Yay, just what we all wanted, a giant box UI element covering 3/4 of the screen that isn't wanted or needed. Diablo 3's UI has been pretty awful for blizzard standards.
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- Alcovitch
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Oct 5, 2014
Alcovitch posted a message on Edriel's End-Game Suggestions, Saturday's Technical Issues"But how to make it happen without ruining the lore?"Posted in: News
LMAO. It's too late for that, Diablo 3's story happened. There's nothing left to butcher.
So basically you're idea is MOBA lite in Diablo 3? Portals, each team has its own lane, team minions? Yah, no. HOTS should cover you for that sort of stuff. -
Jul 28, 2014
Alcovitch posted a message on Critical Hit Playing Reaper of Souls, Starter Crafted Demon Hunter, Blizzard Service Awards UpdatedWhy would they have included music from Diablo 2 in ROS soundtrack?Posted in: News
I guess i'll have to go back and watch the cinematics cause i REALLY don't remember that piece. It's really not one of the better tracks if it really is LOD music (which i'm doubtful). -
Jul 27, 2014
Alcovitch posted a message on Critical Hit Playing Reaper of Souls, Starter Crafted Demon Hunter, Blizzard Service Awards UpdatedI'm not digging that Critical Hit song. Not only does it not sound like Diablo music for the most part, it doesn't resemble anything out of the expansion. If anything, the intro sounded like it would fit with Caldeum but thats not an expansion zone.Posted in: News
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Aug 23, 2012
Alcovitch posted a message on A Message From JayPosted in: NewsQuote from naimc
He did so off clock hours and on facebook away from anything related to blizzard. How does that link in with the company? Is he NEVER allowed to express his opinion? Grow a pair and stop acting butthurt as if that comment affected you in any way. Bunch of pansies.
Clearly you have no idea how professional business is conducted. Most companies will have some form of social media clause in employee contracts as well as employee handbooks. They have them for a REASON. See Jay Wilson fiasco for an example why.
It doesn't matter if it's off the clock. What matters is that he is a public figure for a very large and well known company. His actions & his words publicly reflect on the company that employs him. It comes with the job.
Freedom of speech isn't a free pass to be a douche bag. -
Mar 30, 2012
Alcovitch posted a message on Inferno Monster Levels No Longer Linear, More Fansite Q&A, Bashiok on Runes, Blizzard FacebookWoW.... Very disappointing.Posted in: News
What was wrong with casuals hitting a brick wall in Inferno? Can we even call them Casual players anymore once they've gotten to the point of playing inferno?
Why the decrease in difficulty to hand old people at teh start. Inferno was supposed to be farm where you want and it's all the same difficulty.
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Feb 24, 2012
Alcovitch posted a message on Message from Jay, Skill Runes and Choices, Changes, Login Issues, EU PayPal, Item CustomizationPosted in: NewsQuote from GladHeHasBeta
so are you still going to troll the forums with your "there is no rune system anymore *rage*!"
Lol speaking of trolls... -
Feb 23, 2012
Alcovitch posted a message on Message from Jay, Skill Runes and Choices, Changes, Login Issues, EU PayPal, Item Customizationlol my question and answer from Bashiok made the front pagePosted in: News
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Jan 19, 2012
Alcovitch posted a message on System ChangesSigh. at this point it just seems like they are stuck in an "iterative process" looping phase. They can't make up their minds about ANYTHING. Games almost finished! lets go ahead and scrap half the systems and start over!Posted in: News
Some of the changes just seems like needless nit picking.
Summer or later at this point now. -
Aug 21, 2009
Alcovitch posted a message on New Diablo 3 Character Class: The Monk!Posted in: NewsQuote from "darkmatter77" »true it doesnt seem so good yet but didnt everyone say that about the witch doctor and wizard ....it will just take some getting use to im sure he will be epic in his own right...he better because he's probably taking my knight
Not really. Witch Doctor fits in the diablo setting pretty easy and I thought the WD was awesome from day one. The only people complaining where those who wanted the Necro and felt threated that the class was replaced with the WD.
SO far all the classes have felt like natural fits to the game... except the Monk.
Seriously, there was so much to pick from, and they went Monk. -
Aug 21, 2009
Alcovitch posted a message on New Diablo 3 Character Class: The Monk!A Monk... sigh. Out of all the things they could have offered as a class, they pick a Monk. Disappointing indeed. The 5th class better be extra good to compensate for this let down.Posted in: News
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Sep 22, 2008
Alcovitch posted a message on Diablo 3 Item Grace Period & Alt KeyAs long as there is an option to have item tags show up all the time without fading, then I don't care how this alt function works.Posted in: News
Constantly having to press a button to see items is a pain in the ass. I prefer to just have the name plates show up all the time (as long as they don't stack on top of each other like TQ) -
Jul 14, 2008
Alcovitch posted a message on Diablo III Thoughts From Ex-Blizzard EmployeePosted in: NewsQuote from "waddlez" »renend, Barb is probably the only class coming back
the rest should be unique
They should all have been unique or return all the original 5.
Frankly, I don't like the idea of all new classes to replace EVERYTHING. It's cool to throw in a new class or two (witch doctor) but to completly wipe some of the excellent classes from D2??
Some kind of mage or pure caster has to be included.
Ranged fighter has to be included.
And I'd say at least 1 hybrid (pally). Just because the Barb uses ONE ability thats SIMILAR to the pally charge, doesn't mean they couldn't just give the pally something else? -
Jul 10, 2008
Alcovitch posted a message on Official BlizzCast 5 Q&A SubmissionsPosted in: NewsQuote from "myowngod" »1. Will blizzard consider tweaking the art style in response to all the complaints? (I for one, would love to see the over zealous armour and overall style turned down a little... maybe not dII... but please eliminate the rainbow...)
5. Any word on system requirements or DX10 support? (Would love to know if i need to upgrade the system)
1. You have to be kidding? They said they would select a FEW questions, you think they will waste a spot for such a childish question? You already know the answer. NO.
2. The game isn't out yet and untill they are near release, you won't know what the specs are. They ALREADY said that DX10 will not be required.
There we go, made room for good questions to ask blizz by taking care of 2 awful ones. Whos next? -
Jul 9, 2008
Alcovitch posted a message on Blizzard Comments On The Classes In Diablo 3Posted in: NewsQuote from "Sryii" »I don't know I think a pure caster will may not be a for sure thing. If everything is about "everyone" kicking in heads at the same time then it may be less likely that a spell caster will be incapable of melee attacks. (actually I think that would be very cool, have a butt kicking spell caster that wields swords and can actually take a punch! wait a minute . . . isn't that really just a paladin?)
Didn't Blizz say something about a reduced need for healing anyway?
Paladins healing in D2 sucked big time. Just because there won't be a healer doesn't mean the pally won't be there.
How can you justify no pure caster? What good action RPG has no caster?
Kicking in heads was just a phrase meaning that all classes will be able to KILL stuff. They didn't mean litterally. Casters are physically weak and die easy, but they become very powerful later in the game with AOE's etc. They can take down more mobs faster then melee classes typically. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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The difference is I use Akkarats Champaion - Rally with Heaven's Fury. I also use Blessed Shield with Combust rune.
Combust has much better synergy with Condemn - Vaccum. Pull everything in and then the Combust explosions stack hitting everything around you.
Akkarats Champion - Rally - Well this is for the wrath regen, boost in dps and the CD reduction on dmg (works well with Heaven's Fury - Blessed Ground)
Iron Skin - Reflective Skin - -50% dmg and reflect 200% of that back to mobs. Good survival skill and you can have it up a lot with Akkarat's Champion - Rally proc.
The main issue with this build is Wrath, but that's an issue for every build with Crusaders till you get Gyrfalcon's Foote and can spam Blessed Shield all day (then you'd also stack attack speed).
I also have that shield (got it off Kadala :P) that increases blessed shield targets hit. Its a must for this type of build. I'd suggest rerolling the Blessed Shield % dmg on it to +Crit Chance tho.
Also, you failed to mention that Hold Your Ground passive is a must since half of your shields dmg stacks off of your block chance and this gives you an additional 15%.
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Co-op is fine. I'm always more efficient solo. I kill things faster and go where I want.
I do play with friends and it's nice to have small buff for being in a group but NEVER have I felt I'm missing out because i'm not playing in random pub games for the bonuses.
Who cares about the XP gains in higher Torment? It's such a boring motivator. There's literally nothing different except mobs have way more HP, hit harder. It's not like you're getting items you can't get in lower Torment.
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On my Witch Doctor or Barb I'd find an average of 1-2 legendaries a run in MP7-10.
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I'm kind of shocked they didn't fix this issue from MP. Why aren't there changes to the game as you go up? New affixes on elites as you go up, new items in higher tiers of Torment, etc.
Simply gaining higher gold and XP per difficulty is NOT ENOUGH to get people to play T6.
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LOL to all those who were saying the expansion was going to be out by mid to end of 2014 at the earliest.
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See, my problem with these kind of posts is that it's very short sighted. The main thing the console version does is bump up the numbers. It's still the same basic itemization (with less stuff dropping of course). You'll run into the same boring loot grinds that you find on pc on the console too when you have everything you want. And by the sounds of the insane drop %'s on console, it will happen even faster then it does on pc.
While the loot may be a nice change of pace (for the very short term) the other things about the console version for me make the improved loot not worth it.
The interface is hideous compared to the pc version. I understand that compromises were needed to be made, but that doesn't make it any less horrid to use.
The game looks awful with washed out blurry textures and bad screen tearing. I've also noticed frame rate dips on the PS3 version as well.
The dash or roll everyone has been talking about is next to useless because it's not any faster then your base movement speed. I found this to be very frustrating and pointless as it's no faster to walk out of an arcane beam then it is to dodge out of it. I understand there's a window of invulnerability, but this window is so small, it's next to useless. I basically never used the dodge while playing the console version.
Targeted spells like Grasp of the Dead suck with a controller because you can't decide exactly where to use it like you can with the mouse.
Overall, anyone coming from the PC version will find an inferior product in the console version if they are willing to look passed the "OMG BIGGER NUMBERS" insta gratification loot system.
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Clearly you have no idea how professional business is conducted. Most companies will have some form of social media clause in employee contracts as well as employee handbooks. They have them for a REASON. See Jay Wilson fiasco for an example why.
It doesn't matter if it's off the clock. What matters is that he is a public figure for a very large and well known company. His actions & his words publicly reflect on the company that employs him. It comes with the job.
Freedom of speech isn't a free pass to be a douche bag.
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Nothing to see here really.
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The farming right now is boring enough doing it yourself, imagine watching someone else do it? geeze.
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No they won't. I found a 900+ LoH weapon but the damage was so low no one cared. If the damage on the weapon is crap, nothing else really matters.
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If you have gear that can steamroll act 3, you've already completed the game long ago. There's NEVER a reason to farm act 4. It's a completely pointless act of the game.
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Nope. Just insanely boring.
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