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  • Wouterjefklak
    Oct 12, 2026, 7:11 PM

    Damn I forgot how much I hate those little flayer bastards in Act III. I made it to Lower Kurast today with two of the three Khalid's artifacts; but half the time I took a wrong turn and had to stumble around on the map.

    This game does firmly feel like a 2000 game; the randomly generated maps and the back-and-forth going combined with clumsy item management (made worse on console) gets tiresome. I admit I'm in a rush as normal is not as interesting as nightmare/hell so that does reduce the fun.

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  • Wouterjefklak
    Oct 14, 2026, 7:17 PM

    Mephisto's butt was kicked fairly quickly; I'm glad to leave that jungle maze behind and descend into the very depths of hell. Act IV is quite short; but upon arriving in Diablo's inner sanctum, he did kick my butt this time 3 times because of my squishiness.

    The updated cinematics are... fine? Some models look odd. Subtitling [eerie music] wasn't quite needed...

    So I finished Diablo II but not the expansion. Not sure whether I will this time; felt boring this time because of offline solo?

    Destroying the seal to enter Mephisto's Durance of Hate in Travincal.
    Mephisto in a cinematic opening the gate to hell with Tal Rasha & Diablo.
    Struggling to keep myself alive at the hell forge: my crowd control is failing me somehow here.
    The battle with Diablo is won: there lies his body. Leaving nothing but junk behind. Not a single unique item found in this run!!!
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  • Wouterjefklak
    Oct 14, 2026, 7:19 PM

    The frustrating part of Diablo II is that the normal difficulty is just a nuisance: there's nothing to gain, and I didn't find a single unique item; most of my gear is from Act I. That's just sad: for those who can't meet the hefty time investment to level a char to 60+ (which in itself is quite boring without a friend and some beers), the game somehow doesn't feel as amazing as it did when it was brand new.

    Fuck the part where I have to login to play an offline character though.

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  • Wouterjefklak
    Oct 15, 2026, 7:20 PM

    OK Fine, have it your way. Baal, I'm coming for you. I guess I'm not done just yet. I miasma-ed my way through the besieged fortresses and dispatched of everyone in the frozen lake where someone was in need of help.

    Along the way, I spotted some more MF gear in the shop: I'm now at 26%! Yay! Had some more rare and rune drops, but still no unique. I'll see if I can craft myself something.

    I socketed a perfect skull into my armour to more quickly regenerate mana: to almost zero effect? Weird.

    Chaos and destruction during the besiege of mount Arreat. I try to kill as many catapults as I can see.
    I just purchased these 12% increased change of finding magic items gauntlets that up the score to a grand total of 26%.
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  • Wouterjefklak
    Oct 16, 2026, 6:50 PM

    Coming out of the Glacial Trail and Frozen Tundra (where I often took a wrong turn and just stumbled about; thank you randomly generated cramped dungeon maps), I am greeted with even more fortifications and teleporting fire-spewing annoyances. I got cornered and flamethrowed (is that a word?) to death but forgot to active a waypoint first. The only one I have is before the trail.

    This is the second time I'm trying to rush through this region with my summon and merch dying in a few hits. Yay!

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  • Wouterjefklak
    Oct 17, 2026, 7:26 PM

    Baal is dead! The destruction of the Lord of Destruction is my burden to bear said my warlock. His minions gave me a hard time: resistances? So it's officially done! Although... that's only the beginning in Diablo.

    The first thing I did was restarting the game in Nightmare difficulty and finishing the first two quests. I can feel the game pulling me in, further... Let's do a few cow runs just in case; you never know. I have a few runes ready to make but still miss the socketed weapon/helmet.

    Baal summoning his Minions in the Worldstone Keep
    Running around killing evil valkyries in the cold fields in nightmare mode.
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  • Tomttntm@hachyderm.io
    Oct 17, 2026, 8:45 PM

    @jefklak yeah, done with normal.

    Run Nightmare countess for a good chance of bases for rune words and the runes now, and mix in some Andariel kills when you get there. She drops good stuff, cool mid game uniques too if you're lucky.

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  • Wouterjefklak
    Oct 18, 2026, 6:33 PM

    @ttntm Countess is a good idea; secret cows isn't: I forgot that I can't activate the portal in Nightmare as Baal isn't dead yet in that difficulty. Did a few normal cow runs and they do drop good stuff like set items etc but all low lvl and never a socket4 item (NM+).

    I also got a notice about a terrorized zone in Act III so decided to check it out. Cool to see that concept: less mundane Baal/CS runs and more in varied places. There's even a calendar to track zones: d2emu.com/tz-sp

    The Cow King is dead (in normal) and dropped a few rare and set items.
    Exploring a terrorized zone in Act III.
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  • Wouterjefklak
    Oct 18, 2026, 7:39 PM

    I summarised Diablo II:R related toots and my thoughts on the remaster on jefklakscodex.com/games/switch
    I think I'll leave the game alone for a while and pick up something else, before the only thing I do is farm and think in terms of good gear. I dreamed about runes; this is my cue to stop playing!

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