Duriel Quest

[Archon_Wing]

I started leveling in pubbie act 2 games, and starting collecting quest items. At this point I joined a private game with my friend. I tried to someone's town portal to Canyon of the Magi, and couldn't go in because I didn't do the summoner's quest yet. I keep killing monsters, and snagged the viper amulet. At this point I neglected the staff, because the maggot lair proved really annoying. I worked my way down to arcane for some levels. Anyhow, my friend came along and I joined his private game. He was in act 3, so I was like "no probelm, I'll just complete act 2 first. Stangely, Meshif let me go into act 3. I never completed the staff. I still couldn't take a TP down to the Canyon of the Magi.

Do you simply have to be in the same act as someone who kills Duriel? Maybe it was alsways like this, but I haven't seen anything like it until now.

This oddity has happened in both normal and nightmare. My character has never faced Duriel, and he might not be pleasant, but I'm definitely missing something.