u/Tricky-Dust-6724

Some things never change - act 3 has been pain in the ass. Not surprised. I only got like 2.5 levels despite cleaning a lot of areas. Showing some random gambles too. I started saving items into file as a way to mule because inventories tiny.

A couple of fun facts:

- your resist is MAX, not the number when you hit the cap.

Yeah, enhanced damage? Yes. Resistance? Max. Alright.

- full rejuvenation potion can drop from white monsters as early as act 1 normal, they’re rare though.

- there’s no partial set bonus - I gambled tancred boots and found the skull, but useless unless you have full set. How were you even supposed to collect full set with tiny ass stash? Lol

- there’s no cooldown on spells. Monsters spam meteors, blizzards and fire walls at you like there’s no tomorrow. Screen is burning, you’re too.

- gems feel rare. My first skull I found was at travi. I would never be able to cube anything past flawless to this point.

- flayer shamans boss spawns not with tiny flayers but other shamans. They spam inferno and melt you in 0.5 seconds.

I’ll see you soon! I’ve already been grinding a4 and getting close to lvl 30 so post is a little lagging but will update tomorrow!

The wife is slightly unwell so I fulfill her every wish and gamble some friggin Lenymo in the meantime!! I gambled sash just because of nostalgia and got excited when saw the green color! Also got Arcanna head, pretty much useless for me.

Last room in Maggot lair where find the Shaft of the Staff is where you get good exp. In classic 1.0 it seems like they spawn eggs once you enter level 3 and by the time you get there, it’s full of little bugs that give about 130 exp each. Easy to kill, the exp is huge. On the other hand, skeletons by Hollow Ones give you 3 exp. Not worth to waste your weapon durability lol.

I forgot to mention earlier but unique mobs drop 1 magic + 1 potion, not 5 potions like now. Also, minions don’t give more exp, just the boss slightly more. Not even close to recent patches. Game feels like players 8 or 12 with 0.1 exp.

Typical arcane - some things never change. Always the last route.

Duriel was pretty easy. Made a gemmed sword to whack him. I resisted the urge to gamble Skull caps before duriel just in case I need to buy potions 50 times and spend a lot of cash. Turned out I still had a couple of drinky poo left in my Lenymo.

Duriel dropped best in slot shield for casters - sadly I won’t be able to put it to good use. It’s amazing to see though.

Starting act 3 soon. Spider Forest is rainy and my Glimmering Boots of Pace aint no Goretex

Act 3 is where the things start to pick up - you come across plate mails, crowns, more cash, lower kurast chest etc that means I’m gonna stay awhile and gamble. I want that Tarnhelm badly

See you soon!

Im very happy the previous post got some traction! Thank you guys!

After killing completing Act 1 with Amazon, I decided to start over with a barb. Bows in 1.0 are broken and playing Amazon is such a pain.

Started strong with 7 mana leech ring that feels amazing - can swing my double weapons without worrying about mana too much.

Big bucks for crystal sword at Gheed. Greedy bastard.

The super unique in Outer Cloister was removed at some point. You probably know why - cursed boss pack with clinically insane damage - hardcore characters for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Bone Ash is orange!

I stopped for about 10-15 Cathedral runs to get some exp and money, but no luck gambling yet!

You can meet shaman boss pack and the boss is able to revive other shamans. Wrecks you more than shaman and regular little guys.

You can drop tome of portal / id from any monster too!

Experience and gold are scarce! I cleaned all areas including pit, hole etc, did about 20 runs total with some unique boss pack in dark wood and cathedral and killed Andy at lvl 14! Woulda been 19 in later patches easily.

I’ll see you soon!!

Yesterday I posted my Diablo 2 classic box. This time I’m going to plan Amazon and will post some stories, hope you like it!!

Rakanishu is green, yep. Many uniques have different colors - green and purple and very common.

Have you ever seen 0-3 dmg? There you go, deal nothing after landing an arrow!

Generally, gold is a very scarce resource early in the game. But you want it bad, because gamble is very financially responsible thing to do in classic. Theres about 3% chance to gamble unique and I want them leather gloves! I once gambled Gull dagger as first ever item to ever gamble on classic. I was loosing it

Og d2 1.0 is the game I come back to do a play through one every few years. Now after all the patches, all the warlocks and infinity runewords I’m going to say that: therehas never been better Diablo 2 play through than classic 1.0 and I’m going to die on that hill.

I might be starting new run this weekend, let me know if you want some surprising facts about 1.0 on this sub!