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Diablo III PS3/360 |OT| Bringing Hell to consoles
- Thread starter Yoshichan
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Holy shit
Haven't played this game since the first two weeks post-launch. Made it to Inferno act 1 on PC and then just got burned out.
Has WD improved since then? At the time he was my main and I was jealous of the other classes cheesing through the acts while WD felt weaker in comparison.
Has WD improved since then? At the time he was my main and I was jealous of the other classes cheesing through the acts while WD felt weaker in comparison.
Bumped up to master I on NM last night. I'm levelling faster relative to progress, but progressing a lot slower (and not noticing a difference in drops). Definitely going to swap back to normal until Inferno.
WTF. How?
Just answered one of my early questions: legendary/set plans which still have static item levels on them (as opposed to dropped items which now all scale to you) will now seemingly drop anytime as long as you are at least at their level. I just got a Demon Hand plan drop on Inferno but it's a level 52 plan. That's good though; on the PC version you have to be fighting enemies at around that level, which means most of the non-level 60 plans are stupid rare since you'd have to intentionally farm lower difficulties, etc.
Anyone else wish there were proc notifications? I am hating babysitting my action bar when abilities like Revenge proc. Also - a cooldown timer would be nice. Depending on the artwork for an ability the dial has the same color and makes it difficult to see if longer CDs are off CD.
Phat Michael
Banned
Im finding Normal too easy - nightmare is next - are you saying Master I on Nightmare is a HUGE step up? Will going from Normal to nightmare by itself (without messing with difficulty) be a big step up>
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
I have binded my main attack to X and Revenge on Square, så I can press the two buttons simulationsly. I pretty much hammer the two buttons at all times.
Wind's Howling
Member
What the hell? Is that Magda boss supposed to be a joke? That must have been the easiest boss of all the bosses in gaming.
Raijin_Cain
Member
I had played Diablo III on PC (as a Barb). Towards the end, getting new gear for him was kinda hard and playing the game became boring.
Go the game for PS3 and Im playing as a wizard.
The drops are awesome now. Not just that. Im crafting some great stuff too. I finally feel s sense of continuos progression as I play.
The game is a lot better now.
Go the game for PS3 and Im playing as a wizard.
The drops are awesome now. Not just that. Im crafting some great stuff too. I finally feel s sense of continuos progression as I play.
The game is a lot better now.
Not really, no. There were some challenges for the way I have my barb currently setup (which is heavily based on things dying to keep me alive), but I could overcome most of them with patience.
It's just that the trade off for the MP increase wasn't manifesting into better (or more) drops, so the net result of the increase was that I'm progressing more slowly. I've seen all of the content anyway, so it wasn't working for me.
I look forward to tweaking my build at Inferno, when I'm going for loot that might stay with me for a while.
EDIT: Also, nothing ever drops for my poor scoundrel.
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
My only two gripes with the game right now are useless hell gems dropping in inferno and that this game has hard locked my system like 5 times. If I can manage to pick up 5 million gold somehow, it'll be my first platinum.
Tried the demo myself and am impressed with the quality of the port on PS3. It isn't perfect, but framerate drops are surprisingly minimal outside of that initial area and image quality is quite reasonable despite the low resolution.
It simply plays so much better than it ever did on the PC, though, and I can't help but remain disappointed in the lack of a controller option for PC users. Would have drastically improved the experience for me, no doubt.
It simply plays so much better than it ever did on the PC, though, and I can't help but remain disappointed in the lack of a controller option for PC users. Would have drastically improved the experience for me, no doubt.
When is this demo coming online?
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2013...aign=Feed:+SCEEBlog+(blog.eu.playstation.com)
https://store.sonyentertainmentnetw...ish)/cid=EP0002-NPEB90508_00-DIABLO3DEMO00001
I added that (via web, love that feature- about time) - then 15 minutes later turned on my PS3 but she's not pulling it down. EU store not updated?
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2013...aign=Feed:+SCEEBlog+(blog.eu.playstation.com)
https://store.sonyentertainmentnetw...ish)/cid=EP0002-NPEB90508_00-DIABLO3DEMO00001
I added that (via web, love that feature- about time) - then 15 minutes later turned on my PS3 but she's not pulling it down. EU store not updated?
Pimpn Drop Bear
Neo Member
So im on act 4 hell (redoing it because need to get from 59 to 60 to start inferno) and I get my first green chest piece drop. I dont id it straight away and walk forward and kill a couple of demons, and my xbox freezes.... restart and the chest piece didn't save to my inventory
kriskrosbbk
Member
Guys anyone know if you can save the DEMO ,quit and then head back where you left?
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
So im on act 4 hell (redoing it because need to get from 59 to 60 to start inferno) and I get my first green chest piece drop. I dont id it straight away and walk forward and kill a couple of demons, and my xbox freezes.... restart and the chest piece didn't save to my inventory
The downfall of stuff not being saved server side.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
Dammit. I started a DH as my secondary character and have her leveled up to 14 right now, Act II. Have I made a terrible mistake? I do intend to level up all the classes to 60 eventually so I guess it doesn't really matter in the long run.
So im on act 4 hell (redoing it because need to get from 59 to 60 to start inferno) and I get my first green chest piece drop. I dont id it straight away and walk forward and kill a couple of demons, and my xbox freezes.... restart and the chest piece didn't save to my inventory
Yeah I'm not sure how you can do a force save... Friend of mine said teleporting to town causes the game to save, haven't checked that yet...
They are not THAT bad, they are just considered less good at farming MP10 and you need balls of steel if you want to run one in hardcore, but it's not like they are terrible. If I see that bow posted above I want to roll a DH as well, shit... :lol (1.67 APS 1900dmg, lolwut)
Most people won't even end up farming MP10 so it's all theorycrafting/min maxing shit anyway, just play what you want to play/enjoy playing is what I'm trying to say, that lasts the longest. I played 350hours on my "broken" WD before the class got an overhaul and still had a blast.
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
Keys don't drop in Act 4. Just the plan and you only need it once.
Oh, but they do in the console version. That's what makes it great.
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
You are talking about infernal machine keys right?
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, I don't know how hardcore I'm going to be about farming MP10. Maybe I will, maybe I won't. Either way my Monk is my main class, the DH is a side project for when I get tired of melee and want to shoot things in the face instead.
Yeah, so far I have got 2x keys of destruction and 2x keys of hate from the act IV keywarden.
RunningRiot
Member
Yeah, the Act IV keywarden drops the plans AND has a chance to drop one of the 3 keys.
Doomshroom
Member
So hows the demo? what classes? what act/part of the game? how many levels? co-op? is it worth downloading?
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
That's weird but awesome.
Barbarian & Wizard
Act 1 up to King Leoric
Level 9 cap
Local co-op + online with friends (demo only, no match making).
Progress carries over if you get the full game.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
I finished Act III last night and man, Blizzard really is running out of ideas aren't they? That plot development at the end of Act III... haven't we already seen this exact same story in a previous Blizzard game? Twice?
Blizzard needs to step their lore game up.
One of the good guys becomes the ultimate bad guy. Shocking! Except we already have Kerrigan and Arthas who went through the exact same transformation.
Blizzard needs to step their lore game up.
Sanctuary
Member
Did they drastically lower the droprate for the Staff of Herding components, or move the locations? I've literally wasted four hours on probably the easiest item to get:
and the
just do not appear. On the PC you could have the complete staff in around six to eight hours.
edit: Omfg, you don't even need that item for the console version. Haha.
I never played D3 after the Inferno nerf, but I can attest to the complete brokeness of Nether Tentacles pre-nerf. Most every other class felt like a bigger uphill battle than the DH in Inferno (which isn't to say everything was perfect with the class). Now though, I can see how drastically different the game has become, and with the NT nerf, I could see the DH as the worst class for Hardcore, but I also feel like the Witch Doctor could be the worst too. DH isn't a horrible class, and it does have some advantages over the Wizard, but not enough to make you want to play it as "the" ranged class. I was considering taking a Wizard through HC, but I might just opt to go with the Barbarian, since I was super lucky with the drops on my Wizard, and now Master 4 is on farm status. And you know what they say about lightning. My freaking Templar is wearing a Wizardspike and Lidless Wall (which as soon as it dropped I thought about how insane that would be in HC).
Leoric's Shinbone,
burnt logs
edit: Omfg, you don't even need that item for the console version. Haha.
I never played D3 after the Inferno nerf, but I can attest to the complete brokeness of Nether Tentacles pre-nerf. Most every other class felt like a bigger uphill battle than the DH in Inferno (which isn't to say everything was perfect with the class). Now though, I can see how drastically different the game has become, and with the NT nerf, I could see the DH as the worst class for Hardcore, but I also feel like the Witch Doctor could be the worst too. DH isn't a horrible class, and it does have some advantages over the Wizard, but not enough to make you want to play it as "the" ranged class. I was considering taking a Wizard through HC, but I might just opt to go with the Barbarian, since I was super lucky with the drops on my Wizard, and now Master 4 is on farm status. And you know what they say about lightning. My freaking Templar is wearing a Wizardspike and Lidless Wall (which as soon as it dropped I thought about how insane that would be in HC).
My wife is up to level 12 on her hardcore DH. So far so good on Normal (Easy). I suggested she play as a Barbarian but she thinks the character looks hideous.
My hardcore guy is a Witch Doctor, but I'm only on level 6.
They do in all versions. Act IV warden just drops a random one of the three.
Holy shit, thanks for pointing that out.
Spend 3h yesterday farming for a item that doesnt even exist in the console version. haha
Having to listen to Cydaea's "seductive" dialogue in Act III over and over is one of the things I hate most. That and the enchantress; she still "never imagined such a creature" (elite packs) after encountering them thousands of times.
Oh. My. Gosh. I'm seriously getting tired of that during my Inferno run.
Start button gives you the option to skip cutscenes. During non-cutscene dialog, you can skip it with select.
I'm happy I stumbled on that fact because I couldn't hit the skip buttons fast enough on PC version.
So i downloaded the demo on PSN last night and I love it. Líke the art direction, combat seems to get more fun as you level and gain more abilities, and funny enough I played alittle local co-op with my 4 year old. Shes not great or anything obviously but she helped quite abit by using the wizards frost beam against bosses while I smacked it with my barbarian.
This is one of those games (similar to FFXIV) were I want to buy, qnd play it, but im torn on waiting for the PS4 version. I dont know if I would have enjoyed the PC version as much, but the console version nixed all of tue major issues I would have had. So this will be an easy buy for my at some point.
This is one of those games (similar to FFXIV) were I want to buy, qnd play it, but im torn on waiting for the PS4 version. I dont know if I would have enjoyed the PC version as much, but the console version nixed all of tue major issues I would have had. So this will be an easy buy for my at some point.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
I was also torn between waiting for the PS4 version or getting the PS3 version, but considering the PS4 version won't be coming out until 2014 I figured I would just jump in now and hope that Blizzard implements some sort of character transfer feature. The general assumption around these parts is that the PS4 version will come out around the same time that the Reaper of Souls expansion pack releases on PC.
It may not be the best looking version of the game, and there are slowdowns and screen tearing here and there, but it's nothing that stops the console version from being the best version of Diablo III.
I dialed back my playtime in case they don't implement the transfer.
I farm maybe an hour a day for some stuff or casually play different characters. I am afraid to get really, really invested to have it all be for nothing. I know it's possible to do i just hope Blizzard and Sony/Microsoft find a way
Sanctuary
Member
Well, one thing certainly has not changed from the PC version. Those leaper/mortar cat enemies are still the most overtuned enemies in the game. Completely stupid how much damage they do from off screen, only to jump on you while you're trying to avoid the mortars from all directions. They do entirely too much damage. Doesn't really matter if they die pretty quickly since they always strike first from off screen thanks to the console being zoomed in entirely too close, yet treating the game as though you have more viewing distance than what you really do.