If you're on PS4/XB1 then I'd say yea. I've got hundreds of hours in the PC version but still having tons of fun with this one.
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Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition |OT| Loot has never looked this good before!
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If you're on PS4/XB1 then I'd say yea. I've got hundreds of hours in the PC version but still having tons of fun with this one.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
For the Barbarian is there any consensus on whether it's better to use two weapons or wa weapon and a shield? I'm playing on hard and not losing much health, so I'm thinking the DPS benefits for two weapons would be better.
Also what should Barbarians use for weapons? Just any sword, club, etc?
Also what should Barbarians use for weapons? Just any sword, club, etc?
Thanks for the input man! The freeze ray certainly seems to be the best spell that I have access to for my lowly level 7. I'll keep on eye on the other 2 spells that you mentioned. Happy hunting!
I must say I am so impressed at how well this runs. Playing expert, with my wife (Diablo anything first-time for her), on almost the entire first run and at the beginning of Act V, now. I have not noticed any slowdown, aside from a tiny loading period at a few of the events. My low-mid PC did not handle vanilla D3 anywhere near this well. The monster density is higher than I ever remember with vanilla D3. Expert feels around the difficulty of Nightmare (vanilla D3). I usually only die when not focusing on my health or when I get carried away button mashing on what initially seemed like a light encounter, and few encounters prove much difficulty. Overall, loving the Crusader; started out week, but now I am able to tank quite a bit and deal out deal out significant damage. For those curious, I finished Act IV at level 57. My wife and I have been going to all the extra random areas we come across. From someone who ended up hating D3 from Act II+ Inferno, I am loving my experience in this game.
DrROBschiz
Member
Controller setup is fantastic
Feels great, dodge roll is super useful
Its very fast and Fluid.
Got my WD to level 70 (12) in just a little over 2 days now. Leveling is really fast with hard/expert difficulty and the constant 2-3x xp bonuses from massacres. Also did a few rifts which were giving ridiculous amounts of paragon XP.
Looking forward to leveling my Crusader tonight.
I'm definitely going for that lvl 70 with each class trophy, it's just so much fun.
Looking forward to leveling my Crusader tonight.
I'm definitely going for that lvl 70 with each class trophy, it's just so much fun.
My first time playing a Diablo game and I am loving it on PS4. I've got a quick question, though. Does the game eventually lead you to explore all areas, or is it up to the player to wander and discover the areas off the beaten path? I've been making sure to uncover all of the map before I proceed with a quest, but I'm just wondering if this is a wasted effort and I'd be led back there eventually anyways. Going I spent a fair bit of time last night running around Weeping Hollow trying to find all of the dungeons and crypts.
Played for a good few hours yesterday with my WD on Hard. At the beginning, when my dps was low, things were somewhat challenging, now level 26 and I'm just slaughtering everything. Moved the difficulty up to Expert, and outside of the elite enemies, still romping through it all. :/
If you play on expert 1 playthrough is enough to get to 70.
DrROBschiz
Member
Its kind of a conundrum
There is little to no map backtracking required normally and the incentives to uncover the whole map dwindle a bit the further you get in the game
This is because you end up being able to get some of your go to best gear just from the Smith and Bosses.
The best motivation for completing a map is hunting down all the epic enemy groups that are hidden all over.
I want to echo this. Dodge roll might not make your character move faster, overall. However, it allows you to avoid some damage in critical times. It might just be me, but I feel that dodge rolling away from ice bombs is a good way to avoid being frozen. I was very skeptical about controller use, and it far exceeds playing the game with a mouse and keyboard.
Alcoholikaust
Member
exploring is not a necessity, but highly encouraged- you clear out an entire area:you have better chances for loot and you level up along the way. there are even a few secret areas/events and the they appear at random- I explore everywhere
gotta be on the lookout for that treasure goblin
-or PACK of six!
nope im at act 5 level 49 on expert and sometimes hard
id imagine others would make it to 60 on expert only
Alcoholikaust
Member
about to hit 70 with a character and I am beginning act V
been playing on expert with 3 other friends though....
one time through is alot easier than 4 for each character
Same here. Feels great with the gamepad, on a couch, with friends (and without) and so on.
DrROBschiz
Member
Expert seems relatively easy so far
I mean... I know my way around a Diablo game and all.
I cant imagine how easy the game must seem on normal.
I mean... I know my way around a Diablo game and all.
I cant imagine how easy the game must seem on normal.
FiveSix4Three
Member
I swear the controls feel different on ps4 compared to ps3.
I'm having the hardest time targeting a specific mob/controlling the direction of my character. Never had a problem with it during the 100+ hours last Gen.
Who knows, maybe it will come back to me.
I'm having the hardest time targeting a specific mob/controlling the direction of my character. Never had a problem with it during the 100+ hours last Gen.
Who knows, maybe it will come back to me.
exploring is not a necessity, but highly encouraged- you clear out an entire area:you have better chances for loot and you level up along the way. there are even a few secret areas/events and the they appear at random- I explore everywhere
gotta be on the lookout for that treasure goblin
-or PACK of six!
Thanks for the replies. That's pretty much what I had assumed. I love just stumbling across a legendary enemy and taking them out. And the random little areas with a bunch of objects to break and get a speed boost.
Mid-40s now and really loving the feel of using the Demon Hunter with a controller. Just hit Act 5 last night, still rocking expert. Found three legendary set plans as well (Born's, Cain's, Captain Crimson's).
Really like how you can just use the legendary plans you find anywhere - you don't necessarily have to bring them to the blacksmith/jeweler/mystic.
Really like how you can just use the legendary plans you find anywhere - you don't necessarily have to bring them to the blacksmith/jeweler/mystic.
brickwalker0
Member
So once you have your first 70 and Adventure mode unlocked, what is the easiest/best way to level an alt character?
Resisting buying this at full price is getting really difficult.
The_Hitcher89
Member
I wanna try convincing my brother to play coop with me on a harder difficulty, how does the XP sharing work?
IMO, not buying this game right now should be considered a crime.
Remote Play is awesome... spent 3 hours with it yesterday. Some people say the text is too small, but personally I don't have a problem reading everything.
Maybe I should put up some Remote Play screenshots today so people can judge for themselves.
Maybe its possible to join the party with a second gamepad (and a second character). Did somebody try this already?
Alcoholikaust
Member
I think dismissing them is only way unfortunately-
yes by all means you can play as much or as little as you want- incredibly intuitive- you can drop in and out of random games-or play solo-all on the fly-
ttocs
Member
I play solo and love it. But, with Destiny around the corner, I doubt I'll be playing this much then. But I'll get a couple good weeks out of it.
Already dumped about ~300 hours into the PC version. Really tempted to get this again, but I might just hold off until they release the ladder. I've never experience this game with the dual shock and I know it would be more enjoyable. But the fact I can have something on my other monitor while grinding dungeons still appeals to me. AHHHH
The Iron Yuppie
Member
On launch day I stayed home from work, imported my 60 Wiz and powered through act 5. The next day I did a ton of bounties and crafted a good pair of +fire Reaper Wraps. Last night I spent most of my blood shards but got a Magefist and a Mirrorball. I immediately switched to a conflagrate build, switched the difficulty to torment 1 and proceeded to tear everything apart! It was the most fun I've had with a game in a long time!
I know the feeling...as soon as the date was revealed, my first thought was that it is too close to Destiny. Oh well, will make for decent change of pace for my Destiny binge sessions.
Getting numerous legendaries in the mail from those on your friends list is quite nice, it is like Christmas everytime I log on.
Nemesis system is nice too, only had it happen twice and my wife died both times so he despawned. I think she gets too excited and forgets to kite/heal.
Ladder won't be patched into the console versions.
exploring is not a necessity, but highly encouraged- you clear out an entire area:you have better chances for loot and you level up along the way. there are even a few secret areas/events and the they appear at random- I explore everywhere
gotta be on the lookout for that treasure goblin
-or PACK of six!
Is this the max size of the goblin mobs now? Usually you should find 12 or so when they are like that.
Mirrorball with a decent fire bonus and toughness you can easily go to T3. What's your main weapon?
It is a great game to jump in for a few quests. You can play with random guys (there is a trophy for that). Going to play D3 and Destiny in the future.
brickwalker0
Member
Maybe i misunderstand how Adventure mode works, i thought as long as you have one character beat the story then it unlocks Adventure mode for other characters sharing your save file?
Wolfgunblood Garopa
Member
I've definitely noticed that it is a lot harder to get into trouble compared to vanilla. I can basically facetank anything on expert, where that would be suicide on Hell or Inferno mode on vanilla. I haven't played on Torment, maybe I'm just getting used to the new setup with difficulty. Everything else seems appropriate for my level and gear, it's just that I barely take damage. I don't even gear for toughness or vitality, either.
Run bounties constantly as the new character. In addition to the experience you get from killing monsters you get bonus experience, gold, and rift keys whenever a bounty is completed. Really accelerates the leveling process.
Wait... you can do bounties at level 1 if you already finished the game with another char? That's good to know. I'll get a shitload of rift keys that way.
The Iron Yuppie
Member
Skysplitter, I think it's called. Holy Axe with a chance to "smite" enemies on hit.
Yeah, once you unlock adventure mode it unlocks for all characters, including new ones.
brickwalker0
Member
This explains a lot, thanks. Excited to start my Wizard as soon as I finish Crusader
Can you do rifts at level 1 too or would that be considered a waste of keys? Because you can level really fast there also.
You can, but I consider it a waste. I save rifts until I'm 70, you want to maximize the increased legendary chance when it matters. Often times when leveling, you'll outpace a legendary you just found within 10 minutes.
super-famicom
Member
Hey guys I'm a lvl 33 wizard and this is what I'm rolling with currently.
Any suggestions? I feel like I should be doing more damage. I'm playing on Expert with about 2 other friends who are about lvl 40 something. What should I look for armor and weapon wise. I'm a noob so I'm not really sure what I'm looking for as far as armor and weapons. Any help is appreciated.
As far as gear goes, just stack up on Intelligence first and then look for Vitality, ignore Strength and Dexterity. Then you'd want gear that does one or more of the following: increase to crit chance, increased crit damage, increased attack speed, cooldown reduction, resource cost reduction, or increased damage to skills you use. Other things to look for in gear, mainly at higher levels: Resistance to all, increased movement speed, magic find, gem slots, and life on hit. If you use skills like Frost Nova or Mirror Image, cooldown reduction will be very handy, otherwise you can skip gear that doesn't have that. If you use skills that have a high Arcane Power cost, try to find gear with reduced resource cost.
Weapon wise, I like using a fast one handed weapon (wands are preferable, but whatever gives you the highest DPS is best) and a Wizard Source for the offhand.
For skills, the first thing you want to do is TURN ELECTIVE MODE ON (you can do this from the options menu). With Elective Mode on, you can assign skills to different buttons, AND you can choose skills from the same grouping. In other words, you can have 2 Force skills or 2 Conjuration Skills. This is much much better as now you can truly customize your character.
As for the skills you're currently using, Magic Missile and Disintegrate are fine. If you want to be more mobile you can switch Disintegrate to Arcane Orb instead. Frost Nova is a nice skill; if you want to use it more, switch the Shatter Rune to Cold Snap. I would replace Energy Twister with Hydra (Arcane Hydra rune); I feel it's more reliable DPS and at Level 45 you can pair it with the Passive Skill: Temporal Flux (enemies that take Arcane damage are slowed for 2 seconds.) And when I used Hydra, I switched out Frost Nova with Blizzard. Blizzard + Hydra are a nice combo; you can slow groups down and let the Hydra pound on them.
I also see you're using Storm Armor. I'd suggest that you replace it with Energy Armor for a nice Defensive buff instead. Mirror Image is nice because the clones cast the same spells as you do (albeit at only 10% of the damage). They'd be good to use with utility skills like Slow Time or Frost Nova; this would be perfect if you want to do Crowd Control). If you want to do more DPS, switch to Familiar or Magic Weapon.
Passives should depend on the skills you are using.Glass Cannon is always nice because of the increase in DPS. If you use cold skills, Cold Blooded is nice to have. Fire skills; Conflagration. If you use skills with cooldowns, Evocation is a must. If you use one or more of the folowing: Mirror Image, Slow Time, or Teleport; then use Illusionist. Keep this things in mind when choosing a Passive.
IMO, not buying this game right now should be considered a crime.
I would also have to buy a second DS4 cause my wife will want to play co-op like we did on the 360, so that's $120
ToVenusAndBack
Member
Thinking about starting my first Hardcore character soon. Played the PC version loads but never went the hardcore route. Any tips on which character class would work best for Hardcore? Tempted to go with a Crusader...