New to V 1.11

[Gabriels Solution]

Well met fellow adventurers. I started with diablo and stopped playing at v 1.09 on LOD. There are many new changes and im not informed about all of them yet, yes i was too lazy to read the patch changes it was very long:sad2: im also new to these forums so if theres any tidbits of info that would be helpful it would be greatly appreciated.

jd

[thegiantturtle]

Well met fellow adventurers. I started with diablo and stopped playing at v 1.09 on LOD. There are many new changes and im not informed about all of them yet, yes i was too lazy to read the patch changes it was very long:sad2: im also new to these forums so if theres any tidbits of info that would be helpful it would be greatly appreciated.

jdHail Gabriels Solution.

Welcome back! I strong suggest browsing through the links in the Community Forum's Rules and Links Sticky. If you have any questions, let us know and we'll do our best to answer or point you in the right direction.

To get you started: Cruel weapons are out, runewords are in, hammerdins are ridiculously strong, and there's not much of a realistic economy left. Enjoy!

[Lanceor]

Salutations! I wasn't around for 1.09, but I do know that one of the biggest gameplay differences was the addition of synergies. This means that adding points to a particular skill will strengthen another. The game effect is that you have to be very careful where you place your skillpoints otherwise you end up with an underpowered character.

[AnimeCraze]

And summoners no longer suck, cows doesn't help you lvl much anymore, random monster types appears in act 5 (like quill rats), etc.

[Gabriels Solution]

Indeed your words are wise and true, i am in your debt. Oh btw, How do i put a quote at the end of my posts?

[Evrae Altana]

You must be a Pal in order to do that. To find out more, click on the Paypal link on the top of each forum page. :wink3:

[Gabriels Solution]

Shades! Confounded credit cards? Indeed my slumber passed like glass that does not break. Well i guess ill have to type this in everytime...

Lo there do i see my father
lo there do i see my mother my brothers and my sisters
Lo there do i see the line of my people back to the beginning
lo, they do call to me, they bid me take my place among them, in the halls of Valhalla where the brave may live forever

[AnimeCraze]

You better not. You can get banned by putting a sig if you are not a Pal.

[SommerSky]

Hi, welcome to the forums.

Only pals and mods get to have signatures.
You don't really need them to be cool though. ^^

SS

[dfacto]

Rushing is also super easy now. All you need to do is make a game called "rush 4 forge" and someone will pop in to rush you in exchange for the gem and rune drops of the hellforge quest.

[SommerSky]

I started playing again in mid-Jan, and it took my amazon exactly 2 months to get to hell forge, I got a Mal out of it though, hehe. ^^

SS

[Gabriels Solution]

Oops. guess i wont do that anymore. I didnt see thaat in the rules though. i just really like that quote. Oh and thanks for the rush info sky.

[TheOgre]

Hi. Insted of making a new thread i thought i could just post here. How does rushing work? do i have get my char to hell difficulty myself, and then get rushed? will i earn xp while being rushed? If not, whats the point, i would still have to earn my xp i nm.

[Darkflight]

Basically, you just tag along in some specific games, and get to hell while your still level 1.

1. Join a game where someone kills Andariel to get the quest.
2. Do the same for Duriel
3. Same for Mephisto
4. Same for Diablo
5. Same for Baal.

This was very non-detailed though, try to find a rushing guide if you want to rush and be lame :grin:

When you get to hell most people find a game where someone is running someplace in hell for MF and tag along to get experience. many people will want low level people in their game because monsters will drop more stuff then and low level characters can't steal items as easy because they will get killed really fast if they go near monsters.

[batuchka]

Hello and welcome back! I too played patch .09 back then and if u ever have a 3 open socketed Cruel Cryptic Sword of Quickness do sport it and make lots of werewolves and werebears turn green with envy :P The 3 chippie + magical sword recipe is no longer around these days and one of my regrets is not keeping my .09 accounts active :/

[Crowd Control]

Hi, welcome to the forums.

Only pals and mods get to have signatures.
You don't really need them to be cool though. ^^
SS

Ooooh look at him, having a nice, fancy sig by being a mod.....
*homer talking: stupid, goodlooking, ununderstandeble mod sig

:kiss: no harm meant there

[Gabriels Solution]

My fav item on my .09 acct was my gf, i think, i cant really remember that far back. but i do remember i had a lance barb in .08 with ice blink that was untouchable by orbers who were very popular at that point =]

[AprilMoon]

I just came back recently too, maybe 2 weeks ago. I need to find that patch notes file, I've made a couple of kick-*** 1.09 characters (which it turns out are just high level mules) =p

A few things I've learned:

Chipped gems aren't really worth anything anymore.
Perfect gems are worth more than they used to be.
Runes are a lot more common, seems like mass duping has continued.
As already mentioned, the 3 chippy + sword thing isn't so hot.
Guided arrow doesn't work with pierce. I found this out after maxing both =p
I haven't found any Act 2 sewer or Act 5 Shenk back to town runs. People seem to run Tristram, the Act 2 tombs and Baal's minions now.
You have to be 20, 40 or 60 to get credit for the Ancients in Normal, NM and Hell. If you haven't beaten them you can't go thru a tp to Baal. There is a "glitch" around this, but I don't know it.
Similarly, you can't take tp's to the Canyon of the Magi, the place with the Summoner or inside the Palace in Act 2 w/o completing some of the earlier quests.
I haven't seen any level 9 duelers. LLD seems to be around level 30 now. Does anyone still make 9's?

I'm sure there are more I'm forgetting. It's a bit of a different game now, but I'm having fun. Also, if you're playing on a non-voodoo card (who isn't), look for a "glide wrapper". It's a thing that makes more modern video cards emulate the old voodoo cards, and improves performance TONS. I used to play on a Voodoo 5, and I was surprised how horrible everything looked on my ti4600. With the wrapper installed it's much better (that voodoo was the king of cards for this game though).

See you on the realms!

[SommerSky]

Ooooh look at him, having a nice, fancy sig by being a mod.....
*homer talking: stupid, goodlooking, ununderstandeble mod sig

:kiss: no harm meant there

Well,

Like I said, I am cool enough without my sig, it only adds a little touch, hehe. ^^

SS