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Posted February 16, 2016
So I've started this game recently in Single Player and I'm enjoying it a lot but I couldn't find a difficulty adjuster. Further reading online I found about the Nightmare and Hell modes, can I unlock those in Single Player mode too?

I know a few of you here play/ed the game and would like your insight.

Thanks

PS: I have no intention of creating a B.net account, all I wish to know is if I can play those difficulties in single player and maybe LAN in the future.
This question / problem has been solved by johnnygogingimage
Posted February 16, 2016
Once you beat the game you will have a prompt every time you click your character to play Normal, Nightmare, and Hell depending on how many you've unlocked.

You can play it all Single Player for sure and can play it as well in LAN I'm pretty sure but not certain.

edit: it works a bit differently. it's so much a difficulty adjustment as it is a New Game+ before the notion/fad/whatever of New Game+ existed.

You'll basically start the game over with all of your gear and levels. The monsters will be tougher and there will be more champions and heroes (named randoms). Uniques usually are a different color pallette. The gear is better. including some really cool stuff (not that you'll ever find it without cheating. I recommend cheating.) that you can only find in Nightmare and Hell difficulty (some of the Nightmare uniques even have their own art, Hell stuff is usually just palette of Nightmare stuff).
Post edited February 16, 2016 by johnnygoging
Posted February 16, 2016
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Ganni1987: So I've started this game recently in Single Player and I'm enjoying it a lot but I couldn't find a difficulty adjuster. Further reading online I found about the Nightmare and Hell modes, can I unlock those in Single Player mode too?

I know a few of you here play/ed the game and would like your insight.

Thanks

PS: I have no intention of creating a B.net account, all I wish to know is if I can play those difficulties in single player and maybe LAN in the future.
Completing Normal unlocks Nightmare and completing Nightmare unlocks Hell, both for single-player and LAN.
Post edited February 16, 2016 by Grargar
Posted February 16, 2016
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Ganni1987: So I've started this game recently in Single Player and I'm enjoying it a lot but I couldn't find a difficulty adjuster. Further reading online I found about the Nightmare and Hell modes, can I unlock those in Single Player mode too?

I know a few of you here play/ed the game and would like your insight.

Thanks

PS: I have no intention of creating a B.net account, all I wish to know is if I can play those difficulties in single player and maybe LAN in the future.
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Grargar: Completing Normal unlocks Nightmare and completing Nightmare unlocks Hell.
And will I be able to start, let's say any new character on a difficulty of my choosing then or just for the char I finished it with?
Posted February 16, 2016
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Grargar: Completing Normal unlocks Nightmare and completing Nightmare unlocks Hell.
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Ganni1987: And will I be able to start, let's say any new character on a difficulty of my choosing then or just for the char I finished it with?
You have to beat the game first with a new character. It'd be pointless. You wouldn't be able to last against the first monster in Nightmare with a level 1 character with no gear.
Posted February 16, 2016
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Ganni1987: And will I be able to start, let's say any new character on a difficulty of my choosing then or just for the char I finished it with?
I believe it's per character.

Yep, that's a lot of doin' over.

But you wouldn't want to start a new character on Nightmare. You wouldn't make it 20 feet from the town.
Posted February 16, 2016
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Ganni1987: And will I be able to start, let's say any new character on a difficulty of my choosing then or just for the char I finished it with?
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johnnygoging: You have to beat the game first with a new character. It'd be pointless. You wouldn't be able to last against the first monster in Nightmare with a level 1 character with no gear.
Yeah I can imagine :D

Thanks again
Posted February 16, 2016
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Ganni1987: And will I be able to start, let's say any new character on a difficulty of my choosing then or just for the char I finished it with?
Only with the specific character. Nightmare and Hell modes aren't made with low-level characters in mind (both in difficulty and in the quality of loot).
Posted February 16, 2016
Thank you everyone :-)

For a moment I thought the difficulty was a B.Net thing only, I guess all I'll be missing is a few unique drops found only on official servers, I can live with that.
Posted February 17, 2016
/players 8 (or something?)
Posted February 17, 2016
Like others said, difficulty in Diablo 2 is basically lets you restart the same game with your character that you finished before with higher level monsters. There is no way you can survive the higher difficulties with a new character.

In other words, there is no difficulty "setting" in Diablo 2.
Posted February 17, 2016
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Ganni1987: So I've started this game recently in Single Player and I'm enjoying it a lot but I couldn't find a difficulty adjuster.
There is actually a difficulty adjuster, but it doesn't modify the normal/nightmare/hell modes. Assuming you have at least patch 1.09, you can use the Players X Command to make the game think there are X players in game instead of 1. This means the monsters will have more HP, they will hit harder, and they will give more XP and items as well.
Posted February 17, 2016
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Ganni1987: So I've started this game recently in Single Player and I'm enjoying it a lot but I couldn't find a difficulty adjuster.
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JMich: There is actually a difficulty adjuster, but it doesn't modify the normal/nightmare/hell modes. Assuming you have at least patch 1.09, you can use the Players X Command to make the game think there are X players in game instead of 1. This means the monsters will have more HP, they will hit harder, and they will give more XP and items as well.
I read about that, feels a little like cheating to me if nothing else. I've only started this game last week ever since I bought it 3 years ago (it's about time I know) so I have plenty of things to try out.
Posted February 17, 2016
If you want to play something a little more advanced and interesting and harder, Zy-El is a good patch, but requires a little manual work to do it.


The /players X is a good option, although until you have at least 1-2 posters you aren't going to be using it much... well, maybe for chests to boost better item drops.
Post edited February 17, 2016 by rtcvb32
Posted February 17, 2016
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JMich: There is actually a difficulty adjuster, but it doesn't modify the normal/nightmare/hell modes. Assuming you have at least patch 1.09, you can use the Players X Command to make the game think there are X players in game instead of 1. This means the monsters will have more HP, they will hit harder, and they will give more XP and items as well.
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Ganni1987: I read about that, feels a little like cheating to me if nothing else. I've only started this game last week ever since I bought it 3 years ago (it's about time I know) so I have plenty of things to try out.
It is not cheating. Diablo2 lets you play your characters on multiplayers which does the same thing mentioned. However I do not recommend it since normal game can be hard enough for newcomers. You will die alot.
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