Short Questions Thread

[patrick_pkl]

Hi all,

New player here. Used to play this maybe 5-6 years back but seems like a lot has changed. Some questions on getting started again.

1. Which character class is best for a beginner, and which class is best for clearing end game content?

2. Single player or multiplayer?

3. Are plugins like plugY still needed for utility in the game?

4. Is this a good link (viewtopic.php?f=40&t=56594) to refamilarize with all the median xl content like challenges and Ubers?

5. I recall there were summoning challenges. Whatever happened to them?

Thank you!

[Scalewinged]

I am having some issues with Runemaster uber skill. I don't know if I'm missing something but the defense bonus does not appear on D2Stats, and my defense is really low even when wearing about 25 runes with a 10% defense bonus per rune.


EDIT: Upon further investigation, I'm thinking the bonus from my runes are not applying at all, since I just socketed 4 Sha runes and my IAS bonus on D2Stats has not changed. I'm able to wield my weapons, armor, etc, nothing is showing up in red in the requirements for my gear.

Def bonus from runemaster is not TCD but total defence (aplying after TCD) like on sorc elementals.

[Lynderika]

Hi all,

New player here. Used to play this maybe 5-6 years back but seems like a lot has changed. Some questions on getting started again.

1. Which character class is best for a beginner, and which class is best for clearing end game content?

2. Single player or multiplayer?

3. Are plugins like plugY needed to utility in the game?

4. Is this a good link (viewtopic.php?f=40&t=56594) to refamilarize with all the median xl content like challenges and Ubers?

Thank you!

1. The class you like the most. Test some char until level 30~40 and see their spells ! Lots of builds are fairly "simple" and strong, such a cold or fire caster sorc, but listing all of them doesn't make any sense, just feel it. Most of the builds do well enough

2. Do you want to trade or not is the question. Since new season is in 2 days you might as well try multi I guess but it's your choice. There's no in game difference between the two outside of a little bit more uniques drops in solo to balance a little bit (from my experience, doesn''t change much)

3. Only d2stats (<-- very important)

4. Good links are documentation, such as https://docs.median-xl.com/doc/items/cube, and the game button. This pages or guides may be useful that's for sure but by seeing things yourself it'll work better. Probably.

[patrick_pkl]

Hi all,

New player here. Used to play this maybe 5-6 years back but seems like a lot has changed. Some questions on getting started again.

1. Which character class is best for a beginner, and which class is best for clearing end game content?

2. Single player or multiplayer?

3. Are plugins like plugY needed to utility in the game?

4. Is this a good link (viewtopic.php?f=40&t=56594) to refamilarize with all the median xl content like challenges and Ubers?

Thank you!

1. The class you like the most. Test some char until level 30~40 and see their spells ! Lots of builds are fairly "simple" and strong, such a cold or fire caster sorc, but listing all of them doesn't make any sense, just feel it. Most of the builds do well enough

2. Do you want to trade or not is the question. Since new season is in 2 days you might as well try multi I guess but it's your choice. There's no in game difference between the two outside of a little bit more uniques drops in solo to balance a little bit (from my experience, doesn''t change much)

3. Only d2stats (<-- very important)

4. Good links are documentation, such as https://docs.median-xl.com/doc/items/cube, and the game button. This pages or guides may be useful that's for sure but by seeing things yourself it'll work better. Probably.

Thanks! Regarding single player and multiplayer comparison:
- are there certain end game content that requires multiple players/classes to clear?
- what happens to your characters when the season ends? (sorry this might be a silly question but I've lost touch with how the ladder system works in vanilla d2)
- is easy transferring of items between your different characters a benefit of multiplayer (i.e. dropping items in a password game and rejoining with another char)? Or is there some item sharing feature built into single player as well? (Sorry might be a silly question too)

[wewenako19]

how %life works? kinda confuse, i get +%10 life i currently have 10k life. no calc needed i should have +1k life but i get just a few , is it computed by my base life rather the currently life that i have? what should prefer +vit or +life thanks for the answer

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[uberecht]

how %life works? kinda confuse, i get +%10 life i currently have 10k life. no calc needed i should have +1k life but i get just a few , is it computed by my base life rather the currently life that i have? what should prefer +vit or +life thanks for the answer

+Vit depends on the character class you play, different classes get different +life for vita.
You can check which applies under "https://docs.median-xl.com/" under characters.
Afaik it works like this Maxlife =(Classbaselife+Charlvl*classfactor(lvl)+Vita*classfactor(vit)+Flat Life)
Life = Maxlife + (Maxlife*maxlife(%))

Edit: yeah look 2 posts down, this is wrong.

[wewenako19]

how %life works? kinda confuse, i get +%10 life i currently have 10k life. no calc needed i should have +1k life but i get just a few , is it computed by my base life rather the currently life that i have? what should prefer +vit or +life thanks for the answer

+Vit depends on the character class you play, different classes get different +life for vita.
You can check which applies under "https://docs.median-xl.com/" under characters.
Afaik it works like this Maxlife =(Classbaselife+Charlvl*classfactor(lvl)+Vita*classfactor(vit)+Flat Life)
Life = Maxlife + (Maxlife*maxlife(%))

thansk bro i didnt expect its complicated HAHA

[aahz]

Afaik it works like this Maxlife =(Classbaselife+Charlvl*classfactor(lvl)+Vita*classfactor(vit)+Flat Life)
Life = Maxlife + (Maxlife*maxlife(%))

thansk bro i didnt expect its complicated HAHA

I recently tried to put together total life formula, tho I'm not sure if it's 100% correct yet :

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total life = (base life + flat life) * %life + soft vit * (hp per vit)
where
base life = clvl * (hp per lvl) + base vit * (hp per vit) - starting hp
soft vit = total vit - base vit


[Lynderika]

Thanks! Regarding single player and multiplayer comparison:
- are there certain end game content that requires multiple players/classes to clear?
- what happens to your characters when the season ends? (sorry this might be a silly question but I've lost touch with how the ladder system works in vanilla d2)
- is easy transferring of items between your different characters a benefit of multiplayer (i.e. dropping items in a password game and rejoining with another char)? Or is there some item sharing feature built into single player as well? (Sorry might be a silly question too)

-Most content are better alone even (The 2 last ones only by a few builds/player, but anyway they're all alone)
-It become non ladder, nothing change, your game get updated and every item you still have become legacy ones.
-There's an auction system in this website with autotransfer, you put an item on a lvl 1 char and the reciver get it directly. But most of the transactions I've done are : I give game name/password, my forum name so I can get tg, dude join in game, I drop item and done