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Diablo III: Reaper of Souls |OT| Once again! The Sound of HAMMERS is GLORIOUS!
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Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
Can I just say that I hate the map layouts for Act 5? I hated them during the beta and I still hate them now. Lots of long, maze-like corridors. No me gusta.
Yeah, I played through the act last night on Torment 2. Took me a couple of hours, maybe 3. Didn't even die until Malthael and that full screen attack he has, but lowered the difficulty to Torment 1 and beat him the next time I fought him. I generally found the bosses to be easy. I made it to level 70 without finding a single upgrade, but then again my drops/luck have always been terrible in these sorts of games. I kept finding items with strength on them...on my wizard. Including a thunderfury, which would have been only the 2nd good legendary I've found since the patch, but it too rolled strength. I didn't reroll it b/c I didn't want to fall into the mystic trap like folks did in the beta. Death breath are hard to come by and it could take many attempts to get the affix you want to show up when enchanting, so its best to hold onto them until you find an item that you really, really want to make good.
Yeah, I played through the act last night on Torment 2. Took me a couple of hours, maybe 3. Didn't even die until Malthael and that full screen attack he has, but lowered the difficulty to Torment 1 and beat him the next time I fought him. I generally found the bosses to be easy. I made it to level 70 without finding a single upgrade, but then again my drops/luck have always been terrible in these sorts of games. I kept finding items with strength on them...on my wizard. Including a thunderfury, which would have been only the 2nd good legendary I've found since the patch, but it too rolled strength. I didn't reroll it b/c I didn't want to fall into the mystic trap like folks did in the beta. Death breath are hard to come by and it could take many attempts to get the affix you want to show up when enchanting, so its best to hold onto them until you find an item that you really, really want to make good.
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
Do normal adventure mode runs. You basically drown in items, so that you get a huge amount of crafting material in no time and you're really, really likely to find well rolled rares, too. The bounty rewards are great and so are rifts.
Considering how quickly I can get through that stuff on normal in comparison to e.g. Torment, it really doesn't seem worth it for me to play adventure mode on another difficulty until I'm much, much stronger.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Reached 70 with my WD... now I should really go to bed as I have classes in several hours, this game is so addicting.
Kssio_Aug
Member
Thanks for the tip! I may do it too, then!
Guys, I have a laptop with a Ati Radeon HD5165, an Intel i3 3110M and 8gb of RAM and I'm getting low fps even with everything on low.
I remember it was fine back then when I was playing Vanilla...
Can anyone help me?
Anyone?
Here are my configs:
CPU:
Intel® Core i3 CPU M 330 @ 2.13GHz
CPU clock speed:
2,15 GHz
RAM:
8,45 GB
Graphics card:
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165 (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM v1.1)
Video memory:
4,29 GB
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Really enjoying the expansion so far finished act 5 and tried some adventure mode. Although I did hit an annoying bug were
was unkillable, other than that smooth sailing.
adria
It's impossible with the current Blizzard. They take fucking ages to do even the smallest change to this game. Just look at what they made in 2 years before RoS release and compare that content with what Gazillion and GGG is spewing for Marvel Heroes and Path of Exile - it's mind boggling... I think that it would took Blizzard like 10 years to impelent all the stuff that those two comapnies put out in the last 10 months.
And I agree with you wholeheartedly - even with Adve. mode, rifts and all that we need MORE depth to the game if it's suppose to have better longevity than vanilla. But I'm not sure it's possible with the current skill system based on unlocks. It's just too shallow...
Depth comes from skill changing legendaries. I don't see how locking skills out increases depth. Anyway, tiered nephalem rifts with leaderboard and seasons coming in the first major content patch sounds promising. Hoping they add more though
Oh yeah, this event was pain in the ass on Torment 2 (still mostly on gear lvl60), but after a few deaths somehow I managed to kill those bastards (champion pack had frozen affix, yeah I totally needed that...).
toastyToast
Member
Found this amulet after turning in all the bounties for Act 1. I was pretty happy with it but I figured I didn't need the 90-something all res it had so I re-rolled it. This is what happened after my first attempt
Got to lvl 69 last night and plan on finishing Act V with my WD tonight. The leveling feels off. Over the course of the act I dropped from Torment to Master and still only hit 69. That includes doing available side dungeons in areas. The smart loot wasn't very kind to me and all of my legendary drops so far were useless lol. Still enjoying it but this expansion is harder than I expected.
Found this amulet after turning in all the bounties for Act 1. I was pretty happy with it but I figured I didn't need the 90-something all res it had so I re-rolled it. This is what happened after my first attempt
Jesus..
Death's Breath drop rates are fine if you do a lot of rifts.
I liked Malthael, felt like a tough, but "fair", boss fight. Anytime you die it's because you done fucked up.
Adria was also like that, just took a bit longer than I would've liked on Torment I.
davidsaurus
Member
Found this amulet after turning in all the bounties for Act 1. I was pretty happy with it but I figured I didn't need the 90-something all res it had so I re-rolled it. This is what happened after my first attempt
My barbarian is so jealous.
Found this amulet after turning in all the bounties for Act 1. I was pretty happy with it but I figured I didn't need the 90-something all res it had so I re-rolled it. This is what happened after my first attempt
Dude...
didn't know this, thanks. I knew some stuff wasn't included in the 3 calculations.
I do get very excited when I see 3 greens on a new item though!
Takamura-San
Member
Found this amulet after turning in all the bounties for Act 1. I was pretty happy with it but I figured I didn't need the 90-something all res it had so I re-rolled it. This is what happened after my first attempt
DUDEEEE....
UnluckyKate
Member
Lost a decent chunk of health by equipping this, but having instant Imminent Doom bolas is really, really nice.
Put this with the Xbox (I think?) that makes basic shot go through, equip the long trigger bolas that makes more dmg and profit
Is leveling in adventure mode really that quick? Might level a Crusader there before starting the story.
Crazy. Bolas with Imminent Doom are crazy powerful, but the two second delay is a bit of a deal breaker.
Lost a decent chunk of health by equipping this, but having instant Imminent Doom bolas is really, really nice.
Kacho
Member
It's pretty damn fast once you start putting high level gems into your gear. My only gripe is that boss health pools seem stupid large.
Smart Loot was pretty much a complete miss for me yesterday lol. For a WD I found:
Butchers Carver 2h axe
Nemesis bracers
Sebors Nightmare which is a mighty belt
I think I'm going to have to drop the difficulty to finish the last boss. I really did not find many upgrades at all. Such is Randomized loot though.
Butchers Carver 2h axe
Nemesis bracers
Sebors Nightmare which is a mighty belt
I think I'm going to have to drop the difficulty to finish the last boss. I really did not find many upgrades at all. Such is Randomized loot though.
FrontalMonk
Banned
Finally got a chance to dig in last night, went through act v with the wife and started my crusader up to level 12 or so in adventure mode, and I'm glad I did. Fighting the Butcher at like level 10 was kinda hilarious, and I can't wait to do the same tonight with whatever bosses come up in the bounties.
I REALLY like that they added so many mini bosses and events in act v, and I noticed in adventure mode that they added new locations in the other acts, too, which has me excited. Gah, stuck at work now and waiting to get out so I can get back to levelling my crusader.
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Correct.
I REALLY like that they added so many mini bosses and events in act v, and I noticed in adventure mode that they added new locations in the other acts, too, which has me excited. Gah, stuck at work now and waiting to get out so I can get back to levelling my crusader.
Edit:
Correct.
Kacho
Member
Smart loot does seem busted right now. Lots of chatter in Clan chat yesterday about it.
Yessir
Yessir
My DH has this amazing collection of mighty belts ATM.
lol so it wasn't just me feeling like I was getting screwed on my drops.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Adventure mode is pretty nice. Got my crusader to 15 pretty much just from a single run of Act 1 bounties. I still don't have any level 70 chars, beat Malthael on my DH at 68. I had to lower difficulty for him twice (from master to hard) because I just wanted to get adventure mode open and didn't feel like slogging through on higher diffs.
He dropped legendary bracer plans, reaper wraps. They look pretty good, apparently they have 8 magical properties instead of 6. Mite B cool.
Anyway, so starts another long day of work, and when I get home my wow guild is probably going to want to raid, and yet again I'm going to have to tell them to fuck off.
He dropped legendary bracer plans, reaper wraps. They look pretty good, apparently they have 8 magical properties instead of 6. Mite B cool.
Anyway, so starts another long day of work, and when I get home my wow guild is probably going to want to raid, and yet again I'm going to have to tell them to fuck off.
So how bad is the console version nerfed, compared to PC?
I've been playing up to Inferno on PS3, and let me tell you, it's garbage. I get Legendary drops for shit my Wizard or Demon Hunter cannot use (Axe, Sword, etc) and it's just stupid. I keep playing because it's fun to kill shit and hope to find some awesome Loot, but man, I can't figure out why the console version cannot be as awesome as the PC version. I mean, can't we just get a patch with some updates for mob density or better loot drops? Please?
I've browsed through this thread, and seeing all the Legendary stuff and Set pieces, UI difference, "Adventure Mode" (WTF?) and all the great stuff on the PC version that you guys get is making me so mad that I cannot afford a gaming rig.
So bad.
I've been playing up to Inferno on PS3, and let me tell you, it's garbage. I get Legendary drops for shit my Wizard or Demon Hunter cannot use (Axe, Sword, etc) and it's just stupid. I keep playing because it's fun to kill shit and hope to find some awesome Loot, but man, I can't figure out why the console version cannot be as awesome as the PC version. I mean, can't we just get a patch with some updates for mob density or better loot drops? Please?
I've browsed through this thread, and seeing all the Legendary stuff and Set pieces, UI difference, "Adventure Mode" (WTF?) and all the great stuff on the PC version that you guys get is making me so mad that I cannot afford a gaming rig.
davidsaurus
Member
I believe the Reaper's Wraps are a guaranteed drop from him. I also believe they are not 8 properties but 5 with "Health globes restore 25–30% of your primary resource" guaranteed.
Diablo 3 isn't the most challenging on thing to run and it has some decent low graphics settings!
You should save up and join the dark side. Also, unfortunately I'm sure it's not as easy as drag and drop on the consoles and they have upgraded versions for PS4 & Xbox One coming that include RoS - i think.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
I'm just going by the breakdown on blizzard's site, but the 8 could certainly be an error on their part.
I've been trying to start saving for a few years, but money is tight and at this point, the only chance I have of owning a gaming rig is to: A) win the lotto or B) steal one.
I'm gonna have to wait for PS4 version I suppose, and double dip. I hope its really a great upgrade from the PS3/XBOX versions.
I think I've reached my limit of Torment 1. Things are taking awhile to kill now. I have no idea how far I am in the act but I had to replay the first area after the "town" a few times due to time constraints. That area is pretty huge and mazelike.
I had to back down to T1 after getting level 64. Thing just hit too hard and took too long to kill. I'm 66 now and T1 just has a ton of hp. Without some serious quick gear upgrades, this isn't going to fly.
Sadness. Oh well. I'll back it down and get through Act V so I can open up adventure mode. Yay.
Pretty funny how I've replaced my bow 3x already since I started RoS. That windforce didn't last long at all.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/garath-1132/hero/40752152
I had to back down to T1 after getting level 64. Thing just hit too hard and took too long to kill. I'm 66 now and T1 just has a ton of hp. Without some serious quick gear upgrades, this isn't going to fly.
Sadness. Oh well. I'll back it down and get through Act V so I can open up adventure mode. Yay.
Pretty funny how I've replaced my bow 3x already since I started RoS. That windforce didn't last long at all.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/garath-1132/hero/40752152
Nothing to be ashamed of its just not fun wailing on something for 30 min when your real goal is just to get through them no matter what.
I will probably stay in Master adventure mode until I can replace most of my gear with yellows.
I think everything except my weps is pre Loot2
davidsaurus
Member
Well if you actually have a PS4 then you've already made your choice! You could have invested that money into a solid gaming rig that would have saved you money in the long term with steam sales and cheap games. Not that I blame you, it's just you can't have it all! jim2point0
Banned
She wasn't too hard. Just had to dodge her stupid blood babies.
I've yet to fight Malthael, but I think I'll be there soon. I took a break to finish leveling to 70 and tried to farm for a few breaths. I wanted a few pieces of gear to have just the right stats before I take on the last boss.
Once I finish the campaign I'll try adventure mode. Hopefully I'll have better luck in rifts.
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
Holy shit the rift levels where you have basically just a wide open area and like ~15 elite packs around. sogood.png
They are in fact just 5 properties plus its special property. Here's a pair I crafted then enchanted
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