(HPs increase by 50% per player past 10 in 1.09a/b) That will be of importance for some game aspects.Įach monster's Hit Points are multiplied by the number of players in the game according to a certain formula, which differs from version to version:ġ.10+ (any): Hit Points = X * (n + 1) / 2 To make things a bit more difficult: there is a distinction between near players in a party with you and unpartied players. Note: The player setting does not influence the quality of the dropped items! There's an entirely different algorithm for that.

You'll need more time for killing monsters.

In general one could say: the higher the player setting, the higher the monsters' hit points and damage, the amount of experience gained and the frequency/amount of drops. 'I cleared the whole Throne Room on p8', meaning that all of Baal's minion waves were defeated on a player setting of 8 players. In Single Player mode, open and non Multiplayer mode the player setting can be changed by the Players X Command.Ĭommon abbreviations are 'pX' or '/pX', e.g. the maximum number of players in one game). However, with every player joining a multiplayer game the player setting is increased by one up till a maximum of 8 (i.e. It has impact on monsters' hit points, experience gained and drops.

The player setting gives account of how many players are present in one game.

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