Noobish question ........

[Pugmh]

Im playing diablo 2 (SP) from november , since i discovered it, BUT i dont understand the use of light radius!!!

It seems useless to me , and i search for the answer in this forum but nothing spesific...

[lionheartthebrave]

Yes, it is useless

[Tarantella]

I think apart from making the screen brighter or darker it affects the radius at which monsters are triggered so a low radius might be handy when say teleporting or moving along corrridors and a high radius might be handy for drawing monsters into an aura field to damage them.

[sirpoopsalot]

I think apart from making the screen brighter or darker it affects the radius at which monsters are triggered ...

That's a common misconception - a character's light radius has absolutely no relationship with monster AI. All it does is make the screen lighter/darker for a bigger area around your character.


Note: On my old character, it was slightly useful because I had the monitor configured wrong for the 'Darkness' quest in Act2 - I literally couldn't see anything outside of my char's light radius. It's not an issue on my current comp though.

[mmmpld]

I've heard light radius was what triggered monster ai in Diablo 1, so likely where the misconception came from.

[darktooth]

it's not completely useless, but it's just about the worst aditional ability


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[PFSS]

Im playing diablo 2 (SP) from november , since i discovered it, BUT i dont understand the use of light radius!!!

It seems useless to me , and i search for the answer in this forum but nothing spesific...

It's pretty useless - the only time I ever noticed it was when I was first playing and I had found Duskdeep Helm, The Umbral Disc Shield, Goblin Toe Boots and a Shadow Fang Sword. I equipped them all at once just for the sake of it - during night time and when in caves etc I couldn't see a damn thing for more than an inch around my character.