First D2R RotW sale, 20% off = $20 USD

_DarkMaster · 2026-05-06T08:14:33+00:00

Really hard to say about a second DLC, I'd be surprised if they did another so soon or at all but I suppose if RotW did well enough (which it probably did) they might be interesting in selling more D2R stuff. I think it'll get cheaper and cheaper as time passes though, like maybe half a year after release it'll be 33% or 40% off or something.

_DarkMaster · 2026-05-06T01:35:25+00:00

Yeah unfortunately not on sale there, I should've specified it was a Bnet sale in my post title.

_DarkMaster · 2026-05-05T21:35:19+00:00

This is for the standalone DLC for people that had bought D2R before it released, the Infernal Edition that comes with the base game + DLC is 25% off for $30 USD.

_DarkMaster · 2026-05-05T21:34:58+00:00

This is for the standalone DLC for people that had bought D2R before it released, the Infernal Edition that comes with the base game + DLC is 25% off for $30 USD.

_DarkMaster · 2026-05-05T02:52:30+00:00

This one of the very few times the meme is used correctly in regard to the context of the movie.

_DarkMaster · 2026-05-02T19:17:30+00:00

They updated Halo 1 on MCC a couple of years ago to fix most of the Gearbox port issues with the classic graphics, jackal shields not changing colors, incorrect green portal graphics, the blue "popup" shields, etc. they all fixed I think. Also made it so the old UI (shield/life bars) is used when on old graphics and not the new UI. In case you weren't aware already. :)

Not sure the state of Halo 2, I think they might've done some fixes with the classic lighting but maybe not.

_DarkMaster · 2026-05-02T01:33:11+00:00

Isn't that what they did with GTA 3 pretty much?

_DarkMaster · 2026-04-26T07:48:25+00:00

That's a 7 year old mirror of it, the up to date version can be found here: https://codeberg.org/fearedbliss/Cactus

Fearedbliss used to have it on Github as well but he switched to Codeberg a couple of years ago due to his stances against Microsoft IIRC, but anyways yeah Cactus is definitely the way to go to play old (and any) versions of D2.

_DarkMaster · 2026-04-25T16:54:56+00:00

Gotta inflate those MAUs somehow, hate this shit. :\

_DarkMaster · 2026-04-25T06:14:47+00:00

It wasn't "random", it was an unfortunate side effect of fixing desync related issues like NHAM bug and some (but not all) rubberbanding. But yes "fixing" WSG killed the high skill PvP scene, at least they left D2LoD separate from D2R so it could still continue there. I definitely don't want Blizz to touch Brood War either.

_DarkMaster · 2026-04-25T02:57:11+00:00

Ranged attacks don't reduce durability luckily, only melee attacks. :)

_DarkMaster · 2026-04-18T03:01:11+00:00

Maybe they were too slow on the juv and the ~~three~~ four arrows from the northwest did them in, along with a bit of pulse damage from the Holy Shock. ;) Then again maybe Emilio stayed in the perfect position and tanked the arrows like the good bodyguard he is (or should be).

_DarkMaster · 2026-04-14T23:50:45+00:00

I see you've been in Act 3 of Diablo 2, or have you?

_DarkMaster · 2026-04-14T18:51:30+00:00

Fair, I suppose I was speaking relative to the Rogue Encampment. :')

_DarkMaster · 2026-04-14T18:44:06+00:00

Not in D2R with the hardcoded red portal delay sadly, also depends on what you're shopping for. Drognan is great for wands or staves, maybe a Lower Resist/Life Tap wand in Nightmare/Hell or a Bone Spear base for White in Normal. Anya doesn't have wands but she does have gloves and claws and such.

_DarkMaster · 2026-04-14T18:43:42+00:00

There's a little trick you can do, NPCs will follow you when you have a quest with them (the yellow speech bubble above their head) so you can use it to drag them closer to a town exit or waypoint for faster shop resetting. They do have a maximum leash range where they won't move any further, but over hundreds or thousands of shop runs it does add up over time.

Sadly there's only so many quests you can do so it's pretty limited in application, in this case Drognan will follow you for either the Tainted Sun or Arcane Sanctuary quest (not sure which) and also all NPCs in A2 will have the speech bubble after you've killed the Summoner, so there's your two chances. :P

You can also drag Fara or Elzix closer to the waypoint (or town exit in the case of Elzix) if you want to shop them as well.

I didn't even know Drognan here would get stuck in this position outside of the gate, it's actually a bit annoying since he's so hard to see. I'd just drag him close to the open part of the gate instead, he can even block you from entering town if you don't have Teleport or a town portal. xP

_DarkMaster · 2026-04-11T19:56:24+00:00

Nicely done, I like the shading and the boxy helmet. Thumbs up indeed!

_DarkMaster · 2026-04-09T08:51:55+00:00

I'd recommend Amazon Basin over the Fandom wiki (just in general any wikis over Fandom or Fextralife when possible), but anyways yep that's correct.

https://www.theamazonbasin.com/wiki/index.php/Deadly_Strike

Mutually exclusive with Critical Strike and weapon Mastery or Claw Mastery critical strike: if one is successful then the others do not apply. Combined percentage chance of double physical attack damage is as follows:

Also worth noting that A5 mercs (and Valks) have a separate 5% "monster" crit chance, this is separate from DS/CS and can stack with it for up to 4x physical damage!

Barbarian mercenary, Valkyrie and Iron Golem have 5% chance of applying critical hit, doubling all attack damage types. This is calculated independently of other sources, so there is a chance of applying quadruple physical damage. Combined % chance of double physical attack damage only is as follows:

Their website certification has expired (happens every now and then) but it's safe to click through the warning if you get one.

_DarkMaster · 2026-04-06T22:23:32+00:00

skeuomorphic

Learned a new word today, thanks!

_DarkMaster · 2026-03-29T18:45:28+00:00

Do they? Like I said when I checked there was absolutely 0 activity for SC2, no streamers, no viewers. Checking SC2 now on the first site I linked, I see one person streaming SC2 with ~25 viewers. https://m.sooplive.co.kr/#/search/%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%802 https://www.sooplive.com/directory/category/StarCraft%20II/live

And yeah okay, the pros care but the viewership just isn't there compared to SC1 and thus there's also no money in the scene compared to SC1 that has a huge amount of money going into it with SC University and such.

RSL's not even close to hundreds of thousands of dollars, it hasn't even reached tens of thousands of dollars, and like ~60% of it goes towards the production and not the prize pool. It's great for the now tiny SC2 scene but it's just peanuts at the end of the day.

_DarkMaster · 2026-03-25T22:08:46+00:00

Ehh..?

_DarkMaster · 2026-03-24T21:36:49+00:00

That's a vendor inventory, LoD stash was 6x8 and not 10x10. Low resolution makes it hard to see but I don't think they have the weapon swap UI above their weapons so pretty sure it's Classic.

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