You'll only have to visit town frequently if you have OCD and pick up every white and grey item to sell to the merchant for 5 gold each. It will take a very long time to fill your inventory up with blue items.
For one you cant farm an area, drop rates go down if you do the same area repetitivly.
I've never heard something like this. Do you have any basis for this claim?
Secondly, Did you play D2? do you remember how lvl 89 players would rush a group of 7 noobs? Blizzard already stated that this is a fate that they would have to accept, no matter what, players will always find a way to speed rush other players.
I'm not concerned with powerleveling, and I don't know how so many people interpreted my post to be that, looking at the replies a lot of people are talking about powerleveling. That's not really an issue that needs attention.
My concern lies in short, repetitive loot runs. Logging out and in every minute to farm the exact same area. If this is the most efficient way to farm items, what an epicly boring end game D3 will have.
I believe the new system reveal from Jay Wilson later this week will have something to do with the Checkpoints system. As of now there are numerous "exploits" regarding fast, repetitive runs of the same area using checkpoints & leaving the game, including getting level 1 characters up to bosses instantly just by joining a friend's game.
If you don't see a problem with this, think about why Blizzard shifted the "best loot" from Bosses to Rare/Champion mobs - it was an attempt to curb repetitive boss runs, and make the entire game viable for aquiring gear. With the current checkpoint system, that problem is even worse than Boss runs in D2, since there are some areas where Rares/Champions always (or almost always) spawn, i.e., the Cemetary of the Forsaken in beta.
Additionally, Bashiok said not long ago that this new system will be implemented in the next beta patch, so it must be a system that affects the entire game and is available at low levels.
As an aside - It's been 4 weeks since the last beta patch, so I would venture to guess that Patch 10 will be here by next week at the latest, if not by the end of this week with the system reveal. I also expect a full character wipe (including beta bux?) if it's really a big change.
*Update* This method is less effective in Patch 10, due to companion scrolls no longer dropping, and gold find on items being nerfed.
Using full Gold Find gear (+234%), I clear the beginning area of Royal Crypts which contains over a hundred destructible objects, as well as loose tiles, corpses, and chests. Each run takes about 1.5 minutes, and yields over 1000 gold, as well as a few white and blue items. I use this gold to buy blue items from the merchant (Buckler of Thorns is the cheapest at ~250g) to turn into scrap material. This is the best method of farming crafting materials I have found.
What makes it more unbelievable for me is that the guy is a "whistle blower" and doesn't want to be identified but he flat out says "I'm the guy that made the pillars".
I don't buy it.
More than likely, he made a lot more than just pillars, and there were also several other people working on different pillars as well. There are lots of pillars in the game.
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I've never heard something like this. Do you have any basis for this claim?
I'm not concerned with powerleveling, and I don't know how so many people interpreted my post to be that, looking at the replies a lot of people are talking about powerleveling. That's not really an issue that needs attention.
My concern lies in short, repetitive loot runs. Logging out and in every minute to farm the exact same area. If this is the most efficient way to farm items, what an epicly boring end game D3 will have.
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Read the last paragraph of original post.
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If you don't see a problem with this, think about why Blizzard shifted the "best loot" from Bosses to Rare/Champion mobs - it was an attempt to curb repetitive boss runs, and make the entire game viable for aquiring gear. With the current checkpoint system, that problem is even worse than Boss runs in D2, since there are some areas where Rares/Champions always (or almost always) spawn, i.e., the Cemetary of the Forsaken in beta.
Additionally, Bashiok said not long ago that this new system will be implemented in the next beta patch, so it must be a system that affects the entire game and is available at low levels.
As an aside - It's been 4 weeks since the last beta patch, so I would venture to guess that Patch 10 will be here by next week at the latest, if not by the end of this week with the system reveal. I also expect a full character wipe (including beta bux?) if it's really a big change.
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The song is posted right below the video on the youtube page, lol. It's a cover of Metallica's 'Nothing Else Matters' by Apocalyptica.
Also, I'm still waiting for someone to beat my Destruction streak!!
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Using full Gold Find gear (+234%), I clear the beginning area of Royal Crypts which contains over a hundred destructible objects, as well as loose tiles, corpses, and chests. Each run takes about 1.5 minutes, and yields over 1000 gold, as well as a few white and blue items. I use this gold to buy blue items from the merchant (Buckler of Thorns is the cheapest at ~250g) to turn into scrap material. This is the best method of farming crafting materials I have found.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnysSVrOxh0
I also found a fun way to do these runs is to get the highest 'Destruction' streak you can. Here are my results:
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More than likely, he made a lot more than just pillars, and there were also several other people working on different pillars as well. There are lots of pillars in the game.
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Oh snap! Sign of a certain member of the art team getting the axe.
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^This. And a tweet doesn't mean an official announcement.
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So of course I made a video to share with all of you fine gentlemen and ladies (if you're into that)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1E6B-9n8Aw