Lets play Diablo 2.

[149IN]

who wants to get old school and play some diablo 2? we can start fresh and run thru all the acts ! :D

[FoxxHound]

I don't think I have my CDs anymore.
I thought about doing something similar. See if anyone wanted to kick it old school on HoMM3.

[149IN]

I don't think I have my CDs anymore.
I thought about doing something similar. See if anyone wanted to kick it old school on HoMM3.

i bought a digital copy from blizzard for around 5-10$ a while back. forgot i had it untill the other day, just DLed it and ready to get something going ha.

[Shrubwise]

I'm down.

Foxx -- I purchased the D2 and D2 expansion pack CD codes from an online store for like $5 each. The site is now non existent (the codes worked just fine), I'm sure a quick Google search will find you a new CD key store.

Then I just used Alcohol 52% to emulate the CD's via a torrent, and bam, no CD's no problems.

[Shrubwise]

149IN you on tonight, 30 mins?

[149IN]

149IN you on tonight, 30 mins?

yup, ill be on. and will be checking this thread periodically for updates.

[Shrubwise]

What's your Battle.net name?

[149IN]

What's your Battle.net name?

Williams11B #1860 i think thats right?

[Shrubwise]

Wait, you are playing D2 on the new battle.net? That is a thing?
I figured we gotta use the old battle.net, I have not tried yet though. Haven't loaded up that game for like 2 years.

[149IN]

Wait, you are playing D2 on the new battle.net? That is a thing?
I figured we gotta use the old battle.net, I have not tried yet though. Haven't loaded up that game for like 2 years.

i dont know, lol all i did was run diablo 2, everything looks the same as it did back in the day.

[Shrubwise]

Alright, just logged into new battle.net (also which I had not loaded up for at least 1, maybe 2 years)
Looks like they are now selling D2 and the expansion, 10 bucks a piece. I'll assume it is now a digital copy and the key codes come with the purchase.
Is that the version you are playing?

[quido]

shoulda played when the ladder reset a month ago - I'll be trying to play at next ladder reset

[149IN]

Alright, just logged into new battle.net (also which I had not loaded up for at least 1, maybe 2 years)
Looks like they are now selling D2 and the expansion, 10 bucks a piece. I'll assume it is now a digital copy and the key codes come with the purchase.
Is that the version you are playing?

i just checked, im pretty sure its old battle.net because the login name for D2 is different

[149IN]

shoulda played when the ladder reset a month ago - I'll be trying to play at next ladder reset

ive never played any of the ladders, i was never hardcore into diablo. running through the game once is enough for me to not touch it again for a few years.

[149IN]

im trying to figure out how to play diablo 2 in high resolution, looks like its only supporting 800x600, which is really annoying.

[Shrubwise]

im trying to figure out how to play diablo 2 in high resolution, looks like its only supporting 800x600, which is really annoying.

Google how to play in windowed, it is much better to play it in 800x600 via a window on your desktop.

[Shrubwise]

Not seeing you on Battle.net (new) as Williams11B #1860.
What is the name of the account you had to register on old battle.net?

[149IN]

Not seeing you on Battle.net (new) as Williams11B #1860.
What is the name of the account you had to register on old battle.net?

i could look you up.

[149IN]

Damn I miss d2.. All about that 1.09 and earlier though

its at 1.14c now i think. all the same to me though.

[Shrubwise]

http://i.imgur.com/pWBGp1o.jpg

Get in on this, folks.

USEast

QUEST ONE THE CAVE Let's kill some little red dudes.

[Shrubwise]

Immersion is at critical levels.

http://i.imgur.com/QFxL2Ml.jpg

We are playing on USEast server. Normal ladder. We made it to Act 1, Quest 6 last night, we just finished killing The Butcher.

If ya wanna play with us tonight, get your toon to level 10-ish and get to the last quest, we have the outer cloister waypoint.

[xKoopa]

Ill play with you dudes

Idk what my account is but ill probly make a trapsin or something depending on what we need

Is this like a strictly inhouse thing? Game is way too easy if we gonna trade with other ppls imo

[149IN]

Ill play with you dudes

Idk what my account is but ill probly make a trapsin or something depending on what we need

Is this like a strictly inhouse thing? Game is way too easy if we gonna trade with other ppls imo

this game is closed to the general public, so there wont be any trading. just a fresh run through, make a toon and join us :D

[quido]

ive never played any of the ladders, i was never hardcore into diablo. running through the game once is enough for me to not touch it again for a few years.

Ladder is where it's at. I agree that at this point it's tough to stay interested in Diablo for too long, but some of the most fun you can have playing D2 is making trades early into a ladder season. When nobody has any gear and everyone is leveling up and working on survivability, the stuff you find in the game carries significant value. Add to this the fact that they eliminated a fair amount of the botting and most of the hacks, and it makes it even more interesting. Even if you want to quit soon, you can just bank up some forum gold to make things a little easier in the next ladder. You should try it.

[xKoopa]

Ladder is where it's at. I agree that at this point it's tough to stay interested in Diablo for too long, but some of the most fun you can have playing D2 is making trades early into a ladder season. When nobody has any gear and everyone is leveling up and working on survivability, the stuff you find in the game carries significant value. Add to this the fact that they eliminated a fair amount of the botting and most of the hacks, and it makes it even more interesting. Even if you want to quit soon, you can just bank up some forum gold to make things a little easier in the next ladder. You should try it.

Yup. Just playin casually for 2 weeks on a reset is enough to stack a few thousand fg

[Sirban]

Discuss forum gold?

[Aesop]

149IN

1491 Indian?

[Sirban]

One hundred and forty nine indians

[Shrubwise]

149 inches. It's a measurement.

Of his dick

[149IN]

lol, 149IN is 149th Infantry

[MrSparkle001]

It's been years since I've played this. Don't know where my disks are. I've moved on to Path Of Exile which satisfies that Diablo 2 itch even more than Diablo 2 did

I never liked how your characters were deleted from battle.net if you didn't play them, so I stopped playing online.

[AzzarTheGod]

I've moved on to Path Of Exile which satisfies that Diablo 2 itch even more than Diablo 2 did


I don't see a reason to play D2 at this point with Path of Exile out really.

Nostalgia? Better voice acting and voiceovers? Better atmosphere in D2 despite dated graphics? Music? Great item system?

[MrSparkle001]

Well music for sure. POE's music is good but D2 has the best original soundtrack ever.

Other than that, just nostalgia.

[xKoopa]

Well music for sure. POE's music is good but D2 has the best original soundtrack ever.

Other than that, just nostalgia.

p much this

i just spent a couple hours running thru to catch up with those other guys and was p fun

[mr_jon3s]

I'm down.

Foxx -- I purchased the D2 and D2 expansion pack CD codes from an online store for like $5 each. The site is now non existent (the codes worked just fine), I'm sure a quick Google search will find you a new CD key store.

Then I just used Alcohol 52% to emulate the CD's via a torrent, and bam, no CD's no problems.

If you have cd keys you can go to blizzard make an account register the cd keys and download the game from them.

[Shrubwise]

If you have cd keys you can go to blizzard make an account register the cd keys and download the game from them.

Thanks for this, you're only 23 hours too late :eek:
WTS two working CD keys :)

[Aesop]

lol, 149IN is 149th Infantry

haha cool

[AzzarTheGod]

Well music for sure. POE's music is good but D2 has the best original soundtrack ever.

Other than that, just nostalgia.

Yeah I quit D3 early. Since we have the same opinion on D2 care you share your opinion on D3's soundtrack as well?

Interested to know if I missed out.

[Nads]

Still log in occasionally to melee. My account is worth a stupid amount of money tbh.

[Shrubwise]

Although we have been playing in private games only, I've noticed that there is a *lot* of public games, specifically public games to actually walk the game (not trist runs, cow levels, rush games, etc.)

Looks like they reset the ladder in May. That would explain it.
http://us.battle.net/en/forum/topic/20743715875

Warms my heart to know they still paying attention to this classic.

[xKoopa]

^apparently they patched the dupe hacks (yea right) and some other stuff but idk if it worked

Ill have to go see if jsp is flooded with perf runewords and hybrids lol

[Spyder73]

Diablo 3 is superior to Diablo 2 in every concievable way

[xKoopa]

Diablo 3 is superior to Diablo 2 in every concievable way

diablo 3 gave me no fun

diablo 2 is still fun once a year or so

[AzzarTheGod]

diablo 3 gave me no fun

diablo 2 is still fun once a year or so

Yeah how come this guy bigged up Diablo 3? I don't see many people speaking highly of it in these D2 threads despite RoS patch allegedly being "The D2 patch"....

Real money auction house still in game? that was disgusting.

I am guessing I didn't miss out on much after I quit in the first act of D3.

[maskedmelon]

Diablo 3 is superior to Diablo 2 in every concievable way

Diablo 3 just makes you feel bad ass.



Also does a great job of making you feel rewarded with all the not-so-rare color tiered loot. Got boring though before too long :/ not sure why?

[MrSparkle001]

Diablo 3 is superior to Diablo 2 in every concievable way

It's not, at all. It may (subjectively) look better than Diablo 2, that's it.

Path Of Exile is arguably better than D2 but that's because it's spiritually it's sequel. Diablo 3 is D2's sequel in name, PoE is D2's sequel in spirit. You have to play PoE to understand.

I played the Diablo 3 beta and have seen some gameplay footage. Wasn't at all impressed when I played it. In my opinion it wasn't even worthy of being called "Diablo". Yeah it was just the beta but I knew the game would ultimately be a disappointment to true Diablo 2 (and Diablo 1) fans.

Yeah I quit D3 early. Since we have the same opinion on D2 care you share your opinion on D3's soundtrack as well?

Interested to know if I missed out.

I'm not familiar enough with Diablo 3 to comment on it's soundtrack. It's possible it's similar in epicness to D2's but I highly doubt it's better. No game's soundtrack is better.

In my opinion this track right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=layjWs2IpS4 is the single greatest video game track ever composed, and that's saying a lot because a lot of D2's tracks are epic. But Harrogath goes above and beyond. It would fit in an epic blockbuster movie.

[quido]

Diablo3 sucks

[Liegezen]

D3 is garbage unless you're just messing around with some buds on console or something. Great party game, but sucks long term.

D2 gets tedious, but the ladder resets are the only reason i still enjoy playing. It's been getting a lot of love lately. Spam bots aren't nearly as bad, but bots themselves still running strong, for now at least. Duping is not nearly as bad as it used to be, but of course it's always going to be there. Hell, D3 had dupes, hence why the RMAH was so fudged up.

overall, D2 is always fun to come back and play a bit for the ladder reset.

[Baler]

I've been too busy playing Path of Exile.

[AzzarTheGod]

I've been too busy playing Path of Exile.

I just got it.

[maskedmelon]

What is path of exile?

[DMN]

What is path of exile?

Is your internet broken?

[maskedmelon]

Is your internet broken?

I don't think so. Why?

[DMN]

Cause it sounds like you are stuck in 2001

Anyway, fuck blizzard.

[maskedmelon]

Those aren't very nice things to say :(

[DMN]

As it turns out, there is nothing nice to say about blizzard.

[Shrubwise]

Blizzard is responsible for creating some excellent games. Although in turn they have also ruined some great games, you can't just write off the whole company. Just like Sony.

[MrSparkle001]

What is path of exile?

Here's a fairly recent review, of the new league I think but still a good glimpse of the game overall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmuWo4HxR1s

[xKoopa]

Ive heard nothing but god stuff about PoE from the right crowds but im just stubborn about new stuff

It took me like 4 years before i would play league past the tutorial and i love that game now lol

[AzzarTheGod]

Ive heard nothing but god stuff about PoE from the right crowds but im just stubborn about new stuff

It took me like 4 years before i would play league past the tutorial and i love that game now lol

Most people seem to get like this as they get older about games.

It has to do with how many games were a disappointing waste of time imo.

[AzzarTheGod]

I'm not familiar enough with Diablo 3 to comment on it's soundtrack. It's possible it's similar in epicness to D2's but I highly doubt it's better. No game's soundtrack is better.

In my opinion this track right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=layjWs2IpS4 is the single greatest video game track ever composed, and that's saying a lot because a lot of D2's tracks are epic. But Harrogath goes above and beyond. It would fit in an epic blockbuster movie.

Absolutely right about that. As D3 was made with no talent or soul, I'd guess not.

Listened to the soundtrack a few times, the strings in "rogue" are amazing. Wherever there is strings work really, esp the guitar work.

[xKoopa]

Most people seem to get like this as they get older about games.

It has to do with how many games were a disappointing waste of time imo.

yea ive wasted so much time on shitty games..