The blacksmith now offers crap...its as if they intentionally altered everything so you oculdn't use it on the beta. Not to balance the game mind you, just to screw around with beta. Probably so some dimwitted people could experience the game to be a little more challenging.
Of course they could have just not used the Blacksmith if they wanted that same feeling.....but if there is one thing I have learned on this site is that these wannabe hardcore players just want to force everyone else to follow their obscure self rules, not to actually just follow them for themselves. They don't have the moral fortitude to not cheat their own self rules!
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One is never hurt by being given additional choices, only by taking them away. A QUADRILLION MAGIC FIND is worthless if you can't kill shit!
They realized that too much emphasize was being put on the BS in the beta. They wanted people to move away from Haedrig for their weapons and be out in the world exploring. Have you realized that there are a lot more elite mobs and blues seem to be dropping like wildfire? Cause that is what they want people to do, killing the elite mobs instead of bosses or crafting weapons and armor.
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It just makes you more human that's all. And makes world drops at this level more relevant. It's not a big deal once the game is released. There are still a few BS items at around 13 that are better than world drops.
The blacksmith now offers crap...its as if they intentionally altered everything so you oculdn't use it on the beta. Not to balance the game mind you, just to screw around with beta.
You really think they just wanted to screw around the beta? And if so you poor beta participants, I sympathize.
Yes I know what you mean, they did not want skill switching on the fly and now there is cool downs, they want it harder in Normal but hell its normal for petes sake!! If they want it hard now then they will be sorry when you get to Nightmare and beyond if the difficulty scales with acts. Every one said that it was tougher until they got that certain item from the black smith that made the game play a little easier, I don't want to struggle thru Normal because all of the Hardecore cry babies......there be time for that in the later difficulty's, I want to get to grips with the lore and general gameplay and be comfortable with the game over all before the shit hits the fan.
Not every one can think at the speed of sound or multi task a hundred buttons and thousand skills (ok that was exaggerating a little but you get my point). I just hope all these WOW players don't get their way and get the movement put onto keys because they don't know how to click a mouse, leave your WOW crap at WOW (tried the game and it sucks) this is D3 not a WOW sequel.
I do not consider myself hard core or even casual player, I have played D2 since the beginning and done just about all there is to do in the game so I am not exactly a noob but I have always gone at my own pace. If you are being dictated to on how to play the game because the game is being changed a certain way to suit certain players then it is just not enjoyable.
I don't expect the BS to give me all I want straight off and it is great to find stuff that will turn the tide until the next great drop but from what I have seen the drops are not that good. If the black smith does not offer anything good in Normal then why have him there at all, he has to offer some good stuff to be a worth while asset to the game. In D2 the Merchant never had anything good, there need to be a balance between drops and Merchants offering viable gear to make both exciting to use and do.
Its a great change. Now the bs is to fill the gaps of items you dont get from drop, instead of making drops useless by being best in slot for their lvl
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Then you see what cannot be. Shadows move where light should be.
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They just move content further to lvl 60. With no replayability there no need for tons of low/mid-lvl gear, including those from BS. Untill now we had too much possible to craft, we wouldn't even need half of that during normal leveling... So it's perfectly understandable and makes sense.
Crafting should never offer a player the best gear. When it does it's a complete design failure. Drops should be the primary source of gear while crafting should fill in gaps where you have yet to get a drop, or for very situational pieces for a certain build.
Its a great change. Now the bs is to fill the gaps of items you dont get from drop, instead of making drops useless by being best in slot for their lvl
No, they changed him for the beta.
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One is never hurt by being given additional choices, only by taking them away. A QUADRILLION MAGIC FIND is worthless if you can't kill shit!
Crafting should never offer a player the best gear. When it does it's a complete design failure. Drops should be the primary source of gear while crafting should fill in gaps where you have yet to get a drop, or for very situational pieces for a certain build.
too bad ya know it does.....all the way while leveling.
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One is never hurt by being given additional choices, only by taking them away. A QUADRILLION MAGIC FIND is worthless if you can't kill shit!
That's right the drops are for the most parts crap, BS does not have anything to offer now and Monsters now do double damage.....you work out the maths on that.
I have to admit all of my characters patch 13 were all decked out in nothing but blacksmith gear no drops at all besides rings i was kinda pissed to say the least
That's right the drops are for the most parts crap, BS does not have anything to offer now and Monsters now do double damage.....you work out the maths on that.
people are blowing it out of proportions or simply dont know how to play, beta content is still pretty much a tutorial
Beta is not a tutorial! The BS still offers a lot of good stuff, they just made it so there are no weapons that can be of use in the beta. From like level 7 to 13 there is nothing.
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One is never hurt by being given additional choices, only by taking them away. A QUADRILLION MAGIC FIND is worthless if you can't kill shit!
...is this for real? I won't even state the obvious reason Blizzard did this, because so many people already have...I (and everyone else) was running around with mostly BS items. Now THAT'S BS.
of course you was, and guess what, from the way things look that trend will continue the whole way. If the level ~7 mobs in beta wont drop anything above like level 2, then guess what? You basically will never find an upgrade over old BS items from that trash if you fights mobs your level.
hes right people werent using the drops other then the yellows that dropped the first time you killed king other than that it was bs gear
Because crafted gear was designed for lvl 12-13 and SK is a boss for lvl 8-9 which makes an imbalance that blizzard mostly fixed with these changes.
In the end seems good so far, hopefully we get to inferno with hell gear, not BS gear
But thats just it, its an imbalance that only exists in the beta. A regular lvl 13 won't be anywhere near the stupid skeleton king!
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One is never hurt by being given additional choices, only by taking them away. A QUADRILLION MAGIC FIND is worthless if you can't kill shit!
Of course they could have just not used the Blacksmith if they wanted that same feeling.....but if there is one thing I have learned on this site is that these wannabe hardcore players just want to force everyone else to follow their obscure self rules, not to actually just follow them for themselves. They don't have the moral fortitude to not cheat their own self rules!
A QUADRILLION MAGIC FIND is worthless if you can't kill shit!
You should be farming Items... not components to craft items.
Not every one can think at the speed of sound or multi task a hundred buttons and thousand skills (ok that was exaggerating a little but you get my point). I just hope all these WOW players don't get their way and get the movement put onto keys because they don't know how to click a mouse, leave your WOW crap at WOW (tried the game and it sucks) this is D3 not a WOW sequel.
I do not consider myself hard core or even casual player, I have played D2 since the beginning and done just about all there is to do in the game so I am not exactly a noob but I have always gone at my own pace. If you are being dictated to on how to play the game because the game is being changed a certain way to suit certain players then it is just not enjoyable.
I don't expect the BS to give me all I want straight off and it is great to find stuff that will turn the tide until the next great drop but from what I have seen the drops are not that good. If the black smith does not offer anything good in Normal then why have him there at all, he has to offer some good stuff to be a worth while asset to the game. In D2 the Merchant never had anything good, there need to be a balance between drops and Merchants offering viable gear to make both exciting to use and do.
There is nothing to farm, everything that drops is pure shit. Its not even good for like lvl 7s!
No, they changed him for the beta.
A QUADRILLION MAGIC FIND is worthless if you can't kill shit!
too bad ya know it does.....all the way while leveling.
A QUADRILLION MAGIC FIND is worthless if you can't kill shit!
Wait until you do full game on normal and see where crafting sits before you cry that you can't craft crap at lvl 13 while farming a low level area.
Beta is not a tutorial! The BS still offers a lot of good stuff, they just made it so there are no weapons that can be of use in the beta. From like level 7 to 13 there is nothing.
A QUADRILLION MAGIC FIND is worthless if you can't kill shit!
of course you was, and guess what, from the way things look that trend will continue the whole way. If the level ~7 mobs in beta wont drop anything above like level 2, then guess what? You basically will never find an upgrade over old BS items from that trash if you fights mobs your level.
But thats just it, its an imbalance that only exists in the beta. A regular lvl 13 won't be anywhere near the stupid skeleton king!
A QUADRILLION MAGIC FIND is worthless if you can't kill shit!