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Diablo III: Reaper of Souls |OT2| Enchantress: Look! More hidden loot!
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No point joining at the moment, there's never more than 3 people online when I come online.
well now there would be 4!
Yeppp, been getting the itch to play lately so I am looking forward to new stuff starting so I can jump back in.
Dreams-Visions
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Same. I'm ready to start pulling the lottery on new items. I burned out trying and failing to ever get a decent weapon or a season item. something like 250 season hours and not a single Season item for Wizard and no decent weapons. I feel like 200 hours on a single character is enough to get at least the season items.
I'll gladly come back when the new season starts, but until then I have a backlog I'm attempting to conquer. Of course, I'll still help manage the clan/community, if anyone needs and invite/accept just let me know as always guys and gals.
Oh boy.
Oh, and I think there's a chance of the patch arriving later today since the files are on the patch server, but I asked for that comment score thing like a year ago so that's bigger news for me at the moment, lol. Seeing a lousy repost thread sitting at -10 is pretty satisfying.
They plan to end season 1 on Feb 3, then there will be a gap before season 2 starts - long enough to (hopefully) weed out any exploits from the patch. They also said they wanted to give people time to sort their inventories from the deluge of season stash item mail arriving when the season ends. I'd say mid to late February, but that's just a guess.
Sweet, thanks. Still a long time away it seems. Already yearning for a new expansion T-T
Is that the actual patch with the new goblins and all the other stuff? I hardly remember what all there was. Or is it just a new version of the PTR?
It's the same build number as the version that's on the PTR, so it would basically be pushing the PTR version to Live. "Ancient" items are the big new thing, along with the goblins and GR scaling changes.
If it's not today, I'd expect next week. That's looking more likely since they haven't said a thing about it.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/2rg7wr/patch_212_may_appear_this_week/
I really wonder how high I could go.. Clearing T6 rifts in 5 min and soloring 37 (IIRC) GRs. They said GR 25 was equal to T6, that means they should maybe add at least 5 Torment levels or something "insane" with a new name and amazing drop rates (one can dream).
CarbonatedFalcon
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I find D3 to be very bingy. When the season started it was fun and I played a lot, but it quickly became boring because there really isn't any overarching objective besides "get better gear". Once you've plateaued, there's not much to keep you there.
It doesn't have the social aspects or breadth of side-content WoW does, and it's not updated nearly as frequently. I'm not saying it has to be an MMO, but to keep life in the game it needs to be somewhat regularly curated. Seasons are somewhat compelling, but if they remain so vanilla and blah, they won't be for long. S1 probably has already lasted too long.
It doesn't have the social aspects or breadth of side-content WoW does, and it's not updated nearly as frequently. I'm not saying it has to be an MMO, but to keep life in the game it needs to be somewhat regularly curated. Seasons are somewhat compelling, but if they remain so vanilla and blah, they won't be for long. S1 probably has already lasted too long.
Is 2.1.2 the patch where they nerf change Demon Hunters Marauder set bonus?
Playing a DH myself, I'm kind of looking forward to it - it was obviously never going to stay like it was, and I just want to see how the new DH plays out. Five stages of acceptance and all that!
I also can echo the wishes in this thread where additional torment levels would be a welcome change. T6 (for me) has been a snoozefest for a long time, and I kind of like the stress-free environment of it, but I would welcome the change to finetune the difficulty a little bit more.
I feel GRs are not the correct tool for the job because of the hassle you have to go through to get to the GR level you want. I don't have a single Unity on any of my characters, so I don't have the necessary damage reduction to run anything higher than GR30. Anything higher and it's just a one-shot fest because of the way the damage also scales.
So first I have to start a trial, take it easy to get something around GR25, and then run GRs for a few times before I hit the 30+ range, and have to start all over again.
Don't get me wrong, I like GRs and legendary gems and I feel they are quite fun in a group - but for solo play I would just like to pick a difficulty level of my choosing and play for a bit, without the need to go through a tiresome setup every time.
Playing a DH myself, I'm kind of looking forward to it - it was obviously never going to stay like it was, and I just want to see how the new DH plays out. Five stages of acceptance and all that!
I also can echo the wishes in this thread where additional torment levels would be a welcome change. T6 (for me) has been a snoozefest for a long time, and I kind of like the stress-free environment of it, but I would welcome the change to finetune the difficulty a little bit more.
I feel GRs are not the correct tool for the job because of the hassle you have to go through to get to the GR level you want. I don't have a single Unity on any of my characters, so I don't have the necessary damage reduction to run anything higher than GR30. Anything higher and it's just a one-shot fest because of the way the damage also scales.
So first I have to start a trial, take it easy to get something around GR25, and then run GRs for a few times before I hit the 30+ range, and have to start all over again.
Don't get me wrong, I like GRs and legendary gems and I feel they are quite fun in a group - but for solo play I would just like to pick a difficulty level of my choosing and play for a bit, without the need to go through a tiresome setup every time.
Ricerocket
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Exactly my feels. GR on this coming patch is great, massive density boost but to get there you have to go through boring ass shit. Why can't T6 be as dense as the new GR density? It makes GR ~25 clear much much faster than a normal T6 rift because... no reasons. Also trials is still stupid. Both combined makes for one bad system that will have people quitting before they can enjoy all the focus on GR.
Yeah I find it dumb that they only fixed the 'last' step. As in you have do to bounties for rifts and then rifts for grifts. Both first steps still suck.
Here we go - the patch will go live while season 1 is still active:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/15699503837
"3 weeks before the rollover", with that targeted at Feb 3, means the patch should be next Tuesday (Jan 13).
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/15699503837
"3 weeks before the rollover", with that targeted at Feb 3, means the patch should be next Tuesday (Jan 13).
LunarKnite
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Awesome. I can't wait for the new patch. Been playing on and off the past few months after playing almost every day back in September. This'll get me back into playing again. Gotta get them Ancients.
hellmonkey
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I haven't played in a long ass time. I really don't like the current end game of being 1 shotted in GR by abilities that I cannot avoid. Jailer, Frozen, and Tstorm killed the game for me. GRs should be about skill, not RNG. I will be back after the patch and play 1 ladder character before the season reset, just to get the xmog.
Ricerocket
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Hmm I'll try it out and see if it's any different from PTR which was a snoozefest. Will lvl a char for the 2 transmogs though when S2 hits, don't give a shit about the season 2 legendaries.
Indeed. Can't really blame Blizzard though, since only players currently on the season leaderboard would be affected. It doesn't actually matter for the non-season leaderboard since the reset is still very far away, allowing players plenty of time to update rankings.
I think they said they will update that ring with a legendary proc later. Right now, it is a plain 5 affix ring identical to compass rose, except the latter has a good set bonus. It is actually a nice gesture to remove it from the loot pool. If only they would do the same with the other hundreds of legendaries without a unique proc...
Ah, that makes sense.
Even if the drop rate is doubled (thanks jay wilson) it still would not matter much.
2.5x
In general, Greater rift clears are faster than equivalent Torment rift clears, due to the purple orbs. After patch 2.1.2, Greater rifts will most always be faster due the increased density. I think it's a good idea to convert all those unused trial keys to level 25 keys. Keep rifting and keep taking key upgrades until the difficulty becomes to high.
Eventually you would end up with a stockpile of high tier keys. At this point, invite another player who has a stock of tier 25 keys, and always have that player initiate tier 25 rift. This allows you to reset all of your high tier keys. It's kinda of like a new "rift it forward" specially for GRs, except the runner has to be capable of carrying the opener through a rift.
Eventually you would end up with a stockpile of high tier keys. At this point, invite another player who has a stock of tier 25 keys, and always have that player initiate tier 25 rift. This allows you to reset all of your high tier keys. It's kinda of like a new "rift it forward" specially for GRs, except the runner has to be capable of carrying the opener through a rift.
.......What?
Whoa it is...
Stevey
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Haha, I had absolutely no idea. Even zoomed in at Bastion's Keep Stronghold, it's very difficult to make it out for certain... And damn, zooming in was a bad idea. Her model clips so much!
Time to say goodbye to the Wizard for a while. I don't mind playing weaker builds if the difference is negligible, but the difference between Firebird/Blizzard builds and everything else is just way too vast. 2.1.2 doesn't seem to do much to change this... Ancient items are nice 'n' all, but why not change Tal'rasha's or Vyr's to be somewhat competitive.
Crusader's seem to have quite a few different specs to choose from, so I'm gonna try that out. Anyone from the EU gearing an alt at the moment, and fancy teaming up for some RoRG/rifts/grifts?
Just under 2.5x. The new season legs that are added to the loot pool haven't been added in to that increased factor yet. Since the pool becomes a bit larger it's slightly less than 2.5x.
Thought I'd come back to this OT since I've started playing again.
The clan is indeed rather quiet atm. Things will probably pick up again once the patch and new season hits.
I'm not too bothered with season play myself. I'd rather play Grifts on a higher lvl with a main. Especially since those season only legs will find their way into the loot pool now. I did get myself my Raekor and IK combo set now. Charging all the way with perma ancients is good fun.
Now, just to find a furnace and Leorics crown... :/
Or on the female Barbarian. She is waifu material.
Some of her dialogue with Lyndon (Scoundrel) is good too!
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