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Summary: Wat up d2ers
Review: I lean towards barbarians in d2, are there any beta testers out there that can tell me if there are any WONDERFUL new items for barbs? I give this game a 5 star just for the anxiety that I've been awaiting its release, and i hope that my quest for new(better) items will not be in vain!
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Summary: The Best Expansion
Review: Diablo II Expansion: Lord of Destruction, what to say, what to say? I don't think Blizzard could of pleased Diablo II fans any more. It definitely has the most new add-ons for an expansion. 2 NEW character classes (the druid and the asassin). More weapons than even Blizzard knows. A whole new act (for the 3 of you who haven't played Diablo II, an act is a set of quests that you get for each new place you travel to, kind of like a play). And the end of the 3 brothers once and for all. Even though I haven't played it yet I have high hopes for the new add on to the Diablo series. Thank for listening.P.S. the druid is the best new class
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Summary: Based on the Beta-Test done by friends in our clan
Review: this is a must buy for D2 fans. If u have troubles playing in hell diffulcity, forget this game - its getting much harder.
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Summary: WOW
Review: I absolutely love Diablo II and when I heard about it... I was thrilled. It's only going to be a few more weeks before it actually comes out. I was in awe about the new stuff that is going to be added. 2 new character classes, Druid and Assassin. Each with 30 new abilities and special weapons. Some things that I saw were weapon tabs (for those of you who have played Baldur's Gate). They are quick weapon selection for easy weapon access for up to 4 weapons (2 on each hand) for the right time. Another thing that made my jaw drop was the doubled stash size and 10 times (somewhere around there) the amount of gold it can hold (the picture that I saw said 1250000). Another thing that they have which is really useful is quest specific items. These are items only found by completing a quest and only on certain character class can use them: Necromancer-Wands Barbarians-Axes Paladin-Shields Amazon-Bow and Spears Assassin-Dagger Sorseress-Staves Druid-Clubs (something like that) They have also added jewels which are either magical or unique and do more then gems but do the same thing no matter what you insert them into. Like sockets? Well now EVERYTHING (including armor and shields) can have up to SIX sockets! Thrown weapons however cannot have sockets. Runes have come back from the world of Hellfire. Runes DO NOT act like traps as they did in Hellfire. Instead they insert into weapons as do jewel and gems. Ecept now they can turn an item unique. Runes have prefixes like Pul Rune. I saw a weapon that had a Jo, Ber, Pul, and an Es rune inserted. The weapon was an axe and its name was now JoBerPulEs. The name is derived from the prefix of the runes and will now encourage to insert in the right format. There are many new weapons as the War Pike, Hydra Bow, Crown Shield and Fang Visor which gives 80 defense. An Amazon was using a War Pike which gave +1 to Passive and magic Skills and +1285 to attack rating!!! Spears can now give Amazons skills. There will also be orbs which act like Sorceress wands, they also give abilities to the sorceress much like staves. There are thing called charms which you dont equip but just have in your inventory and they give you the special attributes that are described on them (horadric cube and stash dont count). Be warned that this might sound nice but most charms are 2-4 inventory spaces large. There are also crafted items (name appears in orange) that you can only create thru the right items and the horadric cube. They are far more superior than any magic item. Also elite items come into play and are only available thru Hell diffuculty (Names appear in red I believe). elite Items are the most powerful items in the game. In Act 5 you can hire Babarians. You will now be able to edit your mercenary's weapons/shield, helm and armor and revive them if they get killed. This applies to the Rouge (Act I mercenaries), Lut Gholein Spearmen (Act II mercenaries) and the Fighter-Mages (Act III mercenaries). I can't wait till D2:LoD comes out!
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Summary: New character strategies ¿ the Druid
Review: So far, the best strategy is to go with either Summoning / Elemental, or Summoning / Shapeshifting. Elemental / Shapeshifting doesn't combine as well (you can't cast Elemental spells in lycanthrope form), and diversifying over all 3 trees tends to weaken you a bit.If you're a perfectionist, you might want to stay away from the Elemental tree. All of these spells are quite chaotic, and can be frustrating to precisely cast. Witness the meandering nature of Tornadoes if you want to see what I'm talking about. Virtually everyone right now in the Beta is testing Summoning / Shapeshifting. The most effective skills, according to the Beta testers, are: Armageddon: Good damage, but very slow. It combos well with Hurricane, though! One casting of each is often all you'll need. The impact zones of the meteors are random, but always fall within the radius of the spell. It's a great "flee spell" - if you run, the meteors will continue to fall where you were standing. Heart of Wolverine: This gives you sheer assault power. Hardcore players prefer the Oak Sage, but in "softcore" mode, the extra damage and accuracy here is worth it. Hurricane: A swirling mass of death, ideal for clearing out a horde that has surrounded you. It automatically hits every target within its range, about once a second! Note that you are the eye of the hurricane - it moves with you. IMPORTANT: As of the E3 convention, Blizz reps have stated that this skill is overpowered, and will be weakened before release. Lycanthropy: For the life bonus etc. Werebear: Slower than the Werewolf, Smokey is all about power. He gets increased attack damage, and lots of defense. Play the Werebear if you like to "tank" and form a battle line with your minions and allies. With perfect gear and a heavy investment in Oak Sage, you can get a high-level Werebear to over 5,000 Life! Werewolf: If you're into speed, you'll love this. You get massive bonuses to attack speed and accuracy here. Play the Werewolf if you like to dive in and savage your foes. NOTE: People who split between Werebear and Werewolf seem to be unhappy with the choice so far. Werebears are tanks; Werewolves are killing machines. Take your pick. Here's some recommended godly items to watch for. See spirea.lurkerlounge.com for item stats. Amulet: Mara's Kaleidoscope (for Attributes), Saracen's Chance (for added damage), Crescent Moon (for Mana leech) Armor: The Spirit Shroud (for Skills and magic damage reduction), Skin of the Vipermagi (for Fastest Cast and magic damage reduction), Que-Hegan's Wisdom (for Fastest Cast and Mana), Skullder's Ire, or Socketed Rare (possibly Archon Plate) Belt: Tal Rasha's Fine-Spun Cloth, String of Ears (for Life leech), Gloomstrap (for Mana leech), M'avina's Tenet Boots: Silkweave (for Fastest Run/Walk and Mana), Wartraveler (for Magic Find etc.), or Rare (possibly Boneweave Boots) Gloves: Laying of Hands, Venom Grip (for Crushing Blow and Life leech), or Rare (possibly Vampirebone Gloves) Helm: Valkyrie Wing, Vampiregaze (for dual leech), Tal Rasha's Horadric Crest, Jalal's Mane, or Socketed Rare (possibly Dream Spirit) Ring: Bul Katho's Wedding Band (for Skills and Life leech) Shield: Socketed Rare (possibly Dragon Shield) with Fastest Block Rate Weapon: Islestrike, The Grandfather, Messerchmidt's Reaver
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Summary: Useful links prior to release
Review: (Cut and paste, Amazon's browser doesn't like HTML) [1] For complete details on the new Uniques, Sets, and other treasures, look at: spirea.lurkerlounge.com [2] For detailed coverage on the Beta, and continuing revelations, check out: http://www.diabloii.net [3] For discussion of changes, strategies, exploits, and skill reorientation, visit: http://www.lurkerlounge.com [4] The Chaos Sanctuary is being updated - it's called The Arreat Summit, and will be the official source for all LoD data. Right now, Geoff has it in a very partial format - most of it is just cloned Chaos Sanc info. http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/ [5] The Beta testers are discussing their revelations in the official D2X forum, here: http://www.battle.net/forums/d2xbeta/ [6] And for the best strategy overviews, where you can learn a LOT without reading your eyes bloodshot for 20 hours straight looking for detail, check out my site, http://www.darkangelcollect.com - due to the imbalances and bugs in the current D2X Beta, I'm waiting for the actual RELEASE of LoD to put all of my Xpack data into the site. Look for that massive update to my site in June. Enjoy!
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Summary: Diablo II
Review: WOw! all I have read about this makes diablo II 100x more fun! Set items will now be good! Great! THE BEST! Uniques are now WORTH HAVING!
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Summary: A VERY promising sequel
Review: Though I haven't actually played this game yet, I restlessly await its release. I cannot get enough of the original (diablo 2) and from what Ive read of the faqs and beta tester reports Blizzard is only improving on the areas that need improvement such as the item dropping system. You no longer get junky items from killing the act bosses in high difficulties (or so I hope...). Then there are the two all new character classes to explore. The Assassin and the Druid are (hopefully) going to be whole new experiences with all their cool new skills. And whats a sequel without an extention of the story? There is now an Act 5 in diablo 2: Lord of Destruction. Can't wait to kill Baal. There is also a more interactive world to explore with gun towers and other stuff (dont know much about it as of yet). Needless to say Ive preordered it thru amazon.com-they have delivered great service to me. P.S. Im on the USWEST Dont miss out on this opportunity PREORDER THE GAME NOW!
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Summary: Whats waiting for you
Review: The fifth act is going to be harder than the the acts before and if you have a chara on nightmare or hell dif you'll need to kill BIG d to acces the 5th act. You have to though convert your character to a lord of des.. chara and you can't set it back toa normal diablo II chara. The fifth Act also lets you hire barbarians and mercs become much more usefull because you can heal em. there will be thousands of new items which will make your character much better then he/she was beofre. A thing that I really appreciate about the Lord of des.. is the higher res (800x600) which will make the Grafics look a bit better
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Summary: Lod and the fun it will be
Review: I got the beta for LOD and it rocks, the two new characters and all the new items in the game are going to make it way fun for the hardcore D2 fans.
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