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LyleLanley
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So after getting a Witch Doctor to 53, I decided to make a Monk. I've gotten him to level 9 and I'm liking this character a ton, maybe even more than my WD.
lol I swear I saw someone put a legendary bow up for 100k the other day. By the time I bid it was gone. Either someone snagged or they realized they forgot a 0. Those deals are sogood.gif.
thetrin
Hail, peons, for I have come as ambassador from the great and bountiful Blueberry Butt Explosion
Monks are seriously fucking fun.
I definitely wouldn't mind if it were just the old D2 throwback items that were weak or bland, I agree with that sentiment. Problem is I can't really find any legendary or set items that have interesting properties on the AH at all; this wasn't really an aspect of D2 that only permeated endgame, it defined the itemization classes at all levels. This wasn't initially true for sets (they were straight up bad at first), but the uniques pretty much operated this way from level 1. I mean one of the first unique bows you could find would change your basic attack into explosive arrows. Is there any legendary item in D3 you can find on the AH with some kind of unique property that would separate it from the rare class of items entirely?
There is something glorious about punching things till they explode.
Until you get to Inferno. :lol
It's weird, everyone else enjoys the hell out of Monks and I can't stand playing as one. I'm not quite sure why.
LyleLanley
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They really are, I teamed up with another monk and we were just tearing things up.
bigmit3737
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Hey guys I'm still early in the game, but I was wondering if we are able to craft rares or are rares just found through drops?
Rares are yellow colored text items right?
Besides magical, set, and rares, is there another item type?
Thank you.
Rares are yellow colored text items right?
Besides magical, set, and rares, is there another item type?
Thank you.
There are legendaries as well, which are orange-ish. You can craft rares and legendaries with high enough skill, though they require plans and materials which drop in higher difficulties.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
I disagree... they're extremely passive :/ At least the build I'm using.
They're fun early, but late game it's all about spamming MoH: Boon and auto-attacking.
bigmit3737
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Thank you.
I have a bunch of magical items, should I just sell them to a vendor/break them down through my blacksmith. I haven't visited the AH, but it seems most items are either rares, legendary and set items, and no magical items - I assume I won't get any money from the AH for my magical items.
The auction house is such an interesting mess right now.
Did anyone else watch what I call "Kripparian Shopping Network" last night on twitch.tv? The NoLifers were farming a single gold mob in act 4 inferno by having the witch doctor create a game, find the mob and bring him to the waypoint and knock his health down to about 1%. Then he tells Kripp and everyone else to join the game with all their MF gear on and then collect the rewards after killing the poor thing.
Then, they would show how much they were selling the item for saying that we are pricing with "Walmart" prices and then proceed to sell pretty much whatever they listed within a couple of minutes of the listing becoming official. It helps when you have 4k people watching your auctions. He said that he made about 7 million gold in a little under 16 hrs.
One thing they found was a crafting recipe for 6 affixed rare gloves requiring lvl 60. They rolled about 15 of them at 87k + mats each and some of the stats were just crazy good. Stuff like 18% MF with 180 dex, 30% increased crit dmg, 8% increased crit chance, etc etc.
I am on board with not using the AH unless I get completely stuck at this point. I did use it to assist my barb through some of the more difficult parts of hell but now that I have a lvl 60 farmer that just happens to suck at farming in end game
, I will try to outfit my other classes with what I can craft and find.
Did anyone else watch what I call "Kripparian Shopping Network" last night on twitch.tv? The NoLifers were farming a single gold mob in act 4 inferno by having the witch doctor create a game, find the mob and bring him to the waypoint and knock his health down to about 1%. Then he tells Kripp and everyone else to join the game with all their MF gear on and then collect the rewards after killing the poor thing.
Then, they would show how much they were selling the item for saying that we are pricing with "Walmart" prices and then proceed to sell pretty much whatever they listed within a couple of minutes of the listing becoming official. It helps when you have 4k people watching your auctions. He said that he made about 7 million gold in a little under 16 hrs.
One thing they found was a crafting recipe for 6 affixed rare gloves requiring lvl 60. They rolled about 15 of them at 87k + mats each and some of the stats were just crazy good. Stuff like 18% MF with 180 dex, 30% increased crit dmg, 8% increased crit chance, etc etc.
I am on board with not using the AH unless I get completely stuck at this point. I did use it to assist my barb through some of the more difficult parts of hell but now that I have a lvl 60 farmer that just happens to suck at farming in end game
, I will try to outfit my other classes with what I can craft and find.Blizzard is essential for kiting and Crystal Shell is essential for not dying (as is force armor). As for disintegrate I find it to be the most damaging to both groups and single targets, the downside being you need to stand in place to shoot it which is pretty dangerous.
Coalition-PezRadar
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Just finished my first play through on Normal. My monk at the end.
Didn't think I would enjoy Diablo when I bought it, but its probably the most fun I have had this year.
why are you not using runes on your other 3 skills.. Its like a free better version of the normal skill!! Hopefully you realize this
It depends on whether you are going to use the gold AH or not. If you are, don't bother breaking down items until you are in hell or inferno. Either AH them or vendor them.
As for selling magic items on the AH, some combinations are actually pretty strong. Unintuitive as it may sound though, the market for those items is going to be higher at 60. Personally I vendor almost everything magic unless I think my companion can use it.
No. Time to make some character mules.
fluffydelusions
Member
Just beat the SK on hell. I think the most important thing is armor in hell. Currently at a bit over 2200 armor rating and it's been working nicely so far.
TurtleSnatcher
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To me they are the least fun high level class. The Inferno builds seem to be one spirit generator and 5 defensive/aura/blind abilities. Nothing that requires positioning, unlike the WD which is all positioning.
Only level 20, but further on specificly Nightmare and up ... is it a bad idea to be using Caltrops still?
my thing with the itemisation is that... well they made the exact same mistake blizzard north did in diablo 2 classic
i dont know how they let it happen
in that game, rares were much better than the uniques, because the uniques were all low quality and itemised poorly. there were a couple of useful items, like the gull and and spectral shard and stuff, but even those were only added in patch 1.09
it completely fucks with your sense of progression i think. once rares start dropping, and they do really early in d3, theres nothing more to look forward to really, other than looking at your random stats. its just... fundamentally psychologically unsatisfying to have the same shitty random rares be the be all and end all of the game.
yes lord of destruction made it into a rat race for the few incredible items, but that only seemed that way after everyone had played the game for years and years and had actually gotten the super items. eventually, every time the ladder reset, you could see how it worked successfully, with almost every new unique drop being worthwhile and useful as you tried to level up quickly and get to the stage where you actually got the best items, which you knew were the best. it just... feels better that way imo
i dont know how they let it happen
in that game, rares were much better than the uniques, because the uniques were all low quality and itemised poorly. there were a couple of useful items, like the gull and and spectral shard and stuff, but even those were only added in patch 1.09
it completely fucks with your sense of progression i think. once rares start dropping, and they do really early in d3, theres nothing more to look forward to really, other than looking at your random stats. its just... fundamentally psychologically unsatisfying to have the same shitty random rares be the be all and end all of the game.
yes lord of destruction made it into a rat race for the few incredible items, but that only seemed that way after everyone had played the game for years and years and had actually gotten the super items. eventually, every time the ladder reset, you could see how it worked successfully, with almost every new unique drop being worthwhile and useful as you tried to level up quickly and get to the stage where you actually got the best items, which you knew were the best. it just... feels better that way imo
I like it the way it is now. If they must change it, just buff legendary items slightly. I would hate D3 to turn into D2 where you MUST have Enigma or you fail.
Dark Legacy was a dumbed down Diablo game.
xxjuicesxx
Member
Shadow Power. That is all.
DJ Lushious
Member
I wish I could have said the same thing about my WD! I couldn't solo Diablo, but luckily I had a Barb friend to help.
Any Witch Doctor players know of a good solo build for Hell difficulty?
Yeah that's why I am not being too down on the whole Rare vs Legendary itemization in D3 now. The game will be patched numerous times for who knows how long with expansions coming obviously. Compare D3 to vanilla D2 (1.00) and it looks so much better in comparison.
The main thing going for D3 is that the core combat is way more fun and addicting which will pave the way for additional content.
The main thing going for D3 is that the core combat is way more fun and addicting which will pave the way for additional content.
Ooooh I'm so loving this build. I even killed a fucking Mortar Shielded pack! Only died once to it! With a 2H!
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barbarian#aeRTPk!ZYd!ZYbbZY
Needs at least 10k dps unbuffed to work, but ooooh la la do you MELT the packs when you roll your CDs.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barbarian#aeRTPk!ZYd!ZYbbZY
Needs at least 10k dps unbuffed to work, but ooooh la la do you MELT the packs when you roll your CDs.
xxjuicesxx
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As a DH I'm towards end of ActI on Nightmare. Run with Templar.
At the start of any fight I put down a Sentry.
I then Mark of Death the harder target in the group. I use Arrows that snare the oncoming horde and Chakram's. If people actually do make it to me I either kite or I'll just use Archery - the volley of arrows. Shadow Power will heal you up if they hit you and if you see red just hit Q and bail.
fluffydelusions
Member
Had a really hard laugh tonight as I entered this random dungeon.
Check out the enemy name and the dungeon name at the top right corner.
Also, is there any way for the game to save screen grabs in a decent non-jaggy resolution?
Hahahaha.
Had a really hard laugh tonight as I entered this random dungeon.
Check out the enemy name and the dungeon name at the top right corner.
Also, is there any way for the game to save screen grabs in a decent non-jaggy resolution?
Notice anything about all the other mobs or possibly the yellow at the end ;D?
Had a really hard laugh tonight as I entered this random dungeon.
Check out the enemy name and the dungeon name at the top right corner.
Also, is there any way for the game to save screen grabs in a decent non-jaggy resolution?
you get an achievement for killing jay wilson in there :3
Well needless to say all the other mobs were developers on the game. Didn't really pay attention to the yellow mob's name in particular, though I did get an achievement.
BlazingDarkness
Member
Had a really hard laugh tonight as I entered this random dungeon.
Check out the enemy name and the dungeon name at the top right corner.
Also, is there any way for the game to save screen grabs in a decent non-jaggy resolution?
lolwut
fluffydelusions
Member
Damn...just got an invite to CS:GO lol hm what to play now...so confused
Was posted earlier, though it was spoilered so easy to miss:
http://www.ign.com/wikis/diablo-3/Development_Hell
antiquegamer
Member
Yea I hate Monks. I got one to 24 and absolutely hated it. They are very squishy
Really? I didn't die once as a monk going through normal. Boss was a cake walk..only time I come close to dying was standing in puddle of poison or lava. It was way easier to play Monk to me than Demon Hunter ...
However now that my Demon Hunter has fear arrow I just shoot those then randomly shoot seeking arrows and collect loots with half of the mobs dying off screen. If I get caught in a pack I just go god mode (smoke screen) then repeat. Feel so cheap. Only thing giving my DH problem are those mortar launching guy, because I have to get close to them.
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