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should i be able to beat diablo with a level 31 demon hunter?
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The Hermit
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Thanks Blizzard, I needed this.
Price Check?
looooll
also that's one amazing boot for a Monk, exodus
Got my DH to 60.
Act 1 is so goddam easy. I mean I knew it was easy, but I didn't even feel like it was Inferno until the butcher one hit me for 35k.
Act 1 is so goddam easy. I mean I knew it was easy, but I didn't even feel like it was Inferno until the butcher one hit me for 35k.
Your mantra, lashing tail kick with stun (no knockback), or cyclone with fear imo
Thanks Yoshichan
Shouta
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I dump into my mantra most of the time for the additional bonus then occasionally tossing it into an attack skill.
Lashing Tail is good too at your level but into Inferno, you'll definitely want knockback for the breathing room.
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i fucking suck at this game
So, are there any podcasts DiabloGAF would recommend for the D3 treadmill? I've never actually listened to any before, now it feels like I've been living under a rock and I have no idea where to look for something to fill my ears with quality talk while slowly grinding my way to better gear...
Not particularly picky about the topic, but let's say anything good VG-related, music-related, books or just interesting sociology-kind of stuff. Let's stay away from politics and the likes. Bonus points for UK point of view if it's real world related.
Not particularly picky about the topic, but let's say anything good VG-related, music-related, books or just interesting sociology-kind of stuff. Let's stay away from politics and the likes. Bonus points for UK point of view if it's real world related.
Here you go, vodh. If the song stops you MIGHT want to take a break.
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there are torrents around of classic 1up Yours and Brodeo casts.. probably my fondest podcast memories. if you have any interest in comedy/entertainers, Marc Maron's WTF podcast is really great.
NaturalHigh
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Lol, why does this exist?
So many soul lashers protecting the arreat crater. Maybe I'll let the demons win after all.
Yeah, I'd really like a further zoom.
Yeah, I'd really like a further zoom.
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there are so many ten hour youtubes that have no reason to exist. i show them to my mom when i want to make her feel old.
anyway i need to get better at pressing keys in a pinch.. that's the only way i'm ever going to beat diablo.
anyway i need to get better at pressing keys in a pinch.. that's the only way i'm ever going to beat diablo.
Is it even possible to solo Hell difficulty on my lvl 53 Demon Hunter?
The Rares and Elites can get to be ridiculous, the trash mobs and some elites aren't bad, but then I will run into A Rare with Jailer, Mortar and vortex and then I am just fucked, from 15k hp to 0 in literally half a second
this is my character
I have heard that DH's actually have it easier due to being able to kite with caltrops, but I find it very difficult to kite around when I am getting vortexed to him and jailed...
The Rares and Elites can get to be ridiculous, the trash mobs and some elites aren't bad, but then I will run into A Rare with Jailer, Mortar and vortex and then I am just fucked, from 15k hp to 0 in literally half a second
this is my character
I have heard that DH's actually have it easier due to being able to kite with caltrops, but I find it very difficult to kite around when I am getting vortexed to him and jailed...
NaturalHigh
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I'd prefer to just watch all of them until I am old.
Is it even possible to solo Hell difficulty on my lvl 53 Demon Hunter?
The Rares and Elites can get to be ridiculous, the trash mobs and some elites aren't bad, but then I will run into A Rare with Jailer, Mortar and vortex and then I am just fucked, from 15k hp to 0 in literally half a second
this is my character
I have heard that DH's actually have it easier due to being able to kite with caltrops, but I find it very difficult to kite around when I am getting vortexed to him and jailed...
You don't have to actually kill anything but the bosses. Get +discipline stuff and smoke screen right on past (with tactical advantage passive).
Other than that, it's just a matter of DPS, caltrops, and getting things in nice rows you can send Nether Tentacles (or lightning ball) through.
Shouta
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Now imagine them in Inferno.
I'm also a DH and doing my solo run in Hell and it's been pretty easy so far except for the few elites and invulnerable minions that I've faced. I'm about 3/4 of the way through Act II. My DPS is currently at 12K with SS, 2.2K armor and 1K dex.Is it even possible to solo Hell difficulty on my lvl 53 Demon Hunter?
The Rares and Elites can get to be ridiculous, the trash mobs and some elites aren't bad, but then I will run into A Rare with Jailer, Mortar and vortex and then I am just fucked, from 15k hp to 0 in literally half a second
this is my character
I have heard that DH's actually have it easier due to being able to kite with caltrops, but I find it very difficult to kite around when I am getting vortexed to him and jailed...
Ha, I would be in tears.
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I'm late to the AH discussion so I'll try to keep it short. Blizzard needed a way to monetize Diablo 3 so that it could generate revenue beyond the initial purchase. I understand and accept this, but I feel they went beyond simply monetizing item selling to actively designing the game to strongly encourage players to buy items.
Blue posts have confirmed they designed the loot system with the Auction House in mind, but have not gotten specific. Inferno seems to be explicitly designed around the idea of buying gear. The difficulty rises so exponentially that the only way to progress is to upgrade all your gear by huge amounts in one go. So you either buy the gear on the Auction House or you "farm" hell. The problem is Hell is rather trivial by this point, so it's unbelievably boring to play compared to Inferno, which is unbelievably frustrating.
This helps reinforce the player's desire to not only get out of Hell difficulty, but to make Inferno doable. This is also reinforced by drop rates which feel so gimped that 'natural' progression is very unappealing (even in Inferno). It's as if the internal ilvl on the drops is always 2 tiers below usable, so it's not that just that you don't get a good roll of affixes, but that the amount of stats on them is way too low. The regularity of drops with the appropriate ilvl seems too low.
I'm not saying you should be able to farm items so easily that the AH is pointless. But Blizzard made the time investment needed to get gear naturally feel so enormous that no reasonable person would choose to do so when the AH exists. The player needs to feel that they're paying to save time they might otherwise spend farming, not that they have to pay because the alternative is insane. That psychological difference really does change the way players interact with the game even if the actual time investment would be comparable to D2.
Blue posts have confirmed they designed the loot system with the Auction House in mind, but have not gotten specific. Inferno seems to be explicitly designed around the idea of buying gear. The difficulty rises so exponentially that the only way to progress is to upgrade all your gear by huge amounts in one go. So you either buy the gear on the Auction House or you "farm" hell. The problem is Hell is rather trivial by this point, so it's unbelievably boring to play compared to Inferno, which is unbelievably frustrating.
This helps reinforce the player's desire to not only get out of Hell difficulty, but to make Inferno doable. This is also reinforced by drop rates which feel so gimped that 'natural' progression is very unappealing (even in Inferno). It's as if the internal ilvl on the drops is always 2 tiers below usable, so it's not that just that you don't get a good roll of affixes, but that the amount of stats on them is way too low. The regularity of drops with the appropriate ilvl seems too low.
I'm not saying you should be able to farm items so easily that the AH is pointless. But Blizzard made the time investment needed to get gear naturally feel so enormous that no reasonable person would choose to do so when the AH exists. The player needs to feel that they're paying to save time they might otherwise spend farming, not that they have to pay because the alternative is insane. That psychological difference really does change the way players interact with the game even if the actual time investment would be comparable to D2.
Is it even possible to solo Hell difficulty on my lvl 53 Demon Hunter?
The Rares and Elites can get to be ridiculous, the trash mobs and some elites aren't bad, but then I will run into A Rare with Jailer, Mortar and vortex and then I am just fucked, from 15k hp to 0 in literally half a second
this is my character
I have heard that DH's actually have it easier due to being able to kite with caltrops, but I find it very difficult to kite around when I am getting vortexed to him and jailed...
you need smoke screen for vortex and jailer, that's why.
cpp_is_king
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Protip: buy potions in the inn
xxjuicesxx
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Anyone take a guess at what these are worth?
Ill give you 2221!
well, I would like to actually kill them to improve my gear(don't use the AH, and even of I wanted too, I never have the cash to buy worthwhile gear...), so maybe just skip the ridiculous combinations? I don't know, but if hell is giving me this much trouble, I am dreading what inferno will bring
I don't understand the drop system at all, unless it is specifically tied to Nephalem's Valor without them telling us. I've farmed Act IV of Inferno for hours and found absolutely nothing that I would consider appropriate kit for Act IV of Inferno. The thing is, despite my nearly 200% MF, I didn't have any stacks of NV. It makes me wonder if the 1000+ DPS weapons (for instance) are only dropping for people that are actually taking the time (and putting in the effort) to get their NV up.
If that has nothing to do with it, then I'm at a loss. People are rolling 1500 DPS weapons, and I've never found one over 800 in Act IV of Inferno. The average is more like...300....
Inferno brings one or two viable builds, and millions of gold in AH costs to equip yourself.
When I was in Inferno
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It is, but only if you roll a Legendary/Set item worth enough for AH upgrades, lol.
Chain link, vortex, fire, AND invincible minions. THANKS BLIZZARD!
cpp_is_king
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Farming hell will not adequately prepare you for act 1 inferno, and farming act 1 inferno will not even come close to preparing you for act 2 inferno. I could care less about anything else, but if i farm act 1 for 60 hours, i should be able to do pretty well in act 2, and thats not even remotely close to being true, even with 5 stacks of NV every time
If crafting costs weren't so high, some of this would be alleviated, I'd think.
cpp_is_king
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Probably. To be fair, ive had a few good crafting results. But with the consumable AH down, its hard to get enough essences.
Speaking of crafting, i got the same blacksmithing plan twice, and both were in the same zone. Considering theres about 100 recipes, makes me think specific recipes only drop in specific zones
Actually I farmed Azmodan Hell to manage to face early Act 1 Inferno. From there I farmed what I could and with time I've managed to find stuff that allowed me to farm the entire Act without issues and without using the AH.
Now I have to see if they same thing is doable for Act 2.
Dreams-Visions
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What class are you playing? Makes a huge difference on whether this is doable. Does your class rely on taking direct face to face hits from elites?
MisterNugNug
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Lol, I was on the phone with Blizzard CS, I'm waiting in the queue for over an hour and after drinking some water I gotta go to the bathroom. The moment I'm draining the lizard...
(World of Warcraft orchestral music cuts off)
"Hello, this is John thanks for waiting on the line, how may I help you?"
(World of Warcraft orchestral music cuts off)
"Hello, this is John thanks for waiting on the line, how may I help you?"
I know come Inferno I will get stomped and rightfully so, but fuck is it retarded to be in a co-op game I start, have a higher level DH join, and watch him die constantly as I'm holding down the elites/champions, and 20 other fucking mobs at once without dying on Hell.
Seriously? If ever that happens to me when I start my DH I'll retire... no reason me holding all these mobs at once and living with some good skill use/kiting, that he can't go bananas damage wise and rip them to shit and kite to help me out. :/
Seriously? If ever that happens to me when I start my DH I'll retire... no reason me holding all these mobs at once and living with some good skill use/kiting, that he can't go bananas damage wise and rip them to shit and kite to help me out. :/
Monk, so lots of hits in the face for me
Better than what I usually get
cpp_is_king
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Ive noticed that sometimes champs drop literally nothing. I think it might happen if you die too many times or take too long
Just solo'd Belial with 5 stacks on Inferno. was not worth the effort.
At least you've beaten him. I still haven't. Not that it matters of course..
When that happens, I find that I've usually missed a single minion or something. Until it goes down, no NV+ and no drops.
cpp_is_king
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Yea but i have gotten the NV+ but no drop
Belial Phase 2 is harder than Phase 3, as a demon hunter at least. cramped spaces are the worst.
Shining Sunshine
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How do you avoid the teleport punch?
I was pissed off during that fight on normal, nightmare, and hell. When someone told me that I could just join an Act 4 game on Inferno and be done with him, I jumped at the chance.
Are you sure you got all of them? Sometimes one goes into hiding and you think you killed them all.
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