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Diablo III |OT3| Turn On Elective Mode, Get an Authenticator
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SnakeswithLasers
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Haha, I was thinking exactly the same thing. Sigons was an awesome set to have on your account. Tomb runs were amazing with it.
KittenMaster
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Does anybody know all of the changes that are made besides what's listed in the patch notes? It's always a pain to find information about these things.
Fenderputty
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I actually did the math, and several actually go for less then the cost to make. I can only assume some people selling them aren't good at math.
Also, some of the distribution for hardcore:
Also, from the AMA, it sounds like Life Steal will slowly be buffed, and Life on hit is going to stay where it is.
toastyToast
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People are barely factoring cost of materials when pricing the high level gems
There's really no reason to ugprade your own Jeweler
There's really no reason to ugprade your own Jeweler
Where did you find the statistics on hardcore? Planning on switching soon, and I'm curious.
I think we're coming to an agreement then, Snakes. We both agree that big difficulty spikes are a bad thing. I do feel the game tend to have giant jumps in difficulty, then a plateau, then another big jump, then a plateau -- that's bad. I'm content with how hard the game is, and I'm not personally happy that the game is becoming less difficult; but I do absolutely agree that it's good the difficulty is being smoothed.
Or, put differently, I'm glad the difficulty is being smoothed, but not glad it's being lowered. Close enough to an agreement, I think.
That's good. These AMAAs are very nice.
BigBlackGamer
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how the fuck do barbs kill treasure goblins? HOW?
Interesting. I wonder why we had gold disappear.
SnakeswithLasers
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I kinda wish they would have went with a different economy instead of gold.
Call me crazy, but I enjoyed the rune economy in D2 (especially absent duping and botting). It felt very effective because they were rare drops (whereas gold is as plentiful as grass) and there were ways for lower level players to compete in the economy to get decent gear (Countess runs), but the real currency was dropping (rarely) for only those people at the most advanced stages.
I'm not saying runes are/were perfect, but I like the IDEA more than gold.
Call me crazy, but I enjoyed the rune economy in D2 (especially absent duping and botting). It felt very effective because they were rare drops (whereas gold is as plentiful as grass) and there were ways for lower level players to compete in the economy to get decent gear (Countess runs), but the real currency was dropping (rarely) for only those people at the most advanced stages.
I'm not saying runes are/were perfect, but I like the IDEA more than gold.
+1 That's me. I used to play a character to max level about every year or so in D2... single player, off line, during work trips and deployments. I'm edit:NOT gonna be able to do that in D3, and I won't be able to go back to 2 after playing this either... (Good news is those kind of trips are pretty much over with now anyway)
I pop wrath of the berserker whenever I see one :lol
Careful use of Wrath of the Berserker + Furious Charge.
What, he is running towards a pack of elites? Who cares.
Okay, I'm very glad to be wrong about traditional "core" gamers getting pushed out, if the anecdotal evidence here is any example. It was just my observation. To be frank, I'm not sure what group I fit in to, personally. I'm most like the traders, but I doubt I will personally play this game for years on end.
You wanna force them into a corner, they just stand there and you can beat on them.
SnakeswithLasers
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Actually, we may completely agree, because after consideration I don't think it should be necessarily "easier"--just better communicated and less jarring.
At the beginning of release I was wondering if they would put in ceilings or suggestions for where you should be based on your average item level (I think WoW implemented something like this officially, but the community definitely did through Gear Score). I was disappointed to see that it did not; and I was more disappointed with how non-reflective the little "red and green" numbers are of actual value once you get past a certain point (Hell).
I think my point is being boiled down to: Smooth things out. Communicate with players. Inferno being a bear is fine: But clearly let the player know why they are dying. However, if you are going to just tell people that it's the natural thing to try at 60, then you need to balance it accordingly.
FieryBalrog
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Other people have reported similar things. If your characters and all are still intact, I would think it is a glitch, but who knows?
fluffydelusions
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Ugh, just logged in and still can't play it. Terrible performance and lag 
FieryBalrog
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What rune economy were you playing that was absent duping and botting
Btw, duping and botting are the only reason the rune economy even made sense. The number of super high runes being generated legitimately was so astronomically small that there would have been no functioning economy without the duping.
Same with SOJs, only worked as a currency thanks to duping.
BigBlackGamer
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yea I can sometimes get them in a corner but most of the time I can't. dropped wrath of the berserker for furious charge but I guess I can just pop it in for goblins.
FieryBalrog
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From the AMAA. Well it's a start, and they say they may change more in the future, but I think they should change more.
Jesus f'ing christ please do this.
I don't think this thread is a good barometer of the traditional "core" diablo player, especially anyone that has been pushed out of the game by the changes in design for D3. Those individuals that were put off likely don't even visit this thread with a few exceptions (like myself). The "core" Diablo player probably isn't on GAF and most likely only plays a handful of traditionally "core" games a year, if that. That Diablo "core" audience also wasn't the minority taking part in the trading and whatnot in D2.
fluffydelusions
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If you're goblin hunting, Wrath of the berserker, Call of the ancients and Earthquake for the overkill.
During normal gameplay just Wrath of the Berserker.
You'll get your ass handed by most of the elite mobs.
I'm hoping it's a glitch and my account isn't compromised.
It'd be nice if it didn't demand confirmation if you've already seen it. Actually there's a bunch of places where confirmation just seems excessive and silly.
Schweinehund
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Haven't been playing since I don't find enjoyment out of chest spawning/vase destroying.
Blizzard has it spot on with the problems though. Once they patch in changes I'm going to start playing again, most likely on my monk until they rebalance with doctor skills so I'm not stuck with darts, harvest, spirit walk and grasp in every single one of my builds.
Blizzard has it spot on with the problems though. Once they patch in changes I'm going to start playing again, most likely on my monk until they rebalance with doctor skills so I'm not stuck with darts, harvest, spirit walk and grasp in every single one of my builds.
Trojita
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Check the auction house.
CarbonatedFalcon
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In the AMAA, they're kind of in denial-mode concerning gripes about the story. At least Jay is.
Now personally I don't think the story was particularly bad, per se, at least for a pulpy video game story. However, I do agree with some of the criticisms. It was certainly heavy-handed in parts, and I (along with many others I'm sure) feel that it could have been told better, even keeping the same basic plot line. Primarily it was the main plot thread that had this issue - side stories like with the followers, and ambient lore through the journals/books was generally intriguing and great.
Now personally I don't think the story was particularly bad, per se, at least for a pulpy video game story. However, I do agree with some of the criticisms. It was certainly heavy-handed in parts, and I (along with many others I'm sure) feel that it could have been told better, even keeping the same basic plot line. Primarily it was the main plot thread that had this issue - side stories like with the followers, and ambient lore through the journals/books was generally intriguing and great.
I'd like for recasting Hydra to not proc Life After Kill x3 (once for every Hydra I kill).
Easiest game of my life
Price check on this?
5k
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I'm tired of hammering on my spacebar to skip bad dialog I've heard a hundred times. There will be an option to disable all this crap, I don't think they're crazy enough not to add the option.
The other night I completely geared (went down the list on AH of gear type) and fully decked him out for under 40k. He's only level 40, but the stuff I got will last me until late 50's just like the mid level gear for my wizard did.
What is item drops?
CarbonatedFalcon
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I find that to be the most funny thing (obviously unintentional.) I wonder if the same thing happens (though it wouldn't be as powerful) when resummoning the Demon Hunter pet. Haven't heard any word about that. It's more of a problem with Hydra though, being so cheap comparatively to any other "pets" you could have. The DH pet costs a fair amount of discipline, and the WD pets have long CDs. Hyrda is pretty much spammable.
There were quite a few questions answered about the economy and itemization. Not going to sort through to find them all now, but there will be a post sometime later on Battle.net with everything compiled.
Also, fun trivia from the AMAA:
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Price check on this?
Stats are just awful for a level 60 requirement. It might be worth something as a novelty item if it has a unique look, but I wouldn't expect much. With how many good 2-handers are available for cheap now, there's just no reason to use that sword.
I tried to sell my Grandfather for 100K. Didn't work so I bumped it down to 75K. Kept going down until someone finally bought it at 25k. My stats weren't so different from yours.Price check on this?
I think the biggest problem is just the way the main villain's dialog later in the game is so boilerplate:
"You defeated X? Well Y will trounce you!"
Also Kulle laughing maniacally after everything he says really kills any question of his being morally ambiguous (something the dialog generally seems to try to convey). They kind of defeat themselves on this front.
CarbonatedFalcon
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To be fair, this was just game designers answering (primarily gameplay) questions, not Metzen or any other writers, so I wasn't expecting a particularly compelling answer concerning the story anyway.
hitsugi
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Lmao. Did YOU play D2? 2 piece sigons could carry a classic barb to 99 and you could MF your way to a respectable set of gear.
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