echoshifting
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If one of those characters isn't hardcore you have failed
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Diablo III |OT2| Queues Rise. Servers Fall.
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If one of those characters isn't hardcore you have failed
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
The only thing I don't like about the game design is the writing and being a "blockbuster" isn't an excuse. Diablo 2's story was nothing to write home about but the end of act VI offered a great set-up to the expansion. D3 has a heavier focus on narrative but the standard didn't improve then on top of that the twists were too numerous and blatant.
mysocksarepink
Banned
fuck.. I didn't know that. Where is this basement?
tycoonheart
Member
Sever coming down.
Should be Northeast-ish after you enter the Oasis.
Probably lots of coffee and/or energy drinks, playing half-asleep with tired eyes and passing out in front of monitors.
fluffydelusions
Member
And the servers are going down 
echoshifting
Banned
This approach barely got me through Normal in four days...god I'm old
Well i'm still in act one so I cant really comment on further acts...but as things are now, it doesnt seem any worse than I or II. As for the first twist I honestly didnt see that coming, expected...well something else.
razgriz417
Member
any eta on the servers?
Wonderful. Servers getting restarted again in a couple of minutes.
While waiting, I need to apologize to my Witch Doctor. I thought the skill Soul Harvest which buffs my intelligence based on the number of enemies hit was boring. That was until I REALLY tried it out.
Sweet Jesus, a +5 enemy hit of that makes my damage go insane.
Now, a brief observation and word of praise for Blizzard. Alongside making a great game, I applaud their attempt to sport older male characters for the players. Here's my attempt at the possible age breakdowns:
- Wizard: Late 20's
- Demon Hunter: Late 20's
- Barbarian: Mid-40's to early 50's
- Witch Doctor: Early to Mid-50's
- Monk: Early to Mid-40's
This attempt at age diversity really helps give the classes more character. Sadly, on the female side, they're all within their 20's, possibly 30's.
Now, a couple of questions for the thread:
- Are there any Mighty Weapons for the Barbarian that are 2-Handed? First run on my Barb is going 2-Handed, second run will dual wield.
- Primary Skills (tied to the attack mouse button) have their stats tied off of your weapon, correct? Planning on going sword and board for a DH next time around and aside from not being able to use the arrow skills, wanted to know how bad it would affect him.
Well, if its a restart to pick up an update, which they said it was, I hope its no more than 15-30 mins. But that's my hope.
While waiting, I need to apologize to my Witch Doctor. I thought the skill Soul Harvest which buffs my intelligence based on the number of enemies hit was boring. That was until I REALLY tried it out.
Sweet Jesus, a +5 enemy hit of that makes my damage go insane.
Now, a brief observation and word of praise for Blizzard. Alongside making a great game, I applaud their attempt to sport older male characters for the players. Here's my attempt at the possible age breakdowns:
- Wizard: Late 20's
- Demon Hunter: Late 20's
- Barbarian: Mid-40's to early 50's
- Witch Doctor: Early to Mid-50's
- Monk: Early to Mid-40's
This attempt at age diversity really helps give the classes more character. Sadly, on the female side, they're all within their 20's, possibly 30's.
Now, a couple of questions for the thread:
- Are there any Mighty Weapons for the Barbarian that are 2-Handed? First run on my Barb is going 2-Handed, second run will dual wield.
- Primary Skills (tied to the attack mouse button) have their stats tied off of your weapon, correct? Planning on going sword and board for a DH next time around and aside from not being able to use the arrow skills, wanted to know how bad it would affect him.
razgriz417 said:
Well, if its a restart to pick up an update, which they said it was, I hope its no more than 15-30 mins. But that's my hope.
I've wasted so much money on the Blacksmith. I get better shit from shops/AH/out in the field. I've got like 100 magic essence or some shit, I just sell all my magic items now
Haven't crafted anything useful yet. But I can't stop. I salvage most magic and rares. (I did go on a crafting spree earlier for a rare, which I don't use anymore. Must have wasted about 50k gold crafting a good one)
Diablo series writing, cutscenes, and story are basically like an action RPG summer blockbuster.
Just take it for what it is, enjoy the explosions and crazy demons, and dont overthink things. Its like complaining about how 300 or Terminator 2 werent profoundly deep.
Elective mode -> open skill menu -> click on skill you want and then click on the hotbutton you want to set....I think.
EDIT: Everyone who said the game isnt challenging, it seems like it gains a decent spike in difficulty immediately after the first boss. Been playing 2p co-op so far though for story purposes/frst time through.
Tried, then it just executes the skill I currently have in that slot
anyone able to tell how to assign skills to slots invelective mode? :cTried, then it just executes the skill I currently have in that slot
You select the hotkey first, then when you pull up the menu you can arrow over left/right to the other categories if you don't want the category that hotkey is usually assigned to.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Haven't crafted anything useful yet. But I can't stop. I salvage most magic and rares. (I did go on a crafting spree earlier for a rare, which I don't use anymore. Must have wasted about 50k gold crafting a good one)
Dead Prince
Banned
$60 to pay the maintenance fee.
This. I got what was originally a RMB skill mapped to a hotkey.
Also, SMH at Monk wielding an axe. I know it can help the stats, but c'mon. Gotta keep it in the spirit at least.
Dance in my blood said:
You sure its not randomized? Ran into a vendor in a run down shack in Act 1 that I saved. For another character, they were replaced with a bunch of corpses and monsters.
TheExecutive
Member
man this game runs like ass on my system.
i5 2500k @4.6
gtx 570
8gb ddr3
feels bad mang.
i tried different drivers, changed affinity on my cores, OC on the 570 is the only thing that helps.
i5 2500k @4.6
gtx 570
8gb ddr3
feels bad mang.
i tried different drivers, changed affinity on my cores, OC on the 570 is the only thing that helps.
Baller. PhD
Banned
Is the U.S. Auction House fucking up right now? I can't get any of my buyouts to go through, but eventually the items always get bought out by someone else after a few minutes.
Eh, a game of this size is going to have a bumpy launch regardless - I wouldn't expect any company to get it perfect. Networking/Programming is hard guys.
FunkyMunkey
Banned
So what's the general consensus on blacksmithing? Should I keep on salvaging blues and yellows I get or should I sell them for gold and hit up the AH?
On Act II(normal) with a monk right now.
On Act II(normal) with a monk right now.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
I wonder if the update will address the treasure chest exploits from waypoints that people are abusing on streams. That would be nice
It's taking my items like 20 seconds to be put on the AH. Also my friend messaged me saying, "laagggg".
Already hotfixed without maintenance.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
really? when? And what was the fix, like how did they address it...
It probably doesn't make a difference but I always log out then exit rather than just exit straight away and haven't lost progress that way.
Damn, man. Mine is about the same with less memory, and it runs like butter. Sure you aren't forcing settings somewhere through nVidia control panel or inspector? What resolution you running at?
Someone above mentioned that it was hotfixed, but how was it being done?
i've got pretty much the same thing as you but mine runs fine lmao. how much memory does your card have? at least 1gb right?
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also can starter version and full version bros play together?
Dead Prince
Banned
that's what they get for underestimating and should have been better prepared.
Yoshichan
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?
Today, I went through normal and nightmare on my monk, underleveled, undergeared, undereverything.
Derp.
EDIT: LAWL! Completely forgot about you having to be lvl 50 for hell, hahahhaha oh well back to grinding I guess
Derp.
EDIT: LAWL! Completely forgot about you having to be lvl 50 for hell, hahahhaha oh well back to grinding I guess
It's not as simple as just throwing more servers at it
. There's a lot of nuance that you don't figure out until you actually have the people online.echoshifting
Banned
I have been pretty damn disappointed in what I have played of nightmare thus far. I don't understand why we got 4 difficulties if the first two were going to be so easy.
Haha I know what you mean. I look back at my younger days when I'd easily stay up all night without the aid of any substance and think "how the fuck did I do that?"
Getting old sucks mayne. I dread hitting the 30 mark, at which point I'll have officially entered geezer status. No offense to 30+
Haven't crafted anything useful yet. But I can't stop. I salvage most magic and rares. (I did go on a crafting spree earlier for a rare, which I don't use anymore. Must have wasted about 50k gold crafting a good one)
I hate to break it to you, but uh
Wow did you do it solo?
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Apparently not, which is disappointing, I wanted to have a non PC gamer(360) buddy try coop with me and see if I could get him hooked. Haha.
TheExecutive
Member
1920x1080. I have set default values for nvidia and it still sucks. Trying everything under the sun to stabilize- are you using MSiAfterburner? I have to push my 570 to my OC settings below to keep a stable 60fps but it stutters like hell.
Core Voltage: 1100
Core Clock: 911
Shader Clock: 1822
Memory Clock: 2256
Universaldamps
Neo Member
Got my first legendary, woo. "Gazing Demise". Some Witch Doctor off-hand. Might use it for my alt I think
Personally I npc sell/salvage blues, and if no one i'm near can use the yellow or its not useful to me, its AH time.
Impeccable
Member
I'm lagging so far behind everyone like I thought because of my limited time.
Witch Doctor, level 20 - Just killed
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This game is so good and can't wait to play more and more.
I feel like I'm not "doing it right" but the beauty is that I can play with my build and SO FAR I am successful.
Gargantuan (Just got) + Grasp + Spider Queen + Splinter Darts.
Obviously I should be using Harvest and other generic things but I find this the most fun so far. AoE poison will be awesome when I get cloud.
Witch Doctor, level 20 - Just killed
Maghaahdahda
This game is so good and can't wait to play more and more.
I feel like I'm not "doing it right" but the beauty is that I can play with my build and SO FAR I am successful.
Gargantuan (Just got) + Grasp + Spider Queen + Splinter Darts.
Obviously I should be using Harvest and other generic things but I find this the most fun so far. AoE poison will be awesome when I get cloud.
TheExecutive
Member
1280 direct cuII
I'm so glad I went with the Monk, I'm the most important guy in the group because of him :lol
What else would I do with the trash items? Sell it to an NPC? They have no value. Sell them on the auction house? For 2k each and a limit of 10 items on the AH? No point.
I already have gear set for every class. The good items I find (which aren't much since low level becomes useless quick) go on the AH or my other characters. Everything else is salvaged.
Baller. PhD
Banned
Well, at least it's working for you. I keep getting errors, timeouts, and my gold count is different/wrong every time.
Ugh. So fucking frustrating. I basically need the AH now on Nightmare.
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