Diablo III |OT2| Queues Rise. Servers Fall.

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Ferrio said:
Hrm not sure. I guess freeze might be the only one you could test it out... thing all the other stuns/stuff is targetted.
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As edited in above, it works. It works on Inferno Butcher (I've been in situations where I knew a hook was coming and couldn't move fast enough to avoid) and it works on elites with frozen orbs. It allows me to pump DPS with no interrupt for moving/freezing etc. even for a second.
 
Opiate said:
It is absolutely essential for Inferno Butcher, in my opinion. If you get caught with a hook you either smokescreen out or you die. If you are absolutely sure you'll never get hooked, I suppose you could go without, but realistically it seems mandatory to me.



Yes it does. I use this pre-emptively against Frozen elites on Hell/Inferno with great effect. As the frozen orbs are about to burst, I cast Smoke Screen and never miss a beat DPSing.
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HNG! Then yeah, that solidifies it being a staple skill in Hell/Inferno.
 
Deadly Cyclone said:
Am I ever going to be able to download the starter edition? I'd really like to see how well the game runs...

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Been getting this for a week now.
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I keep having this issue as well. Navigate to: C:\ProgramData\Battle.net\Agent\Agent.954 and run the Agent application, then try starting the game.
 
The game does not even start now, the diablo 3 logo appears, then fade, then nothing.
I get a "diablo is already running" message if I try to re launch, I can kill the process, but nothing happens... Anybody had the same issue? Easy fix?

I am just at Diablo, it's a bit a frustrating :)
 
Now I feel stupid not having used smokescreen for the butcher. I assumed bosses/uniques wouldn't be affected by the spell and just vaulted all over the place.
 
scy said:
As far as I can tell, it prevents them from occurring. Granted, I'm basing that off of my experience with Serenity but I assume they function the same.
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But serenity doesn't drop all threat (or whatever we want to call it in Diablo) like Smokescreen does.

Smoke screen is, as far as I can tell, a "the game doesn't think you exist" button for 3 seconds. I have found nothing that impairs smokescreen. It breaks CC, prevents CC, breaks threat/aggro, prevents all direct damage, stops all incoming direct damage, stops all aoe damage, prevents all aoe damage. Everything.
 
I was browsing the AH yesterday and came across the "reduced level requirement" affix for weapons...holy crap is it amazing if your character is in the L40-50 range. I snagged a bow with 340 dps + a socket that i could equip at L45, my char sheet damage more than doubled.
 
Opiate said:
But serenity doesn't drop all threat (or whatever we want to call it in Diablo) like Smokescreen does.

Smoke screen is, as far as I can tell, a "the game doesn't think you exist" button for 3 seconds. I have found nothing that impairs smokescreen. It breaks CC, prevents CC, breaks threat/aggro, prevents all direct damage, stops all incoming direct damage, stops all aoe damage, prevents all aoe damage. Everything.
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Which is unfortunately needed for DH. Get splatted too easily. It's a lame way to play.. but I can't figure out any other. Only other way I could thing is if you could build enough life steal to heal through it... but shit one shots you.
 
Ferrio said:
Which is unfortunately needed for DH. Get splatted too easily. It's a lame way to play.. but I can't figure out any other. Only other way I could thing is if you could build enough life steal to heal through it... but shit one shots you.
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This is pretty much the same as how wizard is in inferno. Have to lame it out with kiting and mirror images in order to survive long enough to dps them all.
 
Re: Accounts being pilfered...

"an exploit was discovered by duplicating a session ID
basically, if you join a public game with people, they can view your session ID and spoof it to login as you without need for a password or email or anyting
if you play with people, try not to play in public games bro, only with people you know"
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Response from a Blue...

Hey guys,

We are very aware of these reports and are taking them very seriously. Please keep an eye on the General Discussion forums as Community members will be posting something soon.

If you have been hacked, please contact Customer Service as soon as you can. In addition, using an Authenticator can help secure your account even more.
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Opiate said:
But serenity doesn't drop all threat (or whatever we want to call it in Diablo) like Smokescreen does.

Smoke screen is, as far as I can tell, a "the game doesn't think you exist" button for 3 seconds. I have found nothing that impairs smokescreen. It breaks CC, prevents CC, breaks threat/aggro, prevents all direct damage, stops all incoming direct damage, stops all aoe damage, prevents all aoe damage. Everything.
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Yeah, Smokescreen does a lot more, I just meant that they both function the same on the CC prevention (rather, they treat all CC the same). I've only dealt with Smokescreen-ing immunity to Freeze on my DH rather than my Monk who's popped Serenity pre-emptively on basically every CC effect in the game.

One thing odd for Smokescreen is that it lets you channel a revive even if you get "hit" during it; the other invulnerability skills don't allow you to do this :(

Edit: Though, now that I put it that way, I'm not 100% certain I tried everything for that (e.g., revive on top of terrain damage) to make sure that's the case.
 
Ferrio said:
Which is unfortunately needed for DH. Get splatted too easily. It's a lame way to play.. but I can't figure out any other. Only other way I could thing is if you could build enough life steal to heal through it... but shit one shots you.
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What are you wanting to do with your DH, I'm confused. You can wear a shield you know (which a lot of HC people are doing) if you want to tank mobs or whatever it is you're wanting to do.
 
TommyT said:
What are you wanting to do with your DH, I'm confused. You can wear a shield you know (which a lot of HC people are doing) if you want to tank mobs or whatever it is you're wanting to do.
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Shield wont' let you tank. I wore one through nightmare and start of hell.
 
SleazyC said:
MF just increases the chance that you will get better loot to drop, it doesn't guarantee it. Even someone with 1000mf might get all magic items dropping from a boss. MF really starts to shine when you look at its value over time and how much more you get versus having little to no MF.
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yeas i know that mf just increases the chances. I still dont understand why some people stack up mf in d2 when the return value wasnt that much
 
Ferrio said:
It is horrlble, a waste of discipline.

No reason to run it over smokescreen. Ya vault is fine in normal/nightmare when you don't have to spam smoke screen to stay alive, but so far in hell you need to stay invis most of the time or you're dead.
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I'm in act 2 of inferno, and I've been using vault this whole time, never had a problem with it. Maybe you're bad at using it?
 
Typical, my first legendary drops after I go back to normal to start a monk. Hooray, a shitty level 10 fist weapon with pathetic stats. Wasn't even better than the similar level blue I was using.
 
Trickster said:
I'm in act 2 of inferno, and I've been using vault this whole time, never had a problem with it. Maybe you're bad at using it?
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Maybe I am, or maybe we've already established that smoke screen is way better than vault. Ya I'm sure you can get by using it, why you'd want to.. i don't know. You could pack both.. but they're redudant skills.
 
UnblessedSoul said:
I just discovered some time dungeon in the desert, kept dieing trying to run past about 4 elite packs didn't find the chest
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Yeah if you don't make it to the 'exit' within the time limit it becomes a port to the outside. Had you, it would have been a room with two normal chests, a resplendent chest, and fortune shrine.
 
What benefit you get from dual weapons ? Faster attack rate ? You get weapon bonus from the weapon that hits ? Then the second one ?

Question : when you got an item like : armor 24 and then you read + 4 Armor. Does the big number already include the later stats ?
 
UnluckyKate said:
What benefit you get from dual weapons ? Faster attack rate ? You get weapon bonus from the weapon that hits ? Then the second one ?

Question : when you got an item like : armor 24 and then you read + 4 Armor. Does the big number already include the later stats ?
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15% attack speed bonus. They alternate attacks.
 
x3r0123 said:
yeas i know that mf just increases the chances. I still dont understand why some people stack up mf in d2 when the return value wasnt that much
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I ran most likely tens of thousands of MF runs on my D2 sorcerers with 400MF and was able to deck out a about 6 different characters in full high end runewords/uniques just off drops and trading of drops.

I'm not sure if this will replicate in Diablo 3 but it's a pretty binary decision. You either stack MF and have higher chances of drops or don't. This is muddied a bit more with the auction house(s) being introduced and should help people gear up without forcing them to do runs until their eyes bleed.
 
UnluckyKate said:
What benefit you get from dual weapons ? Faster attack rate ? You get weapon bonus from the weapon that hits ? Then the second one ?
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15% Increased Attack Speed is all Dual Wielding itself gives you. Your attacks will alternate between Main Hand and Off-Hand so think of your damage as an average of the two. This also means you can potentially lower your damage if your Off-Hand is worse than your Main Hand weapon.

Besides that, Dual Wielding means you have more hits so things that happen per hit (say, Spirit/Hatred generation) will occur more often.

Edit: Just to clarify, you do get the Stats of your Off-Hand Weapon but +Damage on your Off-Hand does not do anything for your Main Hand (and the same for +Damage on your Main Hand not working for your Off-Hand).

Question : when you got an item like : armor 24 and then you read + 4 Armor. Does the big number already include the later stats ?
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Already added. The same for +Damage for Weapons. +Damage on Rings/Amulets are not factored into the tooltip on the weapon itself but they are factored for the Damage number on the character sheet (the one under your stats and listed Armor).
 
Deadly Cyclone said:
Apparently Blizzard can't either. They closed my support ticket noting that they were too busy...

I just want to install the starter edition so I can try out the game. :|
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I'm not sure of what OS you're using, but have you tried running as administrator and changing the compatibility to XP SP3? I seem to recall having to do something like that to get the open beta installed.
 
It's hard for me to say this as I'm such a massive Diablo nut but the more I play the more I realize the itemization fucking blows. I have no idea what they were thinking. The uniques and sets are just a bunch of random stats, they have no real identity. Compare that to D2 and how most of the uniques were easy to tell apart because they all had their own specific qualities. In D3 it's like they just threw a bunch of random +stats on the items with like 1-2 unique ones (and even the unique stats are just generic fucking +stats). This is terrible.

And then the fact that all you need for your gear is +main stat and +vita, along with +resists when you get to hell/inferno, but mostly just +main stat and +vita. This is horrible.

I can't believe this, what were they thinking. The worst thing is that it can't be fixed easily as it would take a massive overhaul of the item system so the best we can hope for is a huge improvement for the expansion.

This is going to kill the longevity of the game. It all just finally hit me today (lvl 52 hell). I'm stunned for the most part.
 
Hey guys, I've read about the D3 hacking and I just want to make sure my "authenticator" is being utilized. Can someone point me in the right direction please? I checked the OP but I didn't see anything regarding it.

Thanks.
 
Ourobolus said:
Whew, Act 1 Hell was pretty rough for my Demon Hunter, but after dropping a nice 380+ DPS 2H crossbow, it got a bit easier. Lv 55 currently, base DPS around 7k, buffed at 15k.

Although if the Hell Act 4 boss is worse than the Nightmare version, holy hell it's gonna take awhile. Had a party of 4 take it on and while we got it on the second try, it was by the skin of our teeth.
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How the fuck are you level 55 just finishing Act 1 of Hell? How many times did you replay Normal mode acts? By the end of Act 1, Hell, I was probably 10 levels lower than you.

edit: nm. I was thinking of Nightmare.

bigmit3737 said:
Hey guys, I've read about the D3 hacking and I just want to make sure my "authenticator" is being utilized. Can someone point me in the right direction please? I checked the OP but I didn't see anything regarding it.

Thanks.
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I just enabled it on mine. Got to battle.net and login. You'll see a golden lock at the top of the webpage. Click on it and follow the steps.
 
Dreams-Visions said:
How the fuck are you level 55 just finishing Act 1 of Hell? How many times did you replay Normal mode acts? By the end of Act 1, Hell, I was probably 10 levels lower than you.
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Skipping every single non-Main Quest related dungeon and repeating absolutely nothing, my Monk and my friend's Wizard hit 51 basically at the start of Act 1 Hell and finished up at 53.

Edit: Damn edits! lol
 
Dreams-Visions said:
How the fuck are you level 55 just finishing Act 1 of Hell? How many times did you replay Normal mode acts? By the end of Act 1, Hell, I was probably 10 levels lower than you.
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There are quite a few easy places to grind exp that literally take 1-2 minutes. All you have to do is reset the quest and start the game again, do the quest, get exp, repeat. I was level 53 going into Hell. Level 56 going into Act 2.
 
x3r0123 said:
i had 10mf when it dropped :S. My buddy with 0mf got a legendary so i'm starting to think the mf feature doesnt work or mf just isnt relevant anymore :(
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Is that how mf is supposed to work? I thought it just increased the chance of getting a magic item not the quality of the magic item. Isn't it equivalent to just buying more tickets in the lottery?
 
Deadly Cyclone said:
Apparently Blizzard can't either. They closed my support ticket noting that they were too busy...

I just want to install the starter edition so I can try out the game. :|
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I'd probably take that as a company not to give my money to.

Some customer service.
 
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