Playing again, after 1.09 patch

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I think it was Vladimir Niksic <vniksic@inet.hr> that wrote something
like...

>
>The game is a lot different now, I read the changelog in detail. What
>are the things I should look out for? I see that the cow runs are no
>longer in play. Where are the popular mf runs taking place these days,
>how about leveling up?

mf runs are often in the pit in hell difficulty. (the cave in the
tomoe highlands). Meph is still good for mf running, as is I believe
pindleskin and Elderitch. I think I heard somewhere that Shenks drops
got somewhat nerfed, but I wouldn't take my word for it.

Power leveling tends to be done in Baal runs, though for sub 25
characters, there'll be tristram runs and then tomb runs.


>What about currency? SoJ is no longer in trade, I would imagine. Can I
>get some info please? I played D2 from patch 1.05 to 1.09, where I spent
>most of my gaming hours in D2.

I'd say runes are the main currency these days. Um's and Ists are
common enough to be referred to fairly often as pricing indicators,
but rare and useful enough to be worth a decent amount. Lower runes
like Ko and Lem and there abouts would be for the more common but
useful items. I don't really trade, so don't have that good an idea.
Socketed elite items can be worth a lot too. 3 socket archon plates,
especially ones near 500def can go for a pretty penny.

Ashen Shugar
--
The 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!

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sidekick <sidekick39spam_bust@adelphia.net> wrote in
newsb2dnYYAnPD8A43fRVn-sg@adelphia.com:

> Vladimir Niksic wrote:
>> I stopped playing a couple of weeks before the 1.10 patch came. I
>> just checked out the patch, played and concluded that I've played
>> enough.
>>
>> Well, now I have a shining new broadband flatrate, and I was thinking
>> of playing a bit again, nothing heavy duty, just to see how are
>> things now.
>>
>> Since I almost all of the characters on useast, I was thinking of
>> playing on Europe, where the ping is a lot better, and I have some
>> people from my country playing there.
>>
>> So, here come the questions:
>>
>> The game is a lot different now, I read the changelog in detail. What
>> are the things I should look out for? I see that the cow runs are no
>> longer in play. Where are the popular mf runs taking place these
>> days, how about leveling up?
>>
>> What about currency? SoJ is no longer in trade, I would imagine. Can
>> I get some info please? I played D2 from patch 1.05 to 1.09, where I
>> spent most of my gaming hours in D2.
>>
>> Any info is appreciated.
>
>
> Try the chaos empire mod. It makes the game MUCH more interesting.
>

I second that!!