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Anyone here play Path of Diablo (https://pathofdiablo.com/)?
It's a fan-created "balance patch" of Diablo 2 which aims to increase build diversity and replayability with "as few changes to the original experience as possible," with periodic ladder seasons, constant patches for balance and content, and increased end-game content (such as Path of Exile-inspired mapping).
Apparently it's been going on for five years now and has a large and dedicated playerbase. In addition to adding new build possibilities from skill tweaks/additions and thoughtful edits of previously overlooked unique items (that are now build-defining), there are also QoL improvements such as increased stash space, online trading platforms, and easier muling.
Anyway, the new ladder reset is occurring this weekend and I'm going to give it a shot. Would anyone on TL want to play?
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Might take a look at it. Is there a resolution fix? Because last time I downscaled my 21: 9 monitor to 800 x 600 for fullscreen I had black lines across my screen.
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Yes, you can play in fully windowed mode at a variety of resolutions.
EDIT: or full screen.
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I'm not playing it now but it looks like best place to play D2 nowadays, they manage to get no bots apparently
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I played PoD every season reset the past 2-3 years. Very fun game, gives you the best "retail" experience of LoD without the hackers and bots (very rare and dealt with quickly).
Im pretty sure I want to roll another Bladesin this season. Then once I gear her gonna make a throwbarb and decide what kind of uber killer i want to make. Its gonna be good times, baby!
edit: ugh as im reading patch notes bladeshield got the big nerf hammer 
patchnotes
edit 2: ok im gonna roll a summoning necro. these changes are sick
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Started playing pod a couple of weeks ago, super excited to play my first ladder reset!
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On August 12 2020 15:02 Emnjay808 wrote:I played PoD every season reset the past 2-3 years. Very fun game, gives you the best "retail" experience of LoD without the hackers and bots (very rare and dealt with quickly). Im pretty sure I want to roll another Bladesin this season. Then once I gear her gonna make a throwbarb and decide what kind of uber killer i want to make. Its gonna be good times, baby! edit: ugh as im reading patch notes bladeshield got the big nerf hammer patchnotesedit 2: ok im gonna roll a summoning necro. these changes are sick
Any interest in a reset party? How hardcore (like...literally, not HC in D2) are you about rushing to farm endgame content? I'm a slower SSF type player, but enjoy some company.
Also at one point a few seasons ago (well...this was 2018) I was the #6 ladder Paladin during the first week (then left for a month-long vacation and immediately dropped off anywhere near the top of the ladder) and created the first Paladin enigma for what it's worth (got VERY lucky with rune drops day 1).
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I mostly do solo content, but i like to do trades to expedite my gearing process. but yeah, if u wanna group to do rushes in hell or something early on im always game. im softcore btw.
last ladder my sin hit top 20 ladder? not sure, i got her up to 97 then i gave away all my stuff and deleted all my chars. it takes bout 4 weeks to reach that point when i get super bored 
this ladder seems to have modified maps though, so that looks interesting
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Gotcha gotcha. I also play SC.
How do you usually get to endgame content? Do you just run through the content solo and then pub baal run until you're high enough for the next difficulty/post hell?
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I get to lvl 70+ like how any normal LOD player would (group baals and hell rush).
Then I just solo content like cows or pit/shenk which eventually moves on to cs and maps (once u get better gear).
Majority of my playtime is done soloing though. I don’t find satisfaction in group mapping. I like to play at my own pace and improve my times
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Is it as complicated as PoE to make viable endgame builds? Can you respec easily?
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On August 14 2020 01:03 Zidane wrote:
Is it as complicated as PoE to make viable endgame builds? Can you respec easily?
You get a free respec per den of evil completion each difficulty so 3 in total also the act bosses drop essences that you can cube together to make a respec token or buy one from players.
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On August 14 2020 00:41 Emnjay808 wrote:
I get to lvl 70+ like how any normal LOD player would (group baals and hell rush).
Then I just solo content like cows or pit/shenk which eventually moves on to cs and maps (once u get better gear).
Majority of my playtime is done soloing though. I don’t find satisfaction in group mapping. I like to play at my own pace and improve my times
Yeah that's about my experience as well.
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On August 14 2020 01:03 Zidane wrote:
Is it as complicated as PoE to make viable endgame builds? Can you respec easily?
Nowhere near as complicated, and endgame comes very quickly as well. Easy respecs (3 immediately free ones, and then you have to briefly farm for additional).
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how does the currency work for trading in diablo now. Its not SoJs or Gold I assume
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@Zidane you can barter with anything, PGs (perfect gems) usually work well and runes especially
gold does have some low value i sometimesss trade with that cause ppl need it for merc res or some repairs etc
damn i think im gonna play that season start maybe^^
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cool, also is there a huge benefit for playing with a full group? I see a lot of people spamming for parties.
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yes since 1.10 even more so cause monsters get +50% HP per player only while players get shared bonuses so basically you are a lot stronger to them can kill a lot faster etc and still get better items too just gotta catch them^^
i play solo a lot but i really like small/medium group, big group can get rushy but can be fun too
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nice lol, are there any ideal party comps? for bonuses that is
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well for example if you have a sorc who can tele its good, if you have a necro for curses good, if you have a druid with oak sage or heart of wolverine good, pala auras good, tbh all characters can bring something like that cold effects shouts of barbarian ama slow missile or even inner sight etc
you can make a ton of viable builds btw
oh also i personally dodge baal runs a lot. you can get quick lot of xp that way but meh/no items from the mobs before baal. I rather run stuff all over act4 act5 to gear up and do that at times elsewhere too (hc) good for being able to solo next but you could do that reverse ofc depends^^
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