I wish they would add an auction house to Diablo 2 to make trading less annoying and easier, especially for idiots like myself who don't know the pricing of stuff and who don't want to interact with people for various reasons.
Im still playing Diablo 2 , Icewind dale , Neverwinter nights , Warcraft 3 etc on a retro pc (windows XP) that isn't connected on internet. Its the best thing 😊
Im 39 years old and playing diablo since 1996. im HC Paladin world champion and HC Necromancer Europe 11. For the last 15 years im playing SP HC and i still try to find runes/items while trying to stay alive :). Started to a fresh SP HC in 2024 and i can give it another 24 years :) also thanks for the videos Phil, i still learn new things :)
Been trying to do this myself for the first time on my PS5 copy of D2R cause I have this crazy goal of one day trying to maybe possibly hopefully plat the game. Never had a 99 character period, so this is asking a lot. Went summon necro cause it's what I'm most comfortable with but there's so many things I don't know and the guides I've found are only so helpful. Like what rune words should I be using by what point? What items should I try to get from vendors and when? (Saw that it was supposedly possible to get like a 3 socket helm and tele staff in act 1 but I haven't seen it). Just little things like that to smooth things out and make it quicker would be nice but ugh. Honestly I just want some kinda lazy spelled-out-for-me-guide and I'll just do the work of playing the game itself and following along where applicable.
@@Taima damage reduction is op until hell act 4 tbh. Stack as much as you can and you’ll be golden. Though necro might not have the best damage Also resist must be capped at all times before the end of normal
Without a single player you really don't own the game you paid for. You can't mod it, you can't play it how you want, and when they shutdown servers, you will loose the game you paid for. Single player is the only place where I can feel that I can do what I want with what I paid for.
I mean you arent going to change peoples minds. People are still going to play PvP, rushing, co-op. Terror zones is more fun with 8 players. Trading is fun. And just playing with other people makes it more fun for me. Play solo feels like a empty game.
@@hecatomb1864 I didn't say they cant play PvP and so on. I said Single-Player needs to be option. Option means you can choose it if you want to or not if you don't want to. Right now online mode is not an option - everyone has to choose it. My idea was that those who want to choose single player can choose single player and those who want multiplayer can still choose multiplayer.
I've played countless hours online starting back in the old days of D2 LOD. I thought I enjoyed the game. I still enjoy playing online, don't get me wrong; but I will never forget the experience of getting my first SoJ in an offline account. The high of getting your GG item after hours of planning and grinding, is worth the payoff.
That's awsome :D The dopamine hit is so big when that happens! I remember getting a SoJ in A1 in early ladder once. You generally don't get that in other ARPGs. The excitement of being able to get such high tier items early on makes D2 so much fun. I wish they'd remake 2 and add more content to it. What I mean by remake is update the engine 1:1 with modern fixes, and not go D3-4 route. That'd make long time fans so happy. Worth dreaming? Haha
You've finally convinced me. After losing my latest hardcore ladder character after three months' work, I've started an offline grail. Up and running this morning with the Infernal Cranium 😁.
Or just dumping a character to get runes. I made a character called DrDupe and load up 2 of each runes. Every so often I just make the next level rune. I have been able to mess around with runewards for fun and it has been a lot more fun. Is it cheating... Maybe. Do I feel like doing hundreds of Countess or hours of Act 3? No lol
But ! Are you playing Hardcore ? If not, you're, it's really hard for me to respect your opinion. I started my first HC character after beating D well before LoD came out, and never looked back. Afaic there is no other way to play. Just my opinion
I started to play D2R in SP too because I asked myself ,why am I playing MP if i hadnt played with other players together for such a long time ^^ I was playing D2R Online but alone...so since then I am enjoying the game in SP mode.
@@tonybreeden863 No, it's a web page - that's what he means by online. It used to be a program called Jamella you downloaded and ran on your computer to edit save files. Now instead you go to a website, and create then download your character. You can also upload a single player character to edit, then download the edited version.
Why would I ever play diablo res. When I can play Diablo he’ll unleashed offline and mod it way easier and play with my friends modded Diablo res is trash because they removed multiplayer mod play and offline play
Late to the party, buy terror zones in single player are tied to your pc date and time so you can turn off auto time update and change time to jump to a terror zone you want to farm.
I have maxed out most of my online characters so i hace been doing offline. It is really hard because i cant reach out to friends foe help or find thibgs as easily. One thing i disagree with it the player change in offline. If i make it players 8 offline its still just me playing. Which is very difficult. However online i actually have 8 players to help slay monsters. So mute point on #2 benefit of being able to change player count. Great work Phil!
I already played Diablo 2: LoD for thousands of hours online as a teenager and I even kept up "perming" my characters for years. However, I got tired of doing that eventually and Blizzard just deleted literally all my accounts/characters, so to me, I'd rather play offline now. I had enough PvP experience for a lifetime anyways. If you care enough to amass your fortune and characters online, then you'll probably care when they delete it as well, which will happen eventually, so which one is pointless? At least I can backup my offline characters.
Resurrected does have a good way to mod however since it’s not able to play lan it’s garbage. Plus we already have mod for d2 hell unleashed which is better than every diablo gave ever made. Adds levels bosses music super awesome hard mode and basically the best diablo 2 expansion ever.
Another online benefit you didn't mention is characters are shared on different devices and platform. If you have been playing in the PC for a while but now you want to play in the couch, just log off, pick your Switch and you will be playing your character where you left it. And a downside to offline is your characters cannot be shared between devices, they are stuck to the device they are created. This is the reason I only play online even if I play by myself 99% of the time.
The only flaw that I can think of with D2 resurrected is that check-in DRM that they got implemented in the damn thing. If I could find a reliable way to remove that Check-in DRM permanently then offline D2R would be absolutely perfect.
You make it very appealing to want to play SP for sure! The reason D2 is so great is that there are all these game mode options to fit a person's style. I only play NL. I'm not trying to compete on Ladder and not sleep. I like being able to trade when needed. I like being able to play with the homies when I can. I like being able to hook friends up or giving away items. Down sides: No players count settings, and no ladder only rune words.
Yes smalps! Social fun, give aways, helping new players, making new friends, learning from others! Trading trading trading! Online is defo better imho.
Continue farming hours to get crap items then. Ill roll 3 ctas and 4 hotos today. I also have 4 stashes of unid hell farmed items for only 90 fgs for saleé Only 90 fgs each!@@xzxxx-km4vy
I love SP, but sometimes it is hard giving up trading. With RNG you could have made a HOTO before getting magefists or have an Enigma before finding a Shako.
Those among us who loathe what Blizzard has become, and smart enough to do something about it, have no choice but to play this game offline. Yarr harr.
Fun little tidbit about Offline Difficulty Scaling, Players 7 is nearly identical to Players 8, which then means if your having too much trouble with the highest, you CAN tone it done a notch without screwing with drop rates.
Pre LOD i installed on the computer i had at my moms, no internet. /players 8 and d2 character editor was a blast. I made items that weren't game breaking. Also, this game is better when you cant get rushed to the endgame content in a single day.
When do we get an offline or online local Coop Mode. Want to Run around with my Brother, drinking a Beer and talking about Life while slaying... It is Not hard at all. Splitscreen, two in one Screen, whatever...
If you couldn't farm infinite Ber runes on offline mode, I would agree. But once you know how to do it and no, it's not a cheat or using a hero editor, just finding the right LK map and seed. It ruins the experience even knowing that game the we thought had the best rng of all time can be so easily exploited. 😢
Absolutely agreed! I've been trying online for a week now and the server inconsistency has been so jarring. I'd very much enjoy a tutorial on hero editor so I can recreate some of the characters I lost many computers ago. Keep up the great work!
I want to get back into D2 but i dont have the time like i used to so I might look into D2R offline + mods... looks like there are mods for boosting drop rates and xp gain so that would be fun
You can “trade” offline with a hero editor. Look up online how much something is going for, give yourself the item you want and delete the one you don’t. Trading without the hassle.
Offline is the only way to go really. Leveling new characters is easy, i literally have a separate sorc for each of the boss with perfected maps. Also to mention the unlimited character creation as storage. Offline presents a chalenge of its own and makes the game much more interesting as playing an "iron man" mode.
D4 now is rocking and is always progressing but the online comunity is bunkers ;) lol D2 had the best players really still has but D4 is such an improvement on many things... if it had offline ohh My... xD But obvs D2 will always be a landmark it is impossible to forget it they made such a masterpiece so many years ago it still holds up just fine anyone can sink there teeth into it and have fun xD go hardcore for more replay value
On diablo if you boot game as administrator. Vs not as administrator you will get a separate offline saved game folder so make sure you stay in same one.
I play offline for the majority of the reasons said in the video but also because I have no friends to play with 😅😞. Plus even though I may not fully be able to min/max my character it’s still super satisfying to find a few pieces of decent gear and beating the game on Hell all on your own. Also idk how to trade anyways. I was only a kid when OG D2 came out and my family never owned a PC so I have no idea how trading works tbh
I play only SP because I am the last person from my friend list who still plays D2 ^^ And because I dont like revealing the map again and again and because I dont have seperated loot in D2 which really pisses me off since day 1 D2 started back 3 mio years ago :)
The never have to connect back to the internet isn't entirely accurate. I believe Battle net detects when you've been offline for 30 days and requires to see internet again before it will let you launch D2R again. This is also true for the remodded mod.
Bro get this. I have a 85 sorc and a 85 Hdin. I have spent DAYS farming NM cows along with other bosses in NM and Hell with both characters. Still have only found 1 monarch and it was yellow. My best piece of gear is a -2 from P spirit sword lol. Sorc has 451 MF. 😭
Sadly there is still a license check that is performed every few weeks or so, so if you dont have internet for an extended period you won't be able to play... super sad. Keep those D2LOD files around just in case.
I never understood why there is an argument about online having a players command. Just do it, Blizzard. It's annoying to split farm with random people since people finish up their parts at different times and people might try to farm the same place. And you can't really farm together, because people take each other's items.
playing offline sp is like playing a trading card game....without trading or gaming. Which is pointless and dumb af. "Oh wow look, these pixels on my screen dropped. Now i will drag and drop these pixels into my stash, and never touch/use them again. Riveting gaming experience"
All versions of d2r need to phone home once every 30 or so days. Otherwise you are fully blocked for any play, including offline. Not many know this. Sneaky DRM that only serves to mess up future game preservation.
I genuinely had to laugh at this. I've spent days now doing terror zones, trying to find Tal's armor. That's all I need to complete the set, and it won't drop.
@@djinn_tseng its always that one item you really need that wont drop. On my offline I have infinity, grief, hoto, cta, soj's but i cant hit the one item i need - arachs. Guess same is for you with tal's. Got 4 tal's btw >< good luck on yours
Being forced to check in with them periodically, even if you solely play single player, is BS. That's the sole reason I will not buy Resurrected. Original D1 player. Love those games.
Man, I am playing a Summoner Necro, and Act 2 is such a Pain what the Crawlers Nest and the Arcane Sanctuary, both are EXTREMELY unfriendly to Army leader type characters.
The only benefit of playing online for me is the trading. I live in Brazil on the countryside and my ping is always 200ms, making it insufferable to play online
oh yeah, I only play offline ssf :). I do miss the aspect of getting more suitable loot for a group, but I guess you can't have it all. The days of d2 lans are over :P.
Only one Io rune and no base better than an exceptional MASK *cries* ugh. And no Cryptic Axe bases... Only TWO Collossus Voulges. Ugh... my Partizan was perfect but in Hell... ugh..
Hmm you're right. I used to play online because everything there is "legit", but how does it matter if I don't even trade? I might as well just play offline and add some mods for improving drop rates, since I always play solo anyway (hate shared loot)
Man I loved single player until i realized it saves locally and you can copy and paste a character to duplicate items... and also share godly characters kind of broken :( If you have self control its fun but it would be more difficult to play with self control online. Love the video!
I prefer playing d2 offline, since my first Gameplay in 2005. Recently i am discovering this Game again by playing it on Xbox series x. It is fun. I do have one question thou, is there a way to transfer my offline PC saved characters to Xbox???
There is no way to get an appreciable amount of 3/20/20s offline. You can’t just go and buy a Jmod for cheap. I can’t imagine investing hours into a character I could never gear fully. Could never get rare ISOs either. Say goodbye to pvp and hyb sins EDIT: I see hero editor for gear. Different strokes for different folks I guess..
@11:40 Trading is not an online benefit. If anything, single player editing to give you whatever you want is far better. If you want to imitate the trading market values you can do that. But you sure as hell don't have to scream for hours trying to find someone to trade with who has what you want and he wants what you have.
30 day DRM for offline, I don’t think so, refund. Any video games sold under perpetual license has to work no matter what whether you have Internet or not this fraudulent antic consumer business practice needs to stop.
I don't really see why this needed to be a 15 minute video... Do you have friends you play with? Yes? - play online. No? - Play offline and here's the big reasons why in a 2-3 minute explanation. Good video I guess just super bloated.
Online was fun when i had friends lol
This
Lol so true. 😂 I used to wait for friends to log on but after LOD old friends list went bye bye 👋.
Word
100%
Bots and dupes killed online for me. That's why private servers like pd2 are so much fun
I still like playing asa group there is something special about that still despite just a difficulty factor
I was gonna take care of my backlog and then i got hooked on this game and cant stop lol
Offline: you can manipulate the time settings and basically play your favourite terror zone nonstop
Is it possible to transfer offline char from a pc to another ?
Wow I didn't know you can make ladder runewords in offline single player mode! Time to make me a couple of mosaics for fun.
Sure a guide would be great (hero editor). Any chance blizz dislikes that we play with those files?
I wish they would add an auction house to Diablo 2 to make trading less annoying and easier, especially for idiots like myself who don't know the pricing of stuff and who don't want to interact with people for various reasons.
Im still playing Diablo 2 , Icewind dale , Neverwinter nights , Warcraft 3 etc on a retro pc
(windows XP) that isn't connected on internet. Its the best thing 😊
Hell yeah, I've been playing alot of oldschool stuff lately. playing Ravenloft : Strahd's Possession atm
wtf this is a nest of virus
@@stevensv4864 He's not connected to the internet
@@Monojoe oh i see
This is what I need wc3 map editor and offline d2 on a xp. Your the man ❤
Offline multiplayer would be great for those who game with family and friends but also would enjoy the different mods.
you can play online with your friends as well, while being able to sue some additional runewords.
@@danielandrews3878 What additional runewords?
LoD has it, sadly they removed it on D2R
you forgot the MOST important benefit of single player, NO ASSHOLES WILL STEAL YOUR LOOT!!!!!
Who ever said it is your loot tho? Brainfart dude
@@andersmortensen7415 cause I'm always leading the runs for lower levels ???? Dimwitted piss eater ?
@@andersmortensen7415 cause I'm the one leading the runs, thus killing everything? You dimwitted piss eater?
@@andersmortensen7415 cause I'm the one leading the runs thus killing everything?
@@mhebert350 thats how children would think mate grow up 😂😂
Im 39 years old and playing diablo since 1996. im HC Paladin world champion and HC Necromancer Europe 11. For the last 15 years im playing SP HC and i still try to find runes/items while trying to stay alive :). Started to a fresh SP HC in 2024 and i can give it another 24 years :) also thanks for the videos Phil, i still learn new things :)
Offline Hardcore is where it's at
Been trying to do this myself for the first time on my PS5 copy of D2R cause I have this crazy goal of one day trying to maybe possibly hopefully plat the game. Never had a 99 character period, so this is asking a lot. Went summon necro cause it's what I'm most comfortable with but there's so many things I don't know and the guides I've found are only so helpful. Like what rune words should I be using by what point? What items should I try to get from vendors and when? (Saw that it was supposedly possible to get like a 3 socket helm and tele staff in act 1 but I haven't seen it). Just little things like that to smooth things out and make it quicker would be nice but ugh. Honestly I just want some kinda lazy spelled-out-for-me-guide and I'll just do the work of playing the game itself and following along where applicable.
@@Taima damage reduction is op until hell act 4 tbh. Stack as much as you can and you’ll be golden. Though necro might not have the best damage
Also resist must be capped at all times before the end of normal
I play D2R mostly on switch and strictly single player. I'm able to play diablo 2 anywhere
Without a single player you really don't own the game you paid for. You can't mod it, you can't play it how you want, and when they shutdown servers, you will loose the game you paid for. Single player is the only place where I can feel that I can do what I want with what I paid for.
They should still be making games with LAN support. Support GOG, support dev's that still give you true choice.
Ya just don’t lose your hard drive and you’re good. Switched from ps4 to ps5 and lost my 98% grail progress 😂
Well the original D2 is the best because you can still enjoy multiplayer through LAN. You get the full experience
I mean you arent going to change peoples minds. People are still going to play PvP, rushing, co-op. Terror zones is more fun with 8 players. Trading is fun. And just playing with other people makes it more fun for me. Play solo feels like a empty game.
@@hecatomb1864 I didn't say they cant play PvP and so on. I said Single-Player needs to be option. Option means you can choose it if you want to or not if you don't want to. Right now online mode is not an option - everyone has to choose it. My idea was that those who want to choose single player can choose single player and those who want multiplayer can still choose multiplayer.
I've played countless hours online starting back in the old days of D2 LOD. I thought I enjoyed the game. I still enjoy playing online, don't get me wrong; but I will never forget the experience of getting my first SoJ in an offline account. The high of getting your GG item after hours of planning and grinding, is worth the payoff.
hell yeah man, soj was my 2nd big project after I did a lot of countess runs, it was so exciting when I finally got it after so many andy runs
That's awsome :D The dopamine hit is so big when that happens!
I remember getting a SoJ in A1 in early ladder once. You generally don't get that in other ARPGs. The excitement of being able to get such high tier items early on makes D2 so much fun. I wish they'd remake 2 and add more content to it. What I mean by remake is update the engine 1:1 with modern fixes, and not go D3-4 route. That'd make long time fans so happy. Worth dreaming? Haha
Just curious, what would the "hours of planning" have been?
@@delorne2776maybe he respecced to a fire sorc and found a good map layout?
Dropped for me while lvling
You've finally convinced me. After losing my latest hardcore ladder character after three months' work, I've started an offline grail. Up and running this morning with the Infernal Cranium 😁.
On PC single player you can save your map for each difficulty by copying the map file into a different folder for your character.
Or just dumping a character to get runes. I made a character called DrDupe and load up 2 of each runes. Every so often I just make the next level rune. I have been able to mess around with runewards for fun and it has been a lot more fun. Is it cheating... Maybe. Do I feel like doing hundreds of Countess or hours of Act 3? No lol
@@jason6569can’t use the online market and doesn’t effect other people’s experience, more power to you bro.
But ! Are you playing Hardcore ? If not, you're, it's really hard for me to respect your opinion. I started my first HC character after beating D well before LoD came out, and never looked back. Afaic there is no other way to play. Just my opinion
I started to play D2R in SP too because I asked myself ,why am I playing MP if i hadnt played with other players together for such a long time ^^ I was playing D2R Online but alone...so since then I am enjoying the game in SP mode.
The fun for some of us is finding that item so rare its worth 10,000 dollars
My main (maybe only) reason i enjoy online is for trading.
wild that hero editor is online now lol. I still remember downloading some program that likely gave my computer a virus but it worked
Wait, you can use hero editor on online characters?
@@tonybreeden863 No, it's a web page - that's what he means by online. It used to be a program called Jamella you downloaded and ran on your computer to edit save files. Now instead you go to a website, and create then download your character. You can also upload a single player character to edit, then download the edited version.
@@tonybreeden863 Online hero editor for offline characters.
@@tonybreeden863no I think he means there's an editor on a browser, no need to download and install. Works for offline characters only.
Jamela hero editor was the one back in the day. I just got d2r playing sp hc paladin. Cool to know there is online editor tho. Too bad no open bnet
I went back to offline… SSF is so much gratifying when something extremely rare drops. I got a PERFECT griffons eye not too long ago, insane
Kids are discovering /players 8
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Miss playing this game when it was good.
Blizzard doesn't fix the obvious problems because they want to go out of business.
If you are not really a social person and you want to avoid social disgusting just play your own,..
Why would I ever play diablo res.
When I can play Diablo he’ll unleashed offline and mod it way easier and play with my friends modded
Diablo res is trash because they removed multiplayer mod play and offline play
I hate this stupid trend of making every game online. And the whole "games as a service" model.
Late to the party, buy terror zones in single player are tied to your pc date and time so you can turn off auto time update and change time to jump to a terror zone you want to farm.
I have maxed out most of my online characters so i hace been doing offline. It is really hard because i cant reach out to friends foe help or find thibgs as easily. One thing i disagree with it the player change in offline. If i make it players 8 offline its still just me playing. Which is very difficult. However online i actually have 8 players to help slay monsters. So mute point on #2 benefit of being able to change player count. Great work Phil!
I already played Diablo 2: LoD for thousands of hours online as a teenager and I even kept up "perming" my characters for years. However, I got tired of doing that eventually and Blizzard just deleted literally all my accounts/characters, so to me, I'd rather play offline now. I had enough PvP experience for a lifetime anyways. If you care enough to amass your fortune and characters online, then you'll probably care when they delete it as well, which will happen eventually, so which one is pointless? At least I can backup my offline characters.
Wish they still kept the character in the cloud for offline. I like to play on steam deck and my PC
I play alot of it single player. But I still have online guy just cause doing runs with people is fun
Resurrected does have a good way to mod however since it’s not able to play lan it’s garbage. Plus we already have mod for d2 hell unleashed which is better than every diablo gave ever made. Adds levels bosses music super awesome hard mode and basically the best diablo 2 expansion ever.
Another online benefit you didn't mention is characters are shared on different devices and platform. If you have been playing in the PC for a while but now you want to play in the couch, just log off, pick your Switch and you will be playing your character where you left it.
And a downside to offline is your characters cannot be shared between devices, they are stuck to the device they are created. This is the reason I only play online even if I play by myself 99% of the time.
The only flaw that I can think of with D2 resurrected is that check-in DRM that they got implemented in the damn thing. If I could find a reliable way to remove that Check-in DRM permanently then offline D2R would be absolutely perfect.
6:37 : not true. I just started the game while my internet was out and the game said I had to launch the game once in online mode for verification.
You make it very appealing to want to play SP for sure! The reason D2 is so great is that there are all these game mode options to fit a person's style. I only play NL. I'm not trying to compete on Ladder and not sleep. I like being able to trade when needed. I like being able to play with the homies when I can. I like being able to hook friends up or giving away items. Down sides: No players count settings, and no ladder only rune words.
Yes smalps! Social fun, give aways, helping new players, making new friends, learning from others! Trading trading trading! Online is defo better imho.
the best feeling is buying 10x mal ist ohm runes and roll a 6/6/4 cta to then sell it on JSP for 1k fgs
@@RetroGameThrowdown1 Lol... " jsp " who gives a crap about some cringe little forum and their cringe forum gold lmao.
Continue farming hours to get crap items then. Ill roll 3 ctas and 4 hotos today. I also have 4 stashes of unid hell farmed items for only 90 fgs for saleé Only 90 fgs each!@@xzxxx-km4vy
I love SP, but sometimes it is hard giving up trading. With RNG you could have made a HOTO before getting magefists or have an Enigma before finding a Shako.
Those among us who loathe what Blizzard has become, and smart enough to do something about it, have no choice but to play this game offline. Yarr harr.
Explain us
Fun little tidbit about Offline Difficulty Scaling, Players 7 is nearly identical to Players 8, which then means if your having too much trouble with the highest, you CAN tone it done a notch without screwing with drop rates.
Ah yes, best way to get my vitamin L dose is playing D2R outside
Agreed, I have always had a better experience playing single player offline over online.
Pre LOD i installed on the computer i had at my moms, no internet. /players 8 and d2 character editor was a blast. I made items that weren't game breaking. Also, this game is better when you cant get rushed to the endgame content in a single day.
5 weeks in d2r again and still haven’t found tal armor thanks for slapping me virtually 😂
...but you cant pk nubs
When do we get an offline or online local Coop Mode.
Want to Run around with my Brother, drinking a Beer and talking about Life while slaying...
It is Not hard at all. Splitscreen, two in one Screen, whatever...
If you couldn't farm infinite Ber runes on offline mode, I would agree. But once you know how to do it and no, it's not a cheat or using a hero editor, just finding the right LK map and seed. It ruins the experience even knowing that game the we thought had the best rng of all time can be so easily exploited. 😢
Absolutely agreed! I've been trying online for a week now and the server inconsistency has been so jarring. I'd very much enjoy a tutorial on hero editor so I can recreate some of the characters I lost many computers ago. Keep up the great work!
Man, I've been working on a Majesty playthrough, and your avatar definitely threw me for a loop. Didn't expect to see a Warrior of Discord here!
Zonfire99😅
I want to get back into D2 but i dont have the time like i used to so I might look into D2R offline + mods... looks like there are mods for boosting drop rates and xp gain so that would be fun
you will cry if u choose singleplayer and drop 10k$ item lol.
Nope. Offline is stupid.
I’d play offline but I want to play with my son; I wish that LAN TCP/IP wasn’t removed from the game.
That’s dumb.. I have made friends online that I still talk to from OG d2. There’s no reason not to play online.
for me there is only 1 benefit to online and it is the chat gem
😆
"Perfect gem activated."
It's better until you make a single friend🤐
You can “trade” offline with a hero editor.
Look up online how much something is going for, give yourself the item you want and delete the one you don’t.
Trading without the hassle.
this is nice advice ! i like it.
Moral cheating, I love it. That's a really clever way to go about it.
Forum Gold stuff killed the old trading for me that made so much fun. I don't want to participate in this.
I play only single and on xbox and max toons is 30.
Same on the PlayStation
Offline is the only way to go really. Leveling new characters is easy, i literally have a separate sorc for each of the boss with perfected maps. Also to mention the unlimited character creation as storage. Offline presents a chalenge of its own and makes the game much more interesting as playing an "iron man" mode.
Still a shit show endless runs for nothing ! Way to much effort for zip results ! Grind grind grind is ridiculous !
I like playing with my friend. He's not on offline mode.
What is point of playing the game after getting everything you need from hero editor 🤨
Most people use editor to make dummy character and test different builds.
D4 now is rocking and is always progressing but the online comunity is bunkers ;) lol D2 had the best players really still has but D4 is such an improvement on many things... if it had offline ohh My... xD But obvs D2 will always be a landmark it is impossible to forget it they made such a masterpiece so many years ago it still holds up just fine anyone can sink there teeth into it and have fun xD go hardcore for more replay value
On diablo if you boot game as administrator. Vs not as administrator you will get a separate offline saved game folder so make sure you stay in same one.
I play offline for the majority of the reasons said in the video but also because I have no friends to play with 😅😞. Plus even though I may not fully be able to min/max my character it’s still super satisfying to find a few pieces of decent gear and beating the game on Hell all on your own. Also idk how to trade anyways. I was only a kid when OG D2 came out and my family never owned a PC so I have no idea how trading works tbh
Sweet Phil, nice video keep up the great content
I play only SP because I am the last person from my friend list who still plays D2 ^^ And because I dont like revealing the map again and again and because I dont have seperated loot in D2 which really pisses me off since day 1 D2 started back 3 mio years ago :)
I just can't play single.. I like to trade.
The never have to connect back to the internet isn't entirely accurate. I believe Battle net detects when you've been offline for 30 days and requires to see internet again before it will let you launch D2R again. This is also true for the remodded mod.
I was happy to make Enigma and Infinity offline, I got few SUR runes from LK and Jah rune from Diablo p8 and one BER from Travincal
I always wanted to play with my friend on Bnet and do p8 :(
Pvp ❤
This!
Ok I actually love this video. Can I get a suggestion as to what character I should make first? I’m sure a sorceress of some kind?
Bro get this. I have a 85 sorc and a 85 Hdin. I have spent DAYS farming NM cows along with other bosses in NM and Hell with both characters. Still have only found 1 monarch and it was yellow. My best piece of gear is a -2 from P spirit sword lol. Sorc has 451 MF. 😭
Made my first online d2 friend in 20 years! Lol between that and asking for free runes to complete sets, online helps ❤
Sadly there is still a license check that is performed every few weeks or so, so if you dont have internet for an extended period you won't be able to play... super sad. Keep those D2LOD files around just in case.
I wish that there was a way to play open battlenet, like back in the days, is there any options for that ?
yep same, my only concern is not being able to play with some real life buddies every now and then
I never understood why there is an argument about online having a players command. Just do it, Blizzard. It's annoying to split farm with random people since people finish up their parts at different times and people might try to farm the same place. And you can't really farm together, because people take each other's items.
playing offline sp is like playing a trading card game....without trading or gaming. Which is pointless and dumb af.
"Oh wow look, these pixels on my screen dropped. Now i will drag and drop these pixels into my stash, and never touch/use them again. Riveting gaming experience"
The new Character selection Screen / Menu in D2R is f'ing atrocious...
Dunno which Room Temperature IQ Designer created this.........
All versions of d2r need to phone home once every 30 or so days. Otherwise you are fully blocked for any play, including offline. Not many know this. Sneaky DRM that only serves to mess up future game preservation.
I genuinely had to laugh at this. I've spent days now doing terror zones, trying to find Tal's armor. That's all I need to complete the set, and it won't drop.
tal's is hard to chase down! maybe try baal runs? one baal kill is worth 20 kills of tc87 uniques for tal's armor
Hell Meph drops it often 4 me.
i’ve found 3 ber yet no tals ammy
@@djinn_tseng damnnn I've found full tals 3-4 times over but for HRs I've found 3 sur 1 ohm 1 vex, so I'm jealous!
@@djinn_tseng its always that one item you really need that wont drop. On my offline I have infinity, grief, hoto, cta, soj's but i cant hit the one item i need - arachs. Guess same is for you with tal's. Got 4 tal's btw >< good luck on yours
Being forced to check in with them periodically, even if you solely play single player, is BS. That's the sole reason I will not buy Resurrected.
Original D1 player. Love those games.
So U can cheat lol bro give up & stop cheating in life
Man, I am playing a Summoner Necro, and Act 2 is such a Pain what the Crawlers Nest and the Arcane Sanctuary, both are EXTREMELY unfriendly to Army leader type characters.
The only benefit of playing online for me is the trading. I live in Brazil on the countryside and my ping is always 200ms, making it insufferable to play online
From 4-5 friends of mine, who played diablo in 2003- 2004, none of them are playing anymore... it's just not fun without friends....better solo.
oh yeah, I only play offline ssf :). I do miss the aspect of getting more suitable loot for a group, but I guess you can't have it all. The days of d2 lans are over :P.
Only one Io rune and no base better than an exceptional MASK *cries* ugh. And no Cryptic Axe bases...
Only TWO Collossus Voulges. Ugh... my Partizan was perfect but in Hell... ugh..
Hmm you're right. I used to play online because everything there is "legit", but how does it matter if I don't even trade? I might as well just play offline and add some mods for improving drop rates, since I always play solo anyway (hate shared loot)
Man I loved single player until i realized it saves locally and you can copy and paste a character to duplicate items... and also share godly characters kind of broken :( If you have self control its fun but it would be more difficult to play with self control online. Love the video!
D2 from 2000s had tcp/ip connection. So you could play with a friend with your solo char
can you use the hero editor on Console? I'm playing on the PS5 but using the PS4 version on offline mode
I prefer playing d2 offline, since my first Gameplay in 2005. Recently i am discovering this Game again by playing it on Xbox series x. It is fun.
I do have one question thou, is there a way to transfer my offline PC saved characters to Xbox???
Playing Diablo 2 ressurected on my Nintendo switch pally hammer build
There is no way to get an appreciable amount of 3/20/20s offline.
You can’t just go and buy a Jmod for cheap.
I can’t imagine investing hours into a character I could never gear fully.
Could never get rare ISOs either. Say goodbye to pvp and hyb sins
EDIT: I see hero editor for gear. Different strokes for different folks I guess..
@11:40 Trading is not an online benefit. If anything, single player editing to give you whatever you want is far better. If you want to imitate the trading market values you can do that. But you sure as hell don't have to scream for hours trying to find someone to trade with who has what you want and he wants what you have.
30 day DRM for offline, I don’t think so, refund. Any video games sold under perpetual license has to work no matter what whether you have Internet or not this fraudulent antic consumer business practice needs to stop.
Offline or LAN/Direct IP multiplayer will always and forever be superior to live services.
I don't really see why this needed to be a 15 minute video... Do you have friends you play with? Yes? - play online. No? - Play offline and here's the big reasons why in a 2-3 minute explanation. Good video I guess just super bloated.