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Game Forum / Role Playing Games / Diablo / January 2005Guess who popped into the AGD game today?
Jill aka pericat showed up unannounced and we took our new zons on a Blood Raven-slaughtering spree :D Sadly I had to leave before rescuing Cain because a bunch of people were talking to me on AIM, but it was nice to see a familiar face <g>  Signature-- There is no spoon. EvilBill - http://evilbill.50megs.com/index.html My Quake2 FTP site: ftp://65.30.181.223/quake2/EvilBill/ Jack of Hearts of the Eeeevil Trek Cabal (TINC) > Jill aka pericat showed up unannounced and we took our new zons on a > Blood Raven-slaughtering spree :D > Sadly I had to leave before rescuing Cain because a bunch of people > were talking to me on AIM, but it was nice to see a familiar face <g> But you saw his face? In the cage I presume. desktop at home dot se Desktop <desktop@home.sweden> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: >> Jill aka pericat showed up unannounced and we took our new zons on a >> Blood Raven-slaughtering spree :D >> Sadly I had to leave before rescuing Cain because a bunch of people >> were talking to me on AIM, but it was nice to see a familiar face <g> > > But you saw his face? In the cage I presume. I didn't get out of the underground passage. <g> Signature-- There is no spoon. EvilBill - http://evilbill.50megs.com/index.html My Quake2 FTP site: ftp://65.30.181.223/quake2/EvilBill/ Jack of Hearts of the Eeeevil Trek Cabal (TINC) > Desktop <desktop@home.sweden> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: >>> Jill aka pericat showed up unannounced and we took our new zons on a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > I didn't get out of the underground passage. <g> TMI! desktop at home dot se Desktop <desktop@home.sweden> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: >> I didn't get out of the underground passage. <g> > > TMI! LOL! Signature-- There is no spoon. EvilBill - http://evilbill.50megs.com/index.html My Quake2 FTP site: ftp://65.30.181.223/quake2/EvilBill/ Jack of Hearts of the Eeeevil Trek Cabal (TINC) >Jill aka pericat showed up unannounced and we took our new zons on a Blood >Raven-slaughtering spree :D >Sadly I had to leave before rescuing Cain because a bunch of people were >talking to me on AIM, but it was nice to see a familiar face <g> D*mn, and of course she comes back when I can't get on :-( If you see her again, please tell her we miss her. ald "Knowledge is Power" VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( ) Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West) Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West) Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West) Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod) Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR) Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR) Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR) Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR) Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op) BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP) Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR) Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder) CotSRSig #16 > >Jill aka pericat showed up unannounced and we took our new zons on a Blood > >Raven-slaughtering spree :D > >Sadly I had to leave before rescuing Cain because a bunch of people were > >talking to me on AIM, but it was nice to see a familiar face <g> I went back this evening, and a perfect stranger loaded me with low level charms and rings (including Cathan's Seal! yay!) and ammies (Iratha's! She and Cathan need to drink somewheres besides Atma's-- they get rolled every time for their jewelry) and then a very quick excursion with a paladin (Sorrow_<something>) watched over by an assassin. Said assassin laid an 'enchant' swirlie on us both, and shot our damage levels to the sky. > D*mn, and of course she comes back when I can't get on :-( If you see > her again, please tell her we miss her. But the game-creator had done Cain, and my SO wanted me to pay attention to supper arrangements for a bit, so I left. But Sorrow_<something> said ald said to say 'hi', and I guessed EB had been bandying my name around. :) We had fun. jill Signature*pericat Slayer Kitsilan-- SP lvl 46 bowazon rerun-- USWest lvl 6 bowazon Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 67 gatling gun zon Slayer Siobhan-- AR-SE lvl 81 tri-elemental mage And so it is written, that jill coming to a smoldering shrub, spake these words: >>> Jill aka pericat showed up unannounced and we took our new >>> zons on a Blood Raven-slaughtering spree :D [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > -- > *pericat Pericat! If I'd known you were on, I'd be playing B/net. Lately, have been keeping my accouts active, Playing a little bit of D1, a decent amount of the Nez mod for D2/LoD, and alot of Red Baron 3. -- -Wailwulf http://Wailwulf.home.att.net dieBestie L35+ Diablo B/net Warrior Patriarch dieBestie L99 LOD USAWest Paladin (Offensive) Slayer derEber L80+ LOD USAWest Ladder Paladin (Offensive) Slayer dasTier L75+ LOD USAWest Paladin (Defensive) Slayer VVailwulf L45+ LOD USAWest Druid (Werewolf with Dire Wolf Pack) > Pericat! If I'd known you were on, I'd be playing B/net. Lately, have > been keeping my accouts active, Playing a little bit of D1, a decent amount > of the Nez mod for D2/LoD, and alot of Red Baron 3. We should get together for a game sometime. I need to do something about recreating my 'friends' list, come to think of it. jill Signature*pericat Slayer Kitsilan-- SP lvl 46 bowazon rerun-- USWest lvl 11 bowazon Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 67 gatling gun zon Slayer Siobhan-- AR-SE lvl 81 tri-elemental mage And so it is written, that jill coming to a smoldering shrub, spake these words: >> Pericat! If I'd known you were on, I'd be playing B/net. >> Lately, have been keeping my accouts active, Playing a little [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > jill When do you think will be the best time to find you on line? If I have an idea, and I can, I'd make a concerted effort to be on B/net. VVailwulf (ladder) still needs to get out of act 3 NM, and I created him the day the ladder was refreshed. -- -Wailwulf http://Wailwulf.home.att.net *dieBestie *Wailwulf dieBestie L35+ Diablo B/net Warrior Patriarch dieBestie L99 LOD USAWest Paladin (Offensive) Slayer derEber L80+ LOD USAWest Ladder Paladin (Offensive) Slayer dasTier L75+ LOD USAWest Paladin (Defensive) Slayer VVailwulf L45+ LOD USAWest Druid (Werewolf with Dire Wolf Pack) > When do you think will be the best time to find you on line? If I have > an idea, and I can, I'd make a concerted effort to be on B/net. VVailwulf > (ladder) still needs to get out of act 3 NM, and I created him the day the > ladder was refreshed. I don't know that I'll be playing all that much online on a regular basis, but maybe afternoon/early evening? Signature*pericat Slayer Kitsilan-- SP lvl 46 bowazon rerun-- USWest lvl 14 bowazon Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 67 gatling gun zon Slayer Siobhan-- AR-SE lvl 81 tri-elemental mage >Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 67 gatling gun zon ? I hope this is a reference to either MS or Strafe, IIRC guns are in Nez, not AR ;-) ald "Knowledge is Power" VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( ) Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West) Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West) Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West) Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod) Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR) Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR) Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR) Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR) Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op) BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP) Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR) Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder) CotSRSig #16 ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: >> Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 67 gatling gun zon > > ? I hope this is a reference to either MS or Strafe, IIRC guns are in > Nez, not AR ;-) Probably slvl 35 or so Strafe ;) Signature-- There is no spoon. EvilBill - http://evilbill.50megs.com/index.html My Quake2 FTP site: ftp://65.30.181.223/quake2/EvilBill/ Jack of Hearts of the Eeeevil Trek Cabal (TINC) > >Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 67 gatling gun zon > > ? I hope this is a reference to either MS or Strafe, IIRC guns are in > Nez, not AR ;-) Strafe. She shoots very, very fast. :D jill Signature*pericat Slayer Kitsilan-- SP lvl 46 bowazon rerun-- USWest lvl 14 bowazon Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 67 gatling gun zon Slayer Siobhan-- AR-SE lvl 81 tri-elemental mage >> >Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 67 gatling gun zon >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >jill Oh, good. You had me worried there for a bit ;-) ald "Knowledge is Power" VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( ) Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West) Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West) Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West) Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod) Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR) Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR) Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR) Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR) Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op) BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP) Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR) Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder) CotSRSig #16 jill <pericat@gmail.com> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: >>> Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 67 gatling gun zon >> >> ? I hope this is a reference to either MS or Strafe, IIRC guns are in >> Nez, not AR ;-) > > Strafe. She shoots very, very fast. :D What's she wearing in the way of IAS? Signature-- There is no spoon. EvilBill - http://evilbill.50megs.com/index.html My Quake2 FTP site: ftp://65.30.181.223/quake2/EvilBill/ Jack of Hearts of the Eeeevil Trek Cabal (TINC) > jill <pericat@gmail.com> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > What's she wearing in the way of IAS? Magnus' Skin coupled with Skystrike. jill Signature*pericat Slayer Kitsilan-- SP lvl 46 bowazon rerun-- USWest lvl 18 bowazon Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 67 gatling gun zon Slayer Siobhan-- AR-SE lvl 81 tri-elemental mage jill <pericat@gmail.com> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: >> jill <pericat@gmail.com> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: >>> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Magnus' Skin coupled with Skystrike. Sweet :) My ladder strafeazon has a Skystrike on weapon switch, but she uses a Kuko ATM for the higher damage. Signature-- There is no spoon. EvilBill - http://evilbill.50megs.com/index.html My Quake2 FTP site: ftp://65.30.181.223/quake2/EvilBill/ Jack of Hearts of the Eeeevil Trek Cabal (TINC) > jill <pericat@gmail.com> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: > >> What's she wearing in the way of IAS? > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > My ladder strafeazon has a Skystrike on weapon switch, but she uses a Kuko > ATM for the higher damage. I have you to thank for this, since your asking meant I had to swap into AR and have a look, which reminded me how long it'd been since I took cypress out for walkies, and how much fun she could be. She has the cheesiest combination of crafted jewelry, armour and charms ever seen. I think even an ITAM editor would blush to turn out some of this stuff; why people edit their chars I don't know, all they have to do is play a mod. AR-SE currently has a glitch whereby NM A3 does not spawn a Disused Fane full of Enraged Diablos. The DF is there, at the bottom of the Swampy Pit, but no Diablos. And the Kurast Sewers are two levels instead of going straight to the second, as I vaguely remember should happen. Allow me a moment to register my pique at this sorry state of affairs. With that in mind, I determined to blast cypress through A3 as fast as ever I could, and I've never done it that fast in SP. She had good maps all through, the Flayer Jungle connected up with the Spider Forest, the Spider Cavern and the Flayer Dungeon both pretty much out in the open, and while it was a bit of a slog, slog she did at top speed. She almost died to Undead Stygian Dollie Skels in the second level of the Sewers; but got lucky with a rejuv toss. I think it's the Raven Frost ring that lets her eat fire for breakfast; she stood nearly toe to toe with the Travincal Council for the nearly ten minutes of steady shooting it took to eliminate them. But for a zon that's entirely comfortable standing in a lake of fire, she sure does grouse about it. "Ow, ow, ow!" all the blessed time, and her life ball overflowing the while. Mephisto was unexpectedly hardy, but he mostly focused on her merc, Azrael, a fine, upstanding Holy Freeze jabber who's been levelling steadily along with her. She cleared the Plains in A4, after gambling for a rare rune bow and crafting it into Magewrath. While it does somewhat better damage, she misses the Meteor Strike on Skystrike. She's grown used to tagging her kills with that entirely gratuitous and, in SP, utterly ineffective[1] bit of eye candy. It's just her way of saying, "cypress wuz hear!" jill [1] unless that's been fixed in 1.10? Signature*pericat Slayer Kitsilan-- SP lvl 46 bowazon rerun-- USWest lvl 18 bowazon Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 73 gatling gun zon Slayer Siobhan-- AR-SE lvl 81 tri-elemental mage >I have you to thank for this, since your asking meant I had to swap into >AR and have a look, which reminded me how long it'd been since I took [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >why people edit their chars I don't know, all they have to do is play a >mod. Heh, yeah, I take it from the comment on the armor that you *have* killed Natalya with her? That one alone is enough to turn a character into a uber-boss ;-) BTW, that's *much* harder in 1.10, he made Natalya into a real Assassin, in every meaning of the word. >AR-SE currently has a glitch whereby NM A3 does not spawn a Disused Fane >full of Enraged Diablos. The DF is there, at the bottom of the Swampy >Pit, but no Diablos. And the Kurast Sewers are two levels instead of >going straight to the second, as I vaguely remember should happen. Allow >me a moment to register my pique at this sorry state of affairs. Funny, I don't remember that, and my first encounters with the Uber Diablos were *definitely* in 1.09 AR-SE. Maybe that's something that was changed in an upgrade? As to the Sewers, I always had to get lost in the first level before finding the entrance to the second. >With that in mind, I determined to blast cypress through A3 as fast as >ever I could, and I've never done it that fast in SP. She had good maps [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >died to Undead Stygian Dollie Skels in the second level of the Sewers; >but got lucky with a rejuv toss. Ugh, we *hates* Undead Stygian Dolls, yes we do, my precious ;-) >I think it's the Raven Frost ring that lets her eat fire for breakfast; >she stood nearly toe to toe with the Travincal Council for the nearly >ten minutes of steady shooting it took to eliminate them. But for a zon >that's entirely comfortable standing in a lake of fire, she sure does >grouse about it. "Ow, ow, ow!" all the blessed time, and her life ball >overflowing the while. You can lead a Bowazon to water, but you can't stop her from complaining ;-) >Mephisto was unexpectedly hardy, but he mostly focused on her merc, >Azrael, a fine, upstanding Holy Freeze jabber who's been levelling >steadily along with her. Huh? Why'd you let him near him? When I'm taking on Meph with a Bowazon, I always run into his area to draw him out, then run back across the river (hopefully with the Merc in tow). The *Valk* then gets to take the damage, she's much less expensive to recast. Of course, I'm always using a Rogue merc, so she can actually have an effect in this strategy (assuming I don't let the Valk die, Meph always seems to go after the Merc next), so I guess this works, as long as you didn't have to pay to res him ;-) >She cleared the Plains in A4, after gambling for a rare rune bow and >crafting it into Magewrath. While it does somewhat better damage, she [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >[1] unless that's been fixed in 1.10? Not that I've noticed. Thanks for an excellent Spot Report, as always up to your usual standards. SBPP! :-) ald "Knowledge is Power" VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( ) Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West) Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West) Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West) Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod) Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR) Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR) Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR) Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR) Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op) BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP) Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR) Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder) CotSRSig #16 > Heh, yeah, I take it from the comment on the armor that you *have* > killed Natalya with her? That one alone is enough to turn a character > into a uber-boss ;-) No, it's "just" the Hwanin's crafted tiggie. > BTW, that's *much* harder in 1.10, he made Natalya into a real > Assassin, in every meaning of the word. Oh. Bugger. > Funny, I don't remember that, and my first encounters with the Uber > Diablos were *definitely* in 1.09 AR-SE. Maybe that's something that > was changed in an upgrade? As to the Sewers, I always had to get lost > in the first level before finding the entrance to the second. Siobhan looked everywhere. No Diablos. So I nosed around phrozenkeep and came up with a couple of notes on some forum to the effect that NM in 1.10 has some kind of oddity not present in Normal, yadda yadda, it keeps Diablos from spawning. Siobhan is not amused, as this means she'll have to bull her fragile way through the CS and all those freakin' harpies smacking her, while the mages curse her merc... Her best spell is Hydra. They're all FI. > Ugh, we *hates* Undead Stygian Dolls, yes we do, my precious ;-) Diablo doesn't hit as hard. Hell, *Lister* doesn't hit as hard. > You can lead a Bowazon to water, but you can't stop her from > complaining ;-) And here I thought it was only sorcies that whined so bitterly. Mind you, sorcies do whine till you want to kick them off the Arreat Summit, and would if they didn't keep Shiver Armour set to 'instant ice cube'. > Huh? Why'd you let him near him? It's in his job description. "Go stand by monster. Poke with stick. Be sure to use the pointy end." > When I'm taking on Meph with a > Bowazon, I always run into his area to draw him out, then run back > across the river (hopefully with the Merc in tow). The *Valk* then > gets to take the damage, she's much less expensive to recast. Of Huh. Never tried that one. > course, I'm always using a Rogue merc, so she can actually have an > effect in this strategy (assuming I don't let the Valk die, Meph > always seems to go after the Merc next), so I guess this works, as > long as you didn't have to pay to res him ;-) Gold is cheaper than mana, some days. Though today was one of those days when both cost. > Thanks for an excellent Spot Report, as always up to your usual > standards. SBPP! :-) Mmmm, berries. :) Cypress went through Hell today, and my neck is feeling it. Thank heaven for wireless laptops and scotch. Guess what Izual dropped? That's right-- two large charms and a skull. All the good stuff is in Normal. Oh well, she ended up full-clearing everywhere and had not too bad a time of it, even in the RoF, till she got to the CS. Strange new monsters in A4. I can just about see the iron golems in the City of the Damned, and the fire golems in the River, but what the heck are those blobby fire things shooting fireballs in the manner of a harpie shooting stars? They made Azrael whimper, they did, yes and expire, too. Several times. Cypress went from having lots of gold and fat purples to not in the space of time it took her to drag Azrael and her PHC as far as Hadriel. Who was not very encouraging when he saw the state of her armour. "Turn back now, Hero, and get a real job." "Hey, you're supposed to tell me about the Seals." "Seals, schmeals-- okay, okay. There are five Seals. If one of them doesn't get you, the next one will. Go home." Needless to say, she flounced past him and went on to the CS, where, as I mentioned, Azrael began to cost her seriously in both pots and gelt. It didn't help that she touched one of the Seals accidently and the arch boss pack that passes for the Infector of Souls' lot (more of the fiery blobbies) wiped the floor with him three or four times in less than a minute. Cypress got a little confused and spammed them with town portals, not her shiniest hour by a long shot. Which may account for Azrael's later behaviour. Eventually they did succeed in clearing the CS and loosing Diablo, who expended his wrath right on cypress, which was good in a way, she being fairly sturdy, and that let Azrael stand behind him, along with the Valk, and poke him unmolested. Half a belt later, she collected his meagre drop and portalled to Harrogath. Then it was waste Shenk, free the POWs, clear the whatsit area, and dive into the Crystalline. Some imp dropped an Ort, and with Qual-Kek's quest set, that gave her enough TalRalOrt to craft a 50% ED jewel (boosted Magewrath's damage a bit), as well as a +25% life charm. Then she found a gold gothic bow, and another Ort, and used up another TalRalOrt in turning it into Goldstrike. Might have to go rune-farming and treat it to a crafted jewel. Its FoH cast actually seems to work, so now I'm wondering if those 'chance to cast X' mods are finally working in SP. Azrael, though... After dying several time in the CS, Azrael took to behaving a little bit shy. Okay, a lot shy. Hanging back. Studying his surroundings in a distinctly Valk-like manner. Meanwhile, cypress is having to depend almost wholly on her Valk for tanking. At one point, she's shooting at monsters, the Valk is killing monsters, Azrael is off behind them, behind a cornice, in a niche, and the reason I know this is that he levelled partway through the fight. A fight to which he contributed no more than heavy breathing, yet he has the nerve to announce how he's feeling stronger. jill Signature*pericat Slayer Kitsilan-- SP lvl 46 bowazon rerun-- USWest lvl 18 bowazon Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 78 gatling gun zon Slayer Siobhan-- AR-SE lvl 81 tri-elemental mage <snip the funniest spot-report I've read in ages> Good to see you back jill. -- ~misfit~ >> Heh, yeah, I take it from the comment on the armor that you *have* >> killed Natalya with her? That one alone is enough to turn a character >> into a uber-boss ;-) > >No, it's "just" the Hwanin's crafted tiggie. Nice, but if you're still playing 1.09 AR-SE it's worth going after NM Natalya to get the +3 skills, 16% dual leech, +50% res all armor, assuming you can get to 149 strength to wear it, and also assuming *you* can get her to drop all of the set parts ;-) In 1.09 *she's* a pushover, especially for a ranged attacker, it's *getting* there that's the problem. >> BTW, that's *much* harder in 1.10, he made Natalya into a real >> Assassin, in every meaning of the word. > >Oh. Bugger. Yeah, I've managed to kill her twice now, I think, in Normal, haven't gotten to her in NM in 1.10 yet. Both times her kill count was *much* higher than mine :-( >> Funny, I don't remember that, and my first encounters with the Uber >> Diablos were *definitely* in 1.09 AR-SE. Maybe that's something that [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >harpies smacking her, while the mages curse her merc... Her best spell >is Hydra. They're all FI. Ok, now I'm confused, which version are you running? Again, I haven't gotten there in 1.10 yet, but my newest AR Bowazon just got to Act 4 in Normal in her last game, and decided *not* to skip it, despite having gotten lucky and gotten a Champ Diablo solo (talk about pot depletion! After that fight she was back to using regular healing and mana potions, having barely enough rejuvs left to fill one row of her belt. When she went to explore the rest of the area and saw another river of flame, she hightailed it out of there ;-) ), but she *did* figure it would be the first area where she'd get experience after the Crypt, and desperately wants the Hwannis set (stupid Izzy dropped everything but the Bill *twice*, I forget the reason her game ended but it was before she'd found the WP so she got a second chance at him in that round). >> Ugh, we *hates* Undead Stygian Dolls, yes we do, my precious ;-) > >Diablo doesn't hit as hard. Hell, *Lister* doesn't hit as hard. Heh, one of my earliest D2 Spot Reports was about an encounter with 2 or 3 boss packs of them right by the stairs in Durance 1, in Hell I think. I went from just about ready to level to *no* experience showing on the bar in *very* short order :-( >> You can lead a Bowazon to water, but you can't stop her from >> complaining ;-) > >And here I thought it was only sorcies that whined so bitterly. Mind >you, sorcies do whine till you want to kick them off the Arreat Summit, >and would if they didn't keep Shiver Armour set to 'instant ice cube'. Don't remind me, I got convinced by Stephen to start a Sorc on BNut last night ;-) Nova/something is the current plan, she's only at level 12 so she has some time to decide. >> Huh? Why'd you let him near him? > >It's in his job description. "Go stand by monster. Poke with stick. Be >sure to use the pointy end." Lol, yeah, I guess it is ;-) One of these days I have to try an Act 2 Merc. Hmm, maybe with the new Sorc. >> When I'm taking on Meph with a >> Bowazon, I always run into his area to draw him out, then run back >> across the river (hopefully with the Merc in tow). The *Valk* then >> gets to take the damage, she's much less expensive to recast. Of > >Huh. Never tried that one. It works *really* well, most of the time. Lately I've had to run across a second time once or twice, but usually if he's playing shy throwing the Valk or a Decoy at him will coax him out. >> course, I'm always using a Rogue merc, so she can actually have an >> effect in this strategy (assuming I don't let the Valk die, Meph [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >Hadriel. Who was not very encouraging when he saw the state of her >armour. Heyfatso didn't give her a Windforce? Shame on him :-( >"Turn back now, Hero, and get a real job." > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >portals, not her shiniest hour by a long shot. Which may account for >Azrael's later behaviour. Lol, been there, done that ;-) >Eventually they did succeed in clearing the CS and loosing Diablo, who >expended his wrath right on cypress, which was good in a way, she being [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >turning it into Goldstrike. Might have to go rune-farming and treat it >to a crafted jewel. You know, it's funny, in 1.09 Orts seemed to drop as frequently as Zods (read: never). Now, more often than not, I'm waiting on the *Tal* to drop for the recipes. >Its FoH cast actually seems to work, so now I'm wondering if those >'chance to cast X' mods are finally working in SP. Well, the graphic does anyway, I'm not sure I've actually seen damage from it, but it's hard to tell using Strafe ;-) >Azrael, though... After dying several time in the CS, Azrael took to >behaving a little bit shy. Okay, a lot shy. Hanging back. Studying his [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >jill My Rogues do that all the time, hiding a couple rooms away and coming up with some excuse about not being able to find their way to the fight. That actually turned out for the better in my last game with my Nez Necro, a pack of Extra Strong Felltwins cut down *everyone* else (several times), if she hadn't been hanging around by the waypoint I doubt she would have survived. Thanks again for another lovely Spot Report, they are a true joy to read. SBPP! :-) ald "Knowledge is Power" VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( ) Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West) Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West) Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West) Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod) Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR) Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR) Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR) Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR) Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op) BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP) Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR) Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder) CotSRSig #16 jill <pericat@gmail.com> stared blankly into space for a short while before writing: > I think it's the Raven Frost ring that lets her eat fire for > breakfast; Dwarf star SignatureDoc > jill <pericat@gmail.com> stared blankly into space for a short while > before writing: >> I think it's the Raven Frost ring that lets her eat fire for >> breakfast; > > Dwarf star Ahh, that would explain my confusion. -- ~misfit~ > > jill <pericat@gmail.com> stared blankly into space for a short while > > before writing: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Ahh, that would explain my confusion. It's worse than that. She's not wearing her Dwarf, she's wearing her Raven. It's the Rising Sun ammy that does the fire trick. My fault. jill Signature*pericat Slayer Kitsilan-- SP lvl 46 bowazon rerun-- USWest lvl 18 bowazon Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 78 gatling gun zon Slayer Siobhan-- AR-SE lvl 81 tri-elemental mage >>> jill <pericat@gmail.com> stared blankly into space for a short while >>> before writing: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > My fault. Lol, Cool, thanks for clearing that up. -- ~misfit~ I think it was pericat@gmail.com (jill) that wrote something like... >> > jill <pericat@gmail.com> stared blankly into space for a short while >> > before writing: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >jill Yeah, that's a nice ammy for dealing with fire breathers and such. That boss from the chaos sanctuary seal doesn't give my sorc much worry, as they heal her more than they hurt her. It just takes her a while to kill them all as they seem fairly resistant to fire, and her frozen orb isn't all *that* powerful. It also makes Durance 3 pretty safe most of the time for her. Ashen Shugar SignatureThe lions sing and the hills take flight. The moon by day, and the sun by night. Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool. Let the Lord of Chaos rule! > > EvilBill <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote: > > My ladder strafeazon has a Skystrike on weapon switch, but she uses a Kuko > > ATM for the higher damage. Oof! Morgana still twitches involuntarily whenever Kuko is mentioned. > "cypress wuz hear!" Yay! Welcome back, jill. Richard. SignatureChampion Hippolyta -- SP lvl 76 general-purpose Bowazon Champion Alcippe -- SP lvl 76 pure Javazon Matriarch Morgana -- SP lvl 77 tri-band Sorceress <http://www.sailmaker.co.uk/diablo/> >Yay! Welcome back, jill. > >Richard. Welcome back yourself ;-) ald "Knowledge is Power" VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( ) Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West) Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West) Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West) Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod) Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR) Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR) Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR) Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR) Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op) BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP) Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR) Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder) CotSRSig #16 > >Yay! Welcome back, jill. > > > >Richard. > > Welcome back yourself ;-) Oh, I have always been here, just lurking. Richard. SignatureChampion Hippolyta -- SP lvl 76 general-purpose Bowazon Champion Alcippe -- SP lvl 76 pure Javazon Matriarch Morgana -- SP lvl 77 tri-band Sorceress <http://www.sailmaker.co.uk/diablo/> Richard Buckle <richardb@sailmaker.co.uk> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: >>> EvilBill <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote: >>> My ladder strafeazon has a Skystrike on weapon switch, but she uses >>> a Kuko ATM for the higher damage. > > Oof! Morgana still twitches involuntarily whenever Kuko is mentioned. Any particular reason? <g> >> "cypress wuz hear!" > > Yay! Welcome back, jill. And welcome back to you, also :) Signature-- There is no spoon. EvilBill - http://evilbill.50megs.com/index.html My Quake2 FTP site: ftp://65.30.181.223/quake2/EvilBill/ Jack of Hearts of the Eeeevil Trek Cabal (TINC) > > Oof! Morgana still twitches involuntarily whenever Kuko is mentioned. > > Any particular reason? <g> Blimey, you remembered that [ahem] little mishap after two years! I'm flattered. Morgana, however, is nervous. > And welcome back to you, also :) I've never been away, just lurking. But I'm afraid my beloved triad would have had to be destroyed and remade for 1.10 SP, and then Neverwinter Nights came along, and well, once you've played Neverwinter Nights you don't often look back. But, in homage, my favourite character in Neverwinter Nights is [drum roll] Noxambula, Lawful Neutral Monk15/Shadowdancer2. Hmph, I suppose I should get Hippolyta and Alcippe to 1.09 Matriarch. There's also the screenshot of all three of them nailing named cracked sashes above the fireplace in the Pandemonium Fortress to be taken, and pretty soon I'll have the werewithal, i.e. a third machine on my LAN. I envisage a screenshot with the alt/opt key held down, so the names of the three cracked sashes are clearly visible, and the following overhead dialog: Hippolyta (wielding hammer): Here? Alcippe: A bit to the left, sis. Morgana: Useless sash anyway, it never sat right. Richard. SignatureChampion Hippolyta -- SP lvl 76 general-purpose Bowazon Champion Alcippe -- SP lvl 76 pure Javazon Matriarch Morgana -- SP lvl 77 tri-band Sorceress <http://www.sailmaker.co.uk/diablo/> Richard Buckle <richardb@sailmaker.co.uk> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: >>> Oof! Morgana still twitches involuntarily whenever Kuko is >>> mentioned. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Blimey, you remembered that [ahem] little mishap after two years! I'm > flattered. Morgana, however, is nervous. Sadly, I forgot. <g> I do however remember the shield business with Alcippe... *ducks out before getting hit by a Lightning Fury...* >> And welcome back to you, also :) > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Hmph, I suppose I should get Hippolyta and Alcippe to 1.09 Matriarch. Good idea. We want spot reports! ;) > There's also the screenshot of all three of them nailing named cracked > sashes above the fireplace in the Pandemonium Fortress to be taken, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Richard. LOL, I'd love to see that. Signature-- There is no spoon. EvilBill - http://evilbill.50megs.com/index.html My Quake2 FTP site: ftp://65.30.181.223/quake2/EvilBill/ Jack of Hearts of the Eeeevil Trek Cabal (TINC) > >>> Oof! Morgana still twitches involuntarily whenever Kuko is > >>> mentioned. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Sadly, I forgot. <g> <http://tinyurl.com/6ekwt> or <http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.games.diablo/msg/bd8a402751b37a 56> Richard. SignatureChampion Hippolyta -- SP lvl 76 general-purpose Bowazon Champion Alcippe -- SP lvl 76 pure Javazon Matriarch Morgana -- SP lvl 77 tri-band Sorceress <http://www.sailmaker.co.uk/diablo/> Richard Buckle <richardb@sailmaker.co.uk> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: >>>>> Oof! Morgana still twitches involuntarily whenever Kuko is >>>>> mentioned. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Richard. Now I remember. Ouch. <g> Signature-- There is no spoon. EvilBill - http://evilbill.50megs.com/index.html My Quake2 FTP site: ftp://65.30.181.223/quake2/EvilBill/ Jack of Hearts of the Eeeevil Trek Cabal (TINC) > > > EvilBill <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote: > > > My ladder strafeazon has a Skystrike on weapon switch, but she uses a Kuko [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Richard. Richard! How are you? What a nice surprise. jill Signature*pericat Slayer Kitsilan-- SP lvl 46 bowazon rerun-- USWest lvl 18 bowazon Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 78 gatling gun zon Slayer Siobhan-- AR-SE lvl 81 tri-elemental mage > > > > EvilBill <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > My ladder strafeazon has a Skystrike on weapon switch, but she uses a [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Richard! How are you? What a nice surprise. I'm most excellently well, thank you for asking! Although as I said up-thread, I've rather forsaken Diablo for the bright lights of Neverwinter Nights. Congratulations on your wedding! Richard. SignatureChampion Hippolyta -- SP lvl 76 general-purpose Bowazon Champion Alcippe -- SP lvl 76 pure Javazon Matriarch Morgana -- SP lvl 77 tri-band Sorceress <http://www.sailmaker.co.uk/diablo/> jill <pericat@gmail.com> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: >> jill <pericat@gmail.com> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > this stuff; why people edit their chars I don't know, all they have > to do is play a mod. Sweet. LOL :) > AR-SE currently has a glitch whereby NM A3 does not spawn a Disused > Fane full of Enraged Diablos. The DF is there, at the bottom of the > Swampy Pit, but no Diablos. And the Kurast Sewers are two levels > instead of going straight to the second, as I vaguely remember should > happen. Allow me a moment to register my pique at this sorry state of > affairs. Hmmm... how odd. > With that in mind, I determined to blast cypress through A3 as fast as > ever I could, and I've never done it that fast in SP. She had good [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > [1] unless that's been fixed in 1.10? I think 1.10 did fix it, but I'm not certain. Signature-- There is no spoon. EvilBill - http://evilbill.50megs.com/index.html My Quake2 FTP site: ftp://65.30.181.223/quake2/EvilBill/ Jack of Hearts of the Eeeevil Trek Cabal (TINC) jill <pericat@gmail.com> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: >> Pericat! If I'd known you were on, I'd be playing B/net. >> Lately, have been keeping my accouts active, Playing a little bit of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > We should get together for a game sometime. I need to do something > about recreating my 'friends' list, come to think of it. *evilbill-agqx2 for my ladder account <g> Signature-- There is no spoon. EvilBill - http://evilbill.50megs.com/index.html My Quake2 FTP site: ftp://65.30.181.223/quake2/EvilBill/ Jack of Hearts of the Eeeevil Trek Cabal (TINC) >But the game-creator had done Cain, and my SO wanted me to pay attention >to supper arrangements for a bit, so I left. But Sorrow_<something> said [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >jill Yeah, SOs are a pain that way, aren't they? I'm more than kind of glad I got rid of mine before the Diablo addiction arose ;-) Great to see you back! I don't assume you have anymore Kit's stories for us? ;-) Seriously, we have to hook up again at some point, preferably *after* I get my BNut problems ironed out. ald "Knowledge is Power" VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( ) Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West) Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West) Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West) Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod) Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR) Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR) Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR) Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR) Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op) BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP) Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR) Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder) CotSRSig #16 > Yeah, SOs are a pain that way, aren't they? I'm more than kind of glad > I got rid of mine before the Diablo addiction arose ;-) Well, I've just married this one, and as she's very understanding about the D2 thing (we used to play a lot of D1, back in the day), I have to return the compliment when it comes to RL. :) > Great to see you back! I don't assume you have anymore Kit's stories > for us? ;-) Seriously, we have to hook up again at some point, > preferably *after* I get my BNut problems ironed out. Kitsilan's been happily retired since her triumphal exit. Kyle's bored with inaction and daytime tv, though. Get your online hookup sorted soon, please. Focus. It's bound to be something simple and catastrophically expensive. jill Signature*pericat Slayer Kitsilan-- SP lvl 46 bowazon rerun-- USWest lvl 11 bowazon Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 67 gatling gun zon Slayer Siobhan-- AR-SE lvl 81 tri-elemental mage >Get your online hookup sorted soon, please. Focus. It's bound to be >something simple and catastrophically expensive. > >jill Simple I could handle (but believe me, I've tried all of the simple fixes), catastrophically expensive would be a bit of a problem at the moment :-( ald "Knowledge is Power" VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( ) Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West) Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West) Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West) Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod) Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR) Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR) Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR) Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR) Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op) BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP) Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR) Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder) CotSRSig #16 jill <pericat@gmail.com> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: >> Yeah, SOs are a pain that way, aren't they? I'm more than kind of >> glad I got rid of mine before the Diablo addiction arose ;-) [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Kitsilan's been happily retired since her triumphal exit. Kyle's bored > with inaction and daytime tv, though. I'm thinking Kits could use a 1.10 'rebirth' <g> Signature-- There is no spoon. EvilBill - http://evilbill.50megs.com/index.html My Quake2 FTP site: ftp://65.30.181.223/quake2/EvilBill/ Jack of Hearts of the Eeeevil Trek Cabal (TINC) > > Yeah, SOs are a pain that way, aren't they? I'm more than kind of glad > > I got rid of mine before the Diablo addiction arose ;-) > > Well, I've just married this one... Congratulations. :-) And welcome back. Shari > > > Yeah, SOs are a pain that way, aren't they? I'm more than kind of glad > > > I got rid of mine before the Diablo addiction arose ;-) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > And welcome back. Thank you! On both counts. jill Signature*pericat Slayer Kitsilan-- SP lvl 46 bowazon rerun-- USWest lvl 18 bowazon Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 67 gatling gun zon Slayer Siobhan-- AR-SE lvl 81 tri-elemental mage After going to <http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw>, pericat@gmail.com (jill) said: >> >Jill aka pericat showed up unannounced and we took our new zons on a Blood >> >Raven-slaughtering spree :D [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >jill YAY!!!1!!1!!11!!one!!one!!!!eleven!!!!! jill is back!!!! Um, BTW, I think 0tarin might be around here somewhere, but I haven't seen him in a while. Do you want to check the bathroom or the closets? Signatureno, i didn't forget the 'F's http://www.geocities.com/jerk_o2002 http://www.geocities.com/nameless_mod -My Diablo 2 Mod http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/bunny.php -My theme song > YAY!!!1!!1!!11!!one!!one!!!!eleven!!!!! > > jill is back!!!! Y'know, I'm pretty happy about it, too. > Um, BTW, I think 0tarin might be around here somewhere, but I haven't seen him > in a while. Do you want to check the bathroom or the closets? Now, why would 0t be found anywhere near clean clothes or running water? I've missed him. I've missed all of you. Thanks for the kind welcome, everyone! jill Signature*pericat Slayer Kitsilan-- SP lvl 46 bowazon rerun-- USWest lvl 11 bowazon Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 67 gatling gun zon Slayer Siobhan-- AR-SE lvl 81 tri-elemental mage After going to <http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw>, pericat@gmail.com (jill) said: >> YAY!!!1!!1!!11!!one!!one!!!!eleven!!!!! >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Now, why would 0t be found anywhere near clean clothes or running water? You do have a point... >I've missed him. I've missed all of you. Thanks for the kind welcome, >everyone! You're welcome. Signatureno, i didn't forget the 'F's http://www.geocities.com/jerk_o2002 http://www.geocities.com/nameless_mod -My Diablo 2 Mod http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/bunny.php -My theme song > After going to <http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw>, > pericat@gmail.com (jill) said: [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > Um, BTW, I think 0tarin might be around here somewhere, but I haven't seen him > in a while. Do you want to check the bathroom or the closets? I'm pretty sure he's not around here at the moment. We're too boring. ;-) Shari After going to <http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw>, orchid@somewhere.net (Orchid) said: >> After going to <http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw>, >> pericat@gmail.com (jill) said: [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >I'm pretty sure he's not around here at the moment. We're too boring. >;-) Well, if you're still in touch with him, maybe you could tell him jill is back? Signatureno, i didn't forget the 'F's http://www.geocities.com/jerk_o2002 http://www.geocities.com/nameless_mod -My Diablo 2 Mod http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/bunny.php -My theme song jill <pericat@gmail.com> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: >>> Jill aka pericat showed up unannounced and we took our new zons on >>> a Blood Raven-slaughtering spree :D [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > assassin. Said assassin laid an 'enchant' swirlie on us both, and > shot our damage levels to the sky. w00t! :D Sounds like spot report time ;) Cathan's is always useful at low levels, too. Hell, even at higher levels, 6% life steal can mean the difference between escape and corpse recover <g> >> D*mn, and of course she comes back when I can't get on :-( If you see >> her again, please tell her we miss her. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > We had fun. :) Well we'll be expecting you to be around more often from now on ;) LOL Signature-- There is no spoon. EvilBill - http://evilbill.50megs.com/index.html My Quake2 FTP site: ftp://65.30.181.223/quake2/EvilBill/ Jack of Hearts of the Eeeevil Trek Cabal (TINC) > >Jill aka pericat showed up unannounced and we took our new zons on a Blood > >Raven-slaughtering spree :D [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > D*mn, and of course she comes back when I can't get on :-( If you see > her again, please tell her we miss her. Why can't you get on? Dog eat your LoD CD again? Mickey >Why can't you get on? Dog eat your LoD CD again? > >Mickey No, as a matter of fact I have a brand new second CD, waiting for me to get this problem ironed out. I gave you the short version before, but apparently you missed it, so I'll try to flesh it out a bit more here, at least as much as I can remember. I got this new-to-me-but-definitely-not-new computer back in July. It was a *great* deal, everything I'd been looking for in a box plus a 19" monitor for about $500. The only problem it has is that it won't connect to BattleNet, which of course was the purpose I bought it for :-( Every time I try to connect to BNut, it hangs at the "checking versions" screen. I posted here and in ART, asking for suggestions, and received plenty, all except one of which I've tried (coming later). The Hamster and I (and a few other people) spent many hours fiddling with the settings on the modem, which ended up optimized for BNut, but that's not the problem, because I *can* get on with things like Subbot (and one other way where I ended up in a chat channel, but I don't remember how), I can host or join TCP/IP games, play SP in the regular games and now (not when the problem started, as I hadn't downloaded any then) in various mods, in short I can do everything in the game except get on BattleNet. We tried deleting all of the BattleNet settings in the registry, even before I got the canned reply from Blizz support, and I even had someone send me their Realms settings and put it into the registry file. I've done numerous uninstalls and reinstalls of D2 and LoD, IIRC (and I'm not sure of this) when I try to connect with a new install it updates it to 1.10 but then hangs again, but I've also tried getting the patch from Blizz's site. Zone Alarm was *not* the problem, since apparently it never got to the point where Zone Alarm checked it (in other words it never actually sent info out or tried to act as a server), but I went ahead and replaced ZA with Kerio's Personal Firewall, which IIRC I've manually set to allow D2 (either that or it came up with the TCP/IP games), since again the program never seems to get to it. This *does* bring up the only other problem I've found on the computer, which is that neither firewall seems to work correctly. Most (but not all, I found this out the other day) of the time when the firewall is running, I can't do most things on-line. IIRC I can get messages in Agent, but sending them is iffy at best, most messages will not send (and if it won't send the first time, repeated attempts will not work, until I turn the firewall off), IE gets a can't connect message, Trillian will say it's connected but no one shows up on my list (again, most of the time, IIRC, it's been a while since I allowed this situation to last more than a couple of seconds). This leads me to believe there's a security setting that I can't find, but I need to finish detailing the problem first (yeah, I know, this is a lot more than you were looking for, but I'm trying to be thorough). Ok, what else haven't I covered? Pinging BNut produces the expected results, it times out after about 15 or 16 hops, as it should since Blizz disabled it. A couple of months after I got and responded to the canned reply from Blizz support, I *did* get one personal reply, where the tech guy decided I'd hacked the program and gave me various ways to get it working right (all of which I'd already tried). I replied asking what led him to think I was a hacker, and haven't heard from them since. I *think* that's about all, if I've left anything out please feel free to ask. The one solution I haven't tried yet was suggested by Ken over in ART. He sent me disks for both Win 2K Pro (which is what is on here) and XP Pro and has suggested a format and reinstall. The morning that I had set aside to do this, the power supply failed on the computer. I took it back to where I bought it, since it was (barely) still under warranty, and after waiting about 3 months for the motherboard that they thought was the problem they decided that maybe I was right and it was the power supply, and I finally got it back on Christmas Eve. I'd asked *them* to format and reinstall, but the guy forgot to, and I didn't want to wait *another* 3 months for him to do it, so I didn't press the issue. Now, of course, I've been using this thing for a while and have all kinds of things on here that I'd hate to lose (and am not smart enough to find all of them and try to learn how to burn them to CD), so I'm more than a little hesitant to do the format *if* it isn't going to work. If I think there's a good chance that it will, I'm willing to sacrifice everything I have on here, since again the main reason I bought this silly machine was to be able to play on BattleNet the way the game is supposed to be. So the question again is: Do you think that doing a format and reinstall of Windows will solve the problem? And a second, related question: Given your choice, which would you install, 2K Pro or XP Pro? I had heard that 2K Pro was the most stable, and indeed other than IE closing a few times I've had no problems with it, but I've since been advised by other people, my father being the most notable, that XP Pro is better. ald "Knowledge is Power" VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( ) Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West) Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West) Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West) Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod) Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR) Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR) Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR) Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR) Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op) BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP) Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR) Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder) CotSRSig #16 > Now, of course, I've been using this thing for a while and have all > kinds of things on here that I'd hate to lose (and am not smart enough [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > problems with it, but I've since been advised by other people, my > father being the most notable, that XP Pro is better. Win 2k is quite good and very stable but it requires you to have a little more knowledge if you want to tweak it from its generic settings. XP on the other hand can't be tweaked as much, but whats there is easier to change, (if that makes any sense to you). :) Not having seen the specs for your your new-old computer, is it over 1 gig processor and 512 ram, I have set it up on a few comps and find if its below those reqs performance will be rather ordinary, faster processors can get by with 256meg but 512 REALLY does make it work better Craig >Win 2k is quite good and very stable but it requires you to have a little >more knowledge if you want to tweak it from its generic settings. XP on the >other hand can't be tweaked as much, but whats there is easier to change, >(if that makes any sense to you). :) It does, and thanks, although I'm not sure how much I want to tweak ;-) >Not having seen the specs for your your new-old computer, is it over 1 gig >processor and 512 ram, I have set it up on a few comps and find if its below >those reqs performance will be rather ordinary, faster processors can get by >with 256meg but 512 REALLY does make it work better > >Craig I can't seem to find the processor speed, but I *know* I've found it before (probably *not* at 3 a.m., though ;-) ), IIRC it's a 1.4 Gig? Only 256 RAM, with 228 or so showing up (video memory being the difference? I've been told that may be what's causing the discrepancy), that was the highest these people had and I figured it would be more than enough for D2 (but sadly, apparently nowhere *near* enough for WoW). ald "Knowledge is Power" VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( ) Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West) Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West) Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West) Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod) Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR) Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR) Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR) Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR) Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op) BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP) Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR) Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder) CotSRSig #16 >> Win 2k is quite good and very stable but it requires you to have a >> little more knowledge if you want to tweak it from its generic [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > would be more than enough for D2 (but sadly, apparently nowhere *near* > enough for WoW). OK, XP will be ok, however I suggest you turn all the pretty settings off, although it would still pay to add another 256 of ram when finances permit. If you have any other questions, my Yahoo addy is still valid. We need to get you back online, playing single player too much does strange things to people. :) Craig >OK, XP will be ok, however I suggest you turn all the pretty settings off, >although it would still pay to add another 256 of ram when finances permit. Believe me, I'm getting pressure from a certain someone who wants me to join him in WoW ;-) >If you have any other questions, my Yahoo addy is still valid. >We need to get you back online, playing single player too much does strange >things to people. :) > >Craig Do me a favor and send me an IM (Yahoo is ald_007_1999)? I've lost everybody on my contact list, at least on *this* computer. ald "Knowledge is Power" VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( ) Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West) Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West) Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West) Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod) Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR) Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR) Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR) Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR) Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op) BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP) Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR) Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder) CotSRSig #16 > >Win 2k is quite good and very stable but it requires you to have a little > >more knowledge if you want to tweak it from its generic settings. XP on the [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > would be more than enough for D2 (but sadly, apparently nowhere *near* > enough for WoW). Start Program ---> Run ----> type DXDIAG Max >Start Program ---> Run ----> type DXDIAG > >Max Ah, thankee, Sai, it says ~1333 MHz ;-) ald "Knowledge is Power" VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( ) Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West) Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West) Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West) Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod) Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR) Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR) Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR) Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR) Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op) BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP) Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR) Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder) CotSRSig #16 > And a second, related question: Given your choice, which would you > install, 2K Pro or XP Pro? I had heard that 2K Pro was the most > stable, and indeed other than IE closing a few times I've had no > problems with it, but I've since been advised by other people, my > father being the most notable, that XP Pro is better. I've found XP Pro to be more stable on the work laptop, which is important to me since I'm 1,500 miles from internal tech support. But I don't play games on that machine, either, and the two situations aren't truly comparable. Since I wasn't in on the first discussion, and can't be arsed to google it (winning smile here), I'll just toss out something you've probably already covered from all directions: are you quite sure your firewall or settings or ISP is allowing UDP stuff through? jill Signature*pericat Slayer Kitsilan-- SP lvl 46 bowazon rerun-- USWest lvl 11 bowazon Slayer cypress_ar-- AR-SE lvl 67 gatling gun zon Slayer Siobhan-- AR-SE lvl 81 tri-elemental mage >Since I wasn't in on the first discussion, and >can't be arsed to google it (winning smile here), I'll just toss out [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >jill Yeah, that *was* pretty much covered in the other 3 or 4 threads where I was whining about this problem ;-) ISP definitely is, it's Verizon DSL and no one *else* with it seems to be having problems, the firewall is shut down most of the time (and apparently Kerio actually *does* completely shut down, unlike Zone Alarm sometimes, and I've searched for and not found any other firewalls), and if there's some other setting, I and several other people haven't been able to find it. ald "Knowledge is Power" VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( ) Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West) Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West) Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West) Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod) Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR) Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR) Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR) Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR) Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op) BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP) Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR) Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder) CotSRSig #16 > >Why can't you get on? Dog eat your LoD CD again? > > [quoted text clipped - 87 lines] > problems with it, but I've since been advised by other people, my > father being the most notable, that XP Pro is better. I suspect it is something to do with the internal piece of sh.t filewall that Windows now has. As to the stuff you have on the comp, $30 or so will fix that. Head to your local electronic store and buy one of those neat little USB hard drive, move everything off that you need to it, format, Install XP Pro (which is the FIRST M$ OS taht actually works), and then install D2. Max <snippety-do-dah of a long rant by me> >I suspect it is something to do with the internal piece of sh.t >filewall that Windows now has. As to the stuff you have on the comp, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Max Heh, the only problem with that is that I disabled all USB devices at one point, trying to see if that was the problem ;-) It shouldn't be *too* difficult to enable them again, though. As to the Firewall, I thought that was in XP, not 2K? If there is one, I and several other people haven't been able to find it. ald "Knowledge is Power" VK`Sister`ald level 47 Rogue (HF V&K) (RIP :-( ) Matriarch Sis-West level 82 Bowazon (US West) Champion RingsNThngs level 61 Bowazon (US West) Slayer ZannEsu-ald level 51 Sorceress (US West) Matriarch Sis-AR level 99 Bowazon (Ancestral Recall Mod) Champion Creepy-AR Level 91 Necromancer (AR) Slayer Zan-AR Level 79 Sorceress (AR) Slayer SisEight-AR Level 78 Bowazon (AR) Gems-AR Level 55 Barbarian (AR) Matriarch Sis-otSEye Level 78 Bowazon (US West, co-op) BtaSisEight-ald Level 50 Bowazon (LoD 1.10 SP) Aragorn-AR Level 51 Zealadin (AR) Champion LTwoSis-ald Level 79 Bowazon (US West Ladder) CotSRSig #16 ald <103175.3500@compuserve.com> typed as if devouring a plate of spoo: > Heh, the only problem with that is that I disabled all USB devices at > one point, trying to see if that was the problem ;-) It shouldn't be > *too* difficult to enable them again, though. > > As to the Firewall, I thought that was in XP, not 2K? If there is one, > I and several other people haven't been able to find it. It is in XP. Personally I use ZoneAlarm anyway. <g> Signature-- There is no spoon. EvilBill - http://evilbill.50megs.com/index.html My Quake2 FTP site: ftp://65.30.181.223/quake2/EvilBill/ Jack of Hearts of the Eeeevil Trek Cabal (TINC) |
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