About to re-install Diablo 2. Suggestions for mods and patch version?

Cambios · Post by **Cambios** » Sat May 16, 2009 8:45 pm

I am about to re-install Diablo 2 so I can play with my daughter. She needs to have played one of the greatest games of all time.

Any suggestions for mods or for which patch version is best?

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sat May 16, 2009 9:18 pm

Good initiative!

I think you should use Diablo II LoD (the expansion, Lord of Destruction) and just let the latest patch, 1.12a download and install automatically. According to Blizzard there will be a new content patch, 1.13, soon but you know Blizzard's "soon" - could be any year now

DaveO · Post by **DaveO** » Sun May 17, 2009 5:41 am

I suspect the release of 1.13 may be closer than most believe. There is nothing wrong with doing 1.12 as the previous person mentioned, but I think 1.13 will be out in the next six months if not sooner.

Cambios · Post by **Cambios** » Sun May 17, 2009 2:33 pm

1.12 is a no-cd patch isn't it? So I don't have to bother with keeping disks in the drive, right?

What sort of new content comes in 1.13?

They should release an expansion for this game and embarrass the rest of the gaming industry when an 800x600 res game outsells them.

(well, maybe then they'd actually bump it to 1024x768 lol).

Dottie · Post by **Dottie** » Wed May 20, 2009 11:01 am

1.12 is a no cd patch, but I believe you have to copy a few files manually to get it to work.

As for the contents of 1.13 I don't think anyone knows yet.

DaveO · Post by **DaveO** » Thu May 21, 2009 8:38 pm

Supposedly an increased stash among other things, but nothing's final yet including the release date.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:52 pm

DaveO wrote:I suspect the release of 1.13 may be closer than most believe. There is nothing wrong with doing 1.12 as the previous person mentioned, but I think 1.13 will be out in the next six months if not sooner.

Is there any special information you have access to that makes you think the 1.13 release will be sooner than most other people believe?

Blizzard announced the 23rd April that they are planning for the ladder reset to coincide with the release of the 1.13 patch, and in the annoucement they said:
"We don't have a final release date for the patch yet, but we're providing early warning as a reset could occur as early as the end of April. We'll be providing updates with more certain dates once the patch is closer to release."

The 1st May they said:
"So yeah, we're still working on the patch. It's coming along really well. We're getting there. I can't give an estimate or date, we're expecting there to be a good amount of testing required due to the types of changes being made. We want to take our time and put out a solid patch, and that means we don't have a release date right now.

Some exciting news - and it also may be some comfort - due to the types of changes we're making we will be offering the Diablo II 1.13 patch for testing and feedback on a test realm before its release. We'll have more information about how you'll be able to help test it in the coming weeks."

As a response to someone who was complaining about Blizzard stating that the new patch could be out before the end of April when it is obvious that is not going to be the case, they responded the 2nd May:
"We try to give everyone at least a two week notice before a ladder reset. When it became apparent that the patch could potentially launch in two weeks, we put up an announcement just in case.

Now, even though no promises were given it's going to create some hope that it will be out, but we can only do so much to balance between expectation and information that's necessary for the community to have."

Then, the 12th May they stated:
"It's coming along. We're still in the process of refining and testing the changes going into the patch. Work is progressing, we haven't stopped working on it or anything like that.

As far as information of what's being changed in the patch, almost anything we're working on now could be removed. Testing could deem any change unworkable and we'd have to remove it. By releasing any information on possible changes we'd be raising expectations that the change is guaranteed to make it in, no matter how many disclaimers we place on it. That said, one change we're planning is to increase the stash size to 12x10. As I said it is in no way a guaranteed change. Any number of reasons could mean it will not make it into the final patch. But enjoy the breadcrumb maybe?"

And finally, 19th May, they said:
"Til the morrow sun doth shine
Do not fear the demon kind"

So, as far as I have seen, not even a hint of a release date...and they haven't released any more information about the test realm or even how people can participate in the testing. So I think it's still going to be a while. But of course nobody outside of Blzzard knows just how long. However, I still remember the "within weeks now" that turned out to be 54 weeks

DaveO · Post by **DaveO** » Fri May 22, 2009 8:33 pm

I'm merely making a prediction, and don't have an inside scoop. Whether it's true or not only time will tell. My expectations are for 1.13 to either be announced or released around the time of the next big Blizzard event or in conjunction with Starcraft 2 release. A Halloween or Christmas present is certainly not out of the realm of possibility. Besides, I think they're misleading on purpose and there will be a surprise release. :mischief:

Spinal · Post by **Spinal** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:33 pm

DaveO wrote:I suspect the release of 1.13 may be closer than most believe. There is nothing wrong with doing 1.12 as the previous person mentioned, but I think 1.13 will be out in the next six months if not sooner.

I remember when they where suppose to release 09 "soon" it took them 2 years!!

Loki[D.d.G] · Post by **Loki[D.d.G]** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:42 am

Spinal wrote:I remember when they where suppose to release 09 "soon" it took them 2 years!!

In any case, my money is on it being released before Diablo III. Either at the end of this year or the beginning of 2010.

flix · Post by **flix** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:57 am

Patch 1.09d w/ power item mod.

An old patch will preclude you from playing on closed battle.net, but you can still easily play on open battle.net with each other. Patch 1.09d will always be the greatest D2 patch in my eyes, in terms of balance and play strategy. All Power item mod does is increase your stash size and modestly improve the drops of good items, so you don't have to deal with trading with ******* strangers with duped items. It is not a cheat mod that ruins the fun of the game by giving you too many overpowered items.

As long as the two of you use the same patch and mods, you can experiment and play around as much as you like on open battle.net. This is far more fun than closed battle.net. Just don't play with strangers.

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