Diablo 3 (Console versions)

niroe · 4 Sep 2013 at 12:38

Played some coop with a friend last night, his Witch Doctor with 7-8 pets and my Wizard spamming ice & lightning - game held up quite nicely, some slowdown but not the slideshow I expected.

Soulja said:
Being a barbarian sucks. Insta death left, right and centre!

What difficulty, Normal (Hard) or Normal (Medium)?

PhoenixUK · 4 Sep 2013 at 13:08

I've played PC version at release and finished inferno before the nerf patch but after the first major patch the game just simply died to me, everything became too easy and after finish game with all characters the game became pointless with everyone just grinding for slightly better gear and every patch things become more and more easy.

The AH quite ruined the game and crafting was totally useless.

The PS3 version tho does sound interesting as I remember playing Diablo 1 on PS1 and absolutely loved it to bits. Lack of AH and improved drops and crafting make it sound like the old good days.

Does anyone who finished Inferno on PC tried the ps3/xbox version or is planning to?

kinger8938 · 4 Sep 2013 at 13:14

niroe said:
What difficulty, Normal (Hard) or Normal (Medium)?

Can i ask what you mean by this? When i started i only saw easy medium and hard and the other 2 locked? Is there some sort of inbetween between medium and hard then?

Thanks

Wingevin · 4 Sep 2013 at 13:28

kinger8938 said:
Can i ask what you mean by this? When i started i only saw easy medium and hard and the other 2 locked? Is there some sort of inbetween between medium and hard then?

Thanks

On PC the game is divided into Normal, Knightmare, Hell and Inferno.

Presumable on consoles each of the above have an easy, medium and hard?

I think that is what he is asking.

niroe · 4 Sep 2013 at 13:28

When you pick between easy, medium, hard etc, you're setting the Monster Power

Starting fresh with Normal (Hard) might be tricky, they do hit harder and have a fair bit more HP.

kinger8938 · 4 Sep 2013 at 13:30

Wingevin said:
On PC the game is divided into Normal, Knightmare, Hell and Inferno.

Presumable on consoles each of the above have an easy, medium and hard?

I think that is what he is asking.

Ah ok so i start on normal by default, and the difficulty i chose was seperate to that then after finishing it, the next actual mode will be unlocked?

On the selection screen i was given, the 2 higher difficulties unlock at level 10 or something

Lodjik · 4 Sep 2013 at 13:57

PhoenixUK said:
Does anyone who finished Inferno on PC tried the ps3/xbox version or is planning to?

I quit playing before the nerf patch and almost finished Inferno. I have just got this for the PS3 (not played yet). The idea of a more closed system, better and more meaningful loot and 4 player online/offline couch co op play clinched it for me. After checking out 4 player co op videos and streams I didn't notice any slowdown or tearing. I'm looking forward to checking it out

Craig321 · 4 Sep 2013 at 21:10

kinger8938 said:
Ah ok so i start on normal by default, and the difficulty i chose was seperate to that then after finishing it, the next actual mode will be unlocked?

On the selection screen i was given, the 2 higher difficulties unlock at level 10 or something

The easy, medium, hard +++ options are the monster power level, so you could play the easy, medium or hard version of normal mode, then easy, medium or hard on nightmare mode and so on.

Mull3t · 4 Sep 2013 at 22:05

Is it just me but is medium difficulty not even a challenge? Level 8 and not died once or had a challenge! Does it get harder or should I change early now to next one up??

Craig321 · 5 Sep 2013 at 00:14

Mull3t said:
Is it just me but is medium difficulty not even a challenge? Level 8 and not died once or had a challenge! Does it get harder or should I change early now to next one up??

It gets easier once you get a few decent rares and legendaries, then a bit harder again in inferno. You may as well up the difficulty now to get through normal, nightmare and hell if you want more of a challenge.

kinger8938 · 5 Sep 2013 at 08:46

Ive now popped the difficulty from medium to hard and its much more my speed currently

the evade on the right stick is cool and crowd controlling is now more important!

Quick question about saving during dungeons, i got to level 3 of the cathedral and found a blue waypoint which is cool, any way i continued, searched that whole floor and the next. Then reached a 'checkpoint' and assumed i would resume there when i returned but that wasnt the case, so what does a check point do and can dungeon progress be saved, or are 'Way points' good to use as breaks so you can warp back to there and continue rather than going on for a bit more and losing progress if you quit?

Its not a problem i think thats how it works

Love it though so not a problem, just something ill have to plan ahead for

Lodjik · 5 Sep 2013 at 11:01

IIRC from the PC version once you've lit up/activated a waypoint you should be able to access all of them from a drop down menu at any other waypoint. Not sure about consoles.

Craig321 · 5 Sep 2013 at 12:00

kinger8938 said:
Ive now popped the difficulty from medium to hard and its much more my speed currently the evade on the right stick is cool and crowd controlling is now more important!

Quick question about saving during dungeons, i got to level 3 of the cathedral and found a blue waypoint which is cool, any way i continued, searched that whole floor and the next. Then reached a 'checkpoint' and assumed i would resume there when i returned but that wasnt the case, so what does a check point do and can dungeon progress be saved, or are 'Way points' good to use as breaks so you can warp back to there and continue rather than going on for a bit more and losing progress if you quit?

Its not a problem i think thats how it works

Love it though so not a problem, just something ill have to plan ahead for

When you reach a checkpoint and quit the next time you go back in game there will be a portal in town you can use to go back to that checkpoint.

When you reach a waypoint and quit the next time you go back in game you'll need to use the waypoint in town to get there.

Semiskimmed · 5 Sep 2013 at 12:10

Medium on my monk is more interesting at the end of act 1 and the start of act 2. Im having to dodge more and kite too but its good fun :cool:

kinger8938 · 5 Sep 2013 at 12:21

Craig321 said:
When you reach a checkpoint and quit the next time you go back in game there will be a portal in town you can use to go back to that checkpoint.

When you reach a waypoint and quit the next time you go back in game you'll need to use the waypoint in town to get there.

Oh really? Thats interesting thanks! May have missed that now lol when i reloaded and used the waypoint to get back i assume that would have overwritten the portal in town for sed checkpoint

jpm · 5 Sep 2013 at 17:09

I picked this up on the 360, never played Diablo before but enjoying it.

Had a game online with random's, finished a quest and left it there, will put in some more time over the weekend.

Bevysters · 5 Sep 2013 at 17:44

Anyone pick this up on PS3? Also any tips for getting started? No idea about classes or crafting etc.

Lodjik · 5 Sep 2013 at 18:22

Bevysters said:
Anyone pick this up on PS3? Also any tips for getting started? No idea about classes or crafting etc.

You'll get the hang of it as you play. If you want an in-your-face tank class choose Barbarian. Ranged attacks/AOE choose Demon Hunter. All classes are viable though they would just be my recommendations.

JoeBoi · 5 Sep 2013 at 20:06

Bevysters said:
Anyone pick this up on PS3? Also any tips for getting started? No idea about classes or crafting etc.

Be a barb n smash everything in your path. I've got this on the PS3 add me if you want matey my psn is pleyor.

Bevysters · 5 Sep 2013 at 22:01

Lodjik said:
You'll get the hang of it as you play. If you want an in-your-face tank class choose Barbarian. Ranged attacks/AOE choose Demon Hunter. All classes are viable though they would just be my recommendations.

Went for Wizard in the end because long rang spells etc. Seemed like an ok idea.

JoeBoi said:
Be a barb n smash everything in your path. I've got this on the PS3 add me if you want matey my psn is pleyor.

Didn't pick the barbarian mostly because I would have called it Conan and it would look nothing like Conan the barbarian.

I'll get your tag added.