Announcement Patch #13: QoL Improvements, Charm Inventory, Server Selection and More

after using the newly downloaded installer, running "wine Game.exe -ns -skiptobnet" works as expected, full screen, no sound, skips to login prompt. What is weird is this worked with EuropeBattle.exe before running the installer but the behaviour changed after running the new installer.

I have not seen anything that looks like what I think of as a launcher. When I run "wine EuropeBattle.exe" and "wine Game.exe" I get the same launching behaviour, the gamegaurd things pops up in the top left (takes longer now than before), it lists a file or two in the bottom of the gamguard window, that then goes away, a bunch of spam on the terminal I ran the command in, then the game opens (windowed or full screen). There is nothing different from before other than the -ns flag no longer being accepted by EuropeBattle.exe. No where are any "launch settings" available that are mentioned in the first post. Is there an image somewhere of what this is supposed to look like?

Edit: grammar

 

Ahh, didn't know to look for this different exe. I will try it later tonight when I get home from visiting family.

 

after trying to create a game

 

you can write something like a dividing strip between the active cells on the characters and for other trash, I understand that you can get used to it, but why not immediately place the designations of what and where?

 

Being a head of highly-populated Russian community of our beloved server I've set survey in our "vkontakte" group. will tell @Gix the result till 12/9

 

I likeeeee it do you mean i can use only 10 skillers and 10 small charms ?? Not 20 sks ?

 

I'll start by saying that I don't like the new character item layout much either. However, let's put things in perspective, shall we? For this 'uglier' layout, we get 20 more inventory spaces, permanently.
How much time does one spend with character items, vs. how much time does one spend using inventory? I guess the answer is obvious, it's a trade-off of 'looks' for time; it will mean spending less time with inventory management, in the overall history of a character, especially for those used for PvM / farming. Most players probably have a tendency to fill up available inventory space with charms, especially skillers, so this move practically forces players To me, it's a trade-off worthwhile having.

About inventory space allocated to charms? I played my light sorc with 5 skillers, and full-maxed TK (less full lightning damage), and could still very well handle solo P8. We're back to vanilla, 9 skillers + torch + anni + 10 scs, what's the big fuss about it? In PvP, it levels the ground a bit, constraining the rich players to *choose* what skillers to use (choosing gear of the immense drop has always been one of the strong points of D2, wasn't it?); in PvM, it poses a bit more of a challenge in terms of survival, especially in HC. And by the way, I haven't seen one single negative comment in this respect, from any HC player thuse far, so what does this tell you?

Furthermore, this will have a future impact on the skillers market, bringing outlandish high-lifers price down a bit; since demand may slightly decrease.

I, for one, am thankful and appreciative for the effort that the team has been putting into this (for free, let's not forget), and look forward to the new beginning.

 

Great job best inv for pvp like standart love this server <3

 

Its really interesting changes, but i have 1 question .
Lets say we play PVP, the real deal that we are still playin diablo 2, right ?, so
CAN i bring with me a tone of a gear with MAX RES, + % ABS, DEM RED, Repl LIFE and so on and
after a "Gö" i can put them on me (swich gear) --> noone will see it, so Respectable PvP rules will turn to mirage, right ?!??!?
We all know that there are a lot of ppl that will benefit from this and i am / we are 100%%% that this will happen.
Is it a possible situation or i am wrong ?

 

It is possible, but it also has a solution: one of the players or another one joining as referee will trade with the other / both players and trade 5 poleaxes / spears (any quality / type) using the trade window. This should fit in the upper half of the inventory, which should be clear for PvP purposes, and would prove the good faith of any contestant. After trading, stay away from stash, stay in A1 and all should be fine; any of these steps broken -> player disqualified and trumpeted all over the place (in-game chat, forum) to be a cheater. Respectable / good faith PvP players will never lower themselves to such practices, but there's plenty of questionable PvP players out there, too, those that would lower themselves to anything, just to win that one match / bet....

LE: It is any player's business what he fills the lower half of his inventory with (the 'charms' area). If it's gear as you described, it can be viewed and screenshot-ed using the maphack 'Inspect player gear' key, inside / outside town.

 

5 poleaxes dont make me laugh please ... xD PvP is gone already ..

 

That would be only to insure that the upper half of the inventory is empty, as should be; 4 poleaxes mean 4 x 10 inventory spaces, this is the only logic behind what I suggested.

 

Okay but who needs that when everything can be normal and simple like before ..

 

Referee, trade window, far away from stash, inspecting player in the middle of the duel ? come on. In a duel game , 8 ppl full, noone is doing this .
DUELS will be broken 100% sure. The best thing in this game will be broken, especially in open games where everyone is entering to entertain and chill, after a work day.
Just imagine only an add of a 20 % abs, a single ring or belt.. will ruin the fun. and so on..
Please reconsider this charm invventory.
May be is not as bad as i think for PVM, may be it will be even more attractive, BUT it will ruin the duels .

 

No worries it will be a good PvM ladder this year

 

People of good faith will always seek and find a solution to problems.
As for people of not-so-good faith, one always has the option to NOT engage in a duel.