04-26-2004, 06:29 AM
This is my opinion on the 5 most useless items Blizzard threw into Diablo. I don't think I've seen it anywhere, so I'm gonna say that this is an original work. Also, on this list, there isn't going to be stuff like; BoTD, BECUZ I CNAT GET 1!!!11!, it's going to be rational items that have absolutely no use what so ever. So, on to the list:
5.) Antidote Potion:
Nobody uses these, so no wonder I put this up here. These are very much useless. The only good thing about them, is that they stop poison, and raise your resistance a little bit. But I asked around, and nobody knew that it raised resist. They just knew that it stopped poison during Baal runs. If you make your character right, you have no need for this. Plus, if you have 3k life with BO, poison isn't going to hurt much.
4.) Thawing Potion:
Same as above, except it raises cold resistance and un-freezes you. If you have Raven Frosts, you won't ever use this. Low levels can't use Ravens yet can they? Who cares, they just wait out the freeze or get back to battle. Besides, there are some low level items that say, Freeze Duration Reduced by Half. So another useless item thrown into the game.
3.)Keys
Ah, keys. Used for opening up locked chests. That's it. Yep. Blizzard could of least of added locked doors in the catacombs or any levels like that. Give the game some more twist. "Oh no I don't have a key, looks like I'll have to go to town." That would be interesting to see in action. Assassins could also have more use party-wise, because they don't need keys to unlock doors. So instead of 5 Barbs and 3 sorcs in a party, there are 5 Barbs, 2 Sorcs, and an Assassin. More people would make trappers though. Add some twists Blizzard, please?
2.)Gems
You're probably thinking, "What? I use gems all the time!" Well, some gems are useful, like Perfect Diamonds in shields, or Perfect Topazes in Helms and Armor. But those are pretty much the only gems used right now. Skulls are useless because people use weapons with leech and Vamp Gaze now. Amethysts are useless because nobody needs strength, except for low levels. Same with Saphires, except it gives mana and low cold damage. I see rubies in helms every once in a while, but only for life. Emeralds are useless because of the 290. Either add more 'kick' to gems, or add more is my solution.
1.)Ears
I think everyone can agree with me, ears suck. I mean, you pick them up when you are trying to lay the smackdown on a 93 barb, then wham! You're as dead as a doornail. Then you try to go get your lifeless corpse and you pick up a whole inventory of them. And when you start getting rid of them, SMACKED'D! You're dead again. This chain repeats until you either leave the game, or gain some sense and drop them in town. But if you drop them, the process happens again.
At least add a real cool twist like if you die once, a speaker goes out. You die twice and you can't hear anything at all. Die a third time, and something weird happens, because normal people don't have 3 ears. Or give other people's ears magic abilities and you um... wear them. Or make it so you have to MAKE a String of Ears. Example, 9 ears and a sash (any kind)+cube=String of Ears. Just don't make them a trophy that nobody needs, because who needs a trophy when you can call him a lewz0r ****?
5.) Antidote Potion:
Nobody uses these, so no wonder I put this up here. These are very much useless. The only good thing about them, is that they stop poison, and raise your resistance a little bit. But I asked around, and nobody knew that it raised resist. They just knew that it stopped poison during Baal runs. If you make your character right, you have no need for this. Plus, if you have 3k life with BO, poison isn't going to hurt much.
4.) Thawing Potion:
Same as above, except it raises cold resistance and un-freezes you. If you have Raven Frosts, you won't ever use this. Low levels can't use Ravens yet can they? Who cares, they just wait out the freeze or get back to battle. Besides, there are some low level items that say, Freeze Duration Reduced by Half. So another useless item thrown into the game.
3.)Keys
Ah, keys. Used for opening up locked chests. That's it. Yep. Blizzard could of least of added locked doors in the catacombs or any levels like that. Give the game some more twist. "Oh no I don't have a key, looks like I'll have to go to town." That would be interesting to see in action. Assassins could also have more use party-wise, because they don't need keys to unlock doors. So instead of 5 Barbs and 3 sorcs in a party, there are 5 Barbs, 2 Sorcs, and an Assassin. More people would make trappers though. Add some twists Blizzard, please?
2.)Gems
You're probably thinking, "What? I use gems all the time!" Well, some gems are useful, like Perfect Diamonds in shields, or Perfect Topazes in Helms and Armor. But those are pretty much the only gems used right now. Skulls are useless because people use weapons with leech and Vamp Gaze now. Amethysts are useless because nobody needs strength, except for low levels. Same with Saphires, except it gives mana and low cold damage. I see rubies in helms every once in a while, but only for life. Emeralds are useless because of the 290. Either add more 'kick' to gems, or add more is my solution.
1.)Ears
I think everyone can agree with me, ears suck. I mean, you pick them up when you are trying to lay the smackdown on a 93 barb, then wham! You're as dead as a doornail. Then you try to go get your lifeless corpse and you pick up a whole inventory of them. And when you start getting rid of them, SMACKED'D! You're dead again. This chain repeats until you either leave the game, or gain some sense and drop them in town. But if you drop them, the process happens again.
At least add a real cool twist like if you die once, a speaker goes out. You die twice and you can't hear anything at all. Die a third time, and something weird happens, because normal people don't have 3 ears. Or give other people's ears magic abilities and you um... wear them. Or make it so you have to MAKE a String of Ears. Example, 9 ears and a sash (any kind)+cube=String of Ears. Just don't make them a trophy that nobody needs, because who needs a trophy when you can call him a lewz0r ****?