i find it fun listening to the video while playing d3. that's what i've been doing as of late, listening to videos/streams.
GG jae
i think you could have covered what rares to pick up while in archon form since i have encountered a lot of newb archon players that are having problem with maintaining archon due to picking everything up, i think that's another factor but not a top priority one i guess
I've stopped playing Diablo 3 (waiting for loot 2.0) and I almost never watch video guides, especially long ones, but this one really deserved to be the exception.
@TheMorph - Thanks for the awesome comment! I appreciate it! It looks like you're on your way with your wizard. It'll take time, but I'm glad you're finding success.
Jaetch I agree with everyone here the video is amazing!! I have now disabled the first skill on my scoundrel because I actually picked that pointer up during the video Now every time someone asks me for advice I send them a link to your video and tell them to get comfortable and get some popcorn and come back and talk to me in about 90 minutes if they still have questions. Either way just wanted to give you two thumbs up and say thank you for your awesome contributions to the wizard community.
Great guide! Actually saw the link on a link from another gaming site and actually inspired me to dust off my old wizard for a bit.
Any chance I could talk to of doing a barb build as well later? Or possibly a money making guide? Current bankroll is only around 6 digits atm, so flipping isn't really an option.
Hey now,
Just wanted to say, "Thank you" for putting this video together. I usually follow a 8:1 ratio (rule of thumb) for the time it takes to prepare a presentation compared to the time of the actual presentation. I found your video to be very well thought out. It must have been a labor of love, but there are those of us out there in the community that got a lot out of it. Thank you.
I also liked how you used filler "Tips and Tricks" during down time in the movie. +1 for that!
Also, they literally can't kill Archon now... it would make the best guide ever obsolete. No wai!
Well, they can "fix" it all they want, but as my final segment pointed out, unless they change the "on kill for duration" mechanics, the foundation will remain the same: kill as fast as you can. Everything else is up to speculation. I'm leaning toward duration cap + CM mechanics tweaks.
And thanks a lot for the support! I tried in incorporate as many suggestions you made as possible, though some became too technically annoying that I just made do with what I had.
It was worth the wait. :Thumbs Up: I enjoyed watching. music was good and the cutscenes were funny
Ended up mucking around with passives after watching. Am liking using glass cannon + unstoppable anomaly on MP7/8.
When I do MP10 I now also change glass cannon to temporal flux which is awesome.. especially slowing the beasts in fields of misery .
The info on the runs were good - eg the simple spiral technique of some of the maps.
Gearing section was good - picked up a couple of good searches to do - eg for witching hour searching by armour properties and not the name to try find ones with high crit damage etc
Hope you get a community spotlight for this because it is awesome!
Jaetch, or anyone else, what makes you believe Blizzard will nerf CM?
1) CM is used by 99% of all wizards. Blizzard doesn't like if a skill/rune/passive becomes a necessity rather than a choice.
2) CM (in this context) is often used as abbreviation for the CMWW build, and in this particular build there's just a symbiosis of some spells that is completely broken. They don't necessarily need to nerf CM or WW, but put a cap on DS and FN procs. The first makes you invincible, the latter keeps the enemy stunlocked. Thus, the first lets you bypass content by neglecting EHP yourself (see 300k EHP wizards facetanking and surviving MP10), while the latter makes an entire group bypass content by neglecting EHP (Ghom+Rak uber fight on MP10 is one of the most difficult challenges in the game, but with a CMWW wizard all other 3 players can un-equip half their gear and still beat it single-handedly).
3) Archon and CMWW are the two most popular builds for wizards and both kill the skill diversity. If both were "nerfed" by a bit (or all other builds were made a bit stronger) you wouldn't feel like shooting yourself in the foot while trying out a new, non-standard build.
Afaik, Blizzard hasn't specifically mentioned that they are looking into CMWW, but I sure as hell hope they do. I am a wizard, carrying my (weak) friends through MP10 uber fights, and I think this is beyond creative use of game mechanics. It's a commonly accepted exploit, in my opinion, and it needs to stop (which might also make some people aware again that there's actually something called "defensive stats" in the game).
Hm. I read your post past the first line, and wrote a response, but decided to not post it here. I think you should create a new topic for this discussion, as it has almost nothing to do with Jaetch's guide. I'll post my reply in that new thread then :-)
Amazing work, Jaetch. Even though I play a WD, I found some useful information out of this. My GF, however, will love you long time for it! Thanks for all of your contributions to the D3 community, Jaetch!
Appreciate all the hard work you put into that video!! It really was fantastic!! I hadn't logged in to DF for quite awhile but I did today to say thanks for all of the great info you shared :Thumbs Up:
GG jae
i think you could have covered what rares to pick up while in archon form since i have encountered a lot of newb archon players that are having problem with maintaining archon due to picking everything up, i think that's another factor but not a top priority one i guess
Oh, if you want to listen in, I'm being interviewed on Twizzcast in about 15-20 minutes or so. They're live now: http://www.twitch.tv/Twizzcast
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i missed your interview due to a meeting at work, what a craptastic timing huh
part 2 anyone???? ^^
Awesome job, Jaetch, and thank you!
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Any chance I could talk to of doing a barb build as well later? Or possibly a money making guide? Current bankroll is only around 6 digits atm, so flipping isn't really an option.
Just wanted to say, "Thank you" for putting this video together. I usually follow a 8:1 ratio (rule of thumb) for the time it takes to prepare a presentation compared to the time of the actual presentation. I found your video to be very well thought out. It must have been a labor of love, but there are those of us out there in the community that got a lot out of it. Thank you.
I also liked how you used filler "Tips and Tricks" during down time in the movie. +1 for that!
Cheers,
Squawka
If I could I would give you another +1 just for the end
Amazing job. Only a matter of days before this should get you featured a third time in the Community Commentary column :-)
Also, they literally can't kill Archon now... it would make the best guide ever obsolete. No wai!
And thanks a lot for the support! I tried in incorporate as many suggestions you made as possible, though some became too technically annoying that I just made do with what I had.
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Ended up mucking around with passives after watching. Am liking using glass cannon + unstoppable anomaly on MP7/8.
When I do MP10 I now also change glass cannon to temporal flux which is awesome.. especially slowing the beasts in fields of misery .
The info on the runs were good - eg the simple spiral technique of some of the maps.
Gearing section was good - picked up a couple of good searches to do - eg for witching hour searching by armour properties and not the name to try find ones with high crit damage etc
Hope you get a community spotlight for this because it is awesome!
P.s the last 10 seconds of the vid cracked me up
he's vid has been on the front page of Diablofans lately, you could also watch his interview on twizz
http://www.twitch.tv/twizzcast/b/439472917
Skip to about 25 minutes in
Your voice is almost identical to this guy named Tor Lowry, who makes billiard videos. :Thumbs Up:
1) CM is used by 99% of all wizards. Blizzard doesn't like if a skill/rune/passive becomes a necessity rather than a choice.
2) CM (in this context) is often used as abbreviation for the CMWW build, and in this particular build there's just a symbiosis of some spells that is completely broken. They don't necessarily need to nerf CM or WW, but put a cap on DS and FN procs. The first makes you invincible, the latter keeps the enemy stunlocked. Thus, the first lets you bypass content by neglecting EHP yourself (see 300k EHP wizards facetanking and surviving MP10), while the latter makes an entire group bypass content by neglecting EHP (Ghom+Rak uber fight on MP10 is one of the most difficult challenges in the game, but with a CMWW wizard all other 3 players can un-equip half their gear and still beat it single-handedly).
3) Archon and CMWW are the two most popular builds for wizards and both kill the skill diversity. If both were "nerfed" by a bit (or all other builds were made a bit stronger) you wouldn't feel like shooting yourself in the foot while trying out a new, non-standard build.
Afaik, Blizzard hasn't specifically mentioned that they are looking into CMWW, but I sure as hell hope they do. I am a wizard, carrying my (weak) friends through MP10 uber fights, and I think this is beyond creative use of game mechanics. It's a commonly accepted exploit, in my opinion, and it needs to stop (which might also make some people aware again that there's actually something called "defensive stats" in the game).
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