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[Patrick S.]

I want to get Diablo 3 for either PC or Xbox One.

I've played both on PC and on PS3 and am fine with either control method.

On Xbox One, the Ultimate Evil Edition costs €19.99

On PC, the Diablo 3 battle chest is €35, so quite a bit more.

Does the Xbox One still receive updates? Should I get it on PC or Xbox?

 

[shysaursoft]

This Tristram event is great, I'm loving all the secrets, the rather good rewards, and even the super-secret stuff only fans of D2 would think to look for, not gonna spoil it though.

 

[Psychoward]

I want to get Diablo 3 for either PC or Xbox One.

I've played both on PC and on PS3 and am fine with either control method.

On Xbox One, the Ultimate Evil Edition costs €19.99

On PC, the Diablo 3 battle chest is €35, so quite a bit more.

Does the Xbox One still receive updates? Should I get it on PC or Xbox?

PC still has seasons and is much better with hackers considering it's still always online afaik. PC.

 

[Patrick S.]

PC still has seasons and is much better with hackers considering it's still always online afaik. PC.

Thank you, PC it is then!

 

[Nerix]

Yes, Pro support added (4k). Anyone know the benefits for 1080p screens, downsampling available?

 

[OdysseusVA]

Thank you, PC it is then!

Seasons are coming to consoles

Yes, Pro support added (4k). Anyone know the benefits for 1080p screens, downsampling available?

Awesome! I was hoping they would add it

 

[Psychoward]

Seasons are coming to consoles

Last time I played the PS4 version pretty much every single public game was filled with cheaters tho

 

[OdysseusVA]

Last time I played the PS4 version pretty much every single public game was filled with cheaters tho

I wasnt aware that was a thing on consoles. What exactly is happening?

 

[Patrick S.]

Seasons are coming to consoles

Honestly, I'm not sure what the seasons are

Regarding hackers, don't they just hack stuff for their own benefit? Isn't Diablo 3 a PvE game where if someone else hacks it has no effect on me?

Sorry for being a D3 noob, I tried it for a while a few years back but moved to something else.

 

[Kilrogg]

I wasnt aware that was a thing on consoles. What exactly is happening?

I haven't played the console version, but basically, it's not always online, unlike the PC version, so it's a hackfest.

And by hackfest I mean, people hack items to give +500 trillion XP per monster kill. If you ever stumble upon such a person in a pub game and they kill one enemy, you'll instantly become paragon lvl 10,000, which is the level limit.

Basically, they ruin the game for you.

 

[OdysseusVA]

Honestly, I'm not sure what the seasons are

Regarding hackers, don't they just hack stuff for their own benefit? Isn't Diablo 3 a PvE game where if someone else hacks it has no effect on me?

Sorry for being a D3 noob, I tried it for a while a few years back but moved to something else.

Im a noob, too!

Only read up on Seasons once I learned they were coming to consoles

I haven't played the console version, but basically, it's not always online, unlike the PC version, so it's a hackfest.

And by hackfest I mean, people hack items to give +500 trillion XP per monster kill. If you ever stumble upon such a person in a pub game and they kill one enemy, you'll instantly become paragon lvl 10,000, which is the level limit.

Basically, they ruin the game for you.

Well, that blows.

 

[aka_bueno]

Whats the difference between the 2 new AA solutions: 4XMSAA (low) and 4XMSAA (high) or something like that?

 

[dskillzhtown]

I haven't played the console version, but basically, it's not always online, unlike the PC version, so it's a hackfest.

And by hackfest I mean, people hack items to give +500 trillion XP per monster kill. If you ever stumble upon such a person in a pub game and they kill one enemy, you'll instantly become paragon lvl 10,000, which is the level limit.

Basically, they ruin the game for you.

With them bringing seasons to consoles, they must have found a way to combat that. I haven't seen any confirmation of this, but they said that hacking was the reason they didn't bring them to consoles earlier.

 

[Psychoward]

With them bringing seasons to consoles, they must have found a way to combat that. I haven't seen any confirmation of this, but they said that hacking was the reason they didn't bring them to consoles earlier.

Yeah I cat imagine they'd bring seasons to consoles if they didn't make any changes to their servers for consoles. There'd be little point.

 

[shysaursoft]

PSA for those doing the Anniversary Event. There is an achivement and

Spoiler

pet

you can only get if you start the content with a fresh level 1 character - go straight into the event portal before levelling up, to make sure you stay eligible.

 

[Xanathus]

I've collected all of the Cultist Pages for the "I Sense A Soul In Search of Answers" achievement if anyone in the NA clan wants to get it. Save y'all the farming.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

I've collected all of the Cultist Pages for the "I Sense A Soul In Search of Answers" achievement if anyone in the NA clan wants to get it. Save y'all the farming.

hook a brotha up

 

[Xanathus]

hook a brotha up

Well log in then!

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Well log in then!

I'm here, damnit!

 

[BashNasty]

Now that the new patch is out, how does the game feel at 144hz?

 

[Blues1990]

I've collected all of the Cultist Pages for the "I Sense A Soul In Search of Answers" achievement if anyone in the NA clan wants to get it. Save y'all the farming.

I'm down. I went through the trouble to find those pages, but after looking through every corner of the 16 level dungeon, the achievement never popped up for me.

Blues1990#1733

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Game looks very crisp now, maxed out.

But boy it really makes some of the dated gear look bad when zoomed in. Especially compared to new gear like the Mantle of Channeling which looks quite good and clearly recently modeled.

 

[Nokterian]

Patch is downloading now in EU!

 

[Nokterian]

Patch is downloading now in EU!

and my download is stuck..fuck.

 

[Dalek]

PSA for those doing the Anniversary Event. There is an achivement and

Spoiler

pet

you can only get if you start the content with a fresh level 1 character - go straight into the event portal before levelling up, to make sure you stay eligible.

I started a fresh character and I made it to old Tristam-but I don't know how to start the anniversary event.

 

[mileS]

Blizzard added PS4 pro support? that's unexpected. I have yet to play the game on console but I bet it looks crisp now. Maybe next sale I'll pick it up for co-op. The Overwatch PS4 pro update is pretty lame once you know graphical settings half decent. Oh thank you for the anisotropic filtering... Learned early on in my PC gaming tweak days that AF is pretty much always worth maxing to 16x because it would have little to no performance change. Somehow it has been a huge problem on the PS4. Anyways I expected more from the Overwatch PS4 Pro patch considering the game already ran @ 60fps on the base system.

As far as the new PC options. Still have my ancient rig that could barely run the game well as it is (in 4 player rifts, drops to 20fps and stuttering) so I can't take advantage of it :/

 

[Tendo]

PSA for those doing the Anniversary Event. There is an achivement and

Spoiler

pet

you can only get if you start the content with a fresh level 1 character - go straight into the event portal before levelling up, to make sure you stay eligible.

Wondering this as well - do paragon points affect this?

 

[Syf]

The difference is night and day for me with the new AA and 120Hz support on PC. Can't wait for the season to start.

 

[Mengy]

Wondering this as well - do paragon points affect this?

Paragon pts do not affect it, I just ran the event with a new lvl 1 Crusader but with 565 Paragon pts allocated, made it terribly easy though. It was interesting, I like the D1 nostalgia graphic effect they made for this, but I don't feel the need to run it again. Except that looking at the achievments for the event I may have to run it again, I only got half of the monster types needed for the portrait, I'm guessing it's randomized. So I'll probably have to run it again a few times.

The new client and AA is great though, game looks and runs fantastic!

 

[TP]

I enjoyed the anniversary dungeon but it still felt underwhelming

Having bosses just rush you with no warning as soon as you open the door is still the best though

 

[shysaursoft]

I started a fresh character and I made it to old Tristam-but I don't know how to start the anniversary event.

Wondering this as well - do paragon points affect this?

Apparently not. Just make sure you enter the event portal at level 1, try not to do anything before it.

I did it this way:

Started Adventure Mode
Teleported to the place on the map with the red pentagram.
Ran into the red portal to go to the Retro Zone.

Then I spent all my paragon points, levelled up a bit, went to crafter to make some stuff, and ran to the boss to kill him.

 

[nubbe]

4k with 8xAA
Game looks great and runs better

 

[Alric]

So question on that diablo 1 content. I started a new character but killed some enemies right before the entrace to the teleporter and became level 2. Been playing a bit now but should I of entered the portal level 1 or does it matter?

 

[Xanathus]

Finished all the Diablo 1 event achievements, the one for killing every unique is such a grind.
EDIT: Heads up, there is an additional transmog that you can get if you slot in the Red Soul Shard gem you get from killing Diablo 1 into a helm.

So question on that diablo 1 content. I started a new character but killed some enemies right before the entrace to the teleporter and became level 2. Been playing a bit now but should I of entered the portal level 1 or does it matter?

It might matter, just restart to be safe?

 

[lawtowler]

Is the anniversary event live in EU regions yet? I'm really keen to get stuck in to it when I get home from work tonight.

 

[Xanathus]

Is the anniversary event live in EU regions yet? I'm really keen to get stuck in to it when I get home from work tonight.

Yes, it's been up for many hours. You just have to patch up.

 

[Stevey]

Not played this for ages, looking forward to checking out what's changed tonight.

 

[lawtowler]

Yes, it's been up for many hours. You just have to patch up.

Thanks, I was looking up until 10pm last night but gave up and went to bed. Won't be home from work today until 7pm so I'll patch up and give it a go then!

 

[Mengy]

Finished all the Diablo 1 event achievements, the one for killing every unique is such a grind.

Yep, that’s the only one I have left, and seeing how you just get a portrait that I’ll probably never use anyway I might just skip that achievement. I think I’d rather do GR’s or bountys than run the D1 levels over and over again just for a portrait.

I love the cow pet though, and the little Butcher pet!

 

[Nokterian]

Had some framerate issues but i finally i think found the issue, my gsync has a overdrive mode and it was set to normal but there is also extreme it will pull up to 170hz that is really overkill so i turned it off also opened up more soundchannels on my soundcard and other options.

Capped in the game around 135 fps in the foreground and now it runs perfect.

 

[IceMarker]

Turns out the retro event was okay. Not great, but passable. Love that they brought back the old tunes.

Also, HOLY SHIT IS THE NEW CLIENT SMOOTH AF

 

[Nokterian]

Turns out the retro event was okay. Not great, but passable. Love that they brought back the old tunes.

Also, HOLY SHIT IS THE NEW CLIENT SMOOTH AF

fuck yeah much needed like we played 32 bit and dx9 for a couple of years.

 

[lawtowler]

So it's worth starting a fresh character and going straight in to the D1 dungeon?

I haven't started a WD on PC yet so think I'll do that tonight if so

 

[nubbe]

So it's worth starting a fresh character and going straight in to the D1 dungeon?

I haven't started a WD on PC yet so think I'll do that tonight if so

Yeah, you get something for starting fresh and going straight to the event

 

[Nokterian]

So it's worth starting a fresh character and going straight in to the D1 dungeon?

I haven't started a WD on PC yet so think I'll do that tonight if so

Yeah you should do it at least i did since you will get a butcher pet when you finish killing the dark lord.

 

[nightmare-slain]

downloaded the game again. this new client feels much slower and i'm getting a lot of stuttering.

 

[jim2point0]

So it's worth starting a fresh character and going straight in to the D1 dungeon?

I haven't started a WD on PC yet so think I'll do that tonight if so

Well.... I checked it out with my main character and blasted through it all in about 30-40 minutes. With a new character, it will take longer and therefore might feel like more content? Maybe that's the incentive to go in at level 1.

But it just felt like doing a much longer rift. Same type of levels and monsters. It was kinda neat but nothing to get excited about. I liked the old-school animations, music, and visual filters though.

 

[lawtowler]

Thanks for the replies, will most definitely start up a new char before going through it then. Who doesn't love new pets!?

 

[Nokterian]

Man this updated was much needed and for 144hz monitors in the big league but most importantly for me at least it runs butter smooth with gsync now. Also being 64bit and DX11 was also much much needed, tried some rifts and dense areas with mobs it runs flawless.

 

[Xanathus]

If you're getting stuttering and poor performance with the new client, try leaving the community chatrooms you are currently in. Supposedly it's loading up player models in the background.