Crafting and new plans with double stat value (I guess) for a specific slot is the new hunt and will happen accross all acts.
That's prety clever to get people out of A3
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Diablo III |OT5| Finally out of Beta
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That's prety clever to get people out of A3
Yeah, I was also slightly confused by the Item Hunt portion, I had to re-read it to make sure I hadn't completely missed something. Everything sounds pretty good, not sure how much it's going to get me back into the game though; the new items and whatnot are a step in the right direction, but the game desperately needs some kind of more substantive wholesale new content.
Also it seems weird to me that they're increasing the XP bonus with MP active, and especially by how much they are.
Also it seems weird to me that they're increasing the XP bonus with MP active, and especially by how much they are.
turnbuckle
Member
Drool
Seems flawless square rubies would have been the correct investment. I bailed out with my 4000 brimstones just a minute ago and sold for about 40k a piece. With the notes specifically mentioning a new reagent and no changes to brimstone, I doubt the price was going to rise more, and is actually falling now. Made about 60 million and doubled my money.
I'll take it.
I'll take it.
Fenderputty
Banned
Everything sounds good. Interested to see some monk buffs!!!!
xxjuicesxx
Member
Damn those are some good changes. I'll be back in full force when this patch goes live.
Fenderputty
Banned
What's a topaz?
ertitoagus
Member
Guys... If we need a demonic esence (esence to acount bound items) for top tier gems.... It's very possible that top tier gems will be account bounded....
neoism
Member
yep damn insane xp bonus...lol will not play til it drops though but definitely nice.
HOLY SHIT... omgomgomgogmogmgomg :O
thank you based blizzard
xxjuicesxx
Member
Play for an hour ammostiel gets 4 legendaries and a innas belt, i get nothinngggggg. this game!
xxjuicesxx
Member
what gems
neoism
Member
ran out fast lol holy shit 4 in the morn lol... only made about 8mil... I swear that blizz tax is fucking terrible..
need the monk changes, still not sure about going back... I love the barbs sprint but got bored quicker than I would think. Thinking WIZ next, hope they release it before POE.. like the new unique recipes items but really disliking making them all account bound.
Backfoggen
Banned
Finally I can die in Diablo 3 without it getting annoying.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Just caught the changes now.
Some good stuff, but I still think we've got a ways to go before the game is well and truly "fixed".
Some good stuff, but I still think we've got a ways to go before the game is well and truly "fixed".
Fenderputty
Banned
What more do you want? I'm not sure itemization will ever be fixed, so what's left?
prodystopian
Member
Looking forward to seeing the specifics on the Monk changes, the new item affixes and gem prices in the week after the patch (should be good for a laugh).
I really wish they would have done something about mob density in Acts 1 and 2.
I really wish they would have done something about mob density in Acts 1 and 2.
turnbuckle
Member
same lol
Theorycrafting makes "fixing" items next to impossible. Now you can see what's the most efficient buit with the most efficient gear, going with the best stats.
Flavor items exist, but they no longer make you build a playstyle around them, which is *better* as far as I'm concerned.
Finding a "huge upgrade" that forces you to play differently than how you want to do it sucks.
Liferebooted
Banned
Yay, WD ignored again. Oh well now that I have Zuni's mainset I can farm mp1 for xp and loot without going oom spamming acid raid. Spent 15 mil on a sunkeeper and zuni pants and within a hour I found Inna's Legs.. first set piece in weeks and back 16mil, lol. Back to my pitiful 35mil.
I have 16 millions and the most I ever had was about 30
Yeah, I suck at finding items in this game
Man, just came back after a long period of hybernation. Me and my friends played like crazy when it first came out but then were dissapointed with inferno and the lack of legendaries/gear. Now we're back but damn, it's gonna be hard.
My 144K is nothing anymore haha. I'm trying to get through Act 1, MP1 Inferno but my wizard is too squishy. Any advice what best to do next?
I wonder who still is left from back in the first OT
My 144K is nothing anymore haha. I'm trying to get through Act 1, MP1 Inferno but my wizard is too squishy. Any advice what best to do next?
I wonder who still is left from back in the first OT
xxjuicesxx
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Fenderputty
Banned
Man, just came back after a long period of hybernation. Me and my friends played like crazy when it first came out but then were dissapointed with inferno and the lack of legendaries/gear. Now we're back but damn, it's gonna be hard.
My 144K is nothing anymore haha. I'm trying to get through Act 1, MP1 Inferno but my wizard is too squishy. Any advice what best to do next?
I wonder who still is left from back in the first OT
Play on mp0
IlludiumQ36
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Those are some nice additions. Still would like to see many things addressed though:
I'm reserving judgement on the reflect damage "fix" until I see it in action. I'm of the opinion that it should have been nerfed numerically or give some classes more items with LS to help mitigate it. As it is right now, I can take my DH into MP0/1 and absolutely faceroll only to fire 2 ball lightnings into a reflect pack and fall over dead (with 2.70 LS).
- Itemization is still borked - Mighty Belts w/o STR, Monk helms w/o DEX, Wiz hats w/o INT, DEX-free quivers, trash legendaries (like that amulet posted above) and set items, 2-hand weapons still suck, etc. etc.
- Class specific items drop WAYYYY too much which would be fine but not for the itemization mentioned above.
- The ROI on Hellfire ring farming is too low. Rings should roll better stats - no trash affixes.
- Gems need better scaling each level above flawless square as applied to attributes. The cost benefit ratio is heavily skewed to cost.
- More enemy density in A1 & A2
I'm reserving judgement on the reflect damage "fix" until I see it in action. I'm of the opinion that it should have been nerfed numerically or give some classes more items with LS to help mitigate it. As it is right now, I can take my DH into MP0/1 and absolutely faceroll only to fire 2 ball lightnings into a reflect pack and fall over dead (with 2.70 LS).
SRTtoZ
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A DH without Shadow Power: Gloom??? WHY?
Yeah this... I re-read that section a couple of times too thinking I had missed something.
That's the problem, you should have a choice to be able to gear for reflection. They might as well make that a permanent skill and only give DH 3 skills to pick from the way it stands now. I don't think any of the other classes have a similar situation where they have to pick a certain skill to be able to survive mp0
IlludiumQ36
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While that's an incorrect assumption ( http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/IlludiumQ36-1420/hero/1668575 ), I can see why you made it. The bolded statement is true nonetheless. Ball Lightning can be a curse when a reflect pack is just beyond a cluster of trash mobs. The ball(s) travels forward and continues to proc damage to all enemies within its range. Gloom doesn't proc on projectiles (or traps) fired before activating it - hence the fall over dead.
Your statement further illustrates the problem with reflect in the current state: Shadow Power is a must have skill, even at the lowest MP level. Reflect is the limiting factor for DH build diversity, something Blizz has been promoting with the culmination of the last patch.
Reflect as a monster affix is completely unbalanced relative to everything else. It's as if it doesn't behave or scale in conjunction with incoming damage per each MP level. The amount of damaged returned at MP0 seems the same as any MP level.
turnbuckle
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I think it was just poor formatting re: item hunting. The section that followed discussed crafting and the new material, both of which will reduce the perception that a player needs to use the AH. But it was confusing. Perhaps the formatting is worse than that and they actually had included more details about item hunting but edited out the details without editing out the bullet point. I'm living in fantasy land with that idea, but it's fun to speculate.
Materials and plans
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Haven't played in a couple months. The upcoming patch sounds great.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
sounds alright. nothing in particular that i'm too excited about besides reflect damage and death counter.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Reinstalled this and had a somewhat fun 30 mins. I was watching the playoff game while I played this with 3 other people. Didn't have to think or worry, just steamrolled. I think I've found the niche for this game.
fierrotlepou
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Hi guys, I started playing again together with a friend yesterday (also a GAFer). We started at launch but we just couldn't continue after inferno, for obvious reasons. But we really had some fun playing around with the monster levels yesterday. I definitely need a gear update though, so that's why I'm asking if anyone here has some tips on what gear I should upgrade as a Demon Hunter.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/eravulgaris-2648/hero/8458863
I've got some money to spend so... It can be expensive but not too expensive.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/eravulgaris-2648/hero/8458863
I've got some money to spend so... It can be expensive but not too expensive.
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