Diablo 2 LoD: 100% 8-player-teamrun planning thread

2009-12-25 10:15:06 pm

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

you can actually, you have to be able to record with fraps with good fps

2009-12-28 08:02:51 am

Feel free to join us jprophet22. Next meeting will be january the 2nd 2010 at 1 pm (gmt-6), 2 pm (gmt-5), 7 pm (gmt), 8 pm (gmt+1). We are still searching for more players and havn't started the real run yet. Just doing tests with our segment-plan @1.13 beta atm and the run will not start, before 1.13 final is out. Just make sure you have some time on weekends and come on at #diablo on sda-irc-server at the given time if you wanna participate.

jprophet22

2009-12-28 12:15:16 pm

This world is all we have,cherish it

awesome! ill be sure to check it out. i usually have time on the weekends depending on what time. im a bartender so i work alot of weekends but not until the evening. usually aroung 4:30pm central. anyone here in gv on irc?

Wuv

2009-12-28 07:19:21 pm

If anybody could take my place Saturday, I'd really appreciate it. If not, I'll still play so that practice won't be ruined over me.

FraGFroG

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FraGFroG: 2010-01-02 07:32:15 am

2010-01-02 05:52:49 am

@jprophet22: 4:30 pm (gmt-6) is 11:30 pm (gmt+1) here in europe, so that's too late for us... If you can't manage to come earlier, you're not able to participate in the run Sad

@Wuv: Even with you playing today we still need 1-2 players as replacement, because Dragonkiller has already signed off for today and unfortunately Preddy cant come too...

So please: If you are interested to help out today (see my last post for meeting-time and more info on where to meet), just post a message here.

MrEnzyme

2010-01-02 01:57:06 pm

Sorry for missing the meeting, the power has been since early this morning for me. I got your message FraG, if you're still meeting now I can come or tomorrow if you postponed it.

FraGFroG

2010-01-02 02:21:12 pm

We postponed it to tomorrow at the same time. I hope we'll be complete then...

mfb

2010-01-03 09:26:04 am

As i said in the IRC, i don't know if i can come to the meeting today - and if, it will be late (~22:00 or 23:00 GMT+1h).

[20:45:07] <FraGFroG> poobah + dragonkiller are there tomorrow
[20:45:26] <FraGFroG> and enzyme maybe (dunno where the hell he went to)
[20:45:46] <FraGFroG> he was on here all day long and then suddenly before the meeting he left without any comment
[20:46:32] <FraGFroG> so we should be able to replace you mfb, if enzyme comes back

FraGFroG

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FraGFroG: 2010-01-03 02:18:25 pm

2010-01-03 12:21:44 pm

We are complete now...

Dragonkiller

2010-01-08 07:33:26 am

Next meeting on saturday 8 pm +1gmt?

Lag.Com

2010-01-08 11:04:53 am

sda loyalist

Hmm. I'm not sure if I can make it tomorrow. I'll be out at least some of it, but I don't know if it'll be until 8pm.

Poobah

2010-01-08 09:33:03 pm

There IS A Cow Level

If you need a spot filled, I'll be on hamachi.

Lag.Com

2010-01-09 04:57:29 am

sda loyalist

Turns out I'm here after all

FraGFroG

2010-01-10 08:18:09 am

MrEnzyme: Where are you? You were missed again yesterday... I hope you'll come back today.

FraGFroG

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FraGFroG: 2010-01-10 05:25:39 pm

2010-01-10 02:05:44 pm

Edit: We're rdy for today... cya next saturday. I will upload the full strategy as .doc in the coming days here. Stay tuned!

Papa Joe

2010-01-12 10:54:58 am

I hope we don´t have to wait too long

FraGFroG

2010-01-12 10:59:01 am

OK, as promised, here is the full strategy, all put together in one document (look attachment):

directory:
1. Skills
1.1 All 8 characters on level 61
1.2 Detailed skillplan with respec until level 61
2. Stats
3. Items
3.1 Items for each char
3.2 Where to get these items from?
3.3 Runes needed for these items
3.4 Items to look out for during the run
4. Rough segmentation
5. Detailed segment-plans
6. Keyboard-shortcuts/tricks for the run
7. Guide: How to find dungeon-exits/wps/quest-spots as fast as possible?

Please all read at least through all parts, concerning your character and after that part 5-7 (all). I made a lot of tweaks here and there (especially in the last 3 chapters, there are much new things in the text). So please read it carefully again and post improvements here, if you find any!

Attachment:

complete speedrun-plan version 1.0.doc

YaSu

2010-01-12 03:19:26 pm

Dum dee dum haah

Being very interested in this project's result (go! go! go!), I read your skillplan out of curiosity and I'd like to comment a couple of things.

Quote:

- all char-specific items like druid pelts, assa claws, pala sceptres, (especially heraldic shields with or without sockets), pala shields and necro-staffs for our chars or for cash

As far as I remember, druid pelts didn't give much cash (something like low armor perhaps?) and assa claws were just horrible, so perhaps it's best to throw them right away if there are not nice mods on them, making space for expensive stuff.

About the rough segmentation, regarding blood raven and cow level, I read some time ago that you had to do blood raven before leaving act 1 and cow level before changing the difficulty setting. I'm pretty sure it is still like this, but, even if some or all of this changed, I just wanted to point it out just in case Tongue

Last but not least, this was announced yesterday. You may need to reconsider between picking 1.12 and finishing it or waiting for the 1.13 release. There are no hints on how long the patch will take. And since a lot of complaints about the 3+ respecs have appeared, there's also a possibility of the final patch having just a single respec.

I hope I could help more, but I only can wish good luck with all of this.

Oh, and congrats on your sub-hour run(s). Wink

Being very interested in this project's result (go! go! go!), I read your skillplan out of curiosity and I'd like to comment a couple of things.

[quote]- all char-specific items like druid pelts, assa claws, pala sceptres, (especially heraldic shields with or without sockets), pala shields and necro-staffs for our chars or for cash[/quote]

As far as I remember, druid pelts didn't give much cash (something like low armor perhaps?) and assa claws were just horrible, so perhaps it's best to throw them right away if there are not nice mods on them, making space for expensive stuff.

About the rough segmentation, regarding blood raven and cow level, I read some time ago that you had to do blood raven before leaving act 1 and cow level before changing the difficulty setting. I'm pretty sure it is still like this, but, even if some or all of this changed, I just wanted to point it out just in case  :P

Last but not least, [url=http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=22418946175&sid=3000&pageNo=1]this[/url] was announced yesterday. You may need to reconsider between picking 1.12 and finishing it or waiting for the 1.13 release. There are no hints on how long the patch will take. And since a lot of complaints about the 3+ respecs have appeared, there's also a possibility of the final patch having just a single respec.

I hope I could help more, but I only can wish good luck with all of this.

Oh, and congrats on your sub-hour run(s).  ;)

Lag.Com

2010-01-12 04:46:22 pm

sda loyalist

Yeah, class-specific items don't give much gold in comparison. They have a modifier in the code.

Ghoti

2010-01-13 03:11:56 am

Currently occupying the grey area.

Quote from YaSu:

About the rough segmentation, regarding blood raven and cow level, I read some time ago that you had to do blood raven before leaving act 1 and cow level before changing the difficulty setting. I'm pretty sure it is still like this, but, even if some or all of this changed, I just wanted to point it out just in case Tongue

This was only in order to get the bounty, not SDA rules. SDA allows for fastest possible.

mfb

2010-01-13 10:58:34 am

- Assa claws can have staffmods at some exceptional and all elite claws, so if we need gold in nightmare/hell, ...
- Druid pelts can be useful for the druid.
- We can drop all char-specific items without staffmods and sell the items with them.

A speedrun without respecs is slower - and if we would start with 1.12 now, I think that our run would be finished after 1.13 came out.

However, we should have the possibility to run with the current 1.13 beta:
"If a game has been patched and there are multiple versions, it is recommended to use whichever version makes for the fastest run."

YaSu

2010-01-13 12:47:52 pm

Dum dee dum haah

Quote from Ghoti:

Quote from YaSu:

About the rough segmentation, regarding blood raven and cow level, I read some time ago that you had to do blood raven before leaving act 1 and cow level before changing the difficulty setting. I'm pretty sure it is still like this, but, even if some or all of this changed, I just wanted to point it out just in case Tongue

This was only in order to get the bounty, not SDA rules. SDA allows for fastest possible.

That was a BIG mistake on my part Undecided

Quote from mfb:

- Assa claws can have staffmods at some exceptional and all elite claws, so if we need gold in nightmare/hell, ...
- Druid pelts can be useful for the druid.
- We can drop all char-specific items without staffmods and sell the items with them.

A speedrun without respecs is slower - and if we would start with 1.12 now, I think that our run would be finished after 1.13 came out.

However, we should have the possibility to run with the current 1.13 beta:
"If a game has been patched and there are multiple versions, it is recommended to use whichever version makes for the fastest run."

Thanks for the answer!

[quote="Ghoti"]
[quote="YaSu"]
About the rough segmentation, regarding blood raven and cow level, I read some time ago that you had to do blood raven before leaving act 1 and cow level before changing the difficulty setting. I'm pretty sure it is still like this, but, even if some or all of this changed, I just wanted to point it out just in case  :P
[/quote]

This was only in order to get the bounty, not SDA rules. SDA allows for fastest possible.
[/quote]

That was a BIG mistake on my part  :-\

[quote="mfb"]
- Assa claws can have staffmods at some exceptional and all elite claws, so if we need gold in nightmare/hell, ...
- Druid pelts can be useful for the druid.
- We can drop all char-specific items without staffmods and sell the items with them.

A speedrun without respecs is slower - and if we would start with 1.12 now, I think that our run would be finished after 1.13 came out.

However, we should have the possibility to run with the current 1.13 beta:
"If a game has been patched and there are multiple versions, it is recommended to use whichever version makes for the fastest run."
[/quote]

Thanks for the answer!

FraGFroG

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FraGFroG: 2010-01-17 12:48:16 pm

2010-01-17 12:38:59 pm

Wuv, MrEnzyme? Are you still interested in the run, or why are you missing again today? Yesterday we couldn't play because 4 players were missing! (Wuv, MrEnzyme, gia and Dragonkiller!) Why aren't you saying ANYTHING beforehand so I can plan a replacement for that day or so we don't have to wait for more than 1 hour for you!?!? (in hope that you still come)

Anyway, can anybody help out today? We are 7 players here, needing one more... We're waiting on sda.speeddemosarchive.com server in #diablo

gia

2010-01-17 03:02:51 pm

I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

my saves "s2save" means save folder to start segment 2 with

Attachment:

blizzone-gia.rar

ofcourse

2010-01-17 03:06:31 pm

I love Rogue Squadron and stories.

current saves

also

If we run all together, the assassin is the leader. maybe pally later on though? late nm and hell when we really do need the conviction

and huh?

At Rakanishu, he directly activates the stones and ignores the monsters (killing Rakanishu is faster anyway

Attachment:

segment saves.rar