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    posted a message on How to disincentivize botters?

    Anywhere that has any 'competition', people will do and use ANYTHING to give them even the slightest edge. Constant banning is the only way to go.

    I for one want GR keys to be removed. IMO the highest incentive for 'competitive' players to bot.

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    posted a message on Legacy of Nightmares theory craft builds
    Quote from helpme123»

    Quote from Rika»

    There is noway the 800% damage increase per item is going to make it to live. It makes every other set worthless.


    800% is about right to compete with the set.
    Let's just use Zombie Bears Helltooth with F/C for example: 10 (900%) X 2.25 = 22.5 x 520% (ZB) = 11700%
    Nightmare with 13 ancient pieces: 520% + (13 * 800%) = 10920%
    A dagger dart WD cleared 90 using the ring version. Standard poison dart with zunimassas did not even reach 80 last I checked. Granted, with the augmentations, who knows, but currently the no set rings are absolutely destroying other sets and I am certain that a lot of hidden potential will be kept secret if this goes through.
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    posted a message on Legacy of Nightmares theory craft builds

    There is noway the 800% damage increase per item is going to make it to live. It makes every other set worthless.

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    posted a message on Channel Wizard is now viable? Omgwtfbbq
    Quote from aztec91x»

    Sleet Storm

    Cold Energy Orb

    Comet/Blizzard/Cold Twister

    Frost Nova (bone chill I guess?)

    Frost Armor: Crystallize

    Magic Weapon: Deflect


    Does that specific blizzard rune freeze every time you cast it? Would really like to make Rimeheart usable somehow


    And from reading PTR forums it seems this item won't proc 6pc talis, though it may be op if it did

    There is a DR on all CC. If rimeheart was exempt, it would be awesome. What I mean by that is if the "freeze" effect applied anyway, but the actual stun was DRed instead so that rimeheart would still proc.
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    posted a message on Channel Wizard is now viable? Omgwtfbbq

    I would have decimated a 75 before the servers kicked me off. I destroyed a 70 that felt like T8. I did not use the OP set rings because I know they will be nerfed. I went firebird/arcane torrent (the tal rasha/delsere builds that also come to mind make my imaginations run wild). That new offhand that also casts my other spenders makes channeling spells extremely, extremely, fun.

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    posted a message on Nah...cool stuff and all but still same thing

    Why thank you grammar police.

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    posted a message on Nah...cool stuff and all but still same thing

    That extra roll is worth it (I am sitting at 160 billion gold here and likely not going to even bother with season 5 as there is really no incentive for me - meh @ stash - Might do the season journey really quick just for the tab later on when my friends can boost me). You will be leveling up multiple copies of gems quicker (Over time, that means less GRs needed) to take full advantage of the new cube recipe.


    This coming patch is amazing and there will still be many more tweaks coming. The wailing host ring set change is also brilliant. Sure, there will be the top build for that as well for each class, but that is still an awesome new way to play. With set dungeons, it's just more content to do on the side. This game isn't really a loot game anymore since the cube and just because YOU don't enjoy cosmetic rewards, does not mean the rest of the world doesn't. I fucking spent extra for the Vanilla CE wings and I could give a shit what you think ;)


    Great job blizz!

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    posted a message on Would this solve botting?

    Remove GR keys. Won't stop botting overall, but honestly, everyone will get BiS gear by the time they hit 800.


    What advantage does botting give other than it farms the keys for you to give you near unlimited chances to fish for the right rift?


    So sick and tired of the bitching. For real. Botting will never, ever reach top rankings on the leaderboard by itself. Every top rank was manually done.


    So, let's give EVERYONE unlimited chances to fish then. Problem solved.


    You can now QQ about how turbo gives such an advantage after you tell me why people still stand in fire in WoW despite 100 million addons that warn them about said fire before it happens MINUTES ahead of time wipe after wipe (big wigs even COUNTS DOWN to it). Thanks.


    Just to add, the xp farming by most bots is 30-55 billion per hour. It is also not perfect whatsoever. People tend and DO over-exaggerate how much xp a bot can farm. Fenrix is rank 1 wiz in the US @ < 850 paragon! Clearly, he is fucking good and by the looks of it does not bot either (assuming). Shitty players who would likely never rank in a "cheat free world" will always find other reasons as to why they can't rank rather than admitting they suck.

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    posted a message on Open Letter against Botting

    This thread is hilarious. Ban botters and they will come back. Botting is free. Seasons wipe everything. They will just come back next season.


    Any microscopic edge that can be obtained will be obtained by those who wish to compete. No matter what. "Cheating" can never be fixed ever. It comes with the territory when 'competition' is involved. Someone will ALWAYS find a way. You don't have to like it, but alas, that is the world we live in.

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    posted a message on Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard vs Esoteric Alteration

    As a melee wizard myself with no ancient serpent sparker, I decided to use both defensive gems and dropped unity for convention of elements instead. What a noticeable dps increase. I believe I will keep the same setup even if I do get a sparker one day.

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    posted a message on Archon and 2.0.5
    Quote from Bagstone
    Be easy on the quotes, guys ;-) Try to keep it readable for everyone.

    On topic: I personally dislike the change with all my heart. Not so much the cold/lightning change - just out of "tradition" I was of the belief that Archon was and should always be a purely arcane skill. Yeah, that change is nice for people who don't like arcane as element and still want to run Archon and/or use the Vyr's set. But then, why not change Disintegrate and Arcane Torrent runes as well? Two similar spells, both fully arcane. But what I really don't get is why they make Archon fire. In fact, many classes got more fire spells (WD, for example). I thought the game was quite nicely balanced, with just slightly being in favor of the fire element, but after 2.0.5 I believe that fire will become the main spec for many many people/classes. (Note: one of the core issues is the OPness of Cindercoat and Magefist, but making more spells fire makes it even worse.)
    Completely and wholeheartedly agree that Archon should remain a purely arcane spell despite the grief I may get about this. However, I run a very unorthodox arcane build that is more multi-elemental so that I can incorporate Tal Rasha and Shard of Hate.

    http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Rika-1494/hero/1568507

    It farms T5 efficiently (average 11-12 min runs; fastest being 4 min in highly dense rifts), I just need better rolls to up my damage more for T6 (and double unity; group play I am fine though). Believe it or not, it works very well as I am able to stand in melee and blackhole/frost nova (also procing my sword and my moonlight also procing) so often that I am hardly ever hit (with Archon going off cd pretty much every elite pack). I also make it a point to collect as many trash mobs with me as I possibly can before I face an elite pack so that my Archon can benefit more. Punch > beam is better in almost all situations.

    I must say, this change has disappointed me and had me thinking about going fire. I have been in search of a WoW, but I highly doubt I will ever see one (over 20k bloodshards into it now, I know that is like nothing, as I have heard of people needing to spend 380k shards; although I have no idea how you can farm that much even using 'Rift it Foward' - on that note I have NEVER even seen a Thunderfury either).

    However, what I DO hope for in light of this change is that if you have Vyr's set, it incorporates ALL the elements at once so that my Shard of Hate is not completely wasted in Archon form (I use frozen storm armor in lower torments to proc my weapon in Archon form). Also getting a nice damage boost from my Tal Rasha 2 set bonus. I would even be so inclined to swap to my Tal's Ammy and take full advantage of my perfectly rolled Triumvirate if that is the case!

    Here's hoping for that.
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    posted a message on WANT A DIABLO 3 CE CDKEY? HAVE WHAT I WANT?
    Bump. Will wait another week before I use the key myself ;p
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    posted a message on WANT A DIABLO 3 CE CDKEY? HAVE WHAT I WANT?

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