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Diablo 2: Resurrected |OT| Angels and Demons? Sanctuary much.
Vagswarm
Member
Damn, no wonder why the merc was dying all of the time. All of her equipment was trash by Nightmare standards. Upgraded everything to exceptional quality... The chainmail chest piece went from 138 to 365 armor! The bow went from 9-20 to 24-56 damage. Such a great use of all those perfect gems and runes. Now I have to survive, cause they've been all used up. lol
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Malakhov
Banned
I don't care, I sell my stuff there and buy what I need with it. Way easier than to waste time trying to trade
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Come On Tars
Member
respecced into frozen orb fireball build. its nuts. An orb cutting through a mob is so satisfying
Roll Fizzlebeef
Member
Thanks ill be checking that out tomorrow. Found 3 ravenfrost rings tonight. Must be worth somethin lolbeing using discord, there is a PlayStation section + xbox section for trading etc, used it a couple of times already
try this, hope it helps
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sankt-Antonio
:^)--?-<
Was able to craft a „heart of the oak“ flail for my Hammeredin yesterday. I’m 4% shy of having 125% faster cast rate. Damn it.
All boots, gloves and belts I got are utter trash.
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And EU PS5 Servers are down again.
All boots, gloves and belts I got are utter trash.
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And EU PS5 Servers are down again.
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Con_Z_ǝdʇ
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Can someone enlighten me why the cube recipe for crafting a ring doesn't work?
Ring + Jewel + Per. Amethyst + Amn Rune
I used something similar for an amulet with a different rune and it worked. The internet tells me it should work but it doesn't. What do i miss?
Ring + Jewel + Per. Amethyst + Amn Rune
I used something similar for an amulet with a different rune and it worked. The internet tells me it should work but it doesn't. What do i miss?
JohnSpartanLee
Member
Just create an offline character until online runs better (glad I never got an online char anyway).
You can try to get an HC char to lvl99.
No rollback, no stutter, no queues if you play offline.
You can try to get an HC char to lvl99.
No rollback, no stutter, no queues if you play offline.
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sircaw
Banned
make sure the jewel and the ring are blue items(magic) not rare(yellow) that's my best quess.
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Con_Z_ǝdʇ
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Jup that was it. Thanks!
TheDarkPhantom
Gold Member
Did you make an Ancient's Pledge shield? Combine that with a Prismatic Amulet (you can craft it) Smoke armor (2 socket body armor, low level runes Nef, Lum), these 3 pieces alone will give you a huge boost to resistances.
I'm at the end of Act 2 on Hell, it's been a big challenge but keep at it. Also, I've barely farmed for anything, you should get enough good gear to use just playing naturally. Don't be afraid to experiment with Mercs. In 1 area that had physical resists (my build is almost pure physical DMG) I used an Act 3 lightning Merc to take out those enemies from afar while I stunned and tanked them. Next area had lightning resists so I switched that Merc out to the ice version, play around and see what works.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Craft a prismatic gem. Get a perfect gem of each color and 1 amulet.
you can roll res all+20 on it.
Vagswarm
Member
I can't believe how on point everything in this game is. Every single stat, item, and skill makes such a big difference. I'll be getting my ass kicked (like usual), then switch out a few items, gain a couple levels, add some defense (a Barbarian skill) and vitality, and boom, right back in the game. Even just changing or adding one of those can make you last longer or kill mobs quicker. Same goes for the merc.
Feels good to know you don't have to start all over once things get tough, because there's usually a gap that you can fill somewhere. Even if it might not seem like it... at one point I switched out a vitality item for defense, thinking no big deal, but damn was it a noticeable difference.
Feels good to know you don't have to start all over once things get tough, because there's usually a gap that you can fill somewhere. Even if it might not seem like it... at one point I switched out a vitality item for defense, thinking no big deal, but damn was it a noticeable difference.
Con_Z_ǝdʇ
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I already have the prismatic amulet with +19 but didn't used it in nightmare because my other amulet gives me a nice boost for faster cast rate and other things. Next time i switch to hell i will use it. Neither Ancient's Pledge nor Smoke. I have a hard time to find socketed gear. Farmed the cows for a good base shield or armor and tried to add some sockets via the cube since i'm out of the Larzuk quest but everytime it is the wrong amount of sockets and now i'm out of runes. My gear isn't bad but some parts are outdated. Still hanging on to my stealth armor which is not to good in its defence but has some nice additional stats. It is also quite rare to get a nice orb that is tailored for a lightning sorceress.
I do use different mercs for different situations. Much easier with them!
The suggestions are good though and i will keep at it.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Put fcr on rings.. swap em around on the spot for certain areas.. res+ to what you need.
hell felt like trying to kick a moving train at first..
now i am cutting into act 3
Roll Fizzlebeef
Member
Broken ass fucking game. It lagged causing me to die from something off screen. Trying to get my body back i only managed to pick up everything but my memory rune word. Died again before i could get it. Server crashed. And it wasnt on what was left of my body. Gone for good. I have what it takes to make another but seriously fuckin stupid
Fuck you activision
Fuck you activision
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I collect VHS tapes
Member
The rng in this game is so ridiculous
nothing for 2 days, then I get a shako immediately followed by an arachnid
3rd shako so far, first arachnid tho
nothing for 2 days, then I get a shako immediately followed by an arachnid
3rd shako so far, first arachnid tho
TheDarkPhantom
Gold Member
PSA: there is something called OFFLINE mode, no server crashes, no rollback, no lag, no bullshit, works 100% of the time. Unless you're playing with actual friends I don't know why anyone would want to subject themselves to the frustrations of playing online. Trading? Nah, earn that shit yourself lol.
Made it to Act III on Hell, feels good. Act II was super tough in spots mainly due to the summoner enemies in various tombs, it would resurrect/summon AND heal skeletons faster than I could kill them, got to the point where in certain tombs I'd just try to run past all the riff raff and get to the objective, Act III is already going a lot smoother
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Made it to Act III on Hell, feels good. Act II was super tough in spots mainly due to the summoner enemies in various tombs, it would resurrect/summon AND heal skeletons faster than I could kill them, got to the point where in certain tombs I'd just try to run past all the riff raff and get to the objective, Act III is already going a lot smoother
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Kaachan
Member
Been trying since launch to get a soj
treemk
Banned
I can't believe Blizzard thought they could just slap a global database behind the old netcode and call it day, well actually current Blizz I can.
This launch is a disaster, we have no ETA on when the server issues will be fixed when they should be starting the first season now. I have a feeling the server fix will end being that enough people left the game more than actually fixing it.
Meanwhile PoE is rolling out a new season this week and its hyped up to be their best one yet.
This launch is a disaster, we have no ETA on when the server issues will be fixed when they should be starting the first season now. I have a feeling the server fix will end being that enough people left the game more than actually fixing it.
Meanwhile PoE is rolling out a new season this week and its hyped up to be their best one yet.
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existensmaximum
Member
Heads up, I just installed the latest patch.. The game has frozen twice now and nullified hours of progress on my save. Playing offline. Suddenly, the screen just turned black, the music continues and the Diablo II logo shows together with the loading-icon but nothing happens.
Edit: Playing on PS5
Edit: Playing on PS5
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Con_Z_ǝdʇ
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PC or consoles?
existensmaximum
Member
Ah, PS5!
Con_Z_ǝdʇ
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JohnSpartanLee
Member
Can confirm. Game was running too well offline - they had to patch that with a black screen.
EDIT: Found a workaround:
us.forums.blizzard.com
EDIT: Found a workaround:
Solved Blackscreen issues/Offline
Hello. PS5: disconnect your Network, start the game, enter your offline game, reconnect to your Network if you want. No more Blackscreens. Im pretty sure What happen is, the timer from your queue, even if you press cancel runs in the Background, and as soon as your Queue timer hits 0, you get...
us.forums.blizzard.com
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existensmaximum
Member
Haha, is that gif from The Garbage Pail Kids Movie..?
existensmaximum
Member
Thanks, will try tomorrow! What a disaster.Can confirm. Game was running too well offline - they had to patch that with a black screen.
EDIT: Found a workaround:
Solved Blackscreen issues/Offline
Hello. PS5: disconnect your Network, start the game, enter your offline game, reconnect to your Network if you want. No more Blackscreens. Im pretty sure What happen is, the timer from your queue, even if you press cancel runs in the Background, and as soon as your Queue timer hits 0, you get...
Con_Z_ǝdʇ
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Big trouble in little china.Haha, is that gif from The Garbage Pail Kids Movie..?
xellos2099alpha
Member
I play it on my pc connect to my 4k tv for 4k60fps and it look and play great. I turn on the legacy and it look completrly terrible, was it this bad when it was on pc back then?
Kacho
Gold Member
This happened to me earlier today on Xbox. I could still hear the audio and could see the menu cursor when I opened the menu. Really strange. I let the game save before closing so I didn’t lose progress at least.Can confirm. Game was running too well offline - they had to patch that with a black screen.
EDIT: Found a workaround:
Solved Blackscreen issues/Offline
Hello. PS5: disconnect your Network, start the game, enter your offline game, reconnect to your Network if you want. No more Blackscreens. Im pretty sure What happen is, the timer from your queue, even if you press cancel runs in the Background, and as soon as your Queue timer hits 0, you get...
TheDarkPhantom
Gold Member
Good to know, I won't install the update, thanks.
Vagswarm
Member
Are elite weapons & armor of rare & unique quality hard to obtain when you get to Hell difficulty? Because looking at this rune list is a total nightmare. To get a Fal rune, you need 3 Ko runes, which requires 3 Lum runes, which requires 3 Lo runes, which requires 3 Hel runes.... and that's not even all of it. These tiers are massive and I only have mostly the low level ones on Nightmare. And the Fal rune is just 1 of the two runes needed to go from exceptional to elite on a rare weapon upgrade!
Is upgrading items manually not recommended? Because this would seriously take a long time to upgrade everything. (I currently have no elite items.)
Is upgrading items manually not recommended? Because this would seriously take a long time to upgrade everything. (I currently have no elite items.)
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TheDarkPhantom
Gold Member
I've upgraded 1 weapon to elite (which I've been using since Act III NIGHTMARE, now halfway through Act III HELL) and 1 piece of armour to elite (no longer using). Got the runes for everything naturally during my run through Normal, no farming. It's absolutely worth upgrading stuff, can have a huge and immediate impact. Rockfleece armour I upgraded went from 220 DEF to 560 for example, that's more than double. Just have to be mindful of spending those precious runes and keep in mind it's only the ATK/DEF that increases, *all other bonuses stay the same!*
EDIT: and I'm not quite sure if I've seen any elite tier drops on Hell yet, maybe
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Vagswarm
Member
Wow, that's really surprising to hear. I'm looking at the list of required runes and the required runes within those runes, and I have none of them! lol. It's bad man.I've upgraded 1 weapon to elite (which I've been using since Act III NIGHTMARE, now halfway through Act III HELL) and 1 piece of armour to elite (no longer using). Got the runes for everything naturally during my run through Normal, no farming. It's absolutely worth upgrading stuff, can have a huge and immediate impact. Rockfleece armour I upgrade went from 220 DEF to 560 for example, that's more than double. Just have to be mindful of spending those precious runes and keep in mind it's only the ATK/DEF that increases, *all other bonuses stay the same!*
EDIT: and I'm not quite sure if I've seen any elite tier drops on Hell yet, maybe
But damn, that sounds awesome. Congrats on getting those. I was hoping you'd say it's not worth it and elites drop like rain in Hell, thanks for ruining my whole day.
Edit: Thanks for the reply. Guess I'm gonna get started with upgrading these Amn runes, from the way bottom. I definitely have a lot of those.
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TheDarkPhantom
Gold Member
All I can tell you is that I fully explore every single map, open every single chest, break every single crate/urn etc (actually found a good handful of runes this way). Good luck!Wow, that's really surprising to hear. I'm looking at the list of required runes and the required runes within those runes, and I have none of them! lol. It's bad man.
But damn, that sounds awesome. Congrats on getting those. I was hoping you'd say it's not worth it and elites drop like rain in Hell, thanks for ruining my whole day.
Edit: Thanks for the reply. Guess I'm gonna get started with upgrading these Amn runes, from the way bottom. I definitely have a lot of those.
Vagswarm
Member
Same here. And I repeat areas quite often when I quit and return. At least up until late Act II on Nightmare, I haven't gotten many good runes. I did get a few Hel and 1 Shael rune but that's about it. Still have at least 5 tiers up to go (with 3x runes needed for each tier).
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JohnSpartanLee
Member
On PS4&5 you can comfortably disable the network connection in the system settings, start the game with your offline character and then enable network again (if you need it).
Should work on Xbox as well.
That's how I play, too. Pure old school, no Pindle- or Baal-runs. You find plenty of runes and uniques just by exploring everything.
For ladder-play that's way too slow though which is why I'll never be successful there (I have to explore and collect everything).
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TheDarkPhantom
Gold Member
Yup, I can't imagine doing hundreds of runs in the same area just hoping for something to drop, sounds mind-numbingly boring lol, you'll get so much good stuff just playing naturally and the game will be 1000x more enjoyable.
Vagswarm
Member
Perfect Topaz? I haven't found perfect anything... it all came from transmuting 3 flawless gems together. Which drop all the time in Nightmare with /players 8. If you find a gem shrine, you can also instantly turn a flawless into a perfect.
You're welcome shitbag.
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Lanrutcon
Member
Vagswarm
Member
For real though, I've had countless flawless gems drop but not 1 perfect one. Ended up with so many perfect's from transmuting that I had to sell a bunch to the vendor. Give it a try.
Early on you can also do normal to flawless to perfect. I didn't even bother with anything lower than that, 'cause it wasn't necessary.
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Lanrutcon
Member
Yeah, I know about the cubing. I'm having shit luck with flawless/perfects. I'm running NM cows for speed and then hunting gem shrines to upgrade what I find, but so few topazes of any quality. My online necro was swimming in the things. Lord.
Vagswarm
Member
Ah, I've had a ton drop from the open desert areas in Act II Nightmare. Been there for a while now and they're still falling.
Vagswarm
Member
If you're on singleplayer (Nightmare or Hell) and want to refresh the map for whatever reason, you can do so by going back to Normal difficulty then Nightmare or Hell again. I just went back to Normal to get some chipped gems and all of the areas were refreshed. Same for when I went back to Nightmare after.
Although it's right on the help menu, using shift + 1-4 uses up the potion on your merc automatically. Instead of having to drag and drop it over their menu on the top left corner.
Although it's right on the help menu, using shift + 1-4 uses up the potion on your merc automatically. Instead of having to drag and drop it over their menu on the top left corner.