DaedalusEagle
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I am having problems updating and logging in. I can't get past the launcher screen. WOW and the Battle.net website seem to be down as well.
Diablo III |OT2| Queues Rise. Servers Fall.
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I am having problems updating and logging in. I can't get past the launcher screen. WOW and the Battle.net website seem to be down as well.
toastyToast
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Monks running shit
So beastly; dudes are exploding left and right after a single punch. Seven-Sided Strike is like a freaking nuke :lol
Nightmare and beyond is gonna feel like a kick in the dick
So beastly; dudes are exploding left and right after a single punch. Seven-Sided Strike is like a freaking nuke :lol
Nightmare and beyond is gonna feel like a kick in the dick
What's your DPS look like? Make sure you're using Soul Harvest in crowds to get a huge Intelligence boost and greatly increase your damage output.
Dire Bats is a very solid attack spell. It has great range, fires quickly if you have decent attack speed, and does good damage. After you've got Soul Harvest going you should be wrecking things with it. Combine that with Splinter Darts as your mana regens and you should be doing very solid damage consistently.
Also in a group try using spells like Grasp of the Dead w/ Unbreakable Grasp to greatly slow enemies down so you and your group can maul them even more quickly. It has a very fast cooldown and good range, and the mana cost at low levels is fairly minimal.
Your level is kind of high for the end of act2 normal. More than likely your damage is still low because you havent seen many drops that raise your dps a lot. You can buy the stuff off the AH to make up for lack of equipment, but act3 normal is when I started to see my damage go up a lot equipping drops I found.
drivingpro
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Yep I am unable to get passed the launcher also, ever since I was kicked out due to the servers going down 2ish hours ago
FieryBalrog
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I'm on NA with no issues. Don't know what's goin on with EU though.
Buying your level worth of loot clearly breaks the game :lol. Beat the game with ~600 dps. Decided to check the AH and found a bow for 5000 buyout that is one level below me. +500 dps later and mobs in nightmare are getting sliced through so easily.
lol don't log! A buddy is saying the servers are down, and even battle.net won't display.
lol don't log! A buddy is saying the servers are down, and even battle.net won't display.
GasProblem
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Playing D3 EU with no issues, just logged out and could loging again just fine.
toastyToast
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DPS really starts to explode once you get access to gems.
Before I started using them on my monk I was sitting around 100 or so and that quickly jumped to 250 once I got some equipment with sockets then threw some rubies in.
Before I started using them on my monk I was sitting around 100 or so and that quickly jumped to 250 once I got some equipment with sockets then threw some rubies in.
So I'm enjoying the FUCK out of this game, but how much of it is randomly generated? Is any of it? It's been a long time since I touched Diabo 2, which I mainly played during a four month period when my house was without internet back in high school (late 2003, yes this means I played it single player) and never finished it, but I remember the random generation being much deeper. Then I saw this posted on /v/:
I'm still loving everything about this game, but it does seem a bit like a step down, no? I'm not that far in (barely wrapping up Act I) so maybe it gets much better?
I'm still a bit more excited for Torchlight II. Just really hope that game makes combat feel as intensely satisfying as D3 does.
I'm still loving everything about this game, but it does seem a bit like a step down, no? I'm not that far in (barely wrapping up Act I) so maybe it gets much better?
I'm still a bit more excited for Torchlight II. Just really hope that game makes combat feel as intensely satisfying as D3 does.
Reluctant-Hero
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Dual Wielding weapons, what's the benefit of it of than stat bonuses?
It doesn't seem to increase my DPS as that looks to be determined by your main hand weapon.
It doesn't seem to increase my DPS as that looks to be determined by your main hand weapon.
SaberVulcan
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So I'm enjoying the FUCK out of this game, but how much of it is randomly generated? Is any of it? It's been a long time since I touched Diabo 2, which I mainly played during a four month period when my house was without internet back in high school (late 2003, yes this means I played it single player) and never finished it, but I remember the random generation being much deeper. Then I saw this posted on /v/:
I'm still loving everything about this game, but it does seem a bit like a step down, no? I'm not that far in (barely wrapping up Act I) so maybe it gets much better?
I'm still a bit more excited for Torchlight II. Just really hope that game makes combat feel as intensely satisfying as D3 does.
The dungeons are still mostly RNG (disconnecting mid-dungeon multiple times, always come back to a brand new layout). Having beat the game on Normal, no dungeons were that complex. But, on Nightmare (and Hell, like in that picture) the dungeons might get more and more complex.
I'm not dual wielding but I believe your DPS alternates between each weap. Dual-wielding also confers a 15% boost to attack speed, which also affects casting speed.
So I'm enjoying the FUCK out of this game, but how much of it is randomly generated? Is any of it? It's been a long time since I touched Diabo 2, which I mainly played during a four month period when my house was without internet back in high school (late 2003, yes this means I played it single player) and never finished it, but I remember the random generation being much deeper. Then I saw this posted on /v/:
I'm still loving everything about this game, but it does seem a bit like a step down, no? I'm not that far in (barely wrapping up Act I) so maybe it gets much better?
I'm still a bit more excited for Torchlight II. Just really hope that game makes combat feel as intensely satisfying as D3 does.
The later acts are much more random. Most of the dungeons in act 2 and 3 look like the screenshot from D2 you posted.
Re: low dmg
Get a ton of +damage items, and get a high level ruby for your weapon, it makes a huge difference. I couldn't trade a +3-6 damage item for a similar one with like +70 dex without going down in damage. That'll change once you start racking up the total dex though, but early on (I'm at nightmare act II) +damage is still king.
Get a ton of +damage items, and get a high level ruby for your weapon, it makes a huge difference. I couldn't trade a +3-6 damage item for a similar one with like +70 dex without going down in damage. That'll change once you start racking up the total dex though, but early on (I'm at nightmare act II) +damage is still king.
SaberVulcan
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+Dmg is such an odd stat. Have a level 11 Necklace with +3-6 damage on my 35 Barb over a level 25 neck with +50 strength and +25 dex.
Technically, sort of.
It doesn't directly increase your loot drop, but having more people increases the chance of rare monsters to spawn, thus increasing the chance of better loot to drop.
Can you post skill setup? What kind of gear? Sword and board?
I see, does story bosses drop better loot or are bosses all the same?
fluffydelusions
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My DH so far...
I think bosses are the same.. But I'm not entirely sure.
marjo
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Math time!
I've seen several people ask about +damage versus +primaryability, here's the scoop.
Suppose you find an item that gives you an average of +D damage.
The percent of extra damage you will get by equiping that item will be:
(((WEAPON DAMAGE + D ) / WEAPON DAMAGE) -1) * 100
where weapon damage is equal to your base weapon damage + all other +damage modifiers you already have.
Now, suppose instead that you equip an item that give you +B bonus primary stat.
Percent of extra damage you get will be:
(((100 + Primary Stat + B) / (100 + Primary Stat) -1) * 100
where Primary stat is equal to your primary stat before equiping the new item (including any other +stat you've already got).
The main observation is that in both cases, you're going to get diminishing returns. If you already have a lot of +Damage, then each additional point will get you propertionally less. The same is true for +attr gear. Basically, you're likely going to want a mix of the 2.
I've seen several people ask about +damage versus +primaryability, here's the scoop.
Suppose you find an item that gives you an average of +D damage.
The percent of extra damage you will get by equiping that item will be:
(((WEAPON DAMAGE + D ) / WEAPON DAMAGE) -1) * 100
where weapon damage is equal to your base weapon damage + all other +damage modifiers you already have.
Now, suppose instead that you equip an item that give you +B bonus primary stat.
Percent of extra damage you get will be:
(((100 + Primary Stat + B) / (100 + Primary Stat) -1) * 100
where Primary stat is equal to your primary stat before equiping the new item (including any other +stat you've already got).
The main observation is that in both cases, you're going to get diminishing returns. If you already have a lot of +Damage, then each additional point will get you propertionally less. The same is true for +attr gear. Basically, you're likely going to want a mix of the 2.
If I understand it right, +DMG is multiplied by a lot of things.
200 STR is 200%, or 3x, damage. Times your attack speed, say 1.4.
3-6 DMG suddenly becomes 12.6-25.2. And we're not even including any ability multipliers.
Damage by itself is okay. Damage with your primary stat is nuts.
maniac-kun
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I still dont get how damage is calculated in this game. How does strengh increase damage for a magic user?
Sure, but it wouldn't ruin the game by any means and there would be plenty of advantages.
As it is, I'm simply not playing as much as I'd like as a result of this. I do most of my playing in the basement on my TV. I can set up a table and have at it, which works, but I prefer to sit back with a pad. My mother in law is in town for another month so I don't really fancy playing Diablo upstairs at the moment.
It doesn't. Mouse over the stats and it will show what your primary stat is - i.e. what raises your damage. For Wizards it's int, monks is dex, etc.
toastyToast
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About damage, not that I need to be doing more at this point, but what can I do to get it up?
I've had no luck with all damage loot (that's the category I was asking about earlier) so I rely entirely on my dex and the rubies in my fists which are both radiants. If I get more socketed equipment I think I could push dex to 550-600. How much would that add roughly?
Going into Nightmare, how much damage should I be doing?
Hopefully that wasn't too many questions
I've had no luck with all damage loot (that's the category I was asking about earlier) so I rely entirely on my dex and the rubies in my fists which are both radiants. If I get more socketed equipment I think I could push dex to 550-600. How much would that add roughly?
Going into Nightmare, how much damage should I be doing?
Hopefully that wasn't too many questions
fluffydelusions
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Edit: misread sorry lol
About damage, not that I need to be doing more at this point, but what can I do to get it up?
I've had no luck with all damage loot (that's the category I was asking about earlier) so I rely entirely on my dex and the rubies in my fists which are both radiants. If I get more socketed equipment I think I could push dex to 550-600. How much would that add roughly?
Going into Nightmare, how much damage should I be doing?
Hopefully that wasn't too many questions
Act 2 Nightmare my DPS was around 700.
maniac-kun
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Tell that the ui its confusing as hell.
fluffydelusions
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Sounds about right. I just beat skeleton king and my DH has like 632DPS
echoshifting
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Yeah mine is right around 600-650 at the start of NM
Once I started focusing on weapon damage and looking for +dmg over INT (for WD), it shot up pretty fast.
Once I started focusing on weapon damage and looking for +dmg over INT (for WD), it shot up pretty fast.
I think the UI is great. I never had this easy a time to pick what I need an any game ever.
fluffydelusions
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Anyone want to play a game of nightmare for a bit? Just passed the skeleton king. If anyone is up for it my bt is plbelanger#1923
toastyToast
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What was your dex at if you don't mind me asking?
What's your INT at?
Myoclonic Jerk
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I'm frikin enjoying the game so much. Single player
Tried online, got in with a bunch of Asians (I'm assuming from the names characters), none of them was chatting or anything, they rushed through everything and it wasn't fun. I left after 5 minutes and continued my single player campaign
Going back now
Is there like a GAF community or something where I can play with you guys? I'm level 8
.. Wizard.. I kickass though
Tried online, got in with a bunch of Asians (I'm assuming from the names characters), none of them was chatting or anything, they rushed through everything and it wasn't fun. I left after 5 minutes and continued my single player campaign
Going back now
Is there like a GAF community or something where I can play with you guys? I'm level 8
.. Wizard.. I kickass thoughFelix Lighter
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How are most of you getting your equipment? Auction House, Drops or Crafting? I've been focusing on crafting but I haven't had as much time as I'd like to play so far so I'm still in ACT I.
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