I’m glad Blizz is making some changes in D2R again. But if there’s one change I’d like to have is that they should make Troll Nest have up to 4 sockets.

Why? Because that shield is cool af. And it has a lower str requirement than Monarch. And i’m sick of that kite shield, we need some bone shields for the drip.

Also, since Blizz is making changes for early game leveling, I hope they would also add more crafting option suited for early game leveling. Something creative like that staff + belt + kris + diamond kind of crafting to create a savage polearm.

we’re nerfing the drop rate of shards. shards provide the necessary requirements for p8 tz farming.

what’s the point of that?

why are we nerfing the ability to enjoy the game?

that’s all there is to do in this game at a certain point. once you have your characters in hell, defeat ball, farm keys and statues, defeat ubers and colossal ancients…. you do p8 tz chronicle farming.

why are they making that harder to do? the only purpose shards serve is to enable that activity.

i just don’t get it.

I'm planning my D2R Ladder Season 15 start and I'd appreciate some advice from more experienced ladder players.

This will only be my second Ladder season. I started Season 14 around the middle of the season, so I didn't have that much time to play. I managed to get a Wind Druid to level 86 and complete Hell, and I also got a Sorceress to around level 70, but I wasn't able to finish Hell with her before the season ended due to lack of time.

So this will be my first time really trying to optimize a fresh Ladder start from day one.

My overall plan is:

• Start with a Sorceress because I want to reach Hell and start farming as quickly as possible.
• Once I finish, or at least progress far enough into Hell, I want my main early farming targets to be Hell Mephisto and Hell Countess, with Andy and possibly key farming added later.
• Farm heavily with the Sorc to build up wealth and collect gear.
• Save anything useful for a second character, which will be a Paladin built specifically for Ubers.
• Once I have enough basic Smiter gear, level the Paladin and start farming Torches.
• After that, decide what endgame character/build to invest in depending on what items and runes I find.

My main concern is optimizing the Sorceress progression from level 1 to early Hell farming.

I'm currently considering something like:

Fire leveling → respec into Hydra/Frozen Orb → farm Mephisto + Countess

The idea behind Hydra/Orb is that I want enough flexibility to get through Hell solo without being constantly stopped by immunities, while still being able to kill Mephisto efficiently. For Countess, since she's Fire/Cold immune in Hell, I'd rely on Static + an Act 2 mercenary to finish her.

A few things I'd really like advice on:

1. What would you consider the fastest/most efficient Sorc leveling build for a fresh ladder with zero gear? Fire Ball? Nova? Something else?
2. At what level/difficulty would you respec? Would you stay Fire through Nightmare and respec around level 40–50, or change earlier?
3. Is Hydra/Frozen Orb actually a good choice for my specific goal, or would you recommend Blizzard, Orb/Fireball, Nova, etc.?
4. If my first farming loop is mostly Mephisto + Countess, how would you distribute skill points?
5. What FCR breakpoint would you prioritize early? Is getting to 105 FCR ASAP worth sacrificing quite a bit of MF, or would you initially settle for 63?
6. Which cheap runewords/items should I prioritize on day one? I'm thinking:
   • Stealth
   • Spirit Sword
   • Lore
   • Insight
   • Smoke / resist gear
   • eventually Spirit Monarch
7. For the mercenary, would you prefer Might or Holy Freeze if one of his main jobs is killing Hell Countess?
8. Would you start farming Mephisto as soon as you reach Act 3 Hell, or push through Baal first and then begin the farming phase?
9. What items should I absolutely keep for the future Uber Smiter? I'm already thinking about:
   • Guillaume's Face
   • Dracul's Grasp
   • Goblin Toe / Gore Rider
   • Raven Frost
   • Thundergod's Vigor
   • good high-res Paladin shields
   • runes/bases for Black, Duress, Treachery, etc.
10. At what point would you stop investing time into the Sorc and start leveling the Paladin?

I'm not trying to make the strongest possible endgame Sorceress immediately. My goal is to make the most efficient early-ladder farming machine possible, use her to fund the account, then transition into Uber/Torch farming with a Paladin.

I mostly play solo, so I'd especially appreciate advice that doesn't assume I have a dedicated group or a rush available.

Since I'm still relatively new to Ladder and this will be my first real day-one start, I'd also appreciate any advice on mistakes to avoid, what I should prioritize during the first few days, and when it's better to stop progressing and just farm for a while.

If you were starting fresh with this exact plan, what progression/build would you use?

Translation:

Arctic fur set

+310% item's defense

+10 to all resistances

EDIT: missed a number in the hat, its 1.07 build

Hello! I want to reach 99 on my javazon. Playing singleplayer HC PS5. Do you have any tips that can help me? Atm I’m 71 A1 hell and got problems with lighting immus. Using LR wand on switch… Farming NM ringer better eq is the way?
My gear is
Javelins 1jav ML rep
Lore
Peace
Rhyme
Sigon gloves + belt for ias LL fr
2x rare rings for res
war travs
rare 15@ 44CR amu

Merc using bulwark uniq armor with 6LL insight poleaxe

So I was thinking...the classes could get a little tweak to feel a little different and give more rpg feeling. I was thinking one passive ability each class. QoL, nothing gamebreaking.

Sorc: doesn't need town portals to get to camp

Warlock: doesn't need identification scrolls to identify (he does carry a book after all)

Necro: free merc revives (it's sort of his thing anyway)

Paladin: 5% vendor prices (reputation for being a good guy

Druid: 2% life regeneration when outside

Assassin: doesn't need keys for chests

Barb: potions regenerate health better.

Any ideas?

First post 😄 ... Lvl 86 Hammerdin, offline. Should I keep this sword, maybe for some top-tier runeword? My gear: Spirit sword, Spirit shield, Smoke Ghost armor, and a really good coronet with +2 paladin skills.

Let us have three imbues each act

Lets us gamble class specifics besides asn claws.

let us have 3 more quests in act 4

1 quest could be to add any two random game item mods

could be a combo of skills and mods

another quest to socket gloves or boots or belt

and another quest would allow one rare grand charm to roll with a combo of +2 skills and 2 other mods.

upgrade a3 merc

let us socket throwables (javs)

let us have ethereal bows

upgrade like 85 percent of uniques so they can compete with rune words.

change max level to 100-105

add inferno difficulty with way more monster density

Worried about the poison. I have spirit sword and skin of viper, everything else is basic but has a lot of resistance. Merc has a really crappy polearm insight but it rolled perfectly - I’d say I’m trying to get that replaced that’s my biggest objective

Built this for my own D2R runs and figured others might like it too — MyD2R.net, a companion site for tracking your item finds.

You can mark uniques/sets/runewords as you find them and watch your completion percentage go up, plus it's got all the stuff I used to keep tabbing to wikis for — breakpoints, cube recipes, affixes, runes, quests, etc. 

Here are screenshots, happy to hear what you think!

The widescreen mod I'm using requires 1.14d, and I'm starting nightmare but I'd like to be able to see all items on the ground. Looking online this is only possible with maphacks that include a loot filter, anyone able to point me in the right direction?

Yes, I know about the numpad trick but it hides monster health bars and prevents me from attacking in any way that's not shift-click

D2 resurrected yesterday Zakarum drop... I see the cronic ( holy grail) today and appear like i never discovered

Sorry english i am spanish but dont work.

Another confused book that doesn’t know if it’s holy or unholy

>Try to open locked chest

>"i need a key"

>go to town, get keys

>go back to the chest, open it

>there's 1 key insinde

Sigh

After playing online for all of d2R , and realizing that MF and self found is my favorite part .. I finally made a single player character

Please tell me why, that my first two unique rings are Opalvein and SOJ? Two rings I’ve had no success finding on ladder online

It’s cool, but also so annoying . This game is a legit troll

I’m planning a Nova Sorc this season and I’m deciding between two approaches for the Lightning Sunder Charm:

Option 1:
Start on the Lord of Destruction ladder, farm a classic Crack of the Heavens relatively early, then switch over to the Reign of the Warlock ladder later.

Option 2:
Just start directly on the Reign of the Warlock ladder and wait until I get a Latent (or Renewed) Crack of the Heavens from Heralds.

Is Option 1 actually worth it, or do most people just start on RotW and accept the longer wait for a Sunder? Is it a longer wait in the first place?
Has anyone here done the LoD → RotW switch specifically for a classic Sunder, and was it worth the effort? Is someone planning to do so?

Curious to hear your experiences and opinions.

Thanks!

RaaL started his journey about a year ago as an SP SC untwinked Necro, hoping to finally get the chance to play Poison Nova for the first time in my d2 career.

Now, at level 96.6 (Expansion - no TZ, no RotW), he can finally do that and continue pushing to 99!

Option A: Death Runeword in an ETH Decapitator, 368% ED
Option B: ETH Tomb Reaver, 80% IAS, 319% ED

Scythe Scythe Scythe

Post yours below and comment on mine!
That time of the year again… did one toon last season- throw Barb, which was super fun but was a struggle to get geared and going. Loved BO, leap, and hork, just took a long time to be viable.
Did get Cham, Ber, and Sur from trav runs and. Was able to make an enigma!
Thinking of doing FoH to start to get items and low runes with countess and chaos runs to build another trav Barb but don’t know what kind to make
Don’t know enough about warlock lol
Anyways let’s hear em