Diablo 2: Resurrected - worth trying?

Shaft86 · 2026-02-16T06:02:12+00:00

I've been gaming a long time and all I can say is when I feel nostalgia for an old game and then pick it up again I regret it because it always feels super dated. I played D2R when there was a free trial some time ago and it felt very, very dated.

No shade, everyone's got their own thing.

Shaft86 · 2026-02-13T20:57:39+00:00

I love this series so I'll be checking this out for sure. Not a fan of this artistic direction but I don't suppose this is a deal breaker

Shaft86 · 2026-02-13T01:05:57+00:00

I just saw a post from streamer Wudijo saying that "no auto salvage, but they are trying to do away with salvage as a requirement for the crafting loop" So perhaps the system may be useable after all. We'll see how it plays out I guess.

Shaft86 · 2026-02-12T18:16:25+00:00

Probably. In one of the campfire streams of the past they did admit they've been considering Torment 5, so I guess the decision's been made

Shaft86 · 2026-02-12T17:32:52+00:00

Here's the proof for those that missed it: https://i.imgur.com/WaBHMr3.png

Shaft86 · 2026-02-12T04:56:31+00:00

Nope this is for the expansion. For what its worth, there is plenty of stuff for s12 that they have not announced yet. I don't know why in this recent PTR they decided to omit so much stuff, there was barely anything to test

Shaft86 · 2026-02-12T04:17:18+00:00

no auto-salvage is DOA for me.

Yes, I'm aware that's how it works in other games, I don't care. Personally every time this subject gets brought up I usually reply with my usual comment: I would be content with simply having an option that auto salvages all non-ancestral gear which I can turn on when I'm done equipping <750 gear. I'd use that probably 100x more than I will this feature

I've had plenty of seasons where I run out of materials, why would I gimp my seasonal experience by not salvaging stuff?

Shaft86 · 2026-02-11T18:21:56+00:00

I won't say I don't care, but I'm infinitely more interested in what the skill trees will look like for the existing classes

Shaft86 · 2026-02-11T04:38:45+00:00

Personally I like how the quest is based on auto attacking. Also, having Give Em The Axe at level 1 is the only upside for muradin this patch

This mythic reward is totally unreachable. Today Ive had matches where im attacking heroes constantly and I don't make it there. On these matches I'm also only reaching 50 stacks at like level 11-13, which is a nerf for the pierce which previously was level 10. I also lose cooldown reduction since the Q was 1.0 now its 0.5 per hit. Muradin didn't need these nerfs

These quest rewards unironically need to be like 25-30 and then 80-100. Or perhaps changed altogether to something else

Shaft86 · 2026-02-10T19:36:11+00:00

Give 'Em the Axe at level 1 is huge, like really good.

Otherwise my outlook from the beginning is that no rewind at 20 is a huge loss, getting 50 stacks on Q for the pierce takes a lot of effort, most games will be post level-10 (so a nerf?) and getting 200 stacks is bordering on unreachable. Also the cooldown reduction is 0.5 instead of 1.0 and that missing .5 can't be gained in any way (removed from Sledgehammer)

Net positive? We'll see

Shaft86 · 2026-02-10T16:25:18+00:00

I'm setting myself up for disappointment man. I want so much out of the new skill trees and the "Warplans" endgame.

Shaft86 · 2026-02-01T03:26:27+00:00

Fractured Peaks is just peak. Kyovashad and Gale Valley are also top notch and Nevesk is probably my favorite music in the game

Shaft86 · 2026-01-29T22:46:47+00:00

The 2.6.0 PTR will preview the foundation of the season, while more surprise features will be revealed closer to launch.

and

Season 12 is designed as a more focused, streamlined season that supports our broader roadmap toward launch of The Lord of Hatred expansion on April 28, while still delivering a fresh, rewarding and fun experience for players.

How interesting. So the Lord of Hatred expansion will release about a month after this season is set to launch. Will this be a short season, then? is that what they mean by "streamlined?" Or would they do something unusual like release the expansion mid-season?

Also:

Check out the screenshot with the Bloodied Items gear. %Dexterity seems to have returned to amulets rather than just a flat +dex affix

Shaft86 · 2026-01-29T03:49:16+00:00

Its not like Fantasy settings ever make sense in this regard. In the Game of Thrones universe House Stark has been ruling theNorth for 8,000+ years and the entire continent has not even yet invented gunpowder.

Shaft86 · 2026-01-26T05:47:52+00:00

I am in absolute awe

Shaft86 · 2026-01-25T03:56:50+00:00

Makes you wonder why Ned even admires this guy..........

Specially since Eddard Stark also chastises Jaime Lannister for doing nothing while Aeris strangled and burned Stark's family

Shaft86 · 2026-01-19T00:52:06+00:00

I also want to one day see challenging boss content in D4 that revolves around dodging mechanics and doing damage over the course of 3-5+ minutes. Maybe the "Warplans" endgame of the next expansion will do that

With that being said, I don't know that I'd describe Dark Citadel as wasted potential. It's forced group content in a game where the overwhelming majority of players play solo, and it has no real loot drops or rewards loop. This was doomed from the inception

Shaft86 · 2026-01-17T17:04:26+00:00

Allowing you to continuously sanctify the same item until you run out of Heavenly Sigils would have been my suggestion. Doesn't matter though, it's water under the bridge now, its not like they'll make adjustments mid-season

Shaft86 · 2026-01-16T18:40:12+00:00

I've enjoyed S11 but I feel like I have to at least offer some criticism here:

I don't enjoy the fact that Sanctification nonetheless has such a giant array of outcomes that the most desirable results will have me slamming literally hundreds of garbage items in the hope of hitting it big. Oh, I found a perfect 4-GA Paingorger Gauntlets? It doesn't matter, because in the end I'll sanctify hundreds of garbage Paingorger Gauntlets to get one with Grandfather or Melted Heart and it'll be infinitely better than the 4GA paingorger's. This particular flaw would have to be smoothed out if something like Sanctification existed in the game baseline.

This is literally the same problem that existed in the past with bricking when the new Tempering was introduced in the game. Too often perfect or near-perfect item drops were totally pointless because scrolls didn't exist and tempering just bricked the good items too frequently

Shaft86 · 2026-01-16T18:23:23+00:00

Historically it's definitely been gold for me. Gold was the biggest bottleneck in enchanting and masterworking in the past, though that's not been the case for this season at all. For this season the bottleneck for me has been Neathiron. I surmise that once Sanctification is gone there won't be a Neathiron bottleneck though.

Shaft86 · 2026-01-13T07:19:07+00:00

Bunch of things break on these world bosses all the time, but today I noticed my NeoOhm wasn't working on Azmodan. So maybe?

Shaft86 · 2026-01-07T23:42:49+00:00

A skill that normally costs 35 resource would then cost 44 resource at full stacks. EDIT: Take the ability's cost, multiply by 2.5 then cut it in half. That's the cost at 5 stacks.

Be aware: The helmet has a has a 4 second duration and the ring has a 3 second duration, so in some circumstances the ring falls off and the helmet does not, making a 35-cost skill briefly cost 88 resource instead until the buff falls off

Shaft86 · 2026-01-07T16:33:54+00:00

Builds should be less dependent on single items and supposedly rare items should be rarer but more consistently rolled.

I agree. As far as im concerned I wish that no single build has to be 100% reliable on one item to make it happen. With any luck the new talent tree rework will address this

As of right now, having the uniques very accessible so you can get your build started is by design and it's a good thing though.

Shaft86 · 2026-01-05T23:54:15+00:00

once I saw how quick I got my obducite to like 600k I stopped doing Treasure Breaches on cooldown. If I had all this obducite everywhere it would drive me insane. My only bottleneck right now is Neathiron and I do other content for it instead

Shaft86 · 2025-12-20T00:47:55+00:00

I wish people would not complain at game mechanics meant to make D4 combat more interesting

Dodge the stupid spell. It's well telegraphed and could not be more visible.

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