What's the current state of Diablo II when it comes to cheating/scamming/duping?

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: Martimus
I am pretty sure that Diablo 1 was the original MMO, and not UO or EQ, since it was release long before either of these.

It wasn't massive, therefore not an MMO.

 

[CottonRabbit]

Duping in Diablo 1 was different because the duping method was commonly known and anyone could dupe, also there was 1 godly item that made everything else obsolete. Nowadays, Diablo 2 duping is very secretive and when a method becomes publicly known, it's usually shutdown very quickly.

In general, duping in D2 doesn't destroy gameplay.

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
Couldnt they make a system where each item has a hidden code attached to it that had to be validated by Battle.net or something or it doesnt work? Should get rid of a lot of the duping.

Blizzard has a system that deletes dupes/hacked items. However, only once have they committed resources to running a major "rust storm" to wipe out dupes. Right now they have a passive system that will periodically delete dupes. This all leads makes me hopeful that an updated version of Warden could largely eliminate dupes in D3.

 

[Robert Munch]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca

Originally posted by: Martimus
I am pretty sure that Diablo 1 was the original MMO, and not UO or EQ, since it was release long before either of these.

It wasn't massive, therefore not an MMO.

:roll: fail.

 

[JoPh]

why does everyone hate duping and bots and maphacks so much?

i guess it really doesnt bother me that much. oh well. i never used any. i guess cause i wasnt really big into trading or whatnot. i just played to play. i always hated doing trades.

 

[FuryofFive]

i miss d2/lod i think im gonna play it tonite, ty u all for ruining my day lol jk 🙂

 

[irishScott]

This is why I simply won't trade.

 

[FuryofFive]

heh good gear, is good gear lol, i dun care hah
but yeah i never traded with anyone to begin with, just always played with little brother

 

[Shlong]

Originally posted by: JoPh

Originally posted by: Shlong
My D2 online experience was somewhat spoiled because of a duper friend. Before LOD, he would give me hundreds of soj's and dual leech / dual stat rings, amulets, boots, gloves, etc. In LOD later he would give me all sorts of elite items - the green shako, grandfathers sword, arkaines armor, etc. Before he duped in LOD and around the 1.08/1.09 patch I actually found a Windforce Bow from one of my magic runs, I sold that on ebay for $400 - $500 (this was before duping was prevelant in the expansion).

wtf. 400?? thats freakin retarded. jesus.

I've seen a Grandfather's sword fetch $700 and Arkaine's armor near $1000. Some people made their living off of Diablo 2 alone.

 

[Martimus]

Originally posted by: Shlong

Originally posted by: JoPh

Originally posted by: Shlong
My D2 online experience was somewhat spoiled because of a duper friend. Before LOD, he would give me hundreds of soj's and dual leech / dual stat rings, amulets, boots, gloves, etc. In LOD later he would give me all sorts of elite items - the green shako, grandfathers sword, arkaines armor, etc. Before he duped in LOD and around the 1.08/1.09 patch I actually found a Windforce Bow from one of my magic runs, I sold that on ebay for $400 - $500 (this was before duping was prevelant in the expansion).

wtf. 400?? thats freakin retarded. jesus.

I've seen a Grandfather's sword fetch $700 and Arkaine's armor near $1000. Some people made their living off of Diablo 2 alone.

Wow, I remember finding Arkaines Armor playing the game. I wouldn't think someone would pay me to give it to them.

 

[JoPh]

Originally posted by: Shlong

Originally posted by: JoPh

Originally posted by: Shlong
My D2 online experience was somewhat spoiled because of a duper friend. Before LOD, he would give me hundreds of soj's and dual leech / dual stat rings, amulets, boots, gloves, etc. In LOD later he would give me all sorts of elite items - the green shako, grandfathers sword, arkaines armor, etc. Before he duped in LOD and around the 1.08/1.09 patch I actually found a Windforce Bow from one of my magic runs, I sold that on ebay for $400 - $500 (this was before duping was prevelant in the expansion).

wtf. 400?? thats freakin retarded. jesus.

I've seen a Grandfather's sword fetch $700 and Arkaine's armor near $1000. Some people made their living off of Diablo 2 alone.

is this is why i would rather have a duped/hacked item instead. lol thats so dumb people paying that much. hahahahahaahah