WTF?:
Magical Javalins. Nuff said.

Thats a huge pro, cuz i tried an axethrower a long time ago, and it was a completely non-viable class. Maybe now its possible.

I love the Assassin class, it just is awesome. I really don't know how to express that properly...but they really did a good job with the Assassin. As I haven't tried out the Druid yet, I can't comment on him.

The new magical effects are just awesome. Self-repair items are very sweet, as are armors that have things like charged bolt on them. It's nice to have a little revenge against those damned lightning enchanted things by being semi-lightning enchanted yourself.

Not much else I can think of to comment on about the Expansion, except that it is a very very VERY good expansion, and definately worth buying if you have Diablo 2. It improves the whole game.

Right now I can have him summon a small army from nature. Plus the first elemental spell you get looks like Diablo's one fire spell. Also the shape shifting is great because you can open a can of whoop ass on those stronger enemies as your summoned allies help stomp on them too.

I love it! Right now I'm messing around in the false tombs near the end of act II, and I'm not doing half bad. My Rogue sidekick is packing a nasty bow with poison magic, and my dire doggies (3 of them)kick undead ass.

I love charge attacks. They are SO awesome.

I got through act three and 4 by 3 charge cobra strike then a dragon tail. knockback on the dragontail attack, leech all my mana and hp back from the cobra strike...

im lovin it

fal

my druid has a stack of etheral javelins of replenishing

and my hireling has my amazons old gothic bow now (28-107 damage) and she kills most stuff before i get into melee range, heh

She has carried through this whole way with me and been a HUGE help.

oh. she wears a rare etheral breastplate that repairs itself. a neat toy

fal

Great expansion, only expansion as good would prolly be the Starcraft: Broodwars.

Pure crap =)!

Brutal Scissors Katar of Maiming and Foul Scissors Katar of Blight! Yay, how gimp.

However, the assasin is a *BAD ASS* new class.
I aboslutely love the ingenuity.
Charge up moves are really nifty.. I liked the ideas of traps, but i don't have any points into them. Nearly half my points are into Claw mastery/Weapon block... some about 3 or 4 into Claws of ice. Summonables are also really nifty.

1) save a point for Phoenix for when ya get 30. This skill is AWESOME.

2) Avoid more than 1 point on Weapon Block. If yoiu go too high you can get "Block-Locked". Its nasty stuffs.

Fal

The thing with "Block-lock" though is that, unlike zeal lock, you aren't taking damage.

I was dueling my bro's 36 pally with my 26 assassin and neither of us could hit eachother because both of us blocked every time. And I only have 3 points in block. Its a lovely skill.

Taking a second look at the Assassin class, I've found that traps are awesome. They absolutely destroy swarms of monsters. That's the level 12 lightning and fire traps, of course. Traps are just so handy for dealing with groups of enemies, I dunno why anyone would not use them. I love the charge-up moves a lot, it's a cool idea, although I don't use finishing moves much, as I really don't have the mana to spend.

Needless to say, I still think the expansion rules.

Edit: Fixed level on fire trap. Forgot that it was level 12 as well.

[ 07-02-2001: Message edited by: Batutisz ]

fal

I wuv my dwuid!!!!

I'm...finally...a cool necro...

*sheds a tear*