Diablo 2 still worth getting?

[VaeVictis]

hit a slump in d3 until pvp is out and i have a reason to continue farming and gear up the last couple classes at 60...

d2 gameplay might be a little meh, but it might still be worth it to have somethin to play torchlight 2 should be out soon but the atmosphere won't be as good as the diablo games

its like 20$ for it and the expansion if i want it... wondering what you guys think on if its worth it or not

[adz1La]

hit a slump in d3 until pvp is out and i have a reason to continue farming and gear up the last couple classes at 60...

d2 gameplay might be a little meh, but it might still be worth it to have somethin to play torchlight 2 should be out soon but the atmosphere won't be as good as the diablo games

its like 20$ for it and the expansion if i want it... wondering what you guys think on if its worth it or not

buy a dub

[VaeVictis]

damn not letting me delete golgos post...

[VaeVictis]

yea that's what happens when you ask for an opinion on a public forum. at least i don't insult right out of the gates like you do to everyone else.

lol i asked here cause there is people here who have said they play d2

i wont take your opinion cause you have shown you know so little about gaming and think you know so much

[The Dreaming Dragon]

Definately get it,and I bet you can get it cheaper too. Unlike the Third,you can experiment with different builds of the same 5 character classes ,and whole philoophies devoted on what sort of ability one should assign those precious 1point per level selection. The loot is WAY more interesting,and you find set items and uniques far more readily than you do in Diablo 3,a failing point in my opinion. Why must I trudge all the way to INferno to get "good" gear? You appreciate a good toy Now when you're low level and crowds of anything are a problem. And the few Uniques I've stumbled across had unrandom powers and their own artwork so it Looked like you were using it. Someone Created them by hand and not just rolled up a bunch of stats with a random subroutine. You get those too in Diablo 2,and from far bigger lists. And you'll understand the frenzy to cash in on the absurd sales of these make believe items from e-bay auctions that has propelled Diablo 3. Live money auctions. Why not?

And of course people are farming for virtual gold,and trying to nudge Blizzard out of a few dollars. I can see making gold a more important part of the game was a good move and adds a subtle dynamic to the process,but it falls apart like a house of cards when you "need" these items to play in the toughest levels,not merely stumble across one in trying to do it on your own. The multiplayer is still thriving,and they have to reset the Hardcore ladder every year or so (but I'm only assuming since I play solo only).Also,once you've sampled the vanilla game for a time,you can try out a few of the mods people have done in the past decade...you can find them here:

http://phrozenkeep.hugelaser.com/

I play the Eastern sun one and recommend it highly. For one it allows the free reassigning of points in your abilities,so you can experiment with builds. And it has all the crafting one could desire...here is its wiki:  http://homepage3.nifty.com/miyoshino/es/es3top.htm    and it manages to infuse the game with new life in importing all the diablo 1 monsters,having special areas that are super hard but super loot can be taken by the brave. And instead of some Auction house,there is a simple gambling system where buying a type of item and hoping it turns out to be a powerful one. Massive inventory space and tons of widgets to build your character from.

Its why people have been playing it for a decade.

[Whirlingdervish]

I still play diablo 2. If you can get it on the cheap, do it, and get 2 cd keys.

It's a good time waster, and tmf is right on the money with the char builds being a lot more interesting and varied.

[VaeVictis]

and get 2 cd keys.

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Definately get it,and I bet you can get it cheaper too. Unlike the Third,you can experiment with different builds of the same 5 character classes ,and whole philoophies devoted on what sort of ability one should assign those precious 1point per level selection. The loot is WAY more interesting,and you find set items and uniques far more readily than you do in Diablo 3,a failing point in my opinion. Why must I trudge all the way to INferno to get "good" gear? You appreciate a good toy Now when you're low level and crowds of anything are a problem. And the few Uniques I've stumbled across had unrandom powers and their own artwork so it Looked like you were using it. Someone Created them by hand and not just rolled up a bunch of stats with a random subroutine. You get those too in Diablo 2,and from far bigger lists. And you'll understand the frenzy to cash in on the absurd sales of these make believe items from e-bay auctions that has propelled Diablo 3. Live money auctions. Why not?

And of course people are farming for virtual gold,and trying to nudge Blizzard out of a few dollars. I can see making gold a more important part of the game was a good move and adds a subtle dynamic to the process,but it falls apart like a house of cards when you "need" these items to play in the toughest levels,not merely stumble across one in trying to do it on your own. The multiplayer is still thriving,and they have to reset the Hardcore ladder every year or so (but I'm only assuming since I play solo only).Also,once you've sampled the vanilla game for a time,you can try out a few of the mods people have done in the past decade...you can find them here:

http://phrozenkeep.hugelaser.com/

I play the Eastern sun one and recommend it highly. For one it allows the free reassigning of points in your abilities,so you can experiment with builds. And it has all the crafting one could desire...here is its wiki:  http://homepage3.nifty.com/miyoshino/es/es3top.htm    and it manages to infuse the game with new life in importing all the diablo 1 monsters,having special areas that are super hard but super loot can be taken by the brave. And instead of some Auction house,there is a simple gambling system where buying a type of item and hoping it turns out to be a powerful one. Massive inventory space and tons of widgets to build your character from.

Its why people have been playing it for a decade.

I don't think you got far enough into d3 to see the end game gear but yeah uniques and sets don't do as well as the random rares

was looking up some of the d2 content, pvp seems... meh... but some of the builds are cool also did notice there is an item in game you need certain items to craft that will allow you to reset your stat and skill points, which is a HUUUGE plus as usually thats the biggest down side to a game like d2

when they reset the ladder you don't lose your character right? have to ask cause i noticed the "uber diablo" quest seemed to require a ladder battle.net game to hit... and he drops a pretty sweet item

will have to pick it up asap

[The Dreaming Dragon]

I don't think you got far enough into d3 to see the end game gear

That's the thing: I would rather get Cool Stuff all throughout the game and not just from killing the final boss in the hardest difficulty. By then you arer "done" with the game and left with only farming the same difficulty you got it in for any reason to use it. In Eastern Sun you get to change stuff whenever you want in your skills,and it gets even more helpful since you can then free up points in a skill chain spent while trying to get to a level to unlock the skill you are striving for.Then again,some of the tougher areas it has really tax you(Armies of Secret Cow Level Cows both ethereal and swarm in the dozens!) so its an uphill fight no matter where you spend your points. And you may want to use the mod straightaway so you can get into the crafting gemword andruneword stuff. Its nice knowing what you need to get a particular item instead of wasteful experimentation.More fun,more a sense of accomplishment.Iwill efinately go back to it once Diablo 3 wanes,and which will be sooner than later.

[Whirlingdervish]

and get 2 cd keys.

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It helps if you want to consistently mule gear from one char to the next, to have 2 games running on 2 cd keys.
Also, there are some antibot protections that hit regular players who are a bit hot on the keys and will occasionally temp ban you by cd key if you join/exit too many games or change chars too quickly. With a second key you can get around this easily.

I've had countless 12 hour temp bans just for muling stuff in public games by dropping and trying to join back up with a diff char real quick to grab it up. Lost time and lost gear is

ps:

* pvp can be really really hard but it's mostly due to build/gear and not player ability.
* when the ladder resets, your char is still playable but it goes to regular battlenet and loses the ability to craft ladder specific items. If you had them at the time of the reset, they are still yours and usable. All of the gear is thus available in normal nonladder d2, but it can be a lot harder to come by.

I haven't bothered with ladder for a couple years bc I dont have time to be making new chars from scartch all the time and Im spoiled by having all the gg gear I need in nonladder mule accounts. It's still fun tho and it can be rewarding to start fresh.

[Th0m@s29]

I would get it definitely worth it and like someone else already said ya can get it for way cheaper than that lol. By the way if you want some like Gear we can negotiate a deal somehow for maybe real money or FG if you use www.d2jsp.com for like trading Diablo II  Items very helpful Website get some FG by trading items and I will give you some good gear if your interested that is and I hope this information might of helped someone here in someway or notified them that like you know I need some FG and you can bum it to me plz!?!?!

[Sgt. Dick]

Thomas - you disappoint me 

The last two threads you posted in were less than a year old.

[fdrjk]

Man, I can't even start how much I love Diablo 2. Or how much I loveD, considering I don't have any of the CD's or the original Diablo 2 CD key, even though I have like 3 of each.

I guess that's why I've been playing vortex so much; because it reminds me so much of Diablo 2.