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Yeah, I'm a little confused as to how the new difficulties work. Does it work like MP, and how does it impact item drops and XP. I haven't seen numbers yet, so I'm quite interested to know what it actually does.
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That is what i'm asking, because they have no HP, just a duration, that expires and they die. They can't be attacked or killed. With Zunimassa set bonus, will they get HP, and function the same way as Zombie Dogs?
To answer your question specifically, though, there are nine different difficulty levels (Normal, Hard, Expert, Master [unlocks at level 60], and Tormet I-V [unlocks at level 70])...
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Zunimassa's Whispers
- 2 pieces: [+130 Intelligence]
- 3 pieces: [+55 Resistance to all elements]
- 4 pieces: [Your Fetish Army lasts until they die.]
Do fetishes now have HP? Because currently they last until they die too, so i don't quite understand what does that mean.
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Hmm... One thing springs to mind, looking at those paragon point screenshots..
I notice in defensive it has Dodge, but no Block, it also has Max Spirit
so are paragon points different for different classes then?
Will Crusader be able to put points into Block (and maybe Block Value) but not dodge?
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Is the Exp gain from lvl70 enemies a LOT more than current exp gains?
If the same amount of experience to get to paragon 100 could be gained within say 5 hours of playing RoS... then I might not Plvl now and save my strength
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Was watching the stream last night but couldnt get the chat to let me post anything. That Lidless Eye legendary says "can be traded to the following accounts for (time left)" Any idea what that is there for? Limited legendary trading or something?
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Right, they are toying around with a ladder checkbox variable because they might not use it. Dude, you aren't a smart-aleck, are you?Quote from miles_dryden
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Looking good. I like how no info at Blizzcon and blue posts stating we don't know anymore about ladders, next week "Ladder" strings in the datamining files, haha.
They aren't -announcing- anything about ladders. It's obvious they are interested in the idea and are playing around with it. Just because it's in the datamining doesn't mean they will actually do anything with it.
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Looking good. I like how no info at Blizzcon and blue posts stating we don't know anymore about ladders, next week "Ladder" strings in the datamining files, haha.
Mystic Ally
CostCooldown:25 Spirit30 seconds /Summon aActive: Your mystic allyto fight alongside you until it is destroyedhas its damage increased by 50% for 10 seconds. / Passive: A mystic ally fights by your side. The ally deals 40% of your weapon damage as Physical per swing. When the ally dies, it is reborn after 5 seconds.
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Summon a mystic ally capable of engaging enemies in combat. / Cost: 25 SpiritImbue theActive: Your mystic allywith the essence of fire. The ally gains the ability to unleash a flaming kicksplits into multiple allies that explode for80277% weapon damage as Fireplus an additional 40% of. / Passive: A mystic ally fights by yourweaponside that increases your damageper second as Fire for 2 seconds to all enemies in a straight lineby 10%.Imbue theActive: Your mystic allywith the essence of water. The ally gains the ability to perform aperforms 7 waveattack that deals 120% of yourattacks in quick succession, each dealing 245% weapon damage asPhysical and Slows the movement of affectedCold. / Passive: A mystic ally fights by your side that infuses your attacks to Chill enemies by 60% for23 seconds.Imbue theActive: Your mystic allywith the essence of earth. Maximum Life for you and the ally is increased by 10%. The ally also gains the ability to create a wave of earth, dealing 60% of your weapon damage as Physical toturns into asingle enemy and forcing that enemy to attack the allyboulder for38 seconds. The boulder rolls toward nearby enemies, knocking them up. / Passive: A mystic ally fights by your side that increases your Life by 20%.Imbue theActive: You gain 75 Spirit. / Passive: A mystic allywith the essence of air. Every attack madefights bythe ally has a 2% chance to generate 100your side that increases your Spiritfor you. In addition, the ally is surrounded in a torrent of wind that deals 10% of your weapon damage per second as Physical to all nearby enemiesRegeneration by 4.EternalEnduring Ally :TheActive: Your mystic allyis imbued with the essence of life. When the ally dies, it has a 100% chancesacrifices itself tobe reborn after 3 seconds. In addition, the physical damage of the ally's basic attack is increased to 60heal you for 100% of yourweapon damagemaximum Life. / Passive: A mystic ally fights by your side that increases your Life perswingSecond by 826.
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Not going to be a popular post, but I'll say it anyway: I see a lot of people complaining that they won't be able to boost their friends as easily so they can play together. It seems to me that if you just want to play together, it shouldn't matter what difficulty you're on, so if you need to go back down to their level that shouldn't be a problem. If you want to get them to point that they can play on the higher difficulties with you, then, frankly, that SHOULD be harder to do. I don't think it's that big of a problem that people need to work to get up to the higher tiers of the game. Of course you should be allowed to help them get there, but that doesn't mean you should be able to just give them a bunch of free gear to get them there instantly.
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With RoS so close, I've taken a break from D3. But I have genuinely enjoyed my time in the game and I'm looking forward to the expansion. Crusader looks so awesome, I'll probably switch to that from my barb as my main.
There are lots of things I'd like to see added/improved, but that will always be the case. I'll go back to D1/D2 occasionally just for fun, but D3 is overall a much better game.
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Ok, now I'm certain I didn't get my point across. My point is this: whether or not you can trade has no effect on whether or not killing demons is fun, regardless if you mean solo or coop. Killing demons by yourself should be fun and rewarding, even if you can't take the items that aren't good for you and give them to other people. Killing demons with your friends should be its own reward, not an opportunity to gear each other up. If playing the game isn't fun because all your drops are crap, then that's a problem. Taking BoA out of the game without also introducing some type of new trading system AND/OR improving drops is not the solution to that problem. At this point, it is much more reasonable to expect improvements to itemization than a complete back-pedal on Blizzard's philosophy regarding trading. If we get the improvements to itemization, that's awesome. If, down the road, Blizzard decides to give trading another shot, that's also awesome. BoA itself is not the issue. By "killing demons", I don't mean doing nothing but mindless grinding. The game could absolutely use more variety. Rifts and bounties are a great step in that direction, and I'd love to see more stuff like that. Ladder and PVP are other potentials; I'm not crazy about them, but that's really a whole other discussion. If you want more ways to play the game, that's cool. If you think trading, by itself, is fun and that your experience is somehow worse simply because trading isn't there, then I just don't agree with you. I don't think we need trading for getting loot and improving your character to be rewarding, and I don't think insisting on bringing trade back to the game simply to have more options is a good attitude. More options /= better.
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Not sure if I got my point across. If you feel that the items are still not interesting enough, or that farming isn't fun, then maybe that side of the game needs to be improved. But that has nothing to do with whether or not coop, or just combat in general, is fun. Simply removing BoA wouldn't make the items better.
I said a long time ago that Blizzard needs to either make a new trade system or just make solo viable. If they don't want people trading but they also haven't made the item hunt fun and rewarding, then that is a major problem. I just don't think "remove BoA" would solve the problem. They would need to go a lot further than that, otherwise we'll just be back to D2.
At this point, I would much rather see rebalancing on droprates and item rolls than yet another complete shift in philosophy. If a few months down the line it becomes apparent that it isn't working, then they might give trading another shot, but there is simply not enough time between now and RoS to make that happen.
In short, if you want trading because you honestly think the act of trading is fun or because you like to socialize in this game, then you and I simply don't agree. If you want trading because you think the itemization in this game is still not up to par, then I think you are asking for the wrong solution to the problem, at least at this point in time.
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I've said it before, I'll say it again: D3 is not an mmo, and I don't play this game to socialize. If I have to give up trading to get a solid solo experience, I'm cool with that. Coop is still fun with the focus on killing instead of trading, I just don't see why you need to be able to trade with people to have fun killing demons.
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Just wanted to point out, though it may be implied, that ladder characters are not "wiped". They are moved to non-ladder, so you don't lose anything, at least not permanently.
That's assuming that there is nothing that makes ladder mode the only mode worth playing.
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If I could buy those extra 3 character slots for, say, $10, that would be acceptable.
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I just want to be able to use all 3 followers in Single Player.