Diablo II Content Patch 1.13 Incoming - Blizzard Wants Your Suggestions

Blizzard's community manager for Diablo III has made a post today asking players of Diablo 2 to make suggestions of what their number one change would be for Diablo 2, to include in the 1.13 patch notes.

[iseven]

Blizzard continues to patch a decade old game while other companies let their brand new games die without a single patch. thats friggin awesome

[Captain Tuttle]

Nerf the boss in the second chapter of Single Player. He pisses me off!

[Jerk120]

Duriel is easy. Just stack a crapload of pots and use your follower as bait.

[ThanatosDMC]

Try fighting him in Hell Mode. Oblivion Knights are the one to watch out for in Act 4.

[Captain Tuttle]

Yeah, I suck. I've beaten him in the past but I'm really stuck on my latest playthrough. I guess I have to just keep levelling.

[JonahFalcon]

I still play Diablo II, and the gameplay hasn't aged one bit.

[marichuu]

Wow... this was... unexpected.
Kudos to Blizzard.

[Raf1k1]

i suppose a graphical update is out of the question :(

would be nice though but i wouldnt want to be slowing down the work on SC2 or DIII

i only got this game after reading about DIII and gota admit, its pretty addictive and the gameplay is second to non in the genre. I guess it wouldn't be a Blizzard game if it wasnt lol

i havent played online yet since i hear players can go round killing whoever they want :S (can anyone shed some light on this?)

[thor]

I don't know if that many people play Diablo II online, but it was really fun - most of the balance in the game (especially in the higher difficulties) was geared towards playing as a party. If there are still people playing it's awesome.

Players CANNOT just go around killing whoever they want. You need to be at least level 9 (I think) to engage in PvP combat, but then after that they can go hostile on you. If you escape to town then they can't attack you. Most times I played people usually fought with me and didn't turn against me - playing with friends is also awesome.

So past level 9 you need to be on your toes in case people go hostile, but most people are nice and don't do that kind of thing (at least when I played).

[Raf1k1]

lol cool good to know.

there probably are some people around who still play online just as with starcraft.

i might give it a go sometime :)

[Santyx]

ive never been killed by another player unless being asked to duel, trust me its 10000000x better online.

[Kugar77]

i play diablo 2 all the time to this day. the player killers really arent that big of a deal, honestly i dont encounter them that often. once they go hostile, they cant see where you are so they would have to be pretty lucky to find you

[Altered_Soul]

Two players have to be hostile to one another in order to commit PvP murder.

[pacowles]

On the off chance you end up near someone hostile to you and get PK'd, you really don't loose anything anyways, so I wouldn't sweat it. Unless you're worried about someone gloating about having your ear in their possession...

[Voiceofreason]

It was really bad once. I remember trying to play online and people would enter every few minutes that were 30-40 levels higher and they'd go hostile. Either die or wait in town til they get bored and continue playing. Works great though if you know enough people to make a group and can close to room off from the random a$$holes that come along. Of course that was back at its peak probably shouldnt be that big of an issue any more

[Jerk120]

You can only kill each other if you PvP.

And even if you PvP, if you're in a town it's a safe zone so they can't kill you there.

Most online plays are parties. You and a bunch of people going hunting together.

Death in this game isn't like Ultima Online where you lose your equipment when someone kills you and they have the option to steal it. What you lose in Diablo 2 is a sum of money that you carry around. You can deposit the money in your stash and nobody will be able to steal it from you when you die.

If for some reason you do take your money with you and die with it thus allowing the douchebag beside you to take it, you won't lose much. Money in Diablo 2 is pretty worthless. Most good things come as mob drops. You'll only need money for scrolls and pots.

When you die in PvP on Diablo 2 it's exactly the same as when you die versus a mob. You drop your corpse and then must retrieve it, obtaining your items back in return.

The only way you die and lose everything in Diablo 2 is if you decide to go Hardcore Character. When you die Hardcore, that's it. Your character is gone for good.

So apart from playing with a Hardcore Character there really is no big risk when you die in PvP.

Multiplayer has been much more fun to me than Singleplayer ever was and I recommend that you try it.

[SteelyPhil]

Ive played this game every summer for the last 6 years. i get addicted to it every time.

[Matpan]

This game is incredibly awesome!!! Ant the fact that blizzard is still patching it... and asking players for suggestions!!! speaks of a GREAT company at what they do. Diablo III will be HUGE.