Baal Blanked Me (and I'm upset)

[LozHinge the Unhinged]

Whilst trudging my Golemancer through SP Normal Difficulty, I met Baal (http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w47/Loz999s/Golemancer/9929_BaalOdd.jpg)in his throne room.

The evil blighter effectively ignored me. He occasionally cast Decrepify on myself and my Team, but didn't invite any of his friends to meet us nor did he let us into the Worldstone Chamber behind his throne. In the end, I had to S&E as I was feeling totally snubbed.

What an uppity git he is!

Thanks for reading.

[FrankWest]

Whilst trudging my Golemancer through SP Normal Difficulty, I met Baal (http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w47/Loz999s/Golemancer/9929_BaalOdd.jpg)in his throne room.

The evil blighter effectively ignored me. He occasionally cast Decrepify on myself and my Team, but didn't invite any of his friends to meet us nor did he let us into the Worldstone Chamber behind his throne. In the end, I had to S&E as I was feeling totally snubbed.

What an uppity git he is!

Thanks for reading.

Hrm... strange. I'm guessing you made absolutely sure that everything in the throne room and around there was dead?

A lot of times if you walk (not TP) out of the throne room, and back in, then he summons the first wave right away. It has happened to me a few times, and I just trotted off the screen and back into the hallway leading to the throne room, then trotted back in a few seconds later. Worked fine after that. Not sure if it's lag or just a glitch with Baal, but it worked for me.

[LozHinge the Unhinged]

I searched high and low for any living creatures but there was none. I walked out of the throneroom on foot and re-entered, TP'd out and in, all of that, to no avail. Another D2 mystery ...

[jimmah]

It happens sometimes, has happened several time for me during baal runs.

[Thyiad]

Try leaving the throne. Go to town. Sometimes it works, othertimes new game required.

[Flaming Banana]

does he keep setting a poison trap in the middle of the room? he does that a lot, and whenever he does that, we had to make a new game. it happens a lot, and unfortunately that is the best solution i have. :(

[AgentMarth]

If my guess is right, and it may be seeing as what skill you have hotkey'd on the right, Baal likes to be a pain like that when confuse is cast alot. Most everyone know about the waves being delayed or weird a bit when monsters are converted, but I believe its also caused by confuse, seeing as how it has similar properties.

I first noticed it when I was Baaling alot and players Merc's were casting confuse left and right.

My only advice, try not to use confuse, but I don't know how easy that will be for you....

[refrigerator]

It happens A LOT in Nm difficulty, sometimes solved by cleaning up some guys outside the 'summoning room'

[Paladine]

Unfortunately this is just another little bug that needed to be fixed but never got done and most of us have come to live with it. I have not noticed this happening with more frequency in Norm/NM/Hell but it does happen and I have been a personal victim of it many times. If he does not start summoning his monsters after a quick trip to town or out of the throne room then a new game is required. Nothing we can do about it and nothing will probably ever be done about it.

[LozHinge the Unhinged]

Confuse is a skill I use frequently with the character in question, so what is being suggested is plausible.

I've had many odd bugs hit me while playing D2, they make the game much more like real life (my real life, anyway). TBH I just laugh when they occur ... well, as long as the old Corpse Spitter chews up your merc and throws him at you feature doesn't return, I'll laugh.

[The Cow King]

I read something about Hurricane causing this in the community forum once, I don't know if that really was the case. Seeing as hurricane and bone armor are similar skills that could be the reason for this unexplained phenomenon.

It was something about casting hurricane at a certain time but that was all I remember. I've also had this happen during baal runs in b.net and I can recall a wind druid in the party with us when the bug happened. There might be something to it.

[rotan]

You need to clear out the rooms on the sides of the throne. Baal did that to me when I hit him up in Hell - had to clear out the rooms on the outside and all was well.

[LozHinge the Unhinged]

I did a full clear of the level when this happened but I cannot be 100% certain I killed everything. I was certain I had at the time, but you never can tell ...

[JME]

as long as the old Corpse Spitter chews up your merc and throws him at you feature doesn't return, I'll laugh.

That was a horrible bug which I remember all too well. At this point, I couldn't imagine him spitting my efort, infinity, and similar gear at me, never to return again. Most bugs I can deal with but that one would be too much.