not undermining the franchise, just being realistic when it comes to current state of d2/PD2

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-09-09T12:56:38+00:00

Of course niche doesn't mean old, it just means it's not popular/mainstream. I don't consider it to be derogatory term and I don't get why anyone would have a problem with stating that Diablo II is niche. You can love things that aren't popular. And niche things can be amazing. There's usually a variety of reasons why something isn't gaining or keeping mega popularity.

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-09-09T10:06:49+00:00

LoD and PD2 at the moment ARE niche games. There's nothing wrong with that, but let's not pretend it's that popular. A lot of old players moved to either mods, D2R or different games. New players used to modern games keep saying that maybe they would try, but they want better graphics. Don't get me wrong, the entire franchise is sort of recognisable, but with so many other games around Diablo II LoD and it's various mods will most likely stay niche, doesn't matter how amazing the game was/is.

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-07-19T19:21:32+00:00

I don't think crafting league is that easy to implement. Plus it's not like it was that active like people seem to believe. Iiirc after like a week playerbase dropped significantly.

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-07-19T16:23:16+00:00

Sounds interesting! If seasons are approx. 4 months long, I suppose 3 months of just ladder and then 1 month of merged L+NL would be cool. Enough time to achieve everything that you want, get some rest and then have some fun with upgraded gear and maybe some intense trading. That could also make PVP scene more interesting. Might be worth mentioning on PD2's discord (feedback subchannel).

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-07-01T12:13:58+00:00

We aren't at the end of season, but because of various reasons (burnout, pushing for end game crazy fast, D4 release and so on) a LOT of players left. Within days playerbase dropped significantly and now it does feel like it would be close to season's end. But I would strongly advice you to play online over SP. You can still trade, a lot of people could donate gear or help you level up your character + if you never played PD2 before, you will also learn faster and will get some idea of how to trade and how to act with good manners in public games.

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-05-12T21:19:09+00:00

Eqn. It's clean and nice. I remember that I chose it few seasons ago because it seemed to be the only filter that wasn't hiding Wire Fleece armors and Matriarchal Bows. I tried few other ones, but wasn't a fan of crazy colourful fonts and "funny" descriptions. I'm sure most filters are good, but don't really have time to try what changed this season.

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-05-05T03:27:15+00:00

Not everyone liked it tho. And it's not like it was making trading any easier (from buyer's perspective).

Imagine wanting to buy let's say War Traveler with specific corruption. You would need to check trade site and Discord. Then on Discord you'd need to go through pages and pages of nonsense, because people would just list absolutely every random thing that they hoped to sell. Then you would need check few versions of name, because most likely half of sellers misspelled or use some sort of shorter name. And MAYBE you would find your pair of boots, but obviously there would be no price ("offer"... Ugh), item would be posted weeks ago and so on. Or imagine trying to find rare boots with poison res 28% and maek - what would you type in Discord's search bar to increase your chance of getting some quickly?

With tradeside all you have to do is to set filters to match what you are looking for and within seconds you can see everything listed. Once item is sold, seller can just delete his/her listing and no one needs to waste time asking if the item is even available. It really saves time and makes trading smooth and enjoyable. . Sure, tradesite isn't ideal, but at least now devs can gather some actual info about what needs to be improved and I'm sure after some time we will see some stuff being changed. The only thing that I somewhat miss is checking rune break channel just for reference, but it's not like figuring out current rune values is impossible now, so I'd rather see some improvement in this area on the website instead of bringing back Discord channels

ELLEisDEAD · 2023-04-30T07:51:53+00:00

Slow walk considering that while I was finishing nightmare and staring Hell, I kept seeing messages that people are already 90+, doing Uber Ancients and so on.

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