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Adventures on Battle.net
I got a bit bored with single-player Diablo 2, so I decided to start new characters on Battle.net. The first was a sorceress named Slaytheist; I accidentally made her a ladder character, whatever that means. Since I fear that Battle.net is swarming with PKs, I only played her in password-protected games by myself. It didn't take too long to get her up to 16th level.
But it was boring.
So I made a new character, a Paladin named Macabee, specifically to play in open worlds. And sure enough, people came. The spoke the crude patois of the web generation - "thks", "tp", etc. - but at least they didn't kill me.
On the other hand they all seemed to be in a huge rush. They dashed across the screens as if, well, Diablo was after them. They didn't even bother to pick up magic items! It was very confusing.
I was having fun, though, until Teri called. It was Sebastian's bedtime, and he wanted me to tuck him into his new big boy bed. I did, but by the time I got back all the people had left the game.
Maybe I wasn't playing right. I'm used to solo play, so my tendency is to seek out certain types of foes and kill them first, leaving the less-dangerous enemies until later. Shamans, for example, are high on my list of targets because they resurrect other enemies. And I'm not all that comfortable with Paladin auras yet; sometimes I cycled between different auras rather quickly.
Maybe I should have been protecting the spellcasters, although none died that I could see. Maybe I went too slow. Maybe I should have used the auras more wisely, somehow. I don't know.
I think I'll try it again, though. I'm kind of looking forward to it.
But it was boring.
So I made a new character, a Paladin named Macabee, specifically to play in open worlds. And sure enough, people came. The spoke the crude patois of the web generation - "thks", "tp", etc. - but at least they didn't kill me.
On the other hand they all seemed to be in a huge rush. They dashed across the screens as if, well, Diablo was after them. They didn't even bother to pick up magic items! It was very confusing.
I was having fun, though, until Teri called. It was Sebastian's bedtime, and he wanted me to tuck him into his new big boy bed. I did, but by the time I got back all the people had left the game.
Maybe I wasn't playing right. I'm used to solo play, so my tendency is to seek out certain types of foes and kill them first, leaving the less-dangerous enemies until later. Shamans, for example, are high on my list of targets because they resurrect other enemies. And I'm not all that comfortable with Paladin auras yet; sometimes I cycled between different auras rather quickly.
Maybe I should have been protecting the spellcasters, although none died that I could see. Maybe I went too slow. Maybe I should have used the auras more wisely, somehow. I don't know.
I think I'll try it again, though. I'm kind of looking forward to it.