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[WallJump]

And I'm guessing town portals are gone too? Haven't run into those or items that need identification.

At a certain (early) point in the game you get a town portal spell and a tooltip to use it.

On the other thing I am level 14 or so and I have had to identify 3 items. I don't understand the point of identifying, though. Just so I can't equip it in the middle of a fight?

 

[scy]

Didn't follow much of the game leading up to release, but I'm trying out different characters right now. I see the monk thing is addressed above, but the same holds true for the Witch Doctor. I have a sword and shield and spend my time blowgunning enemies to death? Sort of weird that blowguns aren't an equipment type for my class.

Jar of Spiders.

Greatsword equipped.

Jar of Spiders.

At a certain (early) point in the game you get a town portal spell and a tooltip to use it.

On the other thing I am level 14 or so and I have had to identify 3 items. I don't understand the point of identifying, though. Just so I can't equip it in the middle of a fight?

That sense of excitement of seeing what (probably shitty) item you'll get!

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Didn't follow much of the game leading up to release, but I'm trying out different characters right now. I see the monk thing is addressed above, but the same holds true for the Witch Doctor. I have a sword and shield and spend my time blowgunning enemies to death? Sort of weird that blowguns aren't an equipment type for my class.

And I'm guessing town portals are gone too? Haven't run into those or items that need identification.

to identify an item you simply rt click in ur inventory.

town portals are in game, just in a different sense. youll see.

also that is one of my bigger gripes with the game... the whole weapon equipped doesnt dictate attack..

 

[TxdoHawk]

Didn't follow much of the game leading up to release, but I'm trying out different characters right now. I see the monk thing is addressed above, but the same holds true for the Witch Doctor. I have a sword and shield and spend my time blowgunning enemies to death? Sort of weird that blowguns aren't an equipment type for my class.

And I'm guessing town portals are gone too? Haven't run into those or items that need identification.

They are in, you'll see soon. (Early Act 1 spoiler regarding them if you don't want to wait):

Spoiler

You get a permanent Town Portal button as a quest reward early on, no scrolls needed.

 

[Number45]

anyone feel like the AH is a little cheap... I mean you can pretty much disregard found items/sell them... and just buy inexpensive rares.

kinda ruins act 1 for me :/

I haven't touched it at all, I'm salvaging everything to have a crafting blitz at some point. Using what I find.

 

[Slackbladder]

Never played a Diablo game before but thought I'd take a look. But fuck me if this game's expensive! I rarely pay more than £30 for a PC game. The DD is asking for £45! Is that really justified or is it just like the Modern Warfare games; large demand so put the price up? Maybe I'll wait for it to drop in price.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

I haven't touched it at all, I'm salvaging everything to have a crafting blitz at some point. Using what I find.

i agree. ive been crafting as well. only poked around to see what it was like. never played WOW, so its my first AH. similar or not.

 

[AppleSmack]

anyone feel like the AH is a little cheap... I mean you can pretty much disregard found items/sell them... and just buy inexpensive rares.

kinda ruins act 1 for me :/

Didnt try the AH yet. Dont even know where it is. I think Ill try buying some things when I play again.

 

[Tetsuo9]

So looking forward to getting my HC Wizard (yes, I decided on Wizard~) into that shit. It'll be glorious when I lag out and die servers go down and I die.

That happened in d2 also, it's part of the fun

 

[RepairmanJack]

Damn, Wizard's Disintegrate is so awesome. Stand in a doorway and just blow everything away.

 

[Tambini]

Never played a Diablo game before but thought I'd take a look. But fuck me if this game's expensive! I rarely pay more than £30 for a PC game. The DD is asking for £45! Is that really justified or is it just like the Modern Warfare games; large demand so put the price up? Maybe I'll wait for it to drop in price.

It is justified in my opinion but I payed £27 from amazon

 

[HiddenWings]

Never played a Diablo game before but thought I'd take a look. But fuck me if this game's expensive! I rarely pay more than £30 for a PC game. The DD is asking for £45! Is that really justified or is it just like the Modern Warfare games; large demand so put the price up? Maybe I'll wait for it to drop in price.

You'll be waiting for a while, permanent price drops on Blizzard games are rare (because of the demand, as you said). It's probably safe to say that unless you catch a Black Friday deal or something, the price today will be the price a year from now.

 

[sazzy]

Just finished Act I.

THIS GAME IS SO FUCKING GOOD

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Never played a Diablo game before but thought I'd take a look. But fuck me if this game's expensive! I rarely pay more than £30 for a PC game. The DD is asking for £45! Is that really justified or is it just like the Modern Warfare games; large demand so put the price up? Maybe I'll wait for it to drop in price.

there wont be a price drop for a long long time. star craft 2 is still 60$. i believe..

 

[scy]

Never played a Diablo game before but thought I'd take a look. But fuck me if this game's expensive! I rarely pay more than £30 for a PC game. The DD is asking for £45! Is that really justified or is it just like the Modern Warfare games; large demand so put the price up? Maybe I'll wait for it to drop in price.

Honestly? It probably won't drop in price for awhile. Maybe a sale at some point, sure, but doubtful on an actual price drop.

Who knows though.

That happened in d2 also, it's part of the fun

Enter Duriel's Chamber. Coin flip chance of dying before it loads.

<3 HC D2

 

[DTLIONS1013]

Is Diablo 2 still worth playing for $10?

 

[jkoch]

Are there sidequests with good rewards, like the one where you got to socket any item in D2? Is there a list of them anywhere?

Also, how do you go about finding events? Are they completely random?

 

[JohnOfMars]

I'm really enjoying my Barb, now up to level 17.

Skills (in elective mode) let me Leap in, Stun with a Ground Pound, Cleave & Hammer then as I take damage, Revenge to wipe out anyone left.

 

[Tetsuo9]

there wont be a price drop for a long long time. star craft 2 is still 60$. i believe..

There are deals from time to time, just don't expect a deal to buy Diablo 3 this year.

 

[LiK]

It sure is a click-fest but you can hold down the mouse in a lot of instances that do the same thing as mass clicking

yea, i'm old. I just hold down now :/

 

[PoweredBySoy]

... but the same holds true for the Witch Doctor. I have a sword and shield and spend my time blowgunning enemies to death?

I made this argument a few days ago but got chided for not being a true fan of Diablo. /shrug

It is sort of goofy though. Your weapon dictates all of your attack power, yet you never actually use it.

 

[WanderingWind]

Whoa, too many people to quote but thanks everybody!

 

[TxdoHawk]

I gotta say, having played a bit of both now and looking at the skills attainable for each...I'm liking DH a lot more than Wiz. One of the first expansion's priorities should probably be giving the Wizard more interesting toys to play with along the lines of Slow Time, they don't seem to have a lot of neat tricks.

 

[owlbeak]

Lost a really nice rare staff for my wizard after last night's emergency maintenance. :'(

 

[Number45]

Never played a Diablo game before but thought I'd take a look. But fuck me if this game's expensive! I rarely pay more than £30 for a PC game. The DD is asking for £45! Is that really justified or is it just like the Modern Warfare games; large demand so put the price up? Maybe I'll wait for it to drop in price.

Depends on your definition of value. I'm still in Act I with around 8 hours played, there are four more acts to go before I even start on the higher difficulties. So you have more gameplay straight off the bat.

Same as CoD though, you can theoretically play it endlessly.

 

[Lothars]

Is Diablo 2 still worth playing for $10?

yes but make sure you get the expansion as well.

 

[mr. puppy]

well its like modern warfare in price, except the game isn't ass

 

[scy]

I made this argument a few days ago but got chided for not being a true fan of Diablo. /shrug

It is sort of goofy though. Your weapon dictates all of your attack power, yet you never actually use it.

It's silly (visually) but I like the idea behind it. Weapon matters for everyone, not just Weapon as a slot for stats for some classes. Kind of seems weird that they didn't make new animations, however. Only really bizarre one, in my opinion, is the Monk. Dual Wielding Sword and Axe! PUNCH IT IN THE FACE.

Not that I'm complaining about punching things in the face, mind you.

 

[Noirulus]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS


YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS


MY SEVERE LAGSPIKE/STUTTERING ISSUE STOPPED! WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO. I CAN FINALLY PLAY THE GAME! YEAH!

COME AT ME MINIONS OF HELL, I SHALL BRING REST TO THY SOULS WITH MY MIGHTY CROSSBOW

 

[PoweredBySoy]

Not that I'm complaining about punching things in the face, mind you.

No no, of course not.

 

[RoninChaos]

You mean the ARPG to beat for the last 12 years finally gets a release and you're surprised that servers are crashing? Did you not check out the open beta?

There really isn't any excuse for this though. It's not like Blizzard is new to how this shit works. I'm sure they new exactly how much demand they would have, but they blew it. With 8 years of WoW under their belts, I'd say Blizzard is an old hat at this and probably could have planned better. It's not like they just set up battle.net either.

 

[joelseph]

Skills (in elective mode) .

This is the other confusing point of the game for me. What exactly does checking the elective box afford me?

I hate how they hold your hand with what abilities can be assigned to what buttons.

 

[Number45]

well its like modern warfare in price, except the game isn't ass

I went with the diplomatic answer.

 

[BabeSlayer]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS


YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS


MY SEVERE LAGSPIKE/STUTTERING ISSUE STOPPED! WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO. I CAN FINALLY PLAY THE GAME! YEAH!

COME AT ME MINIONS OF HELL, I SHALL BRING REST TO THY SOULS WITH MY MIGHTY CROSSBOW

How did you get it to stop mine is killing me.....so freaking annoying. This is such a train wreck of a launch.

 

[zlatko]

It's silly (visually) but I like the idea behind it. Weapon matters for everyone, not just Weapon as a slot for stats for some classes. Kind of seems weird that they didn't make new animations, however. Only really bizarre one, in my opinion, is the Monk. Dual Wielding Sword and Axe! PUNCH IT IN THE FACE.

Not that I'm complaining about punching things in the face, mind you.

I love how male monk runs with a battle staff animation. <3

 

[Calantus]

where do you find the jeweler guys? or am i too low (level 20)

edit: nevermind i found it..

 

[scy]

There really isn't any excuse for this though. It's not like Blizzard is new to how this shit works. I'm sure they new exactly how much demand they would have, but they blew it. With 8 years of WoW under their belts, I'd say Blizzard is an old hat at this and probably could have planned better. It's not like they just set up battle.net either.

I'm curious as to what point of contact actually failed here. By all accounts, the actual servers were fine, just logging in itself was fucked.

This is the other confusing point of the game for me. What exactly does checking the elective box afford me?

I hate how they hold your hand with what abilities can be assigned to what buttons.

You get to assign whatever skill to whatever slot with Elective Mode. There's no downside outside of ... ... uh ...

 

[Mr_eX]

Is there any reason not to dual wield crossbows with the Demon Hunter? I'm level 10 and have a 17 dps and a 16 dps crossbows equipped and with rapid fire I seem to be shredding everything. I do have a couple of 20+ dps 2 handed bows but it doesn't seem like they would be as effective. This is my first Diablo, am I doing it right?

 

[brentech]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS


YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS


MY SEVERE LAGSPIKE/STUTTERING ISSUE STOPPED! WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO. I CAN FINALLY PLAY THE GAME! YEAH!

Your keyboard is lagging.

 

[Bullza2o]

Act I took me 8 and half hours

going for the longest completion time record

how can I find out how long I've been playing?

 

[Lexxon]

This is the other confusing point of the game for me. What exactly does checking the elective box afford me?

I hate how they hold your hand with what abilities can be assigned to what buttons.

That's exactly what it fixes. Normally, for example, you can only do defensive abilities on the 1 key. Now, you can use the left/right arrows where it says 'defensive' in the skill window, and switch to any ability.

There's some that only work on the bar and not the mouse clicks, etc, but it's mostly wide open.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Just finished Act I.

THIS GAME IS SO FUCKING GOOD

Agreed, so addicting...ffs...thread title is to accurate

 

[Raide]

Just hit Act 3. Soaking everything in from Act 2.

 

[picklecannon]

Does anybody sell those crazy expensive things in the AH for like 50K+ gold? So far any yellow that I haven't really had a use for I've thrown up for less than 15k and they end up getting sold within an hour. Some of them have been really good items for other classes that the people I've been playing with couldn't really use so I had no problems justifying putting them on the AH.

 

[K.Sabot]

How do you equip the normal melee attack?

 

[zoukka]

Damn battlenet, it has lost two tomes already one from Leah and one from Caine. I pick the tome up and nothing happens.

And of course missed all achvievements from act 1...

 

[Noirulus]

How did you get it to stop mine is killing me.....so freaking annoying. This is such a train wreck of a launch.

I think it might be because there's very little congestion in the servers as it's early in the morning right now, but I changed my resolution slightly and it stopped! It is indeed VERY annoying and I hope the game works better for you soon (and hopefully doesn't come back for anyone, either)

 

[depths20XX]

This is the other confusing point of the game for me. What exactly does checking the elective box afford me?

I hate how they hold your hand with what abilities can be assigned to what buttons.

I figured it out yesterday. It's really sloppy how the skills are managed in this game. You can add multiple skills from the same tree or different skills to different buttons by clicking the left/right arrows when choosing a skill.

 

[epmode]

It is sort of goofy though. Your weapon dictates all of your attack power, yet you never actually use it.

This REALLY helps when it comes to balancing itemization for non-melee characters. Without such a mechanic, melee types tend to scale much better as equipment improves.

I'd like to see some animation tweaks, however. Maybe an option to hide weapons or to show a deault weapon or something?

 

[Mr. Luchador]

Oh man, I wish I had those kind of friends. My friends (3) just got into my game and started rushing quests while I was complaining that I wanted to check every corner of the game. I'm going to start a new character to play solo tonight.

Ah, that would annoy me. Thankfully the friend I'm playing with likes to enjoy games rather than finishing them (if that makes sense). All my other friends much prefer to be the 'best' and 'highest', so we're just leaving them to race through the game they've waited so long to play!

Exploring is fun though, so there might not be too many hidden bits to find but those that are there have been worth while.

ACT I

Spoiler

Found a man that wanted help, so helped him, he took us to his wife who was a Skeleton in a rocking chair. Little references to movies and games like that are nice.