This is obviously inspired by Ghins amazing Blog

Ghins amazing Blog

Rules:

Full clear (Kill All monsters)
Rerun allowed on Act bosses (I get to kill: Normal Andariel 1 time, Normal Duriel 2 times, Normal Mephisto 3 times and so on. Nightmare Andariel 6 times )
Runes//Gems//jewels//Charms as Normal
Only allowed to use items dropped by Act bosses (except for starting items) So I wont use items that drops from normal mobs or mini-bosses ()
Players 8, all the time
Mercenary can use Any items
Untwinked

Intro:

The dark wanderer fled across the wilderness and the warrior followed. The forests around the old monastery had been infected and the warrior had several times been attacked by monstrous creatures. A day ago he met a small party tcrossed his path, they told him about a camp in where he could seek shelter and he guessed the walls he could see in the horizon belonged to this small settlement.

Here we go
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Den of Evil:
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Rawr! First Charm!

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With Blood Moor Cleansed it was time for The Den \o/

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Broken sword! That's nothing, eat Holy fire Romero Zombie!

With the Den of Evil cleared a huge feast was served, much wine consumed and with renewed confidence our hero sat out to clear the adjacent areas (Rumors of a demon had been flowing around the campfire and promises of assistance where made...)

Blood Raven:
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This gentleman greeted me once I left the blood moor, Immune to fire -> Might

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Archer boss in the Caves :<

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Blood Raven went down and now its time for the crypts in this forsaken graveyard :o
But with a Merc it shouldnt be much of a problem

Cain and the Dark Tower:
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Lvl 17 and got the Pit left in Highlands, soon Holy Freeze \o/

The Monastery and the Demon:
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Three storey Jail? Rumors are that the monks used to hold wicked party's and that the drunk and disorderly got thrown in the cell...

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With the Catacombs cleansed from the evil that had infested it only Andariel stood between me and the absolution of this once sacred place...

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we now get something to work with

Items!
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The merchant Warriv offered to take me to the city Lut Gholein now that the road was safer, rumor has it that an evil sleeps beneath the dessert and that the Wanderer seeks to awaken it...

(Arrived in Act II, got myself a Blessed Aim Merc named Neeraj and as someone mentioned earlier this guy could probably solo this act with one exception. So what should we do about this Duriel guy? Lets find out.)

The Second Act:
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Monster in the sewers? Mr Kings IT was a lot scarier and I dispatched this one with a few thumps on the head.

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Finally I can do something about all those small rejuvenation potions and gems ^.^

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The Sky darkened when I entered the lost city

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And it appeared that snakes where the culprits! When I was done with those slippery buggers, you couldn't even make shoes out of them.

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Easy Peasy lemon squeezy

But now its time for all those fukken Tombs v.v
See you again in a thousand years...

Or maby not

(what can beat a bored swede?)
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Tombs Tombs Tombs... (It was an exercise in switching between holy shock and resist lightning)

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The calmness before the storm? More like screaming at my xp meter to jump 4k point (about 3-4 mobs)

Duriel:
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Horrific noises arose from the dark cave the lightning had revealed. With a torch in one hand and my club raised I charged into the darkness with my companion following me...
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My new items are sword with very fast attack speed a belt with some hp and in my second killing I got boots with 10% faster run and walk.

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Act III
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Chewing bubblegum and kicking maggot-ass!

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Flayer Jungle, the place you at first cant find and when you do, cant find your way out...

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BAZINGA!

A cursed vulture almost spelled out doom, but a rejuvenation potion saved me.

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Cruel! (also found cathan helm + armor)

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Rawr!

Might aura and Meteors

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Mephisto – Not in the face!

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1st kill

Second and third kill didn't give much... LIES! I got my first armor \o/ (Breast plate with 8 lightning res)

Current items:
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Helm: Great Helm with 16 cold res
Amulet: 18 lightning res and 10 mf
Ring1; :< (none)
Ring2: :<
Gloves: none
Boots: Hsaru's Iron Heel
Armor: Breast plate with 8 lightning res
Belt: 17hp, 24 poison res

Weapon: Broad sword, Very fast AS, 50 AR
Shield: Buckler

Slunk

Germany768 Posts

July 29 2011 17:55 GMT

Paladin is the terran of Diablo 2.

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

July 29 2011 17:57 GMT

Go Hammerdin ;D!

Gliche

United States811 Posts

July 29 2011 17:59 GMT

On July 30 2011 02:55 Slunk wrote:
Paladin is the terran of Diablo 2.

And Barbarian is protoss. Though I'm not sure about Zerg.

Looking forward to this. Another nice nostalgia trip.

Slunk

Germany768 Posts

July 29 2011 18:03 GMT

On July 30 2011 02:59 Gliche wrote:

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And Barbarian is protoss. Though I'm not sure about Zerg.

Looking forward to this. Another nice nostalgia trip.

Summoner necro is zerg obv.

Torte de Lini

Germany38463 Posts

July 29 2011 18:03 GMT

No one likes a Lagomancer.

OpticalShot

Canada6330 Posts

July 29 2011 18:03 GMT

Bah, Blasphemy! =D

Good luck in your adventure, holy one...

Also, if you don't want to waste a ton of time farming gear, might want to get rid of the "boss-drops-only" rule...

Telcontar

United Kingdom16710 Posts

July 29 2011 18:23 GMT

Damn hammerdins still give me nightmares.

Zeon0

Austria2995 Posts

July 29 2011 18:25 GMT

Bow Amazon = Zerg

best char = best race!^^

Cyber_Cheese

Australia3615 Posts

July 29 2011 18:25 GMT

#10

The non-boss drops only will make it hard for an act or two into the first difficulty, and then you can just farm them for good stuff. That said, if you can pass the first act with beginner items only...
Anything off the ground eg. first belt that auto equips gets taken off or included in beginner items? If it's the latter you have a chance.

Horiz0n

Sweden364 Posts

July 29 2011 18:49 GMT

#11

On July 30 2011 03:25 Cyber_Cheese wrote:
The non-boss drops only will make it hard for an act or two into the first difficulty, and then you can just farm them for good stuff. That said, if you can pass the first act with beginner items only...
Anything off the ground eg. first belt that auto equips gets taken off or included in beginner items? If it's the latter you have a chance.

if a belt drops from a boss I can use it

KinosJourney2

Sweden1811 Posts

July 29 2011 19:02 GMT

#12

I like the idea, though i doubt you'll handle Duriel T_T

Hirmu

Finland850 Posts

July 29 2011 19:05 GMT

#13

HAMMERDIN <3

Cyber_Cheese

Australia3615 Posts

July 29 2011 19:09 GMT

#14

On July 30 2011 03:49 Horiz0n wrote:

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if a belt drops from a boss I can use it

Yeah but a random belt will drop before a boss will drop one, and you will need to get money for potions somehow, said belt would be de-equipped?

Ravencruiser

Canada519 Posts

July 29 2011 19:11 GMT

#15

You might want to clarify your rules, a few are pretty confusing.

And...

Wait what?

So you can only kill mobs ONCE? As in, you can't just remake a new game to farm for more mob exp?

... Even if you full clear, I still don't think there's enough exp for you to progress through the game.

I'd say prove me wrong, but then again there's no one to hold you accountable;)

Magus

Canada450 Posts

July 29 2011 19:22 GMT

#16

On July 30 2011 04:11 Ravencruiser wrote:
You might want to clarify your rules, a few are pretty confusing.

And...

Wait what?

So you can only kill mobs ONCE? As in, you can't just remake a new game to farm for more mob exp?

... Even if you full clear, I still don't think there's enough exp for you to progress through the game.

I'd say prove me wrong, but then again there's no one to hold you accountable;)

He's on players 8. He'll be level 30 before he hits the end of Act 3.

Although I think I was replaying large sections of the map to get that high level on my players 8 game...

He is allowed to farm Andy though, so once he gets past Act1 he should be in the clear as far as decent loot and level are concerned.

Also I just reread his rules. It does say Full Clear, but does that just mean no running away from enemies or does he have to hunt down an kill anything in an area he walks into...?

ieatkids5

United States4628 Posts

July 29 2011 19:32 GMT

#17

There's definitely enough xp to go through the game. On my first actual playthrough of the game, I got to like level 33 in early act 4 because you kill a LOT of monsters by playing through all the quests, instead of just rushing through.

GunSec

1095 Posts

July 29 2011 19:43 GMT

#18

ohhhhh....good memories

I might play it again just for fun

FeiLing

Germany428 Posts

July 29 2011 20:04 GMT

#19

Seems like the merc is gonna do most of the job.

FreshNoThyme

United States356 Posts

July 29 2011 20:33 GMT

#20

Normal is easily doable (extremely easily), Nightmare will be a pain, and I don't think Hell will be possible. I've done similar (nothing exactly like this) many times and Hell, at least since v1.10 which came out years ago, seems impossible decent gear (not great gear, and not a great build, just decent gear) and a decent level. I wish you luck and hope you have fun, because D2 is always a fucking blast.

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