Dont defend this, please. It's stupid and you know it.
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Dont defend this, please. It's stupid and you know it.
I feel you man I have played 7 hours and have only gotten 2 rare items and they aren't even that good.
maabus1999
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My biggest fear for this game was the lack of reroll. It makes low level gear worthless pretty fast as people don't reroll and twink themselves like they did in D2. Some of the best fun I had was running a low level toon in way OP gear to try out a specific build.
Why wouldn't there still be rare items? Pulling a Zod rune in D2 is UNGODLY RARE legitimately. That doesn't mean that there aren't an entire array of runes you can get that can also be rare and valuable, though less so. A Stormshield in D3 (which is wickedly good) can be plenty rare even if they put the Arctic furs at a .1% drop off any mob in act 1 normal. It has no effect on that. There's a psychological effect you get from seeing a unique or set item, and identifying it and hoping it's cool. It's a HUGE part of the loot drive in these games, if you never see any of those items you lose that drive.
Like I said, game's been out for two days and I'm already sick to death of fighting tooth and nail against some bullshit Desecrator Vortex Plagued plague spreaders (or whatever those guys in act 3 are) just to get a shitty blue wand that has dexterity and does 50 dps.
This did not happen in D1 or D2. Not to the extent that it was the rule. You won't keep killing shit forever if you never see any reward for it.
No, I'm fairly certain if I ran mephisto 100 times a day and didn't get anything but blues, that would be WAY more frustrating.
I agree. The devs discussed how they wanted item drops to be more distributed throughout the game, and avoid creating the old boss farming runs.
Unrelated to the items issue. Generalization following.
I am going to risk sounding like a jerk for a moment, skip the rest of this post if that might bother you. Heh.
Many of the questions and complaints people seem to be having about this game could all be resolved if you just took some time to read the information that Blizzard has already put out there. Don't complain about something when you as the consumer didn't bother to do any basic research beforehand.
Reading comprehension, kids. Pay attention in school.
It's tough. On one hand that's part what made D2 awesome. On another hand you could do 1-80 in an afternoon in D2, so people didn't care. 1-60 + Inferno won't be done in an afternoon.
My friend was saying this about Wizard. I brought up how elective mode works, and at first I thought he didn't get what I was saying on what it allowed you to do, but he was just adamant there was no reason for Wizard to make use of elective mode yet at his level of 15 I think he was.
Monk I want to use it all. So much good shit.
Yeah I am really liking the Monk and his abilities - so glad I went with this class.
maabus1999
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Skills are not fully balanced IMO. THere are MUST HAVES and DO NOT WANTS in almost every class.
A wizard w/o diamond skin is a wizard I'd like to meet for example. Oh and my theory builds never used it but...yeah..now it is like the best skill and only way to survive many situations.
Still trying to figure out why so many people like meteor. I think it is a huge waste of arcane power for the damage and delay it has. Only time I thought of using it was with comet rune.
ElectricBlue187
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I think he means any idiot can play Monk and be great even without any knowledge or skill
Your post is super douchey, you're the one that didn't bother to read. What items got spread out again? nobody loots any uniques or set items. SPREAD THE FUCK OUT YEAH!
Nephalem Valor already solves the issue, and it's their intended solution. It rewards you for RUNNING an act. That's great, and as it should be.
However that's an inferno mechanic. On Normal, nightmare, and Hell, your only reward for killing ANYTHING, not just act bosses, are shitty blues you can vendor for 200 gold or turn into mats you don't need. That's just not fun.
nicoga3000
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75 minutes? How? I want to know how you can complete Act I in 60 minutes for the challenge, too. O_O
Pft.
It takes a lot of skill to eat a sandwich while tanking.
That's what they used to say about Druids. 
My exact thought's.
Oh my god get rid of that picture haha.
Those aren't nearly the only viable skills. Out of those when I play solo I only use Vault and Caltrops. There are plenty of useful skills.
My skills vary, especially on bosses but here's what I'm usually using:
Bola with either rune
Rapid Fire
Caltrops
Vault
Companion (slow with passive + damage to slow) or Mark of Death with Contagion/AoE rune
3 ingredients ... vault, preparation and good portion of hate/rage.
maabus1999
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Need to hide/black out your chat box. Spoilers in there.
I agree drop rates low, but I kind of expected them to be at first. They can always adjust them and turn them up, if things are too rare. It is debatable, but I think it is better to have something too rare at first, rather than flood the market with rare items, then turn the drop rates down. With duping out, items are going to seem a lot more rare compared to D2. The lack of set items is disappointing, but hopefully they will address it soon. If we are lucky, they will add new items on a regular basis.
ElectricBlue187
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lol my thoughts exactly
I would like to know I am 7 hours in and still haven't finished Act 1 - I am not OCD to clear every monster in every area.
I get more where you are coming from now. Even in my FFXI example, there is rare, great gear you need for your class even at low levels starting around level 7.
The blues/yellows I currently get are good stuff, but a LOT of it gets sold/salvaged. I'd wager 80% of it is. The boss at the end of Act 1 actually dropped 3 yellows and none of them were better than any of my current gear.
I noticed this last night, but I assume it was positional audio?
You can't buy full games with your battlebucks, only certain services. It's listed on the FAQ (that I don't have handy right now). You can transfer the money to Paypal and pay though, but obviously they'll be taking 15%.
I'm avoiding the AH because the satisfaction of seeing a good item drop is what this game is all about, imo.
Yeah, I won't buy anything. The randomness of crafting is also really compelling, although I'm only upgrading items that are lagging behind my clvl.
ElectricBlue187
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Statistics people: which class has the potential for the best DPS at lvl 60?
I get more where you are coming from now. Even in my FFXI example, there is rare, great gear you need for your class even at low levels starting around level 7.
The blues/yellows I currently get are good stuff, but a LOT of it gets sold/salvaged. I'd wager 80% of it is. The boss at the end of Act 1 actually dropped 3 yellows and none of them were better than any of my current gear.
And the biggest issue?
When you kill that boss on nightmare and hell for the first time you won't even get a yellow. Yellows are ALMOST exciting in the absence of golds and greens. but they don't drop much either, and since they're far more random than unique items it's hard to be excited, you usually get crap like gambler dice with intellect.
Paging Scy!
I don't buy stuff either at this point. maybe once I hit Inferno but probably not before that. I do sell stuff though. It's a great source of income.
This is an excuse how? There's people within even the last 3 pages who mention they have only gotten to play 2 hours of the game so far. Ruining shit for them simply because they aren't able to invest more time to be past Act I is silly.
Either way you took it down. All is well now. Be more careful in the future or stick to the spoiler thread.
I like the crafting a lot. Dat gambling feeling except it's so much more affordable.
Ugh, I'm at the point where I can't upgrade my smith without the pages... apparently the only drop in Nightmare and beyond. I want more crafting stuff!!!
:lol indeed! Creating an item with a bunch of +50 stats only to create another with no stats and a bunch of random stuff.
:lol indeed! Creating an item with a bunch of +50 stats only to create another with no stats and a bunch of random stuff.
maabus1999
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I get more where you are coming from now. Even in my FFXI example, there is rare, great gear you need for your class even at low levels starting around level 7.
The blues/yellows I currently get are good stuff, but a LOT of it gets sold/salvaged. I'd wager 80% of it is. The boss at the end of Act 1 actually dropped 3 yellows a nd none of them were better than any of my current gear.
I remember finding my first green named drop in D2. I was like oh wth is that ?!?.
Now, not so much. Admittely I've filled up with a lot of twinking gear but overall, the loot could be better. I guess the problem with a million players on a linked AH is they have to keep the "cool" stuff super rare or it would flood the game world over time.
What they need to do IMO is up the salavage benefits for the legendaries to remove them from game. Then increase their drop rates for ppl to get the "ohh shiny" moment.
They are missing that atm in this game.
I am really liking the crafting also. Most of the Armor I can craft ends up being better than what I am getting on drops.
Imho DH. If you play your cards right you are unkillable.
edit: no jokes please about that sentence ._.
PoweredBySoy
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Well, we also have two kinds of players - the jobless troglodytes that are already 60 playing on Inferno, and those that are forced to balance playtime with other responsibilities.
I imagine the low drop rates for end-tier equipment is intended, for whatever reason Blizzard may have. ffs, we're on what, day 3 now? It'll come.
ihearthawthats
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i can't comment on gw2, but in gw1, dyes were some of the most expensive items (i.e. non-weapons) in the economy. at many points in time they were much more expensive than ecto which were used to craft the most expensive elite armour in the game.
10 characters aren't enough? (each class in normal+hardcore modes)fierybalrog said:
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