As promised,
we bring you this first response edition of the Planet Diablo
Mailbag. We know you've been itching to take a gander at all
the wacky (ok, not all the feedback is wacky!) comments that
we here at Planet Diablo get.
Our Next Juicy Topic Will Be:
How friendly do you find other players on Battle.Net to be?
How well do they conduct their behavior? Do you consider the
atmosphere to be helpful? Annoying? Self-serving? Share your
experience!
Now on to the feedback on last week's topic in which
we asked what your thoughts were on the Diablo II 1.03 patch;
here's what you guys had to say:
From: David Nilson
Subject: patch 1.03
Ok for starters I have had alot of problems with this game.
I have a Voodoo 3 3000. So for a while I couldn't even get this
to run. Then voodoo came out with their patch, and then I could
play the game. By that time 1.02 patch was out. So I used that,
and played the game and it ran great. Then 1.03 came out and
it still runs great. However the colors are messed up. Not majorly,
but definitely noticable. So I think they need to work on figuring
this out. But all in all great game.
"I
have had alot of problems"--hmm,
seems as though your problems are restricted to the patch and
your video card...
From: Jean Luc Guyot
Subject: Hi
Better than ever (come
again?) this patch is f***ed. the reason is when ya try
to create a game ya countdown to 1 then... get stuck no matter
what ya wait it wont create. We had hard time creatin a game
now we cant play at all... thx blizzard, i think am gonna make
a petition for a reimb
The flames engulf me. Ok, ok, the queue
thing is kinda disheartening, but I wouldn't go so far as to
say it is unplayable at all. Oh, and as for that reimbursement:
good luck.
From: Schmidt
Subject: new patch sucks
are you hearing a lot of complaints about the new patch? cuz
everyone on battlenet is bitching about it, it REALLY sucks.
we cant join any games
Oh, no. Every email we get regarding the
patch expresses the sender's deep gratitude for Blizzard.
From: Daniel Schirra
Subject: The Patch
This isn't official or anything, but you can check it out for
yourself. I'm not sure if this is intentional, but to be blunt,
Blizzard done f***ed up. With necromancers, they tweaked corpse
explosion (Obviously; my radius was 4.0 yards when I left, when
I came back, it was something like 2.7), so, this may just be
me, it does less damage and the levels have lower radii. This
is quite annoying in and inside of itself; I can't imagine what
level 1 of it is like, because at whatever the level 2 radius
is, it's near worthless. And, there is at least one bug. At
level 3, corpse explode's radius is 3.3 yards with 17 mana for
a cast. At level 4, corpse explode's radius is 3.3 yards with
18 mana. Damage does not improve. If this was the intent, then
if/when Blizzard says it was, my necromancer is going buh-bye,
because they just ruined one of the only two useful direct-damage
spells necros have.
Yes, many people have obviously discovered
the weakened areas as well, but I wouldn't get rid of your formerly-beloved
Necromancer that quick. He is still very useful, and by what
I've heard, the other classes were kept at bay also. So...here's
the cheesy reassurance line: It was all for the better.
From: Lester
Subject: Planet Diablo Mailbag
I think the patch was good, ok I'm going to hear a lot of sh*t
from people playing the necromancer and how their lovely Corpse
Explosion spell is ruined. I'm playing the necromancer myself
and has focused most of my skills (I've put one point into Amplify
damage and another one in Iron Maiden) on summoning. The patch
clearly made the revive spell a lot worse. But I'm not upset
because of it. I mean, the game is supposed to be more difficult
as you advance in the game. With the original rules it's the
opposite, it's getting easier. The necromancer simply gets too
good, and that's not something I like. I prefer some challenge.
Now here's an optimistic man folks! Unfortunately,
the majority wasn't as forgiving...
From: Sindol
Subject: Charged Bolt?
Hi PlanetDiablo,
Congratulation on your beautiful web page, it's my favorite
for information on Diablo II. Let's go right trough the goal
of this E-Mail [thank you sir!].
The patch 1.03 hehehehe [it's that hilarious
isn't it?]. Well a must say that everything is all right
with it, except one tiny detail that have forced me to not install
it. The spell Charged Bolt of the Sorceress, with the patch
1.02 the bolt started right at the foot of the sorceress. And
now I have noticed that they start maybe 8 yards farther. I
know that if I don't install 1.03 I will not have the chance
to play on B.Net, well I never play on B.Net too much lag, I
prefer to play in LAN. Maybe the spell have all the properties
of the latter one, but really don't like it anymore.
You just solved your own problem there
buddy. By the way, can I borrow that special Diablo yardstick
of yours?
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