Dear Blizzard Support, In advance the excuse for my poor English. This is all about the unability to play Diablo II on battle.net. Since 2018 there have been a growing amount of posts about customers: all playing on a private PC at home a lot of them claiming they have just or recently bought the game Several posts about this problem have been written, but only a very few have been answered. Keep in mind you need a FULL key set. Meaning you need both Classic and Expansion keys for this bot to work. They are NOT provided and they MUST be working keys if you wish to use this bot on public battle.net servers. Diablo II/Diablo 2 must be installed and it MUST be on version 1.14d. Blizzard Response to Diablo 2 Bots Patch 1.14 + (Discussion) Fastest Killing Builds in Diablo 2 (Information, History Walk through) - 디아블로 2 10000 Lower Kurast Runs - Diablo 2 - Human Bot Project Ep.2. At the time of writing this article there were 16,103 people playing 14,802 games Diablo 2 games (Sunday July 7th, 2019) just on the official Battlenet servers and it was posted on Reddit earlier that day that Diablo 2 hit 23,669 players (which doesn’t count the thousands playing modded versions of Diablo 2 as well as single player or local).
By: Craig C (July 7th, 2019)
What if I told you that Blizzard Entertainment has built an entire market off of illegal hacking and botting; one where they benefit monetarily from player-owned bots gathering items endlessly on their servers? I’m sure many who played Diablo 2 understand that hacking, botting, and 3rd party item-selling websites have been around since the game’s very humble beginnings but they might also be disappointed to know that in 2019 they still exist and are thriving. For better or worse; Diablo 2 has regular ladder/season resets which churns the same illegal hackers that have been running bots for close to 20 years. Diablo 2 is unfortunately a game that limits the players access to specific items when not playing in an online ladder game (a ladder in D2 is basically another name for a season and it resets every 6 months); without Blizzard stopping their support of Diablo 2’s online capability they need to reset the ladder so players can find and craft a large portion of the stronger items inside the game. Blizzard could remaster the game but that in itself has been rumored to be one of the more difficult tasks mainly due to when and how the game was designed (Video linked in comments of David Brevik: creator of the Diablo series explains more on this).
Beyond the rumors that Blizzard does not have the expertise or interest to undertake any major updates it’s clear Diablo 2 has been relatively ignored by Blizzard. Because of the technological difficulty of working with such a dated but still heavily played game like Diablo 2 – the official Blizzard website is the only place you are able to buy keys. There are no 3rd party key sellers of Diablo 2 that are legitimate. So if anyone wants to buy a legal version of D2 they pay 20$ directly to Blizzard (10$ for the base Diablo 2 game and 10$ for the DLC Lord of Destruction). This also means if someone is caught cheating and gets banned they will need to pay Blizzard 20$ to buy a new key. Because Diablo 2’s core gameplay is item heavy and requires hours of playtime and level clearing to find the best items it’s perfect for automated bots. Also casual gamers who still love the nostalgia of playing but are unable to put the time necessary into earning good items; have several illegal options to access the gear. Whether that’s buying forum or discord gold and trading that for items or spending real cash directly on websites for the items.
What if I told you that Blizzard Entertainment has built an entire market off of illegal hacking and botting; one where they benefit monetarily from player-owned bots gathering items endlessly on their servers? I’m sure many who played Diablo 2 understand that hacking, botting, and 3rd party item-selling websites have been around since the game’s very humble beginnings but they might also be disappointed to know that in 2019 they still exist and are thriving. For better or worse; Diablo 2 has regular ladder/season resets which churns the same illegal hackers that have been running bots for close to 20 years. Diablo 2 is unfortunately a game that limits the players access to specific items when not playing in an online ladder game (a ladder in D2 is basically another name for a season and it resets every 6 months); without Blizzard stopping their support of Diablo 2’s online capability they need to reset the ladder so players can find and craft a large portion of the stronger items inside the game. Blizzard could remaster the game but that in itself has been rumored to be one of the more difficult tasks mainly due to when and how the game was designed (Video linked in comments of David Brevik: creator of the Diablo series explains more on this).
Beyond the rumors that Blizzard does not have the expertise or interest to undertake any major updates it’s clear Diablo 2 has been relatively ignored by Blizzard. Because of the technological difficulty of working with such a dated but still heavily played game like Diablo 2 – the official Blizzard website is the only place you are able to buy keys. There are no 3rd party key sellers of Diablo 2 that are legitimate. So if anyone wants to buy a legal version of D2 they pay 20$ directly to Blizzard (10$ for the base Diablo 2 game and 10$ for the DLC Lord of Destruction). This also means if someone is caught cheating and gets banned they will need to pay Blizzard 20$ to buy a new key. Because Diablo 2’s core gameplay is item heavy and requires hours of playtime and level clearing to find the best items it’s perfect for automated bots. Also casual gamers who still love the nostalgia of playing but are unable to put the time necessary into earning good items; have several illegal options to access the gear. Whether that’s buying forum or discord gold and trading that for items or spending real cash directly on websites for the items.
Diablo 2 Lod Bot 2020
To the normal observer this might not seem severe but because Diablo 2 runs on classic Battlenet for free for anyone with an active key, there isn’t much of a reason for Blizzard to keep the Diablo 2 servers maintained and staffed if there isn’t some form of revenue stream. None of the item sites are known to be owned by Blizzard so key sales are the only was for Blizzard to make money.
Let’s look at some numbers:
At the time of writing this article there were 16,103 people playing 14,802 games Diablo 2 games (Sunday July 7th, 2019) just on the official Battlenet servers and it was posted on Reddit earlier that day that Diablo 2 hit 23,669 players (which doesn’t count the thousands playing modded versions of Diablo 2 as well as single player or local). That is a very impressive number: one that is especially a mark of a success on Steam. Games like Dead by Daylight, Arma 3, and Payday 2 put up similar numbers on Steam as of writing this article.
That’s a substantial amount of people still playing. But were there really 16,000 people playing Diablo 2? The answer is no. There are thousands and thousands of bots running autonomously on the servers as we speak. Most in private games, mining high runes, item bases for runewords, as well as rare set and super unique items to be sold on the internet on both forum gold and real money websites. The very casual 24 to 35 year old which picks up Diablo 2 again will play for a few hours before realizing the leaderboard and open leveling games are filled up by bots. With the time they have allocated to play games it would be impossible to compete but luckily items are cheap. A good amount of the players will go to a forum gold website or to an item seller and spend 5-10$ to get the best items in the game without spending the time needed. The forum gold strategy has remained very popular among repeat players as they use forum gold from trades on previous ladders to try to “even the playing field” not fully understanding or caring that they are adding to the botting ecosystem.
Let’s imagine that out of 16,000 players right now half of them are botting accounts; that is $160,000 in keys which would pay a good portion of server costs needed to run a game like Diablo 2 for a long time. Keep in mind a slight code change could disrupt the bots rendering them useless until patched, also an update to the security protocols leading to the banning of keys could cause a massive influx in key purchases. Blizzard has banned thousands of accounts from time to time; specifically ones that fit botting characteristics but the bot numbers never seems to go down because the fix is as simple as buying new game keys and making a couple changes to the bot settings. The sad part is if you play Diablo 2 you know that the real number is over 50% of active players are bots. Besides internet costs it’s free to run however many copies of Diablo 2 as you can and it’s free to run bots all day long and once you understand the very few measures Blizzard put in place to combat them many years ago; it’s a breeze. Not all of the bot runners are selling their gear; some just do it to see what items they get because finding really rare items with high stats is the name of the game. You will often find open games with free items spread out everywhere or posts on reddit indicating a locked game with loads of free loot. This is why legit players have such a hard time accepting bots because they grind to find good items but then cannot yield any substantial trade value.
It’s not all bad for Diablo 2 online play and it still requires a human to playthrough the game at least for the first time to find basic items before letting bots run. And every 6 month players will race the ladder to be out front. The problem is when normal humans need to go to bed that’s where cheaters will let their bots take over. It’s not like Blizzard isn’t aware of the problem. But nothing is ever said or done about the botting issue publicly. There are some really basic things they could implement to kill the botting community all together. They don’t do it. Instead they opt for ban waves and hoarding key sales. At the end of the day if you want to play the game in your own way you are free to do so. The crazy part is somehow through it all Blizzard is benefitting from the hacking and cheating play style. It’s no wonder why they never put a real attempt at trying to fight it. For me as a player, I would rather the game stay the same then it go away forever. But some do not feel that way. I talk to gamers all the time that didn’t even realize Diablo 2 was still a thing. And its hard for many to get passed the aged graphics and hardcore play style but it’s one of the greatest games of all time and you can still play it online with your friends the same way many did in the early 2000’s.
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So what’s the solution?
Unfortunately Blizzard has shown recently that they are incapable of understanding their own franchise in Diablo and do not have the proper technical or general expertise required to pull off a remaster that could replace our current Diablo 2. It’s impossible without neglecting what we know as Diablo 2. If you want to really play D2 on classic Battlenet nothing is stopping you. You will likely see several active bot games that you can actually use to level your characters; they will always send friend requests and open portals to assist all tagalongs with xp. Or you ignore them all together. There are several amazing mods that have grown organically from Blizzards neglecting of Diablo 2. Some go as far as removing the bot presence altogether and have thousands of people playing on private servers. With Diablo 2 being so old it’s likely very cheap for Blizzard to run its servers. Blizzard could make money on banning bots a couple times a year and they would have the support of the community in doing so. The solution is coming out and being transparent with the community. Let us know what’s up. How do they view Diablo 2, what are their plans, and what can legitimate players do to help support the game? These are all things we would love to know and hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of people would love to know what the future holds in store for Diablo 2 because as of now Blizzard has left it in purgatory; waiting forever for either a true follow up, a remaster, or just some closure as to what to expect moving forward.
As an avid player and proponent of the game I wish I could help or offer my services in anyway. But I need some form of acknowledgement that they are trying or even want help. The 3rd party item problem is a storied issue and Diablo 2 is a founding father. We saw Blizzard trying to capitalize themselves with the concept when they released the Diablo 3 auction house which was basically modeled after item selling sites. But there is something wrong about paying real money for in game advantage and they know it, everyone knows it.
Link David Brevik interview – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D_bVgplit0
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Kolton Bot Latest Version Working 1.14D + MH
Download Link:https://github.com/kolton/d2bot-with-kolbot
How to start:
Step 1: Downloading the bot
Diablo 2 Bot 2020
Download Tortoise SVN: Tortoise SVN Download
Install Tortoise SVN
Create a new folder (usually on desktop to make it easier to find and access) Name it whatever you like (kolbot works) Then right click the folder and go to 'SVN Checkout' Where it says 'URL of repository' Paste in this link https://github.com/kolton/d2bot-with-kolbot/trunk Then click 'OK' to start the SVN checkout process (downloading the bot files) You cannot paste this link https://github.com/kolton/d2bot-with-kolbot/trunk in your address bar and download the bot! YOU MUST USE TORTOISE SVN and the CHECKOUT PROCESS!
It has also been brought to my attention that the newer versions of Tortoise SVN are not allowing the checkout link to work or error out. I suggest an older version like this one (1.9.7.27907) and DO NOT update so that you can download the bot from the source Tortoise SVN
Once this process is done it should say something like 'Completed At Revision ****' The revision number will change as new versions are released as long as no errors occur continue on.
You must download and install the dependencies for the bot:
.Netframework download
VC++ 2008 download
VC++ 2010 download
If you receive or see an error that says 'You have a higher version installed' or something similar then you can skip that download/install
Text Version from the github (original source) https://github.com/kolton/d2bot-with-kol...ith-kolbot
Video with instructions:
Install Tortoise SVN
Create a new folder (usually on desktop to make it easier to find and access) Name it whatever you like (kolbot works) Then right click the folder and go to 'SVN Checkout' Where it says 'URL of repository' Paste in this link https://github.com/kolton/d2bot-with-kolbot/trunk Then click 'OK' to start the SVN checkout process (downloading the bot files) You cannot paste this link https://github.com/kolton/d2bot-with-kolbot/trunk in your address bar and download the bot! YOU MUST USE TORTOISE SVN and the CHECKOUT PROCESS!
It has also been brought to my attention that the newer versions of Tortoise SVN are not allowing the checkout link to work or error out. I suggest an older version like this one (1.9.7.27907) and DO NOT update so that you can download the bot from the source Tortoise SVN
Once this process is done it should say something like 'Completed At Revision ****' The revision number will change as new versions are released as long as no errors occur continue on.
You must download and install the dependencies for the bot:
.Netframework download
VC++ 2008 download
VC++ 2010 download
If you receive or see an error that says 'You have a higher version installed' or something similar then you can skip that download/install
Text Version from the github (original source) https://github.com/kolton/d2bot-with-kol...ith-kolbot
Video with instructions:
Step 2: Adding your cd keys
Diablo 2 Working Bot 2019 Discord
Keep in mind you need a FULL key set. Meaning you need both Classic and Expansion keys for this bot to work. They are NOT provided and they MUST be working keys if you wish to use this bot on public battle.net servers. Diablo II/Diablo 2 must be installed and it MUST be on version 1.14d
Find your folder we just made and used the SVN checkout process with I used Kolbot as name of my folder. Inside the folder you need to find 'D2Bot.exe' Right click on this program and go to 'properties' then go to 'compatibility' If you are using Windows 8 or 8.1 you need to use the check box that reads 'Run this program in compatibility mode for' Then click the drop down menu and select 'Windows XP Service Pack 2' EVERYONE on any windows needs to check the checkbox that reads 'Run this program as Administrator' Then click the 'Apply' button. Lastly Click the 'OK' button.
Now try to run 'D2Bot.exe' It should open without errors.
Find the 'Keys' button and click it.
There are different ways to add keys. I will list the most used ones here. You do not need to use multiple methods for the same key. Choose one method per cd key set.
1. Manual addition of keys- Click in the text box that has a + sign next to it and type whatever name you would like for this keyset. This name is for the bots identification purposes and does not affect the game. Next click the 'Name' text box this name WILL be shown in game for the name if someone tries to use these keys and gets the 'In use by key name' error. Put any name you like in this field. Next copy and paste or type out each of your classic and expansion keys in the next two text boxes labeled as 'Classic' and 'Expansion' Then click the 'Apply' button. Then click the 'ok' button.
2. Adding .mpq file keys- This is primarily used if you create cd key files via the key creator or you made them with Etal etc. To use your .mpq files you must place them in the Diablo II folder you are going to use for this bot. Ex: ImageThen we will find the 'Keys' button and click it. Click in the text box that has a + sign next to it and type whatever name you would like for this keyset. This name is for the bots identification purposes and does not affect the game. Next click the 'Name' text box. This is where we place the name of the .mpq file we copied over to our diablo 2 folder earlier. The file names must match exactly! EX: d2key1.mpq Leave the 'Classic' and 'Expansion' sections blank. Click 'Apply' and then click 'OK'.
3. Use the cd key set that was used with your Diablo II install. If you installed your copy of Diablo II using your OWN keys or keys that WORK and you want to use those... wait until a later step and I will show how to do this method. (Easiest method/Most dangerous method).
Video Instructions here:
Find your folder we just made and used the SVN checkout process with I used Kolbot as name of my folder. Inside the folder you need to find 'D2Bot.exe' Right click on this program and go to 'properties' then go to 'compatibility' If you are using Windows 8 or 8.1 you need to use the check box that reads 'Run this program in compatibility mode for' Then click the drop down menu and select 'Windows XP Service Pack 2' EVERYONE on any windows needs to check the checkbox that reads 'Run this program as Administrator' Then click the 'Apply' button. Lastly Click the 'OK' button.
Now try to run 'D2Bot.exe' It should open without errors.
Find the 'Keys' button and click it.
There are different ways to add keys. I will list the most used ones here. You do not need to use multiple methods for the same key. Choose one method per cd key set.
1. Manual addition of keys- Click in the text box that has a + sign next to it and type whatever name you would like for this keyset. This name is for the bots identification purposes and does not affect the game. Next click the 'Name' text box this name WILL be shown in game for the name if someone tries to use these keys and gets the 'In use by key name' error. Put any name you like in this field. Next copy and paste or type out each of your classic and expansion keys in the next two text boxes labeled as 'Classic' and 'Expansion' Then click the 'Apply' button. Then click the 'ok' button.
2. Adding .mpq file keys- This is primarily used if you create cd key files via the key creator or you made them with Etal etc. To use your .mpq files you must place them in the Diablo II folder you are going to use for this bot. Ex: ImageThen we will find the 'Keys' button and click it. Click in the text box that has a + sign next to it and type whatever name you would like for this keyset. This name is for the bots identification purposes and does not affect the game. Next click the 'Name' text box. This is where we place the name of the .mpq file we copied over to our diablo 2 folder earlier. The file names must match exactly! EX: d2key1.mpq Leave the 'Classic' and 'Expansion' sections blank. Click 'Apply' and then click 'OK'.
3. Use the cd key set that was used with your Diablo II install. If you installed your copy of Diablo II using your OWN keys or keys that WORK and you want to use those... wait until a later step and I will show how to do this method. (Easiest method/Most dangerous method).
Video Instructions here: