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Let me say this up front: I'm a stick-and-move kiting Mage.

My left and right click are the Piercing Orb and Celestial Orb**.

I'm also using Spark Flint* (+12% damage), Magic Weapon (+15% damage), Arcane/Lightning Hydras, and Diamond Skin.

*I will switch out Spark Flint for Teleport or Archon if/when necessary. **You won't have Celestial Orb for a long time, but the regular Arcane Orb + damage is just terrific.

That said, I prefer this build because it allows me to "fire & forget". I can drop my Hydras, then proceed to kite any and everyone. shoot primary/secondary, take a few steps away from the enemy and repeat. And both my secondary and primary attacks are well suited for that style. I don't use any spells that force me to remain stationary, as Wiz's HP drops faster than a paid hooker's skirt.

Once you get Celestial Orb, you're going to find yourself simply laughing at the damage done to groups.

"Killed 24 in a single blow" is something you'll see regularly. It's like bowling.



It's pretty hard to find weapons with over 990 dps WITH a slot. They're just low in number. I got mine for 90k, which I know was a ridiculous deal. The ones with a slot are either (a) of lower dps (usually in the 800-900 dps range) @ 100k-200k, or are extremely expensive (500k). I'm not interesting in spending 500k-1m for any weapon that I've seen so far. The strongest 2h weapon I've seen so far was only 180dps stronger than the mace I'm currently using, and the actual damage range maybe only 200 damage stronger either way.

In other words, gains I've seen are somewhat negligible for the asking prices. Now, if I spot an 1100dps weapon for 200k, I'll buy it in a heartbeat. But 1 mill? Not sure the cost/benefit is in my corner on that one.

Were similiar then. I use Blizzard and Hydras and then Kite with Diamon Skin whilst casting Forked Lightning if i have enough distance. I need to look into spark flint
 
Playing a level 42 WD at the moment, I have around 6k hp and 1.3k dps (~2k buffed). Was wondering if that might be low or high. I'm near the end of Act 2 in nightmare.

On a side note I kinda wish this was more like D2 every time I play it.
 
fuck

this latency is such bullshit. attacks WON'T COME OUT even though my Wizard is swinging her arms like a mofo

like, this shit is impossible

no way am i ever going to play a HC character like this
 

If that is NSFW then I should be already fired
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Playing a level 42 WD at the moment, I have around 6k hp and 1.3k dps (~2k buffed). Was wondering if that might be low or high. I'm near the end of Act 2 in nightmare.

On a side note I kinda wish this was more like D2 every time I play it.

Should be fine, I'm act 3 (nearing its end) level 45 and 1.9dps.

Keep in mind tho that at your level I was pretty much identical, just changed up my gear at level 44 after some mad cheap AH sales! And I'm finding it fairly easy going. Keep in mind also I am by no means good at videogames ;_;

What skills you using? Darts/splinters, large firebats for me, with sprint, soul harvest, mass confusion and gargantuan/hodor
 
So today I tried some new ways to fix my micro-stuttering... again. I didn't really think I would be successful (tried everything from defragmenting to new drivers and even allocated specific cores to the game), but it seems I found a solution that works for me:

Since I tried all possible ingame options, I didn't think this would help, but I set the max fps to 200 and turned on vsync. As simple as that and now its gone for the most part. I can play with all options on high now without any of the seconds long hickups that occurred before.
 
Were similiar then. I use Blizzard and Hydras and then Kite with Diamon Skin whilst casting Forked Lightning if i have enough distance. I need to look into spark flint
I always forget about blizzard! I haven't even tried it since unlocking the prolonged duration upgrade. I really need to. I"ll probably need it soon. Spark flint is great for Normal - Hell, but I think I'll need the escapism of Teleport or even slow time (which I haven't used since day 1).

Im just perverted.

Anyone else go pantless?
you, sir, are a mess.

Though at this stage you are likely to die to the most nefarious evil of them all - the dreaded Lag Demon. Modifiers include jailer and teleporter. Nightmarish trait has high chance to strike human player directly. Rage-and-break-shit to follow shortly thereafter.

Wait until he experiences "Invulnerable" on Hell. The shit is stupid.


Anyway,

"Stacking hp as mage in inferno is useless".

Just read this on Reddit and it got me thinking. If I'm going to get insta-gibbed whether I have 50k HP or 30k HP, maybe I should start sacrificing HP for more Intelligence (damage). Looking at my build, I think I could piece together another 200 intelligence (+2500 dmg or so) at the sacrifice of about...5,000HP.

Can any other Wizards in Inferno past Act I comment if that's the better way to go? If that quote is fair?
 
Change your head socket with +% life (purple if I remember well) for survivability.
I don't know much about Monk but for your lv and the raw dps of the weapons you're wearing I think your dps is definitely too low. I guess you lack +base dmg increment trinkets, and probably also some % attack speed trinkets (beside weapons they're the only pieces of gear where you'll see those kind of stats). You'd be surprised to see the dps increment with those changes (all dmg multipliers are applied after the added increments on base dmg, so +dmg% from dexterity boosts it a lot).
Yesterday halfway through the first act in NM I dropped what seemed to be a mediocre bow and found an apparently silly ring. I noticed equipping both my dps went up of about 650 XD Sitting at 1500+ dps at lv 38 now at the beginning of the 2nd act.

Whelp, I just spent 60k on gear in the AH. Have 70k left.

Level 34 monk Nightmare:
Damage: 375.17-->856.49
Health: 1,568-->5,082
Magic Find: 9%-->40%
Dex: 423-->663

Hope it wasn't a bad idea.
 
Anyway,

"Stacking hp as mage in inferno is useless".

Just read this on Reddit and it got me thinking. If I'm going to get insta-gibbed whether I have 50k HP or 30k HP, maybe I should start sacrificing HP for more Intelligence (damage). Looking at my build, I think I could piece together another 200 intelligence (+2500 dmg or so) at the sacrifice of about...5,000HP.

Can any other Wizards in Inferno past Act I comment if that's the better way to go? If that quote is fair?

I already thought about that and it seems I wasn't the only one. I'll check it out this weekend.
 
So, I have an authenticator on my Android phone and I tried installing it on my ipod touch, but for some reason the touch code is always different (and never works). I've tried reinstalling, sycncing and nothing I have tried will get the authenticator to work.. in fact, I'm not sure what account it is even getting the numbers from.

Anyone ever dealt with this? How can I fix it so I can use my ipod to authenticate in addition to my phone?

You just have to use the restore function. Worked fine for me on my android phone and ipod touch. Just put in the restore code from your phone and it should sync up fine
 
I already thought about that and it seems I wasn't the only one. I'll check it out this weekend.

FWIW, I just did an experiment.

Lost 10,000HP (50,000 --> 40,000) and added about 4,000 damage.

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Not a lot of ways to do this at present that aren't damn harmful to your health. But yea. I broke 30,000 before Friday, so I guess that's something. :D
 
Cant even buy or sell some item categories such as gems or armlets. It seems the sever for fetching the "tax" rate is not responding and will give the error of 37071...

Latency for world servers are better now, but the AH servers are just crumbling with the traffic. I think might be due to some enterprising individuals running refresh scripts to get market price analytics =X Not sure.
 
Just hit L60 on my DH!

So what kinda stats should I be striving for on items and weapons? Obviously Dex, but what else? I know vit is a good side mod, that's all I know of though
 
Should be fine, I'm act 3 (nearing its end) level 45 and 1.9dps.

Keep in mind tho that at your level I was pretty much identical, just changed up my gear at level 44 after some mad cheap AH sales! And I'm finding it fairly easy going. Keep in mind also I am by no means good at videogames ;_;

What skills you using? Darts/splinters, large firebats for me, with sprint, soul harvest, mass confusion and gargantuan/hodor

Good to hear, worrying about hell and inferno though. :|

Using Dart/splinters, Plaguebats, Burning Dogs, Restless Gargantuan, Soul Harvest, Unbreakable grasp with passive skills Jungle Fortitude, Zombie Handler and Vision Quest.

If I mange to get 4 cd's going I just stand there doing plaguebats until the end of time if I have to. So far it really gets the job done.
 
Anyway,

"Stacking hp as mage in inferno is useless".

Just read this on Reddit and it got me thinking. If I'm going to get insta-gibbed whether I have 50k HP or 30k HP, maybe I should start sacrificing HP for more Intelligence (damage). Looking at my build, I think I could piece together another 200 intelligence (+2500 dmg or so) at the sacrifice of about...5,000HP.

Can any other Wizards in Inferno past Act I comment if that's the better way to go? If that quote is fair?
Yes. Ignore the vit-stat. It's not gonna help you.
 
I sacrifice a lot to not get one shotted by ranged boss attacks that deal 52,000dmg.

Thoughts on Inferno after being carried by a DH:
1) Melee classes still get wrecked and are 100% CD dependent (Past Act 1)
2) Stacking slows is actually fucking amazing
3) Insta kill boss attacks and 'enrage timers' are stupid.
4) Ranged adds can go eat a fat one
5) Stacking the shit out of buffs is useful
6) Stacking Crit and IAS is not helpful when you die in 2 hits from any mob past Act 1
7) A lot of skills shine a lot more in Inferno and I'm glad I'm able to swap between 10 of them trying to take down a boss, then swap again for the next fight after a few deaths
8) Repairing armor for 6k every 5 minutes is expensive.
9) Movement speed is my new savior

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So I'm not doing too bad being at 5k in Act III of NM then, good to know.

Nah, I'm at 1.3k in Act III of NM, but I also have 13k HP. I am also grabbed some crit gear so when I hit 50 I can see if I can make anything from the ability to lower cooldowns by 1 for each crit. 20% Crit rate right now.
 
Just hit L60 on my DH!

So what kinda stats should I be striving for on items and weapons? Obviously Dex, but what else? I know vit is a good side mod, that's all I know of though

bigger discipline pool is good, crit%, crit damage.
 
Man, I come online today and there's yet another goddamn server maintenance shit going on (this time restart). Worst thing is, because they do it in the early hours of the US, it's night here, which is the only time I can really play. So yeah, every 3 days or so there's a time where I can't play... I don't think this is the way a game like this should work...



Anyway, I'm with a monk right now, level 38 but crazy low DPS (567.80). I know I need to equip items that have more damage... but, is there any case where the damage showing up (usually negative numbers) might actually change once I equip the item because it has more dexterity or whatever?

If so, what kind of stats should I be looking for?
 
None of my buddies are on to play so I got bored and started browsing the auction house. Now my level 48 wizard has over 7k DPS.
 
THIS GAME IS MAKING ME TEAR MY HAIR OUT

so i'm on Act 2 beginning Hell.

Witch Doctor with 4500 dps and 1400 armor. I KEEP FUCKING DYING

RARE/CHAMPS ARE NOT DIFFICULT THEY ARE FUCKING CHEESY AND TACKY

holy hell I am so angry.

who the flying fucking batshit insane hell thought mobs like Jailer, Mortar and Invincible Minions was a good idea?!?!?! WHO?!?!

aaaaaaaaaaargh

somebody help me please or i am going to cry
 
THIS GAME IS MAKING ME TEAR MY HAIR OUT

so i'm on Act 2 beginning Hell.

Witch Doctor with 4500 dps and 1400 armor. I KEEP FUCKING DYING

RARE/CHAMPS ARE NOT DIFFICULT THEY ARE FUCKING CHEESY AND TACKY

holy hell I am so angry.

who the flying fucking batshit insane hell thought mobs like Jailer, Mortar and Invincible Minions was a good idea?!?!?! WHO?!?!

aaaaaaaaaaargh
Hell is easy mode don't sweat it.
Change up your skills a bit.
 
sazzy I understand completely.
 
Hell is easy mode don't sweat it.
Change up your skills a bit.

Right now I am using:

Garangutan with Rage rune
Zombie Charger with Bears
Soul Barrage with 3 Souls
Soul Harvest with 30% weapon dmg

Leaping Spiders
Haunt with extra Spirit
 
I am thinking of farming Act 1 Hell with 100%+ GF and then hitting up the Auction House.

THAT IS NOT GOOD BLIZZARD. THAT IS NOT GOOD.

Once RMAH opens, all the good items are gonna move there. AND PEOPLE WILL BE COMPELLED TO SPEND MONEY TO GET BETTER GEAR OR SPEND HOURS/DAYS/YEARS TO GET SUITABLE GEAR.
 
Right now I am using:

Garangutan with Rage rune
Zombie Charger with Bears
Soul Barrage with 3 Souls
Soul Harvest with 30% weapon dmg

Leaping Spiders
Haunt with extra Spirit
Where is your escape?
Where is your slow?
I am thinking of farming Act 1 Hell with 100%+ GF and then hitting up the Auction House.

THAT IS NOT GOOD BLIZZARD. THAT IS NOT GOOD.

Once RMAH opens, all the good items are gonna move there. AND PEOPLE WILL BE COMPELLED TO SPEND MONEY TO GET BETTER GEAR OR SPEND HOURS/DAYS/YEARS TO GET SUITABLE GEAR.
Calm down dude. You aren't even past Act 1 Inferno and you are complaining about gear. I can't even burst DPS everything on CD like you can.
 
I could be wrong, but I am pretty sure I just had an enemy glitched to be completely invulnerable. A random event in Act III, to defend a camp just after leaving the keep, there is this thing called Colossal Firewing. Kept going invisable, and couldn't see a life bar or what attributes it had, so I tried to kill all the other creeps. But still couldn't hurt the thing. Died, walked 10 feet back over (Since it was right next to a check point), can hurt it now.
 
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