It's a bug and it's going to be fixed according to Blizzard. You're not supposed to attack faster by mashing your mouse button.
This walking thing will probably be fixed too.
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It's a bug and it's going to be fixed according to Blizzard. You're not supposed to attack faster by mashing your mouse button.
This walking thing will probably be fixed too.
sorijealut
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Oh, I see - yeah the concept seems rather unnatural.
People really need to fucking stop saying this. In Diablo 2 you could never take your offline character onto to closed battle.net because of the potential cheating. There is no reason they couldn't have designed D3 the exact same way. They prefered to be dicks and push online only, because they knew they could get away with it. Plus they and way to many gamers put to much importance on useless achievements and making sure no one can cheat to get them.
I can't wait until people get queues for a single player game, or when the servers go down for 4-8 hours on Tuesday for maintenance (does this still happen in SC2?), the crying will be fun to watch. Even SC2 had an offline mode, albeit you had to call home every 30 days.
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I never bothered with offline mode in D2 precisely because I couldn't take my character online if I felt like it. Offline characters in D2 were pointless unless you explicitly wanted to use a trainer or something. I really have no issue with this at all.
As for server downtime, well, Blizzard really should enter the 21st century and start trying to engineer their products to always be available. This isn't a problem with online-only, it's a problem with how they design their server infrastructure.
Pointless to YOU, not to everyone. For example, I've been playing D2 since release day, never played the game with anyone, only solo. I did have some characters on closed Battle.net as well, but still only played solo, I only used it for trading. Even stopped doing that after awhile because of the potential of getting duped items.
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We have no idea how server downtime will work with Diablo 3 with the full game though. It could be handled any number of ways. We also have no idea how frequent it will be.
WoW has Tuesdays from early morning to about 2 p.m. EST. A significant period of time once a week. EVE online though, is off every day from 11 a.m. GMT to 11:30 a.m. GMT, excepting special circumstances.
Side note: Just installed the Exocet font.
I mostly played solo myself. Only played multi when I could get someone I actually know to play with me, but that was entirely worth having my games on the server when it happened.
Also like how you avoided getting duped items and instead went the route where you basically could never ever get some items legitimately.
In Diablo 3, much of the game's code actually lies on the server. Item drops, monster spawning, that sort of thing.
By keep a bunch of this code on the server side (and not putting any sort of code on the client side) they can more easily hide the game's code from hackers. The end result is that it is much more difficult for people to create hacks and exploits. Especially since real money is now being exchanged within the game, it is in everybody's best interest that hacks and exploits are kept at a minimum.
In essence, including an offline mode would actually affect the integrity of the online mode.
sorijealut
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Sounds like Torchlight 2 is a much better game for you... where online play is only an option.
It's more casual (?) lol jk
maybe more laid-back.
Er, don't misunderstand me, I'll be playing D3 at 2am CST on the 15th. I was just commenting on the supposed reasoning for being online only. As for ANYONE thinking there won't be cheating in D3 pretty quick after release, all I can do is laugh at the naivety of the thought.
First, I have zero issue with the concept of the RMAH. It's not in everyones best interests to keep it safe from hackers, it's Blizzards, players never asked for a RMAH. If given a choice pretty much every player would give up the RMAH for an offline mode instead, but we weren't given that choice.
Neither choice is a perfect one, I'd just prefer not trade away legitimate high quality items that I earned for a dupe.
As for TL2, like a lot of people, I'll be playing that day one as well. With that said, I'm not more excited for it because of its ability to be played offline.
First, I have zero issue with the concept of the RMAH. It's not in everyones best interests to keep it safe from hackers, it's Blizzards, players never asked for a RMAH. If given a choice pretty much every player would give up the RMAH for an offline mode instead, but we weren't given that choice.
Neither choice is a perfect one, I'd just prefer not trade away legitimate high quality items that I earned for a dupe.
As for TL2, like a lot of people, I'll be playing that day one as well. With that said, I'm not more excited for it because of its ability to be played offline.
darkpaladinmfc
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Depends what you mean by cheating. It'll take a very long time for any substantial hacks to come up.
I think you're wrong about that, personally. I don't even plan to use the RMAH much, if at all, but I'd still take it over offline mode.
Maybe if Blizzard hadn't spent the last 13 years maintaining online servers for the last Diablo game I'd feel like you do. As is, I'm completely fine with D3 being online only.
Haven't WoW and SC2 been mostly clean, relatively speaking?
You only get a rare the first time you beat him.
Yeah, this was true to a lesser extent in D2 as well (first drops were always best, usually with a higher class item or rune drop in addition to normal drops), but I think they're ramping that effect up significantly to avoid a repeat of baal runs.
Of course, there could still wind up being a Pindleskin in there somewhere.
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And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Barbarian was the most fun 1-13. Yeah I think you should go barb
Ah IC, thanks. Still nice for the guaranteed 5.5k exp and 800 gold or whatever. Almost got my blacksmith to 4
After I get my guys to 13 I'll just need the coop achieves.Seconded.
Yes, and Diablo 3 will be the same. Online only is just another issue people will be eating crow about. Right up there with lack of customization and difficulty.
Come on now, no one is going to be 'eating crow' about online only. A majority of the complaints against it are legitimate. No one is 'eating crow' about SC2 having no LAN, similarly. They recognize that online only has benefits, but they miss the features that didn't require a connection.
Luckily for them Torchlight 2 and Grim Dawn will satisfy their offline needs and Diablo 3 can remain in a secure online environment.
Honestly, I like the Barb more even though initially I was leaning Monk. Barb hits like a damn truck. Also, no class gets more satisfaction from the game's physics system than the Barb. Watching enemies go flying, destroying the environment, it's a blast. Monk skills are more varied, though.
Scalemail Ted
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I wouldn't say it was pointless. There were some really good mods that got released
I can't speak of SC2, I don't play it online, but as for WoW, heh cheating has been happening since I started playing in 2004. It comes and goes. They ban most, eventually, never when you report, they do it in batches. It could be 6+ months before you get banned in WoW for cheating, unless it's some major PVP exploit.
I feel exactly the same. I was set on a monk before the beta, but now having played the Barbarian, I am undecided. It just feels to good to smash things with the barb. I'm playing hardcore mode though so I'm still leaning (a little) to the monk.
Run the graveyard every other time to prevent it from becoming monotonous. I just got my last character to 13 (did every class), and now I'm sitting on 200,000 gold I'll never spend, and wondering where all the hours went.
(Having to re-run the SK in the retail version is going to be torturous.)
Trickster
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Don't think you need a specific strategy to get to 13 in the beta. Just play on one character for a few hours and boom, you're level 13.
Monk has been a pretty big disappointment throughout the entire beta for me. It's better than the Wizard, but I knew I wasn't gonna like the Wizard much since I didn't play a Sorc in D2 till a couple of years ago. Barbarian is gonna be the huge favorite of players, I can see it doubling some other classes playerbase wise. Just having leap alone puts a grin on my face and then makes me sad because my favorite class, Demonhunter, has the vault ability and I can't vault over fences, chasms, railings.
DH=WD>>BB>>>>MK>>>>>>>>>>>>Wiz.
DH=WD>>BB>>>>MK>>>>>>>>>>>>Wiz.
Nah, you definitely don't need one, I can get it doing this just fine. Was just curious if anyone had found any super fast ways to do it.
sorijealut
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I also agree with Barbarian. He's just a great starter character to get a feel for stats/equipment. Since you like melee, that's great.
You won't be disappointed, he's really fun.
At the release, play both to lv10 and then decide. You must test to have a feel of the class. IMO, I prefer the monk.
Equipments with +xp is the fastest way.
lol nice exploit for barbarian with slow 2h
Reminds me of snaking in Mario Kart.
Omg it's hilarious !!!
Starcraft 2 players will be gods in diablo 3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-19jPAmFwM&feature=youtu.be
Seriously the walking exploit is the same in starcraft 2 so I'm not sure they can patch it so easily... the attack speed of the weapon becomes useless.
Starcraft 2 players will be gods in diablo 3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-19jPAmFwM&feature=youtu.be
Seriously the walking exploit is the same in starcraft 2 so I'm not sure they can patch it so easily... the attack speed of the weapon becomes useless.
sorijealut
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Hahaha, nice video. It really is similar to stutter stepping in SC2.
Looking at it this way, it looks super fun.
CadetMahoney
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Walking exploit here I cum/
Trickster
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Gonna play a DH at release, so I obviously made one in the beta to try it. Really loved doing the same thing as the dude in the video does, not really needed on normal. But maybe it will make it easier at higher difficulties
sorijealut
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Gonna play a DH at release, so I obviously made one in the beta to try it. Really loved doing the same thing as the dude in the video does, not really needed on normal. But maybe it will make it easier at higher difficulties
If we're talking about using Caltrops to slow enemies down, and then kiting them, I'm not sure it will be of much use at higher difficulties. It will be great for slower enemies but the fast ones will run right through Caltrops (or teleport through, etc) and make it less of an effective strategy.
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