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[FallingEdge]

So looks like bans are incoming.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/6317359/Cheating_in_Diablo®_III-6_11_2012#blog

What exactly is considered an exploit? ZK leveling? Farming the known spots? I really don't see how the power leveling is impacting gameplay.

 

[Twinduct]

I sure as shit hope so.

Is there any exploit that has been discovered that negatively impacts anyone's game?

 

[picklecannon]

Lol ban for using exploits?

I'd imagine they mean the real exploits, like the item crafting dupe thing posted a few pages back, and not 'exploits' like using zoltun kulle to level.

 

[Calavera520]

does darkd3 still work, or is it part of the ban?

 

[Voidguts]

What exactly is considered an exploit? ZK leveling? Farming the known spots? I really don't see how the power leveling is impacting gameplay.

I seriously, seriously doubt they care about powerleveling. I'm thinking by "exploit" they mean stuff like the infinite crafting materials/rollback stuff.

 

[Nelo Ice]

I sure as shit hope so.

'Playing Diablo III legitimately means playing with an unaltered game client.'

You have nothing to worry about.

Yeah was paranoid for a second lol well back to getting more alts to as high of a level as possible before 1.03 hits then I'll start playin my monk again.

 

[Twinduct]

I'd imagine they mean the real exploits, like the item crafting dupe thing posted a few pages back, and not 'exploits' like using zoltun kulle to level.

Well I hope Blizzard's use of the word is different from their community who comments on that story. According to them Powerlvl and etc = exploit worth banning. So naturally I worry =)

 

[SnakeswithLasers]

Is there any exploit that has been discovered that negatively impacts anyone's game?

Crafted goods cancelling and saving materials for a free reroll.
Cancelling items that have been bid on but that you don't like the price of.
Scripting to remove the item from the trade window then rapidly click accept.

Edit: Guys, read the quote from Blizzard: 'Playing Diablo III legitimately means playing with an unaltered game client.'

It's really doubtful that anything (even that I listed, except for the scripting stuff) will result in a ban. Maybe crafted goods exploit, but I doubt they can even track that.

 

[Twinduct]

I seriously, seriously doubt they care about powerleveling. I'm thinking by "exploit" they mean stuff like the infinite crafting materials/rollback stuff.

Christ how is that even possible lol.

 

[vaelic]

Lol ban for using exploits?

of course

 

[Macmanus]

So in theory a nefarious person could save up their unidentified Legendary items - wait for the patch - then sell them via the trade channels.

Boy would that be comedy gold.

 

[Twinduct]

Crafted goods cancelling and saving materials for a free reroll.
Cancelling items that have been bid on but that you don't like the price of.
Scripting to remove the item from the trade window then rapidly click accept.

'Crafted goods cancelling and saving materials for a free reroll'. How does it even work?

The last two should have been fixed day one. No excuse why those still exist after two patches already hit. But fair enough, I can see how this is an issue, even if I do believe those should have never existed in the first place lol.

 

[balddemon]

my passives are superstition , nerves of steel, and tough as nails.
found some gear and now i'm up to 41k life which might help. lost a bit of dps tho. gonna try with a WD friend perhaps after some more butcher runs

 

[Artanisix]

So in theory a nefarious person could save up their unidentified Legendary items - wait for the patch - then sell them via the trade channels.

Boy would that be comedy gold.

Genius unless they end up boosting their ilvls, in which case you'd probably be able to tell the difference between the pre-patch and post-patch legendaries

 

[SnakeswithLasers]

'Crafted goods cancelling and saving materials for a free reroll'. How does it even work?

The last two should have been fixed day one. No excuse why those still exist after two patches already hit. But fair enough, I can see how this is an issue, even if I do believe those should have never existed in the first place lol.

I dunno, it's fixed now, but it had something to do with joining a game, rolling an item, then (if you didn't like the item roll) the host leaving and your game getting cancelled, thus rolling back your character to pre-crafting roll.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Any idea what this is worth? I've tried selling it for 1m, 500k, no luck. If anyone is interested give me a price yo

 

[Slayer-33]

Banning for ending auctions soon? lol...

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

Any idea what this is worth? I've tried selling it for 1m, 500k, no luck. If anyone is interested give me a price yo

You can search the AH for legendaries by name so just type in Maximus and see how much they're selling for. In my experience with the legendaries I've found it's usually a lot less than you'd hope for.

That is a cool looking sword, though.

 

[zlatko]

Any idea what this is worth? I've tried selling it for 1m, 500k, no luck. If anyone is interested give me a price yo

Because it is fuck awful. 567 for a 2 hander? LMAO! I got a 1 hander with that much damage for 50k on the AH.

I'd say it's worth 250K.

Edit: You know what. Ignore 250K. Just salvage it.

 

[Twinduct]

I dunno, it's fixed now, but it had something to do with joining a game, rolling an item, then (if you didn't like the item roll) the host leaving and your game getting cancelled, thus rolling back your character to pre-crafting roll.

Yeah that does kinda go with the whole 'cheating the system' vibe. But if it's fixed, then it's one less thing worry about. Hope they get those gold farmers though. (Or give you the option to disable auto-join general chat). Think that resolves the face of my problem with farmers

 

[SnakeswithLasers]

Any idea what this is worth? I've tried selling it for 1m, 500k, no luck. If anyone is interested give me a price yo

That looks pretty awful. Level 60, not even 600 damage (on a 2-hander even). A monk that would use it could get better offense and defense very cheaply with a 1h and shield and a lot more damage on a 2-hander.

 

[thetrin]

Figures. The first time I get a legendary after 120 hours of play time is on my fucking lvl 10 DH. Thanks video game.

That should get me about 5000 gold.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

Any idea what this is worth? I've tried selling it for 1m, 500k, no luck. If anyone is interested give me a price yo

It's an extremely poor 2-handed weapon for a level 60 requirement. With the plethora of better items you can get for sub-100k, no one should be interested in it outside of collection/dress-up purposes.

 

[Impeccable]

That legendary is worth whatever Fiery Brimstones are worth currently.

I don't think they'll retroactively ban anyone either, I think it's a warning that if you're caught botting you're done. I'd be really upset if I got banned because I tested the cancel auction thing.

 

[Thrakier]

If they'll ban Dark D3 I'll go myself. Going back to vanilla D3 graphics is just no possible, it looks horrible imo.

 

[fierrotlepou]

Playing this game on HC is so satisfying.

 

[xelios]

Hopefully they get on top of the AH bots buying x under x price instantaneously. The botters who smashed vases for gold. I'd be happy if they just banned any f*ing bots and fixed the rest of their gaping exploit shit that shouldn't have gone live in the first place (free crafting, cancelling auctions with bids etc). Also I can't see the RMAH not being a complete clusterfluck if it actually goes live on the 12th.

 

[Lothars]

If they'll ban Dark D3 I'll go myself. Going back to vanilla D3 graphics is just no possible, it looks horrible imo.

I don't understand this line of thinking I think it looks much worst with the Dark D3, not that I think they should ban anyone from using it.

 

[cpp_is_king]

So in theory a nefarious person could save up their unidentified Legendary items - wait for the patch - then sell them via the trade channels.

Boy would that be comedy gold.

I guess they could, if the person buying was retarded. That is because the stats had already been determined at the time the item was obtained, not when it was ID'ed

Dont buy unidentified items, ever

 

[thetrin]

If they'll ban Dark D3 I'll go myself. Going back to vanilla D3 graphics is just no possible, it looks horrible imo.

Wow, talk about melodramatic.

 

[HenryHSH]

This game is like a sport where everyone on top is on growth hormones and anyone that wants to keep up has to to pinch and poke their stomach.

 

[SnakeswithLasers]

Hopefully they get on top of the AH bots buying x under x price instantaneously. The botters who smashed vases for gold. I'd be happy if they just banned any f*ing bots and fixed the rest of their gaping exploit shit that shouldn't have gone live in the first place (free crafting, cancelling auctions with bids etc). Also I can't see the RMAH not being a complete clusterfluck if it actually goes live on the 12th.

Ya, the bots have really hurt this economy.

I guess they could, if the person buying was retarded. That is because the stats had already been determined at the time the item was obtained, not when it was ID'ed

Dont buy unidentified items, ever

That's his point.

 

[DTKT]

So, is there are timer on the authenticator? The game just asked me for the number but I didn't try to log in anywhere else.

Hacking attempt?

 

[HenryHSH]

So, is there are timer on the authenticator? The game just asked me for the number but I didn't try to log in anywhere else.

Hacking attempt?

It asks you once a week.

 

[FieryBalrog]

So, is there are timer on the authenticator? The game just asked me for the number but I didn't try to log in anywhere else.

Hacking attempt?

No, it just asks you for it about once a week to make sure.

 

[FieryBalrog]

Got down Belial on normal hardcore. Hardcore is such a rush, lol.

 

[blackflag]

So, is there are timer on the authenticator? The game just asked me for the number but I didn't try to log in anywhere else.

Hacking attempt?

It does that like once a week.

 

[zlatko]

So, is there are timer on the authenticator? The game just asked me for the number but I didn't try to log in anywhere else.

Hacking attempt?

Random side topic about authenticators:

I got an email from Blizz saying that dial in authenticators do NOT work with D3 and SC2.

...da fuck?

 

[GJS]

I'm comfortably farming Act 2 and ZK now with my duel wield monk.

Gonna take a while to find resist upgrades for act 3 that don't reduce my vit and dex.

 

[Ashodin]

That looks pretty awful. Level 60, not even 600 damage (on a 2-hander even). A monk that would use it could get better offense and defense very cheaply with a 1h and shield and a lot more damage on a 2-hander.

Hopefully Legendaries will scale better with the upcoming patch. Seriously though. People pass this up because the DPS just doesn't cut it. If these things have a terrible time dropping, why oh why do they not impress when you find one?

 

[Sophia]

Random side topic about authenticators:

I got an email from Blizz saying that dial in authenticators do NOT work with D3 and SC2.

...da fuck?

The dial in authenticator hasn't worked with anything except WoW in a long time. It offers zero protection.

 

[Macmanus]

I guess they could, if the person buying was retarded. That is because the stats had already been determined at the time the item was obtained, not when it was ID'ed

Dont buy unidentified items, ever

Correct?

 

[zlatko]

The dial in authenticator hasn't worked with anything except WoW in a long time. It offers zero protection.

It was news to me. I feel unsafe now.

Ugh at having to pony up extra dough for a slight bit more protection.

 

[Thrakier]

Wow, talk about melodramatic.

Nope, not the slightest. I really feel that strong about Dark D3. It makes everything much better graphics wise. You have to use post sharpen though for a more natural look.

 

[cpp_is_king]

Correct?

I verified it myself. Got a rare, id'ed it and then got dc'ed (coincidentally), id'ed it again later was identical.

There's too much room for abuse if the item is rolled at id time

 

[FrankT]

I don't really get the two handed Barb weapons I've seen so far. Right at level 35 so far and I swear most of the 2 handers I've seen drop barely compare to my 1 handers. That is each one not even combined.

 

[MisterAnderson]

Speaking of monk builds, I've got:

Fists of Thunder - Lightning Flash
Deadly Reach - Keen Eye

Breath of Heaven - Blazing Wrath
Blinding Flash - Faith in the Light
Serenity - Peaceful Repose
Mantra of Healing - Time of Need

Transcendence
One with Everything
Seize the Initiative

I've got:

~15000 dps unbuffed, 17500 buffed
5450 armor unbuffed (with keen eye it's 8175, so it's always this)
17% crit chance, and 106% crit damage
20% block 1960-2794
Dodge chance 31.1% (with lightning flash on it's about 42%, and that's petty much always)
Resistances - 757 (908 buffed)
Crowd Control reduction: 13.99%
Melee damage reduction: 18.4%
29,361 life
569 life per second
640 life per hit



Basically, in Act 2 inferno now, I'm a beast. I've had comments throughout many of my games now that I'm pretty crazy. I was tanking 2 elite mobs at the same time the other day. I can stand in desecrator and plague stuff (at the same time) in act 1 without losing health, really. I can stand in desecrator stuff for a bit in act 2, depending. Act 3 still murders me, though.... ugh

I LOVE the idea of this combo, but through testing just now I find it kills stuff much slower than my current build. It's a really fun way to play though...comboing the first two strikes with Fists of Thunder then finishing with the third strike of Deadly Reach. Makes you feel like you're actually skillfully using combos. Have you tried using Sweeping Winds instead of Blinding Flash? I know it's hard to give up Blinding Flash...it's an awesome ability. But Sweeping Winds is probably the best spirit bang for the buck in the game, it's hard for me to give up. :/

 

[NaturalHigh]

Wow, talk about melodramatic.

If they ban DarkD3. I will go dark.

THAT is melodramatic.

 

[cpp_is_king]

Is desecrator fire damage? 1k fire resist doesnt really seem to do shit to mitigate it

Maybe its just my imagine, but the rate of incoming damage from desecration seems to accelerate over time, too

 

[FieryBalrog]

They wouldn't have said they're OK with Dark D3 if they were going to ban it.