OK, my mod is still in the planning stages... I've been reading to forums before Christmas, so I've been able to get several questions answered by reading posts.However, I still have a few questions I haven't been able to research. :-D
1: changing the 'personalization' quest reward so that it confers a bonus to the item besides the name change... perhaps increasing the durability, or making the item indestructible? granting ethereal item bonuses (without the disadvantages! ;-)) was another idea. Can the reward be modified in such a way? Along those lines, I'd also like to change "get a usually crappy rare ring" quest rewards so that the Cain reward is a rare in normal difficulty, and the Gidbinn drops a usually crappy rare amulet. :-)
2: I've heard some mention of battlenet emulation software? If this is out there... could you put your mod on it? a link to some tech notes would be greatly appreciated. :-D
3: items, items, items! I decided to write my mod because I was a little disappointed in the LoD items, item sets, etc. I basically want to make a unique for each item in the game, since Bliz didn't for most elites and class specifics. (Boo.) My question here applies to Charms, Jewels, and Circlets... I would like to make multiple unique possible for these (like rings and amulets). I've read some posts on Charms and Jewels, but wanted to double check before planning anything out...
4: Rares. I would like to allow all rare items to spawn with the "restricted to magic item only" affixes. I get a little annoyed that I can shop for cruel weapons that rares can never touch... I would assume this is possible, but wanted to double check.
5: Hirelings. read several posts on this, because I'd like to add some usefulness to Act1 and Act3 mercs without making them too powerful. I was thinking that adding the Vigor and Meditation auras to them, along with the Slow missile for the rogues. I guess my basic question here is... where are the limits when it comes to hirelings? This is where I'm the least decisive, and some extra info on what the rest of you guys have inplemented or tried to implement would help direct my thoughts. :-D
OK, those are my questions (for now!). I'm still planning everything out with my friends before starting it. Thanks again, guys!