The Namesake

I though I should put a first post on this blog about the game that the blog's name comes from. Diablo 2.  I purchased Diablo 2 some time after it came out (like I do with most of my games) so I had seen much of it before I played it at friends houses.  I obtained the game not by buying it, but by trading a copy of Giants: Citizen Kabuto for it, and it was a good trade in my eyes. 
After looking over the classes somewhat, I decided to try my hand with the Paladin. Paladins have a mix of offensive and defensive skills, and it was not too long before I was zealing monsters to death with scepters and shields.  I eventually wised up and learned a bit more about the game mechanics and built a smiting blessed hammer paladin, with max concentrate.  Blessed hammer let me deal big damage to monster mobs, and smite let me stun lock single powerful monsters.  With this build I felt invincible, until it was nerfed when the expansion came out. 
the expansion pack did not disconcert me too much, many of my old characters became obsolete, but the new content made up for it in my mind.  I eventually made a brickadin (super high defenses and resists, so I never got hit and never took damage) This was best for fighting the Lag monster, that would always strike as I played online.  I also made a throwing paladin, ninja star assassin, dual wielding barbarian, blaze sorceress, and a few other unconventional characters. 
But mostly I remember the clicking, shift clicking, pressing alt and tab, (and only occasionally switching out of the game when I did not mean to) and the eternal hunt for better items.  I also remember the hunts for waypoints and stairwells, so that certain areas could just be passed through on the way to more lucrative areas. 

As for the current state of my Diablo 2 playing, I just reinstalled the vanilla version onto my new computer and it works great, but alas, there is no expansion pack for me to use, since it belonged to my little brother, and he is using it far far away from where I currently reside, I am also too cheap to buy my own copy, which is still $20 for a 10 year old product that is not a full game.  I do like that they added the reset skills and attributes ability to the NPC, so you can rebuild your character with the click of a button.

What does the future hold as far as Diablo 2 is concerned, I might be tinkering around it a bit longer, but will not pick up Diablo 3 for a long time, if ever, but that is a rant for another day.  feel free to make any remarks about Diablo 2 memories, comments or predictions.