What is the most efficient way to farm for the Royal Ring of Grandeur ?
I currently farm Act 1 in Public - Normal mode following the Junger rules as closely as I can. Although this should be fairly fast, I am finding it painfully slow because :
1. Around 25% of the games I enter are bugged as in they cannot be completed for some reason e.g. Destroy the Jar of Souls which is missing. This is not a major issue after the Tuesday (US Server) reboot but it becomes one very quickly thereafter.
2. Entering a game times-out 20% of the time requiring me to kill Diablo.III.exe and start again.
Is there a better way to do this avoiding some of the system issues ? a group/party I can join ?. A quick way to restart the game
I can generally clear any bounty in under a minute ( unless it’s a particularly demanding one or a huge map ) and would like to farm with other like minded folks.
I am fairly new to Diablo and would appreciate some advice as I am at a crossroads with my build and a bit confused. I have a stash full of gear but have settled for the build below which gives me a respectable sheet DPS and a lot of potential for higher damage ( 20+ million crit )
Helm : Tal Rasha Chest : Tal Rasha Ammulet : Tal Rasha Shoulder : Aughilds Braces : Aughilds Gloves : Firebird
Belt : Harrington Waistguard
Pants : Firebirds
Boots : Ice Climbers
Weapon : Thunderfury with +130% CHD
Off-hand : Mirrorball
Rings : Ring of Royal Grandeur, Puzzle ring
The main item I am questioning is the gloves. I have a choice between gauntlets which give me more balanced CHC and CHD ( 55% and 407% ) respectively. I also have firebird talons which don’t give me CHD but do give me a 500int bonus from the 3 set bonus. On sheet DPS alone, option 2 looks better but during play, I notice the highest observable crit damage is lower than when using option 1. How significant is that 47% CHD difference ? If Diablo had a training room with a punch bag for us to measure our dps against the clock, that would be great but as they don’t and the numbers I am seeing from poorly “controlled” fights vary too much, its impossible to compare one against the other accurately. My gut feeling is option 1 is marginally better. I had tried to re-roll the 10% CHC on the Firebird talons to 50% CHD but it’s costing a fortune ( 700k a roll and increasing after having spent 23mil already. Now broke. ) Option 1 Wearing Gladiator Gauntlets ( +9% CC, + 47% CHD )
Crit Chance : 55% Crit Damage : 407%
Int : 8750
Attack Speed : 1.92
Sheet DPS : 978,000
Option 2
Wearing Firebirds Talon ( +10% CC, no CHD, +500 Int bonus for wearing 2 pieces + ring of royal grandeur )
Crit Chance : 56%
Crit Damage : 360%
Int : 9250
Attack Speed : 1.92
DPS : 1,028,000 ( self calculated to include firebird bonus as sheet dps excludes it )
This will generally hold true if you equip the items you find the moment you find them regardless of how they compare to your existing items. Lets suppose over a period of 6 hours, you found swords A.B,C,D,E & F. If you equip each sword then it’s likely you will see a 50% chance of usability when going from one to the next.
However, if you play like me and only equip a better items, then this changes everything. Lets suppose again that you found 6 swords A.B,C,D,E & F.
Sword B is an almost perfect ( let’s say 95% ) roll of a Thunderfury, the chances of swords C, D, E and F being an improvement on it are extremely low.
This is natural selection at play.
If Blizzard were to make sure “we had 50% chance to get a usable item”, they would have to make sure every upgrade is controlled ( say +1 int/dex point ) from one item to the next otherwise weapon stats would go through the roof.
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I currently farm Act 1 in Public - Normal mode following the Junger rules as closely as I can. Although this should be fairly fast, I am finding it painfully slow because :
1. Around 25% of the games I enter are bugged as in they cannot be completed for some reason e.g. Destroy the Jar of Souls which is missing. This is not a major issue after the Tuesday (US Server) reboot but it becomes one very quickly thereafter.
2. Entering a game times-out 20% of the time requiring me to kill Diablo.III.exe and start again.
Is there a better way to do this avoiding some of the system issues ? a group/party I can join ?. A quick way to restart the game
I can generally clear any bounty in under a minute ( unless it’s a particularly demanding one or a huge map ) and would like to farm with other like minded folks.
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I am fairly new to Diablo and would appreciate some advice as I am at a crossroads with my build and a bit confused. I have a stash full of gear but have settled for the build below which gives me a respectable sheet DPS and a lot of potential for higher damage ( 20+ million crit )
Chest : Tal Rasha
Ammulet : Tal Rasha
Shoulder : Aughilds
Braces : Aughilds
Gloves : Firebird
Belt : Harrington Waistguard
Pants : Firebirds
Boots : Ice Climbers
Weapon : Thunderfury with +130% CHD
Off-hand : Mirrorball
Rings : Ring of Royal Grandeur, Puzzle ring
The main item I am questioning is the gloves. I have a choice between gauntlets which give me more balanced CHC and CHD ( 55% and 407% ) respectively. I also have firebird talons which don’t give me CHD but do give me a 500int bonus from the 3 set bonus. On sheet DPS alone, option 2 looks better but during play, I notice the highest observable crit damage is lower than when using option 1. How significant is that 47% CHD difference ?
If Diablo had a training room with a punch bag for us to measure our dps against the clock, that would be great but as they don’t and the numbers I am seeing from poorly “controlled” fights vary too much, its impossible to compare one against the other accurately.
My gut feeling is option 1 is marginally better. I had tried to re-roll the 10% CHC on the Firebird talons to 50% CHD but it’s costing a fortune ( 700k a roll and increasing after having spent 23mil already. Now broke. )
Option 1
Wearing Gladiator Gauntlets ( +9% CC, + 47% CHD )
Crit Chance : 55%
Crit Damage : 407%
Int : 8750
Attack Speed : 1.92
Sheet DPS : 978,000
Option 2
Wearing Firebirds Talon ( +10% CC, no CHD, +500 Int bonus for wearing 2 pieces + ring of royal grandeur )
Crit Chance : 56%
Crit Damage : 360%
Int : 9250
Attack Speed : 1.92
DPS : 1,028,000 ( self calculated to include firebird bonus as sheet dps excludes it )
Any advice welcome
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This will generally hold true if you equip the items you find the moment you find them regardless of how they compare to your existing items. Lets suppose over a period of 6 hours, you found swords A.B,C,D,E & F. If you equip each sword then it’s likely you will see a 50% chance of usability when going from one to the next.
However, if you play like me and only equip a better items, then this changes everything. Lets suppose again that you found 6 swords A.B,C,D,E & F.
Sword B is an almost perfect ( let’s say 95% ) roll of a Thunderfury, the chances of swords C, D, E and F being an improvement on it are extremely low.
This is natural selection at play.
If Blizzard were to make sure “we had 50% chance to get a usable item”, they would have to make sure every upgrade is controlled ( say +1 int/dex point ) from one item to the next otherwise weapon stats would go through the roof.