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Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition |OT| Loot has never looked this good before!
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The Xtortionist
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Never played a Diablo game before and I'm really enjoying this on PS4. Though, it's been pretty easy so far (I just opened the
). I'm playing a Crusader on Expert mode. Pretty much all I'm doing is casting the shield stun spell to blind guys and make them take more damage, shield bashing the fuck out of them, then Provoking to build more wrath and repeat. Mix in regular Punish attacks where applicable, and I have the plus +15% attack speed/cooldown passive for one-handed weapons (I forged a pretty baller flail at the blacksmith 
). Only the
and maybe 1-2 rare monsters have given me a spot of trouble.
Skill customization is pretty neat. I didn't know how deep the rabbit hole would go, so it's nice to see a ton of choices. Level progression has been pretty smooth, with some levels unlocking multiple abilities/runes/passives. Feels good, man.
Drowned Temple
). Only the
Skeleton King
Skill customization is pretty neat. I didn't know how deep the rabbit hole would go, so it's nice to see a ton of choices. Level progression has been pretty smooth, with some levels unlocking multiple abilities/runes/passives. Feels good, man.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Did you kill it
Freezasaurus
Member
I played a monk on PC at launch. I liked the class, but the presence of the auction house made it a real bitch to get my DPS up anywhere near reasonable.
I had my first one last night as well, but I was in a party with one or two other people s we thankfully murdered the fuck out of it. I don't think the loot it dropped was that spectacular.
I'm playing Diablo 3 for the first time (I bought it for PC, but the game constantly crashed on my laptop), and I'm loving it. Previously I'd played Diablo 1 to death.
super-famicom
Member
Never played a Diablo game before and I'm really enjoying this on PS4. Though, it's been pretty easy so far (I just opened the). I'm playing a Crusader on Expert mode. Pretty much all I'm doing is casting the shield stun spell to blind guys and make them take more damage, shield bashing the fuck out of them, then Provoking to build more wrath and repeat. Mix in regular Punish attacks where applicable, and I have the plus +15% attack speed/cooldown passive for one-handed weapons (I forged a pretty baller flail at the blacksmithDrowned Templeand maybe 1-2 rare monsters have given me a spot of trouble.Skeleton King
Skill customization is pretty neat. I didn't know how deep the rabbit hole would go, so it's nice to see a ton of choices. Level progression has been pretty smooth, with some levels unlocking multiple abilities/runes/passives. Feels good, man.
You know about Elective Mode, right? Turn it on and you can mix and match skills to any button, even skills from the same categories. You can have 2 Secondaries or 2 Defensives if you want.
Hmmm, I think I pressed X on it to equip and now its gone from my inventory. Do I have to go talk to a NPC to use it?
Reading through this thread is really tempting me to pick this up.
I have never played a Diablo game but sounds really interesting and people seem to be positive about it.
Took a chance on Garden Warfare after reading through the XBone thread and I bloody loved it.
Hopefully it's not too overwhelming with all the gear and stats.
I have never played a Diablo game but sounds really interesting and people seem to be positive about it.
Took a chance on Garden Warfare after reading through the XBone thread and I bloody loved it.
Hopefully it's not too overwhelming with all the gear and stats.
Ah, guess I will need to wait a bit to use it.
It's casual as fuck. The console version even moreso than the PC version. Stat comparing is a breeze on consoles, show you nice little green or red triangles for easy reference. I love navigating the UI with a controller. Settings items for "Junk" status for easy selling was a stroke of genius.
Don't want to go back to PC.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I've never been into PC gaming so never had much of a chance. My buddy's been begging me to play it for ten years, haha.
Well, right now might be the best time ever for a first timer to jump in.
Diablo III is absurdly accessible in the first place, and made even moreso on consoles. It's great.
Diablo II is still the better game, of course.
Fornaximus
Member
I was balls deep into Diablo 2 and LoD back in the day. Skipped Diablo 3 on PC, got hooked on Torchlight 2. Giving Diablo 3 a shot now on PS4.
The Xtortionist
Member
WOAH. I thought it was just for modifying the button bindings. Didn't know you could set multiple abilities from the same group. Gotta try that tomorrow.
DUFFMCWALIN
Member
They did an excellent job with this port. I'm super glad I double dipped.
BFIB
Member
Nope.
my first death.Psychoward
Banned
How do massacres work with companions and other players?
its been quite a long time since I have played Diablo 2 but it consumed a significant amount of hours from my life, and finally having sunk about few hours into this I got that lovin feeling again.Just something so satisfying about coming across a random dungeon in the wilderness and finding three treasure hoarders and watch them explode with goodies as they are slaughtered.
My first character has been Crusader and i'm really liking him a lot, I'm most likely going to check out another class soon but I can't decide between Demon Hunter or Witch Doctor.
If anyone wants to add me on PSN feel free (ReaperXL7) if i'm not playing FFXIV i'm playing Diablo 3.
My first character has been Crusader and i'm really liking him a lot, I'm most likely going to check out another class soon but I can't decide between Demon Hunter or Witch Doctor.
If anyone wants to add me on PSN feel free (ReaperXL7) if i'm not playing FFXIV i'm playing Diablo 3.
If everyone is close enough they work for everyone. You can combo a massacre pretty high very often with a group of 4.
The_Hitcher89
Member
First set piece dropped:
Christ
At level 15 I'm excited to pick up an item with like 30 Armour
Might change the difficulty to Hard, just reached the
Drowned Temple
MagicWithEarvin
Member
I'm excited for my first legendary drop on my HC playthrough. Give me a blessed shield or a blessed mace for my crusader.
LOLCats
Banned
Yup i kept getting those 42.5 DPS legendary drops... Stopped playing. Then i held out on last gen console version. Glad i waited.
The Xtortionist
Member
Christ
At level 15 I'm excited to pick up an item with like 30 Armour
Might change the difficulty to Hard, just reached theand haven't even been down to like 2/3 HPDrowned Temple
Go Expert. It's not very challenging and you can always bump it down to Hard.
Fornaximus
Member
I dunno which class to pick. In Diablo 2 I mainly went Sorceress or Amazon. Necromancer when I wanted to stand around in trade rooms looking good.
Thinking either Demon Hunter, Witch Doctor, or Wizard.
Thinking either Demon Hunter, Witch Doctor, or Wizard.
The_Hitcher89
Member
What's the deal with the Brewmaster banner sigil btw?
afaik Brewmaster is in Dota, while Blizzard are more affiliated with LoL
@The Xtorionist, I probably will. Do you generally get better loot, or just more of it?
afaik Brewmaster is in Dota, while Blizzard are more affiliated with LoL
@The Xtorionist, I probably will. Do you generally get better loot, or just more of it?
World of Warcraft, Mists of Panderia had brewmasters as NPC characters.
guitarhero
Member
Is there a demo for current-gen? The old-gen one got me; I remember not being sure if D3 would be a good couch co-op game (little brother is not really into ARPGs) and trying the 360 demo.
2 hours later, after defeating the Skeleton King on Hard (vanilla D3) with a Barb/Wizard duo, I could only count the days until we got to play the full game.
2 hours later, after defeating the Skeleton King on Hard (vanilla D3) with a Barb/Wizard duo, I could only count the days until we got to play the full game.
The_Hitcher89
Member
Weird, I assumed Dota's Brewmaster would have been called something else in Warcraft to avoid those copyright infringements that couple few years back
edit: How do I get different equipment on my companion? Will he stop levelling up if I dismiss him and carry on?
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I'm getting my ass beat by
in Act
. This is the first time I've had a major challenge in the game on Expert (except for Nemesis enemies).
Belial
Two
DeadlyVirus
Member
Picked this up yesterday before I came in to work (I work a night shift). Got home in the morning and proceeded to play for 6 hours straight before I got 3 hours sleep to come into work again.
Work hard. Play hard
Finding it a bit easy on Hard, will probably bump up to Expert. Using a Crusader and will probably roll out a WD later on.
Brought my Vita to test out remote play on my lunch hour. *so good*
Just kind disappointed by the graphics. Ran this on my laptop and thought it looked better, and I didn't even have it nowhere near max settings. I guess playing on a 40" screen could have something to do with that too
Work hard. Play hard
Finding it a bit easy on Hard, will probably bump up to Expert. Using a Crusader and will probably roll out a WD later on.
Brought my Vita to test out remote play on my lunch hour. *so good*
Just kind disappointed by the graphics. Ran this on my laptop and thought it looked better, and I didn't even have it nowhere near max settings. I guess playing on a 40" screen could have something to do with that too
the_firewithin
Member
Any good tips for wizard. I hardly ever play magic classes in games and want to change it up
DeadlyVirus
Member
Wait for Activision's subscription program
I'm enjoying this much more than last years 360 version (picked it up on Bone due to friends).
I know they tweaked the loot, and it may be the fact I'm trying a crusader until a friend returns my copy so I can data transfer, but I'm suprised that it just feels...better overall.
I know they tweaked the loot, and it may be the fact I'm trying a crusader until a friend returns my copy so I can data transfer, but I'm suprised that it just feels...better overall.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Hey, coming from the PS3 version, the PS4v is really nice to me. Looks and plays nice on my 55" LED. I played the PC version and I agree the console versions aren't as crisp.
The Xtortionist
Member
No idea, but I've always found myself pretty well equipped so far. Though I did receive two versions of the Skeleton King's crown (the rare crown, I think it starts with an "L"), so maybe? Either way, the +150% XP/Gold is very nice. Just opened the Drowned Temple at level 17 and I'm sitting on like 40K gold (no grinding). Been salvaging all the junk I find instead of selling it.
I would just say that comparing stats through the green/red arrows while fine between 1-70 becomes less and less accurate and often extremely misleading at the top end. It can show you a downgrade or upgrade but it can very well be the exact opposite.
That's because sheet stats matter less at the top end. It's very possible a 700K sheet DPS character could be doing 3-4 times more damage than a 1.2 million DPS character in this game.
I really confused by your top comment, Brewmaster is a thing from Warcraft 3. Only reason Mists of Pandaria has them is because well, the brewmaster in WC3 was a Pandaren and MoP was about Pandarens.
To answer your question though your companion will keep leveling (though I think they stop 1 level behind you so you have to grind out the last one? It's been a while so my memory is fuzzy). You just give them new gear from the menu.
Yep, this can't be stressed enough. My barbarian on PC only has 400k sheet damage but I completely crush T6. I'm not entirely sure how it is handled in the RoS console version but a lot of stats are not factored into your sheet values on PC. I assume it works similarly though because you can't really give a general idea of your DPS if you are stacking say +fire damage but all your attacks are lightning.
The_Hitcher89
Member
I meant I thought Valve would have had to call him something different in Dota 2 as the name assumedly belongs to Blizzard/Activision
I meant I thought Valve would have had to call him something different in Dota 2 as the name assumedly belongs to Blizzard/Activision
Oh ok, that makes more sense. The way you worded it I thought you were asking why Blizz kept the name lol.