Mods Without Cheating?

[Vince]

Okay, my Mexican dial-up connection makes it impossible to play online. And my two Legendary characters get killed every couple of minutes.

If you are not going online, what mods can you use to compensate FAIRLY so you can still win in Legendary? Anyone can win if you pile on everything--what can you add on only to make it possible to win?

[Galefury]

I don't really know any mods to make the game easier, but you could look through the Defiler mods. If you're already pretty far into Legendary you could try to sit through it and do boss runs after you're through to get better items. It's what I did with my first char. There was no act 4 then though, so it was a lot easier. Or check what items you have, check what skills you have, and then rethink your build a bit. Changing skills and items around can make a huge difference. Sometimes you just have to sit down and think about it a bit. I can give you some tips to survive longer too:

If you're a melee fighter, check your defensive ability. If it's under 1000, raise it. Raising it to 1700 would be good, but is not so easy. That makes melee hurt you less. If you can get some dodge projectiles, get that too.

Resistances are good. Especially Damage Absorption, because it works against all damage. The most important resistance against regular enemies is pierce. Some of the secret passage set items have ridiculous resists, and they can be gotten from Epic SP which is easy. If you're having trouble against bosses and don't know what element an attack is, try to up your vitality resistance, many bosses use that damage type in attacks you can't immediately classify. If that fails, it's most likely bleeding. Fire, ice and thunder attacks should be recognizable. The act3 Telkine uses fire in his projectile attack I think, but I'm not sure. Bull super attack is piercing IIRC. Less damage from demons helps against him too.

Epics and Legendaries are not always the best items. Some are awesome, but if you don't have those, try an up to date rare from shops instead of some outdated unique. Veteran's is a great prefix on both weapons and armor. Monster infrequents can also be awesome with the right affixes. Stonebinder's Cuffs (gorgons) and Batrachos Greaves (frogmen) are awesome even without affixes, and might be worth farming for if you feel like investing a lot of time. Sabertooth can be a good weapon and is not hard to get. Put in a Peng Claw and watch the damage fly.

Another option to get better equipment is boss farming. Epic secret passage shouldn't be a problem, and some of the special set items are good, even if they look silly. Just look through the forums to find other popular runs.

The final thing you can do is level up. For legendary level 60 would be good. Higher for Act 3 and 4. Start up xmax, or x4 if your computer cant take xmax like mine. Then start killing trash. Act 1 or 2 trash is best, because it won't hurt you too much. The Act 2 tombs are probably best. Get some less damage from UD equipment, and something with +% damage against undead. Both are easy to get on Relics/Charms. Just use epic Relics and Charms. That start slaughtering some undead. Or lots of them actually.


If you're a caster, your options are limited. Try to get -100% recharge, and as much -% mana cost as you can get at the same time. Preferably fast cast rate too. Then you might stand a chance in legendary. My first char was a Storm/Nature guy, and I died a lot in Act 3 Legendary. There was no Act 4 then, and I am not sure I could have beaten Act 4 with my char how he was after beating Act 3.

[Vince]

Galefury, thanks for the advice. And now I have a question: there is a med that will take away all broken armor from monsters and replace them with more valuable equipment. Another mod takes away all yellow items from monsters, replacing them with more valuable items.

This would make the monsters more dangerous, but will it automatically raise the points you get for killing them?

[Gene]

Originally Posted by Vince

This would make the monsters more dangerous, but will it automatically raise the points you get for killing them?

Nope, you won't gain any more XP, sadly. Though you'll have a ton of extra money floating around.

Speaking of which, if you've got too much money (so much you have no idea what to do with it), you can look over in the Mods section and find GameBoy's mod that lets you trade gold for XP.

-Gene

[Galefury]

No. Just the items will get better. I think Defiler has that mod. I didn't look at it yet though.

Edit: Oh, Gene beat me to it. *g*

[Vince]

Thanks for the advice. Trading money for XP is fair: you earn the money. I'll have to try that mod.

Remember: It isn't cheating if you're only playing against the computer. And, if you are offline, you cannot possibly win in Legendary without mods.

[Uzael]

Originally Posted by Vince

Thanks for the advice. Trading money for XP is fair: you earn the money. I'll have to try that mod.

Remember: It isn't cheating if you're only playing against the computer. And, if you are offline, you cannot possibly win in Legendary without mods.

The only mod I'd say isn't cheating is the camera angle mods, which by the way is a way to make legendary more playable for a caster. You gain the ability to see a fight before you are being attacked, which allows you to send in a tanking pet to get the mobs attention, then you can use your abilities safer.

[Galefury]

Originally Posted by Vince

And, if you are offline, you cannot possibly win in Legendary without mods.

Actually, I did. Not in IT though. I haven't even started Legendary there, and I deleted all my old chars.

It wasn't easy (partially because I didn't care much about DA back then), but I'm sure if I had put in a bit more time I could have finished legendary Hades too. I will never know if I could do it without mods I guess, because now I'm using the more monsters mods. They help so much with exp and drops, and if something is too hard you can always switch the mod off for a while. It gets a lot easier then obviously, you're fighting 1x monsters with the exp and items of 4x monsters after all.

If you have problems with a specific area or boss just ask by the way, I - and most likely many others - will be glad to help you.

[Vince]

Okay, I can't find GameBoy's mod for exchanging money for experience points.

(sigh) How do I get to the Mods section?

Galefury, I'm impressed that you beat TQ in Legendary without going online or using mods. My character gets killed every couple of minutes, and I'm an experienced gamer.

[Galefury]

Well, I died about every 5 or 10 minutes. That was bad enough IMO. If you know wtf you're doing it's a lot easier, and I would probably die less now.

About the mod, try this one.