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It will go live at 12am PST, 3am EST. I don't care what the blog says. Blizzard is having their pre-launch bash (lots of streamers are attending) that lasts until 11pm PST. They aren't going to have a party that intersects the launch time of the game that the party-goers want to get their mitts on. It will be party until 11pm PST, game launch 12am PST, pass out 18 hours later.

My preparation is a little different from yours, but neither is incorrect. The only thing I'm doing to prepare for RoS is getting sleep the night before so I can be up at 3am to kill demons until my eyes bleed.

Quote from DFxSANDY » I liked the AH, the RMAH was not such a good idea. Too much abuse. I hope they will allow in clan trading with a 2 hour limit.(to limit abuse.)

This will never happen, or places like d2jsp will never die. Get legendary, invite buyer to clan, trade, remove.

Vanilla launch was 3am EST. With the Blizzard launch party ending at 11PST, it would be safe to assume that RoS will launch again at 12am PST / 3am EST.

This is unreal. People often complained that grouping sucked and there was no reason to ever do so, and now people are complaining that grouping shouldn't be as viable an option as running solo. People complained that the game sucked because there was no reason to ever socialize or go beyond playing with your follower. Now Blizzard has heard your cries and made grouping fun, fast, and efficient.

What more do you want?

You don't need to play 14 hours a day to make grouping worthwhile. I jump into agame with friends, play for an hour, go to bed. I get replaced as quickly as I jumped in and things carry on. Stop worrying about other people and play the game for your own enjoyment. I accept that I'll never catch up to Morikiopa, Modz, etc in Paragon levels or possibly even their gear levels because of their lifestyle/playstyle. Oh boo hoo, life goes on, but I'm still enjoying the time I have in-game.

Chat channels are cancerous in every game. People cried about the chat system in D3 sucking,but it doesn't matter- any iteration of it will beoverrun with trolls. I played in the ESO beta over the weekend, and I had to turn chat off because it was nothing but spam regarding WoW being better than ESO. I don't enjoy being aggravated, so I just game with my friends and stay away from the public channels.

I think I'm catching the flu on the 25th, not sure, but highly likely.

Your example is a perfect reason why it doesn't exist in Diablo 3. Lvl 3 Arcane Orb Wiz LFG! No one would ever build this, period. You still would be like everyone else maxxing out to lvl 5 if arcane orb was the must-have skill. Diablo 2 had filler skills in their trees just so you had to spend 1 point before you could choose another skill to max out. That's not a choice, that was a must. D3 gives you those skills (at your lvl 5) with unique modifiers.

Your idea of identity and being unique is greatly clouded by things of which D2 wasn't.

I sure as hell can't live without dashing strike. Escaping death, fast travel through walls,zip into big mobs of things to kill, etc., etc.

Pre: WD

Post : Monk

I understand how you feel OP and I agree, but I just can't get over how much I love this patch. Though I'm over seeing the +gold radius and +gold find on gear, I absolutely love the +% dmg to certain skills on pieces I find. It really has me trying out new builds and seeing what feels best for me, and what helps me plow over bad guys faster than before.

I also find myself trying out gear that I sacrifice some dps hits for toughness, and it has me doing Torment levels I greatly struggled with the first couple days it came out. To me, Iam loving the search for balance in gear to have higher chances of success in T6 than the old days of everything building the same mandatory stats.
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Lots of streamers are currently farming cursed chests in the Halls of Agony - Level 3. Do the event, create a new game, rinse, repeat over and over.

Right on, thanks for the info! +1

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Right on Doez. The loading screens definitely fly by now. I already fou d 3 different bracers with + % to physical, ice, and something else damage. It def makes you think about it. The ammy I found that I wrote about earlier heals me when I'm being hit by arcane damage. Do you know how freaking cool it is sitting in the disco balls having fun? It's awesome!

Haha, that is pretty cool. Having items move you away from cookie cutter builds is so much fun. Oh and another thing I'm not up to speed on / didn't really care for. The crafting recipes now require those common junk materials along with the essences, etc. In all of my playtime yesterday, I only saw 2 of those things drop. Do I need to pick up gray crap to salvage?

Passive aggressive threats are too damned funny. Oh, and the keywardens absolutely destroy me now. My WD was literally getting 2-shot by the A1 warden. Root (spirit walk on CD), fireball, use potion, javelin to the face, dead. I like the new challenge!