I hate using authenticators too, for what it's worth.
Just interested :
had you played any public games?
what level (Nightmare, Hell, Inferno) were the toons in your account at?
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Diablo III |OT3| Turn On Elective Mode, Get an Authenticator
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I hate using authenticators too, for what it's worth.
Just interested :
had you played any public games?
what level (Nightmare, Hell, Inferno) were the toons in your account at?
cpp_is_king
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I wasnt gonna give you shit either way, i never kick a man when he's down
. but so far i havent heard firsthand of a case of it happening to someone with an authenticator so i was just curious.I'm talking about without an authenticator. Validation through e-mail is still required for WoW accounts if a new computer/IP tries to log in to your account even without an authenticator. That isn't in place for D3.
Yes pubs, Inferno Act I.
FieryBalrog
Member
The public games have nothing to do with it, that was a rumor that Blizzard investigated and discounted. Unless they're lying, which I doubt.
Why wouldn't your email be compromised as well? If your computer is compromised, it's compromised.
BigBlackGamer
Member
Done with Hell and moved on to Inferno. Act 1 isn't bad at all but I definitely plan to have issues in Act 2.
Been farming and messing with the blacksmith and I find you can make some pretty damn good profits from selling mid 50's rare chest pieces on the AH. Only 10k to make (plus materials) and I've sold sets from 20-300k easy. Having blacksmithing at level 10 has paid off BIG time in my opinion.
Because it operates under a different password. My computer is not compromised, my Diablo 3 account is.
Wow, people really weren't kidding about Act 2 Inferno. Walk outside and die, pretty much. Crazy, since even though I didn't do the greatest with Act 1, it really wasn't that hard.
Now I'm kind of stuck and wondering what I should do. My equipment is pretty up to date and overall rather expensive. I even have quite a few pieces with high all-resist on 'em. My issue is that I don't know what to raise and what to lower, really. I feel like I can't just raise all of my stats; dex, vit, armor, resists, dps, etc without spending literally millions per pieces of equipment. And even doing that most equipment really isn't that much better than what I've got.
Now I'm kind of stuck and wondering what I should do. My equipment is pretty up to date and overall rather expensive. I even have quite a few pieces with high all-resist on 'em. My issue is that I don't know what to raise and what to lower, really. I feel like I can't just raise all of my stats; dex, vit, armor, resists, dps, etc without spending literally millions per pieces of equipment. And even doing that most equipment really isn't that much better than what I've got.
Who says his email was compromised? Requiring email validation for different ip's isn't going to help if it was, but I don't think this was the case here. Hacking has become so widespread that it does sound like there's a problem on Blizzard's end, and getting an authenticator shouldn't be necessary to protect your account, provided you practice basic internet security.
Dreams-Visions
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You have no idea what's coming. Enjoy the ease of Act 1. Buy the best lube available for Act 2 to make it go in as smooth as possible.
Honestly? Everything from Normal - Hell is actually easy. sometimes you run into the cheap elite combo that kills you in Hell...but it's fairly few and far between. I imagine Hell would be more difficult without the Auction House to buy decent items, though.
But Inferno? Inferno is bullshit after Act I. It's not just the elites that are cheap, but regular-ass packs of enemies. Inviso-trident guys 1-shot you, regardless of health it seems (50,000hp or 35,000 hp seems to make no difference. The leaping things in the Act 2 sewers can damn near 1-shot you. The swarms of sewer wasps 1-shot you (while being difficult to even see on screen). I've tried both configurations). Now that I think about it, I don't think there is anything that can't at least 2-shot you. I'm finding diamond skin to be all but worthless. It seems to barely absorb one hit, which is too little to take up a skill slot.
I played for an hour today in Act 2. Crossed the desert, finished
Maghda
Act 2 is the one act out of all of them that I never liked in terms of aesthetics, enemies or missions. I know one thing now: Act 2 is the only Act that I will never play again. Not unless equipment is released that gives me 100k HP. Then maybe I can absorb 2 fucking hits from inviso-trident assholes.
These thoughts doesn't even include the added "challenge" of lag. Fuck.
cpp_is_king
Member
Has anyone found any high level blacksmith or jeweler plans? Where do they drop? Any random enemy, or only specific bosses with 5 stacks of nephalem valor buff?
Go bargain hunting.
I've found a couple in Inferno Act I. They're just on anything.
If the auction house worked, I would!
Throw your follower at them and haul ass.
Dreams-Visions
Member
fuck a desert!
also, I can't even imagine playing through Inferno without some AH-bought items.
Trying to play through on Hardcore with a demon hunter. Doing well so far.
Lvl 20 with about 2100 hp, 70 dps.
entangling shot > shock collar
rapid fire > web shot
Shadow Shroud > speed boost
Preparation > +10 max discipline on use
Shadow Power > +4 hatred per sec
Comapnion > Spider for slow
Passives are, culling the weak (extra damage to slowed mobs) and whatever the one that gives you a free root every 10 seconds.
Anyone have tips on builds for max survivablity? It would be awesome to beat the game even on normal without dying once. If I can't do it on my DH, I'll try monk next.
Lvl 20 with about 2100 hp, 70 dps.
entangling shot > shock collar
rapid fire > web shot
Shadow Shroud > speed boost
Preparation > +10 max discipline on use
Shadow Power > +4 hatred per sec
Comapnion > Spider for slow
Passives are, culling the weak (extra damage to slowed mobs) and whatever the one that gives you a free root every 10 seconds.
Anyone have tips on builds for max survivablity? It would be awesome to beat the game even on normal without dying once. If I can't do it on my DH, I'll try monk next.
Thanks. I found one or two from http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1131751-Diablo-3-Live-Stream-List but just watching their recorded ones.
I'll flip over to yours when I can. Gonna try to sneak home in a min.
I think the rest of the quests are still fine, bizarrely. So get to running Wortham or Kasim Outpost.
If you have friends available, they can beat the Act 4 Boss for you to get Nightmare access. You'll have to grind to 25 (then 50 for Hell and 60 for Inferno) but at least you don't have to do the actual Act 1 - Act 4 run.
Then again, that's also the good chunk of your EXP in those quest rewards so eh...
-Pyromaniac-
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Check out my DPS, no boost at all. Not bad I'd say for act 4 hell.
Oh I definitely have been. I've made most of my gold through flipping items on the AH.
But even then I guess I'm just not sure where to go. As I said, my equipment is pretty up to date and is worth quite a bit, I think. I'm just not sure what I'm supposed to sacrifice in the name of some other stat. It's a game of something has to give, and I'm not sure what to give. For example, my rings and amulet right now all give great dex, vit, and attack speed. All of them. I can't find rings with those kind of stats and resist all. Even in the multi-millions it seems kind of hard to find them. So, do I give up my attack speed and drastically tank my dps and spirit regen, and in turn have troubles healing myself and keeping up that way, but in turn get resists. Or what?
Obviously the one with vitWhat's better for a barb? (for Inferno, obviously)
Shining Sunshine
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I wouldn't use Smoke Screen and Shadow Power at the same time. They're both high discipline cost. Caltrops with Torturous Ground is better utility.
Still dunno how anyone is going to not die on inferno as a DH. everything one shots that it's BS.
Even considering the resists and reduced melee damage?
Honestly I'd experiment with them. Once you get to inferno it seems you NEED resist all on pretty much every piece of equipment you have. That's lacking on one of those, but on the other hand that one does have more armor, more vit, and the reduced damage. Though I'm not sure if the reduced damage really reduces it by 4% in inferno. That's probably lowered or something.
cpp_is_king
Member
Im not convinced. You dont think +17 all resist, 30 additional poison resist, and -4% from all melee is worth 2k hp?
StoppedInTracks
Member
Yup. People forgot that any Diablo game on the highest difficulty is 100% gear dependent. You don't have the right gear? You die.
In D2 you'd grind 1000 hours for it, now you can just fuck around in AH.
Matters how much the additional damage mitigation the additional armor on the bottom one gives. He should see how much it raises.
Yeah. The only good thing the 1st one offer is all resis. 4% melee is nothing. 2% crit chance is nothing.
121 vit is huge. Always go for most expensive one. If its not better, it wouldn't be more expensive
It would largely depend on where the resists are already on how much +17 to all is. The same for Armor since it does have +127 Armor over it.
...uh...
vitaminwateryum
corporate swill
They fixed the NM Azmodan farming
You fail at the auction house game.
Dreams-Visions
Member
NO.
Dreams-Visions
Member
YES.
They fixed the NM Azmodan farming
Anyone know where is the best place to level now?
Statement was Not applying to the auction house
I think a Barb is going to be my next character. I know people say they are pretty bad off in Hell/Inf but it was pretty awesome smashing dudes with a Barb in the beta.
Wortham quest in Hell Act 1 is very good and quick. I believe it's quest #7.
Sell value is just based mostly off the level of the item.
That said, I'd pick the bottom one BUT I'd equip them both and see how significant changes are in the details page.
They are running Act 4 on Hell, not Inferno.
RobotMafia
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Well, I wasn't going to buy it but I just couldn't resist so im downloading it now. There goes my holiday weekend!
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