Well first thing is you now get 3 skill point's per level.(Hash Casper's plug-in).I thought this would be fun to have and to try out the full use of the synergies.More bang for your buck.I also included Myhrginoc's New Titles plug-in,for something different.With this the titles you receive for completing Norm,Nightmare etc are all different.Makes for an interesting change.
This mod also has extended stash as you and me both hate running out of room.I tossed around the idea of including the other stash plug-in but decided against it for this version maybe later.
Hireling's have some of their powers changed in this mod.Rogue merc now has Magic arrow and multiple shot.Iron wolves(fire) has Fireball and Meteor now. The lightning wolf has Static Field and Nova.And now the Barb Hireling has Bash,Howl and Whirlwind.These skills are still lby level so it encourages keeping the merc's alive.Lol good reason to keep em around and get them exp.As for the other hireling's well needless to say I will be changing them all more in future version's but I would welcome feedback and ideas any time!
I have put in these map plug-ins:Harrogath town : by Talib,
Kurast Docks plug-in : by Talib
Recolored Spider caves : by Volf
Pandemonium Fortress : by Onyx
Recolored caves Act#1 : by Volf
Joel's Act#1 Fog Theme pack : by Joel
Orange crypts : by Volf
And I have put these new animation token replacement 's in:
Frost giant : by Joel
Belhifet : by Phrozen Heart
Verbeeg : by Phrozen Heart
Harmonium : by Phrozen Heart & Pagan Rainfall
Bugbear captain : by Phrozen Heart & Pagan Rainfall
Orc with axe : by Phrozen Heart & Pagan Rainfall
Water weird : by reiyo_oki
Drow Magus : by Joel
Orc Shaman : by Phrozen Heart
Volo : by Phrozen Heart
Baatezu,Nipperibo : by Phrozen Heart
Red Dragon : by Joel
Earth Elemental : by Har'lea'quinn
Fire Elemental : by Har'lea'quinn
Red Myconid : by Joel
Gem rework has been done and I have made them sold from Gheed so far.They will be sold somewhere else also in next version.
Akara sell's runes and full rejuvenation's.Why will be apparent when I add all the new runeword recipes for next version.But the rune's still cost gold so save up!
The Bosses and unique monster's have had their drop 's reworked so they at least drop good stuff.I felt ripped off after I killed unique monsters and they dropped a magic item or two.So I fixed it a bit and reworked the drops a little but only for uniques or Bosses.This is no drop mod but maybe for a different project.
But you should be able to find good stuff along the way to finishing the game in different level's.Now onto the special add on that I added to this mod.We all know that I made a boss mod and super boss mod, so it stands to reason that maybe I'll add some stuff from there.So I decided (since this is an underworld mod....has to be tough) to add some random Boss 's like Diablo Clone , Hell Bovine's , And other Boss's. But I added them in places like the pit , Abadon , Swampy pit , The Hole , etc so they don't interfere with quest's and completion of the game.I do however recommend trying them at higher levels lol.So it stands to reason you can finish norm then go back and kill as many cows or Diablo clones as you like.Or be reckless and try them at low levels....either way it's fun.
There are many other changes I will make in the next version also.One example is the runewords that I will enable.I will put in over 100 new runewords into this mod by next week.So yes that mean's I will be updating this mod next week with more changes.Only reason I released this version is to get a feel how well this will be taken.And to get some feedback!
Should be even more new animation's next week for the update as I have it from a pretty good source that there are some great new things from Infinitum this week! So there you have it all,please feel free to comment and lend some ideas about this mod.As I want to keep expanding this mod to as far as it can go!To all the map and animation creators...AWESOME work all!
You never cease to impress me!Again I gladly welcome any comments and ideas,
Hades
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