The only easy answer is get better gear. I think I could go on to act II if my current items had sockets so I could fit vit gems everywhere. I got 35k HP, 550~ resists and 9.5k DPS and I'm still struggling. I probably need like 10k more HP, better block % (currently 14 =/) and a faster weapon that has high life on hit. So basically, need like 10 million.
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The only easy answer is get better gear. I think I could go on to act II if my current items had sockets so I could fit vit gems everywhere. I got 35k HP, 550~ resists and 9.5k DPS and I'm still struggling. I probably need like 10k more HP, better block % (currently 14 =/) and a faster weapon that has high life on hit. So basically, need like 10 million.
Dreams-Visions
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Few people are farming Act II. those that are have very high dps and good health and/or resists.
I agree, Farming Act I is cake. Farming Act III...idunno. I only tried it briefly a few days ago and found it extremely difficult with the weapons/armor I had at that time. I'm capable of 2x the dps now as I was then, so I may give it another run. we'll see.
they better not. though I wouldn't mind starting to kite with blizzard more. with 2 slots dedicated to defense (Armor, skin) and one for Magic Weapon...I really only have 1 slot left. I've been itching to be able to use Blizzard to slow down pursuing elites for some time but haven't because I don't want to give up the Hydras.
welcome to the club.
Sax Russel
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Late act 3 inferno is basically resetting the map until you don't encounter a champion pack with a trait that fucks you. Good times.
poppedcollar69
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Any thoughts?
Thanks for these tips. I've just realised that I'm struggling because I find it hard to place myself in the buyers shoes (as I have never bought anything). Never mind.
There are fairly frequent posts with people that aren't through the game on normal yet, it's only fair.
My first was a level 18 belt I think (at least I could wear it for a few levels).
Someone in the thread found a legendary level 8 monk fist iirc.
-Pyromaniac-
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So what's the consensus on the EASIEST Inferno class. I'm curious to hear where people stand. I think it has been long enough to form some kind of opinion.
That's the future I envision, and its pretty grim. The AH plays way to important a part in everybodys gearing up. You should be gearing up from the game, not the AH. But when the game itself is pushing you towards the AH, its all fucked. Hopefully this will change, but I don't think Blizzard wants it to change too much. RMAH is on the way, and Blizz will want you conditioned to use the AH.
If every skill was as good as the unnerffed Smoke Screen, the game wouldn't be difficult. Sometimes nerfs are in order.
GalacticSushiman
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...Also, I would love to be able to see the items caracteristic AFTER having sold them. I have sometime surprises (like an item buyout after 5 mins, which basically means my buyout was far too low), BUT I CAN'T BUILD ANY EXPERIENCE/KNOW HOW.
I have to think about the nature of the item I sold yesterday, and by looking at the name figure out what it was... Seriously?
That would be the first thing I would change, that and the possibility to rank items on any caracteristic (Armor/Intelligence/Attack Speed...).
Still, I am complaining, but I have some massive fun trying to understand the economic system and its implications. Mesmerizing (to me).
I have to think about the nature of the item I sold yesterday, and by looking at the name figure out what it was... Seriously?
That would be the first thing I would change, that and the possibility to rank items on any caracteristic (Armor/Intelligence/Attack Speed...).
Still, I am complaining, but I have some massive fun trying to understand the economic system and its implications. Mesmerizing (to me).
bigdaddygamebot
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Level 9 demon hunter crossbow.
Sometimes.
Trickster
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Just read blizzards blog post regarding diablo 3 status.
Most of it is fine and what I expected...Except for the single most important part, the goddamn items. How fucking dumb are the guys working on diablo 3? They're gonna introduce ilvl and not fucking buff any of the existing legendaries in the game?!
Ilvl/gearscore turned most people in wow into utter morons that would not group/raid with people unless those people completely outgeared the content they were supposed to do.
Their reasonings are also utter bullshit, people are not mad about legendaries being bad, because they're looking at ilvl60 legendaries vs good ilvl63 magic items. it's the fact that legendaries as a whole (outside of a few amulets and rings ) just fucking sucks, regardless of ilvl. The best legendaries are simply not close to comparable to the best magic and rares. it's dumb and makes for unsatisfying loot. So not buffing any of the legendaries in the game atm is so amazingly imcompetent that it makes me want to punch the people making these dumbass decisions.
Edit - I misunderstood what they wrote in their article about the buffs to legendaries. So ignore the stuff about not buffing legendaries. Still don't like that they're gonna show ilvl though, will only cause situations like in WoW.
Most of it is fine and what I expected...Except for the single most important part, the goddamn items. How fucking dumb are the guys working on diablo 3? They're gonna introduce ilvl and not fucking buff any of the existing legendaries in the game?!
Ilvl/gearscore turned most people in wow into utter morons that would not group/raid with people unless those people completely outgeared the content they were supposed to do.
Their reasonings are also utter bullshit, people are not mad about legendaries being bad, because they're looking at ilvl60 legendaries vs good ilvl63 magic items. it's the fact that legendaries as a whole (outside of a few amulets and rings ) just fucking sucks, regardless of ilvl. The best legendaries are simply not close to comparable to the best magic and rares. it's dumb and makes for unsatisfying loot. So not buffing any of the legendaries in the game atm is so amazingly imcompetent that it makes me want to punch the people making these dumbass decisions.
Edit - I misunderstood what they wrote in their article about the buffs to legendaries. So ignore the stuff about not buffing legendaries. Still don't like that they're gonna show ilvl though, will only cause situations like in WoW.
I had very similar stats to him and I managed to kill Belial. What I did was I used the very same build he did but slightly modified, switching out arcane hydra for venom hydra, and using the fracture rune for teleport, as well as the lower AP cost for blizzard so I can cover a larger area as the cost is just that much lower. That way I could use the illusions to potentially soak up some damage while I kite the adds with the hydra as well as blizzard, and if I got stuck in between mobs with teleport on cooldown I took a hit with diamond skin up to get it off cooldown. In between the first and the second phase I switched blizzard for Magic Weapon with Force Weapon rune, but due to the cooldown it took me a couple of minutes until I could actually use it so for the first 25% of the boss I simply had to do without it, but since the second phase is nothing more than a dodge the green spots fight all it does is save you time after it comes off the cooldown.
Witchdoctor easily.
StoppedInTracks
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So is the best hardcore Inferno team 4 Witch Doctors?
Dreams-Visions
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alright. I'll try it with blizzard and hydras. I had been using Fracture, but never could seem to buy myself enough time because I wasn't dropping the invisi dudes fast enough.
I'll do that later, though. After getting raped for 2 hours by Belial, I really don't even have the motivation right now.
I'm impressed that you did it without Force Armor. I don't find Diamond skin to be worth 2 shits without it.
UnluckyKate
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Something like that for me. It was a monk armor for my monk
I got a level 10 or 15 legendary belt in act 2 normal recently plus found a low level axe in the same act.
BarrenMind
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I've been playing a few different characters lately, but I just logged in and found that my main character (Monk, level 35, the only one I've taken all the way through the game) is missing all of his inventory items. Also, my Stash is completely empty.
Submitting a ticket now. Anyone else had a problem like this since the servers got more stable?
Submitting a ticket now. Anyone else had a problem like this since the servers got more stable?
Dreams-Visions
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Hey Wizards,
how do you guys deal with reflected damage? healing armor or weapons? only attacking when you can enable diamond skin?
how do you guys deal with reflected damage? healing armor or weapons? only attacking when you can enable diamond skin?
It can't be retroactive because the stats on the items have already been rolled for and the only way to buff them would be to add an additional stat on top of the ones they have now which would probably make them too good.
I skip them lol. I skip Reflect, Invulerable Minions always. Sometimes I'll skip others, but it always boils down to the mob itself. It's just not worth the effort =(.
They are buffing the "existing" legendaries, it just won't be retroactive as that would require rerolling every single one and I don't see how that is even feasible.
Galvanizing Ward. Sometimes I have to ease up on the damage I'm doing until I can survive more or find something else to heal me.
Infinite_Daremo
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Just bought 3 items on AH. Took my gold but didnt receive my items. 4 of my items that sold i clicked send to stash and didnt get the money! WTF!
It's entirely feasible, it's silly to think otherwise. But it would have a significant impact on the value of goods already sold through the AH and that would make people pretty annoyed.
-Pyromaniac-
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I honestly know nothing about witch doctors. What makes them so easy? I remember a lot of people complaining that it's hard without crazy ass gear.
This seems worth a bit
Want. How do you already have an amulet superior to it?
Mana regen passive and some insane nukes from what I have seen. There are 9 second inferno butcher runs on Inferno.
He's not a DEX class.
Still he loses 3000 health on a 100 vit item. Do barbs scale that much in health? Also what is the difference between +minimum and maximum damage?
That doesn't really tell anything. You can kill him that fast on a barb as well.
Could just not have Vit on his item. Barbs get 35 points of life per Vit at max level if memory serves. You see the dmg ranges on weapons, like 100-150? +minimum adds to the first number and +maximum adds to the second number, +10-20 adds 10 to min and 10 to max.
My other amulet has 196 vit, it's posted in the thread a bit later
picklecannon
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That's a niche build only useful for killing butcher quickly. You could of course get 5 stacks playing like that but it would take a lot longer than just using a standard build and killing butcher in the normal 40 seconds that it would take.
We have it just as bad as any other class. The easiest would probably be wizard or demon hunter only because their dps out put is higher than ours on average. For the most part a bad mod on certain mobs just means you have to remake the game regardless of your class (maybe a godly barb/monk can take it but the ranged classes are all fragile).
Logout -> Resume game. It is often not worth the trouble.
perryfarrell
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Gettin more life and armor or resist, and sacrificing some dps.
Currently at beginning of act 2 inferno, and switched from 25k dps and 20k life to 18-19k dps and 40k health and it's a lot more doable.
-Pyromaniac-
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I saw a 4 second one, but the person was rocking 71K dps...
seems like every class is underpowered these days in the context of Inferno. DH and Wizards die from pretty much any one hit. It seems like gear matters more than builds/classes/etc when it comes to Inferno.
sorijealut
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haha yeah the drops are kinda meh for the most parts... I did find 1 Legendary, 1 Set item(a monk helm, the 2 set piece DH bow set) couple nice rare armor pieces off of the champion mobs though.
You are just like me! My Barb is at 27k hp, 600-700 resists and 12k dmg. I die SO easily in Act 2.
Sax Russel
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The game decided to reward me for all the merciless curbstomping:
(of course the very start of Tower of the Damned level 2 had Soul Rippers with mortar, illusionist, fast, jailer. Oh well, who needs valor stacks anyway!)
Edit: Another one! Smaller, but still nice.
RNG gods seem to be nice today.
(of course the very start of Tower of the Damned level 2 had Soul Rippers with mortar, illusionist, fast, jailer. Oh well, who needs valor stacks anyway!)
Edit: Another one! Smaller, but still nice.
RNG gods seem to be nice today.
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