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Median XL is a mod for Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction. It changes many. You want a challenge, and Median XL delivers! New Horadric Cube recipes. Median XL Sigma Xbow Necro Part 13: When A Bad Player Does Triune For The First Time - Duration: 1:10:17. TheRagingGamer095 4,422 views.
Posted by5 months ago
There's just so much. I've been playing d2 lod for the past 12 years or so. My brain is so hardwired for that version that the mod is overwhelming in some areas and yet It's so great to have a version of the game that can be so exciting for me again. I litterally spend most of my time at work thinking about going home and playing it.
I'm still a little lost on some things like what gems are useful for and I just found out you can add mystic orbs to items using the cube. Also learned about arcane shards and that the item the Smith drops isn't a consumable but a tool lol.
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I mainly want to be kept in the dark but I would like to know the usefulness of gems and I've heard of 'tiers' but have no knowledge of what that is. It has something to do with upgrading items I know that much.
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Almost 17 years on from the release of Diablo 2, modders are still refining and upgrading Blizzard’s seminal action RPG. Arguably the game’s most popular mod, Median XL has just received a new update which increases monster aggression, raises the level cap to 125 and generally makes Diablo 2 even more challenging.
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It’s not all gruelling difficulty however, as this update to Median XL also adds various quality of life changes to smooth out certain rough edges from Diablo 2. Adventurers now auto-collect money dropped from monsters and drop rates have been rebalanced so players should actually see some rare items while questing. New gems and cube recipes have also been added, along with 35 new skills so adventurers can really mess around with creating new class builds. If you’re a hardcore Diablo player, there are 40 new uberquests to test your mettle, along with special expert challenge and uberbosses that will push your skills to the limit.
The actual changelog for Median XL is huge, containing tweaks to every class, Act and enemy type, along with “highly conceptual” changes to Diablo’s combat system. I’m not joking when I say “highly conceptual”, some of the changes talk about how attack animations have been lengthened by a single frame for balance purposes. If you’re someone who has been playing Diablo 2 for almost 17 years, you’ll love pouring over these intricate notes but for someone who just wants to jump back into Diablo 2, just know that it is a harder, but more rewarding experience. Some of the endgame bosses are absolutely brutal, so get used to being one hit killed if you aren’t careful.
Should you wish to give this mod a whirl, all of the information on how to download and run it can be found here. If you do have any Diablo 2 saves that you want to keep, do back them up as the sweeping changes made by Median XL could mess with your old runs.
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