TatteredHat
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On a weekend? I wouldn't hold my breath. :<
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Diablo III: Reaper of Souls |OT| Once again! The Sound of HAMMERS is GLORIOUS!
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On a weekend? I wouldn't hold my breath. :<
Robin64
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Are you on Torment?
Where is my first set piece ever?? Throw ME a bone
I have a tab almost completely filled with legendaries but not a single set piece.
If people are right in that the monster EXP base gain is reduced by half then the community buff is working as intended.
Normal mob EXP: 500k
Community buff of 50%: 750k
Post nerf mob EXP: 250k (reduced by half)
Community buff of 100%: 500k
This is probably what is happening as Blizzard gears up for RoS. EXP gain too slow? Buy RoS!
Where is my first set piece ever?? Throw ME a bone
I have a tab almost completely filled with legendaries but not a single set piece.
Preach it brother. I've only found one IK so far and I'm not even using it.
I play on Torment 2-4.
Where is my first set piece ever?? Throw ME a bone
I have a tab almost completely filled with legendaries but not a single set piece.
Yeah, I can't really complain about Legendary drop rates. I usually get a few every session. It's just the Tal Rasha set not completing that's frustrating (and I know I'll have to go through it again at 70). I've even gotten duplicates of the amulet and chestpiece and gave them away. I just want my elemental meteors, Blizz...
Doesn't seem like it, seems like a nerf across the board.
Adventure Mode. Fuck yeah!
Yeah i can't wait for Nephalem Rifts! Gimme dat loot!
So I still haven't seen Whimsyshire. As it turns out, I needed three of the five required items. I got two of them pretty quickly. A guide said that the last item, the Gibbering Gemstone, is a 100% drop rate from Chiltara, a very rare mob that appears in an Act 3 optional dungeon (the dungeon itself doesn't appear each time).
I spent the last ~4 hours rerunning the stupid dungeon, finally found Chiltara but the gemstone didn't drop. THEN I found out that the item is not actually a 100% drop rate. In fact, quite a few people dropped Chiltara 10+ times without seeing a gemstone. Seems kind of ridiculous to put something like this behind a WoW-style grind in a non-MMO. Is it a bug?
The Staff of Herding will never be mine
I spent the last ~4 hours rerunning the stupid dungeon, finally found Chiltara but the gemstone didn't drop. THEN I found out that the item is not actually a 100% drop rate. In fact, quite a few people dropped Chiltara 10+ times without seeing a gemstone. Seems kind of ridiculous to put something like this behind a WoW-style grind in a non-MMO. Is it a bug?
The Staff of Herding will never be mine
BigWeather
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Does seem like there is something to the community buff being pre-60 only. And I'm actually OK with that. Why would they want people blowing through the RoS-level content (paragon levels) pre-RoS? Especially since they are shared among all characters. This is basically a chance for everyone to get their pre-60s up to the level needed to play the new content.
MonorailCat
Member
waah can't decide what to do on Monday Midnight ..
start a new Crusader or play Act V/Rifts with my highest lvl char first ..
start a new Crusader or play Act V/Rifts with my highest lvl char first ..
Yeah, I updated my existing reddit thread, made a new one, sent a tweet and put in a bug report.
Adventure Mode. Fuck yeah!
Man, I wish. With the way goblins are these days, you'd be lucky to get one legendary out of a full goblin rift, not 3-4 legendaries per room like he got during the F&F beta.
The Staff of Herding will never be mine
If you're in the US-Clan send me a message when I'm on and I'll make a Whimsyshire run for you.
So I still haven't seen Whimsyshire. As it turns out, I needed three of the five required items. I got two of them pretty quickly. A guide said that the last item, the Gibbering Gemstone, is a 100% drop rate from Chiltara, a very rare mob that appears in an Act 3 optional dungeon (the dungeon itself doesn't appear each time).
I spent the last ~4 hours rerunning the stupid dungeon, finally found Chiltara but the gemstone didn't drop. THEN I found out that the item is not actually a 100% drop rate. In fact, quite a few people dropped Chiltara 10+ times without seeing a gemstone. Seems kind of ridiculous to put something like this behind a WoW-style grind in a non-MMO. Is it a bug?
The Staff of Herding will never be mine
I'm in the same position, it's really annoying.
Robin64
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So I still haven't seen Whimsyshire. As it turns out, I needed three of the five required items. I got two of them pretty quickly. A guide said that the last item, the Gibbering Gemstone, is a 100% drop rate from Chiltara, a very rare mob that appears in an Act 3 optional dungeon (the dungeon itself doesn't appear each time).
I spent the last ~4 hours rerunning the stupid dungeon, finally found Chiltara but the gemstone didn't drop. THEN I found out that the item is not actually a 100% drop rate. In fact, quite a few people dropped Chiltara 10+ times without seeing a gemstone. Seems kind of ridiculous to put something like this behind a WoW-style grind in a non-MMO. Is it a bug?
The Staff of Herding will never be mine
Blizzard's official stance:
Tsarnis said:
It's a load of bullshit that the drop rate is the "same" when every single guide in existence says it was 100%.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/12069716861#14
TharpDaddy
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I was pretty set on making a Crusader come Tuesday, but with these XP nerfs it's going to take longer than i originally thought to level him to max.
I can barely kill ONE goblin on T1, never mind five.
gutterboy44
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I am pissed about the nerf but I am glad I am not going crazy. I felt like leveling was awful last night while playing new toons with friends and then going for some paragon levels later. It is like Blizzard could handle all of the positive press going their way. "Quick, nerf the positive vibes, we're Blizzard damn it"
Gross. Super-gross.
What do they get out of locking the secret area away like that? Even with the 100% drop rate, no one was getting into Whimsyshire unless they knew where the pieces were and reran the specific areas multiple times. In this case, the hard part is just getting the stupid mob to spawn, why would that have a low drop rate on top of that?
Thanks but I'm not in the clan. I'm good with just getting it myself after a patch fixes the drop rate.
eudaemonic
Member
Yup. Me too. I've kinda given up running it for now. I only do it if I'm partied to make it more fun. Still need the plans as well.
Don't even get me started on key wardens either.
Getting to level 60 doesn't take long either way.
gutterboy44
Member
Based on what I expereiced last night and what some "case studies" from the D3 forums are saying, yes. Leveling is slower 1-60 @ 100% community bonus than it was with 50% community bonus. Leave it to Blizzard to make 50% > 100%
Robin64
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As mentioned, most of Act III and all of Act IV on Hard got me from 45 to 50.
No it's never been 100%
I've killed that mob tons of times and haven't gotten the stone on every kill (pre 2.0.1)
Snkfanatic
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I am a bit of a loss here lol
Installed and started playing on my lvl 60 wizard again. Quit playing about 3 months after launch so my gear is rather meh. A weapon already dropped that was way better than what I had in normal. What difficulty level would you all suggest? Normal for a while?
Installed and started playing on my lvl 60 wizard again. Quit playing about 3 months after launch so my gear is rather meh. A weapon already dropped that was way better than what I had in normal. What difficulty level would you all suggest? Normal for a while?
Vade
Member
Can also confirm not 100% drop pre 2.0
BlueScrote
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Decided to jump back in after not playing since the launch time frame. Obviously there have been tons of changes. In particular I really like the idea of ratcheting up the difficulty for more exp if you already have twinked a new character.
I've been leveling a new wizard to 60, but man, I've had a hell of a time finding games with people in them to party with. Not that I need party members to progress, but it alleviates a bit of the monotony. In LOD you could easily find someone doing some part of act 1/2/4/5.
I've been leveling a new wizard to 60, but man, I've had a hell of a time finding games with people in them to party with. Not that I need party members to progress, but it alleviates a bit of the monotony. In LOD you could easily find someone doing some part of act 1/2/4/5.
I'm going to be logging in soon and I feel like power leveling some people.
So if you're in the US-GAF clan and are looking to get one of your extra characters up to 60 send me a message and we'll get this going. Can do 3 at a time.
edit: add me Granadier#1345 if you are interested
So if you're in the US-GAF clan and are looking to get one of your extra characters up to 60 send me a message and we'll get this going. Can do 3 at a time.
edit: add me Granadier#1345 if you are interested
Teasing_Pink
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Nah, normal is exceedingly easy, even for new characters. I'd start at torment 1, find a champ / elite pack, and see how you do. If terrible, hit esc and lower the difficulty, and repeat until you find your sweet spot and find enough gear to hang in torment 1.
Yeah, no. If it's ever been a 100%, that got patched in like 1.0.1, I remember killing that mob at least 5 times before I got the gemstone.
Sent you a PM
Was NEVER 100%. I farmed the hellfire staff week 1.
chrominance
Member
Do I have to actually be in the clan? I'm in NA but I haven't applied to the clan because I just started playing this again. If it doesn't work out, no worries!
JohnOfMars
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Played again this morning and ran my favorite dungeon (Fortified Bunker, right before you hit the ballistae in Act 3). It's 2 levels and I normally fill up my inventory at least once. Mob density way down. Not a single white mob dropped *anything*. Elites only dropped one rare.
Same as last night. I'm puling the lever, but no pellet is coming out. Hopefully tonight is better. :-/
Same as last night. I'm puling the lever, but no pellet is coming out. Hopefully tonight is better. :-/
It's probably just best to group with someone who can access it at this point. It takes a while and a lot of farming to build the staff.
JetBlackPanda
Member
What happened to the Xpeeees?
I got my DH from 52 to 57 in no time and now with the 100% bonus it's taking a lot longer.
I should still be able to get 60 this weekend easy
I got my DH from 52 to 57 in no time and now with the 100% bonus it's taking a lot longer.
I should still be able to get 60 this weekend easy
KINGofCRA5H
Member
Wait, what's going on with the Community buff? It's not working?
I wish this was the title of the thread. GLORIOUS!
This has to be a record.
It's working, the problem is they nerfed the amount of xp from mobs.
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