Diablo D2 Runes and Runewords is the best loot system in any aRPG. It should be a industry standard by now.

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• D2 Runes and Runewords is the best loot system in any aRPG. It should be a industry standard by now.
• There are 7 classes. There are 7 deadly sins. This is a game about hell and whatnot. WHO IS WHAT!?
• Wizard builds to solo GR 150?
• Do Parthan Defenders drop for the Necromancer?
• I own diablo 1 + hellfire on GoG but i installed Belzebub and it says that "program requires diabdat.mpq to run". Im not very tech savvy and quite confused.
• best HC build for a Barb and/or Necro?
• Diablo 1 Pre Release info
• D4 trailer speculation

D2 Runes and Runewords is the best loot system in any aRPG. It should be a industry standard by now. Posted: 02 Sep 2020 02:05 PM PDT ARPGs are struggling hard with loot systems. Pick any modern day aRPG loot system and the game is plagued with excessive clutter and too generous drop rates that makes grinding feel unrewarding and monotonous. From D3 to Wolcen to PoE, the loot system is always one of the features the community more commonly complaint about. This post is about how D2's rune words, if expanded to encompass all type of items, would solve most of those problems. Advantage of runes over traditional system: ​ Clutter Avoidance: Adding a new item or affix to an ARPG has the side effect of making all other items slightly harder to obtain. In order to add diversity without increasing grinding times, drop rates must go up - generating clutter and destroying the feeling of finding a cool new unique or rare because those are just too common now. Rune words don't have this issue: new rune words can be added and no adjustment to loot tables is needed because those are just new combinations of items that already exists. Steady Feeling of Progress: From the moment you drop your first El on Act I, you are already making progress towards your BiS runewords. It's small progress, but progress it is. It certainly much better feeling to obtain 1/10000 of your shining BiS item than roll 1/10000 a bunch of times and get nothing. While Farming is Fun: Many games address the above issue by having more "deterministic" loot systems. In PoE and vD3 you farm currency and obtain what you need through trade. In current D3 the game showers you with your spec items and keep the grinding part being purely numeric (be it paragon levels, augments or better rolls). All those solutions kills the fun of farming by making it very monotonous and the fun of progression in D3 case. Runes are fun because certain runes are rarer then others. You always have the feeling you are making some progress but some times you hit the jack pot and make huge progress at once. Keep Player Autonomy: The core feature of rune system is to craft your items from a combination of runes. So for example if you have runes A, B and C you can choose item AB, BC or AC. On the traditional system you need to drop a bunch of those items until you get the one you need. Some times when that happens you have already over leveled the item. Runes allow players to engage itemization proactively, even when loot is random, specially in a game without trade. Whether runewords could take over the role system or be blended with traditional loot like in D2 is up to debate. But I believe there is enough advantages to the system that it should show up in D4 (and in any aRPG) to some degree. submitted by /u/italofoca [link] [comments]

There are 7 classes. There are 7 deadly sins. This is a game about hell and whatnot. WHO IS WHAT!? Posted: 02 Sep 2020 08:25 AM PDT So basically I wiped my characters because I hadn't played in years and want to start from scratch. I'm going to do Ironman Adventure only, and fully expect many MANY characters to die. So I'll be assigning each of the classes a cardinal sin for that grand gaming tradition of 'incredibly loose interpretations of religious iconography and terms!' The heroes are being punished for their misdeeds and must save the world! LOOK HOW ORIGINAL I AM! How's my lineup? Latin included as an option. Barbarian - Gluttony/Gula (Seems like they eat a lot, I guess.) Crusader - Pride/Vanagloria (It was either that or wrath, and I decided to give that one to Prince Edgelord) Demon Hunter - Wrath/Ira (The most obvious thing since "Water is WET!") Monk - Greed/Avaritia (Dirty beggar players want all the good loot for themselves. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.) Necromancer - Sloth/Acedia (Because why fight for YOURSELF? Eew. Make the dirty bones do it.) Witch Doctor - Envy/Invidia (Of other classes being good, I guess. j/k) Wizard - Lust/Luxuria (Lust for power) (I acknowledge that yeah, everyone is canonically some form of wrath/pride/lust-in-the-'for power'-sense, but remember, this is for FUNSIES!) ​ Who would you give each sin to? submitted by /u/MrGenerik [link] [comments]

Wizard builds to solo GR 150? Posted: 02 Sep 2020 08:02 PM PDT Hey all! Looking for a starting point never played a wizard before either. I've always been a sword and board berserker, and I'm looking to switch. Thanks!! submitted by /u/hollidayjp88 [link] [comments]

Do Parthan Defenders drop for the Necromancer? Posted: 02 Sep 2020 01:20 AM PDT Because if they do I'm just extremely unlucky. I have spent atleast 15000 blood shards and about 800+ Death's Breath trying to get them. submitted by /u/kingcactuswolf [link] [comments]

I own diablo 1 + hellfire on GoG but i installed Belzebub and it says that "program requires diabdat.mpq to run". Im not very tech savvy and quite confused. Posted: 02 Sep 2020 07:35 PM PDT I have all the Belzebub files in its own folder on my desktop and I have diablo 1 shortcut on my desktop. When i open the file location of diablo 1, it brings me to galaxyclient.exe so i dont know where to place the Belzebub files.... Could anyone please assist me? I would be immensely appreciative! edit: also, i heard D1 doesnt have a button to highlight NPC's and items on the ground, does this mod at that feature? submitted by /u/The_Drifter117 [link] [comments]

best HC build for a Barb and/or Necro? Posted: 02 Sep 2020 06:33 PM PDT A while back (like 2 years ago) i had a pretty high level barb and lost him due to some really stupid decisions on my end. I haven't touched HC since, but i greatly miss the thrill of playing HC. Looking to get back into it, but not sure what builds and skills should be my priority. Barb and Necro are my two favorite classes by far. submitted by /u/Butchered_at_Birth [link] [comments]

Diablo 1 Pre Release info Posted: 02 Sep 2020 04:03 AM PDT Where can I find/download this version of Diablo 1? submitted by /u/KgiB_it [link] [comments]

D4 trailer speculation Posted: 02 Sep 2020 10:59 AM PDT ​ https://preview.redd.it/h4vd3pn8xrk51.png?width=970&format=png&auto=webp&s=6f8ce0b3b5c052f03e898e424de54fde281cf7f0 Could it be that this guy is Marius? They do share a quite a resemblance in my opinion, which I came to think about after playing d2 again after like 7 years. Maybe he would have survived his encounter in D2 with Baal in the mental hospital and turned into a (although afaik I think he already was one) a psychically traumatized drunkard hermit? I know he is marked as dead, just an idea though. submitted by /u/nurman3 [link] [comments]

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