I just found out that the Diablo 2 patch 1.11 introduced a “world” event as Blizzard calls it. In order to participate in this Pandemonium Event you need to be one of the realms (no single player). It’s only also available in Hell difficulty. Here’s a short description:
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To trigger the event, you must collect items called keys. There are three types. The Countess drops the Key of Terror, the false Summoner drops the Key of Hate, and Nihlathak drops the Key of Destruction.
When you have collected three keys, go anywhere in the town of Harrogath in Act 5 and transmute these three keys together in the Horadric Cube. One of three portals will open, to the Furnace of Pain, the Matron’s Den, or the Forgotten Sands, in which you will fight Ãœber-Izual, an Andariel-like creature called Lilith and Ãœber Duriel respectively.
Each of these bosses drops one of the Prime Evil’s relics, Lilith drops “Diablo’s Horn”, Ãœber Duriel drops Baal’s Eye, and Ãœber Izual drops Mephisto’s Brain.
When you have collected all three relics (a.k.a. body parts) you must go back to Harrogath, and transmute the three relics. This will open a portal to Ãœber Tristram, where you will fight improved versions of the Prime Evils all at once - the Ãœbers. Prepare for the hardest fight of your D2 career.
The last of the Prime Evils you kill will drop a large charm called the Hellfire Torch. It gives 3+ to the skill levels of a random character class, 10-20 to all resistances and attributes, a chance to cast Diablo’s Firestorm on striking, 8+ to light radius and Hydra charges. This is your reward for all the trouble of collecting keys, relics, and killing the Ãœbers. (posted at this Diablo 2 site)
My point is that if Blizzard are doing this kind of event for Diablo 2, maybe they are testing the waters for Diablo 3 events. I mean they’re trying to get the best of both worlds: the storyline of Diablo with the events from World of Warcraft.
OK, maybe Diablo 3 won’t be a MMO but could have some of the community features of WoW: like instances, special events, etc. All in all, I can’t wait to fight the three prime Evils with my ice sorceress!
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