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Boss_Hogg posted a message on First Legendary in 1.04So yeah, I'm going home tonight and playing until bed time. I'm not even going to feed my kids. Fuck that.Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion -
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Typho posted a message on Magic Find and its efficiency: A statistical insightThis is somewhat expected and how I've always imagined the game works. Still, this is a lot of work. Thank you for taking dataPosted in: Theorycrafting and Analysis
This is how I've always imagine the drop works:
First, it roll if you get a drop.
Then, it roll ilvl and item type for the drop. (ilvl distribution is posted by blues)
Then, it roll for the quality of that drops, whether it's white, blue, yellow, or legendary. Each monster type (trash, goblin, champion, boss) has their own base chance for a particular type of each drop quality. Each chance is modified by mf value (For example, if a goblin has 0.5% chance to drop a rare and 0.05% chance to drop a legendary, 100% mf will give you 1% chance for rare and 0.1% chance for legendary instead)
The affixes and its values are rolled afterwards.
Some of the orders could've been different.
While your finding doesn't quite confirm this, it doesn't disprove it either and for now I see no reason to believe otherwise. -
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LDVinci posted a message on Players quitting after 1.0.31.0.3 hit me just like most of the community. I didnt like it very much because it had more nerfs than buffs (I think i can count the number of buffs on one hand). Of course, when you make changes there are always cry babys talking about quitting because things aren't going the way they planned. If quitting is your ultimatum then there is no stopping you, but I implore you gamers to try something new. Stop being so stubborn.Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
Diablo was never about 1 class/build fits all. Diablo was never about stacking a single attribute or looking for that "end game" item where everyone will eventually be wearing the exact same thing. Diablo has always been a reap-what-you-sow game and ultimately it all comes down to either time or luck. 1.0.3 balanced the game. That's right, no more belial power leveling, goblin hunting, botting, and stacking. "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!" If it wasn't for this patch, I would still be running a glass cannon DH with 12k HP, stacking everything into DEX and Atack Speed. If I were stubborn I would have probably quit as well, but we are humans. Humans learn to adapt to challenges, work around obsticles. If we didn't have that in our genes we would have died along with the dinosaurs.
Fellow gamers, open your eyes throw away your stubborness. Stop stacking attack speed (ridiculously over priced) and single attributes. This is not a one build game, play around with the thousands of possible combination of builds and gears available. Read the class forums and try out other peoples suggestions. ADAPT. Find your own builds to post! THIS is the fun that Diablo was designed upon.
I for one, am no longer "kiting" packs with the fear that even a droplet of elite sweat could kill my frail glass canon DH. Instead, I can now stand and tank them. Now there are much more possibilities to try.
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Alcovitch posted a message on No Longer a FanPosted in: Diablo III General DiscussionQuote from DUNCAN99
Quote from Thorix
That's basically YOUR choice. I've never been such a "fan" of games. Just playing it was fine enough. Be a fan of specific games, not of a whole company. D2 and WoW were amazing games, you hate Blizz now cause D3 isn't what you wanted it to be? o___oQuote from Ralzyn
I am no longer a fan of Blizzard, since patch 1.0.3 and the rampant mistakes the patch has, over and above the "bugged" equipment stats (yeah as if that wasn't done to sway AH prices), instead of dealing with poorly timed animations causing rubberband death, laggy servers and super crappy loot drops the development team is busy banning people from the forums that disagree with the brown-nosers who are DIRECTLY insulting those of us that are frustrated. Maybe Blizzard needs a third party to come in and FIX their game for them, it's become obvious all they are concerned with is whether or not the RMAH makes $. The real reason die hard diablo fans didn't get a real diablo 3 is simple, the team that actually put it together and made it great all left when a French company took it over and changed the corporate agenda, to pure profit, no fun for you, we decide whats fun, aren't you thankful?
Actually the D2 developers are no longer with Blizzard. And Blizzard made so many bad decisions regarding WoW that they've ruined the game. Same could be said for D3. Lots of bad decisions. Many players expected the game to be like D2LoD but improved on every aspect. It turned out to be more like WoW.
Yeah, man did they ruin it. I mean, only 10 million plus people still enjoy it. It's only been like going on 8 years now. They've killed it i tell ya! -
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Mutilate24 posted a message on No Longer a FanPosted in: Diablo III General Discussion
I realize this will be an unpopular reply around these parts but such is life. Blizzard is a business and as such they are in the business to make money, not cater to the specific needs of any particular group of gamer. Smart businesses are going to create products with wide spread appeal. Gaming is different now than it was 15-20 years ago. It's more widely accepted and it simply does not make sense to make games that cater to a small audience. It's not just Activision either. Blizzard has never acted completely independently. Before they were owned by Activision they were a Vivendi company and it seems most people have forgotten Diablo 2 was launched before it was ready because Vivendi called the shots. It was not the smoothest of sailing's either but look how that turned out.Quote from StraightOuttaCompton
I agree, in my eyes that's the recipe for an amazing game!Quote from DUNCAN99
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I am no longer a fan of Blizzard, since patch 1.0.3 and the rampant mistakes the patch has, over and above the "bugged" equipment stats (yeah as if that wasn't done to sway AH prices), instead of dealing with poorly timed animations causing rubberband death, laggy servers and super crappy loot drops the development team is busy banning people from the forums that disagree with the brown-nosers who are DIRECTLY insulting those of us that are frustrated. Maybe Blizzard needs a third party to come in and FIX their game for them, it's become obvious all they are concerned with is whether or not the RMAH makes $. The real reason die hard diablo fans didn't get a real diablo 3 is simple, the team that actually put it together and made it great all left when a French company took it over and changed the corporate agenda, to pure profit, no fun for you, we decide whats fun, aren't you thankful?
Wanna know whats REALLY FUNNY?
The OG Diablo team you are holding up on a pedastal?
Yeah, they were making Diablo 3 into an MMO like WoW.
Do you feel like a moron yet? Because you should.
Dude relax. By the way. They were making diablo 3 an action rpg still playing like a hack n slash but with mmo features. i'm quite sure it wouldn't be anything like WoW. More Diablo 2 LoD with more players. Actually sounds pretty darn awesome to me.
And to the OP, I hear ya.
Might be worth it to check back when they add PvP, all though I don't really have high hopes for it, you never know I guess.
And for Blizzard, I really hope the Panda expansion flops. They really need to take two steps back and re-think what made them great in the first place, not how to earn a buck in the quickest way possible.
Getting extremely bored of the homogenization path they are on now.
Also you don't actually want to see MoP fail. That's bad for business and bad for the industry. What you want is the "Blizzard of old" and honestly that company does not exist anymore. The industry that allowed the "old Blizzard" also does not really exist anymore. If you, or anyone for that matter, no longer agrees with how they operate then maybe it's time to move on. Show them with your wallet, since at the end of the day, that speaks the loudest. We can only blame ourselves for, as you put it, homogenization of their products. People keep buying them so they keep on developing. It speaks to the fact that the industry has changed and that developers have to change too. Gaming isn't niche anymore and while that certainly doesn't bother everyone I think it bothers a lot of people.
Anyway, I hope Blizzard is able to "salvage" this game for the people who take issue with it. I think they will and I think down the road we will see D3 develop into an amazing game. I think it's solid right now and I look forward to the iterations ahead.
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ArenaceusMaga posted a message on No Longer a FanPosted in: Diablo III General DiscussionQuote from DUNCAN99
Actually the D2 developers are no longer with Blizzard. And Blizzard made so many bad decisions regarding WoW that they've ruined the game. Same could be said for D3. Lots of bad decisions. Many players expected the game to be like D2LoD but improved on every aspect. It turned out to be more like WoW.
Since I was out of diapers when this all happened I can actually make a point here Mr. Duncan. Not all the Blizzard North developers are gone. Some of the big names are gone (Schaefer brothers and Roper are the biggest) but Uelmen, Cheng, and others stayed after this. Of those really only Uelmen has left to join up with Runic. The problem you're having is that you're generalizing a very complex situation. Since Blizzard North's cut Blizzard has made BC, SC2, WotLK, Cataclysm, and continued making content for those games. Since those developers departure they've created, Mythos (beta), Hellgate London, Torchlight, and Champions online. SO OUT OF THESE BIG NAMES... who has done better? The Shaefer Brothers have done decently for themselves with a quick release of Torchlight. Showing what talented people can do in a short time. But honestly it was more well received due to its price tag if you ask me. Torchlight 2 may improve on this and I, as well as Blizzard (publicly btw) hope they do very well.
See? Even Blizzard doesn't create the distinctions that you have. They continue to support their ex-employees as much as possible. Morhaime has stated many times he'll be playing Torchlight 2. And don't quote me on this but I seem to remember a whole lot of the textures in Mythos being from WoW. The Bro's over at Runic have nothing but good things to say about Blizzard. Roper had some finicky things to say about Blizzard after he left but they did basically kick him out because they didn't like his creation. Since Blizzard North though... has anything he's done been good? I honestly believe (and this is only my belief not to be confused with fact) that Roper is a bit overrated in this genre of entertainment. Also, you're bound to make a few enemies in any business :-/
D3 is constantly compared to 10 year old D2. Unfortunately the comparison isn't even apt if it was D2 day 1 to D3 Day 1 comparison because they are different games. If you want more of the same D2-wise you should probably play that. TL2 isn't going to be D2, PoE isn't, Titan Quest isn't, and Grim Dawn may never see the light of day (SEE WHAT I DID THERE!?). They are all going to be their own creations. D3 is a very good game thats going to continue getting better over time. People quitting now will almost certainly come back at some point and be just peachy. Those that don't probably loved playing Hammerdins, using maphack, duping, and botting. Glad they're leaving. -
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ArcaneWeapon posted a message on No Longer a FanSounds like someone got banned from the official forums.Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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