PlanetDiablo | Features | State of the Forums | Edition #7 - 12/04/01

State of the Forums


Moderator: Madanark

Santa Claus

Well, I saw this week the first inklings of his presence. Those elves have put out the XBox, the Cube, Game Boy advance and many items for his upcoming overnight delivery. He goes by many names:

  • Godfather Christmas
  • Kris Kringle
  • Saint Nicholas
  • Fat homey in the red hat
  • Saint Nick
  • Santey Clause
  • Old Saint Nick

Anyway, it is nice to know that he will be dropping in this year with new electronics. For those non believers, read elsewhere whether from Virginia, called Virginia or not.

Heck if he were not real how come one of my daughters got two of the same items a year ago. Both Santa and I gave her the same thing. I took mine back to the store for a refund.

There have been many posts about the best and the worst games. For X-mas, however, consider new ones like Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Maybe a new OS would be the eXPerience you hope for at Christmas. Perhaps Santa will install Zhoulomcrypt for your new computer you get. Only (fill in blank based on release) shopping days left so go lift the economy guys.



Moderator: Stomper

Well, I'm back in the saddle again.

This week saw increased activity in the Off Topic Forum (we had a severe drop off there for a couple of weeks). There were several threads a couple of weeks ago about your favorite game - now there is one about your least favorite game. Check it out here: Worst Games of All Time.

If you are questioning the use of Enhanced Damage and Increased Attack Speed jewels - this topic will help you understand them better - It helped me to not make the mistake that I was about to! Check it out: Do ED and IAS Jewels work on anything?

Mercenaries - What to do with them. There is a mystery on what/when and how to use Mercs. Here are a couple of threads that may help you in your search for answer (Left). Personally I prefer the following general mercs for the character classes (Right):


  • Barbarian (any) - Iron Wolf: Cold
  • Paladin (any) - Barbarian
  • Druid (Summoner) - Paladin: Thorns
  • Druid (Shapechanger) - Iron Wolf: Cold
  • Necro (Summoner) - Paladin: Thorns
  • Necro (non Summoner) - Barbarian
  • Assassin (non Trapper) - Iron Wolf: Cold
  • Assassin (Trapper) - Barbarian
  • Sorceress (any)- Barbarian
  • Amazon (Bow) - Barbarian
  • Amazon (Jav) - Iron Wolf: Cold

Now, If only I could get my merc to hire an assistant!



Moderator: DjYeLLoJeLLo

I have seen a lot of reviews for the XBox. It doesn't look too bad. The games out for it aren't that great, but it doesn't seem to please me as much as the Playstation 2 does. Speaking of Playstation 2, Metal Gear Solid 2 has been out for a couple weeks -- I suggest all that have a Playstation 2 that this is really the first must have game! I repeat, must have game! Most of the games aren't really "must haves," but are really good. For instance, Grand Turismo 3: A-Spec, heard lots of great review of this game, looks great, I am a big fan of Grand Turismo. Grand Theft Auto 3, looks great, if I only had a Playstation 2, this would make my dreams all come true. Those are the only 3 games that I really care about.

Anyways let's get busy with it! Just announcing to everyone, that me and Larias (Eastern Sun; MonkeyMOD.) has decided to come up with the Harry Potter Mod. We have big plans for it, it seems like a major project. I haven't spoken to Larias since three days before Thanksgiving. If anyone knows how to create a mod and would like to help, please e-mail me.

The new Windows operating system (OS) is out; Windows XP Professional (Kind of like Windows 2000 Professional) and Windows XP Home (kind of like Windows ME). I have been running Windows XP Professional for about two months now and haven't had any problems with Diablo II running. Windows XP Professional is the best OS experience I have had with Windows.

Empire Earth has been released! I have wanted to get this game since I first saw previews for it. It uses time periods all the way back to the beginning of man till the 22nd century, I believe. It is supposed to be like Age of Empires; it has the same engine, but it has more of a single player game than multiplayer.





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