07-16-2003, 12:31 AM
It seems to me so far that the Patch has done a reasonable job of making the game difficult but possible for single player no twink while also making it interesting enough for very well equipped high level parties playing in teams
Granted you can play over-powered characters but I haven't yet seen anyone claim they can play while watching telly which you could certainly do with some builds in 1.09
The character I started last Friday at level 1 is now level 68 in Hell. Untwinked, single player except for a little tcp/ip in Normal. Hasn't died yet, hasn't come close, I'm cautiously optimistic I'll get him through the rest of the game without dying
My main concern is that melee characters might have too hard a time of it. My only death so far was a Barb against the Infector, although to be honest I misplayed my character. (Tanked instead of taunted).
I have to say I'm really really enjoying it, there's a very fresh feel
Lastly no matter how over-powered certain set-ups become the Ladder reset could be a great leveller. I suspect that for people wanting balance and challenge the Ladder games will be the venue of choice and for people wanting cheaply tradeable uberness the non-Ladder games will continue to supply
Granted you can play over-powered characters but I haven't yet seen anyone claim they can play while watching telly which you could certainly do with some builds in 1.09
The character I started last Friday at level 1 is now level 68 in Hell. Untwinked, single player except for a little tcp/ip in Normal. Hasn't died yet, hasn't come close, I'm cautiously optimistic I'll get him through the rest of the game without dying
My main concern is that melee characters might have too hard a time of it. My only death so far was a Barb against the Infector, although to be honest I misplayed my character. (Tanked instead of taunted).
I have to say I'm really really enjoying it, there's a very fresh feel
Lastly no matter how over-powered certain set-ups become the Ladder reset could be a great leveller. I suspect that for people wanting balance and challenge the Ladder games will be the venue of choice and for people wanting cheaply tradeable uberness the non-Ladder games will continue to supply