Hell is starting to frost. Diablo 2: LOD 1.10 (beta) released!

Incitatus

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Within the hour if my timestamp reading skills are up to par. I'm installing the game now. Wooo! :D

If anyone wants to join me..?



edit: title clarified
 

Nocturnal

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Man I hope and pray my account is still active. Otherwise I'll have to beg people to rush me through hell again.
 

stonecold3169

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Originally posted by: pray4mojo
Why is this patch so exciting?

because it's a year and a half in the making, and it's supposed to make signifcant changes to the game, significant enough that many people are calling it a free expansion pack.
 

Ns1

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some of us are lazy, anbyody wanna post up what they changed?
 

Incitatus

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There is no changelist yet. Supposedly that'll be in a day or two. There are TONS of new stuff. Lots of new items, all the skills have been rebalanced and boosted and stuff. Before there a few main kinds of players because certain skills were way more powerful than others. ie: you'd save all your Skill points ("upgrade" points) until level 30 when you got the strong stuff unlocked. Now, all of the low level skills boost the higher level skills, so there are no/few "wasted" points, because your weak stuff adds damage to the strong stuff you get later, etc.

If that made sense.


Edit: LOD is installing now. Should I wait up for anyone/does anyone want to get in my game?
 

duragezic

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NOOOOOO! Please... don't make me install DIablo 2 + LOD again... I've lost so many accounts over the years from inactivitiy but then I just start playing again.. :frown: :Q :)
 

Incitatus

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Originally posted by: pray4mojo
Oh oh lemme guess...they nerfed firewall??

IIRC they did that a while ago. Firewall was strong but it is (was) now only used as an afterthought to Frozen Orb+Nova.

eagle, yeah. But this time, I can stop whenever I want. Really.
 

Nocturnal

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I'm not home for another couple of hours. I'll definately post here when I get it installed and ready to go.
 

Incitatus

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Originally posted by: Nocturnal
I'm not home for another couple of hours. I'll definately post here when I get it installed and ready to go.

Its midnight here and I'm tired as hell. But I'll probably be up and playing when you get home :D

I'll alt-tab frequently; hopefully we can get a few people in one game. So much more fun that way.
 

Incitatus

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Here is the readme. Not too much exciting:

WELCOME TO THE DIABLO II: LORD OF DESTRUCTION PATCH 1.10 BETA
We are pleased to be putting Diablo II:LoD patch 1.10 through its paces and we hope that you enjoy this experience as well.

This Diablo II:LoD 1.10 Beta includes nearly all of the final patch's items, monsters, and player character skill improvements. However, it is playable only in two modes - Single Player and Other Multiplayer=>TCP/IP Game. Excluded from this Beta are (1) support for Diablo II Classic, and (3) all Battle.net-related features of the final 1.10 patch - including Battle.net Realm games/characters, 1.10 Ladder games/characters, as well as Battle.net Open games.

The principal purpose of this Beta is to test this version of the 1.10 patch for bugs. Please realize that the Beta Patch isn't final - there are balance issues in this beta, which we intend to address for the final version. Of course, we appreciate all suggestions about play-balance and patch features. However, these issues are not the principal focus of the Beta and may or may not be acted upon by Blizzard Entertainment.

INSTALLING AND PLAYING THE 1.10 BETA PATCH
You must have installed Diablo II: Lord of Destruction before installing the 1.10 Beta patch. After downloading the Diablo II 1.10 Beta patch to your Windows desktop, double-click on it to run it. The installer automatically backs up both your 1.09 executable files and Single Player/TCP/IP/Open Game characters to a folder named '109 Backup' inside your Diablo II folder before applying the 1.10 Beta patch to your copy of Diablo II.

Run Diablo II:LoD as normal. Choose "Single Player" or "Other Multiplayer" followed by "TCP/IP Game". Have fun!

NOTE: The EULA for Diablo II: Lord of Destruction applies to this Beta patch with its full force and effect.

HOW TO GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK
Please send bug reports to DII110Beta@blizzard.com. Report any and all bugs, in as clear and complete a manner as possible. Describe, as best you can, exactly what occurred leading up to the discovery of the bug. If you can re-create the bug by following an exact set of steps, please do so and describe how to e-create the bug. Please include the following files from your Diablo II folder with your bug report: error messages, log files, character files, and screenshots if available. The log file is in the format "D2YYMMDD" -- for example, the file 'D2030619' is a log from June 19, 2003. Your character save file begins with the name of your character and ends in the extension ".d2s".

You may also access the DII 1.10 Beta Forum to report bugs, add comments to other reports, or ask questions of and look for answers from the Blizzard 1.10 Patch Team.

THE VOLUME OF YOUR FEEDBACK MAY MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE DIABLO II 1.10 PATCH TEAM TO RESPOND TO EACH EMAIL OR POSTING. THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT BLIZZARD TECHNICAL SUPPORT WITH BUG REPORTS, COMMENTS, OR GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DII 1.10 BETA PATCH. USE THE FORUM AND THE EMAIL ADDRESS GIVEN ABOVE.

REVERTING TO VERSION 1.09 AND GETTING THE FINAL 1.10 PATCH
You may play the Beta as long as you like. However, in order to play the final 1.10 patch on the Realms, you must first remove the Beta patch by exiting Diablo II and double-clicking on the file 'RevertTo109.bat' in your Diablo II folder. This will restore your original 1.09 Single Player/Open characters and copy your 1.10 Beta characters to a new folder called '110 Beta Backup\Save'. When the final 1.10 patch release has been announced on www.blizzard.com, log onto Battle.net with Diablo II to automatically download and install it.

PLAYING 1.10 BETA CHARACTERS WITH THE FINAL 1.10 PATCH
Although we will try to maintain compatibility, DII 1.10 Beta characters may not be compatible with the final version of patch 1.10.

WARNING: Blizzard Entertainment cannot be responsible for any errors you make in the process of copying, nor can Technical Support assist you with any problems that may develop, if you elect to attempt to play 1.10 Beta characters in the final 1.10 patch. You do so at your own risk.

PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT BLIZZARD TECHNICAL SUPPORT WITH BUG REPORTS, COMMENTS, OR GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DII 1.10 BETA PATCH. USE THE FORUM AND THE EMAIL ADDRESS GIVEN ABOVE.

DO NOT GIVE YOUR CD KEYS TO ANYONE.
BLIZZARD EMPLOYEES WILL NOT ASK YOU FOR THEM.
 

EMPshockwave82

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I've played this patch for 10-15 hours, mostly testing the higher level characters...

This patch=worst patch ever. If you want to go back on bnet, have fun reinstalling the game cuz that's what it takes. If you like getting uniques, you wont like this game anymore. I killed Baal 4 times (first time for the char each time), did a bunch of cows, and more, all finding one uniqe...the ceantuarian, a hard leather armor. I used a character editor because i wanted to check out the hell portion of the game, and my 99 zon with all skills at 20, doing about 30000 damage, killed ALMOST all the cows in one hit. anyone who said necros are good now, is wrong. corpse explosion is all that can kill. The damage of all the spells is greatly increased, but the life and resistances of the enemies is so disproportional its awfull. I would also like to stress the point that I was playing in a one player game, i dont even want to think about what happens when im joined by 7 others. i have been playing diablo 2 since it came out, if this patch doesn't change from the beta version, it is certain that I and a few others I know, will never play this game again.
 

Vortex22

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Originally posted by: EMPshockwave82
This patch=worst patch ever. If you want to go back on bnet, have fun reinstalling the game cuz that's what it takes.

Nope. All you have to do is run "RevertTo109.bat" which is included in the patch file and is in your Diablo2 folder. You can go back and forth as many times as you like.

And they made the game challenging. Now you actually have to put some effort into staying alive, which is what it was like in the original D2. The unique drops for the bosses are only good the 1st time you kill them, so you cant be lame and do Mephisto runs all day. The drops of normal monsters are much better now though.