not random area. its win win for everyone PLZZZZ
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that would definitely be a better solution to what they have now
but yo, the area is chaos right now, you shouldn’t be complaining during chaos hour. should be slamming monsters. idc about the diablo grind today so this was my first check and there’s only 16 minute left of chaos. not booting up for THAT. (see how stupid that is tho)
edit: see and after chaos - black marsh / hole. like WHO TF wants to do that area for an hour straight?? NOBODY… some will because it’s most efficient, but there’s still people who run chaos / baal instead of TZ … i dunno, TZ made this game worse, i wish it wasn’t this way.
You got my vote for that.
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Yes, what I’ve suggested too… most TZ areas suck and so lame to log on while a good area is TZd only to realize there’s zero time left…and then it switches to Den of Evil 
just do it blizzard
hourly change and random zone sucks
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Children,
TZ’s were introduced in response to the player base requesting an alternate means to leveling your character past lvl95/96 without doing millions of Diablo/Nihla/Baal runs.
If they make the entire game terrorized, or, provide and option to choose the TZ, it’ll go right back to running D/N/B over and over and aver… to infinity.
Most of the TZ’s I never ran again once a full play through was complete.
Who want’s to run Black Marsh/The-Hole?
Well, I for one do., and I assure you it beats running Nihla/Baal 50 times an hour for hours and hours on end - by a long shot.
If you do not like the TZ (I hate Durrance) go run Nihla/Baal for an hour… that’s what I do.
Please Blizz, don’t put us back 20 years and make the meta D/N/B again… so painfull.
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actually it wouldn’t.
i would be able to do my regular runs, 30-40 minute games. and get the same xp across the board and not want to slam my head against they keyboard because i’m forced to lvl in terrible areas one hour at a time.
yes the community wanted a different way to level, but one hour and switch to RANDOM ZONES is not the answer.
and it also goes to show - if everything is even playing ground which areas are favorited … i’m sure more people would be happy doing other things for xp - since that is the ENTIRE reason for TZ. like… helllo??
like when tz switches to chaos, after about 45 minutes of running straight chaos i don’t wanna do it anymore. i would rather do andy / countess /pit / tunnels / lk / trav / meph / SOMETIMES CHAOS / frigid / pindle / nihl / SOMETIME baal.
that’s how my runs generally go, and it would be nice if it was all equal. but one hour and switch to a RANDOM ZONE (which is usually terrible let’s not kid ourselves) … is a good method ?? please explain how this is engaging…
like today for example, when i checked what TZ was. it was chaos. 16 minutes left, i’m not logging in to do 16 minutes of chaos. by the time i’m in game and ready to go, i might get 2 runs in… then it switches to… black marsh / the hole. like WHO TF even wants to kill that area even if it’s TZ’d ??? not me. now it’s… the tunnels, as a single area it’s absolutely awful and tiny, takes what? 3-4 minutes to clear. adding not only server load but wasting time entering and leaving games… i do like clearing tunnels, when it’s A PART of my run, but to create a new game just to clear tunnels and leave is such a waste of time.
ya … so take this from someone who has thought CRITICALLY about how TZ work. and want changes. one hour and switch is ABSOLUTELY awful for stream lining gameplay.
there’s better solutions to having it the entire game as well, which i have mentioned. but alas. blizzard does nothing.
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K.
take care man.
well if you honestly think the one hour and switch is engaging gameplay i really don’t know what to say, but you haven’t thought about TZ and how it COULD BE BETTER.
changing in game would be the best option, so clear all champ packs or like under 10 monster left could trigger a new zone to appear in game. that way we don’t have to be creating new games constantly, and honestly. the server stress they add to their own servers with how TZ works is actually brain dead. you’d think they want less server stress as their servers… fail quite often.
like i would be way happier with the in-game change EVEN IF the zone is trash, just go clear it, it will change, you’re not forced into that zone for a full hour.
Now we are having a discussion.
I like that change.
I just do not think “players” should be able to manipulate it to their characters strengths/benefit.
I main 2 Zealot based builds with over 20 points in Smite/Synergies on swap… I think it would be crazy to allow me configure Act Boss runs at will while terroized.
Do you see what I’m getting at?
I’ve always respected your contributions on this form, I think we went sideways for a moment, and it’s possible I helped push it there, so, I’ll apologize.
TZ’s could be better, I agree… but I do not believe having the “player” in control of TZ’s (or having everything TZ’d) is healthy.
K, 3min’s to next TZ swap, I’m gonna roll with it or key/ess/gem farm.
I’ll check in later/tomorrow.
i’m not going to lie, my mental state is not the best right now, and i’m not exactly coping well either. but that aside…
i want diablo 2 be better. i do not understand what you mean when you say configure act boss run… not one bit.
while i do not think having the entire game is the best option, i do believe it would be a better option than the random zone. i am NOT A FAN of the current implementation. like right now it’s swap time, i will check to see if it’s something i want to farm (most likely not) and then… not log in because of it, i do not like how this works AT ALL.
and then if it is a zone i want to farm, like i previously mentioned, after slamming the same area for about 45 minutes i wanna do something else. but i’m lvl 97 so farming ANYTHING other than tz is a waste.
ding ding ding, it’s burial grounds, like… WHY… WHY!!! so since i’ve been on it was chaos (only 16 minute left when i checked) then black marsh / hole (ew) then tunnels (ew) now burial (ew) … this is my play time for the day too, i am going to go out in a few hours… like… this is not fun. AT ALL.
and i’m sorry i made the implications that you were not thinking critically… i am just amazed that people defend blizzards decisions on TZ…
Mr BadHabits…
Hey!!!
If you need to talk, I’m all in.
We can met up in game, and talk privately, share phone numbers and get away from all this … friend me, I’m CleanLX#1584
I’ve help’d another D2r’r who was contemplating ending things.
He no longer plays D2(R), and is doing good.
Seems this game can really grab ahold.
Please remember, It’s just a game man.
Admittedly, a frustrating, infuriating and addictive game - that makes you believe there is competition.
There is no competition.
It’s made up… ladder winners are just no life streamers.
lvl 99 char’s are nothing but a journey for the committed… my guy was doing everything at 88 he is still doing at 99.
You’re better than this programmed randomness.
If you are serious, I am too.
Don’t be condescending, it doesn’t help any discussion and only views you as a jerk.
And terrorizing all zones still does the same.
And that is called a CHOICE. But we can’t choose to, because blizzard dictates which zone comes for the next hour with their rng zones.
Most zones are utter garbage. Big areas with low density where you are wasting more time searching for mobs than actually killing. Or small areas with only a bunch of mobs. Both are crap for grouping. Not even talking about the xp differences in zones.
Doing 60+ CS runs in 1 hour is far more fun than searching mobs in the blood moor.
I tell you what I do if my char hits 96 and there is no CS/Baal/Tombs TZ. I don’t log in.
You could still run your garbage zones. Even better, you could split in your garbage zone while the others are running whatever they like, CS for example. More xp for them and more xp for you. Nobody is forcing you to nila/dia/baal when everything is terrorized.
Nah they made it even worse than the past 20 years. They made it that nobody wants to run baal after 94 anymore and most don’t even bother logging in when there is no good zone to lvl/mf.
You are correct.
not going to read the rest until later.
Bad’s last post sent me down another road.
ETA;
Saw you replying for some time, so, when you catch up, you’ll see why.
so we had great marsh the last hour… let’s see what’s up in 5 mins… lol. not that i should play it even if it’s worldstone cuz then i’ll be late for things… lol.
LOL far oasis, see what i mean, now it’s been what? 5 MEH areas IN A ROW. places i wouldn’t log on for that’s for sure… RANDOM ZONES ARE TRASH BLIZZARD PLEASE CHANGE
i will even give you ideas here.
multiple zones PER hour. even RANDOMLY like 3-4 zones that change every hour. so, choose to do all of them in a game or choose your favorites… still better than 1 zone for the whole hour.
changing zone in game from champ packs killed or low amount of monsters left (champ pack killing would honestly be addicting as you try and get through zones as fast as possible) …
merge lesser TZ zones with more surrounding area so STONY FIELD + TRISTRAM instad of either or. cuz on their own, they both SUCK. maybe even add underground to it. and remove dark wood. you know, stuff like that. but naw.
i bet we’re stuck with the hour and switch forever.
They should at least have up 2-3 random areas at a time.