so i signed up for the annual pass thing which gives me D3 for free so i can pre-download the client in advance and play it the SECOND it comes online. and idk about any of you but i am taking a leave of absence from work and telling my wife to GTFO of my face for a bit while i constantly play D3 and i plan to be one of the very first people to get a character to lvl 60. i wonder if you will get a certain achievement or something for doing this? would be cool. since watching gameplay videos leveling will be fairly quick. i see someone getting to 60 in the first day or two tops, it may be difficult but i still think possible. if it only takes you 1 hour to get to lvl 10... (which i know the first levels are obviously fast) playing from morning till night would most likely get you AT LEAST into the 50's i think. if not all the way to 60. i plan on taking energy shots, staying up all night, doing whatever i gotta do.
I'm betting on Athene getting it first or damn near it. His persona that most people recognize is really just a publicity stunt. In reality, he is an amazing player at everything he plays and when he was streaming his first experiences with D3, he showed a great interest in being the first person to hit 60. He has the resources, the will, the skill, and the energy to get it done.
I'm not saying that it isn't worth trying. I'd be a damn liar if I said I wasn't going to do the same thing.
I'm just saying that if I were a betting man, I'd place my bets on him.
Due to hardcore D3 nutters like yourself (intended as a compliment not an insult!) I would never go for a 'first to 60' style achiev anyway. Longevity is more my aim, and I'll be the one still grinding away at silly obscure achievements long when everyone else is making a few coins on the RMAH or farming that perfect item to replace the 19 out of 20 stat on the one they already have.
Rest assured, my banner will be adorned with many crazy achievements before too long and I just hope doing so doesn't make me single
well idk who that guy is, but i like to think of myself as pretty fast at leveling, i have all 10 classes in wow at 85. and I've only been playing since awhile after WOTLK was released. and not constantly, large gaps of no gameplay. and i still did raids and geared my chars when i got max level, not completely but still some. i like to find the fastest possibly way to kill as many things as possible to level as fast as possible, i would always chain pulls things in wow while questing and rift. and when i played D2 back in the beginning before bots were leveling everyone i was pretty quick to get into the 80's.
It would definitely be a bunch of chinese farmers who make it to level 60 first. Mark my words.
For me, i'm taking it cruising... really really slowly. I'll get my first char to level 60 probably 50 hours into the game.
chinese farmers if the first thing that came to mind when thinking of who will be 60 first. its all about who can sit there the longest without moving until they are 60 i suppose. and they are damn good at it.
I just cant see making level 60 in 24 hours of game play - heck I would be very surprised if it is even mathematically possible to hit it in that little time. I'm sure your equipment will somewhat keep pace but people will be far from having optimal gear on a straight push to 60 - lets face it if you could be nearly optimally outfitted by 60 theres not really any point to the game after that and Diablo has always been about the quest for better stuff. Now you've got runes thrown in to the mix and a more of less solo push straight to 60 should leave most of your skills under-runed.
Throw in a few roadblocks like the Ancients from D2 and you'd probably need a bit of "help" to move past that point which means you're counting on a few individuals to be at least as crazy as you are, finding each other and playing well together.
There were lots of level 90+ characters running around but hitting 99 still took anyone but teams specially put together to get one character (and knowing ALL the tricks) to that level a long time.... I'd expect a week at the bare minimum.
I just cant see making level 60 in 24 hours of game play - heck I would be very surprised if it is even mathematically possible to hit it in that little time. I'm sure your equipment will somewhat keep pace but people will be far from having optimal gear on a straight push to 60 - lets face it if you could be nearly optimally outfitted by 60 theres not really any point to the game after that and Diablo has always been about the quest for better stuff. Now you've got runes thrown in to the mix and a more of less solo push straight to 60 should leave most of your skills under-runed.
Throw in a few roadblocks like the Ancients from D2 and you'd probably need a bit of "help" to move past that point which means you're counting on a few individuals to be at least as crazy as you are, finding each other and playing well together.
There were lots of level 90+ characters running around but hitting 99 still took anyone but teams specially put together to get one character (and knowing ALL the tricks) to that level a long time.... I'd expect a week at the bare minimum.
the cap of 60 is not lvl 99 from d2. they commented on that. it will take SIGNIFICANTLY less time to achieve. and with the game being solo able i don't see it taking forever. the ancients from d2? those were beatable if you spent long enough, maybe die a bunch but eventually defeat them. the scaling in diablo was wayyy off though in the entire game, its old. you can't compare things from D3 to D2 when its completely different in scaling. if someone can complete normal difficulty in 6 hours, and it takes a bit longer each time, and your supposed to be "60 by the end of hell" regardless of gear, you should be 60 or damn near close to it from an entire day of playing. there has been no comment anywhere saying it will take x amount of hours or days to complete the game.
I just cant see making level 60 in 24 hours of game play - heck I would be very surprised if it is even mathematically possible to hit it in that little time. I'm sure your equipment will somewhat keep pace but people will be far from having optimal gear on a straight push to 60 - lets face it if you could be nearly optimally outfitted by 60 theres not really any point to the game after that and Diablo has always been about the quest for better stuff. Now you've got runes thrown in to the mix and a more of less solo push straight to 60 should leave most of your skills under-runed.
Throw in a few roadblocks like the Ancients from D2 and you'd probably need a bit of "help" to move past that point which means you're counting on a few individuals to be at least as crazy as you are, finding each other and playing well together.
There were lots of level 90+ characters running around but hitting 99 still took anyone but teams specially put together to get one character (and knowing ALL the tricks) to that level a long time.... I'd expect a week at the bare minimum.
the cap of 60 is not lvl 99 from d2. they commented on that. it will take SIGNIFICANTLY less time to achieve. and with the game being solo able i don't see it taking forever. the ancients from d2? those were beatable if you spent long enough, maybe die a bunch but eventually defeat them. the scaling in diablo was wayyy off though in the entire game, its old. you can't compare things from D3 to D2 when its completely different in scaling. if someone can complete normal difficulty in 6 hours, and it takes a bit longer each time, and your supposed to be "60 by the end of hell" regardless of gear, you should be 60 or damn near close to it from an entire day of playing. there has been no comment anywhere saying it will take x amount of hours or days to complete the game.
Is the part about completing normal in 6 hours a factual statement or a guess? I realize the Beta is 1/3 of Act 1 - which would seem to suggest that IF the acts were of equal length then 2-3 hours per act - but 6 still seems fast.
I just cant see making level 60 in 24 hours of game play - heck I would be very surprised if it is even mathematically possible to hit it in that little time. I'm sure your equipment will somewhat keep pace but people will be far from having optimal gear on a straight push to 60 - lets face it if you could be nearly optimally outfitted by 60 theres not really any point to the game after that and Diablo has always been about the quest for better stuff. Now you've got runes thrown in to the mix and a more of less solo push straight to 60 should leave most of your skills under-runed.
Throw in a few roadblocks like the Ancients from D2 and you'd probably need a bit of "help" to move past that point which means you're counting on a few individuals to be at least as crazy as you are, finding each other and playing well together.
There were lots of level 90+ characters running around but hitting 99 still took anyone but teams specially put together to get one character (and knowing ALL the tricks) to that level a long time.... I'd expect a week at the bare minimum.
the cap of 60 is not lvl 99 from d2. they commented on that. it will take SIGNIFICANTLY less time to achieve. and with the game being solo able i don't see it taking forever. the ancients from d2? those were beatable if you spent long enough, maybe die a bunch but eventually defeat them. the scaling in diablo was wayyy off though in the entire game, its old. you can't compare things from D3 to D2 when its completely different in scaling. if someone can complete normal difficulty in 6 hours, and it takes a bit longer each time, and your supposed to be "60 by the end of hell" regardless of gear, you should be 60 or damn near close to it from an entire day of playing. there has been no comment anywhere saying it will take x amount of hours or days to complete the game.
Is the part about completing normal in 6 hours a factual statement or a guess? I realize the Beta is 1/3 of Act 1 - which would seem to suggest that IF the acts were of equal length then 2-3 hours per act - but 6 still seems fast.
estimation from beta being 1/3rd yes. because I've seen ppl complete it in less then 40 min from lvl 1.
I had some server firsts in WoW but I'm currently suffering pretty badly with RSI so there's no way I can compete in Diablo III sadly, well unless I get better over the next few months. Even if I'm RSI free I most likely won't go full no life mode as you miss out on the story and you don't really have time to soak it all up. Fast while still enjoying the experience is probably what I'll go for.
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The question isn't why do I kill. The question is, why I don't kill everybody.
I had some server firsts in WoW but I'm currently suffering pretty badly with RSI so there's no way I can compete in Diablo III sadly, well unless I get better over the next few months. Even if I'm RSI free I most likely won't go full no life mode as you miss out on the story and you don't really have time to soak it all up. Fast while still enjoying the experience is probably what I'll go for.
I'm planning on playing hardcore first and I fully expect my first character to die before level 60. Will be interesting to compare the times between first softcore and hardcore 60's.
You need a team to support you to do this. No way to do this on your own.
BS, ill prove you wrong.
Since you can in theory kill mobs faster with multiple people, I'm confident that what will happen is a group of four will power through the game, if one person falls, the other people just keep going. No leveling the blacksmith, no crafting, no side quests, no whatever. Get to Hell and then play acts III and IV a couple times to get to 60.
Personally, I don't intend to rush. I plan on going to work like normal, living my life like normal and playing whenever I have gaming time. It'll probably take me quite awhile to get to 60, but this is a GAME, it's supposed to work for me and my free time, not something I have an obligation to in some way.
I want to play the game too, but I'm not a kid anymore and don't have the time or desire to sink infinite time into a game for no real reward. Gaming is supposed to be what you do for fun in your freetime, not what you DO and all the rest of your life is to support your gaming habit. That's not a game, that's a job!
I don't think there will be an Achievement compared to WoW's Feat of Strength. So no, no "Realm First" Achievements in Diablo III, or atleast I hope there aren't any. This subject got me thinking about Rift which has a massive Realm First system. Just looting an item that hasn't been looted before will pop the message "[name] was first on the Shard to receive [item]" and it popped for everything.
One reason why there won't be any "Realm First" is because....there aren't any "Realm" to speak of. And "World First" is not an ingame Achievement
Lol, no way this is doable within 24 hours. The mobs will kick your ass because you will not have time to gear up if you go for the speed. People complain the beginning of the game is easy, and it is, but certain mobs or unlucky situations can still kill you in a second or two. I've been playing games since i was 6 or some shit (22 now) and I do have a clue what I'm doing by now. (and I'm in the beta) Once you start reaching higher difficulties, you HAVE to take it easy or you're dead half the time. Plus, why the fuck would you waste your first impression of a game you've waited 10 years for by skipping everything story related? You're basically serving yourself all the spoilers without getting the story, so it's just miserable. I used to do server first shit in WoW but I would never do it in D3 just because this game is worth so much more, every bite should be savored. It's like an epic pie that takes 10 years to bake, but instead of letting it cool and enjoying every bite, you plan to blend it up and dilute it with water and drink it with a straw. If you are so desperate for e-fame, go play something competitive where you don't have to ruin an experience this good for yourself, it's such a god damn waste.
Out of curiosity, what exactly is it that compels you so much about the concept of being the first to cross the line? I assume it's some simple desire to be the fastest and best, but this doesn't make much sense to me as you don't even know if you are getting an achievement for it. It seems unlikely that you would as they have said nothing about feats of strength like there were in WoW, and Diablo is primarily a co-operative game. The focus is not on competition.
seems like your essay is full of assumptions. i never said i had a burning desire to be first, just speculating on if we got something and considering I'm going to be playing it non stop from the second of release ill have ONE of the first 60's. i may play in a group to achieve this idk. but i love the game so much I'm going to play the crap out of it, idk about "crazy rushing through the game" i never said that either. just going to play the crap out of it the first chance i get is all. its a curious thread, I'm not professing I'm going to achieve anything lol
I'm not saying that it isn't worth trying. I'd be a damn liar if I said I wasn't going to do the same thing.
I'm just saying that if I were a betting man, I'd place my bets on him.
what my wife says daily >_>
well idk who that guy is, but i like to think of myself as pretty fast at leveling, i have all 10 classes in wow at 85. and I've only been playing since awhile after WOTLK was released. and not constantly, large gaps of no gameplay. and i still did raids and geared my chars when i got max level, not completely but still some. i like to find the fastest possibly way to kill as many things as possible to level as fast as possible, i would always chain pulls things in wow while questing and rift. and when i played D2 back in the beginning before bots were leveling everyone i was pretty quick to get into the 80's.
For me, i'm taking it cruising... really really slowly. I'll get my first char to level 60 probably 50 hours into the game.
chinese farmers if the first thing that came to mind when thinking of who will be 60 first. its all about who can sit there the longest without moving until they are 60 i suppose. and they are damn good at it.
Throw in a few roadblocks like the Ancients from D2 and you'd probably need a bit of "help" to move past that point which means you're counting on a few individuals to be at least as crazy as you are, finding each other and playing well together.
There were lots of level 90+ characters running around but hitting 99 still took anyone but teams specially put together to get one character (and knowing ALL the tricks) to that level a long time.... I'd expect a week at the bare minimum.
the cap of 60 is not lvl 99 from d2. they commented on that. it will take SIGNIFICANTLY less time to achieve. and with the game being solo able i don't see it taking forever. the ancients from d2? those were beatable if you spent long enough, maybe die a bunch but eventually defeat them. the scaling in diablo was wayyy off though in the entire game, its old. you can't compare things from D3 to D2 when its completely different in scaling. if someone can complete normal difficulty in 6 hours, and it takes a bit longer each time, and your supposed to be "60 by the end of hell" regardless of gear, you should be 60 or damn near close to it from an entire day of playing. there has been no comment anywhere saying it will take x amount of hours or days to complete the game.
Is the part about completing normal in 6 hours a factual statement or a guess? I realize the Beta is 1/3 of Act 1 - which would seem to suggest that IF the acts were of equal length then 2-3 hours per act - but 6 still seems fast.
estimation from beta being 1/3rd yes. because I've seen ppl complete it in less then 40 min from lvl 1.
sorry to hear that man... whats RSI...? lol
Edit: RSI = repeated strain injury
BS, ill prove you wrong.
Since you can in theory kill mobs faster with multiple people, I'm confident that what will happen is a group of four will power through the game, if one person falls, the other people just keep going. No leveling the blacksmith, no crafting, no side quests, no whatever. Get to Hell and then play acts III and IV a couple times to get to 60.
Personally, I don't intend to rush. I plan on going to work like normal, living my life like normal and playing whenever I have gaming time. It'll probably take me quite awhile to get to 60, but this is a GAME, it's supposed to work for me and my free time, not something I have an obligation to in some way.
I want to play the game too, but I'm not a kid anymore and don't have the time or desire to sink infinite time into a game for no real reward. Gaming is supposed to be what you do for fun in your freetime, not what you DO and all the rest of your life is to support your gaming habit. That's not a game, that's a job!
One reason why there won't be any "Realm First" is because....there aren't any "Realm" to speak of. And "World First" is not an ingame Achievement
seems like your essay is full of assumptions. i never said i had a burning desire to be first, just speculating on if we got something and considering I'm going to be playing it non stop from the second of release ill have ONE of the first 60's. i may play in a group to achieve this idk. but i love the game so much I'm going to play the crap out of it, idk about "crazy rushing through the game" i never said that either. just going to play the crap out of it the first chance i get is all. its a curious thread, I'm not professing I'm going to achieve anything lol