It's a few months old, but haven't seen it posted here yet so thought I'd drop a heads-up for the uninitiated.
Now it almost goes without saying, you should never download or execute files from an untrusted source, and this scam is exactly why.
People will post on general LF 1 more to join goblin farming group or hardcore farming group.
They will chat you up to make you believe they are legit, question your dps gear and MF gear. At some point you will be asked to dl a magic gear swap program, and they will provide you a link.
When you execute the .exe its just an AutoIT script, it dumps all the gear you are wearing, and they snatch it up asap.
Happened to a friend of mine ( who is a moron ), but luckily a very poor player, I helped him replace all his gear with a few hundred k.
Threaded because I've seen alot of these spammers of late.
I know the function of MF hasn't changed much since D2.
But a tiny change has made a fundamental difference to MF, its why people reminisce so fondly of D2 and its bugs, its why people have got so bored with an ARPG loot game, which is exactly what they were expecting.
I have hit MF cap. As a wizard im 10% lower than the WD who posted here.
I have over 400 hrs played on the wiz.
This is why diablo 3 isn't fun.
Back in the day, increasing MF increased the qualitly of your drops, you could see it with your own eyes.
Same thing today.
The difference is the drop rate. The drop rate, is so miniscule in D3 than D2, that even at max MF, like me, although you will see better items, more often, then when I was farming with NV stack alone, still 80% of the loot you pick up, is worthless.
I couldn't put my finger on why I wasn't enjoying D3 endgame. Then I realised, when i lucked out and rolled that decent item in D2, when i begged and borrowed and bartered my way up the MF chain until I became richer and richer, that was fun. Nothing changed in D3, it got easier to get that MF though, through AH, and when I capped out ? and farmed over 200 hrs.
I realised. In this game, the drop rates suck, no matter what, to stretch the game out.
D2 did the same, but a meph ( pindle, baal WHATEVER ) run took >a minute or two, so you didn't notice, it was anticipated loot after anticipated loot.
D3 however, it forces 30-45 mins runs through NV stacks. AND YOU FEEL IT.
The only farming these days is goblin farming.
Anything else is yawn.
Patch 1.0.3 = damage control in an attempt to fix D3's economy and keep you playing.
Nephalem Valor guaranteed rares = Smoke Bomb, blinding you from the truth. The rate at which high-end (high iLvl) items drop has been nerfed to the point where the game is no longer rewarding or fun to play
Nerf drops from vases, pots, and dead adventurers = stop gold find bots, the easy way, punish everyone, and kill a cool part of diablo.
If you were farming acts 3/4 prior to 1.0.3, you will probably notice and either give up or give in. It doesn't matter, because you're the minority.
If you were stuck in acts 1/2 prior to 1.0.3, you have no idea. This does matter, because you're the majority, and the patch makes things "seem" better on the surface. You're more likely to continue playing.
Absolutely vindicated by blue posts, nay sayers, for shame.
There is NO endgame. They planned INF-D to be the end game, and its cake. So after that there's nothing... you just fill your inventory with rares, ID them all at once, and go no, maybe, yes can sell.
Had 4 legendaries, only 1 was decent and it was just an OK 2 socket Beckon Sail.
That's why it feels so, meh, at the moment end-game is just farming and the farming is boring. When I roll a great rare it doesn't provide any loot-glee, just mental pricing.
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Solo is so much better just for the bonus from follower.
This change makes MFing in co-op so much better, and as co-op will be much easier, more viable.
Overall a great change, but the negative is, Inferno getting even mo-nerfed.
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Now it almost goes without saying, you should never download or execute files from an untrusted source, and this scam is exactly why.
People will post on general LF 1 more to join goblin farming group or hardcore farming group.
They will chat you up to make you believe they are legit, question your dps gear and MF gear. At some point you will be asked to dl a magic gear swap program, and they will provide you a link.
When you execute the .exe its just an AutoIT script, it dumps all the gear you are wearing, and they snatch it up asap.
Happened to a friend of mine ( who is a moron ), but luckily a very poor player, I helped him replace all his gear with a few hundred k.
Threaded because I've seen alot of these spammers of late.
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But a tiny change has made a fundamental difference to MF, its why people reminisce so fondly of D2 and its bugs, its why people have got so bored with an ARPG loot game, which is exactly what they were expecting.
I have hit MF cap. As a wizard im 10% lower than the WD who posted here.
I have over 400 hrs played on the wiz.
This is why diablo 3 isn't fun.
Back in the day, increasing MF increased the qualitly of your drops, you could see it with your own eyes.
Same thing today.
The difference is the drop rate. The drop rate, is so miniscule in D3 than D2, that even at max MF, like me, although you will see better items, more often, then when I was farming with NV stack alone, still 80% of the loot you pick up, is worthless.
I couldn't put my finger on why I wasn't enjoying D3 endgame. Then I realised, when i lucked out and rolled that decent item in D2, when i begged and borrowed and bartered my way up the MF chain until I became richer and richer, that was fun. Nothing changed in D3, it got easier to get that MF though, through AH, and when I capped out ? and farmed over 200 hrs.
I realised. In this game, the drop rates suck, no matter what, to stretch the game out.
D2 did the same, but a meph ( pindle, baal WHATEVER ) run took >a minute or two, so you didn't notice, it was anticipated loot after anticipated loot.
D3 however, it forces 30-45 mins runs through NV stacks. AND YOU FEEL IT.
The only farming these days is goblin farming.
Anything else is yawn.
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Absolutely vindicated by blue posts, nay sayers, for shame.
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There is NO endgame. They planned INF-D to be the end game, and its cake. So after that there's nothing... you just fill your inventory with rares, ID them all at once, and go no, maybe, yes can sell.
Had 4 legendaries, only 1 was decent and it was just an OK 2 socket Beckon Sail.
That's why it feels so, meh, at the moment end-game is just farming and the farming is boring. When I roll a great rare it doesn't provide any loot-glee, just mental pricing.