I played for 3 hours yesterday (first time in ages too) and thought I was doing well with my 2 legendaries.
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I played for 3 hours yesterday (first time in ages too) and thought I was doing well with my 2 legendaries.
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So the EU servers are fucked. 1999ms and freezing, completely unable to move. My friend is having the same issue as well, as are others on the forum yet Blizzard haven't even bothered to respond. I don't know why the EU servers are so much worse than the US ones.
France is the answer. France is always the answer to this. Blizz EU is maintained by two janitors in France, on a monthly budget of $12.95. Sometimes servers crash, then they go down on a stairs, take out the trash that is in front of that Pentium 1 server, and reboot it.
So yeah, it is a complicated process.
lol.
i'm looking forward to a run around later tonight, I hope EU is back up at that stage
I can't check bnet links from work, but my monk who was previously stomping MP10 was able to get upgrades via crafting for shoulders, bracers and belt fairly quickly (<10 crafts each)
If you haven't done so yet those are solid options. Chest too possibly
Fenderputty
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Crafting bracers requires 15 common debris now. The chest like two. It's ridiculous how much cheaper the chest is comparatively.
But the chest is 150,000 gold
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Are you guys crafting just out of curiosity? Because won't any crafted gear be more or less obsolete one month from now?
I'm playing hc, so I'd rather live than cut on my equipment. The higher stats really do help with the EHP.
ok I will try that. another thing is I'm using the stun build you posted on reddit and when I was using it last night i was running out of spirit, I assume for monk you want attack speed on equipment so you can generate spirit faster and drop more bells? what about crit and crit dmg? should i care about that?
I'm drowning in common debris! They should make Magic items give you x3 or 4 exquisite and rares give you x1 or x2 in addition to iridescent tears. I never have enough of em
Dreams-Visions
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Huh. I did 3 runs with GAFers and got 2 organs. They said I was lucky. I guess I was.
Also, the 1H Bow I got last night...I'll post it once I fix it up. Probably the best drop I've had in this game.
eudaemonic
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Gawd damn, Yoshi. Next thing you're gonna do is set up a lappy under the desk at work and play with your toes when no one is paying attention.
I laughed. Great mental image.
The Lamonster
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Got some sweet green blacksmith plans last night but don't know which pieces to craft. Is there a way to see how the visual model looks, like in World of Warcraft?
Dreams-Visions
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Is crafting even a good idea now with the expansion weeks away? Should we not be saving our money for RoS 70s? Every good legendary I get I sort of get salty because in a few weeks it'll be worth as much to me as my level 50 item drops are to my 60 account.
The bitter irony of it all is as a player since launch I only was able to find a handful of legendaries, lifetime. Now they're raining down like so much candy in Willy Wonka's Chocolate factory, but I have to enjoy them for a brief moment because in a few weeks those level 60 legendaries I've coveted for literally years won't be so special anymore. Feels weird. Good in the moment, meh in the grand scheme.
The bitter irony of it all is as a player since launch I only was able to find a handful of legendaries, lifetime. Now they're raining down like so much candy in Willy Wonka's Chocolate factory, but I have to enjoy them for a brief moment because in a few weeks those level 60 legendaries I've coveted for literally years won't be so special anymore. Feels weird. Good in the moment, meh in the grand scheme.
The Lamonster
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I heard legendaries scale with your level, is that not true?
Dreams-Visions
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Not sure. Maybe someone can clarify. I'm under the impression that everything we currently have will be worhtless as we level up, as all under-leveled items eventually become.
also, US East/Americas is up.
Exalted Soul helps and I since added in EP Strong Spirit to the mix so when things die I get a chunk of spirit back. You may want one of the +spirit generators too.
Yes, absolutely you want cc/cd. Try to be around a 1:10 ratio. 2.0 attack speed is the minimum I'd try for.
Fenderputty
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Legendaries scale with your level in the sense that you can get legendaries that normally drop at level 30, at a level 70 level with equivalent stats.
This does not mean that as you level up your legendary's stats will equivalently "level up" to match your level (unless i've been grossly misinformed)
I'm not sure how crafting works, but I have had plans drop that were level 23 on my level 60 char, so I don't think those scale
They scale to your lvl at the moment they drop, they obviously wont change their stats when you lvl up.
spindoctor
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The NA RMAH (for gold specifically) is functional again and the price is currently about $4.2 per 50 million, which is the highest it has been till date. If you wanted to offload some gold, now is the time.
Dreams-Visions
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BLIZZARD PLS
I've done a few.
Seven Sins:
Easy upgrade over the previous craftable shoulders. They have ~100 of each mainstat as base, and they have 4 randoms from there so it's pretty easy to get your mainstat and vit and wind up with 450 of each.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Raticus79-1110/hero/3454234
Here's the recipe. Of the "4 random properties", 3 are primary and 1 is secondary. (So the ones I have rolled dex, vit, %life and experience boost as the secondary)
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/seven-sins
Hellfire ring crafting's a lot more reliable now with the smaller pool of affixes now that the split ones like dex/vit are gone.
Why will crafted gear be obsolete in a month from now?
Dreams-Visions
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Because of the raising of the level cap. So they will be obselete for the same reason your level 50 gear is obsolete on your level 60 characters.
Also, sharing with the class:
With the frosty version of the elemental arrow? And it's actually giving me Hate instead of consuming it??
Shouta
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I finally got wired net at home and loaded this up yesterday. It's amazing the loot is so much better. The revamped skills for all the classes are fantastic too. Inner Sanctuary with that new final rune is actually useful for Monk! Totally using that over Serenity now, lol.
The new Plvl stuff is really nice too. I can mess with the gear and tweak those for the best combination i want, no more having to cram tons of junk on one for obscene cash. Can someone toss me an invite to the guild? I think I saw eek and Ploid with it last night but I was too busy with checking the changes out.
The new Plvl stuff is really nice too. I can mess with the gear and tweak those for the best combination i want, no more having to cram tons of junk on one for obscene cash. Can someone toss me an invite to the guild? I think I saw eek and Ploid with it last night but I was too busy with checking the changes out.
Because of the raising of the level cap. So they will be obselete for the same reason your level 50 gear is obsolete on your level 60 characters.
Also, sharing with the class:
With the frosty version of the elemental arrow? And it's actually giving me Hate instead of consuming it??
Why does it say lvl 31?
ASAIK there is a bug that displays the "Lowest level it can drop at"
The Lamonster
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Go into your sound options and turn Voice down to 0. It's wonderful.
WHAT A MONSTROUS CREETCHA
Robin64
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The drop quality doesn't improve with difficulties, so don't expect that.
Lmao those comments crack me up. They actually nerfed how much it used to be, they used to talk much more.
Do you have any lamas bread or sweet wine??
O.DOGG
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Oh. I didn't know that.
You're right, those don't scale. However, for every lower level legendary/set plan there is a lvl 70 version that drops on max level, so you'll be able to find those plans and craft lvl 70 versions of those legendaries in RoS. It's been confirmed by blue.
You can just farm normal over and over :/ Pretty silly decision there on their part.
is there a way to make more health globes drop? i've noticed that they are not very common. also, am i supposed to be only using a generator, a spender, and 4 buffs or something?
right now i am running torment 2 crypt of the ancients pretty easily. http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/balddemon-1627/hero/18429644 3 buffs, archon.
That may be the case for crafted or rares but I dont see that being the case immediately especially for legendaries. Yes they will scale with lvl but they will roll stats from the same pool of affixes. If you have a legendary that works now there is no guarantee you will automatically find a replacement as soon as the xp hits. Eventually yes, but prolly months not weeks.
The Omega Man
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Hey guys, maintenance has been extended, again...
oh thats good to know
I've been messing with cyclone/implosion with the inner sanctuary 30% dmg / slow enemies and MoC. Cyclone in, inner sanctuary and hit a MoC for huge damage boost and clustered enemies. Pretty sweet.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Yeah, I almost have more fun on T1 than higher levels simply because I can mow down hordes of enemies quickly and collect more drops in said timeframe. Higher torment levels boost XP greatly, but if it's item farming you want then it seems best to stay on T1. Pretty much just stay on the highest torment level that trash remains trivial to you and where you can "quickly" dispatch elite packs. If its taking you ten minutes per elite pack then it's time to knock it down a peg or two.
Teasing_Pink
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Most (all?) classes have some skill rune that affects the drop rate of health globes. There are also some items (legendary specific I believe) that increase globe drop rate.
Dreams-Visions
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I hear you, but with the way legendaries are dropping...I don't think it'll take more than a few days before people have upgraded major portions of their characters, if not the majority of the slots.
It's Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, and we're all invited.
I'm kinda the opposite on that. I like feeling like I worked a little for my kills. Breezing through feels unrewarding and creates boredom for me.
ymmv. but give me a little challenge over bosses dying in 5 seconds any day.
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