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Choose a random date with enough years into it, done.
Other than that, good to see it, I have most of the original editions in special release boxes. Spent endless hours playing them when they were new.
Diablo II: Resurrected
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#162Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've heard Path of Exile suggested plenty of times, and personally I just couldn't get into it. Notably back when Diablo III was still fresh, lots of people suggested PoE. To me, D3 felt more of an arcade-like game that I can quickly jump into and have fun, whereas PoE is more of an efficiency and numbers game. Like it's fun, but I just don't have that sense of being "powerful". I gradually progressed up until Act 5…
Some people like to call it Path of Excel. I am the type of player who starts a new RPG, gets to character creation, and spends 2 hours on the wiki looking at all the classes and races and other options to make the "right" choice. So, obviously PoE appealed to me a lot. If you want to give it another go my suggestion is always to just slavishly follow a fun looking build guide (from the current league! things change…
Now now. We _used_ to call it Path of Excel.
Now we've got Path of Building (https://pathofbuilding.community/) for all your deeps needs.
Re: Diablo II: Resurrected
#163If anyone is looking to play a modern version of Diablo 2, the spiritual successor is probably more a game called Path of Exile (rather than Diablo 3 or this). The developers managed to capture the aesthetic while improving the game in the direction of what gave the original game its replay-ability. Their development cycle of new content every 3 or 4 months with a league reset is unique and keeps things fresh. They'r…
Having been hooked on Diablo 2 in high school, I made the terrible decision of playing Path of Exile (POE) last year during thanks giving break (cuz we had 5 days off, I thought hey maybe I can play POE for a few days). Since then, I have been playing POE non stop. I'd wake up at 3am and play until 8pm. I'd drink alot of water before going to bed so I can wake up early to play. I stopped caring about work, I just pla…
PoE is effectively a gambling addicting simulator.
I quit shortly after I bought my first tabs on sale. I'd stalled on mid-tier mapping playing solo self-found and decided I needed to grind currency to continue if I wanted any hope of better rolls. I've never paid into any gachas, so it really caught me off guard when I realized what I had done and how impulsive and out of character it was.
The base game is very comfortable and alluring. I rolled several toons and got to where I could sprint to 80 in a week, then get to high 80s mapping until I hit the natural limits of playing SSF.
I haven't picked it up since, and thinking about how deeply I got into it before has been an excellent deterrent from relapse.
Re: Diablo II: Resurrected
#164Re: Diablo II: Resurrected
#165Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've heard Path of Exile suggested plenty of times, and personally I just couldn't get into it. Notably back when Diablo III was still fresh, lots of people suggested PoE. To me, D3 felt more of an arcade-like game that I can quickly jump into and have fun, whereas PoE is more of an efficiency and numbers game. Like it's fun, but I just don't have that sense of being "powerful". I gradually progressed up until Act 5…
PoE is good, but there are three things that annoy me about it. First, the non-traditional currency system. There's no gold; instead you have different types of "orbs" of varying rarity. Vendors have different exchange rates for some of them, but the system is generally difficult to grok, especially for a newcomer. To make matters even more confusing, orbs themselves are useful, e.g. they can enhance item stats, upgr…
They also didn't have colorblind-friendly options for the longest time.
I used to joke GGG was so hardcore even their accessibility feature had a difficulty level.
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#166Lets ruin another classic im looking at you wc3 remastered..
Re: Diablo II: Resurrected
#167If anyone is looking to play a modern version of Diablo 2, the spiritual successor is probably more a game called Path of Exile (rather than Diablo 3 or this). The developers managed to capture the aesthetic while improving the game in the direction of what gave the original game its replay-ability. Their development cycle of new content every 3 or 4 months with a league reset is unique and keeps things fresh. They'r…
Having been hooked on Diablo 2 in high school, I made the terrible decision of playing Path of Exile (POE) last year during thanks giving break (cuz we had 5 days off, I thought hey maybe I can play POE for a few days). Since then, I have been playing POE non stop. I'd wake up at 3am and play until 8pm. I'd drink alot of water before going to bed so I can wake up early to play. I stopped caring about work, I just pla…
So am I right in saying that this money went to other players/farmers, rather than the devs? Did you manage to sell your account in the end?
Do you intend to seek professional help about your addiction? From my perspective, it definitely seems this did not happen as a result of some addictive quality of the game, rather your own personality/current situation.
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#168I was pretty addicted to Diablo 2 for a couple years as a teenager. Never got into WoW or anything, but I wasted at least one entire summer doing nothing but playing Diablo 2. Never was a big fan of 3. It felt more like playing some kind of diablo themed version of gauntlet or something with a bit more depth. It didn't feel like Diablo 2. I tried another recent one that was supposed keep the spirit of diablo 2. I thi…
Did you ever end up playing the expansion set? Strangely I don’t see it talked a lot about in the context of Diablo 2 at all but it added new levels and 2 more playable characters (barbarian, assassin) to the game and really expanded the playability. I have some inside into the thinking behind the franchise because I started my career at Blizzard working on D2 expansion set. Anecdotally we had an X-men vs Street figh…
> Strangely I don’t see it talked a lot about in the context of Diablo 2 at all but it added new levels and 2 more playable characters (barbarian, assassin) to the game and really expanded the pla
When people talk about Diablo 2, they are always referring to the version including the expansion.
Re: Diablo II: Resurrected
#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
Having been hooked on Diablo 2 in high school, I made the terrible decision of playing Path of Exile (POE) last year during thanks giving break (cuz we had 5 days off, I thought hey maybe I can play POE for a few days). Since then, I have been playing POE non stop. I'd wake up at 3am and play until 8pm. I'd drink alot of water before going to bed so I can wake up early to play. I stopped caring about work, I just pla…
So am I right in saying that this money went to other players/farmers, rather than the devs? Did you manage to sell your account in the end? Do you intend to seek professional help about your addiction? From my perspective, it definitely seems this did not happen as a result of some addictive quality of the game, rather your own personality/current situation.
So am I right in saying that this money went to other players/farmers, rather than the devs? -> Yes
Did you manage to sell your account in the end? -> Nope, still have the account as a sort of trophy / reminder.
Do you intend to seek professional help about your addiction? -> Yes, scheduled something last month. But as I mentioned, the game slowly lost its appeal.
> it definitely seems this did not happen as a result of some addictive quality of the game, rather your own personality/current situation.
Putting blame the victim is always the easiest way to go. Good job.
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#170I was pretty addicted to Diablo 2 for a couple years as a teenager. Never got into WoW or anything, but I wasted at least one entire summer doing nothing but playing Diablo 2. Never was a big fan of 3. It felt more like playing some kind of diablo themed version of gauntlet or something with a bit more depth. It didn't feel like Diablo 2. I tried another recent one that was supposed keep the spirit of diablo 2. I thi…
Every time my kids die in a game, I ask them what happens. The answer is never: "I lost everything!" I still haven't found anything quite like the feeling you get when you die in Diablo II hardcore.
Try dying in Rust on one of the main servers