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Diablo III |OT4| Antiques Roadshow: Sanctuary Edition
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rukland
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I'm starting to not like the DH nerf. Now when I party with them we always hit the enrage timer... they're not doing enough damage while they're alive... and I feel like they're way more reluctant to come back due to the huge repair bills. So I'm doing fine, but they're not
What are they doing? I mean after the nerfs I am still at about 70k DPS and have not come close to an enrage timer.
Audioboxer
Member
Does anyone play as a Witch Doctor? Seem fairly unpopular.
Starting Nightmare on mine. I love the armour!
Looking for some more serious builds now, just messed around with abilities I liked in Normal mode.
Starting Nightmare on mine. I love the armour!
Looking for some more serious builds now, just messed around with abilities I liked in Normal mode.
I like playing with other people, I really do. But when I invite people in all of the sudden it takes way longer to kill anything, the group MF value plummets and the reward vs time suddenly becomes not worth it.
Blizzard really needs to address the incentives to grouping up in this game.
I like playing with other people, I really do. But when I invite people in all of the sudden it takes way longer to kill anything, the group MF value plummets and the reward vs time suddenly becomes not worth it.
Blizzard really needs to address the incentives to grouping up in this game.
Didn't they do that today with the patch?
How was it blatantly false? I said DH is not designed to take hits. I didn't say you can't take a couple hits and survive, but a DH is designed to dodge and evade attacks, not tank them. There are a couple skills that help you survive hits and that's it. You took my statement out of context and twisted it.
No, it's something they are considering for a future patch though.
Did they? If so how? Did they make MF work on an individual level instead of a group level? Did they make it so people get a MF buff for grouping together? I mean the health values haven't changed for group play so it still going to take forever to kill shit unless they entire group is geared up nicely. Dropping mob damage was a start, but it's a far cry from fixing the issue in my opinion.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Yes. This.I like playing with other people, I really do. But when I invite people in all of the sudden it takes way longer to kill anything, the group MF value plummets and the reward vs time suddenly becomes not worth it.
Blizzard really needs to address the incentives to grouping up in this game.
Now is the time I once again playfully tease their "do no harm to co-op" philosophy. They are slowly moving in the right direction, though.
Cool, so it's not just me then.
So I just spent most of my money on this:
It only dropped my unbuffed damage by a couple hundred but upped my HP by almost 6k (up to a little over 39k now). At this point my unbuffed damage is 36900, as a DH post-patch would it be worth it to just stack Vit gems in all of my 5 slots (3 armor, 2 pants) instead of Dex?
It only dropped my unbuffed damage by a couple hundred but upped my HP by almost 6k (up to a little over 39k now). At this point my unbuffed damage is 36900, as a DH post-patch would it be worth it to just stack Vit gems in all of my 5 slots (3 armor, 2 pants) instead of Dex?
This, the "tank" pet gets one shot. I don't even know what's good anymore, my roommate has a very good WD but I haven't seen him play it in 1.5 weeks. Bears used to be good DPS but they are apparently having issues post patch.
Audioboxer
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What the hell does Blizzard want people to do in this game if not farm for loot? This is a pic of a Azmodan inferno kill from today. Notice the single rare as opposed to the usual 3. I like farming elites, but I like to tie them into a boss kill for the finale. With the removed items from destructibles, the nerfed boss loot, and the Demon Hunter changes I'm trying to figure out just what and how Blizzard wants me to play this game.
Got 2 rares off of 5 packs and a Act Boss total. Yeah yeah, I know kill more packs, I get it and I usually do. Just pressed for time and pretty underwhelmed by the results of today's changes.
Got 2 rares off of 5 packs and a Act Boss total. Yeah yeah, I know kill more packs, I get it and I usually do. Just pressed for time and pretty underwhelmed by the results of today's changes.
hey dawg get your dps to like 25k and we'll talk.
I cant because I have no gold to buy things! once I figure out a way to get a lot of gold, ill buy better stuff so I can get my DPS up. At least take me to where I can farm, so then I can farm myself? :>
I like playing with other people, I really do. But when I invite people in all of the sudden it takes way longer to kill anything, the group MF value plummets and the reward vs time suddenly becomes not worth it.
Blizzard really needs to address the incentives to grouping up in this game.
Oh, I didn't know that, now I get it!
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Deleted member 17706
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You must want really short bursts. A butcher run is like... 30 to 40 minutes?
I get 1-2 rares from an elite pack pretty often (w/o NV), that's with 250%+ mf though. I wonder what it'll be like once the patch hits here. Hope my DPS won't drop that much (DH)! :<
Mephisto runs were 5 mins tops.
DJ Lushious
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Just enjoy it while you've got it. It's about all a Witch Doctor can do.Audίoboxer;39050290 said:Ah that sucks
So I just spent most of my money on this:
It only dropped my unbuffed damage by a couple hundred but upped my HP by almost 6k (up to a little over 39k now). At this point my unbuffed damage is 36900, as a DH post-patch would it be worth it to just stack Vit gems in all of my 5 slots (3 armor, 2 pants) instead of Dex?
Vit is useless unless you have armor and resistances to back it up.
PhoenixDark
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What the hell does Blizzard want people to do in this game if not farm for loot? This is a pic of a Azmodan inferno kill from today. Notice the single rare as opposed to the usual 3. I like farming elites, but I like to tie them into a boss kill for the finale. With the removed items from destructibles, the nerfed boss loot, and the Demon Hunter changes I'm trying to figure out just what and how Blizzard wants me to play this game.
Got 2 rares off of 5 packs and a Act Boss total. Yeah yeah, I know kill more packs, I get it and I usually do. Just pressed for time and pretty underwhelmed by the results of today's changes.
I bet most of those blues were lv55-58
Meph runs were nicer. :\ Mainly because you could do an Andy run -> Meph run -> Diablo run -> Baal run plus whatever mix of unique monsters in the same game. And it'd only take you like 20-30 minutes.
I can't even do pony runs now since the clouds drop gold. ALL OF THEM DROP GOLD. What a stupid fucking nerf.
cpp_is_king
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Last night I logged out with 19k dps on my Barb in full tank gear.
Today I logged in with 13.5k dps. I switched into dps gear instead, figuring enemies would be easier so I didn't need 900+ resists. That brought me back up to 19k dps. I then speced for Battle Rage (in place of Threatening Shout) and the passive that gives you +25% damage at max fury (in place of Superstition). That brings me up to about 27k dps with 600+ all resist and 45k HP.
I can easily farm Act 3 with this, just did a 5 stack siegebreaker without a single death, and killed 2 packs of elite soul rippers to boot. Even dropping my resist, armor, and HP pool by this much, I never get below 80-90% HP on Siegebreaker, and never need to pop a potion.
All this running around with 100% MF before NV on my actual dps farming gear. Life is good.
Today I logged in with 13.5k dps. I switched into dps gear instead, figuring enemies would be easier so I didn't need 900+ resists. That brought me back up to 19k dps. I then speced for Battle Rage (in place of Threatening Shout) and the passive that gives you +25% damage at max fury (in place of Superstition). That brings me up to about 27k dps with 600+ all resist and 45k HP.
I can easily farm Act 3 with this, just did a 5 stack siegebreaker without a single death, and killed 2 packs of elite soul rippers to boot. Even dropping my resist, armor, and HP pool by this much, I never get below 80-90% HP on Siegebreaker, and never need to pop a potion.
All this running around with 100% MF before NV on my actual dps farming gear. Life is good.
Do warden to butcher. I can get you the warden waypoint later if u need it.
Problem is I don't really know how high I'd ideally want my armor/resists for Act 2 or 3. Outside of bad Elite mobs I could do Act 2 okay, but I'm not sure how much that has changed post patch. I think most of my gear (I posted on the last page) could use some sort of upgrade, but need to get that money first. At least I can farm act 1 in semi-decent GF/MF gear without much trouble outside really bad combination elites.
fatigues_gasolini
Member
Ugh, post patch I still have the same problem. I get around 7 to 10 fps on a 560ti 448. Didnt happen until patch 1.0.2b, then bam. Anyone know how to fix this? I went to the D3 forums and nothing there helped.
so ~what~ are your stats now?
It's okay, sure. Is it lucrative? BS, yes, if you have 6 prop plans. Gemming? No, not really.
Had my first major AH victory today! Sniped this for 150k
And that, gentlemen, is how Diablo 3 pays for itself.
I've been running around act1/2 with an unlimited WotB/WW build, killed belial no problem. Normally I would be in tank spec. Having the best time I've had in this game, it feels like I'm actually playing a barbarian now.
Didn't even know that much LOH could spawn on an amu.
That's one of the best magic amulets I've seen
Didn't even know that much LOH could spawn on an amu.
Two hundred and fifty US dollars, to the first rich person playing a monk that sees it.
Edit: Unless this Inferno nerf is so nerfy that they don't need LOH anymore lol.
Snkfanatic
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Ouch..my DPS took a dive from 30k to 23k....sigh. Guess I need to buy different gear but I need to farm gold and I don't think I can be bothered with doing it. Gonna try act 2 though
elrechazado
Banned
It gets blocked by everything now, and although I haven't seen the post, word is that in the bug forum blizzard said they'll fix it in 1.04. wTF
Vincent Alexander
Member
I'm trying to tweak my Wizard to be more Inferno-based now. I stopped using Prodigy for Astral Presence and now I'm wondering if I should keep Galvanizing Ward---360 life per second doesn't seem like much help in Inferno. Thoughts?
Damn. I just used all 60ish of mine to craft gems.
MegaKungFuRadio
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The IAS nerf wouldn't be so bad if it didn't completely change the timing of my kiting. Everything is so slow now that recovery from the swings is making me take a lot of hits even with 24% run speed. It doesn't help that I'm using a staff instead of one hander and source because it's like half the price for twice the DPS and searching sources is impossible right now.
The repair costs feel like a deliberate "Fuck you" to wizards, demon hunters, and anyone else who has been playing glass cannon style so far.
Farming rares and elites instead of resetting my NV stacks to kill bosses is a nice change, but overall, this patch feels like one step forward, two steps back.
The repair costs feel like a deliberate "Fuck you" to wizards, demon hunters, and anyone else who has been playing glass cannon style so far.
Farming rares and elites instead of resetting my NV stacks to kill bosses is a nice change, but overall, this patch feels like one step forward, two steps back.
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