03-08-2004, 07:28 AM
The soj messages you see are always the result of someone, somewhere, selling an soj. It probably wasnt you, but it could have been ... there is no mistake, someone sold it on the off chance that it would spawn diablo clone so that he could kill and get himself an annihilus charm.
It seems that I need to help out with debunking a serious number of myths and plain silly techniques that I've seen in this single post here in LL, and first off, I shall start with several idle tricks ...
OC trick: (outer cloister waypoint)
Get outer cloister waypoint from a friend, clear outer cloister waypoint (or have it cleared for you)
Go to the main entry door to the main section of the outer cloister (the huge room with the waypoint)
Make sure the door is closed ... stand against the wall to the right of the door, and click on the door ONE time. If you are stuck running, you did it right, and need to do nothing else... game will stay active till the server crashes the game or your computer glitches and you lose connection (personal record, 28.4 hours)
This particular trick is useful for mules, since it takes place in just act 1 and can be done in normal as well as hell difficulty (to wait for clone to walk)
Stash trick: (in act 5 town)
Go to the small platform just over the stash .. with the 2 small sets of stairs leading up to it ...
first, center yourself directly above the stash, and then move about 2 steps left... from there, click the stash ONE time and you should be stuck running. If you run down the steps to the stash, go back up, and move a little in the opposite direction that you ran, and try again. This is quite useful for waiting out the diablo clone in a hell game, as you do not have to idle out of town and risk being killed.
Now, for the diablo clone ... there are servers on every realm that host games of diablo2 lod version 1.10 ... in softcore, hardcore, ladder and non-ladder...
ANY TIME AN SOJ IS SOLD ON A SERVER EVERY GAME ON THAT SERVER GETS THE MESSAGE
D Clone will only show up in Hell games ... you get the message saying that "Diablo walks the earth" and the screen darkens and shakes.
You see the message in normal and nightmare games, but the clone does not appear in those games.
There were several bugs that allowed you to easily kill the diablo clone, one of which involved Shenk (kill shenk, everything near him dies ....) most of these have been patched server-side... they no longer work (as of about 4 months ago, I believe).
Each realm has game servers from .30 to .90, and .125 to .195 ... that's 130 servers that each have quite a large number of games running ...
If you make a non-ladder game on server .37, and sell .... about 70 to 120 sojs is the average ... you will most likely walk the diablo clone, but you need to have friends in a hell game ON THAT SAME SERVER to tell you when you stop selling sojs. Havin friends in server .137 does not work, and neither does .36 ... close is like horseshoes and hand grenades .. you throw both, but only one goes boom.
Prevent monster heal is a very useful thing to have vs the clone, as he regenerates well over 100 hp per second. But, if you leave the monster's line of sight, his regeneration will kick back in fairly quickly. It is quite possible to kill the clone WITHOUT PMH, but it is very difficult for most people .... 14k blizzard takes about 2 minutes to kill him without PMH. A maxed CS javazon, on the other hand .... with excellent gear and setup for tanking the clone, can take him down in TWENTY-TWO SECONDS OR LESS... which fairly beats out a 8k hammerdin at an average of 30 seconds....
uhh... what else ....
Well, if you have any further questions on the clone, just ask away :P
Btw, I've solo killed or helped to kill 86 diablo clones, 34 of the annis passed through my hands ... I own 7, I gave the rest away. Do not ask me for free annis ... they go to my friends who need them and have never seen the clone in their entire time on bnet, nor will they ever, in most likelihood...
Skie_M
Stormbaron of Marduke Empire
It seems that I need to help out with debunking a serious number of myths and plain silly techniques that I've seen in this single post here in LL, and first off, I shall start with several idle tricks ...
OC trick: (outer cloister waypoint)
Get outer cloister waypoint from a friend, clear outer cloister waypoint (or have it cleared for you)
Go to the main entry door to the main section of the outer cloister (the huge room with the waypoint)
Make sure the door is closed ... stand against the wall to the right of the door, and click on the door ONE time. If you are stuck running, you did it right, and need to do nothing else... game will stay active till the server crashes the game or your computer glitches and you lose connection (personal record, 28.4 hours)
This particular trick is useful for mules, since it takes place in just act 1 and can be done in normal as well as hell difficulty (to wait for clone to walk)
Stash trick: (in act 5 town)
Go to the small platform just over the stash .. with the 2 small sets of stairs leading up to it ...
first, center yourself directly above the stash, and then move about 2 steps left... from there, click the stash ONE time and you should be stuck running. If you run down the steps to the stash, go back up, and move a little in the opposite direction that you ran, and try again. This is quite useful for waiting out the diablo clone in a hell game, as you do not have to idle out of town and risk being killed.
Now, for the diablo clone ... there are servers on every realm that host games of diablo2 lod version 1.10 ... in softcore, hardcore, ladder and non-ladder...
ANY TIME AN SOJ IS SOLD ON A SERVER EVERY GAME ON THAT SERVER GETS THE MESSAGE
D Clone will only show up in Hell games ... you get the message saying that "Diablo walks the earth" and the screen darkens and shakes.
You see the message in normal and nightmare games, but the clone does not appear in those games.
There were several bugs that allowed you to easily kill the diablo clone, one of which involved Shenk (kill shenk, everything near him dies ....) most of these have been patched server-side... they no longer work (as of about 4 months ago, I believe).
Each realm has game servers from .30 to .90, and .125 to .195 ... that's 130 servers that each have quite a large number of games running ...
If you make a non-ladder game on server .37, and sell .... about 70 to 120 sojs is the average ... you will most likely walk the diablo clone, but you need to have friends in a hell game ON THAT SAME SERVER to tell you when you stop selling sojs. Havin friends in server .137 does not work, and neither does .36 ... close is like horseshoes and hand grenades .. you throw both, but only one goes boom.
Prevent monster heal is a very useful thing to have vs the clone, as he regenerates well over 100 hp per second. But, if you leave the monster's line of sight, his regeneration will kick back in fairly quickly. It is quite possible to kill the clone WITHOUT PMH, but it is very difficult for most people .... 14k blizzard takes about 2 minutes to kill him without PMH. A maxed CS javazon, on the other hand .... with excellent gear and setup for tanking the clone, can take him down in TWENTY-TWO SECONDS OR LESS... which fairly beats out a 8k hammerdin at an average of 30 seconds....
uhh... what else ....
Well, if you have any further questions on the clone, just ask away :P
Btw, I've solo killed or helped to kill 86 diablo clones, 34 of the annis passed through my hands ... I own 7, I gave the rest away. Do not ask me for free annis ... they go to my friends who need them and have never seen the clone in their entire time on bnet, nor will they ever, in most likelihood...
Skie_M
Stormbaron of Marduke Empire