and all this being said, also look into hellfire. the addon that sierra made. extra class - monk. and a few more quests. not bad.

About the reload on bad effect thing; it's a matter of preference. It won't wreck your game if you don't.

Diablo is a classic. I probably played more of it than any other game apart from Darkstone.

Also, don't forget the Hellfire add-on and the command.txt easter egg which, iirc, also gives the Bard and Barbarian characters and a couple of extra quests.

I still remember my high level Bard running around dual-wielding a bastard KSoH and KSoB slaughtering everything in sight :D

Yeah, I also played the straight v1.0 and also v1.0 with Hellfire. HF installs completely to the harddrive, but you still need the Diablo CD in to play.

HF added some nice features, not least of which was fast walking around town (dungeon speed is unchanged). Really good for those visits to the witch.

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P.S. If I recall rightly, HF also expanded the number of things you can buy from Griswold.

What is Hell Fire? I'm guessing it's an add on...Do you have to buy it or is it free for download? If so where can I get it?
I'm hoping to get some time to have a play this weekend!!

[ 08-01-2005, 05:23 AM: Message edited by: Target ]

Hellfire is an official diablo add on made by Sierra. It adds two new dungeons, more new monsters, some quests, more items, single player game difficulty ( normal, nightmare, hell ), some new spells and few new characters.

You'll have to buy it. Should be as cheap as Diablo.

[ 07-29-2005, 12:07 PM: Message edited by: Kakero ]

If you want some more tips, check out the links at my old Diablo site -- especially take a look at Freshman Diablo.

http://www.geocities.com/daslonghorn/linksnew.html

My two cents of advice are to advance slowly to avoid activing more monsters than you can handle, and to play solo multiplayer once you've gone through single player once or twice. Multiplayer mode allows you to acheive higher character levels, re-do levels at your leisure, and access higher difficulty modes. You can do this offline using Direct Connect games. The major difference is that the MP mode only has the bare bones quests (which is a good thing after a while) and only the things on your character are saved from game to game. So, each time you play you get a fresh set of unexplored dungeons that you can explore in virtually any order. Eventually you'll be playing nothing but Hell/Hell ;)

Let me know if you want to get a game together... It's been too long since I've played.

(EDIT: Left out the link -- doh!)

[ 08-01-2005, 12:46 AM: Message edited by: Darkman ]

Ah, Hell/Hell...that brings back memories. Hanging out with the elitist Diablo snobs in The Black Lodge doing Hell/Hell runs with players far more competent than I thought could be achieved in a relatively simple game. Playing my rogue with the lag that I had, almost everyone complained that it would be easier without my lightning arrows in their back lol. Oops. It's not what it *looked* like.

Now I just realized I'm on the same connection I was on 9 years ago. Not consecutively, but still. Hmm...

Great, thanks.
I've just got down to level 5, where the catacombs start. Glad there is a way back to town from there, saves a lot of walking!!
I’ve had 3 quests so far, killed the Butcher, that was a tough fight!!! The Skeleton king, glad I had a few town portal scrolls for that one!! And now I’m looking for a moon rock or something.
This is a fun game!! No internet at home so no on-line play for me...yet

Well, it has been a week since your last post so I assume you have finished catacombs already. There is a quick way back to town in each of the 4 parts of the game. You should always have a town portal scroll ready, though.

I don't think there's much replayability to this game until you get Hellfire as you can't choose difficulty in original Diablo.

I pumped my char. to lvl. 10-12 in 5 minutes in Hellfire. I created a new character (rogue) and went to hell difficulty immediately, entered the dungeon and lured enemies one by one. They give a lot of exp for a lvl. 1 character. Some people called me a cheater for doing this, but I think it's just a cheesy tactic to pump up char. early.

Barbarian and Bard are available in Hellfire only if you change the command.txt file. They should've been included in the expansion but weren't. I don't recall why, though. I read it in some article on Sierra.
Bard is good because she can carry two weapons (both 1-handed) at once and hit 3 opponents in one blow. Her ability is the best in the game-identify. Saves a lot of money early in the game. And barbarian sucks, it's only advantage is that he can carry 2-handed weapon and a shield. But I don't like playing with any of those two 'cause they were never finished.