Hola, from me

[Samsung]

Hola mi amigos!
I'm samsung, not my real name of course :grin:
I just picked up another copy if Diablo II - Lord of Destruction
and i'm starting hardcore. I'm curious though, what are these
so called "ubers" that I keep hearing about on the
realms? I asked in a public channel, but no one could give me
a direct answer. I have been out of the picture since 1.10 came
around. I'm back, though ^.^
Any changes in 1.11 that I should know about? Besides these
"ubers".
Anyways, I will probably start playing within the next couple of
days, but I won't start now. Just started a new job, and it's taking
away quite a bit of my free time.
If anyone would like to add me to their friends list, please PM me
with your account name. I'll probably get around to adding it within
the next few days. I'll be debating about my first character ;)
Well, I guess i'll let you get to reading this long boring thread.
Sleep time now :laughing:

OH yes, I guess I should include my realm as well. well it's
USEast - HCL :wave:

[Socialism]

Same boat as me. New job, crazy hours, somehow my self-defeatist attitude re-addicts me to D2. Sucks!

[Hp_Sauce]

Hello and welcome!

The "ubers" is a quest that was added to the game with the 1.10 (or 1.11 patch) not 100% sure which, someone will know though.

Try searching the forums for "uber tristram" or "hellfire quest" for more info. there is a guide in the palidin forum for creating a character to kill them (smiter).

Basicly you have to collect 9 "keys"
3 hate keys (from hell countess)
3 terror keys (from hell summoner)
3 destruction keys (from hell nihlathak

The odds of them dropping a key is something like 1 in 30 or something, it doesn't really matter all you need to know is you will have to run each monster many times to get enough keys... or trade for them.

Nihlathak's corpse explotion skill can 1 hit kill you if you aren't carefull, and there are some snakes down there that shoot poison clouds that can kill you before you can say "crap" if you aren't designed to survive them (damage reduction (not the % kind either)).

Anyway, after you get all 9 keys you go to act 5 (in town) and place 1 of each key in the cube, and transmute them. Each time you do it you will open a portal which will lead to a semi-uber Andy (she hits really hard), semi-uber izzual (surounded by tough or Iron Maiden casting monsters), and semi-uber durial (not too tough). You must kill all 3 monsters, each monster will drop a "body part". Once you have all 3 body parts you place them in the cube and transmute them (in act 5 hell).

This will open a portal to "uber tristram" where the "ubers" you are asking about await you. After going through the portal you will find a tristrum similar to the one where you find Cain, but it contains a beefed up (uber) version of Baal, Diablo, and Mephisto. Each can raise endless numbers of minions which leave no bodies when killed, and each can hurt you pretty badly. Uber mephisto always comes with a conviction aura that will lower your resists by 125%

You will most likely need a Smiter to beat them. Some source of the spell Life Tap is almost required (Draculs Grasp gloves are exellent). A friend to Battle Order you, and a Sorcoress helps a lot too.

Any way, search for it for more details, this has gone too long already.

oh, and stop by the channel op xbananax, its where all the easties from this forum hang out.

-hps

[Samsung]

Thanks HP. I might attempt them after I finish leveling my druid.