Im pretty ticked off.

[Crystalion]

- When I wrote to Blizzard after my first cd got destroyed, they did not mention that these problems tend to be quite common with fast cd-rom drives with one word.

After doing a full install and upgrade with LoD you can still copy the d2x music mpq off of the CD into the d2 directory (assuming you like to play the expansion music)... this basically leaves the CD as only a game start up screen "copy protection" check. Aside from saving wear and tear on your CD drive, this is likely to decrease your chances of trashing your CD.

A pity that so much software piracy (and the over-priced retail system) indirectly results in enough co. paranoia to seriously risk damage to consumer hardware (and, indeed, the consumers themselves). Blizzard is, of course, not the only co. with this problem.