Short Questions Thread

Diaco wrote:Do different kinds of poison damage stack (spell vs WDM melee skill vs active poison dmg from passives) or does it always just apply the highest dps and negate the rest?

Only 1 instance of poison can be on an mob, so it will take the highest damaging poison.

A friend of mine who I just recently got to know through the forum and me want to play together. We don't really need trading, so I've been wondering about the drop rates on the server and in TCP/IP games. I heard that drop rates in SP are better. But does that include drops in TCP/IP games? Or is anything that's considered multiplayer including TCP/IP worse in terms of drops compared to pure SP?

what warp field aura does ? i just see it in

Celestial Sigil

Celestial Sigil
Celestial Sigil
Amulet
Required Level: 125
Item Level: 110
Level 20 Warp Field Aura
Nearby Enemies: -30% Attack Rating
and -25% Weapon Physical Damage
16.6 Yard Radius
1% Chance to cast level 50 Bloodlust on Death Blow
+(2 to 4) to All Skills
+20% to Spell Damage
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
5% Deadly Strike
Lightning Resist -100%

thanks

Warp field aura decrease enemy damage and attack speed I think. Just like the summon Void Archon skill.

ParticuLarry wrote:A friend of mine who I just recently got to know through the forum and me want to play together. We don't really need trading, so I've been wondering about the drop rates on the server and in TCP/IP games. I heard that drop rates in SP are better. But does that include drops in TCP/IP games? Or is anything that's considered multiplayer including TCP/IP worse in terms of drops compared to pure SP?

TCP/IP is the same as SP. Only TSW realm have "rebalanced" drop rate.

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.

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!

Diaco wrote: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.

patrick_pkl wrote: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.

Lynderika wrote:
patrick_pkl wrote: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)