07-28-2004, 03:12 AM
Have you tried the /players x command? It tells the game to pretend it has the specified number of players in it, thus increasing monster HPs, drops, and experience when killed. The accepted values go from 1 to 8, with 1 being normal and 8 being like a full multiplayer game, but even at 2 or 3 you'll notice vastly improved experience returns without making the game overly challenging. Plus you can always change the setting, although monsters that have already spawned near your location won't be affected by new values.
With my sorceresses, I usually start with players 3 and then when they get their main skills, I ramp it up to players 8 and keep it that way. Consequently, without replaying maps I end up being about level 33 by the time I enter Act 5, 48 by the time I beat Baal in Normal, 75+ by the time I beat him in Nightmare, etc. My melee characters sometimes have to scale back to players 3 if their equipment isn't the greatest, but even at that setting it's still quite easy to stay ahead of the clvl/mlvl curve.
I somewhat agree on the point about the game being slanted toward multiplayer. This is most evident with the Paladin, who has quite a few of his skills designed with other players in mind. (The side benefit is that you have fewer skills to spend points on in singleplayer.) This mod helps make Hell difficulty quite doable with a solo singleplayer character, which Blizzard apparently forgot about when they made patch 1.10.
With my sorceresses, I usually start with players 3 and then when they get their main skills, I ramp it up to players 8 and keep it that way. Consequently, without replaying maps I end up being about level 33 by the time I enter Act 5, 48 by the time I beat Baal in Normal, 75+ by the time I beat him in Nightmare, etc. My melee characters sometimes have to scale back to players 3 if their equipment isn't the greatest, but even at that setting it's still quite easy to stay ahead of the clvl/mlvl curve.
I somewhat agree on the point about the game being slanted toward multiplayer. This is most evident with the Paladin, who has quite a few of his skills designed with other players in mind. (The side benefit is that you have fewer skills to spend points on in singleplayer.) This mod helps make Hell difficulty quite doable with a solo singleplayer character, which Blizzard apparently forgot about when they made patch 1.10.