Quote (k4pp4 @ Sep 29 2017 09:52am)
2007 June 25 Monday
Season 4 started
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Quote (Marieusz @ Sep 29 2017 10:43am)
Season 4
The third reset took place On June 25th, 2007, and not much changed from Seasons 3 and 4. However, an exploit was discovered that made going to the Forgotten Sands to get Baal's Eye by sending a special packet to the server. This consequently allowed non-expansion or classic characters to enter Act V provided they had a copy of Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction installed. This method was patched in mid-February 2007, along with a patch that would end games if anyone's ping passed a certain threshold. This prevented a common lag-based item duplication method. This generally increased the quality of gameplay, as the number of people attempting to lag the servers to execute the method greatly reduced. However, this caused many players to drop from games unexpectedly. Even after Blizzard attempted to stop duping with the server-side patch, many people have still figured out ways to dupe. Blizzard has yet to release a patch that stops duping permanently.
From a DII net discussion in April 2007 though:
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***Breaking News. Act 5 Potentially "Fixed"***
Just this morning I have seen more than 2 dozen characters involved in baaling become converted to expansion against their will. Mules, characters, everything. Perhaps this is Glacial Blizzard's way of fixing this mess?
More will be added as I receive it.
-Pockett
So if their timeframe is accurate its after A5?