TheKingofKewl,Aug 20 2005, 01:14 PM Wrote:I heard there has been loads of changes but that the new 1.10 is supposed to make everything pretty good.
Also depends a lot on whether you plan to play on Battle.net (on the Internet), or with your friends via a network, or Single Player on your own computer only.
in v1.10 & perhaps v1.11 you can once again get realistic chance of getting some useful exceptional uniques or even elite uniques, provided you know where to look. And there're new Runewords to play with (a few of which are only available when played on Battle.net)
As for myself, I'm playing Diablo II again on my own single computer (never with any other players), and it is amusing to take advantage of the "best of both worlds" with what's possible and what's not in each different Patch version.
For example, I've previously gambled a nice pair of rare boots in Classic D2:
Fastest Hit Recovery
Fastest Run/Walk
Magic Find 25%
Ligntning Resist 40%
Cold Resist 43%
Mana +37
The above simply is not possible anymore in any of later patches.
Which makes balancing my character that much easier later on.
[Edit: Warning: It took a LONG time to gamble above pair of boots, and to be honest I did not aim for such a nice affix roll; just 5 "perfect roll" affixes out of 6 was good enough for me.]
So it really depends if you're playing with others, and where you plan to play it.
(By the way, Diablo II is really value for money--v1.11 patches came out last week!).