Lucid
08-10-2015, 10:09 AM
Hey Annihilus!
I want to write a guide for the absolute beginners. Since this guide will grow with the community and the serverpatches, this wouldn`t make sense in the wiki (you cant edit things in the wiki without a GM :/ ).
Also pls pls PLS new members do post your questions here, if you got some. It`s already hard for me to remember where the difficulty was at the very beginning! There were so many questions and im sure i wont remember them all for writing down in the first post.
Pls take into consideration, that this guide is written within patch 2.2 and just by me (a normal player). I may be wrong with things i write in here. Things also may change with further developement.
If you want to copy things out of here or take it up into a FAQ, just do it. Its allowed :)
Ok, so lets first talk about what this guide should have on info and what not:
It should be a FAQ-like thread about the differences between blizzards battle.net and the annihilus.com servers.
(you will see what i mean, when i post the first few things. Mostly will be gamechanges and questions about old stuff)
It should NOT be a gold FAQ or a "what character is best for pvp/pvm?" questions. Pls go in the right threads at the forums,
take a loot at the gold-FAQ or simply take a look into our wiki.
Wiki: http://annihilus.net/wiki_index.php
Character and guides on the forum: http://annihilus.net/forumdisplay.php?f=49
gold-FAQ: http://annihilus.net/content.php?r=131-FAQ
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Ok lets Start the guide right now:
1. - Question: How to create a account? / How to start playing?
Answer: First, you need an account on the annihilus.net homepage (this site). You can find the register function on the top right corner.
The second thing you need now is a ingame-account. Therefor just start your game via the annihilusclient. Then click on "Annihilus.net 2.2".
The loginscreen appears and you just click on "create new account". Give it a name and an e-mail adress.
Now you can connect the ingameaccount to your annihilus.net account, so you will get your golds for subscriptions etc. Go to annihilus.net, login to your annihilus.net account
and hit "Settings" on the top right corner. On the left side you will find a line called "Edit profile". At the very top you can type in your ingameaccount now.
Click on "Save changes" bottom left. Finish.
2. - Question: Can i play this mod offline?
Answer: No, since you need an internetconnection to get your annihilusclient startet. Also you wont be able to obtain gold on singleplayermode.
Maybe theres a way to start the game via game.exe out of your D2 mod folder. But i don`t know how to and i also wouldnt recommend it. The endgamecontent is mostly not doable solo.
3. - Question: What if i want to get more than 8 characters? Can i have a second ingame-account added to my annihilus account?
Answer: On annihilus, you can create more than 8 characters. Simply click on create, type a charname and you will get a scrolldown bar in your account. If your mousewheel doesnt slide that bar up and
down, just use your keyboard. A second account isnt needed, since of infinite characters and also you shouldnt be able to register two ingameaccounts with one annihilus.net-account!
4. - Question: If i kill baal at nightmare difficulty, will i still be able to see nightmare games in the game-list?
Answer: Yes! You will be able to see every open game, even if you are already in hell difficulty! On the Annihilus.com website you can further see every open game even if they have a password set.
5. - Question: Do old runewords and cube-recipes still work?
Answer: Yes, all old runewords and cube-recipes still work. Also most of the old uniq`s are out there but most of them have increased stats!
6. - Question: Can i play fullscreen without the annoying distortion? / My mouse is always running out of the windowed mode diablo...
Answer: I personally havent found a way, to play fullscreen without distortion. I just play on windowed mode. Theres a way to lock your cursor in that diablo 2 window by pressing "Alt + F1".
You will get a notice in your chatbox, either "Locked" or "Unlocked".
7. - Question: Who is those vendor "Hadriel" in act 1? What is the stuff that he trades for gold?
Answer: Theres a page about Hadriel on the "Characters and Guides" site in the wiki.
8. - Question: How much does stuff cost? Is there a guide or a pricelist out there?
Answer: This is difficult to say since prices change with every patch, ladderreset or just over time. To get you a little more information about this i would say that its not a good idea of buying runes or
gems via Hadriel. Better offer dice, dyes or effect stones to other players and get your (high-)runes this way. Highrunes will drop more often since you will level up faster/higher, the game's
difficulty+dropchance is increased and also because your killspeed will be much higher than on blizzards battle.net. Zod runes are worst favorite runes, due to their "high" dropchance (in hellcows
for example). You can follow a thread on the forum, where there is discussed about prices: http://annihilus.net/showthread.php?t=8200
9. - Question: Is the game more difficult or am i just rusted?!
Answer: You are right! The game`s difficult has been increased because the higher reworked uniqs/endgamegears would make normal hellmode just ridicoulus unchallenging.
The game is more challenging even in normal mode. You will find yourself stuck sometimes maybe, but then just go and do magic find runs and get better gears.
Since the uniqs are reworked and really strong even in lowlevel regions, it shouldnt be big problem to get it done.
10. - Question: I found someone that wanted me to rush, but i dont know what he meant with "observe"?
Answer: Pls read the beginners guide in the wiki to get further information:
http://annihilus.net/wiki_index.php?title=Guide-for-new-guys-and-leveling-up
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Okay, thats it for now. I just dont remember any more of my questions i once had. Pls dont spam this thread. Keep it short for the new guys. Use your space for correction of the guide (if i made mistakes ofc) or for additional information. Also add questions and maybe answers of questions you have or once had.
~regards, Lucid
I want to write a guide for the absolute beginners. Since this guide will grow with the community and the serverpatches, this wouldn`t make sense in the wiki (you cant edit things in the wiki without a GM :/ ).
Also pls pls PLS new members do post your questions here, if you got some. It`s already hard for me to remember where the difficulty was at the very beginning! There were so many questions and im sure i wont remember them all for writing down in the first post.
Pls take into consideration, that this guide is written within patch 2.2 and just by me (a normal player). I may be wrong with things i write in here. Things also may change with further developement.
If you want to copy things out of here or take it up into a FAQ, just do it. Its allowed :)
Ok, so lets first talk about what this guide should have on info and what not:
It should be a FAQ-like thread about the differences between blizzards battle.net and the annihilus.com servers.
(you will see what i mean, when i post the first few things. Mostly will be gamechanges and questions about old stuff)
It should NOT be a gold FAQ or a "what character is best for pvp/pvm?" questions. Pls go in the right threads at the forums,
take a loot at the gold-FAQ or simply take a look into our wiki.
Wiki: http://annihilus.net/wiki_index.php
Character and guides on the forum: http://annihilus.net/forumdisplay.php?f=49
gold-FAQ: http://annihilus.net/content.php?r=131-FAQ
-----------------------------------
Ok lets Start the guide right now:
1. - Question: How to create a account? / How to start playing?
Answer: First, you need an account on the annihilus.net homepage (this site). You can find the register function on the top right corner.
The second thing you need now is a ingame-account. Therefor just start your game via the annihilusclient. Then click on "Annihilus.net 2.2".
The loginscreen appears and you just click on "create new account". Give it a name and an e-mail adress.
Now you can connect the ingameaccount to your annihilus.net account, so you will get your golds for subscriptions etc. Go to annihilus.net, login to your annihilus.net account
and hit "Settings" on the top right corner. On the left side you will find a line called "Edit profile". At the very top you can type in your ingameaccount now.
Click on "Save changes" bottom left. Finish.
2. - Question: Can i play this mod offline?
Answer: No, since you need an internetconnection to get your annihilusclient startet. Also you wont be able to obtain gold on singleplayermode.
Maybe theres a way to start the game via game.exe out of your D2 mod folder. But i don`t know how to and i also wouldnt recommend it. The endgamecontent is mostly not doable solo.
3. - Question: What if i want to get more than 8 characters? Can i have a second ingame-account added to my annihilus account?
Answer: On annihilus, you can create more than 8 characters. Simply click on create, type a charname and you will get a scrolldown bar in your account. If your mousewheel doesnt slide that bar up and
down, just use your keyboard. A second account isnt needed, since of infinite characters and also you shouldnt be able to register two ingameaccounts with one annihilus.net-account!
4. - Question: If i kill baal at nightmare difficulty, will i still be able to see nightmare games in the game-list?
Answer: Yes! You will be able to see every open game, even if you are already in hell difficulty! On the Annihilus.com website you can further see every open game even if they have a password set.
5. - Question: Do old runewords and cube-recipes still work?
Answer: Yes, all old runewords and cube-recipes still work. Also most of the old uniq`s are out there but most of them have increased stats!
6. - Question: Can i play fullscreen without the annoying distortion? / My mouse is always running out of the windowed mode diablo...
Answer: I personally havent found a way, to play fullscreen without distortion. I just play on windowed mode. Theres a way to lock your cursor in that diablo 2 window by pressing "Alt + F1".
You will get a notice in your chatbox, either "Locked" or "Unlocked".
7. - Question: Who is those vendor "Hadriel" in act 1? What is the stuff that he trades for gold?
Answer: Theres a page about Hadriel on the "Characters and Guides" site in the wiki.
8. - Question: How much does stuff cost? Is there a guide or a pricelist out there?
Answer: This is difficult to say since prices change with every patch, ladderreset or just over time. To get you a little more information about this i would say that its not a good idea of buying runes or
gems via Hadriel. Better offer dice, dyes or effect stones to other players and get your (high-)runes this way. Highrunes will drop more often since you will level up faster/higher, the game's
difficulty+dropchance is increased and also because your killspeed will be much higher than on blizzards battle.net. Zod runes are worst favorite runes, due to their "high" dropchance (in hellcows
for example). You can follow a thread on the forum, where there is discussed about prices: http://annihilus.net/showthread.php?t=8200
9. - Question: Is the game more difficult or am i just rusted?!
Answer: You are right! The game`s difficult has been increased because the higher reworked uniqs/endgamegears would make normal hellmode just ridicoulus unchallenging.
The game is more challenging even in normal mode. You will find yourself stuck sometimes maybe, but then just go and do magic find runs and get better gears.
Since the uniqs are reworked and really strong even in lowlevel regions, it shouldnt be big problem to get it done.
10. - Question: I found someone that wanted me to rush, but i dont know what he meant with "observe"?
Answer: Pls read the beginners guide in the wiki to get further information:
http://annihilus.net/wiki_index.php?title=Guide-for-new-guys-and-leveling-up
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Okay, thats it for now. I just dont remember any more of my questions i once had. Pls dont spam this thread. Keep it short for the new guys. Use your space for correction of the guide (if i made mistakes ofc) or for additional information. Also add questions and maybe answers of questions you have or once had.
~regards, Lucid