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Need to ask about this beta everyone is talking about,

will it be free for all users or you have to own sumtin or pay for it to get access to it? Am not quite informed about betas...

Basically you opt-in your Battle.net account, submit your system specs, and, if you're lucky, you get chosen for a key. So no, you don't have to pay or own anything (besides a computer, obviously, but it seems like you've probably got that covered), but it's not exactly for all users either. But anyone who wants in has an opportunity to get in.

Try this. Keep Meditation Aura active at all times (remember the Prayer synergy, so it's healing life too!) and spam Holy Bolt to heal your Merc (for an extra challenge, use an A1 or A3 merc) and kill undeads. If you want more offense, you might consider picking up Hammers or FotH.


I just remembered another build that some random was telling me his friend was going to try when I traded him a Head Hunter's Glory. It's basically a Chance-to-Cast Necromancer. I'm assuming you'd probably want to pick up a Golem and a curse too...probably Lower Resist. It's a melee build that relies on items that give a chance to cast Poison Nova (BOTD, Andy's Visage, Carrion Wind) and Bone Armor (Bone Rune Word...I'm not sure what else). Good luck. :tongue:

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The last reset took place in....September? Maybe?

Ladder. September 28, 2010. :thumbsup:

Quote from Lt. Venom

Also, decent guide and how the hell did you stumble across this method?

Pretty standard method from everything I've read. It's basically the same method that's already described in our wiki too: Uber Diablo

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Something like this might work, with as many points in Frenzy as is possible for your level

I wouldn't waste points in Increased Stamina/Speed since Frenzy provides a massive movement speed bonus on its own. I know you're not level 99, but this is basically what a 99 Frenzy Barb's skills are going to look like, so it may be helpful to look at that and see what you can manage at your level. It also gives you something to build towards, even though you won't ever reach 99 in SP. I'd recommend reading the Frenzy Barb guide on our wiki if you haven't already; it's very good.

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I know about CTA but if I dual wield hotos or cta its 6+ in total.

No matter what you use on your weapon swap, you won't be able to get more than +6 to your warcries, so there's really no reason to get expensive weapons like CTA or HotO when you can just pick up a couple shout sticks from a vendor.

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What is a Tomb? I can't find it on the wiki anywhere.

Tomb Reaver

To start, I want to clarify that this thread isn't meant to debate the merits and downfalls of the 7-skill system, but to sort of build on the "what class will you play?" threads.

With the new skills revealed at Blizzcon, most classes now have a pretty good variety to choose from. So, with the restriction of only being able to use seven skills, which skills will pay your bills? Check out the class pages on our wiki to see all the skills, updated with info from the playable demo.

For me, I'm thinking of an AoE-based WD build, using:

• Grasp of the Dead
• Haunt
• Soul Harvest
• Acid Cloud
• Gargantuan (or Zombie Dogs; it depends on which makes a better tank...for which Gargantuan makes more sense, though the Dogs will conceivably be able to attract the attention of more monsters)
• Spirit Barrage
• Spirit Walk for movement/escape.

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for most items and runewrods you can check arreatsummit.

Or, better yet, our Wiki! :thumbsup:

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Should be either:

"Today at DiabloFans, we would like"

or

"Today, we at DiabloFans would like"

or

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Well, now that the Skill Calc issues have been resolved except for

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Almost... at least it works now but it looks all broken because of the style. Waiting for Alexia to add my fixes.

I wanted to throw out the suggestion of getting an Attack Speed Calculator up and running. IAS is much more complicated than the other Breakpoints, so it's not really possible to present it in a table format like has been done on the wiki page for FBR, FCR, and FHR. However, it's also an incredibly important stat to know in order to gear your character to the fullest.

Unfortunately, I lack even the slightest knowledge of programming languages and such, so it's not something that I could tackle, but I think it would be a great tool to add to the site, so if anyone wants to give it a go, that would be awesome.

If you're in need of inspiration, here is the speed calc I typically use at the moment.

We have a website made for skills and passives now! Thanks to ChaotiK.

http://diablo3characterbuilds.com/


Below are more sources just in case:
Barb

Skills: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/233/barbactiveskills.jpg/
Passives: http://imageshack.us/f/21/barbpassiveskills.jpg/

Wizard

Interactive Skill Page: http://panikmeister.pa.funpic.de/d3/wizskills.html
Passives: http://i.imgur.com/u9wS9.jpg

Monk

Interactive Skill Page: http://panikmeister.pa.funpic.de/d3/monkskills.html
Passives: http://i.imgur.com/tbyAM.jpg

Witch Doctor

Skills: http://i.imgur.com/PLC2c.jpg Thanks to Faithful
Passives: http://i.imgur.com/RaIWu.jpg

Demon Hunter

Interactive Skill Page: http://panikmeister.pa.funpic.de/d3/dhskills.html
Passives: http://i.imgur.com/jozqz.jpg

From the recent leaks I was able to find out what Overpower does and its rune effects.

OVERPOWER
Press the advantage of a powerful attack to overwhelm the enemy for X weapon damage to all targets within X yards. Overpower becomes available whenever the Barbarian makes a critical hit against an enemy.
-RUNES-
A Killing Spree: Whenever used, your chance to critical hit is increased by X for X seconds.
B Storm of Steel: Throw up to X axes at nearby enemies which inflict X weapon damage each.
C Revel: Heal X of your maximum Life whenever Overpower is used.
D Momentum: Overpower stays active for a duration of X seconds and generates X Fury for every enemy hit.
E Crushing Advance: Reflect X of incoming melee damage for X seconds after Overpower is activated.

super RANT lol....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDYjljdje-g

It's been a while since I've been on this forum checking fan art, probably since the monk was released. By this time I have been drawing various characters for my own amusement. I've decided to share them, I have many more Diablo feel sketch drawings but I don't want to unleash all that I did. Also, since I try to use all of my sketchbook pages, they have stains from verso sketches. <_<

So here are a few:

Called the fatty Gastric Gargentua and the other one was the fifth class concept(which I abandoned) Lancer



Lamprey Eel and ActII Sand Summoner



Witch Doctor without his mask and Demon Lizard




If you guys want I can post my other sketches....

EDIT: Hmm, this ended up being pretty long, sorry. TL;DR = New player's input is just as valuable as dedicated fan input.

Claiming that anyone who only casually plays Blizzard games are random idiots is ignorant. Claiming that only 'hardcore dedicated' fans deserve Beta invites is also ignorant. The original Diablo games are pretty much a generation old now, and you can surely bet on the fact that they are aiming for Diablo III to draw in many players that are new to the franchise. This new generation of gamers are the ones that are going to be buying games from Blizzard as future years and future games are released. Blizzard is going to value their input on the game just as much as they'd value a long standing fan.

Now I'm not suggesting that they will value a dedicated gamer's input any less, they are a valuable resource when it comes to designing the game. That being said Blizzard also needs to listen to this new demographic so that they can ensure they have a future generation of gamers who enjoy their games as much as the longtime fans, like myself and many of the other members of these forums including yourself Hpnot1Q. You need to take a step back and look at it from the point of view of a design team who wants to create a healthy balance of the old and the new. I live with several people who's first Blizzard game was WoW and I've gotten them sufficiently excited about Diablo III that they are all going to be purchasing it on release night to enjoy the Diablo universe with me. They've all given Diablo II a shot in the past few months and I've found some of their insight into the game surprising due to the simple fact that they aren't wearing rose-coloured glasses and blinded by nostalgia, able to bring a refreshing point of view on the mechanics and gameplay and whatnot. Blizzard would do well to listen to these player's thoughts and ideas.

I of course would love to receive a Beta invite, though I've had terrible Blizzard Beta luck like many people. Yes I started playing Blizzard games fifteen years ago starting with Warcraft II when I was nine years old, and have purchased and enjoyed every Blizzard game since, including six years of WoW. I however don't believe Blizzard owes me a thing because the enjoyment I've gotten out of their exceptional games more than makes up for the money I've paid and the (sigh) lack of Betas I've been invited to.

People really need to lose that false sense of entitlement they have. I understand that many people may want a game designed by a minority population like the dedicated fan base of a game that's over a decade old at this point. A population that can only go down as time goes on. The franchise needs fresh blood if we want to continue enjoying it and receiving regular updates and whatnot. New ideas that are kept in perspective (ie. no zombie terminator machine gun Nazis) will only make the game better.

Quote from popo_joe

ok you take away haggling, since games r reduced to 4 players and you dont need to see people for trading, what would be the point of playing online?

Seriously? You're saying "The only purpose of playing online is to trade items face-to-face and haggle." Literally the most absurd argument I've ever seen on this matter. Possibly any matter ever.

Quote from popo_joe

stop comparing diablo and wow, they have nothing in common.
diablo is not an mmo, and the only way to socialize in the game is either by trading (which wont be popular with an AH) or by helping people or getting helped.

I am so sick of this argument, it infuriates me. There is a very very large intersection between a game like WoW and a game like Diablo. They are played with other people, you create and build characters, those characters fall into identical RPG archetypes, said characters rely heavily on gear for their effectiveness.. I could keep listing things, but it's pretty boring, so. The point is, just because one's massively multiplayer and the other isn't is immaterial. And I would argue that Diablo has ALWAYS shared some minor elements with "massively multiplayer" games..mainly because parts of Diablo are indeed persistent: battle.net. You can get into a game at any time with almost anyone. That right there lends itself to having certain similarities with WoW.

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in wow, since the world is so huge and openworld, an AH is practical.

So your argument is, since an AH is practical in a large persistent world, and Diablo does not have a large persistent world, therefore an AH would NOT be practical in Diablo? Hopefully you can see the fallacy in that argument. Just because it's convenient in WoW has no bearing on the fact that it's ALSO convenient in Diablo.

The real reason an AH is convenient? So many items. With such a huge influx of items, there has to be a common center where people can go to efficiently and effectively exchange said items. That's why one of the first things humans ever built when tribes got large enough was a marketplace. You wouldn't just walk through an entire city with a wagon full of crap yelling "CELL PHONE CASES! GOT SOME CELL PHONE CASES!" No. Go to the fucking mall and get a console.

That's also why, in a game that relies on other people but does NOT have a persistent in-game world, an AH is absolutely critical! Trading and economy was so ridiculously broken in D2 that people literally created a web site that made their own, out-of-game economy because the in-game one was pathetic. If you don't agree with that, we're done here.

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dont take AH for granted, we still dont know and im sure blizz dont wanna take down trading.

and btw for me, as soon as you cant haggle , i dont call it trading, you dont trade in an AH, you just buy stuff, just like with merchants.

Seriously? You're gonna make a semantic play right now? Trading is the exchange of goods between two parties. If you honestly believe that the word "trading" means meeting face-to-face and physically exchanging stuff through a p2p trading window, and anything other than that is not trading, I can do nothing for you.

Omninom rebutted your points perfectly, but I simply had to contribute for the sheer enjoyment I get out of debunking ridiculous collections of words.

Quote from popo_joe

ok you take away haggling, since games r reduced to 4 players and you dont need to see people for trading, what would be the point of playing online?

Playing with other people.

Quote from popo_joe

stop comparing diablo and wow, they have nothing in common.

They're both RPGs with randomized loot and a valuable ingame currency. They both have large communities who wish to trade with eachother without hassle.

Quote from popo_joe

diablo is not an mmo, and the only way to socialize in the game is either by trading (which wont be popular with an AH) or by helping people or getting helped.

Or playing the game cooperatively--the main function of battle.net.

Quote from popo_joe

dont take AH for granted, we still dont know and im sure blizz dont wanna take down trading.

It's highly likely there will be an auction house. And it doesn't take down trading, it gives you a better way to do it. Manual trade is still an option.

Quote from popo_joe

and btw for me, as soon as you cant haggle , i dont call it trading, you dont trade in an AH, you just buy stuff, just like with merchants.

No, you bid on items, that's why it's called an AUCTION house. That's half the fun.

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Thus the balancing issue of having 8 players in online D3 is an non-existent issue.

Exactly right. Why? BECAUSE THE PLAYER CAP IS 4.

People, at a certain point, we have to stop arguing about who's assumptions are more correct. We have no factual information about how gameplay in Diablo 3 is affected by the number of players in a party.

What we do have are two camps:

1. People who trust Blizzard to choose reasonable feature constraints, at least until we get a chance to actually play and make an informed personal opinion.

2. People who do not trust Blizzard to choose reasonable feature constraints, and want to make their opinion heard that "4 is not enough."

Both camps have equally valid reasons to exist, based on precedence. Although I've chosen my camp, I really feel like we need to curb this discussion until we all have more factual information to guide our debate. The topic itself is a really important one, but carrying on over the same well-worn rhetorical ground, while lacking any substantive evidence to enlighten those in opposition to your particular viewpoint, just isn't doing anyone any good at this point.

From the MPQ files:

regenerates 1 quantity per 100/lvl seconds

So Replenishing gives 1 in 20 secs and Propagation is 1 in 10 secs.