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By saying "get a life," you're saying that what your
own life more meaningful than that of those who are
into D2. In essence, you're insulting the entire D2
community, saying that they're wasting their time with
a stupid game while you have much better things to do.

This is also hypocrisy, since just becoming a regular
at the LL indicates quite a lot of devotion to the
game.

You're also making the assumption that no one else
"has a life." This is false. I'd venture to say that
most people here either have a job or are getting
their education, or both. They don't just play D2 day
in, day out.

However, with your argument, it seems you're assuming
that they don't have a life simply because they know a
lot about D2 (what other information do you have about
their life?). In other words, having knowledge is a
sign of "no life" and is thus a bad thing. Surely you
see the problem with this reasoning.

So, the "get a life" argument really boils down to
this:
1) See that someone knows a lot about something and is
arrogant about this.
2) Say that the subject is meaningless.
3) Say that those who know a lot about the subject are
obviously wasting their entire life on this.
4) Say that you have better things to do.
5) Assume a position of superiority because you don't
know as much about the subject and thus haven't wasted
your time on something like that.

It's a very petty and illogical argument.

Again, I'm not attacking you. I'm just answering your
question and attacking your argument.

I'm not saying that at all. You seem to be reading a lot into 3 little words. I too am very much into D2, I just have a lot

less time to play it than most other people. I have said on more than one occasion how much I love this game. And if I

wasnt into this game, why am I on this forum at all, let alone posting as much as I do to it? I love D2, and would play it

full time if I could, but unfortunately that is not an option.

I'm not making assumptions about anyone's life, but you seem to be making a lot of assumptions about me personally. I dont

assume that these people 'play D2 day in, day out' , I was simply stating how little free time I have available for the game.

I was in no way insulting anyone that does have more time to play it at all.

Further, you were saying that I was making statements about the whole D2 community, when it is pretty obvious that they were

directed at one individual poster. And when I found out that his/her comments were not directed at me, I retracted them. So

I really dont know why you are making all these assumptions about me, or what your problem with me is.

Also, that poster did not demonstrate ANY D2 knowledge by saying 'this cant be real...' at all. Surely there are people

here, such as yourself, with a lot of D2 knowledge, but I realize its very possible to know a lot about the game and still

have a life. I do see a problem with the reasoning as you interpreted it, but the problem is that it was not interpreted at

all close to how it was intended.

ok first of all nobody flamed you. you are the only
person in this thread that did any flaming at all. All
i did was point out the previous poster (who, at the
time, appeared to be purposefully giving out bad
information on, not only, this thread but a couple
others.) should be taken with a grain of salt. Much of
what that poster said didn't even have anything to do
with the point of this thread.

As for not coming here to "back up my claim" i didn't
feel like taking part in the hostility that you
brought out. Now it appears that i have to clear
things up. I still don't feel like i need to "back up
my claim" for a few reasons. First off, i think my
"claim" is completely apparant. Secondly, many other
people have already come here to back that "claim" up.
adeyke told you right off the bat what i was referring
to and whom i was speaking about. even after that you
were the one that made up a Hypothetical situation to
continue your unbased argument.

"But lets pretend he WAS referring to me for a
second."

I wasn't referring to you. If i had a problem with the
questions you were asking and felt like flaming you i
would have done it when you originally posted this
days ago, or on one of your other posts.

Regarding the poster i was replying to: I mean no
offense to you either. We all started this game in the
same spot at one time. Coming on this board and giving
advice and information when you have yet to fully
grasp the gaming environment, however, is a bad way to
start. The starting stages of playing any game is the
time for Asking questions. Not, generally, Answering
them. The name of this site isn't just a catchy name.
Many of the people that come here have been doing so
for years. Much of these users spend a majority of
their time "Lurking" in the background, taking in
information and not actually taking part in the
official conversations. I'm fairly certain that Any
question you may have regarding Diablo II has been
thoroughly discussed somewhere on these boards. It's
all out there, my recommendation to you (and any other
new player) is to take some time reading some of the
threads and filing the information to your memory. The
fastest way to become an "expert" in this game is to
frequent these boards. Like i said, the information is
there, go get it.

As for this whole issue between us, I am willing to drop it, as it was not (as it turns out) directed at me initially.

Obviously this forum is intended to share D2 information, and thats all I want to use it for. I have no problem with you,

adeyke, or anyone else on here. If you were here physically, I would offer a handshake as a peace offering. As it is, I

just say that we both drop it, and move on, and talk about this incredible game known as Diablo 2. Peace, my fellow gamer.

:)

It's 81.92 seconds regardless of level. She gains a
certain fraction of her max life each frame, so when
she has a lot of life, she regenerates it quickly. It
should always take 81.92 seconds to go from 0 to
maximum. In practice, though, there are rounding
issues, so it takes a bit longer than that. A low-life
shadow master will be more affected by this rounding
than a high-life one.

So its safe to say that regardless of her level, she will go from (almost) 0 life to full within 90 seconds? Cool. I would

think that when you have a high-level SM, it may be more economical to let her regen her life after a big battle, rather than

expend the huge amount of mana to recast her, in the field anyway.

Actually, hosting a TCP/IP game will also reroll the
map. So those characters can, too.

Good to know, so if you get ambushed, just reroll. How often do you find yourself rerolling?

I sort of thought that she can get items with
replenish life mods... can's she?

Yeah, if anyone has a link listing her abilities at a given level (beyond life, resistances, etc.) and what skills she can

use and at what level, that would be great. I used to have a link to this, but seem to have lost it.