Dead Prince
Banned
nooo. don't decrease chests. thats all i did for my loot lol. i got better drops there then actual monsters
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jim2point0
Banned
Lowering the rewards from chest runs and increasing that of rifts is the CORRECT THING TO DO.
Thank you Blizzard. This should be live now. NOW.
Thank you Blizzard. This should be live now. NOW.
WarMacheen
Member
gotdamn, give it, give it, give it
actually...fixing things...intelligently...damn Blizz y u no do this sooner
I'm ok with this.
I hope someone finds something new to exploit so we can get a 400% increase for rift drops next.
Also Kadala soon only hands out legendaries I hope.
And to think they did a lot in just 3 weeks after release making it a even better game. That makes me happy.
The Omega Man
Member
well, time to save those shards then
Ricerocket
Member
I have so many rift stone keys because I havn't been bothering too much with it (actually still trying to get prides fall or gloves of worship) but I guess we'll see how big this will be with Rifts and Kadala being buffed even more.
SafeinSound
Member
The rift buff needed to happen. Nice change.
SneakyStephan
Banned
I'm glad they made rifts better and improved kadela to reduce some of the rng for finding key items for your build , but blizzard has a raging boner for deciding for people how they want to play
bossruns/lootruns/farming spots have always been a large part of arpgs
they should find ways to make entertaining bossruns (not mangle) or challenging lootruns, not just remove everything the players come up with
we were having a good time today doing the chest runs but blizz decides we should have their vision of a good time only
it's a stark contrast to a game like torchlight where you could play mods with the mob and elite density dialed up 20 fold and community designed fun allowed special sets with special setbonusses
They really take 'walled garden' to a whole other level
bossruns/lootruns/farming spots have always been a large part of arpgs
they should find ways to make entertaining bossruns (not mangle) or challenging lootruns, not just remove everything the players come up with
we were having a good time today doing the chest runs but blizz decides we should have their vision of a good time only
it's a stark contrast to a game like torchlight where you could play mods with the mob and elite density dialed up 20 fold and community designed fun allowed special sets with special setbonusses
They really take 'walled garden' to a whole other level
And this is potentially the plan with all the other Rift content coming down the road. They need to make the base rifts exciting enough so that people want to do the tiered rift stuff as an extra incentive and not because "well, base rifts suck so do those because they're better."
toastyToast
Member
OMG! Kadala buff
In gonna get that Magefist tonight. I seent it
In gonna get that Magefist tonight. I seent it
They aren't forcing you to play that way. If you still want to do chest runs, go ahead.
But they are the creators of the game, and if they feel the MOST EFFICIENT way to play should be rifts, that's their right.
I answered this earlier but, for me, it's mostly because Blackthorn's has shitty default rolls so it's almost always a case of losing out on something on some of the slots. Like, the Belt and Boots always have LPS and Armor so you lose something here usually. The Chest is usually not a problem when it drops, though. It's almost perfect since it gets you All Resist and 3 Sockets by default.
The set bonus is good, though. Just a really solid set of bonuses overall.
That's what this change is supposed to fix...
So anyone want to break down the math on these new values? Like what old Torment value is going to be equivalent to the new values. Sounds like old T4 might be equivalent to new T1 although my math is ass.
My Exploding Palm will carry all!
agreed, its their game and their vision to that killing monsters in rifts should be the most rewarding. Like they basically said the chests should be uncommon but still drop good stuff, you just shouldn't be able to go to one area, open 15 of them without killing anything and get 2 legendaries for that.
Dead Prince
Banned
go to chest. lock you in a room until you clear. lulz.
After getting two or three total legendary drops from goblins - literally - since Diablo's 3 launch, I somehow managed to get a leg drop and a set drop from two consecutive goblins while grouping tonight. Couldn't believe it. The sheer luck there seems crazy to me.
The set drop was Firebird boots, which I gave away to a group member because I'm just that nice. And I already had it.
Leg drop was more interesting, this:
Hopefully I can re-roll the damage value to high crit damage without a big fuss. My current amulet has excellent crit chance/crit damage values - 9.5% and 90% respectively - and it's been nice to have. But if I can get a high crit damage roll on this without wasting too many Forgotten Souls, it's gonna be sweet - trifecta + arcane invulnerability. Thank you... treasure goblin?
Just enchanted the damage roll intending to get high crit damage, and the very first attempt I get a 98% crit damage roll. Yep, that'll do.
ItAintEasy
Member
I could just make a game where you run around and open up chests for loot if you want. Shouldn't be too hard I wont put any mobs in it at all.
Dead Prince
Banned
I think normal is close to how T2 was. It's really hard to figure this out because there are two bonuses at play here. A legendary bonus for difficulty (t1+) and a rift bonus for difficulty (normal+). They buffed the rift bonus but I'm not sure how the two bonuses stack up or what they are even applied to. As the joke goes.. 100% of 0 is 0.. lol
The Cowboy
Member
But i already play to much, why blizzard, WHY do this to me!!!. Bring on the hotfix
.What really needs to happen is there need to be less of them and for them to be very random in where they show up - as to stop farm spots, and the loot in them needs to be better to make up for the lack of them and the randomness of there location - so its nicer to find them.
Hopefully this is what they are going for, as with this change if they don't adjust the loot amount and just adjust the number of chests, i think its would be a bit of a bummer.
Impeccable
Member
They are going to buff it too much at this rate and kill longevity even more.
It should be pretty nice. I was having pretty good success with leg drops in T1 rifts after the 25% buff.
Solid Amit
Member
Wow these hotfixes sound great!!! Can't wait to play Diablo tomarrow
KINGofCRA5H
Member
TRAVIS DAY I LOVE YOU.
Damn you Blizz, I wanted to go sleep early today
Yes, lots of people.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/12472447260
Yes, lots of people.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/12472447260
Yeah I know people will swear up and down that the 25% bonus didn't do anything but for me it made a difference. I got like 5-6 Legendaries today from a couple of hours of Rifting. Yeah I know this isn't split chest farming level of efficiency but I was getting Legendaries at a decent enough rate. Also got a really nice DH set weapon (Danetta) along with a trifecta (after enchanting) Tasker and Theo also for DH.
GhostRidah
Member
Man this new team working on d3, please give these guys a raise, best thing to happen to this game.
Filth
Member
4-5 rifts in a row and got 1 legendary. after the legendary i have to wait 4-5 more rifts.
Well I play in 4 man stack and usually T2... which does end up making a difference. If I did solo T1 then that would be my rate as well (one Legendary every 4-5 Rift as compared to 1 Legendary every 2 Rift).
Also not sure if we should include Gambled Legendaries as part of the Rift loot. You get a majority of shards from Rifts so I guess it would be fair to include that in too.
A 100% increase of 0.01 is 0.02
How would it be rough? Lol
If a rift takes about 10 minutes on average then i have enough fragments to play exclusively on rifts for over 2 days straight
How would it be rough? Lol
If a rift takes about 10 minutes on average then i have enough fragments to play exclusively on rifts for over 2 days straight
More or less matches my experiences in general since the first buff.
What's the clear speed like? Killing everything and breaking all breakables? Most our rift runs are full clears and are ~10-20 minutes in length and at least 1 Legendary per rift (to someone) isn't really that uncommon at T2.
I would also add that just because you are getting more Legendaries doesn't mean you are getting good ones or upgrades.
All that will change is that instead of people complaining about not getting enough Legendaries per hour... people will complain about the 10th Rogar's Huge Stone they got.
All that will change is that instead of people complaining about not getting enough Legendaries per hour... people will complain about the 10th Rogar's Huge Stone they got.
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