https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo2/23816418/diablo-ii-resurrected-ptr-2-5-terror-zones-now-live#Charms

What Brad said etc

It is. I was doing this all season on my Blizzer. I was just as fast as most sorc's running/prepping CS.

got a really cheap build prepared (minus the sundered charm, they don't have it added to this website yet)

https://d2.maxroll.gg/d2planner/d5010617

keep in mind these all defaulted to perfect rolls and i just left them like that, also the rings and amulets are placeholders and just guesses on what kind of rolls i'd like on them

should get 105 fcr, 86 fhr and stacked res with max block on this build

going to run a5 dual wield/frenzy merc with a plague and lawbringer, then probably either duriel's or treachery with either andy's or vgaze

https://diablo.fandom.com/wiki/Plague_Rune_Word

https://diablo.fandom.com/wiki/Lawbringer_Rune_Word

not sure if infinity merc will be necessary, the -res on flickering flame plus the sundered charm will probably be fine and i think this will work well for chaos

we'll see if lawbringer is too annoying and maybe i'll switch it up

This post was edited by TatersaladAF on Sep 20 2022 05:02pm

Infinity is probably better for fire/light.

My cold cs sorc ran plague and Lawbringer this season and it was a solid move.

Going to come play HCL?

This post was edited by Dischord_Fiend on Sep 20 2022 05:03pm

i got so tired of cold sorc playing ladder resets and especially mfing when d2r launched that i never want to play it again

depending on if i get lucky and get some good drops, i might just ditch this sorc and make a necro if things go really well early on, but we'll see what happens

it's just annoying that sorc is the only viable character at reset because of tele, it gets so boring



probably scl but it depends on what this reset group is doing, i'm assuming softcore

on that note, did they ever fix the waypoint/tp load times?

This post was edited by TatersaladAF on Sep 20 2022 05:06pm

Totally understand.

They said in the patch notes they are improving performance so hopefully bit as of now they are still pretty long without a workaround

I'm sure I'll be starting hc this season

This post was edited by kyle_z on Sep 21 2022 04:29am

Hell yeah. Looking forward to more CS and more exp paths to come.

ah dude totally forgot, what's the deal with terror zones?

i've read about them and how they're supposed to spawn every hour and make leveling easier, but how does that work?

like, you make a game and get a terror zone spawn, then have to wait an hour for another or can you just make new games and get terror zone spawns each time you make a ng?

so just like extra high lvl monsters in throne or something?

"When playing a Terror Zone-enabled game, every hour, the armies of the Burning Hells will focus their demonic might on specific zones, terrorizing them.

Upon entering a Terror Zone-enabled game, you'll be informed of the current terrorized areas through a message sent to you via the Chat Box. When the time for new terrorized zones draws near, you will be informed of the impending changes via the Chat Box.

In addition, you will be informed that you’re entering a terrorized area by several indicators:

Unique iconography next to a terrorized monster's name
On-screen text and messaging
Special audio cue
In-game text on the auto-map"


looks like this will work on diablo, baal, and nihlathak as well. not sure what sort of difference in xp gained would happen with the +5 levels to each of them on say a level 98 for example, but i think this is going to accelerate both leveling and finding good gear.

i just want to understand if this is something that happens server-wide every hour or how the timing works exactly, it's not really clear.