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Myself, along with 3 of my good buddies who all played pretty seriously (for now all having jobs, girlfriends, wives, and drinking problems.. ) have played in our own clan since 2.0.1. Its been fun but when 1-2 of as aren't on we really wished we had a bigger pool of people to game with outside of pubbing and going through that whole shitstorm of Vote Kicking... We farm T4 efficiently and are perfecting gear on multiple chars, all of us have 1-2 pretty geared chars we rotate around. Personally, Ive ditched the barb for my Crusader and haven't looked back, they usually play DH/monk, wiz/wd, crusader/wiz respectively in group when we farm.

We'd really like to disband for a bigger group to be part of! All of us are long time buddies and have gamed WoW/SC/Halo/CoD etc etc together, gaming is what we do and we are very knowledgeable in D3. Fun, causal, big, and skilled is what we are looking for (that's what she said)!

My prof for reference, questions always welcome: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/CptBlasto-1274/hero/45635725

Please do not comment on "speculation", I've found plenty of that already...

According to various sources of other testers, Fire Walkers HAVE been benefitting from %fire damage as well as Shard procs from %lightning. I tried to do my best controlled test with my Thunderfury, and from what I saw it didn't look like %lightning was affecting the procs. It was a brief test, I didn't have a lot of time to look further into it but assumed it was not working.

Does anyone have more thorough data on this, or can a Blue please confirm/ specify if it is/is not intended?

I really wanna build myself into a lightning machine. Granted the proc is strong as is with Crit/critdmg but Id greatly appreciate further info!

cheers

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So if a weapon doesnt roll a socket, dont bother wasting enchanting mats on it?

Depends on how strong the weapon is/ if spending resources will be worth it. I am working on reforging a very nice Odynson with 20 lite damage. For me its worth it to keep trying. All about deciding if its worth it or not to invest long-term

Let me start by saying: I love this game. I’ve put more hours into RoS than I did any week of Vanilla, let alone any game in a good while. After 40+ great hours, I have a lot of built up constructive criticism I’d like to share:

First off, DAT RELEASE! My hat goes off to Blizzard, Josh, Wyatt, whoever oversaw the way release was handled. Went right into A5 at midnight, no lag. No d/c’s from anyone in my party. Absolutely flawless, blew away my expectations (which after Vanilla, were hopeful but ‘prepared for the worst’)

Content: Act 5 is fantastic. They did a great job capturing the feel of all the locations and delivering it to the players, I really enjoy it. Adventure mode brings what all core Diablo players were in desperate need of. Freedom to cruise act to act and kill whatever you want, or just what you need to. Bounties seem about right where they need to be, but Rifts to me seem lacking. Variety especially. Kill X amount of monsters to get a boss to spawn gets stale, though random monsters and environments certainly help. Adding other random types like (spitballing here, please suggest ideas!) Defend the Fort/NPC/Caravan/whatever, Capture the Base (capture waypoints/strongpoints to unlock a massive NPC aided Boss battle with insane buffs or something, idk spitballing like I said), or using Timed Run Rewards like WoW to add challenge and increase rewards… which leads me to my next point. Rifts just don’t seem rewarding enough. Maybe its just me? Reward, style variety aside, Rifts fast paced combat is spot on and very fun.

Loot 2.0/RoS: Loot is significantly improved. Legendaries are dropping fairly frequently, upgrades came quick at first and slowed (as they theoretically should). I only have 2 issues with loot at the moment, and they are extremely frustrating to say the least. While gearing my char, I came across several legendary weapons that I would have liked to use, but, they didn’t roll a socket. No big deal right? Ill just reforge one… 15+ reforges and still no socket later I was ready to throw my computer across the room. To me the real problem here is the disparity between socketed and unsocketed weapons. Look at any geared player clearing Torment, especially 2+, and you see the same thing: Two 1h weapons, both socketed with emeralds. And why the hell wouldn’t you? Crit/Crit damage still is the best scaling damage in the game (with %ele damage right with them). As far as I am concerned, unsocketed weapons are worthless, and likely a waste of reforging in order to make them any good. With reforging as expensive as it is, along with the scarcity of Forgotten Souls aside from salvaging, it’s a major source of frustration. Sure, if you get that truly epic wep to drop it may be worth 15+ attempts to get it. But the problem still exists, sockets MAKE OR BREAK weapons. Same thing can apply to 2 Handers. Sure the damage can roll well, but with the lack of a second socket (or one at all), they are garbage and need reworking. I don’t have math on how it could be fixed, other than scaling critdmg from gems down, guaranteeing sockets on weapons (outright removing them seems like a poor choice), giving 2 handers guaranteed 1/max 2 sockets, or just outright buffing the hell out of 2hander damage to make it comparable. Still, you are going to socket with an Emerald, that’s a no brainer :/

All in all though, this game is a completely new game from Vanilla, severely improved, and continuing to improve. Thank you devs and readers for continuing to push such a fun game in a great direction! Keep it constructive team

pst me in game preferably. CptBlasto#1274

also looking for entry level monk gear willing to negotiate!

Switched to archon, got some $$ looking for a decent wep to get me going

any chance your tryin to cut an archon wiz in the struggle some deals? haha those black axes and zuni pox are hot but im on a tight 50m budget switching from CM not to mention dont have enough time to farm

amazing loots tho very nice

btw did u find all these??

So CM has been a blast but my fingers can't take any more smashing my 1-2-3 keys anymore. With all the love 1.0.8 archon got I've messed with it and even in my scrubs gear MP5 clears are smooth... but I have roughly 50m from my CM set and need help with some upgrades!!!

my prof http://www.diabloprogress.com/hero/cptblasto-1274/lolteetz/16845629

My ideas (which seem the best?)
Obviously weps (black of course w/ LS seeing i likely wont have the ehp or dps to rely soley on BMrune) I DO have a 100crit gem at my disposal
~1050 int/LS/socket
~1250 int/LS

- a higher avg dmg/int Trimuv is a gimmie and cheap

Pants
- Innas (massive EHP loss)
- int/vit/allres/2sock rares as much INT as possible

Chest
- i have a decent tals chest 9ias with 190int but no allres at my disposal but EHP loss

Ring
-Zuni Pox w/ crit(expensive)
-Int/crit/CHD over my crit/ias other ring?

Not really worried about glove/shoulder/ammy atm, im keeping up with my crafting so thats just a matter of time there. All advice appreciated! Thanks homies

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lol looking forward to it, sums up about everything I've heard. Stats? Im running at 44Khp, 10k armor, 200-300res (yes Im working on gearing more for this), 12k dps with a pretty viable build

and pink color coordinated armor, of course

Finally, got some spare time at work. Cruising through A1 inferno (about to hit the wall) interested to see some A2+ gameplay/builds/tactics in action. A2 tonight wewt!

Some of you are the most ridiculous and impatient people Ive ever seen. In what way, shape, or form is this surprising. Blizzard has built itself on a basic principle of delivering QUALITY content to gamers above all else, where most publishers/producers WILL stick to a 1-2 year deadline and put out garbage. Only so much can be patched into games without essentially re-releasing a new game entirely and ruining its name.

Look at the content that has been tweaked, modified, or hell, implemented brand new/totally overhauled in the last 2-3 months and the delay comes at little to no surprise. Sure it sucks for some of you who wont be able to play (as much as you want to, cmon u know you when it releases you will still find a way to play) due to school, jobs, etc. but those are situational factors that Blizz cannot factor into when the game will be 'ready.'

Quit bashing the company that you all have oh, so, adored for its games that have absolutely blown competition away and set new standards for the industry, grab a sandwich, a beer, and a comfy seat... the decade long wait is almost over... should be happy you have enough time to bitch about not getting to play a video game soon enough anyway 90% of people arent even that lucky

Seems Blizz forgot a verrrry important fix imo...

Other:
- Invited CptBlasto to the Closed Beta. He should now be able to log into the game and play as much as his heart desires >

Lotta hate gettin thrown around here. Fun to read none-the-less.

Imo, smart move by Blizz attracting new segments of gamers to play their games (which also imo are nothing but the best games put out) and involve them in the Blizz culture. I say let those who feel more comfortable on a controller go for it, I would no doubt try it myself and wont judge the playstyle until I... actually play it.

PC has always been my preference for almost every type of game and regardless I will no doubt be playing PC (whether or not a controller gets added to the mix at some point is another story I guess). All I really ask is that they dont let this venture delay D3 to their core PC market (ME) and they evaluate this move carefully, as Im sure they will... and maybe throw me a Beta Key 0.o

So somehow around my 15,000th push of the F5 key in my browser as I await, among all of you, Closed Beta....

I thought to myself there has to be something I can do to get my mind somewhere else to pass the time (actually doing work at work just sounds silly to me at a time like this)

SO. With the confirmed expansion we are getting for D3, I couldnt help but to think of what the new class(es) will be... my thoughts..

Druid?? (BOOMKINS BLIZZ YOU WONT, YOU WONT!!)
Pally?
Necro/Warlock but meh, thats what I feel like we have a WD for
Some kind of elemental/ shaman? Totems could be cool
Hero class? No DKs plz & thx

We already got a pure caster, pure melee, ranged/physical, and whatever you wanna call a monk. What playstyle do you all think will be missing?

Alright back to F5'ing... -.-