I know what you are saying, and I never called it an exploit. It's nothing more than a scam.
I've never been caught by it, but I have yet to see anyone really talking about this so I wanted to at least make people aware of what is going on. My fault for being nice... I guess?
My main concern is definitely whether or not people can dispute purchases made on the RMAH through Paypal.
I had just assumed it was common knowledge since all of my friends are now aware of it.
There are a couple of scams out there right now, and some are just absurdly easy to avoid (yet some still fall for it).
Gold Scam: Player A (lets call him the scammer) offers to purchase an item from Player B. Let's say the price is 2,500,000g. Player A puts 2,500,000g in the trade window and Player B puts the item in the trade window. At the last moment before the trade goes through, Player A deletes a 0 from the gold amount (taking it down to 250,000) and hits trade as well. Now Player A, the scammer, just received an item worth 2.5mil for 250k.
Item Scam: This scam is most common with Andariel's Visages, so if you're in the market for one of these you should definitely be aware of what's going on. Player A (lets call him the scammer) offers to sell a certain Andariels Visage (or any other item realistically) with desirable stats... maybe high dexterity and some vitality along with the normal stats. Player B joins the game and begins to put up gold in the trade window to purchase this high dexterity Andariel's Visage. At the last moment before the trade goes through, Player A swaps out the original dexterity Andariel's Visage for a very bad strength Andariel's Visage. Player A would gain a significant amount of gold for a pretty much worthless item.
Drop scam: This is much easier to avoid, but basically involves the scammer canceling trade and trying to time it so that the opposite player "accidentally drops their item", and picking it up.
Am I the only one who thinks it's absolutely ridiculous that Blizzard has yet to hotfix or patch the trade window to prevent such a large amount of scamming/counter scamming? It's pretty much pointless to attempt to use the trade chat as 99% of them are either item scamming or gold scamming. There are still probably a few scammers on these forums, because they are definitely on JSP.
I'm also skeptical of RMAH scams that could possibly arise. Anyone who has used Paypal and has ever sold gold (either WoW or D3) knows how easy it is to get scammed and to have payments reverted since they are usually always in favor of the buyer... regardless of how much proof you have that it was a legitimate transaction.
I got all the way through A3 with a 950 xbow, so you're going to be more than set with that one. Max discipline is pretty awesome and extremely noticeable for Glass Cannons, so it's hard for me to give that up in favor of crit.
Invest in a 900+ DPS 2h Bow or Crossbow. You should see a DPS increase.
You will be oneshot by nearly everything in Act 2 and onward with 27k hp. At this time just focus on blowing shit up, dodging EVERY projectile, and relying very heavily on Smoke Screen/Preparation.
All that defense and you still get 2 shot by Ponies. This is why I don't believe survivability is worth building.
Honestly right now, Glass Cannon is probably the most efficient and quick way to farm. If they are truly planning on increasing repair costs by 4x or more, survival/Gloom Tank will be the way to go. I wouldn't discount survivability right now, but it is really expensive to gear for it
because he cant clear act 3/4 Mr. "I used Smoke Screen to faceroll trough Inferno"
I don't have a single friend or know a single class who can't clear Act 3 efficiently. Act 4, sure it can get stupid. Blaming Smoke Screen is a pretty weak argument.
Took the adivce and ramped up my IAS, just doing that and some dex got me to 37k dps paper doll no SS. Gonna keep with the advice here and ramp up as i can from the AH.
no luck after going with SS build and having 49k dmg, 16k hp, hardly any resist
Is that 49k with Sharpshooter? That's pretty low. Glass cannon can get through Act 2 relatively easily. Yes you'll always run into shitty rares. Yes the snakes are retarded. You may need to invest into more glass cannon gear if your DPS is that low. I cleared A2/A3 quite easily at around 80k DPS with Sharpshooter.
(without AS since it is getting nerfed and a waste after patch)
To discount IAS so quickly before Blizzard has specifically stated how they are nerfing it is pretty ridiculous. We have no way of knowing whether or not IAS will a. become worthless b. become irrelevant after a certain benchmark due to excessive diminishing returns or c. still remain one of our best stats regardless of whatever nerf they throw at it
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usually always farming Cydaea/Azmodan
Lowkey#1555
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All prices listed are NOT buyout only, they are just a base or ideal pricing. I will consider ANY reasonable offer.
Contact at Lowkey#1555 in-game.
Pricing (negotiable):
1. 100k
2. sold
3. 75k
4. 75k
5. 400k
6. sold
7. sold
8. sold
9. sold
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I've never been caught by it, but I have yet to see anyone really talking about this so I wanted to at least make people aware of what is going on. My fault for being nice... I guess?
My main concern is definitely whether or not people can dispute purchases made on the RMAH through Paypal.
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There are a couple of scams out there right now, and some are just absurdly easy to avoid (yet some still fall for it).
Gold Scam: Player A (lets call him the scammer) offers to purchase an item from Player B. Let's say the price is 2,500,000g. Player A puts 2,500,000g in the trade window and Player B puts the item in the trade window. At the last moment before the trade goes through, Player A deletes a 0 from the gold amount (taking it down to 250,000) and hits trade as well. Now Player A, the scammer, just received an item worth 2.5mil for 250k.
Item Scam: This scam is most common with Andariel's Visages, so if you're in the market for one of these you should definitely be aware of what's going on. Player A (lets call him the scammer) offers to sell a certain Andariels Visage (or any other item realistically) with desirable stats... maybe high dexterity and some vitality along with the normal stats. Player B joins the game and begins to put up gold in the trade window to purchase this high dexterity Andariel's Visage. At the last moment before the trade goes through, Player A swaps out the original dexterity Andariel's Visage for a very bad strength Andariel's Visage. Player A would gain a significant amount of gold for a pretty much worthless item.
Drop scam: This is much easier to avoid, but basically involves the scammer canceling trade and trying to time it so that the opposite player "accidentally drops their item", and picking it up.
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I'm also skeptical of RMAH scams that could possibly arise. Anyone who has used Paypal and has ever sold gold (either WoW or D3) knows how easy it is to get scammed and to have payments reverted since they are usually always in favor of the buyer... regardless of how much proof you have that it was a legitimate transaction.
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You will be oneshot by nearly everything in Act 2 and onward with 27k hp. At this time just focus on blowing shit up, dodging EVERY projectile, and relying very heavily on Smoke Screen/Preparation.
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Honestly right now, Glass Cannon is probably the most efficient and quick way to farm. If they are truly planning on increasing repair costs by 4x or more, survival/Gloom Tank will be the way to go. I wouldn't discount survivability right now, but it is really expensive to gear for it
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I don't have a single friend or know a single class who can't clear Act 3 efficiently. Act 4, sure it can get stupid. Blaming Smoke Screen is a pretty weak argument.
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Best of luck in your progression!
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Is that 49k with Sharpshooter? That's pretty low. Glass cannon can get through Act 2 relatively easily. Yes you'll always run into shitty rares. Yes the snakes are retarded. You may need to invest into more glass cannon gear if your DPS is that low. I cleared A2/A3 quite easily at around 80k DPS with Sharpshooter.
To discount IAS so quickly before Blizzard has specifically stated how they are nerfing it is pretty ridiculous. We have no way of knowing whether or not IAS will a. become worthless b. become irrelevant after a certain benchmark due to excessive diminishing returns or c. still remain one of our best stats regardless of whatever nerf they throw at it