[DougLikesBMW]

I used this today after stumbling on the deal from GameSpot forums. It works perfectly, no problems.

Not sure how long this deal will last.

1. Go here.
2. Pay with PayPal.
3. Receive CD-keys in email.
4. Register them with your Battle.net account.
5. Download using Blizzards download manager.
6. Play.

[Mega Man]

If this is true, and you don't already own the game, that's a great deal! Good find, DougLikesBMW!

FYI, they're resetting the ladder on the 23rd of March (Tuesday). A good chance to start a new character, and get up there on ladder. Anyone wanna team up on a server? I call dibs on Druid!

[klipseracer]

I never played D2 much, not enough time but I'll buy and get an account. What server?

[Syndicategt]

USEAST is still the best and most populated server. FYI, the ladder is resetting and version 1.3 is comming out.

[Syndicategt]

I'll team up and will make a Sorc.

[Mega Man]

I play on USWest. Wanna plan an event for this weekend?

[Mega Man]

The new patch has made some great changes...can't wait to get to Hell Difficulty (new Runes!).

This game was good, but has anyone tried starting it up on Windows7? It takes like 3 minutes to boot up!

A quick google search helped: disable Aero/Transparency effects. Still, it's rather bothersome to turn it off, then turn it on (if you like it) after you're done playing.

[Mega Man]

Made a quick game on USWest:
Game Name: e90post
Password: 1addicts

If you need help getting it to run on Vista/7, let me know; but in a nutshell:
Make sure to "Disable Desktop Composition."
If you start it and the colors look funny, alt+tab out, right click your desktop, and choose Screen Resolution. alt+tab back to the game.
If it can't connect to Battle.net, run it as Administrator.

[Spec 1]

I'm definitely doing this when I get a few at home

[Mega Man]

Originally Posted by Spec 1

I'm definitely doing this when I get a few at home

Had to log off for a bit...friend wanted to SC2. Please post game name and password and I'll try to get on later! USWEST!

[DougLikesBMW]

Originally Posted by Mega Man

The new patch has made some great changes...can't wait to get to Hell Difficulty (new Runes!).

This game was good, but has anyone tried starting it up on Windows7? It takes like 3 minutes to boot up!

A quick google search helped: disable Aero/Transparency effects. Still, it's rather bothersome to turn it off, then turn it on (if you like it) after you're done playing.

Mega what I would try is adding your cd-key to your battle.net account, download the digital version of D2+LoD from Blizzard's website and install it.

Runs perfectly. I didn't have to do any fiddling around with any options.

I assume you know about the multi-resolution mod? I'm running the game in beautiful 1680x1050.

[Mega Man]

Yes, the resolution has been fixed with the patch as well. It's nice seeing it in my native resolution and not all stretched out anymore.

Gonna hop back on, USWEST: e90post/1addicts

[DougLikesBMW]

Originally Posted by Mega Man

Yes, the resolution has been fixed with the patch as well. It's nice seeing it in my native resolution and not all stretched out anymore.

Gonna hop back on, USWEST: e90post/1addicts

Oh...I haven't been back on to play since the new patch was released. I guess I'll need to download that and install it. So I can remove my widescreen mod and just use Blizzard's version? I could only run in 1680x1050 as opposed to my native (1920x1080) because I was getting artifacts.

[Mega Man]

I'm done for the night...I just cleared Act 1, and got to Lut Gholein. I checked the ladder just before loggig off (the ladder was reset yesterday). There's already a Level 88 Assassin, and several 84-86 of everything else. How the F@*$ do they level to 88 in under 2 days? I think the highest I ever got in my entirety of every playing Diablo 2 was somewhere in the 70's.

[DougLikesBMW]

Hey Mega, will you please answer my question above?

Those kind of levels in two days? Sounds like hax to me.

[Syndicategt]

Are you guys playing ladder? I'll make a character this weekend and join up. I havn't played this game in about a year but played from 2002 - to version 1.12 religously.

[Mega Man]

Sorry, Doug. Here's Patch Notes (hope clarifies for you).

- Patch 1.13c
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

A new Mystery has been revealed!

- Adventurers of Sanctuary are hereby warned once again, that a new challenge
awaits you. Within Diablo's Bosses, spanning across the world from the
ancient Monastery Catacombs to the Throne of Destruction, is where you'll
find what you seek...


Major Bugs

- Fixed an item dupe bug.
- Video improvements for Intel Mac machines with OS 10.5 or greater.
- Fixed an issue where some players could kill other players while in town
("TPPK").
- Fixed an issue where some players could disconnect other players when
they had too many active states.
- Fixed two issues where players could stack auras in an unintended way.


Minor Bugs

- Uber Mephisto now checks for both Uber Baal and Uber Diablo to be killed
before spawning summoned minions (Before he would only check for Uber Baal).
- The game will no longer stop and then restart the game music after the
window loses and then regains focus.
- Fixed an issue where the game window would minimize when running in
windowed mode when it lost focus.
- Fixed an issue where the game window wouldn't center properly when it
was created.
- Fangskin should now properly drop loot in Hell difficulty.
- Fixed an issue where auras were not re-applied to your mercenary after
it was resurrected.
- Fixed an issue where if you had two items which provided auras to
a mercenary and you unequipped one, the aura from the remaining
item never became active.
- Fixed an issue where the Paladin class runeword 'Principle' wasn't
having all of its stats applied properly.
- Fixed an issue where the Paladin's Charge ability would become locked
out if Holy Shield faded while charging.
- Fixed an issue where the Barbarian's Leap ability could become locked
out if they were hit when they started to leap.


Specific changes/improvements

- Respecialization is now possible! Completing the 'Den of Evil' quest
will now additionally reward 1 free respec which can be saved. Players
who have already completed this quest should receive 1 free respec in
Hell difficulty.
- Increased the drop rate of high runes.
- Support for blit scaling in windowed mode. The game can now be
maximized to the largest 4:3 resolution supported (hooray widescreen users).
- Some rare drop items now have an orange color. i.e. Runes and items
required for Uber Tristam.
- Modified the gold bank limit to be a flat cap not bound by level.
- Removed the requirements to create a hardcore character.
- Greatly reduced the explosion damage dealt by Fire Enchanted monsters.
- Uber Mephisto and Uber Baal's summoned minions no longer give experience.
- Removed Oblivion Knight's Iron Maiden curse.
- Hellfire Torch Firestorm proc rate has been reduced to 5%.
- Users can now toggle the display of text over the Health and Mana
globes by clicking on the bottom area of each orb.
- When creating a single player game, each difficulty button is now bound
to a unique key: Normal 'R', Nightmare 'N', and Hell 'H'.
- The 'Enter Chat' Button in the battle.net waiting room is now
bound to the 'Enter' key.
- Added the windows system buttons to the game window (MIN, MAX, CLOSE).
- Added new command line parameter '-nofixaspect' which allows users to
not fix the aspect ratio to 4:3 when maximizing in windowed mode.
This lets the game 'stretch' to fill your monitor.
- Added support for '-sndbkg' command line switch. This enables sound
in background.
- Added the following aliases for pre-existing command line options,
'-nosound', '-window', and '-windowed'.


Revised Skill balance for Player Character classes


Amazon

- Immolation Arrow - Increased radius of Explosion effect by 33% and
Immolation effect by 50%.
- Immolation Arrow - Explosion effect damage increased by 20%.
- Immolation Arrow - Increased base duration by 33%.


Assassin

- Dragon Claw - Synergy receives 4% additional damage per point of Claw Mastery.
- Dragon Talon - The bonus to Attack Rating per point has been increased to 35.
- Shadow Master - Increased resistance range per point from 5-80 to 5-90.
- Combo points awarded by combo moves now last 15 seconds, up from 9.


Barbarian

- Whirlwind - Reduced initial mana cost by 50%.
- Masteries - Changed critical strike chance from 0-25 to 0-35.


Paladin

- Blessed Hammer - No longer ignores resistances of undead and demons.


Druid

- Werebear - Damage bonus increased by 15% across all ranks.
- Werebear - Increased health by 25% and armor by 1% per point.
- Shockwave - Synergy from Maul adds 5% damage per point.


Necromancer

- Blood Golem - Removed negative shared life effect (player no longer
loses life when the golem takes damage).
- Corpse Explosion - Increased base damage dealt from 60% - 100%
to 70% - 120% of corpses health.
- Poison Nova - Increased base damage by 15%.


Sorceress

- Firewall - Synergy receives 1% damage per point of Inferno and
4% per point of Warmth.
- Blaze - Synergy receives 1% damage per point of Firewall
and 4% per point of Warmth.
- Hydra - Increased base damage by 15% per rank.
- Hydra - Increased base speed of Hydra projectile.
- Hydra - Reduced cooldown by 25%.

[Mega Man]

For whenever you guys can get on, I have some items to give away (some low level uniques):
Steelgoad (Voulge) Spearazon
Leadcrow (Crossbow) Bowazon
Cathan's Mesh (Cathan's Set) Sorc, but Nec could use for the high armor value

[DougLikesBMW]

Thanks Mega.

[Mega Man]

Demon Gyre Clasped Orb for Sorc

[DBFIU]

Hey anyone doing the USEast D2 ladder?

I don't mind making a USWest account if everyone is already playing that.

[Syndicategt]

^ Good question. Isn't USEAST the more populated server?