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Sooooo I got bored with the my common playing style:
- always strong lategame characters
- endless soulless fast runs in endless soulless pursuit of even more items
- when getting items: "oh no, bad roll", "duh, ethereal", etc.

So I decided to try a new style today:
- (still offline play)
- softcore, so sharing items and money is possible
- anything worn except rings and amulet MUST be ethereal. If you don't have anything ethereal for that slot, it stays empty!
- (merc can wear whatever)
- players 8 (took this from the "play like Diablo 1" thread from some time ago)

Character selection: Paladin. Why?
- never played one
- pretty weapon agnostic
- auras built-in to character

First impressions (now clvl 13):
- happy punching around at players 8!
- many "can't touch this" moments with dropping gear!
- equipment so far: ethereal
Sash
(2nd one already, 1st one broke), ethereal light armor! 2 rings and 1 amulet, some charms. Still unarmed, barefoot, nothing on the head!
- looking REALLY forward to -not- being annoyed by ethereal equipment dropping for other characters, but saving that stuff for the ethereal guy to use!
- I had a hands-in-the-air-because-of-joy moment when the blue ethereal light armor had selfrepair mod on it. Haven't had this feeling in YEARS, not even when endgame gear dropped!

going on... du di dum... :)

Try it! It's fun!
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Sooooo I got bored with the my common playing style:
- always strong lategame characters
- endless soulless fast runs in endless soulless pursuit of even more items
- when getting items: "oh no, bad roll", "duh, ethereal", etc.

So I decided to try a new style today:
- (still offline play)
- softcore, so sharing items and money is possible
- anything worn except rings and amulet MUST be ethereal. If you don't have anything ethereal for that slot, it stays empty!
- (merc can wear whatever)
- players 8 (took this from the "play like Diablo 1" thread from some time ago)

Character selection: Paladin. Why?
- never played one
- pretty weapon agnostic
- auras built-in to character

First impressions (now clvl 13):
- happy punching around at players 8!
- many "can't touch this" moments with dropping gear!
- equipment so far: ethereal
Sash
(2nd one already, 1st one broke), ethereal light armor! 2 rings and 1 amulet, some charms. Still unarmed, barefoot, nothing on the head!
- looking REALLY forward to -not- being annoyed by ethereal equipment dropping for other characters, but saving that stuff for the ethereal guy to use!
- I had a hands-in-the-air-because-of-joy moment when the blue ethereal light armor had selfrepair mod on it. Haven't had this feeling in YEARS, not even when endgame gear dropped!

going on... du di dum... :)

Try it! It's fun!
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Awesome journey! I had a lot of fun reading this, so please update it constantly. Thanks and best of luck! :)

I will be mostly offline for the next 2 months. I won't keep any trades active during this period. I will hold another giveaway on my return.
You can contact me for rune trades if you see me online during this period. Best of luck!
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Sounds clearly more appealing than a naked run...
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interim update:
- permanently seeing the colourful top right graphics with orange/red equipment symbols is a welcome optical change to the game interface!

- breaking
Belt
absolutely no problem, works fine as long as one does not take it off. been running around with a broken
Belt
for an hour, almost like in real life!

- additional level of excitement: entering Forgotten Tower, last level, with 1 durability left on the weapon. Will it last? (spoiler alert: no it won't,
The Countess
therefore got some PUNCHES :D )
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fraggykrueger wrote: 4 months ago
...
Sooooo I got bored with the my common playing style:
- always strong lategame characters
...
Character selection: Paladin. Why?
- never played one
...
Wait...what...?

I am permanently no longer accepting
Ort
or
Thul
runes as trade currency
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Knappogue wrote: 4 months ago
fraggykrueger wrote: 4 months ago
...
Sooooo I got bored with the my common playing style:
- always strong lategame characters
...
Character selection: Paladin. Why?
- never played one
...
Wait...what...?
Well, my "strong lategame" is maybe not what others would consider so, but I mean lvl 75+ with more or less only killspeed problems on players1 in hell, and survival problems only appearing on higher players settings.

And about the firsttime paladin: I don't know why I never played one :)

Really happy that this game gives players so many ways to keep it fun and entertaining.
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Never played Hammerdin, but from what I read, he can play the game naked and still be good 😝

For a while: not accepting
Ral
or
Hel
; and considering
Perfect Skull
as a regular
Perfect Gems
on my trades.

Time Zone: GMT-3
Non-Ladder | Softcore | Expansion
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Update:
- character level 20
- completed Act 1
- had fun moments (e.g. ethereal weapon breaking and another ethereal weapon dropping from the FIRST monster I punched after that)
- used one of my ethereal uniques from the mules: a
The Jade Tan Do
vs.
Andariel
(poison resistance, baby!), which was direly needed with bad equipment and players 8. Didn't feel sorry to use it, even though its lifetime is limited. There is some durability left on it, gonna save it for
Duriel
because of CBF.
- I'm thinking of disallowing the self-repair mod for my items. It kinda puts me back into looking for "better gear" rather than "any gear". This effectively reduces the number of ethereal items I can (and will) use, but is closer to the playing style I want.
- Found a replenishing ethereal
Throwing Knife
. Was happy at first. Was appalled how long these &%$!! knives take to replenish. So I decided to allow quantity-replenishing throwing weapons, since you can't use them all the time.
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Awesome idea! Keep us posted 🙂 (As a coward, I would have chosen sorc or nec 😁😉)

After a 20 year break from D2 I started playing D2R in 2024 with my sons (9 and 10 years old)
Time Zone: UTC/GMT +1/+2 (Germany)
Online workdays: casually from 07:00-09:00 pm
Online weekends: casually midday to evening
Non-Ladder | Softcore | Expansion
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Update:
- paladin (his name is BrETH_Hart by the way of course, coulda named him BrETHart as well ^^) is level 22 (didn't play much)
- still no shoes
- still no
Helm

- fairly early in Act 2 (just got the
Horadric Cube
)
- JUST FOUND AN ETHEREAL
Stormguild
!! First time I am actually -happy- about finding one!! :) :) :)
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Another update!
- now lvl 38, in Act 5 Normal, still players 8
- ethereal
Boots
NEVER drop, if you ask me. Am barefoot since forever.
- 2nd in the ranking of rare ethereal drops: belts.
-
Zeal
plus
Fanaticism
eat about 1 ethereal weapon per map. It's quite insane. My weapon throughput is remarkable. Am ABSOLUTELY agnostic about what to use.
- Have started making lots of low-level runewords (Malice, Strength, King's Grace, ...) with the excess "useless" low-level runes from the shared stash.
- still only passing ethereal uniques from other chars onto BrETH, otherwise SSF.

Aaaaand it's still fun!
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Thanks for the update!
Honestly, I'm surprised you didn't succumb to the pressure to do
Holy Fire
Archer given the weapon mulching. Good on you for sticking to the stricter challenge!

EDIT: And how funny that you can't find
Boots
! Little did you know you should have named your character after a hobbit!

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BonyM 111

Necromancer PC
My biggest issue would be no
Belt
, it is so frustrating to play without couple potion slots.
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BonyM wrote: 2 weeks ago
My biggest issue would be no
Belt
, it is so frustrating to play without couple potion slots.
That's actually not an issue, because you can keep the
Belt
on when it's broken. The
Belt
slots work, so I've still got a 4x4
Belt
on. I think the defense does not get considered and its abilities don't work, but the potions go in. Just NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER EVER take it off :D :D :D
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just for fun: current gear list at lvl 42

Helm
: None (broke a while ago, I'll introduce BAWA as official abbreviation)
Amulet: Rare (1 skills, 2 life, 10 life regeneration, 5 mana, 11 all resistances)
Weapon: Ethereal 1-socketed
Hatchet
with a 6 dexterity / 6 magic find / 8 energy / 8 mana jewel in it
Armor: Ethereal
Chain Mail

Shield: Ethereal
Tower Shield
with Rhyme
Gloves: Etheral
Heavy Gloves

Rings: 1x
Nagelring
, 1x rare (10% FCR, 63 AR, 1 life, 20 fire res, 9 poison res, 29% gold)
Belt
: Ethereal
Plated Belt
, 25% reduced poison duration
Boots
: None (BAWA)

All in all, TOP gear to take on
Baal
soon on p8 ^^
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BonyM 111

Necromancer PC
fraggykrueger wrote: 2 weeks ago
BonyM wrote: 2 weeks ago
My biggest issue would be no
Belt
, it is so frustrating to play without couple potion slots.
That's actually not an issue, because you can keep the
Belt
on when it's broken. The
Belt
slots work, so I've still got a 4x4
Belt
on. I think the defense does not get considered and its abilities don't work, but the potions go in. Just NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER EVER take it off :D :D :D
Good to know actually, this might come in handy at some point.
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update: lvl 48, just beat normal
Baal
(still p8)

gear changes:
- weapon is now a Hustle ethereal
Maul
(hurts a little bit to see the durability MELT away ^^)
- found a
Helm
! ethereal 36 defense plain vanilla
-
Belt
is now BAWA (keeping it on to keep the 16 potion slots)
-
Boots
are still BAWA (I genuinely have not found any ethereal
Boots
since at least character level 22, or earlier...! and believe me, I've been looking...)
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