Pandemonium event?

[NewPatchNewbie]

I'm sure a million people have asked about this since the patch came out, but I really have to know now. Just what is the new Pandemonium event? I know it has something to do with an Uber Tristram as well as Uber Diablo, Baal, Mephisto, Izual, Duriel, and Lilith. And I know there's something about special keys that super unique monsters drop on Hell difficulty. But just what are the keys? What do they do and how do you use them? How do you get to Uber Tristram and fight the new bosses? After logging on to b.net to try out the new patch, I found that all my characters had been deleted...I had forgotten to renew them. :( So I don't have any characters on Hell difficulty yet and can't try to figure out the Pandemonium event myself. I'd really appreciate a quick overview of it all. Thanks in advance. :)

[mhl12]

take a look here: http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?t=346514

on the bottom of the first post with 1.11 links.

[NewPatchNewbie]

take a look here: http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?t=346514

on the bottom of the first post with 1.11 links.
Thanks. I just have three follow-up questions if anyone happens to know the answers to them. Do the Standards of Heroes actually do anything? Also, I assume you can only carry one Hellfire Torch at a time? And lastly, I saw a screenshot of the Hellfire Torch and it had +3 to Druid skills. Is the character class randomly generated, or does it generate +skills for whatever class caused the item to drop?

[mhl12]

I'm not exactly sure about the first question. You can only hold one torch at a time and I do believe that they spawn for every class.

[FreezerBurn]

as far as anyone knows the soh is just a trophy similar to an ear from dueling

[desrat]

Thanks. I just have three follow-up questions if anyone happens to know the answers to them. Do the Standards of Heroes actually do anything? Also, I assume you can only carry one Hellfire Torch at a time? And lastly, I saw a screenshot of the Hellfire Torch and it had +3 to Druid skills. Is the character class randomly generated, or does it generate +skills for whatever class caused the item to drop?

So far, no one has determined if the "Standard of Heroes" charm is anything more than just a trophy.

Each character can carry only one Hellfire Torch at a time. And, like the Annihalus small charm, you cannot view or trade it using the trade window. So don't get scammed into losing it by trading it with some unknown (and therefore unreliable) person by dropping it on the ground.

The character class on a torch will be randomly selected. My pally has gotten two so far. They were druid & sassy skills tho.

desrat