Yeah, I love the music in the dungeons. They really nailed it.
Made it to level 65 so far and got a fair few upgrades, I'm really enjoying this expansion.
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Yeah, I love the music in the dungeons. They really nailed it.
Made it to level 65 so far and got a fair few upgrades, I'm really enjoying this expansion.
Robin64
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Was that an Adventure Mode exclusive levelling?
It's by far the best act in the game in terms of content, pacing, side quests, level design, etc. Some of the areas seem really big too. I felt like I rushed through a lot of the "field" areas and it still took me five hours lol
Played to 70 last night with a group of 3 friends, we hit 70 around 2 1/2 hours in on Torment 1, and still not finished the act. Kudos to Blizz on a smooth launch, although we were logged in before the xpac hit.
It's a blast so far, really enjoying the setting (Westmarch is great), the sheer tonne of events (which are so good most of them felt like they were part of the main storyline), and the music is fantastic, it makes me feel so tense!
Looking forward to checking out the Crusader later, early thoughts on him?
It's a blast so far, really enjoying the setting (Westmarch is great), the sheer tonne of events (which are so good most of them felt like they were part of the main storyline), and the music is fantastic, it makes me feel so tense!
Looking forward to checking out the Crusader later, early thoughts on him?
Ummm, how do you have icons instead of text for loot drops? Is that an option I've never seen before; because I like it.
Played campaign until half Act 5. There I went with a "f*ck, I've already played this on beta", and levelled the last 10 levels on Adventure mode.
How do you change to those item icons? Is that new in the add-on?
GasProblem
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Icons for drops has been in for a while I think. It's in the options.
Options > Gameplay > Show Icons for Drops.
Options > Gameplay > Show Icons for Drops.
MegaKungFuRadio
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glaringradio
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Was in some random dungeon in Westmarch (Plagued Tunnels, something like that) and the most awesome music came on. Just really foreboding trumpets and horns, then proceeded to enter an event which properly kicked my ass
Sooooooo good
where you go into a square arena and have to fight off a bunch of reapers, whilst these four furnaces spew out streams of hot molten death, before finally defeating a purple reaper
Sooooooo good
started my crusader on normal, am I doing it wrong? I havent played D3 in months, no idea what the deal with the new difficulty settings is.
Im level 9 atm, she is very...tanky so far (I dont know what I expected lol)
Im level 9 atm, she is very...tanky so far (I dont know what I expected lol)
davidsaurus
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Fond memories of four of us on Torment 1 running around that room screaming for help for about 10 minutes. Punishing.
davidsaurus
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Play it by ear. You might want to up it to hard to get a little challenge. A lot of people think Hard is the good balance for levelling. The higher difficulties can be quite slow though more challenging.
Robin64
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You can't really "do it wrong", but if you're finding it pretty easy I would suggest bumping up to Hard. Still too easy? Go to Expert. Really, just play around and find where you're comfortable. It's really flexible now.
Dice
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I bumped mine to Hard at like level 5. Normal is just a joke with any character. Get dat experience.
davidsaurus
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Tell me about it. I'm shattered since I stayed up until 3am to hit level 70 on my barbarian; so that's not helping much either.
Robin64
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I hear ya. It's painful. Had time for just 6 bounties this morning before having to leave for work, and I just want to get back into it.
Haha, 3am for me too. wasn't going bed til I'd finished Act V and seen a bit of Adventure Mode. Suffering now at work, but I really don't care about it too much here.
I dont really care about challenge per se (I played marvel heroes for christ sake lol) but its just before I knew what I had to do to get to level cap, play normal up to level X, then hell or whatever it was up to Y, then Inferno etc... how does it work now?
what happens when I finish on normal. do you go into act V, is that integrated into the story even for lower level? and after that do I restart on hard?
neurosisxeno
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If you start a vanilla character, just start on normal and ramp the difficulty up as you get gear. You can change the difficulty from within the game, and probably should unless you want to stomp your way through all game. But it's a lot more satisfying to play when the difficulty isn't so low.
Robin64
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When you beat Act IV, you transition into V, regardless of level.
The difficulties are for bonuses. You take on the highest level you are most comfortable with and reap rewards for doing so. Forget the Normal, Nightmare, Hell, Inferno progression of old.
At least you got to play it already
. My friend took the day off so he could play at midnight and sent me a text at about 2 in the night that he was already lvl 65. I think I should've done the same.How are the servers holding up? I really really hope I get to play tonight without any server shenanigans.
Robin64
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Smoooooth as silk. Absolutely no problems. (At least here in EU)
davidsaurus
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The story is seemless act 1-5 now. Just play it through on Hard. It's not much of a challenge, but it's a little more rewarding than just Normal and you get more experience so you'll level a bit faster. You don't restart the games multiple times now. You can adjust difficulty on the fly as you see fit and it's entirely up to you what you want to play on.
wait, so how do you get to the level cap now then? sorry, just having a hard time wrapping my head around the new system.
also, a question about witch doctors. did they ever buff pet survivability? I used to love my pet build on my WD until I got to Inferno and pets were just 1 shot by everything, even the goliath. Is that any better now or are pet builds still crap?
I ask because if I continue to not feel the Crusader (which Im not so far, granted im only 10) I might just pick up my 60 WD and just do ACT V instead
neurosisxeno
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You just... play. The game scales around your character. You can get EXP from any difficulty, but the joy is you can play just about any difficulty you want, and the game adjusts. This way if you start a brand new character you can start on Normal and scale the difficulty up for more exp/gold/items as you acquire better gear.
Pets were buffed long before RoS, that was addressed a while ago. So yeah, feel free to pick them now, they are much, much, much better than they were at launch.
Robin64
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You can either play through the campaign at a high difficulty, which will bring you closer to the cap by the end with each level.
Or once you've beaten Act V, you unlock Adventure Mode, which is ideal for levelling the rest of the way.
Up to about torment IV my pets survive without much effort. (Poison/Pet build with dmg reduction passives)
thanks guys. I switched to hard now on the Crusader, seems about the same so far so no point playing on normal.
and you made me excited about the WD again if pets dont get splattered in 1 second anymore
edit: ack my WD is naked, I have all the gear on my wizard... hmm how does it work again, I can go on any act to put the gear on the stash correct? it doesnt reset the story? (man I dont remember how any of this works, im sorry lol)
and you made me excited about the WD again if pets dont get splattered in 1 second anymore
edit: ack my WD is naked, I have all the gear on my wizard... hmm how does it work again, I can go on any act to put the gear on the stash correct? it doesnt reset the story? (man I dont remember how any of this works, im sorry lol)
Robin64
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Yeah, stash is shared between every character in every act. Though you might want to look at crafting something for your WD too.
ok just to confirm, I can take my 60 wizard to act 1 and stash my gear, log my WD on act 1 to get the gear and that wont reset the story for either correct, I can still do act 5?
Robin64
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Correct, but you don't even need to take your wizard to Act 1. Just put it in the stash in any act and your WD can get it from the stash in Act 1.
Im being retarded, but in the main menu when I select act I it says it will overwrite my save :/
edit: for the record, both my WD and my wizard are 60 and finished ACT4. my wizard atm has all the good gear, which I want to give back to my WD to start ACT 5
Just hit 70 and I'm only, I'm guessing 2/3 through the Act?
I've been taking my time and doing everything. Started on Torment 2 but dropped it down to Torment 1 after a couple of hours or so.
So far I'm extremely please with the expansion and Act V in particular. The level design seems to have fixed what was wrong with the first. No more static boundaries! Layouts will actually feel random! Holy shit at the side areas and events too! Well done Blizzard. Well done.
Haven't gotten to Adria yet.
So far I'm extremely please with the expansion and Act V in particular. The level design seems to have fixed what was wrong with the first. No more static boundaries! Layouts will actually feel random! Holy shit at the side areas and events too! Well done Blizzard. Well done.
Robin64
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It just means your current checkpoint will be overwritten. As long as you don't hit the Reset Quests button, you can jump around any point of the campaign as you see fit. Back to Act 1, do some stuff, then into Act 3. Just don't press that Reset Quests button!
MegaKungFuRadio
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See a star show up on my mini map while kiting. I get closer, see it's green. Think to self, please be 70 Tal Rasha. See it's an amulet, hope is still alive. Think to self, it's probably shitty ass Blackthorne. Identify: Shitty ass Blackthorne. Fuck.
But how does it work?
I once picked an item and it said I unlocked the Transmog... Does it mean I can apply the skin to other items later on, freely?
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