Diablo III |OT2| Queues Rise. Servers Fall.

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Thrakier said:
Yes, and thanks for the tip. The sharpnes alone makes it SO MUCH BETTER LOOKING. Whoever decided that this game needed that blur filter = epic fail. You don't even need to use the contrast/gamme correction. I only use sharpen and the lightest stage of color correction. It makes a world difference. I see mcuh more detail where before there was only blur. I need to paypal that D3 guy some money. He did what Blizzdon't.
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The blur is actually a by product of the post process AA, and not necessarily intentional.
 
Shouta said:
Man, I hit 59 and my DPS just jumped to like 6k without buffs because of weapons. It's wild. The weapons you can get are absolutely crazy.

Anyway, I've started building a resistance set and it pays off when I need it, very sexy shit for Hell. Hopefully it'll be useful for Inferno.
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Yeah, I started cutting back on DPS and concentrating on armor and such...makes hell much more bearable.
 
CarbonatedFalcon said:
OS X? If Windows, you probably just have shitty specs, even if they surpass minimum, and there's not much you can do about it but upgrade.
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Windows. If I surpass the minimum, the game should run at a playable framerate, right? Especially at the lowest possible settings. Isn't that what minimum implies?

For reference, my laptop can run SCII on Ultra, WoW at High, and I played through The Witcher II (and it looked and ran fine all the way through). Considering this, D2 shouldn't be unplayable, right?

For my original question, are there other settings that you can flag on and off in a config file?

Edit: Keep in mind, it ran just fine through the first two acts, but once I hit Act III the framerate started getting really bad and hasn't really recovered.
 
krameriffic said:
For those barbarian players pondering the mechanics of life steal and life on hit, Kripparian is streaming himself analyzing how it works. Oddly enough, most of your abilities have a % modifier on how much life you get back. For instance, Cleave gives you only 80% of your life on hit. Even more weird, Cleave with Broad Sweep only gives you 50% of your life on hit.

http://www.twitch.tv/nl_kripp

Fascinating to watch if you're a super nerd who likes this kind of stuff. Someone's gotta put the guides together with the numbers I guess.
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This stuff makes me salivate.
Loved how much the mechanics were analyzed in Diablo 2.
I'll probably keep this stream opened whenever it is online.
 
I wonder how much damage you can do with a heavy 2h xbow +60% damage crit + passive +50% damage crit + sharpshooter... Already 160% if you can find a crazy xbow with a socket you have about 200%. Now use it with impale grievous wounds +100 % crit damage and you have insane damage !
 
SnakeswithLasers said:
Windows. If I surpass the minimum, the game should run at a playable framerate, right? Especially at the lowest possible settings. Isn't that what minimum implies?

For reference, my laptop can run SCII on Ultra, WoW at High, and I played through The Witcher II (and it looked and ran fine all the way through). Considering this, D2 shouldn't be unplayable, right?

For my original question, are there other settings that you can flag on and off in a config file?

Edit: Keep in mind, it ran just fine through the first two acts, but once I hit Act III the framerate started getting really bad and hasn't really recovered.
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Act 3 is the most resource heavy of the acts in terms of constant particle effects and whatnot so that makes sense.
 
Tunesmith said:
Act 3 is the most resource heavy of the acts in terms of constant particle effects and whatnot so that makes sense.
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But it doesn't make sense in terms of "I exceed the minimum, so the game should be playable in all areas."

Maybe you're just commenting, but I'm looking for a very specific answer to a very specific question: "Is there another config file outside of the game with additional toggles that may help performance?"
 
Went ahead and got this for -$3 at GameStop with trade-in promotion. You really can get some crazy-good value for the rest of the month if you have a fair amount of old games to get rid of.

Now, for the epic feel that is the Blizzard install process...
 
Asked it earlier, but it would really help. How does +DMG work on a Wizard if it is like Frost or Arcane? Does it just get added to those spells? Or is it treated the same as normal +DMG.
 
Can anyone give me a hand with my monk?

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I've been fine up to hell, I have about 33k hp.

There's absolutely nothing I can do against even the simplest of named champion packs. I simply die almost instantly and cannot kill anything.

I easily stood in Nightmare mode Diablos face and didn't even move while killing him, but now I cannot play at all and the game simply isn't fun.

I farmed up and spent a fortune to get my health and defense that high, but I still die immediately as I have no way to keep my health up.

The only way I can play the game right now is to use the spirit exploit with Sweeping wind and quickness. Otherwise I have no where near enough spirit to keep using abilities.

any advice? gear and build. Thank you.
 
SnakeswithLasers said:
Windows. If I surpass the minimum, the game should run at a playable framerate, right? Especially at the lowest possible settings. Isn't that what minimum implies?

For reference, my laptop can run SCII on Ultra, WoW at High, and I played through The Witcher II (and it looked and ran fine all the way through). Considering this, D2 shouldn't be unplayable, right?

For my original question, are there other settings that you can flag on and off in a config file?

Edit: Keep in mind, it ran just fine through the first two acts, but once I hit Act III the framerate started getting really bad and hasn't really recovered.
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That's weird, if you can run SC2 on Ultra there shouldn't be much of a problem running this game. My laptop can only run SC2 on medium and only on low in 3v3 games, but can run D2 at 30 fps stable on medium settings. Only in solo games though, it goes to shit if it's a multiplayer game.

Do you have Vsync on and max framerate set to either 30 or 60 (try both)? That's what it took for the framerate to get playable. Once I did that, the other settings didn't matter as much, though I'd still keep Low FX and shadows off.

Even on my desktop, the framerate fluctuated a lot until I turned on vsync and locked framerate to 120.
 
woober said:
I extracted everything from the darkd3 into my Diablo 3 folder and the game won't run. It crashes every time I launch it. Tips?
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Which DirectX? If it's above 9.0 it crashes.

Also ran the pre-sharp method and the difference is amazing. Running it on Hardcore shader.
 
I got a legendary today on Inferno act 2.

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Worse than blues by a mile.

Fuck you Blizzard. This is something only Square-Enix would do.
 
You guys need to use Caltrops with the immobilizing rune. Slow is useless but that lets you kite even Fast elite mobs pretty much forever (with room) if you can survive the occasional vortex pull or so.

Another skill that I think is underrated is Vault with the stun rune, it's great against certain bosses given you can choose to stun them to interrupt their spells any time.
 
FieryBalrog said:
That's weird, if you can run SC2 on Ultra there shouldn't be much of a problem running this game. My laptop can only run SC2 on medium and only on low in 3v3 games, but can run D2 at 30 fps stable on medium settings. Only in solo games though, it goes to shit if it's a multiplayer game.

Do you have Vsync on and max framerate set to either 30 or 60 (try both)? That's what it took for the framerate to get playable. Once I did that, the other settings didn't matter as much, though I'd still keep Low FX and shadows off.

Even on my desktop, the framerate fluctuated a lot until I turned on vsync and locked framerate to 120.
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I have Vsync OFF as I thought that would be the better option for performance. I'll try on.

I do have the framerate locked low (30) but it doesn't want to get beyond 4. ;)

I'll mess around with the suggestions. Thanks guys!
 
krameriffic said:
For those barbarian players pondering the mechanics of life steal and life on hit, Kripparian is streaming himself analyzing how it works. Oddly enough, most of your abilities have a % modifier on how much life you get back. For instance, Cleave gives you only 80% of your life on hit. Even more weird, Cleave with Broad Sweep only gives you 50% of your life on hit.

http://www.twitch.tv/nl_kripp

Fascinating to watch if you're a super nerd who likes this kind of stuff. Someone's gotta put the guides together with the numbers I guess.
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They're continually farming a champion on act 4, how?!

:(
 
SnakeswithLasers said:
Windows. If I surpass the minimum, the game should run at a playable framerate, right? Especially at the lowest possible settings. Isn't that what minimum implies?

For reference, my laptop can run SCII on Ultra, WoW at High, and I played through The Witcher II (and it looked and ran fine all the way through). Considering this, D2 shouldn't be unplayable, right?

For my original question, are there other settings that you can flag on and off in a config file?

Edit: Keep in mind, it ran just fine through the first two acts, but once I hit Act III the framerate started getting really bad and hasn't really recovered.
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Well Act 3 (and maybe 4 to some extent) do tend to have more things on screen. Not unrelated, I think I was getting some performance drops when it gave me a bunch of AI followers in Act 2 (something like Templar, Leah, and
Kulle
all at once.)

From what you've said of your system though, you don't just exceed minimum specs, but exceed recommended. I'm not sure what to tell you except to check the official tech support forum and look at the sticky of known issues + fixes there, as well as browse other threads to see if people have the same issue.
 
Yup, screw dps :p it's all about dem vit and armor!
 
I haven't played any other class, but Witch Doctor is awesome.

Most of my deaths so far have been because of single player lag. Being on 3G for this game is painful even though there is no reason for it to be.
 
So GAF, Frost Arrow or Ball Lightning for Elemental Arrow? Ball Lightning has been great for me so far but I just got Frost Arrow and I like that it slows down the enemies as well as travelling faster than Ball Lightning. Which have you found more useful?
 
LunaticHigh said:
Can anyone give me a hand with my monk?

http://i.imgur.com/0EX3b.jpg

I've been fine up to hell, I have about 33k hp.

There's absolutely nothing I can do against even the simplest of named champion packs. I simply die almost instantly and cannot kill anything.

I easily stood in Nightmare mode Diablos face and didn't even move while killing him, but now I cannot play at all and the game simply isn't fun.

I farmed up and spent a fortune to get my health and defense that high, but I still die immediately as I have no way to keep my health up.

The only way I can play the game right now is to use the spirit exploit with Sweeping wind and quickness. Otherwise I have no where near enough spirit to keep using abilities.

any advice? gear and build. Thank you.
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Resists are very important on Hell and above I think additionally, defensive Skills and traits are key. If you aren't doing MF/GF, then I'd highly recommend hitting the AH and buying All Resist gear with the stats you need to reduce the damage. Also, it's more important that you can heal yourself rapidly in Hell. So figuring a skill setup for yourself would be a good idea.
 
Noirulus said:
So GAF, Frost Arrow or Ball Lightning for Elemental Arrow? Ball Lightning has been great for me so far but I just got Frost Arrow and I like that it slows down the enemies as well as travelling faster than Ball Lightning. Which have you found more useful?
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I'm a ball lightning user, just works really well. Currently in Hell and still pwning with it.
 
LunaticHigh said:
Can anyone give me a hand with my monk?

0EX3b.jpg


I've been fine up to hell, I have about 33k hp.

There's absolutely nothing I can do against even the simplest of named champion packs. I simply die almost instantly and cannot kill anything.

I easily stood in Nightmare mode Diablos face and didn't even move while killing him, but now I cannot play at all and the game simply isn't fun.

I farmed up and spent a fortune to get my health and defense that high, but I still die immediately as I have no way to keep my health up.

The only way I can play the game right now is to use the spirit exploit with Sweeping wind and quickness. Otherwise I have no where near enough spirit to keep using abilities.

any advice? gear and build. Thank you.
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Your DPS is pretty low for Hell. The faster you can kill things the less time you have to spend with them, after all.

Summon an ally of some sort and have them draw a bit of the agro and use reach instead of fists to keep a bit of room. Switch to healing mantra with the increased heal rate rune and spam that shit if you need a quick boost to your health. Also, serenity with heal is pretty useful

Your main problem is that you're not killing things fast enough, I'd say
 
RS4- said:
They're continually farming a champion on act 4, how?!

:(
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The mob they're farming is right after a quest checkpoint, so their WD goes in and solos it to like 5% and they then join his game (with MF gear on) and kill it. They loot and repeat.
 
Yoshichan said:
Yup, screw dps :p it's all about dem vit and armor!
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Granted I haven't gotten that far yet in Inferno (just beat SK), but this build http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barbarian#aeRTPk!ZYd!ZYbbZY is fucking crazy. Get a slow 2h with high end damage (mine tops out just over 800) and get ~10k dps. As long as the packs don't have shield, you will be completely invincible for 5 seconds and a Wrath'd Earthquake kills everything so fast.
Ranged mobs are a problem but I think they'll be a problem no matter what build you'll use.
 
Damn. Why are Legendaries so freakin worthless? Or is just that Rares are way overpowered?
The itemization/lack thereof is really weird. Legendaries should be able to break standard bonus stat thresholds or do crazy shit that makes them worth it.
 
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