Codeblew
Member
Frost mage is awesome. What level are you? I destroy packs in 2 seconds or less in tier IV, level 77.
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Am I correct that aude quests are not shared with party members/friends you're playing with? Everyone does his side quests independently but it just happens at the same time if you want to?
I noticed that my friend needed to pick up an quest item I already had whole we were doing the same quest together.
This is weird. Why isn't it possible in 2023 to have a really shared world where one highly specific quest item exists exactly one time and it doesn't matter who picks it up and gives it to the NPC for the quest to be solved for all party members. It's weird and immersion breaking when you solve a guy's problem and two seconds later my friend solves the guy's problem again because said NPC still had that problem on the screen of my friend.
I've not seen an option to share a quest.
With all this talk about online worlds like in MMOs I'm disappointed it doesn't fucking matter what you do. What's the point even with this always online crap if it's not a persistent world that is effected by the players' actions? Every party member seems to still have his own world just existing at the same place and time as yours and via multidimensional quantum mechanics it happens you see them along your journey.
Apart from that I'm having a blast with the game. Story so far is more interesting than in any Diablo before and the gameplay loop is highly addictive.
And I've no incentive to spend money on MTX and I was not being asked to do so intrusively yet.
I noticed that my friend needed to pick up an quest item I already had whole we were doing the same quest together.
This is weird. Why isn't it possible in 2023 to have a really shared world where one highly specific quest item exists exactly one time and it doesn't matter who picks it up and gives it to the NPC for the quest to be solved for all party members. It's weird and immersion breaking when you solve a guy's problem and two seconds later my friend solves the guy's problem again because said NPC still had that problem on the screen of my friend.
I've not seen an option to share a quest.
With all this talk about online worlds like in MMOs I'm disappointed it doesn't fucking matter what you do. What's the point even with this always online crap if it's not a persistent world that is effected by the players' actions? Every party member seems to still have his own world just existing at the same place and time as yours and via multidimensional quantum mechanics it happens you see them along your journey.
Apart from that I'm having a blast with the game. Story so far is more interesting than in any Diablo before and the gameplay loop is highly addictive.
And I've no incentive to spend money on MTX and I was not being asked to do so intrusively yet.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
I just attempted the level 100 dungeon at level 82. Survived for 20 seconds then got one-shot. Welp.
GenericUser
Member
I played the sorceress until level 32, tried different skill combinations but nothing seems to work for me. I avoid guides or such though, I want to find out things by myself.
Mine feels the same. In the 20’s I was getting lots of legendary drops. Now at 41 and haven’t got anything exciting for a while.
Chukhopops
Member
Can’t believe I played Druid for 35 levels building Intelligence before realizing entirely by accident that it does fuck all for spell damage and you’re supposed to build Willpower.
And the whole time I kept feeling the class was a little on the weak side.
And the whole time I kept feeling the class was a little on the weak side.
Codeblew
Member
I don't know if I have a meta build or not, I just spent the 2 weeks before launch playing with the calculators and then I adjusted my spec as I leveled.
Try ice shards, get the aspect that pierces with ice shards. Get frost nova and the aspect that gives you 2 charges. Get teleport because you're a sorc. Get deep freeze ultimate because it is great in big rooms of mobs or when frost nova is on cooldown. Get the Icehart Brais unique.
This is just a hint to lead you in a good direction (but not the only one). I left a lot for you to figure out as well.
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Freeman76
Member
I dont get why people say teleport is so important? I thought it was a waste of skill points when I tried it, am I missing something?
Codeblew
Member
1. Its fun. 2. Efficiency: Teleport to next pack, frost nova, kill pack in 1-2 seconds (get speed boost if you have 1 of the aspects) and move on to the next pack. 3. Defense (more important in ancestral nightmare dungeons): Move out of shit fast before dying when evade(s) are on cooldown. 4. It gets you out of almost all (I think?) CC.
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KungFucius
King Snowflake
I thought it depended on how you started it, but some are class dependent. It is not clear. I think it might be like this: If you start a side quest that is common together then you can both do it with only 1 having to turn it in. If I started it, then player 2 joins, they will have to start it to get points. There are class specific ones too. My son's Barbarian needed to start a side quest for his class. I may have accepted one for my class too and maybe that was why he had nothing he could do in it.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Teleport is the best mobility skill in the game, and it breaks crowd control.
Freeman76
Member
Never felt the need for it so far in tier 3 but i can see why that will be useful when shit gets hectic. Might replace ice shards with it for a while and see whassup
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Started game, network error in 30 seconds, logged out.
Great start to the day.
Great start to the day.
Antwix
Member
Drifting shade is by far the worst imo
Boneless
Member
Sounds like you need a guide.
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Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
sankt-Antonio
:^)--?-<
Isn't it on a massive cooldown in D4? Ar is there a way/legendary item that reduces this?
amigastar
Member
Kripparrian said Cooldown reduction on items is one of the best stats in D4.
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GymWolf
Gold Member
I was having problems with a boss but i beated it in the end.GymWolf Did you need help with something? You messaged me in-game the other day right? I tried messaging back but the game says that due to cross-platform permissions, I can't.
Btw i don't know how it works with legendaries, but after i got the first one, now i'm finding them very easily, like even from trash mobs, i'm kinda surprised
Majority of them were crap tho, but now i finally have a decent build that smash 95% of enemies, i got a legendary that make me do 60% more damage with my primary skills if i have some fortify in my health bar so i specced to get fortify from everything.
The game lagging and rubber bending is super fucking annoying, i got killed dozens of times against bosses because of that.
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Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
+skills or cooldown reduction stats.
GenericUser
Member
I'm not a guidelet
Fools idol
Banned
completed act 2 on harccore blind first playthrough. What a game.
It's getting a lot harder now, think I may need to respec
It's getting a lot harder now, think I may need to respec
HoodWinked
Member
After level 50 you get 4 paragon points per level instead of skill points
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Anyone else keen to try out hardcore mode with me?
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
I did a lot of testing today and if you are specifically trying to get ascended gear at high rates plus better chances at uniques once you are in tier world 4, run the highest level nightmare dungeons you can.
I’m level 75, and was doing level 43 nightmares at the end. Enemies were level 95, but I’d always come back after one dungeon with full ascended gear slots. I got 3 uniques total in a 5 hour play session. None of which I wanted but hey it is what it is.
I’m level 75, and was doing level 43 nightmares at the end. Enemies were level 95, but I’d always come back after one dungeon with full ascended gear slots. I got 3 uniques total in a 5 hour play session. None of which I wanted but hey it is what it is.
HoodWinked
Member
found an interesting item at lvl 62. surprisingly the item level is typical of max level drops.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Bruh, 12 min queue to start the game.
Longest I've seen since started playing.
Longest I've seen since started playing.
DeaDPo0L84
Member
I'm on now if you want to run some nightmare dungeons. I am in champions demise atm just running through it.
Beastclaw Raider
Banned
Crap I missed your post, I wasted my time trying to do the wt4 boss and could only bring him to 25% health, guess 60 is too low for now.
Send me a pm with your battlenet tag for tomorrow night mate
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
~ 20 hours in and I have finally just finished Act 1.
TheDarkPhantom
Gold Member
You're playing the game correctly
People rushing through missing 70% of the fantastic world and characters Blizz created just to reach the "endgame" is silly, the game isn't going anywhere. I think I was 25+ hours until I moved on from Act 1, still hadn't found/done everything though I got every side quest/stronghold down.
Laieon
Member
Just finished the campaign, I liked it a hell of a lot more than Diablo 3's. I skipped most of the side quests and dungeons, so I plan on going back and doing those next.
I will say though, one thing I really miss from Diablo 3 is the combo system where the more enemies you kill, the more experience you get and just generally how fast paced the game was. I'm playing D4 as a necromancer and it's slow.
I will say though, one thing I really miss from Diablo 3 is the combo system where the more enemies you kill, the more experience you get and just generally how fast paced the game was. I'm playing D4 as a necromancer and it's slow.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
You're playing the game correctly
There's a big-ass stronghold near the top north east of the act 1 zone, that alone took me around 20~30 mins to complete.
Freeman76
Member
There is no 'correct' way to play it. You end up doing everything multiple times anyway so there is literally no point to your comment. It took me ages to finish the campaign, but now that I have it wouldnt have mattered if i rushed it or not, there is reasons to go everywhere. Not only that, but if you only follow the campaign, by the end at least 1/3 of the map is untouchedYou're playing the game correctly
GenericUser
Member
Yeah, the game is so crazy good. It drowns you in content. Love it. I played more of my necromancer yesterday and it's pretty fun so far. My skellies often wander off screen to kill dudes and I only get an Idea of how many they kill by looking at my exp meter at the bottom of the screen. Pretty tight, feels like I'm the baddy, lol.There is no 'correct' way to play it. You end up doing everything multiple times anyway so there is literally no point to your comment. It took me ages to finish the campaign, but now that I have it wouldnt have mattered if i rushed it or not, there is reasons to go everywhere. Not only that, but if you only follow the campaign, by the end at least 1/3 of the map is untouched
Boneless
Member
found an interesting item at lvl 62. surprisingly the item level is typical of max level drops.
Wow, nice! Randomly... that would be on lucky hit? Otherwise whats the chance %...
Fools idol
Banned
Fools idol
Banned
My friends hardcore barb lasted 4 seconds after leveling for 3 days. I'm glad they made it brutal as it should be.
GenericUser
Member
Do the hardcore characters convert to standard characters once they die or are they lost forever?
Schmendrick
Member
Dead is dead.
Fools idol
Banned
yeah you lose 100% of it on death, no fucking around here.
The way it's designed it's essentialy like 'if you don't know 100% of what you are doing with your build, the dungeon will be near impossible'.
It's a design choice and I like it. No wishy-washy winging it with a generic build, you have to have specific items set up and careful planning of your skills.
GenericUser
Member
Yeah, I like that approach too. No fucking around. That being said, hardcore is definitely not for me though.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
I might be tempted - I’ve always played hardcore occasionally,
I can play euro evenings and weekends.