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This page lists Frequently Asked Questions regarding PD2.

 

* PD2 is a mod for ''Diablo II: Lord of Destruction'' which includes many quality-of-life and balance changes, along with some new content. It aims to maintain the ''D2:LoD'' experience while improving on the game as if development never ceased.

* PD2 offers increased build diversity as well as many other improvements over the vanilla game. See [[General Changes]] for an overview of improvements.

* PD2 is free, but a legit copy of ''D2:LoD'' is required. You can purchase it from [https://shop.battle.net/en-us/product/diablo-ii-lord-of-destruction Blizzard Entertainment]. English Version only.

 

* Both ladder and non-ladder are supported, and there are currently no differences between them (like how vanilla had ladder-only runewords) except for the ladder resetting every four months. Future seasons may have small differences if new endgame challenges like Rathma are added.

* Singleplayer is supported - Players often install [https://github.com/BetweenWalls/PD2-PlugY#pd2-plugy PlugY] alongside PD2 to gain access to a shared stash in singleplayer. An item pack is also available for testing.

* No support for non-expansion (classic) or Open "Battle.net"

 

* Yes. PvP continues to be balanced as the metagame develops. PvP events are sometimes organized and announced via PD2's discord channel. Also see: [[PvP Changes]]

 

* Items can be searched for and traded on PD2's [https://www.projectdiablo2.com/Trade Trade Site]. There are also several channels dedicated to trading on [https://discord.gg/projectdiablo2 PD2's Discord].

 

 

The current locations of the game servers are:

 

<blockquote>US-West (Las Vegas) - gs 1

 

US-Central (Iowa) - gs 2

 

US-East (South Carolina) - gs 3

 

Europe-West (Belgium) - gs 4

 

Europe-Central (Germany) - gs 5

 

Asia-Northeast (Seoul, Korea) - gs 6

 

Asia-Southeast (Singapore) - gs 7

 

South America-East (São Paulo) - gs 8

 

Australia-Southeast (Sydney) - gs 9</blockquote>

 

* In-game, type gs # in the game description of your game when creating it to select your desired server.

 

The baseline drop rate in PD2 is roughly equivalent to vanilla's p5/5 (5 partied players in a game) for solo play, and scales up per player until it's slightly above the equivalent of vanilla's p8/8 when there is a full game of 8 players.

 

For a more detailed explanation of drop mechanics, see: [[Game_Mechanics#Item_drop_mechanics|Game Mechanics]]

 

* Widescreen 1068x600 @ 25 FPS

* Shader system by [https://github.com/CnCNet/cnc-ddraw/ CnC-ddraw]. This is a fully configurable system that can allow for upscaling and graphical improvements without affecting your gameplay.

* These shaders let us effectively (not quite but pretty close) upscale the game to any resolution without affecting the gameplay, so you can play D2 at 4K (3840x2160) if you have the monitor to do so.

 

See the [[Customization]] page for more info about changing widescreen resolution or other video settings.