
And our lovely mercenary companions have seen significant improvements so that not everyone is running around with Waheed from Act 2. Changes have also been made to some areas of the game, with troublesome spots (like the Maggot Lair) now much easier to navigate. Yes, items, runewords, and skills have seen changes to better balance gear, resulting in a more diverse collection of characters and builds. There are many servers hosted around the world that can be chosen on a per-game basis, and there are ladder resets that bring changes to the game to keep it fresh. It is the source of all the Soulstones and their powers, so Baal wishes to obtain it, corrupt it and complete his brothers' plan to conquer the mortal realm and use it as a staging area to besiege the Heavens in the endless war between the two.Path of Diablo is a private multiplayer server mod that's been going strong now for about five years. Baal is currently besieging the city and destroying any settlements along the way towards the mountain's summit.īaal, the Lord of Destruction, is seeking the Worldstone, a massive crystal of great energies, built to prevent the High Heavens and Burning Hells from consuming the mortal realm completely into their respective folds. Situated at the base of Mount Arreat, it is home to the humans who are sworn protectors of the mountain. His first attack, against the city of Sescheron, capital city of the Barbarian homelands, leads to the stage where Diablo II: Lord of Destruction is set: Harrogath. Marius was subsequently murdered.īaal is leading an invasion against the northern barbarian lands. However, the narrator Marius was tricked into surrendering the last Soulstone to a false Archangel Tyrael which was revealed to be Baal, the third brother and last remaining Prime Evil. Two of the three Prime Evils, Mephisto and Diablo, have been defeated and their Soulstones have been destroyed, preventing their return. The story continues where Diablo II ended. Although an expansion, most people feel that Lord of Destruction is a must have when playing the game since the additions expand the game to be just that much more open ended than the first one.

Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Title Screenĭiablo II: Lord of Destruction is the official expansion pack for Diablo II.
