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2014-10-11, 06:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Diablo III: Don't Forget To Eat Today
Continuing discussion for Diablo III, hack-and-slash action-adventure juggernaut from Blizzard Entertainment. Because nothing says 'Hello' like a jar full of flaming spiders to the face.
Anyone think we should start up a register of battletags, like in the Hearthstone thread, if people want to play together?NOW COMPLETE: Let's Play Starcraft II Trilogy:
Hell, It's About Time: Wings of Liberty
Does This Mutation Make Me Look Fat: Heart of the Swarm
My Life For Aiur? I Barely Know 'Er: Legacy of the Void
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2014-10-11, 07:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Well, finally got three pieces of Cain's Destiny, so now I have 85% Magic Item Find and +50% xp gain. That should help me grind.
I'm now on Master difficulty, not sure if I want to risk Torrent1 or not. Maybe I'll stick my toe in and see how I can handle it.SpoilerQuite possibly, the best rebuttal I have ever witnessed.
Joker Bard - the DM's solution to the Batman Wizard.
Takahashi no Onisan - The scariest Samurai alive
Incarnum and YOU: a reference guide
Soulmelds, by class and slot: Another Incarnum reference
Multiclassing for Newbies: A reference guide for the rest of us
My homebrew world in progress: Falcora
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2014-10-11, 07:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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If we are collecting tags, mine is Dhavaer#6678.
Thanks to Veera for the avatar.
I keep my stories in a blog. You should read them.
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2014-10-11, 07:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Sounds good to me!
My battletag for Diablo 3 is "Vriska#1615".
ION, Kadala has just given me a most generous gift: a shiny new pair of gloves that happened to roll Crit chance, and thus became trifecta after about twenty or so enchantments. Woo~
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2014-10-11, 07:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Don't Forget To Eat Today
NOW COMPLETE: Let's Play Starcraft II Trilogy:
Hell, It's About Time: Wings of Liberty
Does This Mutation Make Me Look Fat: Heart of the Swarm
My Life For Aiur? I Barely Know 'Er: Legacy of the Void
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2014-10-11, 09:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Don't Forget To Eat Today
My current most desired drop is Tal's amulet (so I can swap the source for Firebird's) or Rama's Gift (so my DPS can pierce the heavens).
Thanks to Veera for the avatar.
I keep my stories in a blog. You should read them.
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2014-10-12, 12:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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2014-10-12, 02:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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So, I've got a skill set that seems to be working for me. Blizzard + Armegeddon, Black Hole + Blazar, Magic Missile + Conflagrate, and for buffs, I'm using Arcane Armor with the 5% crit chance rune and Magic Weapon with the rune that gives me Energy with every hit. Because Blizzard is hitting a crapload of times, since it is my 'mana dump' skill I will often have multiple blizzards going simultaneously, my energy recovery is pretty darn good. Blazar is the only one I'd like to find an alternative for, but I can't seem to find one. Explosive Blast was tried out, but that requires that I close, and there's lots of monsters that are very good at keeping me at a distance.
I tried Torrent1. While I succeeded, and I got the two piece wizard set wand from it, it just took too much to get through. I'm going to have to step it back if I want any sort of progress. So perhaps I should start farming Bounties. I've heard there's no difference between farming bounties on Normal and on Torrent1, is this really true?SpoilerQuite possibly, the best rebuttal I have ever witnessed.
Joker Bard - the DM's solution to the Batman Wizard.
Takahashi no Onisan - The scariest Samurai alive
Incarnum and YOU: a reference guide
Soulmelds, by class and slot: Another Incarnum reference
Multiclassing for Newbies: A reference guide for the rest of us
My homebrew world in progress: Falcora
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2014-10-12, 04:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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2014-10-12, 09:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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2014-10-12, 01:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Been trying Torment1 again with a different setup, this time with some Life Per Hit instead of Resource Cost Reduction for my Paragon and did somewhat better. Picked up Vyr's pants, which I really have no interest in because I've never really liked Archons, however I also picked up an RoRG with some pretty amazing stats. Int, Resist All, Attack Speed, Life Per Hit and Extra Xp Per Kill. I suppose I can swap out the Attack Speed for Crit Chance when I have the opportunity to, and that's pretty much an optimal piece of gear.
Since I have the RoRG, maybe if I pick up another piece of Vyr's, I can at least get the three piece set bonus, plus still having the full set bonus from Cain's due to the RoRG.SpoilerQuite possibly, the best rebuttal I have ever witnessed.
Joker Bard - the DM's solution to the Batman Wizard.
Takahashi no Onisan - The scariest Samurai alive
Incarnum and YOU: a reference guide
Soulmelds, by class and slot: Another Incarnum reference
Multiclassing for Newbies: A reference guide for the rest of us
My homebrew world in progress: Falcora
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2014-10-12, 01:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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I really need to find some way to speed up my load times so that the server doesn't go "nope, you're AFK, KICK!"
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2014-10-13, 01:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Don't Forget To Eat Today
That RoRG needs a socket.
In other news, I'm near to hanging this game up. I'm getting sick of the game deciding that my wizard should use a mace...the same mace...over and over.
Sigh.Avatar by Aedilred
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2014-10-14, 07:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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2014-10-14, 09:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Been leveling a throwbarb and it's a lot of fun. Anyone tried this direction yet and have any pointers for me?
I use a fast one-hander and a shield; so far he doesn't appear to need any defensive passives, but I'll be able to judge his survivability better once I'm in the 60s and not quite so twinked out. But I like the idea of him with a shield so chances are he'll stick with it.
Blizzard appears to be down at the moment so here's the build I'm going for: http://www.d3head.com/calculator/ski...V85zF850n8zFjH
I'm also toying with trying a physical, lightning or cold-based build, particularly since I don't have any builds for the former yet.
One thing I will say is that the Ancients are pretty scary. The cooldown is hella long but man, what a panic button. It reminds me a great deal of Fetish Army.Plague Doctor by Crimmy
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2014-10-14, 01:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Why bother with a socket on a ring? That's just basically more raw stats. Unless there are unique gems I haven't run into yet.
I got the machine plans, and a rift gem of Trials. But since I can barely keep my own on Tor1 bounties and shard frag runs, I think I'll just keep those in the bank for now.
An alternate setup I am trying is by replacing Arcane Armor with Familiar that gives the 10% bonus to damage. Turns out it makes me too squishy. Oh well.SpoilerQuite possibly, the best rebuttal I have ever witnessed.
Joker Bard - the DM's solution to the Batman Wizard.
Takahashi no Onisan - The scariest Samurai alive
Incarnum and YOU: a reference guide
Soulmelds, by class and slot: Another Incarnum reference
Multiclassing for Newbies: A reference guide for the rest of us
My homebrew world in progress: Falcora
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2014-10-14, 02:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Thanks to Veera for the avatar.
I keep my stories in a blog. You should read them.
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2014-10-14, 02:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-10-14, 03:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Don't Forget To Eat Today
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/gem/
In particular, Legendary Gems.
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2014-10-14, 03:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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2014-10-15, 03:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Don't Forget To Eat Today
I just picked up the Expansion for my PS4 this last weekend and have put about 8 hours in playing a Crusader on Normal (I was going by the suggestions on the in game menu, as with no gear or real experience playing this version of the game), nothing too involved. But I've hit level 30ish and I just seem to be absolutely destroying any mob that pops up; and tanking any Elite or Boss in under a minute unless they pull some form of trickery. Never once been close to death (and if I am, I just spam more Fist and my +Life per Wrath spent fills me back up).
So, should I just move up a difficulty since I'm cakewalking it, or finish a full playthrough on Normal first?
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2014-10-15, 03:55 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Diablo III: Don't Forget To Eat Today
Up the difficulty.
A full "normal" playthrough does not net you enough experience to hit the level cap; there's just barely enough on Expert.
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2014-10-15, 04:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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2014-10-15, 11:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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So is anyone here running a character through the new “Seasons” feature? If so, what are your thoughts on it?
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2014-10-15, 12:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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My thoughts are there aren't really good incentives to do it. And there is no reason to make a new character in terms of build so if you already have 70ish(not quite on a few because I only play wizard anyways) for all classes it is just the new items. Well and a "level playing field" but since there isn't even trading it seems mostly pointless. D2 seasons worked in large part because you could level multiple characters and there would be meaningful differences between them, but in d3 if you level another character of the same class, the only possible difference between them at level 70 is gender. So even then you can at most level 2 characters of the same class and there be a difference.
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2014-10-15, 12:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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I have, but have yet to see a Seasonal Legendary. In addition - while the few there are look quite fun if you can get one (like that wand that removes the cooldown from teleport), I don't think they are worth starting from scratch in terms of Paragon levels, artisan progression and even recipes.
That last one is truly the kicker - every recipe you've obtained in non-seasonal must be regained, which essentially puts all of them back in the legendary pool to be found again, diluting your chances of finding something you truly want, and not to mention all those seasonals are in the pool as well. And it's unclear what will happen to the paragon levels you earn in seasonal too, or what will happen to your stash if both are full when the season ends.
If they allowed Seasonal characters to trade with one another, or reroll multiple properties... well, that would be something.Last edited by Psyren; 2014-10-15 at 12:25 PM.
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2014-10-15, 12:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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That sounds cool, but it is literally never going to be useful since clear speed is more valuable then short bursts of movement.
I think recipes drop independently from other legendaries, but I am not sure.
And since you will be able to get the legendaries after the season ends anyways that isn't a huge argument for it.Avatar by Neoseph7
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2014-10-15, 12:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Don't knock the aetger walker wand before trying it. At the very least, it's good for hotswapping. Never had an easier time doing bounties and key wardens
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2014-10-15, 04:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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I think you VASTLY underestimate how Teleport can shortcut clear speed. You can port past packs of normal monsters to kill more named packs for more chances of legendaries. It's probably one of the reasons that the stats page I saw had Teleport with Wormhole as the single most used skill for Wizard in the top 25% of wizards, although it didn't say where it obtained those numbers.
I also don't see a point for Seasonal. Starting over from scratch does not sound appealing to me in the least, and there's no incentive for me to do so.SpoilerQuite possibly, the best rebuttal I have ever witnessed.
Joker Bard - the DM's solution to the Batman Wizard.
Takahashi no Onisan - The scariest Samurai alive
Incarnum and YOU: a reference guide
Soulmelds, by class and slot: Another Incarnum reference
Multiclassing for Newbies: A reference guide for the rest of us
My homebrew world in progress: Falcora