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Diablo III: Reaper of Souls |OT| Once again! The Sound of HAMMERS is GLORIOUS!
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AzureSkies
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I caved in and bought the original Diablo III for $20.
I'll definitely be picking up Reaper of Souls when I'm paid.
I'll definitely be picking up Reaper of Souls when I'm paid.
KINGofCRA5H
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Fairly certain it's just more xp, although there are certain set items that only drop in Torment 1 and above. But that's it I think.
Dat secondary. My god.
Does it work with the rift shrines??
Torment 2-6 also net you more XP, more gold, higher drop chances of Legendaries, Sets items, higher quality gems, deaths breath, etc.
$20 where? I have roommates wanting in on the action.
Before 60 it's every end of act boss. At 60 it's only Diablo (afaik). After 60 it's only Act5 boss.
For my high torment "dream team":
Monk's first. With area damage, nothing comes close to the DPS increase from cyclone strike. It also greatly increases the damage dealt by exploding palm. Pulling a crowd around an elite can be a huge time saver. Inner sanctuary: forbidden palace or the crowd control immunity is very useful as well.
Wizard's second. ~50% group DPS via "damage taken" debuffs with the "sleet storm turret" build I linked a while ago.
Third slot: barb. Potential for a big group movement speed buff with the new legendary belt. War cry is a stronger defensive buff than the remaining possible monk mantras. Sprint:forced march for more move speed. Tons of ways to generate health globes, which when combined with the reaver's wraps means HotA:birthright sustains itself. The item drop shout might be worth looking at too.
For the last one, I'm not so sure.
A second barb could work pretty well.
WD: potential for the best DPS in the game with the torment DoT set. Good uptime on the group-friendly cooldowns with the right legendaries.
Second monk: FoT:Static Charge is great in full groups, but in situations where it would be most useful they would already be getting clobbered by other area damage. Exploding palm boom stacks, but it's overkill since area damage is so strong with it that one monk is usually sufficient, especially with the ~100% palm Fist of Az'Turrasq. Inna's set gives the 4 base mantras, so additional monks just add runes and active effects.
Second wizard: could add a stretch time bubble, but otherwise doesn't stack.
DH: Marked for Death / Grim Reaper. Wolf pet's a strong cooldown. Seems like DH would be much better off in an all-DH specialist group where they can run at full speed.
Crusader: thinking this might be a solid choice when able to use the reaver's wraps to benefit from the barb's globes. Block-dependent effects unfortunately scale down in groups since attacks are distributed between targets. Condemn(?) for brief ~100% crit chance. Can help keep Nephalem Glory maxed out, although there are legendaries the other classes can use for that (e.g. Blind Faith + the one that gives NG globes on blind). Need to finish reading up on crusader legendaries and abilities.
I have over 50% AS from gear as well. I have a decent setup, and I'm at 600k DPS now. It's a problem with the abilities, mostly their numbers, and it's not THAT bad. The game is still enjoyable it's just not like having a wizard that crushes everything with ease.
There are just too few upsides and too many downsides.
I like the class. But it needs improvements.
You are correct - I thought I was missing something.
Got this last night and ran around with it for an hour.
Only realised this morning that it's a 1-hander...
Wow, congrats on getting that. Seems like the devs kind of missed 2H mighty weapons in general.
MegaKungFuRadio
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Every time someone links their awesome one handed legendary weapons, the sad Charlie Brown music plays in my head.
The fuk?Got this last night and ran around with it for an hour.
Only realised this morning that it's a 1-hander...
How is that a 1H? That LoH and main stats are RIDICULOUS on it!
Leftover issue from the "2H flagged as 1H and rolling the wrong affixes" bug I bet.
That's me!
ComputerMKII
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Oh, I'm finally in! Judging from my Auction House data, I haven't logged in since the 21st of June, 2012 
Just one month after the game's release
I still have a LV 60 Demon Hunter and a LV 49 Barbarian. So, tell me, would it be more fun to reuse them or start from scratch? I don't know how much has changed since the old days, so...
Edit: I'm ComputerMKII#2347, would someone mind adding me to the EU GAF clan? Thanks
Just one month after the game's releaseI still have a LV 60 Demon Hunter and a LV 49 Barbarian. So, tell me, would it be more fun to reuse them or start from scratch? I don't know how much has changed since the old days, so...
Edit: I'm ComputerMKII#2347, would someone mind adding me to the EU GAF clan? Thanks
Fenderputty
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Got this last night and ran around with it for an hour.
Only realised this morning that it's a 1-hander...
Reroll that %damage to a socket stat!!
How dare you!
I love how your character looks, so jealous. You have the CE helm, right?
a YUP!
crimzonflame
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so monk sucks?
Ah ok was'nt sure. Thanks
LOL so this is like the 2H bug from 2.0.1 but the reverse.
LMAO!
No they don't, they are really good. Just not as good as Wizard.
throwawayname
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Strafe all day all night with the Hexing Pants Of Mr. Yan
Now I need the plan for the Flawless Royal Emerald and my build is complete.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Just from today
Part of the Thunderfury master race once again.
Part of the Thunderfury master race once again.
KINGofCRA5H
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Got this last night and ran around with it for an hour.
Only realised this morning that it's a 1-hander...
I...uh...what...
O_O
How can that be
Ricerocket
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InsaneElite
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Got my first legendary off gambling, took a few hundred shards and I was hoping for Magefist, but this was a decent upgrade once rerolled.
Yeah I definitely think that was meant to be a 2h. It has the rolls of a 2h
Damn that's dat Berserk Dragonslayer sword!
AzureSkies
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Futureshop in Canada, price matched with Walmart because they were out locally.
MetalGearOnlineK
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Wow, downloaded this tonight, SUPER impressed so far. I've only played about 90 minutes of Act 5 (on my Monk), but it was the most fun I've had going through the story since launch. Maybe it's due to the newness of it all, but the world in Act 5 has been just so much fun to explore. I find myself going down all the streets and into all the buildings (There's a lot) to do the events. Haven't tried Crusader or anything else new yet, but ROS is off to a great start in my opinion.
The old sets were made torment only as well I thought? was like last week.
Boogalogist
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Frozen orbs is fine. Buff other skills please... Instead of nerfing stuff.
Just had to lower the difficulty from Expert to Hard in Act III with my Crusader.
I'm pretty sad, the equipment is very up to date (mix of yellows and legendaries) but yet my damage and tankiness is going to shit (Crusader level 42)
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Arkanius-2489/hero/38472676
I'm pretty sad, the equipment is very up to date (mix of yellows and legendaries) but yet my damage and tankiness is going to shit (Crusader level 42)
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Arkanius-2489/hero/38472676
Sure.. buff every other spell in the game so that they are all as good as Frozen Orb. Blizzard will TOTALLY do that, I mean they do that all the time!
Boogalogist
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Definitely... Look at them Barbies before 2.01.
Darkflight
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Huzzah, Act 5 finished, almost lowered the diff from T1 but somehow managed to beat it after 4/5 tries with 130k damage and 5.6M toughness - so pleased I kept it at T1 for the whole Act.
Stats and loot - gave the Mace to my Templar and got a small upgrade from the rare gloves there, no idea if the plan is good
http://cl.ly/image/1g2u2A212r46/Screenshot006.jpg
Skills
http://cl.ly/image/34101a1e2w0X/Screenshot007.jpg
Not my usual Skill build for the Act at all, the Spectral Melee Wizard I was playing was not working at all in that fight!
Excited to play Adventure mode tomorrow after work, now sleep!
Stats and loot - gave the Mace to my Templar and got a small upgrade from the rare gloves there, no idea if the plan is good
http://cl.ly/image/1g2u2A212r46/Screenshot006.jpg
Skills
http://cl.ly/image/34101a1e2w0X/Screenshot007.jpg
Not my usual Skill build for the Act at all, the Spectral Melee Wizard I was playing was not working at all in that fight!
Excited to play Adventure mode tomorrow after work, now sleep!
SRTtoZ
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It's been half price on the Blizzard store for a while now.
DyslexicAlucard
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I posted this last night, thinking I'd gotten a great drop. But GAF didn't even flinch. Is this really standard for a DH? I don't have one, but I thought I may roll one just to use this:
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