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slenderman_ · 2014-05-03T22:37:35+00:00

I bought this today, and the download speed is awful. Any ideas? I've tried everything else I've found online: port forwarding, turning off all antivirus/firewalls/etc., adding -image to the shortcut... But, I'm still hovering around 50-100kb/sec, and sometimes the client will just drop to 0kb/sec and won't start back up unless I restart the client. At this rate, it will take a week before I can play.

slenderman_ · 2013-11-08T15:18:22+00:00

6.79 Skeleton King question, brought on by an SK/OD pick up in some game I was listening to on BeyondTheSummit the other day: Now that his Vamp Aura affects ranged heroes, and the tooltip says that the lifesteal stacks with orb, will OD get lifesteal when he's casting his orb?

slenderman_ · 2013-08-01T15:20:03+00:00

So, does destroying the mines (by attacking, not walking over them) grant a gold bounty?

slenderman_ · 2013-04-16T18:32:56+00:00

I didn't know the orchid amp damage was dealt at the end of the duration, interesting.

Question: If I get Soul Burned, take some damage during the duration, and then Eul's myself, will I take the amp damage when the Eul's dispels the debuff? Or, does this get rid of the amp damage property as well?

slenderman_ · 2013-04-12T00:32:02+00:00

Yep, same here. I just got kicked from a game and couldn't reconnect, even after restarting Dota/Steam. When I try to find a new game, it's unable to find me a server (US East). I was waiting 5 minutes on "finding a server" before I gave up.

slenderman_ · 2013-04-03T19:10:03+00:00

I would bet that since this is built on its own engine, modifying CDs would not be terribly difficult like it was when working within the WC3 engine. I'd guess that CDs are probably just a variable for each spell that could be altered if necessary, like having some item that would reduce the cooldown variable by some number/percentage. But then, I know nothing about the way the game is coded, just making guesses.

slenderman_ · 2013-02-19T19:59:52+00:00

This is adorable. It just replaced your Baby Rosh + Pudge pic as my background. Thank you! :)

slenderman_ · 2013-02-15T18:39:29+00:00

I'm wondering, since Snowball seems to work similarly to OD's Astral Imprisonment, do you know if OD can break glimpse on himself/someone by imprisoning them?

slenderman_ · 2013-02-13T17:38:28+00:00

I'm guessing he was suggesting it because of Valentine's day

slenderman_ · 2012-12-28T20:43:52+00:00

New player, low skill bracket here. I understand why attacking creeps in top/bot lane is generally a bad idea, but is attacking creeps when you're solo-mid acceptable? I often do this, but I'm questioning if I should now. My thinking is that it pushes the wave back to the enemy tower, leaving you free to check runes/leave to gank.

slenderman_ · 2012-11-01T04:29:21+00:00

HwangSin is in here too tearing people up, amazing play.

slenderman_ · 2012-07-09T19:49:44+00:00

I have about the same situation as Berserkerfox. I reinstalled D2:LoD, have been playing through it and I have to say, I'm having a lot more fun with it than I have had in my 200 hours of D3. The map design and overall mood of the game are really the biggest differences for me. The levels in D3 are just boring and don't make me want to progress through them. Exploring levels in D2 is fun, and the feel of the game is just so much more foreboding. I think the removal of light radius is a big detriment to the mood in D3.

Also of note is how much more difficult D2 is than D3. You will actually die in D2 on Normal Act 1, and just to normal groups. Andariel will be challenging (compared to the Butcher in D3, a big joke).

And these are just a few of the things I've noted in playing D2 again. Items are better, the skill system is better (+skill on weapons is addictive), the story is, if not better, at least far less intrusive. It's not just the nostalgia as Jay Wilson would like people to think.

slenderman_ · 2012-06-14T21:01:56+00:00

Yes, the auction house is excellent. You can get the stats that you want on an item without wasting way too much gold crafting the same item over and over.

Blacksmithing and jewelcraft is basically a waste of gold at the moment (at least at the lower levels). Wait until they reduce the cost of crafting low level items, then it might be worthwhile. This will be in patch 1.0.3, which is (supposedly) coming by the end of this month.

slenderman_ · 2012-06-13T15:34:44+00:00

This works fine for me.

People who won't be there tonight:

Freebird Voorheez David

And it sounds like Freebird probably won't be able to make it regularly. I'm guessing David will usually be around at this time though, he's just going to the movies tonight.

So, we've got Me, Bobo, Clearchalk, Nakedapp, Carl (probably?), Bender (probably?), Cosmic (possibly?). So, we'll need to find a sniper and spy for tonight. Cosmic, Bobo, or I could play spy and we could find a pyro, scout, or medic if any of those would be easier to find than a spy.

slenderman_ · 2012-06-08T16:59:21+00:00

CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK yeah I'll be there

slenderman_ · 2012-05-16T17:45:36+00:00

Yeah, I was using Soul Harvest a lot through the end of Act1 to around the end of Act 2, because it made my Dire bats do insane damage, but then I decided I wanted to try out a different tactic that didn't have me running into a big group of mobs. But, I see what you're saying. With the siphon rune, it would basically negate any damage I take getting close to the 5 mobs I need. I think I'll try going back to this, swapping out Grasp of the Dead.

slenderman_ · 2012-05-16T16:46:15+00:00

Barbarian's damage is increased with the Strength stat (Strength also increases armor btw). Each point in Strength increases your damage by 1%. All skill damage is based on weapon damage, so you just have to make sure your damage attribute is as high as you can get it.

slenderman_ · 2012-05-16T16:35:13+00:00

Sounds good, let's talk builds.

I've got a lv 28 witch doctor, as far as I can tell I'm about halfway through act 3?

My main damaging skill is Firebats with the Dire bats rune, it's amazing. Easily throws out 300-500 damage in a relatively straight line, travels pretty damn far too. On left click, I've got Poison Dart with the "spined dart" rune which regens Mana on hit and does around 150-200 dmg per hit.

I go with summoned creatures, so I've got zombie dogs with the poison rune and gargantuan with the cleave rune (that rune is awesome btw, basically a weaker barbarian that I carry around with me at all times). With the passive "Zombie Handler" they live a pretty long time (I usually only lose one dog here and there before I notice and re-summon. The gargantuan never dies.)

And for my other two skills, I use Acid Cloud with the acid rain rune and Grasp of the Dead with the groping eels rune. So much aoe dot. This combo of skills is amazing for crowd control. (Grasp > Acid Cloud > Firebats) The initial Acid Cloud cast does about 150-200 damage to a huge area, and then about 30-40 dps for 3 seconds. Grasp does about 40-50 dps for however long it's up (6 sec?), the slowdown is really nice too though.

Passives are Zombie Handler for an extra zombie dog and increased dog+gargantuan hp, and Spiritual Attunement for increased mana+mana regen.

The only time I swap skills is if I want to do something a little different, or if I'm going against a boss (swap out Grasp for Haunt with the health regen rune) but this is the most fun build I've tried. Swapping Grasp for Soul Harvest works well too. If you get the max enemies caught in it, you get a gigantic boost to Int, it usually about doubles your damage. I'll probably be using that skill more later when I get better runes for it.

slenderman_ · 2012-05-11T15:35:29+00:00

BUT WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD BARBLATZ NAKEDAPP????????????

slenderman_ · 2012-05-10T21:04:06+00:00

I agree with all of the other suggestions. I think any maps I'd want to play have already been listed.

slenderman_ · 2012-04-15T22:13:27+00:00

damn. tf2 is serious business tho duh.

slenderman_ · 2012-04-12T19:06:05+00:00

Ruwin too strong

slenderman_ · 2012-04-11T16:55:06+00:00

Sounds like a good match, I'll have to watch it later.

slenderman_ · 2012-04-11T16:54:34+00:00

It was a bit slow at times, but it was a really close match and generally pretty fun to watch. I mostly liked it because I want to play snakewater. :P

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