I'm new. Yes, new. Please enlighten me.

[Occhidiangela]

Hello everyone. I'm new to Diablo II. Yes, new. I have a few questions, but first I'll briefly explain what relatively little experience I do have to avoid some possible confusion and, well, introduce myself to this forum.

I've played the first 5 quests about 25 times (clvl14-18 each time) in an effort to find a character and build to my liking. I've found some. Using different Barbs, I've reached quests 3-5 in Act II a few times. Using different Necros, I've reached Act III 2-3 times. I've been as far as normal Diablo (Necro), but decided to start over due to poor (but viable) SP allocation (among less significant things) which, as I had found, would've resulted in a very tedious battle. Too tedious. And my level was too high to fix that. In all of those cases I quit due to the fact that I was reaching relatively high levels, but with poor SP allocation. It's faster to just start anew than continue on after poorly spending anywhere from 5-15 points, anyway.

[right][snapback]65178[/snapback][/right]

Are you playing straight up Single Player? Or, are you using the "character's 8" function.

I am assuming you are playing Diablo II, not the Expansion Pack, Lord of Destruction.

With that in mind . . .

1. You don't need more than one point in any skill to complete Normal sucessfully.

2. Diablo is a tedious fight for any Melee class due to his blocking, and his rather high hit points.

3. Maxing Resistances for Fire and Lightning is handy, although Diablo's breath weapon also has a physical component.

4. Gambling for gloves, belts and boots is one way to, relatively cheaply, get the resists you need on a rare, but a bit of patience is required.

5. Are you playing in 640 x 480 resolution?

6. Did you download any of the patches from bnet?

Welcome!

'Tis a fun game, for certain.

Occhi