Diablo II 1.10 Beta Test begins

[ChromaticOnion]

But that's only two synergies, what about the other two? Well, I believe here that Blizzard got confused over the difference between a synergy and a passive skill. Highlight Werewolf and Werebear and look under the synergies given: LYCANTHROPY! GODDAMN LYCANTHROPY!!!!!, with all the exclamation marks. But, aside from the passive bonuses given by each lovingly assigned point in Lycanthropy, does 'wolf or 'bear gain any additional bonuses, say extra AC, AR, or even a superficial colour change for their fur every level? (Yes, I dream of running around with a bright yellow Werewolf, it sure as hell would amuse the crap out of everyone) No. There is no other benefit, aside from the passive bonus of adding Lycanthropy. Well thank you Blizzard.

OK, they are doing the same thing for necros: Skeletons get bonuses from skeleton mastery and summon resist.
I guess they are reporting passive skills as a sort of "synergy" when really nothing has changed at all.

Blood Moor, Fallen, everywhere!

I, personally don't mind the fallen. but mabye that's just because I have a bunch of skeletons and a golem to despatch 'em for me. B)

Oh, and what did I say about the difficulty before? Forget about it. If I was bombing through the Den like a locomotive, then Corpsefire and his pack decided to play the role of the couch on the line. Minion HP is boosted, minion damage is boosted, and there were five of them. Ouch. I even had to run away! Unthinkable! I can't help but feel I disgraced myself somehow. Even though I was drawing one, maybe two away from their pack at a time I was still getting smacked. Hey, thank God a random Fallen had popped a (Actually pretty decent) Rare Padded Leather up on the Moor, or it would have been over a lot sooner.

Still can't find Corpsefire though, and that thought worried me as I was down to two monsters, two Zombies on the screen, and no boss yet. Guess what Blizzard have done kiddies? That's right: Bosses aren't differently coloured no more, at least in the beta. Boy was my face red as I blazed towards the final "Zombie" without paying attention and getting my ass handed back to me thanks to a poisened spectral hit. Then again, bosses don't benefit from having the little light radius in the caves, 'cause no every monster has 'em. Of course, if you want to find Corpsefire in a hurry, here's a hint - He's mute. That's right, his lips are sealed, doesn't so much as grunt. Folks, this is how you can tell this is a beta.

OK, first i like the improved unique packs, now I actually have to worry about all unique monsters instead of the one or two LEBs (the drops are really crappy though).
I dunno whats up with corpsefire, but all other uniques (except a annoying LEB yeti an the outter cloister) were a different color for me.

EDIT: the rejuv formulas are as follows:
3 rejuv --> 1 full rejuv
3 life + 3 mana + 1 chipped gem --> 1 rejuv
3 life + 3 mana + 1 normal gem --> 1 full rejuv