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Belial inferno down on my Barb! W00t.
Only took me a day to gear him also.
Mind sharing you're gear and stat details?
Would like to see where I stand.
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Mind sharing you're gear and stat details?
Would like to see where I stand.
I'm desperate for that Tower of the Cursed farming checkpoint.
You've got the worst parts of Act 3 to get through to get there unfortunately :/ That stupid field where every mob has a sucky range attack, then the fun of the soul lashers in the depths and tower of the damned.
I've also been tempted to cash out, pretty sure my amulet will sell for 250 euros, weapon for maybe 150-200 then prob another 300-500 for the rest of it. But, it kinda goes against my principles much to my wife's disgust!
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Happens on my system sometimes which is a 2600k @ 4.7ghz, 8gb ram, 6950 flashed to a 6970 and then overclocked a fair bit. Game and windows running on a Crucial C300 SSD as well. Also get micro stuttering from time to time as well. Disabled max fore and back ground fps but still does it.
Think of it this way: the people who will buy it for RL money clearly don't have anything good to do with that money anyway.
So you take the money they throw away, and put it to good use
Thing is you could almost certainly sell it now and then in maybe a few weeks when things settle down, buy stuff back for a fraction of the cost.
I had that as well even thought I have had the game about 2 weeks. It is a known bug and you need to change your account password
It works for me since I have done it.
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So I have just started Act 1 on Hell on a Witch Docter. Some of the elite mobs seem to do a damn lot of damage. Is this normal or is it likely my gear is below what is needed. I am almost level 52 at the moment.
Just spent half a mill kitting out my Barbarian with new gear. 6000 armour, 28k health and over 500 resists on everything and I still get my arse handed to me even by some non elite mobs in Act 2 Inferno. Wasps are practically impossible to kill as they're faster than me and just keep away and a single volley of their ranged attack kills me straight off.
First elite mob I see, Wasps with Horde, extra health, fast. FML.
Back to having fun as a Witch Doctor I guess.
First elite mob I see, Wasps with Horde, extra health, fast. FML.
Back to having fun as a Witch Doctor I guess.
Going by this thread
He seems to suggest about 800 res, 40k hp and 8000 armour (might've been 10000 with skills) with a high block shield and manages to survive act 2/3 it seems.
Getting bored because of the lack of items (to progress) has nothing to do with what a good game it is i have put 150-200 hours into D3 already along with Thousands of hours in D2.
I didn't forget, in fact every game i have played during launch or it's first few months have always been 'iffy' PvP wont add much for me since there is nothing to gain from it. as for expansions they are always good, but at the current rate of ME getting any good items i doubt i'll bother until prices are cheaper on AH, or the loot tables are bumped up a bit. it's not worth my time as it currently stands.
Lack of survivability is more to the point, there are plenty of builds to pick at (i do know what you mean with the D2 thing though,they could add more) just it's impossible to use skills due to the lack of usefulness in inferno.
It's not really optional unless you are the luckiest person to ever live, or you can play 20+ hours a day every day for about 4-8 months (more if you plan on playing more classes) just to get a set of gear.
starting fresh on D2 does take some time to get the gear, but that is the best of the best, not just upgrades you could use along the way. and then once you are set in with a class, doing farming runs you always got something good every run, regardless of whether it was useful to yourself, you could always trade it for other items, not just gear.
in D3 you could never sustain a stead flow of items to trade/sell, let alone upgrades for one character. imagine doing that for all classes - too boring (compared to D2)
Hell should drop lv 60 items and reserve inferno for the best of the best items, for when you can farm it without dying from anything but a fart.
In D2 even with the best gear, knowing there would never be an upgrade i still played it over and over. just wish it was slightly more like that in D3 instead of farming for gold (or items to sell for gold) just so you can buy an item for 'x' amount of millions. not as fun for me personally.
P.S still let me know if you need help on bosses for your lower characters
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Just cannot get drops for my monk. Seems Blizzard wants me to spend some dough in AH. Never!
http://d3db.com/news/id/268-datamined-10310057-patch-notes-unofficial/
*unofficial* but interesting.
*unofficial* but interesting.
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Can't believe how expensive this still is on amazon...or everywhere for that matter. Certainly has held its price.
It's not really optional unless you are the luckiest person to ever live, or you can play 20+ hours a day every day for about 4-8 months (more if you plan on playing more classes) just to get a set of gear.
starting fresh on D2 does take some time to get the gear, but that is the best of the best, not just upgrades you could use along the way. and then once you are set in with a class, doing farming runs you always got something good every run, regardless of whether it was useful to yourself, you could always trade it for other items, not just gear.
in D3 you could never sustain a stead flow of items to trade/sell, let alone upgrades for one character. imagine doing that for all classes - too boring (compared to D2)
Hell should drop lv 60 items and reserve inferno for the best of the best items, for when you can farm it without dying from anything but a fart.
In D2 even with the best gear, knowing there would never be an upgrade i still played it over and over. just wish it was slightly more like that in D3 instead of farming for gold (or items to sell for gold) just so you can buy an item for 'x' amount of millions. not as fun for me personally.
P.S still let me know if you need help on bosses for your lower characters
I still don't understand this...
D2 was all about grinding. The chances of you finding anything good without hours and days and weeks of grinding was slim.
The chances of finding anything good without hours and days and weeks of grinding on D3 are just as slim, yet apparently its worse? The only difference is even if you do waste hours and hours getting nowhere with drops, you can use that gold to buy something decent instead...
...well if you ignore the RMAH of course. Once you get past a certain stage, gold is worthless and everything is on the RMAH. Kinda goes back to step one there surely?
Oh yeah, definitely. Right now everyone who's playing is aiming for the exact same character with the exact same gear as everyone else on each class. The only people that aren't are the super-casuals who are going through the game with no community aid and failing miserably using skills that they actually enjoy using but will never be able to progress with. I don't think that's my main issue though, 'cause like i pretty much implied, i'd get more overall hours out of the game if i built a cold sorc (blizzard, frost armour, frost nova, ice beam etc) and then a few weeks down the line decide i want a melee sorc (magic weapon, energy armour, diamond skin, hydra). Completely different experience going through the game again but still enjoyable. Instead all i need to do is spend 2 mins switching a couple of skills around.
Once you've got 5 level 60s (one of each class) you've got no reason to go through the game again. I could go without playing D2 for months and months and then decide i'll have a go through with a Javazon. If i already a high-level Amazon sitting there where i could just manipulate my skill set that leaves me not playing it through again.
With the inevitable expansion they'll probably add 1-2 classes, but then you'll get them to 60 and then there's no reason to play through the game again.
Again, i agree. It's weird because i'd get perfect MF% gear for my Hammerdin or Blizz Sorc with no real intention of ever gearing up a character to make them as strong as possible but still really enjoyed the stuff i've found. D3 doesn't seem to recreate that feeling, even though i feel it should. They'll keep patching to make the game better and keep it fresh but they've really got their work cut out - no way are people gonna be playing this a decade down the line with the way the builds are (loot can be fixed, builds are just ****ed).
P.S still let me know if you need help on bosses for your lower characters
Will do.
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You specifically stated 'playing through the game as a cold type sorc, or a melee type sorc. You can't play through the game by switching your skills at lvl60. Nor can you build your character with items useful for such a build. Arcane Orb favours maximum damage per hit. Disintegrate favours maximum damage per second. You can't get both without massive expense.
Honestly everything you've criticised just seems like moaning for the sake of moaning. An expansion will certainly add at least 1 character, probably 2 (2 expansions = 4 characters = 3 per primary stat). They've made it sound like they plan on upping the level cap (hell if I know how they'll make that work) and they'll certainly be adding at least 1 more Act.
Only problem they really have are some skills are just **** or completely outclassed in every conceivable way and too many skills are deemed 'required' once you hit Inferno to realistically use certain combinations that would make some useful. Look at Multishot for the DH. There is only 1 Rune on that skill worth using and that is the 1 that reduces its Hatred cost. 40 hatred is far too costly, 20 hatred was plenty acceptable.
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