Damn, that's where you were? Glad you're back! I've always wondered when a user disappears if they died or not.
Sometimes I wonder if they died or not and hope they didn't, othertimes it's the other way around. -.-
(Not saying anything against Proletaria, he's cool. <3 )
That's one shitty thing about the internet. That is also why in this day and age you should have a will, that includes the sites/games you frequent, with account & password. And a message for your loved one (parent, spouse, child, best friend) to send to everyone you used to associate with.
That's a great idea.
On a slightly less sombre note, I had a little break on the wizard, but soon found myself back on the barb. Having a decent run of luck in my act2, I hope to find buy him a few nice things if I find time to shop.
Despite actually having the gold to upgrade a few slots now, I find that i'm too addicted to bargain hunting to make a purchase without a week's research.
One last thing on the somber note, I wonder if I could start a company that does wills/living wills/etc for those who are more technologically intertwined....
I can't think of any company out there that has a target demographic of everyone who's is socially networked big time or a gamer like us.
One last thing on the somber note, I wonder if I could start a company that does wills/living wills/etc for those who are more technologically intertwined....
I can't think of any company out there that has a target demographic of everyone who's is socially networked big time or a gamer like us.
I imagine you could. I also want to have something put into place like that for when I die. Notify facebook, msn, skype, forums, etc.
The main problem you're going to run into is convincing people to give you their passwords and account names. Also if they change them regularly, like they should, how would that work? A lot of effort, money, and business know how would have to go into that.
Welcome back to life sir and I hope you will stay in shape!
Having a stroke doesn't necessarily attribute to being out of shape or unhealthy. They are factors but not certainties
Well, in my case there is some permanent damage, but my doctors have assured me that I will be "within 80-90% of normal" in a few months time. So long as I can still read, write, and walk the trails around my cabin I'll be in my usual fit-for-an-old-guy shape.
Tried a neato glass cannon-ish build on my barb which was quite exciting, although on the borderline of viability for act2 farming since I lack LS/LoH. Having 60-70k dps without wotb running felt exhilarating. Didn't find much to sell for once, but I only did half a run. Extensive AH browsing between e-mails and other work related things left me wondering just how many people had jumped on the barb band wagon this weekend.
Having put time into the rest of my alts up to this point, I felt the DH could use a spin. Made it through most of normal mode without a hitch (not even sure I got hit more than half a dozen times), so I think he will get some more love soon. The thought of playing a true glass cannon seems a fitting alternate to my tanky barb.
DH really are the most squishy it seems like. I got mine to 56 but then sort of got side tracked and left him there. If you're quick with your abilities though and kiting they can be really good.
DH really are the most squishy it seems like. I got mine to 56 but then sort of got side tracked and left him there. If you're quick with your abilities though and kiting they can be really good.
DH really are the most squishy it seems like. I got mine to 56 but then sort of got side tracked and left him there. If you're quick with your abilities though and kiting they can be really good.
Gameplay with mouse twitching = me sick... =(
I know what you mean, although I didn't find myself sick so much as a little slow to keep up with kiting after a while. I'm not quite sure if my coordination is up to where it needs to be for a glass cannon.
Anyhow, I made good headway into nightmare with my DH, but afterward I noticed my AH slots were conspicuously empty so I went back to the barb to try and fill them up with some mediocre act2 finds. Unfortunately nothing of even minor AH value was found this day (quite possibly the least fruitful act2 run I have had on this character).
Tanky-revenge-build-of-no-LoH is beginning to wear on me though. Slow and steady wins the race, but my goodness can it become dull to win all those races. I might get a little crazy next week and hock the lot of my gear to try one of those bargain ~1m gold tornado gambits. The worst that could happen is being stuck in act1-2 again.
Although i'm still frustrated by the insanely priced weapons I need for a tornado build, in the mean time I've concocted some pretty amusing act1-2 blitz builds, centered around melting everything with even my hap-hazard gear. I can't seem to make a sprint build work out terribly well, missing the LoH, but this wonky zerking build has managed my fastest clear times to date:
Using the same gear which gets me 30k dps in standard tank build, I can reach just over 71k (swapping my shield for an off-hand) dps - at full rage, with overpower proc'd. Most trash goes down in a single hit, packs of trash in a single revenge (sidearm procs taking down a wave of adds is very amusing), and the dps is even high enough to save wotb for frozen/nightmarish and others where I actually need it rather than utilizing it almost every pack just to get them down in a hurry. Butcher, Azmodan, and other bosses are (of course) trivially easy and melt before they have a chance to move much. DPS with wotb up is in excess of 150k.
The only serious downside is shielding, which is really nothing new for barbs in general, that can pushing my reliance on revenge heals. I haven't taken it for a spin in act3, but with only 6k armor I doubt it would be effective (outside of a pop-wrath-and-go cooldown progression method, which I find terribly tedious).
It's probably not even a great template, but if anyone has a tanky barb they are bored with, give something like this a try. It certainly offers a serious change of pace without all the gear required to get tornado builds to work. I'm still trying to come up with a way to drop revenge and remain somewhat sustainable. Let me know if you have any suggestions.
I've decided to give the monk class a spin this weekend. Despite my relative lack of enthusiasm for the 1-20 jaunt I made with her weeks ago, I feel as though that class represents my last best hope for living like a bum.
I've decided to give the monk class a spin this weekend. Despite my relative lack of enthusiasm for the 1-20 jaunt I made with her weeks ago, I feel as though that class represents my last best hope for living like a bum.
yay for working... school starts soon. As much as I enjoy how quiet it is here over the summer, sometimes I miss the noise.
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I've decided to give the monk class a spin this weekend. Despite my relative lack of enthusiasm for the 1-20 jaunt I made with her weeks ago, I feel as though that class represents my last best hope for living like a bum.
yay for working... school starts soon. As much as I enjoy how quiet it is here over the summer, sometimes I miss the noise.
I know what you mean. I'm turned off by the traffic around here when the semester begins, but having lots of people around my office is far more exciting than being alone with my books all afternoon.
Just made it into nightmare and the monk feels sleeper-overpowered. I might attribute this to having some nice leveling weapons, but we'll see how it pans out going further along. Just the sheer number of immunity, disorient, displacement, etc. effects are lots of fun.
Also, the main D3 forum here is a cesspit. I've got to stop responding to the idiots in those threads.
The monk class is everything I wanted it to be. Short cooldowns, decent dps, great survivability, and most of all CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP to start. 200k I sunk into my monk at 60, which put him at ~25k hp, ~400 AR, ~13k dps, and ~180 MF unbuffed. I feel that i'm going to have to don a flame-proof suit before finishing the post, but after clearing act1 up to Leoric I already had more than an inventory full of rares and two legendaries (1 set, 1 unique).
Basically the monk paid for herself in less than an hour, with zero deaths and several terrible affix combinations to boot. I doubt she has the stats to make much (if any) headway into act2, but for farming act1 I can't imagine any class doing it better on the cheap.
Addendum: I have two hand-me downs from my barb, an old ring and weapon. I think that brings her total value up another few 100k, but still definitely around, if not under the 1m mark.
That's a great idea.
On a slightly less sombre note, I had a little break on the wizard, but soon found myself back on the barb. Having a decent run of luck in my act2, I hope to find buy him a few nice things if I find time to shop.
Despite actually having the gold to upgrade a few slots now, I find that i'm too addicted to bargain hunting to make a purchase without a week's research.
I can't think of any company out there that has a target demographic of everyone who's is socially networked big time or a gamer like us.
Maybe I can set up a worldwide scavenger hunt to find them all, where one clue leads to five more. That would be fun.
Then again, by the time I die we might have something better than passwords. Oh well.
Having a stroke doesn't necessarily attribute to being out of shape or unhealthy. They are factors but not certainties
I imagine you could. I also want to have something put into place like that for when I die. Notify facebook, msn, skype, forums, etc.
The main problem you're going to run into is convincing people to give you their passwords and account names. Also if they change them regularly, like they should, how would that work? A lot of effort, money, and business know how would have to go into that.
Well, in my case there is some permanent damage, but my doctors have assured me that I will be "within 80-90% of normal" in a few months time. So long as I can still read, write, and walk the trails around my cabin I'll be in my usual fit-for-an-old-guy shape.
Tried a neato glass cannon-ish build on my barb which was quite exciting, although on the borderline of viability for act2 farming since I lack LS/LoH. Having 60-70k dps without wotb running felt exhilarating. Didn't find much to sell for once, but I only did half a run. Extensive AH browsing between e-mails and other work related things left me wondering just how many people had jumped on the barb band wagon this weekend.
Having put time into the rest of my alts up to this point, I felt the DH could use a spin. Made it through most of normal mode without a hitch (not even sure I got hit more than half a dozen times), so I think he will get some more love soon. The thought of playing a true glass cannon seems a fitting alternate to my tanky barb.
I know what you mean, although I didn't find myself sick so much as a little slow to keep up with kiting after a while. I'm not quite sure if my coordination is up to where it needs to be for a glass cannon.
Anyhow, I made good headway into nightmare with my DH, but afterward I noticed my AH slots were conspicuously empty so I went back to the barb to try and fill them up with some mediocre act2 finds. Unfortunately nothing of even minor AH value was found this day (quite possibly the least fruitful act2 run I have had on this character).
Tanky-revenge-build-of-no-LoH is beginning to wear on me though. Slow and steady wins the race, but my goodness can it become dull to win all those races. I might get a little crazy next week and hock the lot of my gear to try one of those bargain ~1m gold tornado gambits. The worst that could happen is being stuck in act1-2 again.
http://us.battle.net...VikP!ZYc!aZcacZ
Using the same gear which gets me 30k dps in standard tank build, I can reach just over 71k (swapping my shield for an off-hand) dps - at full rage, with overpower proc'd. Most trash goes down in a single hit, packs of trash in a single revenge (sidearm procs taking down a wave of adds is very amusing), and the dps is even high enough to save wotb for frozen/nightmarish and others where I actually need it rather than utilizing it almost every pack just to get them down in a hurry. Butcher, Azmodan, and other bosses are (of course) trivially easy and melt before they have a chance to move much. DPS with wotb up is in excess of 150k.
The only serious downside is shielding, which is really nothing new for barbs in general, that can pushing my reliance on revenge heals. I haven't taken it for a spin in act3, but with only 6k armor I doubt it would be effective (outside of a pop-wrath-and-go cooldown progression method, which I find terribly tedious).
It's probably not even a great template, but if anyone has a tanky barb they are bored with, give something like this a try. It certainly offers a serious change of pace without all the gear required to get tornado builds to work. I'm still trying to come up with a way to drop revenge and remain somewhat sustainable. Let me know if you have any suggestions.
yay for working... school starts soon. As much as I enjoy how quiet it is here over the summer, sometimes I miss the noise.
I know what you mean. I'm turned off by the traffic around here when the semester begins, but having lots of people around my office is far more exciting than being alone with my books all afternoon.
Also, the main D3 forum here is a cesspit. I've got to stop responding to the idiots in those threads.
Basically the monk paid for herself in less than an hour, with zero deaths and several terrible affix combinations to boot. I doubt she has the stats to make much (if any) headway into act2, but for farming act1 I can't imagine any class doing it better on the cheap.
Addendum: I have two hand-me downs from my barb, an old ring and weapon. I think that brings her total value up another few 100k, but still definitely around, if not under the 1m mark.
welcome back Pro
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