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Diablo III: Reaper of Souls |OT| Once again! The Sound of HAMMERS is GLORIOUS!
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because if tons of people are creating games when RoS hits its gonna jam up the servers likely
Substandard
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Well I only got to Paragon level 20, and most of my guys aren't capable of doing much more than T3 or so, but I did manage to hit 60 on every class before tonight. As someone earlier in the thread mentioned my first characters all have 60+ hours on them and the wizard I started from scratch and solo leveled last week hit 60 in 12 hours. It's kind of depressing.
I don't entirely know who I want to take up to 70 first. I played a lot of Monk in the old game, I just don't know if I love the 2.0 monk changes. Mine was built to be indestructible for the old school inferno grind (tons of LOH and defensive skills) and I didn't really play him enough to know how they play with the loot 2.0 changes. So he can live through anything but his kill times are terrible at the moment.
Decisions, decisions.
I'll probably just level my WD or the Wizard first. I feel like Range is probably better before I get some good melee drops. One thing is for sure. I need to remember to re-enable cutscenes so I don't inadvertently skip all of Act V dialogue
I don't entirely know who I want to take up to 70 first. I played a lot of Monk in the old game, I just don't know if I love the 2.0 monk changes. Mine was built to be indestructible for the old school inferno grind (tons of LOH and defensive skills) and I didn't really play him enough to know how they play with the loot 2.0 changes. So he can live through anything but his kill times are terrible at the moment.
Decisions, decisions.
I'll probably just level my WD or the Wizard first. I feel like Range is probably better before I get some good melee drops. One thing is for sure. I need to remember to re-enable cutscenes so I don't inadvertently skip all of Act V dialogue
Anyone have opinions on the current state of the witch doctor?
I find him frustrating, as you pretty much have nothing except AOE. And Firebats seems to be the best skill for just doing damage by a good amount.
Poison darts are usually on my left click, but there is little point to using them the majority of the time.
WD has a lot of fun looking skills. But most of them seem almost useless when i can just spam firebats all day...
I find him frustrating, as you pretty much have nothing except AOE. And Firebats seems to be the best skill for just doing damage by a good amount.
Poison darts are usually on my left click, but there is little point to using them the majority of the time.
WD has a lot of fun looking skills. But most of them seem almost useless when i can just spam firebats all day...
And don't hammer that spacebar.
Liferebooted
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Level the Wizard, they're insanely OP in ROS.
Don't buy them based on how limited they might or might not be, only buy it if you actually want the contents of it IMO.
Carbot RoS trailer HYPE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S6QTHwYTLI
Priceless.
EDIT: Well, opening cinematic, not trailer. Still, is awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S6QTHwYTLI
Priceless.
EDIT: Well, opening cinematic, not trailer. Still, is awesome.
You won me over. I assume I can just start at act 5 with new crusader? Just get someone to kill diablo for me?
DripDropDrippin
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I just bought the digital copy. Not sure if I am going to even try playing tonight. I have to wake up at 6AM on Tuesday morning for work. My ARPG addiction tells me, yes I should stay up and play but my normal sober self says that the servers will definitely have issues and that loss of sleep is not worth it when I won't even be able to play.
Firebats w/ the Vamp Bats rune + the Fetish Sycophants passive is the backbone for a pretty great summon build. Been running it for a few weeks and enjoy it. Pair it with Spirit Walk/Garg/Mass Confusion/BBV and it's great.
two things...
a) don't try to speculate on CEs... you will get burned more often than not.
b) traditionally blizz expansion CEs past WOTLK haven't really been limited affairs. cata, panda and swarm are all still available. only blizz non-expacs seem to be limited. and even SC2 stuck around at near retail price for like 2 years.
I just switched to vampire bats... am used to clickclickclickclickclickclickclick of these games so I am clicking the shit out of the bats and wondering why the HELL I am constantly oom... I then read the description where it says "initial cost" and decide to just hold the button down............. mother f%^$........
I have never played around with the sycophants. I may do that.
I don't even use a signature ability except spider queen since that's just free 15 seconds of damage that also functions as a hound dog towards more enemies. Fire bats with the rune to eliminate channeling cost makes it basically usable all the time. It also has a chance to proc a fetish every second with that passive ability even if you don't hit any enemies. You can basically gear up for a boss fight with 4-7 fetishes then drop a totem to watch them beat ass.
Also you can get free dogs by using the "chance to summon zombie dogs" passive then switching it out when you get 3 of them. That frees up another skill slot for something else. Like locusts. I usually start with the locusts then firebats after throwing a spider queen. The class is good and very damaging, and the pets are actually worthwhile now and don't die very often. I'll usually die before my pets do and that's quite a drastic change from how it used to be for the class.
I understand what you are saying but it's the obsessive collector in me. I don't ever intend to sell any of my games but I like to know that I have games in the best condition they can be in and sealed is the top of that. I now buy the collectors to keep sealed and then buy the standard edition(or digital collectors if I want the content) to play.
KINGofCRA5H
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Considering you can have a small army of them, they take plenty of damage, they even DISH OUT plenty of damage. Only started playing WD last week and I love this build.
Good point. I figured this is what I was gonna do since I reset quests the other day and haven't killed Diablo yet. But someone a few posts ago said that everyone and their mothers will be trying to create a new game tonight, which is a good point, so killing Diablo before 9pm and then staying in the game to transition into Act V will be the best thing to do.
shysaursoft
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They made piggies super-viable again, which is great since I main WD. Fetish Army is amazing at bodyblocking, tanking, and critting for super-high numbers, while a summoning giant zombie that hits for 2 million while the Elite is trying to wiggle past all the piggies is hilarious.
I wasn't a big fan of the dogs at all. Their damage is so low compared to fetishes/garg. I prefer to just use those two and then run with Zombie Wall/Offensive line for crowd control. Definitely lots of options though.
As for Garg I usually rune him so that he does massive damage for 15 seconds. I usually alternate popping Mass Confusion/BBV runed for damage and then use Garg on top of that as I encounter elites. Garg destroys them.
That body blocking potential has me thinking twice about things. The incoming damage was the biggest barrier to running higher torment in RoS, and a sea of little critters blocking pathing is a lot more reliable than 1.5 second stuns and freezes.
KINGofCRA5H
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shysaursoft
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Fetish Army with the 3 extra dagger piggies, along with all the ones summoned along the way from doing Physical Attacks, can surround a Lightning Enchant elite entirely so you never see a single spark move away from them. It's quite amazing.
I run something close, but with real emphasis on CD reduction so I can spawn Gar and Piggies as often as possible.
Firebomb + Pyrogiest
Acid Cloud + Acid Rain
Spirit Walk + Jaunt (aw yeah)
Soul Harvest + Vengeful Spirit (kablam)
Gargantuan + Wrathful Protector (bosskiller)
Fetish Army + Variable (usually Devoted Following)
Passives: Grave Injustice + Tribal Rites + Fetish Sycophants/
One day I'll complete a Zunimassa set to complete the package.
Zombie Wall Offensive line is pretty nice for this as well and also procs sycophants.
eudaemonic
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That -was- awesome. I giggled.
At first I thought there was a Shovel Knight cameo in the beginning but he was holding an ax.
JetBlackPanda
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I don't know why but I am intent on buying the physical copy just to have the box.
WTF is wrong with me.
WTF is wrong with me.
davidsaurus
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Mildly amusing until the very end which was fantastic.
You smelly non-europeans better not ruin our launch servers!
Dreams-Visions
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Dunno. I cancelled mine and ordered digital.
Dreams-Visions
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11 hours. :3
Played way more of Loot 2.0 patch than expected. With the community buff and a hellfire I leveled every class to 60 (only had a 60 wiz previously). I'm super pumped for the expansion and adventure mode.
I've decided to take the day off tomorrow to play. Thankfully my job is flexible enough that I can wake up and see the state of things. If login/lagginess/servers are all good then I can stay home, if it's all gone to hell then I can go work and take Weds off instead.
Hype!
I've decided to take the day off tomorrow to play. Thankfully my job is flexible enough that I can wake up and see the state of things. If login/lagginess/servers are all good then I can stay home, if it's all gone to hell then I can go work and take Weds off instead.
Hype!
Pretty sure I'm european I just made the decision to play on the US servers since launch.
davidsaurus
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Kacho
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It's going to be the shit.
KINGofCRA5H
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If you just want to test the crusader, you can jump to Asia in one hour
Hmmm, I wonder if we can use a VPN and play on Americas early? Doubtful.
Granted runs in D2 lasted about 3 minutes each but this is a good middle ground from D3 at launch. Do the caches have any guaranteed loot contents?
That isn't how battle.net works at all. You can simply login to the Asian server and play but it won't use your US b.net characters or progress.
That is what sold me as well. Need those extra slots.
Kacho
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It's the randomness of everything that I'm most excited about. You can play in short bursts or for an extended period of time and it's always changing. It'll do wonders to keep people coming back for more IMO. Running through story repeatedly was so zzzzzzzzzz..
I don't believe the Horadric Caches have guaranteed loot. It should be entirely randomized. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Teasing_Pink
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DiabloGAF, please grant me the strength to not spend $40 on a digital version of Reaper of Souls just so I can play for a few hours tonight before my physical CE arrives Tuesday afternoon.
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