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So long as the parent thinks the child can handle it, then fair enough. It's ultimately up to the parent, even if the 'law' or 'guidelines' disagree.

So OP, good for you that you're able to share interests with your child. I hope that one day I can do the same with my future offspring (if it ever happens, currently not planning on it but you never know :P).

Just don't talk about it in-game to be safe. I highly doubt Blizzard would do anything even if you did talk about it in-game: they don't actively police chat. They'll only check if a report is made, so make sure none of your friends are dbags (and you don't talk about this in public games with random people) and you'll be fine.

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Nice patch changes love them. Just a bit "nervous" about repair x4 or x5. So instead of lets say 7.000 gold repair, it will be 28.000 or 35.000 . Not everyone is "graveyard zerging" enemies. But as Triptic said...can't please them all!

Ideally, with these changes you'll only be dying a lot if you're severely undergeared. In other words...

Now, you'll die a lot because stuff one shots you, regardless of gear. It's ok though, because you can just run back and keep chipping away at their HP, dying 4-5 times in the process.

After the patch, you'll only die if you're really undergeared. If you're properly geared, you'll die once, maybe twice, or probably not at all if you're skilled. Less deaths means less durability loss, means less repairs required but they cost more.

The point I'm trying to make is I think it'll ultimately balance out. Sure, if you're undergeared and trying to bruteforce it you're going to suffer. But if you're appropriately geared and playing well, you shouldn't notice much change.

Dialogue, admittedly, has never been Blizzard's strong point. Except for Covetous Shen. That guy is amazing.

There's an exchange between the Templar and the hero at one point (I was playing Demon Hunter, but he probably does this with other classes too) where they're basically going:

'THE DEMONS ARE EVIL, LOOK AT THE INNOCENTS THEY HAVE SLAUGHTERED. I AM RIGHTEOUSLY ANGRY.'
'I AGREE. I SHALL MAKE THEM PAY WITH BLOOD.'
'YOU ARE A TRUE HERO.'

It's like, wtf. How boring and one-dimensional.

Can't wait for the patch where I can turn off conversations with my followers, so can focus on the gameplay!

The best you can do is go through the AH and see what affixes you can search for in each item slot. It'll only allow you to search for possible affixes for that slot, e.g. you can only search for movement speed on boots, can't search for movement speed on bracers (because it's impossible to get that).

Would be a bit time-consuming to make the list, but worth it I feel.

Blizzard will give us exactly what they promised: a fun PvP mini-game for people to do beside the main game, which isn't intended to be balanced whatsoever.

Probably best that you get rid of your ideas of balancing now, because Blizzard have already. One shot matches are entirely possible.

100 strength will increase your DPS by 100%. Weapon DPS gets multiplied by your strength, so let's do some basic calculations.

700 DPS weapon, 1000 strength, OR
900 DPS weapon, 900 strength

700 * 1000% = 7000 DPS
900 * 900% = 8100 DPS

There's A LOT more that goes into the math than that, but it gives you the idea. The short, easy to understand version: more weapon DPS is almost always better. If you have a choice between more strength or more weapon DPS, go for the DPS.

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You spend 200+$ on games but are too cheap to spend 5$ on an authenticator, or too lazy to get the free mobile version?
It should come to no surprise that BNet accounts are very popular among account thieves, so why not take that extra precaution?

i have the mobile authenticator .... i dont like the physical one cause i have memory problem and i love to move around to friends and when i forget it im fucked and i alway have my phone soo i alway have my mobile authenticator i have no spyware i have scanned last week and today and i do not go for phishing attempts ....

Do you mean the authenticator on smart phones, or the dial in authenticator? The first one should work, the second doesn't work with D3.

Also, guys, let's not blame him for getting hacked. It isn't his fault: nobody asks to be hacked. Let's direct our anger at the people who deserve it: the hackers. Not the OP. Not Blizzard.

It's probably best not to submit to xenophobia. I'm pretty sure not all Chinese are hackers, and not all hackers are Chinese.

Blizzard take security very seriously, but you have to help them out. Use an authenticator. No, I'm not blaming you for being hacked (it always sucks and I'm sorry for it), but at the same time it isn't Blizzard's fault either. They haven't been compromised. The hacker got a hold of your password through other means: it doesn't necessarily mean you did anything questionable and accidentally got a keylogging virus. It could just be something like that Adobe Flash flaw that caused widespread account compromises a couple of years back. Not your fault, not Blizzard's.

I would also imagine their phone lines are busy because, y'know, new game. It happens a lot and not just to Blizzard. You could also submit an online ticket, I believe? Might work better.

Final note... You probably don't see hacks in Rift because the potential market for gold buying is far, far smaller than it is in WoW. Why go for the 1 million (or whatever, cba to find exact numbers) subscriber market when you could go for the 10 million subscriber market? Or 6.3 million (and counting), in the case of D3.

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All they care about is profit. Blizzard should deliver acount security as standard, not optional thing, that's just nonsense. If they would really care about players security, the would attach this kind of device to their products, as free gift. You pay for something, that you are ought to get. And don't compare it to innsurance, we're talking about 50$ games compared to 20 000$ car.

Isn't just comfortable for Blizzard to say, well guys 2 millions account have been stolen, you have to be very careful, or hmm... maybe you will buy authenticator?
If account would get hacked, you can still recover it by providing your real id to Blizzard, so i don't see problem.

And this is exactly what I was referring to.

1. They do offer it for free if you own a smartphone. No, it's not some clever ploy to get you to buy smartphones: Blizzard have no stake whatsoever in the profits from those.

2. The physical authenticators are sold at cost: all Blizzard are doing is recouping the cost of making the authenticator. They are not making any profit whatsoever.

3. it's not unheard of for Blizzard to just say 'you've been hacked too many times, your account is permanently closed now'. Of course, you'd need to be hacked many times for this to occur, but why take the risk? Also, by relying on Blizzard's account restoration service, you're wasting the time of Blizzard's customer service department, which in turn wastes money. Congratulations, you're selfish.

Just get an authenticator. It's not hard.

If everyone were completely rational and logical, a lot of issues in the world would cease to exist. Unfortunately that isn't true, so here we are.

Ouch. RNG hated you that time, I guess.

Never happened to me before, but I suppose it's possible. Very very low chance, but you know how RNG can get. I feel your pain!

I find the main issue with this build is a complete lack of spirit being generated passively. With a lot of kiting you don't get much opportunity to melee (even with Deadly Reach), so you can be spirit starved quite easily.

It could just be down to my personal preference though. I think I'd want to get some +spirit regen gear to make this work for me. Might help other people (or I may be doing something wrong, in which case please feel free to enlighten me).

That said, I do find this build allows me to easily burn through Act 1 Inferno. Some things can cause me to pause/kite, but for the most part Act 1 is very, very easy. Act 2 is still the issue though: even with this build, with 650 resistances, 27k HP and around 7k armor, I find I die very quickly.

Think I need more dexterity too, then. It's a very good build though: perhaps most effective when with other people?

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You care about your weapon because of enrage timers. Can't rely on your group to cover your slack: you need to be contributing DPS. It really isn't like WoW at all.

In answer to your other question (what does weapon DPS affect): anything that does damage. Heals only scale with your level, or maybe with your max HP. Turn on advanced tooltips and double check, it'll say what it's scaling with in there.

But yeah. You need a high DPS weapon. Don't think like WoW!

Thus: it affects only my damage, and you need to have a high dps weapon, so that you can do dps....

Yeah, so in other words, as a MonkTANK, since I'm running with 3 RL friends all the time who are doing ridiculous DPS, theres no need for a high damage weapon?

Assuming your friends can do enough DPS to cover your deficit, then you're absolutely right. It's also worth bearing in mind that there isn't really aggro in this game, like in WoW: the mobs will just go for whoever they like. Usually that means whoever is closest, so luckily that means Melee are able to Tank sufficiently without needing to do high DPS.

So yeah: you could go full support/tank, assuming your friends are able to do enough DPS. Weapon DPS does nothing for heals or support abilities unless it explicitly states weapon DPS is a factor in the advanced tooltip.

You care about your weapon because of enrage timers. Can't rely on your group to cover your slack: you need to be contributing DPS. It really isn't like WoW at all.

In answer to your other question (what does weapon DPS affect): anything that does damage. Heals only scale with your level, or maybe with your max HP. Turn on advanced tooltips and double check, it'll say what it's scaling with in there.

But yeah. You need a high DPS weapon. Don't think like WoW!