07-07-2003, 03:22 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-07-2003, 03:28 AM by Hammerskjold.)
I have no class. Eh.. make that I have no favorite class. I enjoy playing one at any given time, but I like trying them all equally. Having said that, there are certain things with ALL classes that can always use improvements.
>Oh, and don't EVEN get me started about the "I can't solo players-8 hell" crap with me.
To me, that isn't the main point. Given enough time, my bet is there will be solo 8 in Hell in 1.1. It's only a matter of when, and who will figure out which build\item\tactics can do it first. Exactly as you mentioned when 1.08 first came out. (Though the G.P.R. in Nightmare and Hell for D2C was definitely a goof and not a planned feature iirc.)
My minor beef is really with blizzards P.R. spiel. I thought I read that one of their goals for Hell mode was to make it so "challenging" that a team is needed to tackle it. Some people interpret that as soloing 8 in hell is now dead. Actually I'll let the ASummit answer that one.
http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/basics/ex...xperience.shtml
>Do you get any extra or bonus experience for being in a party?
Yes.
I'm guessing this is their way to promote party play. Fair enough.
>Monster Experience In Multiplayer Games
Monsters' experience value and Hit Points will change with the number of players in the game. When more people join a game, the monsters become harder, and as they leave the game, the monsters become easier. For the ultimate challenge, fight solo against monsters on Hell difficulty in an 8-player game.
I understand they never said "Guaranteed to be ABLE to strut around like a God on steroids while soloing in Hell 8". All they said is the choice is there if you want it. (Which by the way, I think is great. Giving more choices like this to players is a good thing in my books.) But this seems like the old "we are against the concept of muling. By the way, here's how you do it if you want to risk muling yourself, create a realm game..."
And I'm guessing the amount of "whining" you see is exactly because this game is so popular, and therefore so closely scrutinized. (I still enjoy playing D2C and the occasional LoD, warts and all. Though I still like D1 even more. :) Chances are there's very little whining done on a game like "Space bunnies must die!".
>Oh, and don't EVEN get me started about the "I can't solo players-8 hell" crap with me.
To me, that isn't the main point. Given enough time, my bet is there will be solo 8 in Hell in 1.1. It's only a matter of when, and who will figure out which build\item\tactics can do it first. Exactly as you mentioned when 1.08 first came out. (Though the G.P.R. in Nightmare and Hell for D2C was definitely a goof and not a planned feature iirc.)
My minor beef is really with blizzards P.R. spiel. I thought I read that one of their goals for Hell mode was to make it so "challenging" that a team is needed to tackle it. Some people interpret that as soloing 8 in hell is now dead. Actually I'll let the ASummit answer that one.
http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/basics/ex...xperience.shtml
>Do you get any extra or bonus experience for being in a party?
Yes.
I'm guessing this is their way to promote party play. Fair enough.
>Monster Experience In Multiplayer Games
Monsters' experience value and Hit Points will change with the number of players in the game. When more people join a game, the monsters become harder, and as they leave the game, the monsters become easier. For the ultimate challenge, fight solo against monsters on Hell difficulty in an 8-player game.
I understand they never said "Guaranteed to be ABLE to strut around like a God on steroids while soloing in Hell 8". All they said is the choice is there if you want it. (Which by the way, I think is great. Giving more choices like this to players is a good thing in my books.) But this seems like the old "we are against the concept of muling. By the way, here's how you do it if you want to risk muling yourself, create a realm game..."
And I'm guessing the amount of "whining" you see is exactly because this game is so popular, and therefore so closely scrutinized. (I still enjoy playing D2C and the occasional LoD, warts and all. Though I still like D1 even more. :) Chances are there's very little whining done on a game like "Space bunnies must die!".