I played the game minimally at launch (maybe 10-12 hours total) never made it to max level or was able to grind out gear etc. So I am essentially a brand new player, excited to start S6 but completely lost/confused/overwhelmed. What I need to do first is determine which class I should play. I played a DH for a few hours last night and just wasn't impressed or having fun at all to be honest. I believe I have narrowed it down to barbarian, crusader, or wizard but that is where your input comes in.
When I say I am overwhelmed and confused I just mean overall; I say this because as I try to read other threads or guides there are terms that are simply foreign to me. For instance a LoN barbarian or Thorns build. I Have no idea what these are or more importantly how to get them. I have figured out however that your first build is obtainable through Haedrigs Gift if I am not mistaken. Would someone be so kind as to link me to the current (S6) sets you get from Haedrigs? I was going to go with a "Might of the Earth" barbarian as I believed it sounded cool until someone on discord told me that was last seasons gear?
I know this thread is more or less all over the place but for a new player its hard to break it all down! Thanks for taking the time to read and if anyone needs clarification I'd be more than happy!
I have played this game over all the seasons, and have made some experiences myself. If there might be too much information for you to handle, if you experience the overall is overwhelming, I'd suggest you go for a "slow" character.
In S5, I wanted to try the earth barb myself, and was just too overwhelmed. Jumping ALL over the place was just not for me. For me, it sums up to be in controll over my character. WD with pets is a safe bet.
Remember to always check for the latest piece of information from Diablo official site of Blizzard: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/ and the front page of diablofans too
Posts on the first page might solve most of your problems atm
Since you are a casual player, I suggest you to only read to top builds with explanation in words and a guild video if you aim to get one done ( In diablofans,choose tab Builds - click to choose a class - choose the latest patch - then click one of top period of time below ) because those are top builds that have been tested by pro players with details relating to the builds. Spend time to watch some of those to find your favourite.
If you have tons of small questions like what is LoN, what is Whimsyshire ... You always can ask them on Diablo chatbox - General channel. There are always a lot of nice people will give you a detail answers.
Personally, I think most of the fun is after 70 level when you can try out different combinations of skills, especially get real valuable loots and sets. But please, dont forget to finish the storyline in campaign mode, it's the core of the game as always
P/S: Ppl pls, not everyone have been there for 6 seasons or 10 hours per day to "feel or explore the game". That's the most absurd suggestion for new player to receive ever since they are clueless and dont have enough time to read endless information to understand the game and stuggling alone at T1 while everybody with crazy power flying around t10 and gr70+
Wow fantastic responses aplenty. I made this post before the gym and come back to six responses! What a great community. Thanks everyone for the encouragement, really. I am not worried at all about min/maxing and truly do just want to enjoy the game but I don't want to be "that guy" that slows the group down and get booted etc. Just really trying to think of a (somewhat) easily obtainable gear set so that I am viable to other more experienced players. I really do thank you for the responses as they are enlightening and encourage me to play the game.
I guess now I just need to decide on what class/style I need to play... input?!
here's a little breakdown of what diablo 3: reaper of souls is about now'a'days:
season and non season, these are 2 game modes that are completely separate from each other, much like "hardcore" is separate from "normal".
within each game mode exists several different difficulty levels designed to challenge both character level, and gear level, which are as follows:
"normal"
"hard"
"expert"
"master"
then there is a tier of difficulties above master called "torment" and these are a scaling difficulty much like the previous ones, but scale up from torment 1, through to torment 10, which is the hardest difficulty within the difficulty menu.
the maximum level is now 70, and you need to reach this level in order to unlock what many consider to be the true game, aka the item/loot hunt.
once you hit level 70, you will then unlock "paragon" experience, this is an updated version to the original paragon levelling system added back in classic, with the current system you gain "normal" xp to get from level 1 to 70, then once you have reached level cap, you still gain xp, and this xp is added to a new pool which provides points to spend on character power in various different forms, you can add points to increase your attack speed, or give yourself a little bonus armour, you can provide yourself with other boosts that don't directly increase your power upfront, but interact with your character to provide power in other ways, you gain 1 point for every paragon level up to a "soft cap" of 800, once you reach paragon 800 you will only be able to spend points in the "primary" skills of your class, either strength, agility or intellect, with the option also to spend it in vitality if you so desire, as that is also classed as a primary stat, and these 2 categories have no level cap.
each class has available 4 "sets" these are sets of gear that comprise 6 pieces (7 in the case of the "legacy" sets such as inna's hold/tal rasha's elements etc which were available in classic but have been since updated in the current iteration of the game), with many MANY supporting legendary items for non set slots such as bracers/rings/amulets/weapons, however some builds use multiple item sets together to get multiple set bonuses active at a time, you will find this out the more you play and more familiar you become with the classes in general, but more specifically the class you decide to play, on top of that there is a multitude of legendary items for every slot of gear with many having unique and power abilities called "legendary powers" these powers are often used to synergise with gear set bonuses, and/or augment a build to play slightly differently as a result.
recently, there was an addition to the game called "Kanai's cube" this is a repository to transfer power effects on legendary items to use in conjunction with your normal armour items, and allows you to use multiple power effects that would not normally be available due to not being able to wield multiple weapons at once for example, but not only this, it is used as a way to "craft" certain legendary items faster by using a rare quality item and upgrading it in the cube and other such things along those lines.
also a new addition to the game, when you get to level 70 in season mode, you will be able to complete something called "the season journey" as part of this feature if you fulfil certain criteria of the season journey, you will be awarded with a full set of gear for your class based on what blizzard have predetermined for that season, it can be obtained only once, so make certain of your chosen class before levelling up as you will not be able to obtain it again in this manner, and will then be forced to loot it as a normal drop item in the world either through rifts, greater rifts or bounties.
in regard to your feeling overwhelmed by terms and phrases, many of the names of builds are tied into the gear set they are built upon, with a few exceptions, for example "LoN barb" refers to a barbarian using the "legacy of nightmares" ring set, and equipped with "ancient" non set items in all other slots, a "Thorns sader" is a crusader using the "invokers" set of gear, with this gear set, the crusader deals damage not just directly attacking enemies, but when he/she is attacked as well dealing a portion of the damage received back at the attacker, there are many builds for all classes that follow this trend where they build is named either due to the spells/abilities they use, or the gear set they are using in the build, you will become more familiar the more you play and the better you understand the various classes.
hope this helps a little bit, there is much much more to learn as you get more experienced you will find out a whole host of different things about the game that will make your gaming experience even better.
Good to have you aboard! JARGON is really a problem early on aint it!? I suggest you just jump in this season (You get a stash tab if you progress with your seasonal journey with Shift+J). Since you're a brand new player pretty much, there's no downside to going seasonal as when it ends, all your stuff will be transported to normal mode.
No matter what class you choose, you may find these helpful:
So timely that I found this thread. I too played some at launch, but read over the weekend that D3 is one of the top 10 grossing games ever (or something like that) now. I decided to give it another try and am having a lot of fun playing solo at my own speed.
My question is this...I have a few lvl 60 or 70 (whatever the max used to be way back when) characters. Are they sill applicable to do the advanced things that y'all are talking about above, or should I just junk them and start over with all new? First char now is a Crusader...quality stuff.
Thanks for the great replies to the OP.
JB
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I played the game minimally at launch (maybe 10-12 hours total) never made it to max level or was able to grind out gear etc. So I am essentially a brand new player, excited to start S6 but completely lost/confused/overwhelmed. What I need to do first is determine which class I should play. I played a DH for a few hours last night and just wasn't impressed or having fun at all to be honest. I believe I have narrowed it down to barbarian, crusader, or wizard but that is where your input comes in.
When I say I am overwhelmed and confused I just mean overall; I say this because as I try to read other threads or guides there are terms that are simply foreign to me. For instance a LoN barbarian or Thorns build. I Have no idea what these are or more importantly how to get them. I have figured out however that your first build is obtainable through Haedrigs Gift if I am not mistaken. Would someone be so kind as to link me to the current (S6) sets you get from Haedrigs? I was going to go with a "Might of the Earth" barbarian as I believed it sounded cool until someone on discord told me that was last seasons gear?
I know this thread is more or less all over the place but for a new player its hard to break it all down! Thanks for taking the time to read and if anyone needs clarification I'd be more than happy!
I have played this game over all the seasons, and have made some experiences myself. If there might be too much information for you to handle, if you experience the overall is overwhelming, I'd suggest you go for a "slow" character.
In S5, I wanted to try the earth barb myself, and was just too overwhelmed. Jumping ALL over the place was just not for me. For me, it sums up to be in controll over my character. WD with pets is a safe bet.
Just my 2 cents.
Remember to always check for the latest piece of information from Diablo official site of Blizzard: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/ and the front page of diablofans too
Posts on the first page might solve most of your problems atm
Since you are a casual player, I suggest you to only read to top builds with explanation in words and a guild video if you aim to get one done ( In diablofans,choose tab Builds - click to choose a class - choose the latest patch - then click one of top period of time below ) because those are top builds that have been tested by pro players with details relating to the builds. Spend time to watch some of those to find your favourite.
If you have tons of small questions like what is LoN, what is Whimsyshire ... You always can ask them on Diablo chatbox - General channel. There are always a lot of nice people will give you a detail answers.
Personally, I think most of the fun is after 70 level when you can try out different combinations of skills, especially get real valuable loots and sets. But please, dont forget to finish the storyline in campaign mode, it's the core of the game as always
P/S: Ppl pls, not everyone have been there for 6 seasons or 10 hours per day to "feel or explore the game". That's the most absurd suggestion for new player to receive ever since they are clueless and dont have enough time to read endless information to understand the game and stuggling alone at T1 while everybody with crazy power flying around t10 and gr70+
Wow fantastic responses aplenty. I made this post before the gym and come back to six responses! What a great community. Thanks everyone for the encouragement, really. I am not worried at all about min/maxing and truly do just want to enjoy the game but I don't want to be "that guy" that slows the group down and get booted etc. Just really trying to think of a (somewhat) easily obtainable gear set so that I am viable to other more experienced players. I really do thank you for the responses as they are enlightening and encourage me to play the game.
I guess now I just need to decide on what class/style I need to play... input?!
here's a little breakdown of what diablo 3: reaper of souls is about now'a'days:
season and non season, these are 2 game modes that are completely separate from each other, much like "hardcore" is separate from "normal".
within each game mode exists several different difficulty levels designed to challenge both character level, and gear level, which are as follows:
"normal"
"hard"
"expert"
"master"
then there is a tier of difficulties above master called "torment" and these are a scaling difficulty much like the previous ones, but scale up from torment 1, through to torment 10, which is the hardest difficulty within the difficulty menu.
the maximum level is now 70, and you need to reach this level in order to unlock what many consider to be the true game, aka the item/loot hunt.
once you hit level 70, you will then unlock "paragon" experience, this is an updated version to the original paragon levelling system added back in classic, with the current system you gain "normal" xp to get from level 1 to 70, then once you have reached level cap, you still gain xp, and this xp is added to a new pool which provides points to spend on character power in various different forms, you can add points to increase your attack speed, or give yourself a little bonus armour, you can provide yourself with other boosts that don't directly increase your power upfront, but interact with your character to provide power in other ways, you gain 1 point for every paragon level up to a "soft cap" of 800, once you reach paragon 800 you will only be able to spend points in the "primary" skills of your class, either strength, agility or intellect, with the option also to spend it in vitality if you so desire, as that is also classed as a primary stat, and these 2 categories have no level cap.
each class has available 4 "sets" these are sets of gear that comprise 6 pieces (7 in the case of the "legacy" sets such as inna's hold/tal rasha's elements etc which were available in classic but have been since updated in the current iteration of the game), with many MANY supporting legendary items for non set slots such as bracers/rings/amulets/weapons, however some builds use multiple item sets together to get multiple set bonuses active at a time, you will find this out the more you play and more familiar you become with the classes in general, but more specifically the class you decide to play, on top of that there is a multitude of legendary items for every slot of gear with many having unique and power abilities called "legendary powers" these powers are often used to synergise with gear set bonuses, and/or augment a build to play slightly differently as a result.
recently, there was an addition to the game called "Kanai's cube" this is a repository to transfer power effects on legendary items to use in conjunction with your normal armour items, and allows you to use multiple power effects that would not normally be available due to not being able to wield multiple weapons at once for example, but not only this, it is used as a way to "craft" certain legendary items faster by using a rare quality item and upgrading it in the cube and other such things along those lines.
also a new addition to the game, when you get to level 70 in season mode, you will be able to complete something called "the season journey" as part of this feature if you fulfil certain criteria of the season journey, you will be awarded with a full set of gear for your class based on what blizzard have predetermined for that season, it can be obtained only once, so make certain of your chosen class before levelling up as you will not be able to obtain it again in this manner, and will then be forced to loot it as a normal drop item in the world either through rifts, greater rifts or bounties.
in regard to your feeling overwhelmed by terms and phrases, many of the names of builds are tied into the gear set they are built upon, with a few exceptions, for example "LoN barb" refers to a barbarian using the "legacy of nightmares" ring set, and equipped with "ancient" non set items in all other slots, a "Thorns sader" is a crusader using the "invokers" set of gear, with this gear set, the crusader deals damage not just directly attacking enemies, but when he/she is attacked as well dealing a portion of the damage received back at the attacker, there are many builds for all classes that follow this trend where they build is named either due to the spells/abilities they use, or the gear set they are using in the build, you will become more familiar the more you play and the better you understand the various classes.
hope this helps a little bit, there is much much more to learn as you get more experienced you will find out a whole host of different things about the game that will make your gaming experience even better.
How exciting! If you've problem understanding words then the Urban Dictionary could be useful, which you'll find here: http://www.diablofans.com/forums/diablo-iii-general-forums/diablo-iii-general-discussion/30729-diablo-iii-urban-dictionary
I wish you the best of luck!
Good to have you aboard! JARGON is really a problem early on aint it!? I suggest you just jump in this season (You get a stash tab if you progress with your seasonal journey with Shift+J). Since you're a brand new player pretty much, there's no downside to going seasonal as when it ends, all your stuff will be transported to normal mode.
No matter what class you choose, you may find these helpful:
Leveling (all classes), Fresh70 (all classes).
TeamBRG.com
Patreon.com/BRGMedia
So timely that I found this thread. I too played some at launch, but read over the weekend that D3 is one of the top 10 grossing games ever (or something like that) now. I decided to give it another try and am having a lot of fun playing solo at my own speed.
My question is this...I have a few lvl 60 or 70 (whatever the max used to be way back when) characters. Are they sill applicable to do the advanced things that y'all are talking about above, or should I just junk them and start over with all new? First char now is a Crusader...quality stuff.
Thanks for the great replies to the OP.
JB