DrBaalzamon
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Hmm, the reason I asked as well is that I sorta want the 'lore' or story from the game and all the interactions he may have with the other characters and from what I read this doesnt happen in adventure mode?
Thanks!
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Hmm, the reason I asked as well is that I sorta want the 'lore' or story from the game and all the interactions he may have with the other characters and from what I read this doesnt happen in adventure mode?
Thanks!
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Trickster
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I think they're torment only drops. And when they drop you will see their name immediately, no need to identify them first
There's no best way the game has so many ways to power level by yourself or with others it's matter of what it's convient or simple for you at that moment. The game can be a little harsh to the those new and those that grind alone without knowing how to maximize things.
There are various reason to use the modes in diablo to your advantage. Right now despite the fact I'm in adventure mode I have two operating functions. The first is high torment grinding through rifts insanely good for xp if you got the skills. The other is settings things to normal and having a group that runs adventure mode quickly, speed is the key. I still use campaign mode to just simply run an area for a keywarden keys or material crafting of specific kind.
pretty sure once it's been beat anyone you have can just leap in to adventure mode.
DrBaalzamon
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Hey, thanks for writing this! Yeah, I can definitely access adventure mode with my lvl 6 Crusader but I guess im just going to play him through the normal game then do adventure mode. Somehow that just makes sense in my brain? I dunno, its probably the wrong way to play the game
Trickster
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Seems like the chances of getting legendaries from blood shards is still complete shit, despite the supposedly "significant" increase in chance from the hotfix. I've spent like 400 shards after the hotfix went live, nothing. Also just watched a streamer spend 500 shards without getting anything...
Yeah, I've yet to get a legendary from the shards. They've been useless so far.
Hey, thanks for writing this! Yeah, I can definitely access adventure mode with my lvl 6 Crusader but I guess im just going to play him through the normal game then do adventure mode. Somehow that just makes sense in my brain? I dunno, its probably the wrong way to play the game
Dont worry about right or wrong. Play the game that gives you the most enjoyment!
How much work does it take to get say 400 shards? I dont have ROS
jim2point0
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Another 5 hours of playing without a single item upgrade or succesful stat change to show for it. Crap legendaries.
Remembering why I stopped playing in the first place. Ah well. Twas fun for a little while...
Remembering why I stopped playing in the first place. Ah well. Twas fun for a little while...
I've gotten 1 legendary, but it's good for solid rares as well.
Trickster
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I think the fastest way to get shards is to farm rifts. The guardian at the end of a rift normally drops around 50-59 on torment 1, less on lower difficulties i think. And a rift normally seems to takes around 10-15 minutes ( though that is for hardcore torment 1, might be quicker on softcore where people can go full out on dps and not focus on survivabilty very much ). So I guess you could get around 400 shards if you farm rifts non stop for around 1½ hour.
I dont know how long a rift takes.
People really shouldnt expect Shards to produce LEGS like candy tho.
Once Diablo hands out LEGS, the game is broken. They will forever try to hold them back from the players as much as they can.
EDIT: You gave me a lot more info (thx) Yeah nobody should be getting a gauranteed LEG every hr and a half of play time from shards alone.
Trickster
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updated my post. And yeah I agree with you that shard items shouldnt be legendary all the time. Honestly the problem with how shards work right now, is that the items cost so few shards ( most cost 5 or 10 ). So it seems like a very unrewarding feature when you can fill up your inventory several times over with shitty rares, just by spam buying items from the shard vendor.
Honestly what made me make the post was the combination of me not getting anything for 400 shards, and then another guy also getting nothing by spending 500 shards ( the max amount you can have at a time )
sotodefonk
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does any of you guys know if I can buy a cd-key online? Blizzard wont take my card or paypal. I need to buy it to gift it to a friend
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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We had a decent size earthquake in LA a little while ago and I played Diablo straight through it, hahaha.
I was fighting a rift boss!
I was fighting a rift boss!
Quoting myself to say that I've discovered that both are correct, it just depends on the spell. What a strange mechanic.
Kadin
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Thanks for the input guys, I did notice a bit of sporadic lag a bit here and there, nothing major. And yeah, definitely not running HC just to be safe. I'll look into your suggestions LCGeek.
Vitality, no brainer.
Hmm, what to reroll for a socket
Maybe I should grind on Rifts for a bit. After 20 Horadric Caches and no Legendaries it has been disheartening. Still, I have yet to see anything in RoS offer the efficiency of doing Wretched Mother runs. If they weren't so damn boring and lacking in XP.
Fenderputty
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I just got a sweet rare ring. That's about it though.
That's why who cares about efficiency. more fun will make the game last longer.
Whats the point of getting good loot if you arent having fun?
If you need links for what I'm talking about just pm it's not a problem.
Are legendary rings bad?
I have 3 of them dropped, and they all have crappy stats like +armor and +vit, and their secondary is just bad. Had to salvage them for mats.
I always remember that legendary rings are the hardest to find/upgrade if you found one...but man, these lvl 70 rings are terribad.
I have 3 of them dropped, and they all have crappy stats like +armor and +vit, and their secondary is just bad. Had to salvage them for mats.
I always remember that legendary rings are the hardest to find/upgrade if you found one...but man, these lvl 70 rings are terribad.
Trickster
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Prices for the 3 crafting NPC's are just all kinds of fucked up in general. Gem guy charges way to much gold for his services. Blacksmith wants materials that are so boring and luck based to get, that most people don't bother trying to get specific materials. Busty fortune teller lady is terrible at her job and keeps charging you money and materials for her services, despite getting the wrong result almost every time...
I think rings and amulets have a wider range of possible affixes than armor slot pieces. So getting a ring that has a good mix of affixes can be harder to get. But certainly some rings and amulets really just are terrible. That new amulet that looks like mickey mouse or something is litterally complete garbage no matter what basically.
It's a deadmau5 head, and the passive makes mobs dance. It's a pointless shit item just to fill up drop tables so they can say you got a legendary to drop while it's permanently awful for everyone. there's a couple straight shitty items in every slot, but some of them are just confuse me. the compass rose set is just fucking dumb. i wish they didn't put bad items in to clutter drop tables and confuse newer players, but they have to appease the groundstarbeam thirsty masses somehow
I got an Obsidian Ring yesterday that was alright, but today I upgraded to this:
Also picked up these today:
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Well took my crusader from 200k dps to 510k today with some yellows here and there, the down side is that my toughness dropped from 10mil to 6mil but it doesnt seem to be a problem so far.
Really enjoying this Punish - Roar + Sweep with the pull in rune.
Full build at the moment revolved around judgement with 80% crit and 100% crit dam on law of valor to rip through ANY elite pack, I run condemn with vacuum and blind shield with 9 wrath per target blinded.
Passives are just a bunch of block related ones and finery.
Thinking about dropping condemn for maybe consecrate or UFO beam or even akarat rally.
Being a melee crusader is a lot of fun especially with all the zany stuff you can do with block.
Really enjoying this Punish - Roar + Sweep with the pull in rune.
Full build at the moment revolved around judgement with 80% crit and 100% crit dam on law of valor to rip through ANY elite pack, I run condemn with vacuum and blind shield with 9 wrath per target blinded.
Passives are just a bunch of block related ones and finery.
Thinking about dropping condemn for maybe consecrate or UFO beam or even akarat rally.
Being a melee crusader is a lot of fun especially with all the zany stuff you can do with block.
xDUMPWEEDx
Banned
dat RNG
Not Spaceghost
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I went through this exact same scenario exactly 3 hours ago.
But at least my only legendary was a 1% upgrade over my old yellow.
xDUMPWEEDx
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If you party with a good group you are fine for T1.
Unless you can carry a 4 player game, the group is more important than your individual stats (as long as they are decent).
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Sanctuary
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I don't understand. Do you unsocket because you're not sure if the new item is an upgrade with the gem? Otherwise there's absolutely no reason to not scrap the item that has the gem.
I have a friend who plays a WD, and is only sitting at 300k DPS. He insists on "farming" T1, so I don't bother playing with him. He thinks he "kills things very quickly", but the hell he does. I have issues sometimes at 550k (+30% orb, +17% cold and 20% electrocute damage) on a Wizard. If you can't 1-2 shot the most basic trash and 3-4 shot the medium or slightly larger enemies, you're in the wrong difficulty.
I feel the same way. Thats why Im trying to wait. I hope to get too 700k or so with maybe 10-15% cold and 10-30% orb (depending on drops from now until that point) so that T1 can feel a lot smoother. I don't want to be wailing away on a pack for 5 minutes. Makes the game very unfun if I cant finish bounties quickly. Id rather lower the difficulty than do that.
Yeah they should probably do a PSA about this. If you get a upgrade with sockets, salvage the old item and the gems come to your inventory free of charge. I don't know if people cared about that before the expansion since gold was flying everywhere, but it makes a difference now.
Just got paid yesterday, so I picked this up after work. Bit weird getting back in to Diablo 3 after such a long break (I played it a bunch of times when it first came out but ended up getting stuck on Inferno difficulty or something). Thankfully unlike Diablo 2 I don't have to root around in backups for old save games or whatever, my level 60 character was still there waiting and still somewhat awesome.
Kind of sucks that if I want to upgrade my equipment now, I have to wait and hope some elite or boss drops something that's better than what I have. And I hear all the good stuff is account bound now so I couldn't even trade with friends or whatever.
Still fun though, I spent like 3 hours doing the first part of Act V and even forgot to have dinner.
Kind of sucks that if I want to upgrade my equipment now, I have to wait and hope some elite or boss drops something that's better than what I have. And I hear all the good stuff is account bound now so I couldn't even trade with friends or whatever.
Still fun though, I spent like 3 hours doing the first part of Act V and even forgot to have dinner.
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