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have a few questions about this rpg (dunno if this is the right place to ask but, couldn't find the pm function)

1. as u stated, thieves can use two weapons (daggers), does that mean - when attacking, the to-hit is rolled twice, each time for one weapon, and damage is calculated seperately? or, is the 'power' of both weapons added together and calculates as a single attack?
2. for example thieves, the max stat at level 1 is agi (10), to do a 'massive hit', will i need to add to-hit to 10 (assuming i leave agility the same throughout level up)?

EDIT: i get 2 now, say i attack with melee and i have current strength of 6 (think str is for melee dmg?), if i roll 6 ill do massive hit?

assassin - after baal's 'defeat', leaves and continues to track down evil (specifically corrupted mages) on her own, so its like assassin disappeared from the story (like natalya), but then u can encounter her as an outdoor quest npc in a camp (the only 1 i know from d2 is flavie, and not even significant)

druid - also left, but returned to where he came from, continued living in the wilds, could be another outdoor npc asking players to help him cleanse evil around where he lives (and maybe helps player train by fighting his shapeshift forms, kinda like ancient quest)

hmm, when ur hp reaches 0, maybe a 'matrix-style' flashback of 3 seconds b4 u die (in slow motion of course) eg: u died by a skeleton archer's arrow, it shows a slow-motion flashback of the skeleton shooting the arrow, which slowly pierces through ur head and brain and all these stuff flies out, u lie down dead, in other words, its like a 3second replay of how u died in slow motion closeup XD

(not exactly scary but makes the death moment 'dramatic')

im in, usually i'd play tanks in rpg but anyway...

Name: Zyon
Class: Thief
Description: Age unknown, some say he was not from this world, but no one knows. Having lost most of his childhood memories except one: a blade representing some form of family heirloom, which he keeps as though it was his life. Currently lives by pickpocketing people who appear to be carrying large sums of currency.

Stats:
HP - 6
MP - 6
TH - 6+1
STR - 4+2
DEF - 3
INT - 5
AGI – 10

well in that case, perhaps some sort of ambush, where u wander into an area then sees a few zombies, u want to go in and chop them, then suddenly more zombies appear (by digging up) from the area u ran past, so ur basically trapped both sides, best done in a dark + creepy area such as a crypt (using a creepier version of the original d1 caves music, dont forget the sound effects of zombies moaning

or, u in some sort of deserted rich looking house, full of pictures and stuff, u see treasure chest near the art pieces, suddenly some spooky sound effect and ghosts fly out of the pictures to attack u

or... suits of armor in a castle that comes alive (also becomes attackable) when u go right next to it

(any1 remember the statues at river of flame, d2, where they always stare in the direction ur running in respective of them?)

edit: hope they bring back better versions of 'reanimated horde' that has even smarter AI of pretend to die then only wake up if u go right next to it, and stuns u

how about a build that is often quite rare + underestimated: berserker barbarian? this was a build i played b4 i quitted during the first season, and imo it is both pvp + pve effective

all u need is 20 berserk, 20 mastery, 20 battleorder, 20 shout, 20 ironskin, prereq skills, etc etc and u have a barb that deals super imba damage (not as easy but hits as hard as those cheap hammerdins), knowing magic damage cuts through your resistances

berserk does so much damage in that single blow that defence cut is almost not an issue, of course if ur in trouble, add 1 on whirlwind and leech like crazy

sigh i miss my Demon_Hammer versions 1 and 2 in uswest (yes, first build was a failure so i xfered the items, deleted the char and started again, by the time hes lvl 85 i had fun killing necromancers in 1 hit)

if introducing a more gruesome looking diablo3 version of a butcher + creepier "AHH FRESH MEAT!" speech doesn't scare u, i honestly dont know wat will

perhaps more gruesome method of death animations such as arrow piercing through stomach and guts spill over the floor, or a fireball blowing the head and its contents fly out everywhere?

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I really like your ideas!

I would like to see my character get hung. Walking a long, a trap springs, and bam, suddenly I have a rope around my neck and the floor has gone beneath me.

A better trap than those spikes in DII lol. And I'm sure certain skills would be able to get you out of the rope if you're quick enough.

(offtopic) this item may help u with those tight situations - http://thottbot.com/i40476

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I was wondering if any one could try ( I don't want a perfect, that would be tough) mixed build of Bone and Summon Nerco. If that can't happen can I get two seperate ones and the pro& cons of them. Also I need a good smite build. ( I use to play alot but I am trying to get back into D2 so I am a newb all over again=[ ) Will be much apreciated ( can't spell that word :()

poison goes better with summon imo, by the time ur level 99, u can max poison skills for the best damage + have a good army of skeletons as backup (see d2 char builds my post)

bone however, to maximize bone spell dmg, ull need to max all the bone skills (excluding armor) with synergies for the max bone spear/spirit power, leaving little points to add to summoning, which u will rely on +skill on gear to boost the effectiveness of summonings (poison wont worry as much, gets u much tougher + more minions with the same gear, not to mention enough poison dmg to instantly kill a dog)

dont forget the butcher, how it began almost every d1 player's fears of d1 contents simply through the famous speech "AHHH FRESH MEAT!" + a few slices of his trusty cleaver

i say the butcher should not only return, but also faster and hit harder, letting u relive the scene being some of the lucky few that manage to escape its lair (such as wirt + farham)

ps: perhaps in undead form since the hero dude in d1 killed it already?

d1 bonespirit sucks, tooltip says 1/3 of target life, yet there are dudes that resist magic and without being able to check their current hp, u can never tell, maybe uve only done 1/10th of their total hp and u wont know =/, worst thing is that it wont work on diablo (like stonecurse)

favourite spell is probably golem + stonecurse, turn them into stone and watch ur mud buddy smash them into pebbles

imo, best + worthwhile quest to do is 'the black mushroom', quest reward a pot that adds stats, free drug hurray!

nice, thread dedicated to d1 moments, i have a few to share if u guys dont mind

1. butcher
2. butcher
(referenced so much here its like a cliche)

ok some of u guys maybe wondering "y list butcher twice?', wat happened was...
1. getting freaked out by "AHHHH FRESH MEAT!", panicked and killed by butcher several times, one day someone mentioned using firewall or weapon of the bear, i went to level 3 church, got myself firewall spell, but past experiences scared me so i had a cousin to cast the firewall instead LOL
2. cleared lvl 1-4, started new game, this time i did something 'heroic', using my sorceror instead of repeating the firewall trick against butcher, i used butcher's cleaver that i got from previous game (see above), put on some mail of protection (-2 dmg), and TANKed the butcher this time, and no i had no idea wth 'mana shield' was, i managed to take him out after using 4x full health potions
(beating it with its own weapon, any1 tried? its very satisfying)

3. moon clans (those dudes with mace that spins around)
a. got killed by those in poisoned water supply quest, so i developed fear for them, which applies later...
b. first time i actually got killed by garbhad the weak! (feel free to laugh) further develop fear for those goat men (although 2nd time i killed him and got unique flail 'celestrial star', which then i got shadowhawk (unique broadsword) from snotspill from same level
c. nighthorn brightmace (is that how its spelt?) found him and was scared, casted like 10 guardians and still died, changed tactic later on and beat it easily, ended my fear of goat men (thank stone curse)

4. harlequin crest - took me completing the quest twice before i realised u can give the sign to odgen instead for a unique instead of the back-stabbing bastard snotspill

5. soulpus, first time i fought him i was like "OMG wtf how much hp does he have??" doesnt do a lot but took ages to kill him even with a morning star, which was annoying

6. messerschmidt's reaver! i was given this baby in battle.net, used it on warrior and it was like 'free crack', started doing crazy stuff like run around getting 30+ monsters following me and then let them surround me, then i started clicking like mad and slaughted the entire army of evil monsters, almost got killed in nm mode doing this though, so dont try this at nm + hell dudes

ill recall more soon...

to every1, greetings from an insignificant d1+2 player from australia!

came upon this dedicated site for diablo series fans through google (hands down best search engine), took me 2mins to find the register page LOL, well here im

to make my warstories short (had an accident with my old warstories, see bottom)
2001 - began with d1, gameplay was truely horrifying but when i find unique items i dance around the computer
2002 - bought d2 battlechest, got my own copies of d1 + d2 (previous d1 was borrowed), played single player, beat baal normal as a lvl 35 barbarian using no pots (but a lot of TP scrolls), shortly after i was banned until 15 by my parents (yeah right, violent gaming issue)
2005 - return to d2, played battle.net for the first time on 1.09 patch, given eth shako and etc nice stuffs on first game (yay!), played for about a year until near the end of first ladder season for schoolwork, (during d2, i sometimes played on d1 battlenet and kinda shocked at ppl giving me free 'godly plate of ages' + 'arch angel staff of apocalypse' and sharing me the secret of d1 dupe)
2008 - return to d2, play only on hamachi lan with best friend occasionally
2009 - return to d1, shortly after i played on a recently developed mod called 'diablo the awakening' (made by a nice Polish guy called Noktis, comes with battle.net multiplayer too, 100% dupe hack free! more info will b posted later)

last but not least, forgive me for some horrible (but understandable) spelling + lack of caps coz im not that formal (though i can be upon request)
(ps: srry about warstory, didnt know how to make a proper intro post, any questions about myself ill gladly reply)
(pps: the 6-digit registry picture was kinda hard to figure out lol)
(ppps: spent 20mins composing the previous post and ends up accidently press the 'back button'! F***!!!!!!)