Useful info and two questions.

[ZatarRufus]

Howdy,


I found this over at the Basin in the Hardcore Strategy Room:

GaiaCaT Posted: Feb 16, 2004 - 11:57 PM

"There's an entry in Registry Database you can alter.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Blizzard Entertainment/Diablo II
AllowHardcore (DWORD), Value = 0

Change it to 1 and you can create HC characters right away oO

Or if it's not there, create it.

Worked for me on HC Ladder, without going through the hazzle of playing SC ~~ "


This is useful if one does a re-install and subsequently deletes one's characters. In that case one must, annoyingly, play a softcore character through Normal before one can create a hardcore character.


Question 1.

How does one implement the -act5 switch? I tried adding it to the target line of the properties of my Diablo icon, but Windows suggested that was invalid.

Question 2.

Where is the break even for defense vs. resistance?

I have a Duskeep helm for my level 49 Rogue sidekick with a defense of 45 and +15 to all resistances. I can, occassionally, shop helmets she can wear with defenses in the ~200 range. Which is more important? And roughly when does higher defense become more important than the resistance adders?

Edit: I figured out #1. Just add the -act5 after the closing quote mark.
e.g. "C:\Program Files\Diablo II\Diablo II.exe" -act5