- Aldrek
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Jan 17, 2013Aldrek posted a message on Message from Jay WilsonAs soon as I saw "A Message from Jay Wilson" on the Facebook page I knew it was gonna be him stepping down as director. Can't say I didn't see it coming, either. Diablo III has gotten very boring for a lot of people, and they're very slow to add the fun back into the game. I hope he has better luck on whatever he moves on to.Posted in: News
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Sep 28, 2012Aldrek posted a message on Public Test Realm Patch 1.0.5 Notes for 9/27Posted in: News
I find three Uniques an hour in Torchlight 2, and it's way more exciting than loot in DIII. They need to stop worrying about balance and the AH and start worrying about how fun it is to find Uniques everywhere, even if we don't use them.Quote from UberMey
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While I really like that they doubled the drop rate, 0.00001% doubled is still only 0.00002%. While those are definitely not the actual drop rates, it gets my point across that it's still going to be a stupidly low drop rate. They should have increased it tenfold.
the less the 'double' means, its better than nothing ... Im ok with the change
just take some time to farm now ... lets say I hope to find 3 legendary a week instead of 2 (I know rng is rng) but, you know what I mean eh ... just keep farming and you will find =P
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Sep 27, 2012Aldrek posted a message on Public Test Realm Patch 1.0.5 Notes for 9/27While I really like that they doubled the drop rate, 0.00001% doubled is still only 0.00002%. While those are definitely not the actual drop rates, it gets my point across that it's still going to be a stupidly low drop rate. They should have increased it tenfold.Posted in: News
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Aug 20, 2012Aldrek posted a message on Paragon Level EXP ChartWow.Posted in: News
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Aug 15, 2012Aldrek posted a message on Patch 1.0.4 Preview: BarbarianPosted in: News
Looks like just the colored text is missing. Is it really gone? Maybe it just blends in. Probably unlikely.Quote from Sojourna
Quote from MolsterQuote from SojournaFor those who may experience problems viewing this Blizzard blog on DFans, such as myself, you will need to disable AdBlock+ to see it properly. Or if you don't want to, you can view the blog via Blue Tracker or from the original source.
what problems is that?
Well...
I also can't see any text in the quote box in shootingbull's post nor the blizzquote in Aldrek's post. Again, the problems went away once I disabled AdBlock+ but normally I don't need to. /shrug
Your AdBlock is probably blocking the chuck of HTML that displays the colored text. That's how those things function. Try adjusting the settings for the site and see if the text pops up again. -
Aug 15, 2012Aldrek posted a message on Patch 1.0.4 Preview: BarbarianPosted in: News
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Whirlwind and Seismic Slam will be receiving similar tweaks to improve their viability
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Aug 15, 2012Aldrek posted a message on Patch 1.0.4 Preview: BarbarianI wanna know what they're doing with Whirlwind and Seismic Slam! This sounds awesome.Posted in: News
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Jun 15, 2012Aldrek posted a message on Patch 1.0.3 Unofficial ChangesSo they're making Fury spenders even less attractive? Niiice. Not that anyone uses that passive anyway.Posted in: News
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Apr 4, 2012Aldrek posted a message on The Real Box, More on Inferno, Dyes, Poisons, GDC Panel Video, PAX East PartyReally liked that GDC video. The direction of art was cool to hear details on.Posted in: News
Also in before people complain about the art being "softer" than the pixel sprites that DII was. -
Mar 30, 2012Aldrek posted a message on Inferno Monster Levels No Longer Linear, More Fansite Q&A, Bashiok on Runes, Blizzard FacebookHell yeah, Bashiok. Fight the whiners and the casuals.Posted in: News
I love this. Make us work for everything, please. Don't hand stuff to casuals. Don't make this WoW.4) Not everyone is going to get to Inferno. I thought Blizzard said a while back that most players will quit after Normal? So...rather than letting everyone play around with rank 1 runes and at least see the various effects you aren't going to let them see them at all?
Totally! Reward for more invested players, and very likely a way to entice players not to just stop at Normal. - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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Even if, say, an Intelligence item drops that's an upgrade for both your Witch Doctor and Wizard, I'd want to give it to whoever it would improve the most.
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All this is pure speculation of course, having not seen endgame.
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I also met a lot of people online who I became friends with.
More as a result of being around computers than gaming: I'm the best with computers out of anyone I know, though my roommate is a Computer Science major, and he can code circles around me, but he does come to me for advice on the hardware side of things.
I learned to built custom PCs by myself and have since built one for me, one for a friend of mine, and aided in building one for my younger brother.
On the negative side of things I have to agree about everyone else's social points. While I am social, especially around those who I'm familiar with, I'm not the most social person you'd ever meet.
It could have had an effect on my eyesight, though it could just be hereditary, or maybe both. My joints are still fine, though.
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As someone who is dead set on playing Barbarian, I've really been giving a lot of thought to being a tank role in groups of 4, especially with that runed taunt on Threatening Shout. Though I may end up being in a group of 2 with a Wizard most, so I'd probably be a damage role most of the time. I wonder if it'll end up being essential to sword and board in higher difficulties. I would like the freedom to tank or do damage, since I like both. I'd hate to be forced to tank all the time though, if the monster damage is that much of a problem.
Anyway, speaking for the Barbarian, using your skills I'd probably do something like this, focusing on self healing, defensives, and group aid. Might swap Tough as Nails for Nerves of Steel depending on numbers. Also might use Relentless depending on how long you can actually last sub-20%, and how hard monsters hit. I don't wanna use it if I go from 50% to 10%, for example. You don't get much use out of it.
Also, obviously Bash with Clobber for single-target, and stunnable bosses, otherwise Cleave with Gathering Storm, otherwise maybe Frenzy with Vanguard. It doesn't really matter beyond the first two choices.
I could tinker with it a little and swap some abilities for some others, but Blizzard's calculator doesn't like me putting things where I want them, so I have to move skills in an annoying way to swap them.
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It should say "...Harder Than Hell." Not "Then."
Another thing I just noticed:
The official name is Diablo III, not Diablo 3.
Just little things to fix to give them that extra oomph of professionalism.
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nerfingbalancing. I don't think they've done much in recent patches for us, while other classes have gotten at least a few adjustments.0
I remember back when WC3 was popular, chat channels in B.Net were a huge deal. I always had my go-to private channel that my friends would automatically go to when they logged in, and we would chat and find a game to play (this was before DOTA came around and people actually played other games).
I'd be disappointed if we didn't have at least a WoW-style private chat channel creation system, in which you type '/join YourCustomChannelName' and you have your own channel.
I've never played SC2, so I've never seen B.Net 2.0, but I have heard of SC2's mistakes in regard to sociability, and do hope they make DIII better for it.
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Maybe they're going through and refining all the crafting materials. I did notice that before, every item salvaged into one of each quality material at and below the item itself's quality. It could have just been placeholders before.
Could you even craft Legendary items before Inferno? They might have removed them from the list because you didn't need them.
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