Diablo III |OT2| Queues Rise. Servers Fall.
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My game was lost in the shipping pipeline yesterday due to Amazon blowing the whole release date delivery. Finally get the game today, get home from work, get ready to play, and I've only been able to play about 20 minutes before I get kicked due to this.
So annoying. I had hoped that I had missed all this nonsense.
So annoying. I had hoped that I had missed all this nonsense.
Yep, we had enough warning to power through to the next Checkpoint, seconds before the shutdown.
Lost Fragment
Obsessed with 4chan
Found a waypoint like 30 seconds before shit shut down. Woop woop ^_^
oneils
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Ah I see, than yea I would say the majority are playing like me. I didn't even know there was an option and im level 34
Yeah, I'm thinking either people just don't know or they have decided to solo while they are new at the game. During open beta weekend I saw up to 300,000 people in public games at one point. So, 22,000 seemed pretty low for day 2.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Dear Blizzard,
I fucking hate you.
Love,
WW
I fucking hate you.
Love,
WW
arts&crafts
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Yea i get them too. I think it was 5 minutes and so on every minute. Yesterday for a scheduled restart it said 30min til servers down. I appreciate that at the very least.
Empty Space
Member
:lol Nothing will ever beat the shit show the AQ gates opening was.
echoshifting
Banned
Yes.
The reward was a treasure room that truly lived up to the name. I think it was 7 chests and one of the mega-chests. Well worth the heart attack of flying through an awesome looking dungeon.
But that's the HC way
you gotta grind for levels and gears and play really focused.
my HC wizard is level 17 after 5 hours and still hasn't cleared Act ILeoric's mansion ATM
I know that people who played HC in D2 expect certain levels of stuff. but this goes way beyond. Act 1 and 2 nightmare are FAR harder than any part of Diablo 2 ever were. It's not bullshit lag that kills you, it's mob packs that just legitimately shit all over you. The new mob affixes they created are evil as fuck.
My favorite part is how individually they're all COMPLETELY fair, they're not just like 'does 10000 damage per hit' like D2 combos, Arcane, frost, molten....TOTALLY avoidable when it's the only affix. The bullshit just heaps on when it's like "Jailer Arcane Enchanted" and stuff. Fought a group earlier with a champion pack with Fire chains, arcane enchanted, and got an add with vortex and jailer.
Probably died like 20 times killing that shit.
[glasshalffull]
Maybe they are doing this in order to keep the servers up and running over the weekend?
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I commented on this earlier, but throwing it out there again: Archon is freaking amazing.
I'm burning through Nightmare Act 3. It throws a bunch of little dudes at you with a bunch of medium dudes, and you build up time-in-form on the little dudes and tear through the groups of medium dudes. My Archon morph is lasting longer than my armor spell, and I eventually let it go intentionally in order to re-buff.
Although if I do get caught out of Archon, it can hurt. It's painful trying to hack through hordes of little dudes with AP-limited Arcane Orb. Some Elites are better handled in normal form, too - especially if they're fast and tough such that you want Diamond Skin (this is also the one buff that doesn't carry over when you Archon morph
).
But wow. I can imagine the Wizard being an extremely fast Hell/Inferno farmer if this holds up. It's a consistent, sustainable 300% weapon damage to everything in front of you, plus extra tankiness on top of your armor spell. I can't wait to see if it synergizes with the passive that slows enemies that get hit with arcane damage.
I'm burning through Nightmare Act 3. It throws a bunch of little dudes at you with a bunch of medium dudes, and you build up time-in-form on the little dudes and tear through the groups of medium dudes. My Archon morph is lasting longer than my armor spell, and I eventually let it go intentionally in order to re-buff.
Although if I do get caught out of Archon, it can hurt. It's painful trying to hack through hordes of little dudes with AP-limited Arcane Orb. Some Elites are better handled in normal form, too - especially if they're fast and tough such that you want Diamond Skin (this is also the one buff that doesn't carry over when you Archon morph
).But wow. I can imagine the Wizard being an extremely fast Hell/Inferno farmer if this holds up. It's a consistent, sustainable 300% weapon damage to everything in front of you, plus extra tankiness on top of your armor spell. I can't wait to see if it synergizes with the passive that slows enemies that get hit with arcane damage.
Fleet_of_Foot
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I bet (I would hope) the chat window is one of the first things that gets looked at in a content update for this game. It's way too small, the font size can't be changed, etc. It's awful.
It's worse than WoWs, while still looking like WoW's. How is that possible? It's like 10 steps backwards from WoWs chat window, which isn't even anything to write home about itself.
It's worse than WoWs, while still looking like WoW's. How is that possible? It's like 10 steps backwards from WoWs chat window, which isn't even anything to write home about itself.
Well I use it as a normal summon, freeing up my left click slot for a different spam attack like toads.
I've lost achievements even when the server gave a 15 minute warning.
Getting 100~ during the day and 200~ during the afternoon, and over 300 in the evening. Rogers Extreme user.
Yes. Remember as far as I know, when you level them, he stays leveled for all of your alts. Thats a pretty big deal and adds lots of value to the crafters.
Hope Im not wrong about that. I havent even bothered making an alt.
D
Deleted member 17706
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So annoying how there isn't even an apology in their Breaking News section.
"We're aware of the issue..."
Fuck you, you arrogant pricks.
"We're aware of the issue..."
Fuck you, you arrogant pricks.
AppleSmack
Banned
I want to play!!! WAAAHHH! Anyone know how long the downtime is?
Goodacre0081
Member
I wonder what day this week we'll go without a restart. im betting saturday.
where in-game can I check my ping?
where in-game can I check my ping?
Dreams-Visions
Member
1. Upgrade your smith so that he can craft things well above your level.
2. Craft yellow gear as far above your own level as possible. People love yellow gear and will pay a premium for it.
3. Put them on the AH for 5-10x its sell price, depending on costs incurred to make each item and the quality of the item.
4. Wait for people to hand you bags of money
5. Take your bags of money and buy a kickass legendary for your character
I put several items up in the 10-20K range this morning and they are almost all gone.
Question about this: it seems you can't craft items above your level? Or is it that you just can't equip them?
200 during the day for me, 300-500 in the evening. Comcast.
I fucking know right? Shit is so damn funny. We honestly don't have to dodge a damn thing, just cyclone and you're good to go. And with Serenity to boot? So good.
I literally just beat it using a Monk. I decided to beef up my vitality before the last act which paid off nicely...I was the only team member (of 4) that didn't die. No support, though. Straight DPS and selfish, selfish self-heals.
Awesome game through and through. Looking forward to nightmare
Wirts Bell or whatever? when i saw it i started saving all my gold and i am currently around 70k
CrashPrime
Member
Time for a blog post: I tried changing the location to Europe to play early on launch day (OH IM SNEAKY!!) but of course failed.
When the servers did come online, I didn't think to change it back.
Now I have a level 19 Barb on the wrong server. WOE IS ME! Lol.
When the servers did come online, I didn't think to change it back.
Now I have a level 19 Barb on the wrong server. WOE IS ME! Lol.
Whats everyone using for their Witch Doctor?
I have:
Poison Dart- w/ splinter
Arm grabby things- 80% slow speed
Horrify- w/ Phobia
Soul Harvest- w/ Swallow your soul
Firebats- w/ Direbats
The right thing to be doing is mostly intelligence > mana > vitality right?
Didn't see a countdown either, friend had to let me know in game.
I have:
Poison Dart- w/ splinter
Arm grabby things- 80% slow speed
Horrify- w/ Phobia
Soul Harvest- w/ Swallow your soul
Firebats- w/ Direbats
The right thing to be doing is mostly intelligence > mana > vitality right?
Didn't see a countdown either, friend had to let me know in game.
echoshifting
Banned
You just can't equip them, yeah
archon is fucking amazing, but I really really want the teleport rune for it (which you get at somewhere around level 60 :-/).
MrCookiepants
Member
This launch has been a disaster. I hope some heads are rolling at Blizzard.
But otherwise, this is my first Diablo game and I'm in love with it.
But otherwise, this is my first Diablo game and I'm in love with it.
Oh it's on! Saving up that 100K now. Can you only buy it in act 2? So if I get to act 3 I can't get it again unless I start a new game/load up a game for Act 2? Also, was there an item like this in act 1 I missed? Will there be more in 3 and 4 ?
Oh shnaps. I really want to encounter one of these!
I used it a bit, it was quite strong. I got a few things equipped boosting my intelligence, so my dmg is pretty good.
However, I'm currently using poison darts. I like using it a lot better than summoning frogs (I'm only lvl 18 though).
My current skill bar: Poison Darts with Splinters rune, Haunt with the heal rune, Rabid dogs summon, Dire Bat, and Soul Harvest (makes Dire Bats insanely powerful when 5).
I commented on this earlier, but throwing it out there again: Archon is freaking amazing.
I'm burning through Nightmare Act 3. It throws a bunch of little dudes at you with a bunch of medium dudes, and you build up time-in-form on the little dudes and tear through the groups of medium dudes. My Archon morph is lasting longer than my armor spell, and I eventually let it go intentionally in order to re-buff.
Although if I do get caught out of Archon, it can hurt. It's painful trying to hack through hordes of little dudes with AP-limited Arcane Orb. Some Elites are better handled in normal form, too - especially if they're fast and tough such that you want Diamond Skin (this is also the one buff that doesn't carry over when you Archon morph
But wow. I can imagine the Wizard being an extremely fast Hell/Inferno farmer if this holds up. It's a consistent, sustainable 300% weapon damage to everything in front of you, plus extra tankiness on top of your armor spell. I can't wait to see if it synergizes with the passive that slows enemies that get hit with arcane damage.
Nice! My Level 13 Wizard and I are happy again.
Young wizards: Is Torrent as lame as it feels? I just got and already want to switch back to Arcane Orbs.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
It was announced in game, there was a five minute warning that the servers were going down to push an update or something. Not that it isn't stupid that they wouldn't do that at like 3 in the morning when not as many people would be on, or put it on their site, message board, twitter, etc.
Empty Space
Member
There will probably be daily server restarts for the next two weeks.
Dreams-Visions
Member
I'll be damned. Thanks!
I'll just continue blowing most of my money on upgrading the shop dude.
arts&crafts
Member
Isn't archon the shit?
BolognaOni
Member
All I ever got out of that event was "World Server Down"
But it's a multiplayer rpg that happens to allow you to play solo!
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