Median XL 1.D9c (latest version)
Nov 16, 2009 Full Version 4 commentsMedian XL 1.D9c for Diablo II Lord of Destruction 1.10-1.11-1.12 (PC/Mac)

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The main attraction of Median XL is the brand new skill trees, 30 skills per class, providing a whole new experience. The mod also offers a new base item setup with 7 quality tiers, 475 uniques, 310 runewords, a new affix pool and gem/jewel stats, honorific items and many new and powerful crafting recipes.
All this would be for nothing without the monster AI modifications and new abilities, elite and heroic monsters with even more powerful skills, and for advanced players there are 29 new uberquests based on Diablo lore and the challenges, which reward you for killing bosses at a low level or two of them at once.
A bullet list of all changes would take up most allowed space in this description, so please consult the official site.
List of features
Skills
The 210 new skills (25+5 per class) give rise to very different build strategies. Ever wanted to build a throw barb, poison sorceress or bloodwitch amazon?
Amazon - archer, spearmaiden, huntress or bloodwitch, choose your devotion!
Assassin - adept at physical and elemental melee and can throw knives and place time bombs.
Barbarian - powerful warrior, but can also throw axes and summon ancient spirits.
Druid - elementalist, bow hunter, and capable of charming monsters to your side.
Necromancer - minions, corpse totems, melee and crossbow attacks. Join the army!
Paladin - choose between the holy path of Auriel or the shadow dogmas of Imperius.
Sorceress - pagan elementalist or poison witch. It's witch hunt payback time.
Monsters
What would new skills be without new monsters to pulverise? The focus here is on AI and skill changes. From hammer-throwing clerics and quill rats with homing spikes to corpse exploding goatman priests and frogs that turn into a prince when killed, the new monsters are more than a match for the new skill set. There are a few brand new monsters here and there too - fear the mushroom people.
Elite monsters
Much more powerful than regular monsters and with new and improved skills, these rare encounters send you running for the hills.
Heroic monsters
Even more powerful than elites, these are thankfully restricted to their own special dungeons... mostly.
Uberquests
These are special dungeons, levels or player-summoned bosses that should only be attempted by the skilled and powerful. Median XL offers 16+1 uberbosses, 8 uberlevels and 4 separate bosses, most based on Diablo lore. The uberquests range from the invasion of Toraja by the edyrem to the cursed city of Ureh (from the Diablo novel 'Kingdom of Shadow') and an uberquest that recreates the capture of Baal by Tal Rasha and the Horadrim... with you as Baal.
Challenges
Completing difficult tasks and encounters at a low level or without spending all of your attribute points may earn you big rewards... from powerful charms to additional new skills.
Items
While some people play the game to defeat the denizens of Hell (haha), for most others TEH L00T and the bragging rights that come with it are more important. Median XL does away with normal, exceptional and elite items, instead providing six 'tiers' of item quality. Baal may drop a cap, but it will be a cap with 600 defense on it. Median XL also features many new class-specific items to augment the new skills, from necromantic crossbows to the assassin naginata with a built-in multitarget sweep attack. A huge collection of new uniques, sets and runewords is a given, of course, as well as some much more powerful crafting recipes.
Multiplayer
Median XL supports single player, tcp/ip and open battle.net. Closed battle.net ('realms') obviously won't work, but certain third parties have provided alternatives... Check out the D2 Maniacs mod server.
What are you waiting for? Download it now!
3 comments by BrotherLaz on Aug 12th, 2009 digg this super bookmark
This patch features the following changes over 1.99d:
New skills
Some useless skills have been replaced with other skills. The sorceress in particular is now finally worth playing and the amazon has a new main build.
Dragon's eggs
You may find these on the ground in Act 2 and Act 3 overground areas. Break an egg, kill the Baalspawn dragon that emerges and use a specific item reroll cube recipe for free for 30 seconds!

More runewords
That's 60 new runewords to fill the gaps in the runeword progression.
Torajian great runes
Due to the success of the Fauztinville great runes, 3 more have been implemented, which drop only in the Toraja uberlevel. That's the one where you fight alongside the Edyrem and need their help to kill the monsters. You may need special tactics to actually farm this level.
Improved superunique bosses
Most superuniques starting in mid-Act 1 are now based on elite monsters. Just when you thought it was safe... elite bosses.
Balance improvements
Many skills, items and monsters were rebalanced.
Realm wipe!
The official (d2maniacs) realm starts a new ladder season!
Download now at Mods by Laz! (SITE MOVED)
Notice: some of your items may end up with lower stats or different skills on them. This is not an intentional change, but a side-effect of the braindead way Diablo 2 handles legacy items when their stats change. There exists a recipe to update the most important items.
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This mod made me re-install Diablo 2 & LOD. Seriously, I thought vanilla was a dull hack and slash with extremely limited options, but the customisation available through choices of spells/subclass and items & item upgrades is immense.\
Tip: don't level up for as long as you can get away with, you get more experience for killing off tougher enemies.
BrotherLaz, I really have to say that you have done a fucking awesome job with Median XL. This mod really deserves all of the praise it gets. You have added an amazing amount of replay value to Diablo 2.
I agree!
count me in too.i cant play vanilla d2 anymore becuz it seems so limited and boring compared to median.
how do i install it??
You read the damned README.
I dont understand how id end up getting all those huge items...if theres no trading or such...
You wouldn't ask this question in any other game. Why would the drop rates be the same?
I never said they where affected by the mod. So you don't have to jump down my throat about it. And i guess your right i guess i don't know that Battlenet is Multiplayer. What is battlenet guys is it Singleplayer or Multiplayer? :XD Laz your some piece of work! you know that. I dissed Diablo 3 to make your Diablo 2 Median mods sound good. And i guess that's not good enough! Thanks. Are all Europeans this hateful? Anyway Vaygr try Median Xl on ROT its fun.
RealmofTeror are known for having hosted HACKED versions of Median against my permission.
The only APPROVED Median XL realm is at www.d2maniacs.org.
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