Patch

[Parsnips]

I don't know if you guys have already talked about the possibility, but it may be true. Some sites say that Blizzard has been attempting to create a "no CD" patch along with Warcraft and Starcraft. Here is a quote of just some info on the link

Sometime ago, I had reported that a Diablo II patch was in the works. Weeks later, I confessed it was a no-CD patch. Beyond that, I had/have no further knowledge of what this patch might contain.

Obviously, something must be amiss. Starcraft got a no-CD patch back on January 16th (Patch 1.15.2). Barely 3 weeks later, Warcraft III got a no-CD patch on February 6th (Patch 1.21b). But no Diablo II patch has been released to date.

The Diablo II patch was confirmed to be in development when Blizzard folks visited China to unveil the Starcraft II Zerg Race. (March 14th, 2008) - Medievaldragon


Even if there is only a "no-cd patch" there may be a chance that hacks won't be operational and it will take some time for them to be remade. Which is good for us!!

Something else to keep in mind is (and of course this is my own speculations :wink: ) is what MAY happen is that Blizzard could do a diablo wide ban 5 or so days into the ladder reset. which will include bans of keys and accts. It's a possibility.


Anyhoodle!! If anyone wants a link to the site, I'm in banana most of the time!

P.S Trebby is secks and Spade stop playing WOW already! :jig:

[Tai.]

Hopefully we'll get something, as long as they don't nerf my sexy new SF/Enchant build.

[tomatoman]

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P.S Trebby is secks and Spade stop playing WOW already! :jig:[/QUOTE]

vouching..

[Christor]

I'm not gonna hold my breath, but even a small patch would certainly be nice.

[AgentMarth]

The only thing I really want, is Rune drop rates to be changed, and a simple to do TPPK fix. Bug fixes would be nice, but I ain't counting on them, and changing damage to nerf one thing would just mean something else would probably be overpowered, so I don't care for that.

I would also prefer if they banned people BEFORE the reset, not after. Although, it would be friggen awesome, if say, they did it during the down server time, and then watch all them hackers go to sign on when its back up to a banned message, major burn.

"The Ladder is back up"
"Let me turn on muh MH for more Pwn first"
*loads D2*
*Logs on to Bnet*
"Your account has be closed"
"Noes, i no hax! MH isnt a hack!"
"Quiet noob, go fail somewhere else"
*All of us laugh in the distance*

[Parsnips]

lol! yea it would be funny too if they worked on their chars for a while using hacks then got banned hehehe :scratchchin:

[AgentMarth]

Either way, we would still win I suppose, so one can still hope for another mass ban.

[wangboBW]

If this is true, I think I might be getting a hard on.

[robzombiesslave]

TPPK, Fend bug, and hammerdin is all I ask for.

[prion]

inferno bug? :(

[robzombiesslave]

inferno bug? :(

YESSS forgot about that one! And artic blast too.

[MYK]

Inferno isn't bugged. It just won't kill anything before it kills you.

t'would be really neat to have skill stuff shifted around some more, as it could create a lot of cool new stuff, but I'd be just happy with a tppk fix.

[DivineRight]

Fire Enchanted bug :(

[Hp_Sauce]

I remember a few years ago when East crashed. I believe it was actually the easter weekend crash. Anyway, when it finally came back online rumors were flying around that the reason for the crash was because blizzard was patching TPPK.

The result was a lot of dead characters, as they rushed into public games assuming they were safe, only to be wiped out by a the usual healthy supply of TPPK'ers.

I credit my own survival of the incident to Treb, as he was skeptical enough to take the time to try and manually tppk himself before he took anyone else's word for it.

The motto of my story is, "make sure to ch-ch-check yourself before you wr-wr-wreck yourself."

You know, don't believe it unless it comes from a credible source and whatnot.

-hps

[MoUsE_WiZ]

Inferno isn't bugged.
Sure it is, it doesn't do it's listed damage.

[Astronaut]

TPPK, Fend bug, and hammerdin is all I ask for.

This man speaks the truth

[quicksandmg]

Stop dreaming.Blizzard will not patch Diablo 2.
As far i am concerned , they think TPPK is part of the game.They dont care about Diablo 2 players , wow is a better bussinness.

[MoUsE_WiZ]

Stop dreaming.Blizzard will not patch Diablo 2.
As far i am concerned , they think TPPK is part of the game.They dont care about Diablo 2 players , wow is a better bussinness.

They care about getting the D2 players to play their pay to play games though, that's also better business. They won't accomplish that through poor support, especially given WoW's age.

Not to mention they still support BW (though we probably have Korea to thank for that) and it's even older.

I think a patch will come one day, though not necessarily (or even likely... I figure it'd be announced by now if it were coming) this time around, and it also has a decent chance of not addressing TPPK, as that's an HC only issue, and one they seem intent on ignoring.

[Astronaut]

Stop dreaming.Blizzard will not patch Diablo 2.
As far i am concerned , they think TPPK is part of the game.They dont care about Diablo 2 players , wow is a better bussinness.

They will patch diablo2. They have been doing so ever since it came out, and continued even after the release of wow. At the very least, a no-CD patch will be released at some point, the only question is when.

[Parsnips]

Ok here's the thing.....

Back in Feb, Medievaldragon from Diablo fans (he's a admin to the site which has connections to Blizz) announced that Bliz was working on a patch for Diablo. A few weeks later he confirmed that it was a "no-cd" patch. Not knowing that there would be any other content to that patch.

After that on March 14th 2008, Blizzard confirmed a patch was in the works when visiting China to announce the Starcraft II Zerg Race.

Then there was no news and the information died down. Until June 7th, 3 days before the reset announcement Medievaldragon hinted at a possible reset, and retold information about the patch.

The reset will be taking 6 hours. If I remember correctly almost twice the length of the previous resets. Also, if hackers know that Blizzard is patching hacks then it gives them time to prepare for adjustments. But I wouldn't count on anything in that field tho.

Just a little bit of information for you to play with!! :spy:

[NightShade]

Patch Notes:

Pierce stacks with GA again
Fixed a bug where Blessed hammer did not recieve the full % damage increase. Baseline damage has been increased 500% to compensate
Level 3 solar creeper now has the proper damage display

*end of patch notes*

[Davidus]

they need to release a nocd patch so they can sell D2 in blizzard store via digital download(like wc3 or sc)

[quicksandmg]

Yes , it may be true , but do u think the no-cd is the real Diablo 2 problem ?
1 week after reset the servers will be full with high-end runewords.Almost everyone uses map-hack , some are duping and some are using bots.This tend to ruin gameplay for fair people.I`ve never played wow , but i dont think you can find those problems there.
Face the facts , the world dances as money sings.I dont think they will pay much attention to Diablo 2 , when WoW is the ultimate money-maker.
Don`t get me wrong , i hate WoW , and i want Diablo 2 to be a cheat-free game.i dont see those things happening any time soon.

[Tai.]

As much as I'd love a patch, I think the reason for this reset is to drag people back and convince them Blizzard still cares about them right before the Invitational in ten days. This would increase exposure on the D2 sites if they announce anything whatsoever to do with D3.

I'd expect a reset and maybe a banning for MH or something, but not a patch

[g3rb]

As much as I'd love a patch, I think the reason for this reset is to drag people back and convince them Blizzard still cares about them right before the Invitational in ten days. This would increase exposure on the D2 sites if they announce anything whatsoever to do with D3.

I'd expect a reset and maybe a banning for MH or something, but not a patch

Genius. 100% agree.

[xcalizorz]

Patch 1.12 notes
*Frozen orb has a new, improved icon


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[HelzCaretaker]

If they do a patch, it will probably fix something minor, add a few new runewords, and basically be a load of fluff.
Hopefully they'll at least do some bannage.

[Full_Circle]

:coffee:

<3

[prion]

they will introduce the WereGorilla form and you get Exploding Banana Attack

[ZappaFan]

I would be shocked if a patch at this point added any sort of new features, runewords, etc. Just bug fixes would be the most I'd expect, which is actually more than I really expect.

[razuel]

they will introduce the WereGorilla form and you get Exploding Banana Attack

Hopefully it has a skin similar to Donkey Kong on N64.

[Devouress]

Built in no-cd and couple new runewords with some cool auras (salvation anyone) would be golden.

[CarsV]

Built in no-cd and couple new runewords with some cool auras (salvation anyone) would be golden.

A runeword with salvation would be so overpowered it wouldn't even be funny.

[Master Zap]

A runeword with salvation would be so overpowered it wouldn't even be funny.

not really, a grants level 1 salvation shield of some kind would basically do the same thing as sanctuary shield which can get up to 70all res in a non pally base,
so I don't think it would be groudbreaking, but the cool aura would be nice. I'd say it depends what the other mods are on the shield :P

I wish they'd get rid of tele and instead give enigma either leap attack or dragon flight. Leap seems more useful, but the dflight would allow summon stack relocation. I ofc dont expect this to happen, but since we're on the subject :scratchchin: