It is most likely, as Yohann suggested in his original reply, that there was an item in the shared stash that was from another mod and doesn't exist in the one you are playing now or 'Vanilla' d2 didn't like it. It could also have been a single 'bugged' or corrupted item. Folx go 3.0 95 perfect download manager for mac.
We've recently that improves the game by adding and tuning some skills items and features, but still keeps things as close as possible to the original (LoD) version of the game (and the new season that's come out for it recently). Today we have a new and huge patch for probably the best, biggest and most popular mod for D2 out there, (or Median XL: Sigma as the more recent versions have been called).Calling it a mod might be a bit of an understatement, however, as it's basically a complete overhaul and rework, with massive amounts of new skills (35 new ones PER CLASS), items (thousands, crafting), mechanics, content (40 endgame quests, new zones like Heaven and one quest actually has you traveling back in time and playing as Diablo while trying to defeat the Bear Tribe in order to break into the Worldstone Chamber. No, seriously.). Came out just a couple of days ago, and aside from the massive amounts of changes it also means that the community around the mod will be way more active in the next weeks/months, so it's the prefect time to get into it. You can check out the patch notes here if you're already a Median connoisseur, but basically there's a whole lot of tweaks to the endgame quests, classes and items.If you're not a huge fan of servers and prefer to go solo, and you definitely can here as well, but the drop rates are tuned towards trading, so you're almost certainly not going to be able to get everything you want as a solo self-found player.
Another note for you mod-savvy D2ers out there, apparently this latest version (and a few before it) don't support Pluggy, the nigh-indispensable infinite stash addon, which is making players play an older version of the mod. Endgame questsOnce you have completed the main story the Endgame begins. Unlike other ARPGs this does not involve killing slightly stronger versions of the same monsters you've already beaten over and over again, but is a completely new and challenging experience. Our endgame content features over 40 new quests which involve testing your character and reflexes against deadly bosses, efficiently farming new areas and uncovering many secrets. Your character reached Hell difficulty?
You're just getting started. New areas to discoverDoing the same mazes over and over again was getting stale. Median XL features dozens of new locations which host multiple endgame quests where the map layout actually comes into play. Always loyal to the Diablo lore, you can find new areas such as Heaven and the realms of Hell, the new town of Caldeum and fallen cities such as Duncraig, Viz-jun and Toraja. One quest has you travelling back in time and playing as Diablo while trying to defeat the Bear Tribe in order to break into the Worldstone Chamber. Crafting SystemOur crafting system offers a myriad of possibilities to tailor every piece of your equipment to your needs. Customise any runeword with jewels and if you haven't found any you like - craft your own!
Apply a limited amount of bonus stats to any equipment slot via Mystic Orbs purchaseable from vendors, with unique drop only versions providing great power. If you're feeling lucky you can sacrifice a reward from an endgame quest for a chance of adding unique bonuses to your gear. Rare items which are competitive to uniques and runewords, and which can be shrine crafted with custom stats according to your needs to create something truly spectacular. Quality of LifeMedian XL modernizes the Diablo II engine by adding many features found in modern games. Tired of manually picking up all those gold piles?
The automatic gold-pickup feature will do it for you as you walk near them. Died far away from town and forgot to cast a Town Portal? Your body will now spawn next to your character in town, so that you don't have to re-join the game. Sublime chords santeria. Many other features are coming: a higher resolution, loot filtering, one click item movement between cube/stash and inventory and more!
Blizzard had 32 million monthly active users in the first quarter of 2020. WoW's community increased further driven by both new and returning players. Last Thursday was Take Your Child to Work Day and Blizzard initially planned on hosting on-campus activities for Blizzard's parents and their kids, but due to COVID-19, they had to get creative and host it online, so they've come up with some epic art tutorials with Samwise Didier and storytelling by Chris Metzen.(Source)This past Thursday was Take Your Child to Work Day, and prior to COVID-19, we were planning a big day of fun and enriching on-campus activities for Blizzard’s parents and their kids. After the company shifted to work-from-home mode, we had to get creative.Thanks to the help of talented folks across the company, we were able to put together a cool virtual program aimed at giving Blizzard’s kids an entertaining and educational glimpse into what goes into our games. We’re thrilled to share some highlights with you!Art Tutorials with Samwise DidierJoin veteran Blizzard artist Samwise Didier for some sketching tutorials centered on iconic Warcraft races.And for some extra credit, download this PDF guide to drawing your favorite characters from across the Blizzard multiverse!Story Time with Chris MetzenBlizzard alumnus Chris Metzen reads from his children’s book Snow Fight: A Warcraft Tale. A treat for kids (and adults!) regardless of age.From artists and game designers, to engineers, HR professionals, and more, folks from all across Blizzard shared lessons, lectures, and tutorials designed to provide kids with insights and skills that’ll equip them for a bright future. We hope you enjoyed this glimpse into some of our extracurricular Take Your Child to Work Day activities, and as always, stay happy, healthy, and safe!. This was an unexpected treat, as Benmonor surprised us with Diablo Respawned, a full and actual true remake of the Diablo 1 trailer!
From its start you might assume it's just a remaster with improved graphics (which we've already seen), but we not only get new parts added to the original, but also an entirely new second half! It's even more impressive when you find out that the project took him 40 days to make and he did it all alone.Benmonor is an independent game developer at Forbidden Realms Studio and made this as a passion project, and it's really massively impressive. I particularly love the second part, with the shadowy Diablo lurking in the Cathedral, and the Tristram zoom-out at the end. We even get some 'behind the scenes' stuff as well:For more BTS images like the above, check out the reddit post.Check out this truly impressive D1 trailer remake with a ton of new stuff added.
The last few Upscale videos haven't been that impressive, as the newer things they upgraded were already pretty good to start with, and I assumed this one would be the same. But, as the video has plenty of footage from older games, it's very much worth taking a look at, especially the comparison in the second half.
Also it's a pretty good video in general, so why not check it out again:Other Upscaled RemastersMoP and WC3: ReforgedWarcraft 3 E3 Trailer, Diablo 2 LoD Final Cinematic and Overwatch 2Battle for Azeroth and Diablo 1WoW Cataclysm and Starcraft: GhostDiablo 3 Tyrael's Sacrifice CinematicBurning Crusade IntroWrath of the Lich King IntroVanilla WoW IntroDiablo 2 IntroDiablo 2 E3 Teaser and Lord of Destruction Intro. After the recent re-emergence of the one day a year that's officially allowed to be funny and the official Blizzard patch notes that came with it, we wanted to go back and check out older editions of this now tradition. It turns out Blizzard actually has an archive for their April Fools posts, which is good news, but they also stopped updating it in 2015, which is bad news.In any case we poked around it for some fond memories and picked out some milestones, but you should definitely head on over and check it out yourselves as well. Unfortunately some of the entries there have broken links so we don't get to see all the content, but we do at least get a general idea of what it was and can search it elsewhere if it gets interesting.It seems the one Prince song may have been referring to Blizzard, as they started their April Fools shenanigans in 1999, with the original StarCraft and DIablo 2! And what a start it was, as it was the one that cemented the secret cow level as the most enduring joke of the Diablo franchise. You can read more about the exact origins of the cow level, but this April 1st screenshot of D2, while it was still being developed, reignited the fires of the cow level craze!Now we did end up actually getting a cow level in Diablo 2, so I'm not quite sure this one counts as a 'fool' anymore, since it's basically just normal promotion art (ok, so the cows don't show up in the Den of Evil, but they might have back then!). The other entry in this very first April Fools Blizzard edition was StarCraft's Biggest Game Hunters map, based on the very popular Big Game Hunters one from the original game, except with.
More crystals:2002 was another of Blizzard's strangely predictive jokes, as they announced the Pandaren were coming to WarCraft 3, including their Shodo-pan warriors.Then WoW arrived on the scene and we immediately got one of the better ones, with the 2-player controlled Ogre race (which would later become a pretty great hero in Heroes of the Storm. Wait, are Blizzard just using April Fools jokes to test the waters for their really weird ideas that they'll eventually implement?!)This next one is definitely one of my favorites, as Blizzard announced a brand new game set in the World of Warcraft universe, and it was a prequel to boot!Wait, was that one actually just another pre-concept-testing for Reforged?! I'm so confused right now.Then came one of the most famous ones of all time, 2008's Bard announcement!The same year had the impressive console off-shoot of WoW, the Molten Core:These following ones are really making me doubt these are jokes at all, as they're clearly just the shape of things to come, as 2010 saw the first whiff of Diablo: Immortal and the EPEEN system:There are plenty more awesome entries in the archive, so head on over there and remind yourselves of some of the cooler things Blizzard have done over the years, and definitely post some of the better ones we missed below!.
This is a quote from a Team Member:
'Yes you can, in theory still hoard an infinite amount of items with mules as a workaround, but considering it takes more time and that it's more annoying, you're probably gonna reconsider it on quite a few items that you probably just would have stashed away given that yous still had infinite storage.
I also probably don't need to mention that infinite storage heavily encourages twinking, which is not necessarily a part of the game we wish to enhance and enable further.'
Another quote from a player for your viewing pleasure:
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I. Limited stash space forces us to switch from farming to gear management (and back) much more often. And this is bad. Many of us do farm runs (or completing story if not finished) with friends. But after 20 min of farming we are out of free space and have to take a break for gear management. But hey - my friend is online right now and I want to spent this time farming together, we can do gear management alone. (we are playing via TCP/IP)
What we have right now: [Farming] > [Gear management] > [Farming] > [Gear management] > [Farming] > [Gear management]
What we want: 3x [Farming] > 3x [Gear management]
This is no longer possible with limited stash space II. Each major Median release introduces tons of new items and new ways to build your character - and that's great. With big stash we were able to collect a lot of gear and test it in a fight, comparing what gear is better. We loved it. But now this is much harder to do. What's even more confusing - some ubers in Median requires you to change your gear/build to complete. But now this is way too hard with limited stash space '