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Diablo III |OT3| Turn On Elective Mode, Get an Authenticator
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oneils
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If anyone is looking for a change I recommend the naga hex. Bought it for extra buttons.
Took me a while to get used to a palm grip over my claw grip with the mx518 but I am now getting the hang of it after 60 hours of diablo III.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I would REALLY love a crafting overhaul. It's simply not worth it to spend money and mats at the BS. Blizzard needs to rethink the cost or system or something...blah.
And thanks for the tips on gear leading into Inferno. I'll just keep where I'm at so I can start farming Act 1 for gear.
And thanks for the tips on gear leading into Inferno. I'll just keep where I'm at so I can start farming Act 1 for gear.
That would really put a damper on my item flipping hobby. They had a similar mechanic in the beta (a timer on when you could sell items you'd bought) but they got rid of it.
I'm also quite miffed about the state of crafting. I upgraded my Artisan maybe four times, and I want my gold back. Gems are cheaper to buy than they are to craft.
SupraDarky
Member
Here's my lvl 60 WD. The tentacles on the helmet and shoulders move all over the place too which looks awesome.
Snkfanatic
Banned
I gave up when I was spending 10k in gold alone and a lot of mats only to get some shitty random item. Then try again and get a duplicate of said shitty item only with smaller numbers of the same stats.
Just seems bizarre to me that items never, ever, leave. Good items remain in circulation forever, essentially. This is basically why Bind on Equip exists. Just for the record, you can still flip items, you just can't buy them for use and then flip them :x
@Crafting: Cost is too high for the output, though probably this is due to the economy that took shape rather than the costs themselves. Kind of seems like Blizzard planned prices to be around the Rares you get from Crafting but uh ... we saw how that worked. Or didn't, rather.
StoppedInTracks
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Basileus777
Member
The ladder system would have to be opt-in. They aren't going to reset everything.
Install LogMeIn on your gaming desktop. Problem solved!
FieryBalrog
Member
Crafting so broke current implementation. This is the kind of thing that probably won't e fixed until xpack, though.
Items, ladders, inferno tuning is more of what I'm hoping for. And PvP duh
oneils
Member
Eventually crafting will become more important. Once you get a few decent recipes you can churn out some gear and try for a good roll and then sell it on the AH.
As for jewels, only squares and below drop. Eventually people will begin to craft the higher tier stuff. I think it is just too early to say that crafting is not useful.
As for jewels, only squares and below drop. Eventually people will begin to craft the higher tier stuff. I think it is just too early to say that crafting is not useful.
Here's my lvl 60 WD. The tentacles on the helmet and shoulders move all over the place too which looks awesome.
Is that a legendary? Haven't seen any other helms that look like a manta ray is eating your head lol. pretty awesome.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
I'm having "all I can think about at work is diablo 3, then I go home and don't really feel like playing diablo 3" syndrome. Its weird. After beating normal, this is where I stand:
-Graphics are good, love the ragdoll physics. Love the fluidity of a lot of the skills.
-Like the auction house, most addictive part of the game, but it needs to be better balanced with the rest of the game. As of right now its ruining drops.
-Item system is a mixed bag, but definitely not an improvement thus far. So rares are hardly rare anymore, legendaries are no longer good, items seem to have less unique mods. However, there are more armor pieces (and more visual representation), dps is a better way of doing things, the mods that do exist usually make sense. Still though, I want to see a random low lvl rare with 50 percent increased attack speed, or 10 percent life steal. There's no unique feeling to these items at all. I also miss attack rating, I gotta say.
-The new stat system is so-so.
-Gameplay is awesome. Combat is better in nearly every way.
-Progression needs work. Too many powerful skills available at the beginning, and enemies are too easy. I know they were easy in diablo 2, but you couldn't kill so many at the same time like you can in d3. It just feels off; I felt equally badass at the beginning as I do now. Of course when things get more difficult it should be harder to kill enemies, but there's just something off about the character progression so far.
-My least favorite thing about this game though, is how much worse the social aspects are. The game should still be 8 player, the public games need to revert back to something like the original battle.net. That system just felt so much more open. Now I feel like a caged animal, like a rat running through a maze going for the cheese; maybe it was always like that, but d2 was better with the illusion.
At least the combat and the graphics are better!?
I know all this stuff has been said before and I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I needed to get that out for myself.
-Graphics are good, love the ragdoll physics. Love the fluidity of a lot of the skills.
-Like the auction house, most addictive part of the game, but it needs to be better balanced with the rest of the game. As of right now its ruining drops.
-Item system is a mixed bag, but definitely not an improvement thus far. So rares are hardly rare anymore, legendaries are no longer good, items seem to have less unique mods. However, there are more armor pieces (and more visual representation), dps is a better way of doing things, the mods that do exist usually make sense. Still though, I want to see a random low lvl rare with 50 percent increased attack speed, or 10 percent life steal. There's no unique feeling to these items at all. I also miss attack rating, I gotta say.
-The new stat system is so-so.
-Gameplay is awesome. Combat is better in nearly every way.
-Progression needs work. Too many powerful skills available at the beginning, and enemies are too easy. I know they were easy in diablo 2, but you couldn't kill so many at the same time like you can in d3. It just feels off; I felt equally badass at the beginning as I do now. Of course when things get more difficult it should be harder to kill enemies, but there's just something off about the character progression so far.
-My least favorite thing about this game though, is how much worse the social aspects are. The game should still be 8 player, the public games need to revert back to something like the original battle.net. That system just felt so much more open. Now I feel like a caged animal, like a rat running through a maze going for the cheese; maybe it was always like that, but d2 was better with the illusion.
At least the combat and the graphics are better!?
I know all this stuff has been said before and I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I needed to get that out for myself.
FieryBalrog
Member
Don't delete chars, do it like D2 and shunt old characters into non-ladder mode. And have new chars for the ladder.
I'll corner the market with my maxed out Artisans!
Shouta
Member
http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=38170098&postcount=19090
Is more or less my current stats. I have 15000 DPS now though and like 1 or 2k more HP
I used this variation on the skills I linked in there
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#UeXigh!UYX!acbZYa
SupraDarky
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No it's a rare Hellscape Mask, I'm at Inferno and I have yet to get a single Legendary.
Just beat Act I Inferno!
I had a party of 4, so it wasn't much my doing. Most of them had some astounding dps. I didn't get much for drops from him, even with the valor (2 shitty rares). But, before him I got an amazing belt: 49 dex, 70 fit, and 59 resistance to all elements.
Also, in my opinion, valor should have been a mechanic for the whole game. Maybe not as much MF, obviously, but I love the mechanic. It makes you want to keep going, and it gives you incentive not to change skills.
I had a party of 4, so it wasn't much my doing. Most of them had some astounding dps. I didn't get much for drops from him, even with the valor (2 shitty rares). But, before him I got an amazing belt: 49 dex, 70 fit, and 59 resistance to all elements.
Also, in my opinion, valor should have been a mechanic for the whole game. Maybe not as much MF, obviously, but I love the mechanic. It makes you want to keep going, and it gives you incentive not to change skills.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Everyone is nailing it with thoughts on crafting. I'm glad I'm not alone in my opinion.
And I did this once or twice. I would love crafting to be awesome because it would eliminate the need to scrounge the AH every time I feel the need to upgrade. But without that need to improve, the RMAH would never do well. -_-
Mind posting what build you run in Inferno?
I think they've said it's on their to-do list. I don't have a handy link to a blue post.
Coming soon:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/5406050/Character_Profiles_Coming_Soon-5_11_2012
But I think it will be delayed quite a bit while they fix ongoing issues now
All they need to do to get gear out of the game is to add a crafting recipe that uses existing loot to gamble or reroll. Maybe even use 2 pieces + X to create one new/rerolled item. I'm not a fan of ladder resets since I don't want to re-level (people just find ways to rush anyway so what's the point). The only type of reset I could see solving this would be a timed sunset on current gear. Say there is some lore reason making gear obtained before a certain day unstable and having it expire after so many days. This would give you that amount of time to farm new gear before your gear breaks. Only problem would be all broken gear for people that don't play during that period. Maybe it would prevent you from joining public games until you got current gear, while letting you use 'broken' gear in your private game.
oneils
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Coming "Soon." Check out the official webiste, should be in the news feed on the front page.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
I may have been hacked, not had a chance to check.
No i don't have an authenticator: i don't have an iphone/android phone nor was i willing to pay for something. If hacking is so endemic, it should be provided to the consumer. I also find it a little insulting to suggest it may have been my fault ie due to keylogging.
No i don't have an authenticator: i don't have an iphone/android phone nor was i willing to pay for something. If hacking is so endemic, it should be provided to the consumer. I also find it a little insulting to suggest it may have been my fault ie due to keylogging.
They should have called crafting by what it really is;
Gambling.
There is a dial in version that is free, and works on any phone (or at least that is my understanding).
half a moon
Banned
Ok, I'm very confused.
What am I missing.
I'm a 44 Monk and I see an increase in the damage attribute when I equip a fist weapon and shield that has 20 less Dexterity than my 78.6 (gemed damage) mace off hand. It has 459 armor, +12% chance to block, 392-543 block amount.
What am I missing.
I'm a 44 Monk and I see an increase in the damage attribute when I equip a fist weapon and shield that has 20 less Dexterity than my 78.6 (gemed damage) mace off hand. It has 459 armor, +12% chance to block, 392-543 block amount.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
True. Gambling in D2 was nice though - it ONLY cost gold.
I agree 100%, although my work productivity would plummet from already pathetic levels. I really need a government job. =P
Macmanus
Member
This was posted on Reddit. As I stated there, this is not a good idea. At all.
Weapons stayed in the economy in D2 forever without any issues for over a decade. The way the dichotomy will change is through balance updates of both loot and characters.
If you think Blizzard is going to implement something that destroys players loot, you are fucking insane.
Alas when it comes to getting you account hacked blizzard considers it your fault. When my WoW account was hacked I was pretty much accused of being a gold farmer and my account was frozen. It took about a week of back and forth with them to get everything back to the way it was.
I understand if you dont want to shell out money for an authenticator but if you are a fan of blizzards games its worth the $5.00
Your Off-Hand is terrible compared to your Main Hand. Basically, you alternate attacks so it's possible that spending time swinging your Off-Hand is going to lower your damage if it's that bad. Your Off-Hand needs to be roughly 80% of your Main Hand to be any kind of damage increase over a Shield with the same +Stats.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Did people test Wiz nerf yet? Is it real bad?
New nerfs? It really is a Blizzard game!
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
Last time i checked it was £10 ($15).
half a moon
Banned
And it really needs to be pretty much equal. Even if it was 90% of your main hand's damage, it negates enough of the 15% attack speed advantage to make it not worth giving up the huge defensive bonus of a good shield.
Based on your screenshot, you should not be using dual wield with that equipment setup.
Shopping for deals in the AH is almost as thrilling as playing the actual game.
I got into a bidding war with someone concerning some shield that had only 2 minutes left and was severely underpriced.
I timed my final bid just right and won it on the second. It's like catching pokemon.
I got into a bidding war with someone concerning some shield that had only 2 minutes left and was severely underpriced.
I timed my final bid just right and won it on the second. It's like catching pokemon.
FieryBalrog
Member
It's $6.50 in the US with free shipping, is it really 10 euros for you euros?
FieryBalrog
Member
Should just disallow buyouts on equipment - make it like old eBay lol
Keep buyouts only for commodities
SupraDarky
Member
I'm still in Act 1 so it's the same as my Hell build so far, except I gave up on the Gargantuan. It's the usual Vision Quest + Dire Bears combo. Also the healing Hex, healing Spirit Walk, healing Soul Harvest, Fetish Army/BBV, Blazing Spiders (yep, I love the spiders).
I've been doing very good in Act 1 except for some nearly impossible elite packs.
I'll take a screen shot of all three.
Still confused.
I get 78% when I divide the off hand damage attribute alone with the main hand damage attribute.
It's why I said roughly, though isn't that Off-Hand roughly 70% the Main Hand (~68%)? Edit: Yeah, checking it out and 78.6/114.8 is ~68.47%.
Basically, any time spent swinging your Off-Hand is time spent not swinging your vastly superior Main Hand. Dual Wielding here will give you less average damage over time but more hits in that given interval; using just the Fist will give you the best damage per hit but few attacks.
Generally speaking, I'd just try to aim for practically identical weapons when you Dual Wield. Like, 114.8 and a 110 - 120 DPS Weapon. Unless you're aiming for something very specific with the build like many hits to generate Spirit without concern for the damage on your Primary skill (which you shouldn't do really).
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
WTF just happened? Was co-op'ing with a mate, suddenly half the map disappeared, tp wouldn't work, fury would not go down, unable to leave game, had to force close and now the damn installer won't work. The PLAY button is greyed out. Maintenance?
EDIT: Failed to update tools. FML.
EDIT: Failed to update tools. FML.
Fenderputty
Banned
Comments like this scare me. I had my first legendary item at the end of act 1 or the begining of act 2 normal. It came from a random laying on the ground. It was a level 9 pair of pants that I wore for a while. Kinda crappy really. I hope I didn't blow my load. I'm towards the end of act 3 NM now and am trying to avoid the acution house until Inferno. People are bitching about crafting, but it's how I got my current weapon.
JohnOfMars
Banned
God no! I'm not in Inferno. I'm still leveling. What my character needs now is totally different than what I'll need two days from now.
Oh man, that would suck.
If I really want some equipment, I want it right now, not in 1 day and 19 hours.
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