12-15-2003, 03:57 PM
There's some weird stuff going on with quest items from Acts 2 and 3.
I've been able to enter Act 3 whilst holding the staff in stash and wearing the amulet: I got the "speak to Meshif" message and thought what the heck. Resurfacing in Act 3, I've had an immediate "speak to Alkor" and, what do you know, he wants to give my assassin a life potion. At other times, I've been in games where one of the party has disconnected between Acts yet they can complete the Bird quest after rejoining and I can't.
The Act 3 side quest items used to be transferable between difficulty levels which meant there was an extra smelly cheesy way to avoid the Hell Ruined Temple stair trap. That's not possible any more but that doesn't prevent you from deliberately not completing the quests with a powerful character so that a weaker variant can pick up the unused drop. Still cheesy but the same trick can be used for Hell Forge rune runners.
And of course there's nothing to prevent you twinking Act 1 characters with a spare staff, flail and cube. For some reason, there's no limit to how many cubes you can collect during a lifetime which is why all my mules have one even though they've never been outside of town.
I've been able to enter Act 3 whilst holding the staff in stash and wearing the amulet: I got the "speak to Meshif" message and thought what the heck. Resurfacing in Act 3, I've had an immediate "speak to Alkor" and, what do you know, he wants to give my assassin a life potion. At other times, I've been in games where one of the party has disconnected between Acts yet they can complete the Bird quest after rejoining and I can't.
The Act 3 side quest items used to be transferable between difficulty levels which meant there was an extra smelly cheesy way to avoid the Hell Ruined Temple stair trap. That's not possible any more but that doesn't prevent you from deliberately not completing the quests with a powerful character so that a weaker variant can pick up the unused drop. Still cheesy but the same trick can be used for Hell Forge rune runners.
And of course there's nothing to prevent you twinking Act 1 characters with a spare staff, flail and cube. For some reason, there's no limit to how many cubes you can collect during a lifetime which is why all my mules have one even though they've never been outside of town.