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A Guide on Baal Etiquette and how to not be a newb in them
i am quitting D2 for WoW because i was peer pressured into it and i want to leave something for the D2 community before i do...
Background info:
i have lvled around 15ish characters to lvl 92-94 and i always telebaal unless my friend is doing it. even lvling the 1st character to 92 is a pain in the butt so here is a guide to not piss off the host and have a better chance in a successful baal run. it also feels good when you have people adding u to their flist because they want to join your godly baals again. give yourself a pat on your back.
these are not in order of importance, but stick to all these rules and guide and you will usually have a successful baal run.
1. The teleporter is the host, he is the rule. Respect and do what he says. Piss him off, he will give you death tps or ditch you from the run.
2. Pay attention to the monster's immunities, do not use fire against Lister and his buddies. Do something productive such as using Telekenesis or Mindblast
3. Don't challenge someone to a duel in a baal run. If they want to duel or pk, they can crash pubs or private duels with friends. We are here to baal run, not this pk trash.
4. Trading is allowed, but not to the max. Massive spamming is utterly annoying, i usually ditch these jerks.
5. If you die too easily due to lack of resists or life, stay back. i have seen so many idiots who jump into a pack of souls with -50 lightning resists.
6. If you are a lightning/cold sorc or hammerdin, please kill. dont idle there with your leech sticks, especially when the run is going bad.
7. Leechers: drops are for the killers/teleporter. Don't embarass yourself by jumping in and dying for some item.
8. If you are not in for baaling, leave the game for someone else that needs that baal running experience. Go do your key/mf runs or quests somewhere else. They are the same as 1 players. Do not embarrass yourself by dying, especially when no one would help you. Exception: your friend can hunt nith while you telebaal.
9. I STRESS this, DO NOT CREATE THE NEXT NEXT GAME if you didnt make it to the next one. the host will either skip you or create a new run. these piss hosts a lot. Instead, try to give the host a msg and if they are nice, they will tell u when they are ready for the next run.
10. Don't ask to kill baal because you want to leech drops or get the quest done, unless the host is at a extremely high level and need's Baal xp. and no, there is no extra difficulty after hell mode.
11. Don't complain how hard it is to level, especially when you are in the low 80s. We all know its hard. Exception: you are the teleporter/host because they are giving these baal runs.
12. Leech sticks arent really that useful unless you are 93ish and up. Leech stick means every 100 games, you gain an extra 5 games. thats not really a lot until you hit to the mid to high 90s. By all means, use it if you can without dying. i used it for my teleporting weapon before...
13. Dont brag or showoff. No one likes it. Brag more, host you own baals.
14. Do not make baal runs if you KNOW you wont teleport or do not have a friend to do it. Chances are, no one else will do it. You are just adding to more dead baal games and wasting people's time.
15. If you are a teleporter, but not really a killer, ditch groups that can not kill as fast as you would have hoped. Wasting everybody's time.
16. If you can solo 8 player baals, DO IT, its a lot faster. BUT for the D2 community, please host it.
17. Don’t talk about stupid stuff such as sex. We do not want to hear how big your penis is (we all can make up something and no one would ever know). If you want to have a conversation to pass the time, a friend within the baal run is good. To strangers, talk about something sensible.
18. Offer to help get the teleporter’s body back if he dies while teleporting, ESPECIALLY when he is in the high 80s and upwards. Don’t be a jerk, teamwork > all monsters.
19. Leave the Juvies to the tanks and teleporters, don’t hog it all up. I seen leechers popping with 12 juvies out of their belt.
20. running to baal is good too, I don’t mind them, finally something different. But a lot of newbs are like “ewwwww running”
21. do not attract more minions in the throne. It slows down the run.
22. If you are the teleporter, don’t just tp right at the entrance, instead teleport to baal in 2-3 seconds and find a safe spot.
23. Don’t bother people about their gear, there are d2 sites and guides that can help you. Also, don’t diss set characters such as ik barbs. They are cool and I bet they do more work than stupid lecher barbs with leech sticks.
24. Do not say tp tp tp tp or pp pp pp pp. DON’T SPAM. It annoys the teleporter. Expect a death tp if you do it too often or catch him at a bad time.
25. Do not press party and unparty a bajillion times. I actually died once because someone unpartied at the wrong time.
26. Try not to talk to the teleporter, especially when they are in the middle of finding the throne.
27. FORM a party before the teleporter gets to the throne and tps you newbs.
28. Do not say I lvled! Yay! Unless its your first time or 90+ish.
29. Do not diss anything to show ur ignorance such as in gender, sexuality, or race.
30. Do not be selfish and just form a team of friends in a baal run and kill everything and leave the newbs wondering what is going on.
31. Don’t ask who is running. Unless this game is the first game or someone stole it, there is usually someone going. Be sensible, no party in a minute = bad baal run.
32. Sometimes, its just hard to kill lister because your party cant handle him. Start the next run.
33. Give the teleporter gold if he needs it. Don’t be a selfish pig please.
34. Read the tp before going in. My friend does nith runs while I telebaal. Don’t blame them because its your fault for not reading.
35. Don’t go in a tp when the teleporter is half dead while coming out of it unless you are godly and can poon all monsters.
36. If you are the teleporter and u die a lot one day and u usually dont. STOP take a break, you are bad luck for that day.
37. Lag? dont teleport and waste your time.
38. If you need to do something quick, ask someone else to teleport, they'll usually say yes because u gave them so many godly runs
Tips for certain classes:
Sorcs: do not use fire against fire immunes. just shows how ignorant you are. KILL, you are the massive damagers. Iceblast + glacial spike = safety for all players most of the time.
Necros: Reviving and summoning skellies is GOOD if no one can tank, otherwise they slow down the run. They usually block the view of other monsters, but cant kill them, especially with the randament wave. Use curses if you have them. If you claim you are a PK necro, and dont have curses, i must say, you are a horrible one. 100ish extra magic dmg or AMP for your smiter, barb, druid friends? AMP + CE > baal runs.
Paladins: Conviction is your friend if you have trappers/sorcs. 2 pallies, use two different auras, so you get the best efficiency.
Barbarian: warcries, and offer to GIVE bo to the teleporter even if they dont need it. it makes them feel special and it shows that you are nice. i HATE leech stick barbs who stay in the corner and leaves cuz the runs are bad. tank god damn it.
Assassins: try not to have a shadow master up and rarely use mindblast. they slow down the runs by the conversion, even if its a few seconds. after doing 200 baal runs, a few seconds is a lot of time... ONLY USE them during lister + minions AND if you guys are getting slaughtered by the previous waves.
Zons: lightniing javazons are big killers too. KILL. poison and bowazons are usually eh, be productive. buy a amp/lower resist wand and just help them out.
Druids: oak is everybody's friend. If you have a grizzly bear, use it, more tank and more damage.
BTW, all classes can teleport to the throne, some more expensive than others. DO NOT BUG the sorcs just because they have access to the skill teleport.
Barb: dual wizpikes + spidersash or some 5 fcr from somewhere else = 105 fcr. you teleport at 8 frames and have plenty of mana. no dex? hel the wizpikes.
Zon: these are a little bit tricky and expensive. 99 fcr + enigma is a MUST and minion stack is too. you will get into d/a/e lock a lot. dont bother with this unless you are desperate like me.
Teleporter: From Worldstone Lvl2 to Lvl3, teleport counter clockwise. Lvl 3 to Throne? I don’t know, I usually find it due to instinct.
You are not obligated to follow these rules, but please don’t be a jerk.
I apologize for using he, but that is shorter to type than he/she and she itself.
I also apologize for any grammatical or spelling errors.
Some more things that come to my mind, and you could also add :
- Necros : Bone Walls and/or Bone Prisons is a BAD idea. Especially when spammed all around. Some people don't wear Enigma (who would have thought that ...) and just can't teleport out of the bones...
- Before asking/spamming "who teles ??!1?", press "P" and see by yourself who's currently evolving through the WSK Lvl2 / Lvl3 / Throne Room...
- If you're clever enough to press "P" and check where the teleporter is, DON'T spam "TPTPTPT PTPT PT PTPTP" the very first microsecond the teleporter enters the throne room. The teleporter *IS* looking for a safe spot *NEAR* Baal, and will open the TP when he feels it's the right time/place. Spamming "TPTP" will always lead to a crappy/deadly TP on purpose from the teleporter.
- Sorcs : USE STATIC FIELD !! This is one of the most powerful spell in the whole game. SPAM STATIC with each wave like there's no future ! Nothing is more annoying than a Sorc not using Static !
- Necros : Don't overwrite useful curses with useless ones. Amp Damage, Lower Resist, and even Decrepify are *FAR* better than Iron Maiden...
- Paladin : If you're not the killer, and thus have time to spend while standing back, a good idea is to switch to an Offensive aura while the other kill the monsters, and then switch to a Defensive aura (Meditation / Cleansing / Prayer) between each waves of monsters. Quickly replenishing orbs is always appreciated by the team.
- Pressing 0-7 on your keypad to make your char speak is funny the first 2 seconds. Pressing 0-7 a zillion times definitely *ISN'T*.
- Asking to kill the Ancients and/or <insert random quest here> is a very bad idea. Make a game like "Help Ancients" or something, but don't ask it here.
- USE MERCS ! They are powerful tankers and grant useful auras. Grab some random item, sell them for 35k each and resurrect your Merc !! He will probably die hard if the team is efficient.
- Boost your resistances. The only real danger in Baalruns comes from elemental attacks (souls, etc...). Make sure your equipment gives you 75% to all resistances, should you have to switch to a massive resistances shield/armor just for the runs.
- Don't ask what next gamename is. Try to use your brain (I know, it's hard after dozens of baalruns :lol: ) and add +1 to the current baalgame number, unless of course the teleporter gives the next number...
- Don't speak about myths like the "OMGZ don't use Meteorz it gives less XP !!1!!oneone!!", it's *really* annoying. If you're a hacker and broke into the code and actually *SAW* by yourself that there's a bug, then *YES* you can tell it and write a link to something constructive. But if you're a perfect newbie (no offense) and heard rumors from your best friend's grandma's, please make sure you keep these "scoops" for yourself.
- (so much other things that don't come to my mind atm )
Ahaha. I knew we were forgetting some. Especially the meditation/cleansing one. Update before you get sucked into WoW and we never see you again ricky!
Some more things that come to my mind, and you could also add :
- Sorcs : USE STATIC FIELD !! This is one of the most powerful spell in the whole game. SPAM STATIC with each wave like there's no future ! Nothing is more annoying than a Sorc not using Static !
- Pressing 0-7 on your keypad to make your char speak is funny the first 2 seconds. Pressing 0-7 a zillion times definitely *ISN'T*.
I've never used static field, you need to waste skillpoints to get the range high enough, or you have to have a lot of +skills. Since neither applies to most people, why bother to cast static field when the only thing you'll hurt has to be in melee range?
I agree on the numpad thingy though EXTREMELLY annoying
...) and just can't teleport out of the bones...
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