diablo 2 expansion - solo play - killing boss monsters more than once rewards
jamie
rewards for killing boss monsters once? If I save & exit the game,
reload, kill a boss monster again (e.g. Durial) it drops lame items
the 2nd time.
I don't remember the original Diablo 2 working this way?
Or am I imagining things?
I guess it is cheating really ....
chainbreaker
No, it's not cheating--while it's not necessary either, actually, it's about
the only way to collect some of the best equipment unless you're just
exceptionally lucky.
Duriel, BTW, generally drops lame items the *first* time. Some bosses like
Mephisto, Eldritch and Pindleskin are still worth hitting up regularly,
although with the new 1.10 patch you're generally better off running some
specific areas like "The Pit" in Act 1 and "Ancient Tunnels" in Act 2 for
"magic finding".
Diablo 2 works now the way it always has, generally speaking.
Check out either alt.games.diablo or alt.games.diablo2 for plenty of people
who can help answer most all your questions.
--
chainbreaker
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net--that's "net" not "com"--should do it.
Jim Vieira
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> jamie wrote:
> > Would I be right in thinking that in the expansion you only get nice
> > rewards for killing boss monsters once? If I save & exit the game,
> > reload, kill a boss monster again (e.g. Durial) it drops lame items
> > the 2nd time.
> >
> > I don't remember the original Diablo 2 working this way?
> >
> > Or am I imagining things?
> >
> > I guess it is cheating really ....
>
>
> No, it's not cheating--while it's not necessary either, actually, it's
about
> the only way to collect some of the best equipment unless you're just
> exceptionally lucky.
>
> Duriel, BTW, generally drops lame items the *first* time. Some bosses
like
> Mephisto, Eldritch and Pindleskin are still worth hitting up regularly,
> although with the new 1.10 patch you're generally better off running some
> specific areas like "The Pit" in Act 1 and "Ancient Tunnels" in Act 2 for
> "magic finding".
>
> Diablo 2 works now the way it always has, generally speaking.
>
> Check out either alt.games.diablo or alt.games.diablo2 for plenty of
people
> who can help answer most all your questions.
>
Good advice. I just wanted to say, I have read a "rumor" that on 1.10
the FIRST time you kill any boss / unique monster, it has a higher drop
rate than in subsequent kills. But I'm not sure about that. However,
I still play Diablo II (online) from time to time and when I do I do pit
runs,
but also go after Andariel, Mephisto, Pindleskin and Baal (Hell difficulty)
because they are known to be good droppers. They have all dropped
great stuff for me in the past. Sometimes it can take many, many runs
before you see anything worthwhile.
Michael Vondung
> Good advice. I just wanted to say, I have read a "rumor" that on 1.10
> the FIRST time you kill any boss / unique monster, it has a higher drop
> rate than in subsequent kills.
It's not a rumour, that's what Blizzard claimed (part of the 1.10
changes). However, I can't really confirm it. I've had as many good
first-time drops as I had crappy first-time drops. Mephisto in
particular seems to drop as inconsitently (but on average decently) as
he always did.
I second CB's invitation to alt.games.diablo2. It's a really friendly
group with a good info/noise ratio.
M.