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Title: column: EUOL #8
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on October 22, 2004, 04:52:13 PM
reference: http://www.timewastersguide.com/view.php?id=887

Clicking on goobers still fun to do. And yeah. I still do it to. In fact, I still play STARCRAFT (just restarted the Protoss missions for Broodwar this week, in fact).

I changed a word, EUOL, find it, and I'll give you a pretend cookie.

also, I had one other comment: Why did Blizzard make Warcraft an RPG when they already had DIablo? Was it the clans? I mean, you could make clans out of some of the material in Diablo. Weird.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: Prometheus on October 22, 2004, 06:12:30 PM
So what levels are you guys up to? Sadly, I accidentally let my hardcore account expire and my 76-ish Javazon is gone.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: Skar on October 22, 2004, 06:34:11 PM
Hah! I was just considering reinstalling Diablo 2 on my laptop.  I've been trying to play Morrowind and that is just about the slowest game I've ever come across.  I love the concept, explore, gain levels kill bad guys in many different ways but man is it slooooooow.  I've given up on it which is what was making Diablo 2 tempt me again.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: Eagle Prince on October 22, 2004, 07:03:32 PM
The thing about still playing Diablo II, when I put it in, I just want to wander around killing stuff.  But those annoying quests and waypoints always get in the way.  I hate wandering around for a half hour looking for some stupid heart or scroll that I've already found a zillion times and it keeps moving to new places.  I hate having to scavenger hunt for new items just to stay competitive.  I just want to wander around and kill stuff.  Know what I mean?
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: JP Dogberry on October 22, 2004, 09:35:33 PM
I just started again recently, with a Sorceress this time. So far I'm up to nightmare.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: Spriggan on October 23, 2004, 02:20:47 AM
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Hah! I was just considering reinstalling Diablo 2 on my laptop.  I've been trying to play Morrowind and that is just about the slowest game I've ever come across.  I love the concept, explore, gain levels kill bad guys in many different ways but man is it slooooooow.  I've given up on it which is what was making Diablo 2 tempt me again.


Morrowind is a great game Skar, though you need at least 512 megs of ram to play it well.

I think we all had initial problems with it but what you can do to get it running is lower the AI range (ie the radius from you that NPCs actauly do things) and the vision range, cutting those both in half don't affect the game much yet make it play fairly well.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock on October 23, 2004, 01:36:30 PM
I don't think he means in terms of how the game plays with the resources available, but instead how the game plays, itself. I.E., the game takes far to much effort to be anything worth the while of playing as you just cross a continent to find that you indeed, are sol.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: Fellfrosch in Exile on October 23, 2004, 04:47:26 PM
I couldn't really get into Morrowind either, once the novelty of wandering around and exploring wore off. Diablo 2, on the other hand, I continue to play. Like Prometheus I sadly let my account expire (thank CoH and BF Vietnam for that), but I'm slowly rebuilding it with a throwing barbarian--the primary weapon is a throwing axe, but when bosses rear their ugly heads he whips out a pair of magic knives and lets slip the machine gun of Double Throw.

On a related note, I can't even remember the last time I made a Diablo 2 character who wasn't stupid.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: EUOL on October 23, 2004, 06:32:20 PM
Lol.  Don't you have a throwing barb now?  That's actually viable because of 1.10.  You're going to have to work harder to make your screwball characters, Fell.  

Hum....

You could make a Necro that uses ONLY mages as a summoning.  (Regular skelletons are really tough now.)  And you could use poison explosion or teeth instead of one of the really powerful spells.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: JP Dogberry on October 24, 2004, 06:35:10 AM
Paladin that uses only defensive Auras.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: Fellfrosch on October 24, 2004, 08:18:26 PM
How about a Paladin that uses only Thorns and Sacrifice? The only way he could hurt others is by hurting himself. He'd be the "abused as a child" Paladin.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: JP Dogberry on October 25, 2004, 03:37:21 AM
/me cries.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: EUOL on October 25, 2004, 09:13:46 PM
I hear you went with a trap assassin.

I'll have to start saving assassin stuff.  I think I've got a pretty cool weapon, though.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: Fellfrosch on October 25, 2004, 11:27:01 PM
Yeah, I did, but I'm tempted to switch to a Paladin. I'll give the assassin a fe more levels, but right now she's kind of boring.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: Spriggan on October 26, 2004, 02:45:35 AM
Wow, unless they realy nerfed traps that's a good build.  Trap assassians are crazy powerful at higher levels.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: Eagle Prince on October 26, 2004, 07:36:54 AM
What server is everyone playing on?
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Post by: Spriggan on October 26, 2004, 08:12:34 AM
Probaly US West.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: Fellfrosch on October 26, 2004, 04:08:53 PM
Yes, US West.

And yes, the traps assassin turned out to be really powerful--way more powerful than I expected. I'm so used to playing losers who can't do any real damage, and then when I met a lightning enchanted boss last night I was quite surprised to find that my unexpectedly high damage killed both him and me. So I started another one, but I also started a paladin with whom I intend to use Holy Freeze and Zeal. We'll see. I'd like to stick with the assassin but she's just so boring at low levels (ie, before Wake of Fire at 12).
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: Eagle Prince on October 26, 2004, 04:16:29 PM
You quit just because you died?  Or was this hardcore?
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: EUOL on October 27, 2004, 02:46:35 AM
We always play exclusively hardcore.

More interesting that way.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: Eagle Prince on November 01, 2004, 10:59:38 PM
Yeah, I started a necromancer and got a suicide branch wand at lvl 32 (required lvl 33 to use).  Its an awesome wand.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: Eagle Prince on November 13, 2004, 05:38:21 PM
bnet has too much lag for hardcore, anyone else playing just normal/ladder?
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: Spriggan on November 13, 2004, 05:54:36 PM
Not any that I know of.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: tiny tim on June 21, 2005, 08:40:50 PM
yeah i had an account with a lv 87 hammerdin with nigma and hoto the works 83 bowzon 75 mancer 81 barb 82 trap asassin 84 ele druid stucks my hammerdin was great i soloed everyboss in hell never died chaos sancuary was so easy too i think ill make another but first i gotta make a mf sorce so i can get stuff to trade for nigma and hoto

timbo
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: JP Dogberry on June 21, 2005, 11:35:02 PM
I understood all of two words of that.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on June 22, 2005, 09:01:01 AM
I think i got 3
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: The Jade Knight on June 23, 2005, 04:34:14 PM
What scares me is that I understood all but 3 words.
Title: Re: column: EUOL #8
Post by: House of Mustard on June 23, 2005, 05:31:29 PM
I only wish it was shorter, so it could be my sig.