Median XL 2016 Announced

not surprised. I also missed that after clearing den of evil at lvl 8.

then I realized about lvl 5 thingy.

I wonder if there is way to modify "help" button at middle of screen.
It show couple of things about UI and its function, but I know multires just modify so it wont work since it required multiple resolution help setup.

maybe final act bosses can have an aura who decrease all resists in -50%/605/70%, most players just go beyong 70% max resists really quickly and easy and when you do it, you feel more secure, instead of make them too much extra toughter, maybe you can buff them and add this, so player really need to pay atention in order to kill them instead of rush them like they were just a mere obstacle in their path

Loluthinks wrote:most players just go beyong 70% max resists really quickly

Not anymore in 2016 patch where +6 resists Mystic Orbs are already removed and +2 all resists Mystic Orbs are kinds useless on any gear that doesn't have Double Orb modifier.

Stealthmaster wrote:
Loluthinks wrote:most players just go beyong 70% max resists really quickly

Not anymore in 2016 patch where +6 resists Mystic Orbs are already removed and +2 all resists Mystic Orbs are kinds useless on any gear that doesn't have Double Orb modifier.

the addition of magic and physical resistances will make players need to improve their gear even more because now they need to worry about 6 types instead 4

Stealthmaster wrote:
Loluthinks wrote:most players just go beyong 70% max resists really quickly

Not anymore in 2016 patch where +6 resists Mystic Orbs are already removed and +2 all resists Mystic Orbs are kinds useless on any gear that doesn't have Double Orb modifier.

Not really. First of all, 6% res orbs are clearly worse than 2% all (6% vs 8%). So 2% will still remain as one of the most powerful orbs out there. The reasons to remove the single-res orbs were a) reduce the total pool of MOs and b) prevent stuff like honorific items with 150% all res, which make quests like LC2 or quov tsin really pointless.

Hey guys,

Is there a summary of confirmed changes for Median XL 2016 anywhere?

I'm new and there's quite a few posts to read through..

Ducky wrote:Hey guys, Is there a summary of confirmed changes for Median XL 2016 anywhere?
I'm new and there's quite a few posts to read through..

Hi Ducky and welcome. As far as I know there isn't one, just information scattered around

Ducky, there are several sources:
-This thread, AKA Median XL 2016 Announced
-Sigma screenshot thread and screenshot log under Sigma section
-Median XL 2016 Charms Overhaul or something to that effect
-Some threads in General discussion
-Old forum has development threads as well, but information might be outdated

You can often see the devs talking with other noobs about progress in various threads.

Welcome! :wink:

Have fun! Please use common sense and you wont have a problem! Make sure to check out the docs!

So, since many people assume 2016 is "just another patch" and "might get released before 2016", this is the partial list of changes.

Here we go. SPOILER ALERT.

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@Naabaanit: nothing from the sigma subforum is coming to MXL 2016.

Marco wrote:this is the partial list of changes.
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- a billion bugfixes
- drop rates changes
- performance gain (lag reduction on skills, reduction of "when damaged" procs on monsters, overall stats/numbers going down)
- experience reworks (higher exp gain on dest uberquests, for levels 121-125 on realm)
- big mystic orbs rework
- uberquest cheese fixes (chronofield anyone?)
- visual rework on all skills (improvements and lag reduction)
- damage rework on all skills (as necessary)
- mechanic rework on all skills (as necessary)
- mana rework on all skills (all)
- next delay rework on all skills (as necessary)
- new skills, replacing some of the old skills (which might become oskills)
- rebalanced/improved crafted items
- complete rework on charms (big decrease in stats) and some items (there is a topic about this)
- rebalanced all monster stats on all difficulties (mainly on destruction, to match weaker charms)
- uldyssian end battle / brachyceran full reworks
- void / startled witch difficulty tweaks
- some less relevant uberquests rework, such as azmodan & belial
- around 60 new realm runewords
- new item tier beyond sacred (to confirm)
- 1 or 2 new uberquests
- removal of annoying bush in duncraig

This would have been really impressive even without the word "partial", it sounds more like a new expansion for D2 than a new mod version. Amazing. :bounce:

can't wait for the epicness