Unknown Soldier
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Gvaz said:
Diablo II's beta was only until Blood Raven.
Diablo 3 Beta [Beta withdrawal underway!]
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Diablo II's beta was only until Blood Raven.
Fallout-NL
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SteveWD40 said:
Yeah, no problem. At least then I understand what everyone's talking about.
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I'm just going to go ahead and *wave* vigorously for a second here, so I'm sure I got his or her attention.
ToyMachine228
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I'm definitely expecting the next wave to go out this week. At BlizzCon they said the next patch was a few weeks away and then invites would come after that so...This week? I'm flagged and can't wait for access. It's been tough waiting.
GasProblem
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AEGISX said:what is this?
i never got into the beta
You're not in the beta, everyone has that.
Fallout-NL
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Ayo said:
Someone's PM'ing certain participants of this thread.
Unknown Soldier said:
That was the stress test.
ToyMachine228
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SteveWD40 said:
According to MMO-Champion a patch was released within the last few days. I don't think they've sent out more invites yet though. Or if they have another patch incoming before that or what.
DreamMachine
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I've been looking at this thread since it's inception. Sigh, it doesn't look likely i'll be able to get into the beta. I've checked b-net almost everyday ..
* Kicks can down the road *
* Kicks can down the road *
Anyone experience a decrease in performance post-patch? I'm definitely seeing it, and I even tweaked my settings to how they were pre-patch (physics low, FSAA off). I did notice that they seem to throw more enemies at you now, but even still, what I'm looking at really doesn't warrant the juice it seems to be demanding. The most obvious examples are when the Templar in Cathedral-3 breaks those spikes on the stairs, and also during the big skirmish in the Royal Crypts with the four towers that produce skeletons. It was nowhere near messy as it is now for me. I'm on a Q9550 (2.8GHz) with 4GB RAM and an OC'd 460GTX 1GB. If BF3 can manage to never dip below 30fps, I don't know why D3 can't work better with those specs.
Anyway, onto gameplay: I leveled a Barbarian and Hunter to 13 this weekend. Didn't notice any real difference in the Barbarian (still an unstoppable BEAST), but they changed up hunters a bit. I don't know how I feel about Impale being the best (?) hatred generator; it just seems weird to see your guy running around tossing knives when he's got two totally bad-ass bows in each hand, but maybe the intent was to switch things up a little. Besides that, the new Rapid Fire ability is so very amazing, and the visual effect on the new passive that gives you a 30% attack speed bonus is the tits.
Crafting works the same way, they just switched up the ingredient requirements and made it easier to get the rare ingredients for crafting rare items (of which you can only actually use 2, due to the level cap).
I hate the Nephalem Altar, and much preferred being able to swap out skills on the fly. They should just let people switch between 1 alternate configuration, e.g. an all-purpose build for dungeon fodder and a boss-specific build for a specialized purpose (DPS DPS DPS!!!!). Any tweaking beyond that can continue to be done at an Altar. I hope the final product has this feature, because it would be really cool to be able to switch between two completely different playstyles on the fly. Even at level 13, you can make some pretty different builds just by messing around with what's currently available; I can only imagine it getting deeper as you level and acquire more skills with which to build.
As it stands, I'm going to be the jerk who has to waypoint/TP back to town to optimize my build before boss fights. I'm just OCD like that.
At any rate, it's clear that Blizzard are focusing on viable builds, as they stated during Blizzcon. If you want your character to be the best at something, that's achievable, but if you want to be unique and still pretty effective, you'll have options.
I'm still crossing my fingers for a Christmas-ish release so that I can play during my vacation. Otherwise, this game will be very bad for me, socially and professionally.
Anyway, onto gameplay: I leveled a Barbarian and Hunter to 13 this weekend. Didn't notice any real difference in the Barbarian (still an unstoppable BEAST), but they changed up hunters a bit. I don't know how I feel about Impale being the best (?) hatred generator; it just seems weird to see your guy running around tossing knives when he's got two totally bad-ass bows in each hand, but maybe the intent was to switch things up a little. Besides that, the new Rapid Fire ability is so very amazing, and the visual effect on the new passive that gives you a 30% attack speed bonus is the tits.
Crafting works the same way, they just switched up the ingredient requirements and made it easier to get the rare ingredients for crafting rare items (of which you can only actually use 2, due to the level cap).
I hate the Nephalem Altar, and much preferred being able to swap out skills on the fly. They should just let people switch between 1 alternate configuration, e.g. an all-purpose build for dungeon fodder and a boss-specific build for a specialized purpose (DPS DPS DPS!!!!). Any tweaking beyond that can continue to be done at an Altar. I hope the final product has this feature, because it would be really cool to be able to switch between two completely different playstyles on the fly. Even at level 13, you can make some pretty different builds just by messing around with what's currently available; I can only imagine it getting deeper as you level and acquire more skills with which to build.
As it stands, I'm going to be the jerk who has to waypoint/TP back to town to optimize my build before boss fights. I'm just OCD like that.
With the understanding that I've only really played the Monk (pre-patch), Barbarian and Hunter, some abilities stand out as being less useful than others within the bubble of the beta. For example, the Barbarian simply doesn't need any of the defensive skills unlocked early on, but I can see them being invaluable later in the game. Similarly, as a hunter I have yet to see the need for Evasive Shot since I like the Vault ability for evasion/quicker travel speed, but at the same time can see where ES could be useful (for one, it's a hatred generator that also creates distance between Hunter and enemy). Based on what I've seen, every class is pretty powerful, but the way Barbarians tear through things with AoE-ish attacks and manly grunts is just totally bad-ass. I'm just as big a fan of the Hunter's mobility and style, however, and may wind up going through the game with one of those first.Zzoram said:
At any rate, it's clear that Blizzard are focusing on viable builds, as they stated during Blizzcon. If you want your character to be the best at something, that's achievable, but if you want to be unique and still pretty effective, you'll have options.
I'm still crossing my fingers for a Christmas-ish release so that I can play during my vacation. Otherwise, this game will be very bad for me, socially and professionally.
Interfectum
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Gromph said:
salt in the wound bro
Fallout-NL
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Squire Felix said:
Hmm, no dice.
TheContact
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I am very unlucky when it comes to receiving betas. I didn't get the D2 beta, I've only played open beta for WoW, I only got the Burning Crusade beta because of my guild, same with WoTLK, then only got Cata beta because I had a code I could turn in for it. Me want Diablo 3!! Rawr!!
Gunmonkey36
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mcrae said:
13 is just the level cap for the beta though. Doesn't mean everyone got to level 13 by just playing the content once. Perhaps you have to grind once you finish the available content to reach level 13.
mcrae said:
First of all, everyone that is level 13 didn't achieve that by going through the content once. They grinded with the same character over multiple run-throughs. The approximate character level after one run-through is level 9.
The level cap is currently set at 60. Expect that to increase per expansion pack.
As far as expected leveling goes, the developers have reiterated multiple times that they see the leveling to progress like this:
Level 30 by the end of Normal
Level 50 by the end of Nightmare
Level 60 by the end of Hell
That should help.
lordy88 said:
ah, very good. thanks for the info!
im slightly disapointed that its only 60, though on the other hand maybe it indicated plans for multiple expansion packs.. LOD didnt increase the level cap, did it? i only started playing in 1.09. 100 levels, with people going beyond 90 being dedicated, 95 crazy, and 98 insane seemed like a nice system to me. if everyone is at cap like in WoW i'll be disappointed.
So I finally was able to make a complete run though the demo. I played a Demon Hunter and got her to level 10 when I killed the Skeleton King.
I must say, the combat feels really rewarding, and As much as it pains me to say .... the graphics are pretty nice and really grew on me.
My next run will be with a Monk! I want to try some of the H2H combat.
I must say, the combat feels really rewarding, and As much as it pains me to say .... the graphics are pretty nice and really grew on me.
My next run will be with a Monk! I want to try some of the H2H combat.
Whoa, I havent touched the beta for a bit since I had all chars at around lvl 12 and now that the patch is out, I must readjust 
They wiped out everyone and now the game feels more balanced, since you cant change skill on the fly like prepatch.
I was switching from melee to ranged witch doctor mid dungeon, now it is possible only in town at nephalem altar.
Also I just have stone of recall and that nephelem cube which breaks items into materials for crafting.
Lvl 8 witch doctor now and havent received the money cube item destoyer
I even dont have much money because of it
Time to replay with every char again.
Bugs:
there are even mortar enemies throwing stuff at you but the texture when it hits the ground is pink square like that the opacity/alpha channel was not activated - if you know what I mean.
Even some case when clicking on bookshelves, it click in front of them so I must run around table to be...closer.
They wiped out everyone and now the game feels more balanced, since you cant change skill on the fly like prepatch.
I was switching from melee to ranged witch doctor mid dungeon, now it is possible only in town at nephalem altar.
Also I just have stone of recall and that nephelem cube which breaks items into materials for crafting.
Lvl 8 witch doctor now and havent received the money cube item destoyer
I even dont have much money because of it
Time to replay with every char again.
Bugs:
there are even mortar enemies throwing stuff at you but the texture when it hits the ground is pink square like that the opacity/alpha channel was not activated - if you know what I mean.
Even some case when clicking on bookshelves, it click in front of them so I must run around table to be...closer.
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