K, so I realize Diablo III just triggered the drool mechanisms in most of the people who will be reading this post, so D2 isn't really foremost in your thoughts, but I just started playing it today.
As with most games, I'll update with silly little anecdotes and gameplay tidbits as I progress, mainly because I only have one dedicated "video game friend" so you guys are my support group for a lot of this ( ).
I'm playing as an Amazon. I was the archer chick in D1 as well, so I wanted to remain consistent.
__________________ Obsidian Fury's quote of the day "Until this battle station is fully operational, we are vulnerable. The Rebel Alliance is too well equipped, they're more dangerous than you realize."
"Dangerous to your starfleet, Commander; not to this battle station"
Though Diablo doesn't seem the type to vex me. Quest, level up, return to town, buy/sell/upgrade items. Rinse, repeat. Simple in a Gauntlet sort of way, but fun.
They should really let people name their equipment by now though. I want the Epic Loincloth of Pole-Dancing, damnit!
My friend said it gets hella-hard eventually. Haven't encountered anything too rough yet. Only came close to dying once or twice. The fights are starting to stiffen a bit, though the ranger chick helping me out is surprisingly helpful. I'm almost done with Part I, I think.
And the bow is just straight cheating imo. I love it. Not that I've played enough as the other classes to know (in either D1 or D2) but Amazon (and whatever class used the bow in the first game) seems like the best class to me. But maybe I'm biased or uninformed.
Also. D2 > GTA IV. Yeah, I said it. I can't get into GTA for some reason, and have been playing D2 like a fiend. Maybe Mass Effect before it spoiled it for me by being so awesome.
So Anduriel was responsible for my first death. I underestimated her. I was hurting her fine, and allowed her to wade in front of me for a few seconds. Bad idea. Tons of money lost.
Then later I swapped out my awesome bow-wielding teammate for a dude with a spear to try it out. He sucks. Now I can't get her back. Stupid autosaves. Isn't there a way to create more than one save? Really bad design flaw imo.
So it's back to the main camp to work up a level 7 rogue to 14-15. Annoyance.
Dude, you can get the chick back if you remember her name. Go to the nearest waypoint, and up there select act I and go to rogue encampment. Find Kashya, hire the chick.
Also, there are some of the lancers which are awesome from Act II. For instance, in Nightmare difficulty, one of the lancers (all henchies change abilities through difficulties so if you want a certain ability, hire the henchie when you're on that difficulty) have auras like defiance which can boost your defense through the roof, making you almost impossible to hit, or the one with Holy Freeze aura that just kicks anus.
PM me if you have more questions, if you want we can meet on some server and I can help you out.
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Jun 26th, 2008 04:55 PM
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