Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
About a month and $40 in the future.
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Diablo III |OT5| Finally out of Beta
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About a month and $40 in the future.
fluffydelusions
Member
I'll do hf rings with you. Sent you a friend request (US btw)
Robin64
Member
Nope, that little sucker sticks with you.
The Omega Man
Member
I joined the comunity pls add me to the clan
OmegaMan#1511
I used to play with you guys like a year ago, but I want back in full force!
OmegaMan#1511
I used to play with you guys like a year ago, but I want back in full force!
davidsaurus
Member
Negative.
Be careful when buying items on the auction house - make sure it doesn't say account bound before you buy it. People can put account bound items up for sale and when you buy them, you lose the gold but can't send the item from your completed items tab into the stash.
Class change notes are live: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/12671560/patch-201-now-live-2-25-2014##Classes
Class change notes are live: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/12671560/patch-201-now-live-2-25-2014##Classes
As I suspected. I guess I'll just get standard, then. My wife is the battle-pet collector in the family, but has no interest in D3. Thanks, guys!
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Can I get an invite to the US GAF clan? Username is Mengy#1287. Thanks! 
Ah, okay, I'll try that tonight. Thanks Raticus.
Ah, okay, I'll try that tonight. Thanks Raticus.
spindoctor
Member
Will the SK guaranteed drop scale with level? As in, does it make sense to hold off doing it after getting to 70? Or is this some time limited thing or something?
Robin64
Member
It does scale with level (my level 60 wizard got a green level 60 ring on Normal) but waiting til 70 might not be worth it given how often legendaries just drop in general.
I'm pretty sure the SK guaranteed drop is a PTR-only thing. That didn't work in the beta. So, I'd say take advantage while you can. Team up for levelling alts and get the guaranteed drops on each at level 60.
Nice we'll grind some rings tonight. Just need to figure out the new keywarden mechanic. I was able to do T4 with my Barb and DH pretty efficiently but didnt try looking for wardens.
Liferebooted
Banned
Wow, just got a crusader weapon on my wd.
spindoctor
Member
So it's SK only and not the other bosses? Do I need to reset quests to do it or can I just go straight to him and kill him? And last question, any loot quality difference noticed between different difficulties?
edit - sorry for all the questions. I stayed away from the beta and PTR so this is all new to me.
Robin64
Member
Just pick the quest where you're told to go kill him and it won't take more than 10 minutes.
Also from what I gather, it's meant to be a good drop from each major boss the first time you beat it.
SK only. The other act end bosses will work as well, but only for characters level 59 and under.
If it's anything like the beta, you'll have a shot at additional set items and other stuff by doing the kill in Torment, otherwise just do normal. You have to be in story mode on the "kill skeleton king" quest.
It sounds like the quest reset would also reset the first time drop, but the feature isn't working.
Started a bit using my pathetically geared WD and enjoyed some Master difficulty. I am thinking I'll just start a new character since I never got Wizard or DH up to 60 anyway, I'll just do them now as I'll probably want to try Crusader when the expansion hits.
I'm going to try to join the community, hopefully I'll see you in there
I'm going to try to join the community, hopefully I'll see you in there
The Omega Man
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Can you guys help a rusty Monk that hasn't played for over a year?
I have a cookie-cutter FoT/Cyclone that I used to farm with, very efficient back in the day, but obviously not the case anymore, I am not hitting as hard as I used too.
What are the viable skills/builds for Monks these days? Weapon advices? thanks!
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/OmegaMan-1511/hero/1642708
I have a cookie-cutter FoT/Cyclone that I used to farm with, very efficient back in the day, but obviously not the case anymore, I am not hitting as hard as I used too.
What are the viable skills/builds for Monks these days? Weapon advices? thanks!
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/OmegaMan-1511/hero/1642708
This patch is AMAZING. Was stuck on my wd for months. Played half of act 3, got so much good gear/a new legendary sword.
The loot comes fast and often. I am playing on hard. Thinking about moving it up.
How will paragon levels work when you buy the expansion and can get to 70?
The loot comes fast and often. I am playing on hard. Thinking about moving it up.
How will paragon levels work when you buy the expansion and can get to 70?
Random DH notes:
-Permastrafe doesn't seem to work, or at least not like it previously did. On paper the crazy damage buffs to Strafe and Shruiken Cloud are great, but the nerf to the Preperation rune that restored all of your Hatred (only restores 75 now) as well as the nerf to the Bat Companion (only gain 1 hatred per second now instead of 3) seemingly kill it. But even with those two nerfs I'm still kind of surprised that I can't keep it up for that long, especially since Vengeance passive WAS buffed. I'm almost wondering if they nerfed the proc rate on the Nightstalker passive? Will mess around with it more since with the Grenades build being nerfed into the ground the strafe build seemed like it was going to be a really good way to go. If nothing else some paragon points and gear-specific stuff may at least partially address this.
-Frost Arrow seems to be like, really really good. It's super fast and the arrow split operates pretty smartly. It actually outdamages Hungering Arrow on single targest due to the speed it fires at and it's damage boost, and also slows targets.
-The Gloom nerf sucks, but I put some Paragon points into LoH and Life Regen so you can't facetank quite as much, but it's still useful and will probably continue to be a go-to.
It's weird, in the first time since shortly after launch I have no idea what to do skill-wise, I'm just kind of messing around a bit.
-Permastrafe doesn't seem to work, or at least not like it previously did. On paper the crazy damage buffs to Strafe and Shruiken Cloud are great, but the nerf to the Preperation rune that restored all of your Hatred (only restores 75 now) as well as the nerf to the Bat Companion (only gain 1 hatred per second now instead of 3) seemingly kill it. But even with those two nerfs I'm still kind of surprised that I can't keep it up for that long, especially since Vengeance passive WAS buffed. I'm almost wondering if they nerfed the proc rate on the Nightstalker passive? Will mess around with it more since with the Grenades build being nerfed into the ground the strafe build seemed like it was going to be a really good way to go. If nothing else some paragon points and gear-specific stuff may at least partially address this.
-Frost Arrow seems to be like, really really good. It's super fast and the arrow split operates pretty smartly. It actually outdamages Hungering Arrow on single targest due to the speed it fires at and it's damage boost, and also slows targets.
-The Gloom nerf sucks, but I put some Paragon points into LoH and Life Regen so you can't facetank quite as much, but it's still useful and will probably continue to be a go-to.
It's weird, in the first time since shortly after launch I have no idea what to do skill-wise, I'm just kind of messing around a bit.
@The Omega Man: Cookie cutter monk's essentially the same, just replace Fists of Thunder with another generator like WotHF with the attack/move speed rune or Crippling Wave:Rising Tide. Try lashing tail kick or the stun bell for a spirit spender.
Blinding Flash no longer scales with attack speed, so you might want to replace that.
You'll keep your existing account paragon levels. While playing on a character that's under level 70, your experience will go toward regular levelling instead of paragon levelling. When playing on a level 70, your experience goes toward account paragon. You get access to your paragon points on every character, even level 1.
Blinding Flash no longer scales with attack speed, so you might want to replace that.
You'll keep your existing account paragon levels. While playing on a character that's under level 70, your experience will go toward regular levelling instead of paragon levelling. When playing on a level 70, your experience goes toward account paragon. You get access to your paragon points on every character, even level 1.
davidsaurus
Member
I think you should just play around with all the skills and see what you like best personally.
Also what are witch doctors running? Never found too many of his spells useful .
I stick to the poison darts primary. Firebats right click.
Dogs/ big guy. Then zombie wall and that spell that confuses and has the big guy walk around.
I've tried other primaries nothing seems as good. And firebats seems really strong.
I stick to the poison darts primary. Firebats right click.
Dogs/ big guy. Then zombie wall and that spell that confuses and has the big guy walk around.
I've tried other primaries nothing seems as good. And firebats seems really strong.
The Lamonster
Member
2.0 is amazeballs.
Teasing_Pink
Member
200 hours played prepatch without finding any set or legendary items, and within an hour of booting up this morning for the first time in months, finally found my first legendary. A useful minor upgrade to my weapon to boot!
It's odd how finding useful loot now and again actually makes loot finding games fun. Glad Blizzard finally figured that out. Not regretting taking a chance on an expansion preorder now.
It's odd how finding useful loot now and again actually makes loot finding games fun. Glad Blizzard finally figured that out. Not regretting taking a chance on an expansion preorder now.
Nope, not yet
shysaursoft
Member
Firebats really is OP, especially how it synergizes with Grave Injustice. This is the build I run http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/witch-doctor#gXUdic!YTa!ZYZcZc
It's basically just run in, hold down 4 for bats, as mana gets low hit 2 for Soul Harvest oompf, if HP gets dangerous, hit 1 for Spirit Walk. If Elite shows up, hit 3 to chicken it.
Skills 1 2 and 3 can be used without interrupting bats on four, so you don't lose the max damage you've built up after it's been active a way.
Spirit Barrage on LMB to pick off stragglers, and Horrify to get out of problems or add some extra DPS to big guys.
BFIB
Member
It really is. I love playing on my PS3, but now that loot 2.0 is out, it is so much nicer to look at on my PC.
I really wish we would get a release date on the PS4 version. This is going to be my perfect game to play in bed.
Still debating on pre-ordering for RoS. Gonna dig into this over the next month on the PC version, and see how things go. But so far, its an entirely new game.
Also, please add me people! I need friends in my Diablo life! Sebol#1948
The Omega Man
Member
Man was I out the loop, thanks!
Yeah I will do that, it's just that my build used to be so effective
BTW Imade a mistake with my handle, it's OmegaMan#1511 add me to the US clan plsease. Thanks!
Fenderputty
Banned
So some of those new elite / champ pack abilities are pretty crazy. Also ... I was getting one shorted last night on torment 3 by anything that hits hard. I've heard that torment 6 is the equivalent of the old MP10, but I don't think it's a 1:1 ratio. I felt squishy.
Also, damage / healing spikes are still crazy. I know they said they wanted to flatten stuff out, but we just jack up difficulty until it's wild again. Like I said, I was being one shot. I was running the nirvana build prior to this patch though so I was squishy intentionally.
Really digging everything though.
Also, damage / healing spikes are still crazy. I know they said they wanted to flatten stuff out, but we just jack up difficulty until it's wild again. Like I said, I was being one shot. I was running the nirvana build prior to this patch though so I was squishy intentionally.
Really digging everything though.
It really is hit or miss with the squishiness. My Wizard started the PTR with pretty good CM gear, and had about 180k DPS. After using that for a while, I switched my rings, boots pants, bracers and shoulders for Loot 2.0 gear (rings and boots legendary, pants shoulders and bracers rare crafted). It dropped my DPS a little bit, but boosted my Health pool from 45k to 98k, and my resists from about 600 to 850/900 all resist. After that torment 2 and 3 were a breeze.
Fenderputty
Banned
:0 that ring ....
BTW, thanks Raticus for that rad ammy. Clones smashing stuff is fun.
BTW, thanks Raticus for that rad ammy. Clones smashing stuff is fun.
It's so good that it actually beats out my solid Nat ring that had IAS/CD/Life % and even including losing the 3-set dex bonus LOL. Only a slight Damage upgrade, but it took my Toughness from something like 750k to 950k.
Liferebooted
Banned
This is my WD build so far, I'm loving it. Ripping up Torment 2 so far in my horrible gear.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/liferebooted-1675/hero/1228571
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/liferebooted-1675/hero/1228571
Fenderputty
Banned
So anyone know what builds are successful for monk now?
Any Radom thoughts or theories?
Btw, I wish they would open up trading to include clan members.
Any Radom thoughts or theories?
Btw, I wish they would open up trading to include clan members.
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Deleted member 325805
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Patch is great, build diversity is amazing and I'm having a lot of fun, even with my shit geared alts. They've improved the performance as well, I have a really good PC and D3V would get choppy but patch 2.01 is noticeably smoother in general. I am officially hyped as fuck for RoS.
manfestival
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title should be updated to out of the beta and now back into beta
Hey DiabloGAF!
Sort of a Diablo noob here! I had finished the game once on normal with a barbarian and that was it. It was extremely easy, I don't think I even died once. I wanted to start another character at the time but the thought of having to go through the awful-loot-filled-start again and playing the whole game on what was basically easy mode turned me off on the game.
Today I heard about the patch so decided to try it out with a level 10 or so Demon Hunter I had. I had no idea which difficulty I should put it in, so I went with hard. It was fairly tough at the start since enemies were taking very little damage and such, but man...the drops were so much better than previously...just amazing. In an hour or so of play my character has a lot of rare items and even got an epic (orange) bow so killing enemies became easier. Playing the game just feels much more fun now without seeing shitty loot all the time.
However with such good drops, I'm a bit afraid the game will get very easy again. Should I bump the difficulty ?
I really have no idea in which difficulty I should be playing for a starting character, so I came here to ask for your advice!
Props to blizzard for this patch, even though with 8 years or so to make the game it should have been like this from the start
Sort of a Diablo noob here! I had finished the game once on normal with a barbarian and that was it. It was extremely easy, I don't think I even died once. I wanted to start another character at the time but the thought of having to go through the awful-loot-filled-start again and playing the whole game on what was basically easy mode turned me off on the game.
Today I heard about the patch so decided to try it out with a level 10 or so Demon Hunter I had. I had no idea which difficulty I should put it in, so I went with hard. It was fairly tough at the start since enemies were taking very little damage and such, but man...the drops were so much better than previously...just amazing. In an hour or so of play my character has a lot of rare items and even got an epic (orange) bow so killing enemies became easier. Playing the game just feels much more fun now without seeing shitty loot all the time.
However with such good drops, I'm a bit afraid the game will get very easy again. Should I bump the difficulty ?
I really have no idea in which difficulty I should be playing for a starting character, so I came here to ask for your advice!
Props to blizzard for this patch, even though with 8 years or so to make the game it should have been like this from the start
Yeah, when KKRTO gets unbanned, Ill direct him towards the new patch as well
The performance is night and day compared to vanilla. I am glad we put that behind us. I wonder how it was even possible to fuck it up that much. You basically needed an SSD, tons of memory or other tricks to make it kinda work, so... eh.
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