DiabloII.net have posted a transcript of their chat with Blizzard about the features in the v1.10 patch for Diablo II. The chat was with Bill Roper, Max Schaefer, Brian Fitzgerald, Derek Simmons, Peter Hu, Ken Williams, Robert Bridenbecker, Chris Arretche, Matt Householder, Geoff Fraizer, Lisa Bucek, George Wang and Gil:

    Q: Have you done anything to limit the ability of higher level players to help 'rush' newbies through the game very quickly?

    Blizzard: Players only get experience if they are close to the monster when it's killed. NOTE: There are several areas where you can't town-portal to unless you've completed the quests with 'unlock' them.