You know, not even Jesus can save someone as stupid as you.

I'm in the same boat, but it's been worth it for me

They fixed the worst server issues etc. So far I have had a blast.

D2 vanilla or R doesn’t matter, is always worth to come back

Thank you to the people that gave me an honest opinion of the new game. And to the ones that argue and throw insults like teenagers on here. It seems that some things really never change because I really doubt this remaster has brought in ACTUAL teenagers to a 20 year old game.

I will take into consideration the server issue regarding playing HC. There was talk above about D3 player base. Does anyone know the estimated player base on the current D2R? How many play HC?

Also, since I am way out of the loop on anything regarding PC's, can someone give me some insight on CPU's and GPU's.
It says min system requirements are Intel i3 or AMD FX4350 and for GPU, Nvidia GTX 660 or Radeon HD 7850. I know that these two are specific brands of graphics cards. Surely another manufacturer makes a similar grade/equivalent GPU that will work no? Or is there a real monopoly on GPU's now too? It looks like I can pick up a used PC with an i5 and GTX 960 or a Radeon HD5670 for 400-500 CAD. Will those do? Is it simply the higher model number is better? Will the game actually not load if it senses a GPU too low, or will it just run like crap? 2GB, 4GB GPU or will 1GB work? The model numbers don't seem to indicate the amount of video RAM. Can someone dumb it down for me? I'm not overly concerned about cost but I also don't need to blow big bucks on a super fancy desktop. I'm just looking to occupy my boring evenings.

Edit, I can get an i7 with 18 GB ram and 2GB Radeon HD6950 GPU for $350.


This post was edited by Hedrei on Nov 30 2021 09:42am

It’s not opinion. It is fact. D2r is vastly different and worst due to the changes they made.

It’s not just simply a graphics overhaul like they said it would be.

d2r is "alot" different

Some huge differences off the top of my head:

~~"ias hard caps no longer exist so there is faster attacks than ever before, the record atm is 25 attacks at 1 frame that attacks so fast that it cancels the attack animation before it can hit with the next attack animation, and in g mode he just stands there. So the max usable is 12 attacks at 2 frames" <-- kinda a huge difference

Frenzy barbs are heavily effected by this since they get increased ias to the point where you cant even see their attacks anymore. <-- this includes death lords in act 5 worldstone area that will legit kill anyone that is unprepared for them since if they get a hit or two off than they are fast enough to fhr lock or insta kill most people not expecting it.

Smiters have new ias giving more attacks than ever before as well.

warebear and warewolf builds have some crazy fast attacks, taking out ubers with them

Bow zons can get some insane guided/multi speeds, like a continuous stream/line of guided or just spraying with multi

~~theres a bug with barbs atm that if you have a broken weapon in your 2nd slot while duel welding, that your primary slot weapon will hit twice as if your equipped with two of them hitting at the same time, instead of a weapon+broken weapon it will think you just have a dupe of your first weapon and both first and dupe hit at the same time, doubling your damage and reducing the amount of hits you need to deal full dmg.

This post was edited by GreenSpade on Nov 30 2021 04:34pm

great imput bro didn't know those facts about ias... those death lords already are a pain in the nail... but now... uff

I wonder if later on blizz will "fix" these new things or "balance" them, or just let it just the way they are now

More stuff changed:
Merc eth armor "bug" was removed as well, so you no longer get additional def from cube rolling eth merc armors, effectively making them fairly useless cuz most eth items dont have alot more def than regular items.

This post was edited by GreenSpade on Nov 30 2021 11:34pm

They did a great job. Its not obvious if there are hackers playing currently. Servers had gone offline towards the release but seems stable as far as I can tell. I think its worth the $$ 100%