[toastyToast]

Just finished on Normal. Ran dual wielded fists for the entirety of the game until I checked the AH and found this amazingly good Daibo for 4000 gold



These were my stats at the end

[scy]

I imagine it will. Seems like people are really failing to stack resistances since they're in Inferno so early gear-wise. Once people are template-capped in resists I think Inferno builds are going to slant hard towards DPS with whatever is necessary to eliminate CC slamdancing (aka what button do you need in your build to not get wrecked by a mortar/fast jailer).

Yeah, I don't really see it not getting to the point of at least back towards more DPS-slanted playstyles (or at least not having to work on those invuln/defense skill button reflexes). Hopefully I can just do the push to late Hell, or Inferno, this weekend since my friends should be available. I've taken so many characters to the end of Normal while waiting for them :|

[balddemon]

yo fuck those things that leave lava footprints

[Realyn]

4000? Holy fuck. You could sell that for 40000+ on HC. In terms of economy I'm really happy with picking HC. No flooding of stuff ...

[scy]

4000? Holy fuck. You could sell that for 40000+ on HC. In terms of economy I'm really happy with picking HC. No flooding of stuff ...

I've potentially lost thousands upon thousands of gold via the AH since I never really bother pricing things where "they should." Most weapons of that caliber for end of Normal? Meh, 6-10k gold. Even on HC :x

Edit: To add to the earlier talk, when we do get to the point of Inferno being back to limited by your class resource, DWing will take back the DPS crown since so much of your damage will come from your non-CD skill spam. But, until that point, the bonus from the off-hand non-weapon socket is better per hit damage.

[Kintaro]

Make sure you turn on elective mode in the gameplay options. It allows you to rearrange skills

...well fuck me sideways

[Realyn]

Just wanna post this again. This should get fixed asap(HI @ BLIZZ, read my ticket).

Check the time on the top right and my exp

[scy]

...well fuck me sideways

|OT3| Enable Elective Mode

[Opiate]

In an ideal situation, you gain 15% IAS which is a ~17% DPS increase. This means you have two identical DPS Weapons, however, which is unlikely. What you're overlooking is that Shields (and Quivers, for DHs) have better options in sockets. DWing does not gain you a socket slot since if you slot +Damage in the MH, you're required to slot +Damage in the OH so the two weapons keep pace with each other (and, even if you didn't, it's honestly not like the non-Ruby socket options are that great anyway besides Life Steal per Hit). DW is focused entirely around having two identical weapons to get the most out of it; as the two weapons start to differ in damage, your gain from the IAS goes down as one weapon is better than the other.

This is a very good point that I hadn't considered. Is there a difference in number of sockets in late game? That is, do quivers only have one socket, while 1hed weapons can have two? I'm not sure yet.

I've potentially lost thousands upon thousands of gold via the AH since I never really bother pricing things where "they should." Most weapons of that caliber for end of Normal? Meh, 6-10k gold. Even on HC :x

The opportunity cost of posting an auction is so enormously high right now. Post a price that is too low, have it bought out in less than 10 minutes, and feel bad for "losing" money. Post a price that is too high, never have it bought out, and get frustrated at having one of your 10 AH slots occupied for the next two days.

Edit: To add to the earlier talk, when we do get to the point of Inferno being back to limited by your class resource, DWing will take back the DPS crown since so much of your damage will come from your non-CD skill spam. But, until that point, the bonus from the off-hand non-weapon socket is better per hit damage.

Okay, I absolutely agree with this. We may simply have been talking about different things. I absolutely agree, Dual Wielding is completely unacceptable for end game right now, and it's entirely possible it will never be end-game viable if we never scale/grow in to inferno.

[Dreams-Visions]

Just wanna post this again. This should get fixed asap(HI @ BLIZZ, read my ticket). Check the time on the top right and my exp

So what's going on here?

[Realyn]

So what's going on here?

Repeat the Wortham quest and profit! ;o

[purg3]

Just finished on Normal, goddamn I'm so tired it's almost 5:30am here. Didn't intend to stay up this late, but I just couldn't stop until I got to the end. Finished with a lvl 31 DH, never ran into any issues, only died a total of 2-3 times and those were because of some terrible lag spikes. At least on normal, elemental arrow with lightning ball rune / chakram is pretty much win button. Now the real fun begins, can't wait to see how this class handles now.



need to focus on putting a bit more into vit for some survivability while pumping away at dex.

[Dreams-Visions]

Repeat the Wortham quest and profit! ;o

...can I go back from act 2 and do this again?

[Realyn]

...can I go back from act 2 and do this again?

Yes, you can do it over and over again.

DH/Wizz profits the most with their mobility...

[scy]

This is a very good point that I hadn't considered. Is there a difference in number of sockets in late game? That is, do quivers only have one socket, while 1hed weapons can have two? I'm not sure yet.

Honestly, I don't know and was under the working assumption that non-Weapon Off-Hand slots had comparable sockets. That and I forgot to mention Stat scaling slowing down to the point that even top tier Gems don't make a big impact. Also, the possibility that it may be more practical for +Crit Damage% in your MH/OH setup netting better overall damage assuming a high enough crit rate.

I guess my bigger point is that DW feels awkward in how MH/OH quality needs to be so close together for it to truly be a DPS increase before you factor in skill spam use.

Okay, I absolutely agree with this. We may simply have been talking about different things. I absolutely agree, Dual Wielding is completely unacceptable for end game right now, and it's entirely possible it will never be end-game viable if we never scale/grow in to inferno.

Yeah, I'm pretty terrible with words :|

[Winnie the Pimp]

Finally got this game installed and playing, 20ish Witch Doctor now. I really love the class! It's like a stylish Necromancer which is also more fun to play. Things are just melting in front of me with soul harvest, dire bats and yellow frogs.

i know, playing WD atm as well but i just CAN'T warm up to the idea of throwing frogs, spiders etc, i love the blowdarts with splinters for the distance attack and it's pretty strong too for single foes!

[scy]

DH/Wizz profits the most with their mobility...

Vault forever. 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...

[Gotchaye]

Well, so as long as I steer clear of Vortex+SomethingNasty and Invulnerable groups, early Inferno is difficult but doable. Jar of Souls is crazy and yields a ton of awesome loot.

I'm finding a lot of level 60 gear, but very little of it is magical; most of my blue and yellow drops are levels 56-59. Found a few nice Inferno pieces, though unfortunately only one was decent for my wizard. My resists are crazy-high now.

Crafting has finally come into its own. Made myself a really nice orb after collecting enough of the tomes of secrets to upgrade my blacksmith.

[jersoc]

i know, playing WD atm as well but i just CAN'T warm up to the idea of throwing frogs, spiders etc, i love the blowdarts with splinters for the distance attack and it's pretty strong too for single foes!

once you get lunge spiders, use them. it's more dps plus they can hold up enemies.

[Jtrizzy]

So how do you go back to the first world once you get to the second? Just switch missions?

[Dresden]

i know, playing WD atm as well but i just CAN'T warm up to the idea of throwing frogs, spiders etc, i love the blowdarts with splinters for the distance attack and it's pretty strong too for single foes!

Blowdarts w/ Splinters > most of the other primary attacks, don't feel bad. Spiders kinda suck in general, too much time required to ramp up damage with very marginal benefits.

[MisterNugNug]

What the fuck? Haha.

the fuck did I just read?. XD

Co-op dungeon raiding is like a dream come true.

[Addnan]

New to Diablo, playing as a Monk. Not sure if I am doing it right.. as in stats wise. Does it look normal, too low? Any changes I should be making? On Act 2.

Bought some of the stuff from AH.

[Ashodin]

Vault forever. 2 2 2 2 2 2 ...

Olympian achievement unlocked!

[raphier]

Monk with a shield? monk is about speed wih knuckles and staff, man. Leave shields to barbarians.

[catotheyounger]

Rolling with a Monk solo in Nightmare. If I take my dude into a coop game, will the mobs scale accordingly?

[Rygar 8 Bit]

eh i cant clear the wortham quest that fast as a witch doctor :(

[Shadow780]

Well shit, I didn't realize DH can equip weapons other than bows. I just went from long range fragile lady to medium range bomber survivoress.

Completely changed my play style mid-game.

[Tacitus_]

Vampiric Teleport Firechain in a tunnel

FML

[Sophia]

Elective mode is so mandatory for Barbarians. All the Rage catagory abilities just don't compare to having both Leap AND Ground Stomp.

Shame that Barbarians are so messed up. Half of their abilities are amazingly powerful and the other half are just amazingly awful. Overpower being a prime candidate.

[toastyToast]

4000? Holy fuck. You could sell that for 40000+ on HC. In terms of economy I'm really happy with picking HC. No flooding of stuff ...

Maybe the dude forgot the extra 0 :lol

I couldn't find anything comparable until I started looking at 50K buyouts

[Alastor]

My WD. I used daggers+mojos the most on my first playtrough (starting nightmare now), but recently swithed for axe with big int bonus and gem slot.

The free slot is for basic weapon attack. I just have a soft spot for good old hack n' slash.

Soul Harvest + Fire Bats and Zombie dogs + Sacrifice have yet to fail me. My giant pet zombie is also awesome.

GOTY overall, addicting as fuck!

[Blackace]

just picked it up today! started a WD but would like to have a chance to play a different character with folks

BlackAce#1672

[Punisher]

lvl 31 and finished single? I'm lvl 29 and still mid act 3...

I'm looking in every corner though?

[Dresden]

lvl 31 and finished single? I'm lvl 29 and still mid act 3... I'm looking in every corner though?

act 4 is pretty short

[thetrin]

Vampiric Teleport Firechain in a tunnel FML

Fuck fire chain. Seriously.

Fire Chain Molten and fire chain desecrator are seriously the bane of my fucking existence.

Worse than god damn arcane.

[Sophia]

act 4 is pretty short

It is oh so awesome, however. Act 3 and Act 4 start awesome and almost never let up on it.

Act 2 can go die in a fire for all I care.

[Dresden]

the ending sections of Act 3 = fucking ace

if the whole game was that relentless it would've been so amazing

[Alex]

Act 3 > 4 > 1 > 2, for my tastes.

[Caladolen]

Just bought this for 6500 gold in the AH. =) I'm about to hit lvl 42 so not too long until I can use it.

[Tacitus_]

And now there's a fucking shield + electrified pack of spiders blocking my way. Can't do shit since I either die horribly to lightning or they just go trololololo and go invulnerable.

[SUPARSTARX]

Alright, I think I have a pretty decent build for solo barb 2H farming in Hell.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculato...SgQ!Zdg!cZZcbc

My current stats, looking to gamble for more str/vit gear. I have no life leech right now. Everything is coming purely off skill cooldowns.

This should be pretty good with heavier crit hit chance and obviously a heavier weapon. Life leech will help immensely.

I'm not using the life leech rune on WW because my crit is low. With better gear, life leech rune will shine. But for now, survival is important so you need the mobile WW to get out of tight spots, supplemented with ground stomp and charge. You're good to go. I've been whirling around arcane lasers and stuff since they all rotate one way and still hit stuff fashionably.

I've read that a lot of D3 barb players have been running into stumps and think 2H barbs can't hang in Hell. They are wrong pretty much.

And now there's a fucking shield + electrified pack of spiders blocking my way. Can't do shit since I either die horribly to lightning or they just go trololololo and go invulnerable.

Kite them into an open area. Don't fight in corridors when elites are enchanted with those types of things.

[mandiller]

When you die it says your items' durability has dropped 10%. Does that mean the item's Total durability has dropped eg. previous it was 50/50 and now it's 45/45 etc? Or does it just drop and you can repair it (eg 45/50)?

Are there any other downsides to dying?

[Chittagong]

I'm now nearing the end of Act 2 on Normal and my chest is full of rare items. In even bought more slots three times but these rares just keep dropping. What should I so with them given they are lower level? I have been salvaging materials from magic items but keeping rares. Also I have couple of legendarys, not sure if they are valuable, haven't seen many.

[SUPARSTARX]

When you die it says your items' durability has dropped 10%. Does that mean the item's Total durability has dropped eg. previous it was 50/50 and now it's 45/45 etc? Or does it just drop and you can repair it (eg 45/50)? Are there any other downsides to dying?

Additive values. Die 10x = broke.

You basically just pay some gold to repair it. If you die during a fight and it breaks, you come back naked and you need to repair before resuming. If it's a boss fight, you're done.

I'm now nearing the end of Act 2 on Normal and my chest is full of rare items. In even bought more slots three times but these rares just keep dropping. What should I so with them given they are lower level? I have been salvaging materials from magic items but keeping rares. Also I have couple of legendarys, not sure if they are valuable, haven't seen many.

Salvage when you are in hell mode. I have tons of useless mats from salvaging whereas I should have sold it for gold.

[Lord Phol]

Omg! Got some random drop from killing diablo, had no idea what it was until I brought it to the blacksmith:

If I'm correct this is for the ponylevel ?
Is it a rare drop?

[Chittagong]

Salvage when you are in hell mode. I have tons of useless mats from salvaging whereas I should have sold it for gold.

So just sell everything now?

Are the material economics different in Hell mode then?

[Thrakier]

I don't get you guys buying stuff from the AH. Isn't most of the fun finding new loot?

[jersoc]

And now there's a fucking shield + electrified pack of spiders blocking my way. Can't do shit since I either die horribly to lightning or they just go trololololo and go invulnerable.

shield is seriously the worst thing ever. it's just ridiculous.

[xXJonoXx]

Hopefully someone can give me some insight into this, I have been trying to find a solution for 6 hours.

My game has a weird problem that is bugging me so badly while I play. The screen "hitches" or "micro stutters" or something, I'm not really sure what to call it. Any time I move my character and the game world is scrolling, it sort of move forward and back really quickly, pretty much a really bad stutter. However, my FPS never goes below 60. (I use Vsync)

I have tried everything I can think of to remedy this problem, messed with graphics settings, nVidia Inspector, vsync, adaptive vsync, no vysnc, triple buffering, different GPU drivers, everything. I have an i7 930 OC'ed to 3.5GHz, 8GB RAM, SSD, and a 2GB GTX 680. SO I should be able to run this game fine. I don't have a problem with screen tearing or FPS.

I did install the game onto my MacBook Pro 2011, and it kinda seems like it has the same problem as the PC, but maybe not as bad. It's the worst in places like Tristam, the base towns. When out in the world it's not so bad.

I'm just wondering if this is something that is my problem or if it is something more widespread or a general problem with the game.