KittenMaster
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This is my motto.
Except when I am lagging (which is often), which then no amount of self-esteem and getting better at the game has helped me so far in those cases.
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Diablo III |OT4| Antiques Roadshow: Sanctuary Edition
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Except when I am lagging (which is often), which then no amount of self-esteem and getting better at the game has helped me so far in those cases.
cpp_is_king
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Anyone tried dropping tons of cash into their follower to see how high they could get their dps?
I just got my enchantress to 6000.83. I know I'm stupid for spending this much money on her, but I just think it's hilarious to watch her killing act 3 mobs by herself. It may not seem like a lot, but if you just stand there and watch her go to town it's amazing how efficiently she can down large groups of enemies.
I just got my enchantress to 6000.83. I know I'm stupid for spending this much money on her, but I just think it's hilarious to watch her killing act 3 mobs by herself. It may not seem like a lot, but if you just stand there and watch her go to town it's amazing how efficiently she can down large groups of enemies.
cpp_is_king
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10k. She dies fast as hell but i don't care because usually I'm tanking, and most of the time enemies go after me. She doesn't get one shotted by everything though, usually just elemental stuff.
Edit: Just realized you may not have been talking to me, lol
I think I'm around 5k, which was nice when that was half of my barb's dps. it's annoying how often her projectiles miss, though. I gave her a cold weapon and she almost always whiffs on moving targets (ie. goblins), which are about the only things I care about snaring
BigJonsson
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I like playing WD but I haven't put much time into any other class to compare things to 
cpp_is_king
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Just got 3 rares from 3 different trash mobs in act 3 in under 3 minutes
BigJonsson
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ANy good?
someone probably bought it out
There was no buyout price.
cpp_is_king
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No idea i usually id everything in batches, I just thought it was crazy that that basically a single pack of trash mobs dropped 3 rares
you sure about that block amount? I thought 29% was the highest non-stormshield block roll, and only attainable on the ilvl63 with a 9% +block chance + max 20% block
they all have a set 3.7-4.7k block amount
Someone in this tread posted one that was 30%.
Its good to hear that this works
Id all those strikes can proc %chance-to-X abilities it could be fun. I mean, if LOH procs, maybe chance to fear/stun/root/knockback can proc also.
They do proc of it. It's amazing. It's one of the reason why I think everyone who believes that DH only has 2 viable builds or something is delusional.
So much potential still left there, but stacking dps was just cooler with the kids I guess.
Lost Fragment
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How does that work anyway? What's the difference between two shields that have 30% chance to block, but different block rates?
different ilvls have different block rates, but it's the same for all shields (excluding legendaries) within an ilvl
higher is better, obviously
One shield has 30% chance to block up to 2000 damage and another has 30% chance to block up to 4000 damage.
But there is no way to remove your item...
toastyToast
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Demon Hunter is the worst class. It's just that it can kill stuff
For you wizards, this build is absolutely amazing now that Energy Twister procs Critical Mass like crazy again (seems like it was stealth un-nerfed in 1.03).
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#WVQXOm!agY!aYaacc
Spectral Blade (Deep Cuts)
Energy Twister (Wicked Wind)
Diamond Skin (Crystal Shell)
Teleport (Safe Passage)
Energy Armor (Prismatic Armor)
Archon (Improved Archon)
Passives:
Critical Mass
Glass Cannon
Galvanizing Ward OR Blur OR Astral Presence
You can basically just run into melee, cast Diamond Skin, spam twisters on the mobs, and then blade spam. You'll find you'll have near 100% up time on Diamond Skin. I also found Teleport to be superior to Frost Nova cause your main weakness are the same affixes that trouble other melee -- Desecration/Plagued + Jailer, Arcane Sentries, Frozen Orbs, etc. Frost Nova really doesn't help deal with any of those, especially when it only lasts like half a second on elites. Better to have Teleport as a backup, and just like with Diamond Skin, you'll find the cooldown up quite often because of critical mass. Since you're not kiting or don't really need distractions, I chose Safe Passage over the more popular Fracture/Wormhole.
I don't even have much LoH but this spec is tearing shit up. Archon for tearing up regular mobs, and Twister/Diamond Skin spam for elites.
I'd say you'll want at least 20% or so crit, gear with some AP on crit for more Twister spam, and good resists (since Prismatic Armor would be greater than Force when relying on Diamond Skin).
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#WVQXOm!agY!aYaacc
Spectral Blade (Deep Cuts)
Energy Twister (Wicked Wind)
Diamond Skin (Crystal Shell)
Teleport (Safe Passage)
Energy Armor (Prismatic Armor)
Archon (Improved Archon)
Passives:
Critical Mass
Glass Cannon
Galvanizing Ward OR Blur OR Astral Presence
You can basically just run into melee, cast Diamond Skin, spam twisters on the mobs, and then blade spam. You'll find you'll have near 100% up time on Diamond Skin. I also found Teleport to be superior to Frost Nova cause your main weakness are the same affixes that trouble other melee -- Desecration/Plagued + Jailer, Arcane Sentries, Frozen Orbs, etc. Frost Nova really doesn't help deal with any of those, especially when it only lasts like half a second on elites. Better to have Teleport as a backup, and just like with Diamond Skin, you'll find the cooldown up quite often because of critical mass. Since you're not kiting or don't really need distractions, I chose Safe Passage over the more popular Fracture/Wormhole.
I don't even have much LoH but this spec is tearing shit up. Archon for tearing up regular mobs, and Twister/Diamond Skin spam for elites.
I'd say you'll want at least 20% or so crit, gear with some AP on crit for more Twister spam, and good resists (since Prismatic Armor would be greater than Force when relying on Diamond Skin).
First one to bid to 250 dollars wins it.
Someone needs to make a video of this. Sounds awesome.
Happened last night on a stream I was watching. Black screen for like 5 minutes, then dumped to the char select menu.
It's said N/A on the side of it. Non of the things I'm currently bidding on have a buyout price listed.
Lost Fragment
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Man, what the fuck. I haven't gotten shit for days. I'm gonna g...
Man I love this game.
x infinity
Man I love this game.
x infinity
picklecannon
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Yeah all of us act 3 farmers are just crazy and its all just RNG! You can't possibly judge a patch after one day!
whalenapp81
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I Hvae no problem killing stuff. LOH/frogs/pets/VQ are great. I haven't really had any problems with the class. Though lag for me for the past day or two has been problematic.
cpp_is_king
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Maybe it's just me getting luckier than sin, but I've made 20m gold in act 3 since the patch.
I've made more money crafting than Act 3 after this patch.
endresults
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Yup. Shit sucks. It's a stealth vault nerf, I think. Nothing funnier than vault lagging, dying, and watching my grave leap across the screen a second later.
Seems less but I still have more tears than I need =/
toastyToast
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I think it was you can't get legendary crafting material from magic/rare items anymore
Well, if they nerfed the amount you get, their price should at least rebound in a few weeks.
I really doubt it, the recipes call for so few of them. And they are readily available given all the junk rares people salvage.
TheDancingWatermelon
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I was feeling the same way, even ended up playing the AH more then the game the past few days. I decided to do some runs today and found these bad boys:
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Nice to hear they will be addressing the act 3/4 loot drops too.
what do you mean?
Wow man that sounds amazing! Definitely trying this out! My Wiz hit a wall with Belial and a new build might be just the thing I need to finally beat him. Been stuck with that dude for three days now..
Fucking lag was the cause of most of my death >_<
Starting last night, my game chugs in spurts, like 2FPS chugging.
It has run flawlessly from launch until last night, I changed no settings on my computer. Anybody experience this at all? Thoughts on how to fix it? My ping remains fine when this happens, it just hitches almost constantly.
It has run flawlessly from launch until last night, I changed no settings on my computer. Anybody experience this at all? Thoughts on how to fix it? My ping remains fine when this happens, it just hitches almost constantly.
CarbonatedFalcon
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I went with Ball Lightning. There are quite a few skills now that are viable though, depending on your strategy and context. Nether Tentacles was just sort of a tier above everything else. Now there's at least a handful on the same level that you could swap in and out based on the situation.
Are they nerfbat tears?
Probably referring to Spike Traps > Scatter. A LOT of burst damage quick - pretty much more than anything else for its cost.
Cluster Arrow I'm not sure as it's hugely restricted by the Hatred cost. I've speculated that if you had enough regen and some gear that reduced it's cost, it would be pretty godly though. As it stands, you could get maybe 3-4 shots off before running out of Hatred (unless you had uber gear tailored for it), and even though those shots are very powerful, targeted AoE and single target damage, you're pretty much out of firepower until you regen more Hatred.
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