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Thats the thing, youre not "FORCED" into playing any mode you dont want to. You choose to play HC, you arent forced to play it. I choose to play SC, im not forced to play it. No one will be forced to play seasonal/ladder game modes when they are released. If you want the exclusive rewards, you have to play it though, which is called "INCENTIVE" not "FORCE".

You are not forced to play HC because HC has no HC-only items.

That's different with seasons. And that's the whole thing.

Nothing forces you into playing seasons either. Like I said, incentive and force are two completely different things.


in·cen·tive
inˈsentiv/
noun a thing that motivates or encourages one to do something.


force
fôrs/
noun coercion or compulsion, especially with the use or threat of violence. verb make (someone) do something against their will.


NO ONE is forced to do anything in this game as far as choosing which game mode they want to play, they CHOOSE which game mode to play.

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That "forcing" part is the worst. I absolutely love my HC WD right now, it deals tons of damage and I think I am the only one playing a WD like that at the moment. If Seasons/Ladders come in, I would have to start over with a different character every few months, and wouldn't be able to enjoy the Legendaries I collected previously with the character(s) I love because I'd always be worrying about missing out on the newest Legendaries.



This system obviously is going to need a lot of work/rework. I don't like the idea of making the seasons/ladders that segregated from normal gameplay modes. And I am quite sure many of you agree.

Thats the thing, youre not "FORCED" into playing any mode you dont want to. You choose to play HC, you arent forced to play it. I choose to play SC, im not forced to play it. No one will be forced to play seasonal/ladder game modes when they are released. If you want the exclusive rewards, you have to play it though, which is called "INCENTIVE" not "FORCE".

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I like how Diablo WITHOUT seasons is:

* Stop playing whenever you want, and you will be where you left off when you start again

* Whatever you achieve is still there and still counts as progress no matter if you take a break for a day/week/month/6 months

Seasons with special legendaries forces me to play that mode (its content! why would I want to miss new content? that's what keeps the game alive) and even if I find these legendaries, I know that at some point in the future, season will be reset and all my progress is gone.

To me this is pretty much equivalent with "Blizzard will delete all your characters and progress from time to time, forcing you to start over from nothing!" I would probably not buy into that kind of game...

Why not just implement the new legendaries in non-season mode as well as in seasons? Feed the game with new content and let people continue building on the characters they already have? Who is the loser in that scenario?

If you dont want to play the alternate game modes, why should you be rewarded with the same items? If the alternate game modes have special items, the people that choose to play those should gain the rewards and be able to keep them. You are not in any way forced into playing these modes, what are you falling behind in if you dont and dont get the special items? Is normal mode really competitive? Come on now, be realistic. I have somewhere around 2000 hours total played in Diablo 3 and still have never seen items that some of my friends with less than 1/4 of the time played have gotten. Its the nature of the game. But I do firmly believe that playing an alternate game mode should be rewarding in an exclusive way.

I dont think season only legendary items are a bad thing. Even transferring them over to normal servers after the season is over. People should be rewarded for what they do. If someone doesnt want to play season/ladders/tier rifts/etc, they should not be able to get the same items. Said people arent forced into playing these alternate modes, but the people playing the alternate modes should indeed be rewarded. In what sense would someone be "falling behind" if they dont get said exclusive items? The only competitive aspect that should matter at that stage in the game should be ... well ... the competitive modes. Not the normal "casual" modes. Normal mode will never be an even playing field nor should it. I kind of think of it as sandbox solo player with the option to play with my friends when i want to. We have no economy, no trading, nothing of the sort. What someone else does in their own Diablo 3 world doesnt affect me at all. I dont know why people are bothered by it.

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This was maintenance due to some bugs (rift crashing, mystic giving other class skill bonuses) - I hope they do fix the level 1 rifts though cause that is almost game breaking.---- 500 shards per 10 mins...yeah sounds real difficult to gear a char with that amount coming in.

Yeah, that kinda takes away from their motto of "killing monsters and finding great loot".

I dont get why people are so bothered by something that doesnt affect them. If someone wants to mindlessly farm low level rifts, let them. Theres no economy to ruin and nothing to gain but self satisfaction. Its only game breaking to the person doing it. If you dont like the method they are using, dont use it, but dont go on forums crying about it being game breaking because its doing nothing to you.

Just got it for the first time was pretty funny. The health globes were steaks lol. Got it as my 971st rift. =D

Best idea is to not play ray of frost

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^ hes stuck in T3 dopetard so giving him some T6 build is worthless

He's asking for advice on how to push through it lol, with shard of hate you only need frenzy, which is what i told him, I also told him he has gear to be doing t6. DOPETARD is fun word. Love how you listed up a bunch of subpar skills for him to use that would set him back to torment 2 though, smooth stuff, do you even play barb? You even said he has no gear that helps out his ancients, when he has tasker and theo >.<

Couldnt agree more with User_131498 here. I just think lightning doesnt scale well into higher torment. Not nearly as well as the cookie cutter "slut socks earthquake bunny barb". Grind out the highest torment you can farm efficiently and go for some of the gear that really puts out high damage. While Blizzard is trying to let people have unique builds with all of the "game changing" legendary items, something is always going to be the best, its the nature of the game.

umm its a fairly common build. that load screen though. my gosh

Not to be a dick to you but stories like this are the reason i dont play hardcore, and i actually laugh at the people that say "LOL SCRUBCORE" when making fun of people that play softcore. I lost a WD on hardcore that i put a good amount of time into and died to my own fault. I laughed about it and went back to softcore. To me the problem is when characters are lost outside of the players control due to server instability, ddos to blizz servers, isp problems, etc. Just not worth the time investment. RIP to your char though. Better luck next time.

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I'm hoping Cold barb is viable as a crusader I've been holding onto all my +Cold dmg str gear for it (Cold crusaders suck stones)



Looking to duelwield Shard of Hate and Azurewrath. Got my Frostburn with 46%CHD in the bank with Andariels too

I'd stay away from two swords for a barb build. You would probably prefer have a slower weapon in your MH, at least the crafted axe, if not something like Sun Keeper. Shard of Hate cold proc hit box is rather small and is really annoying to use well.

so jealous of my friend that just picked up this wand of woh -.-



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well idk if anyone ever did answer the guy, but mf doesnt affect chests and breakables anymore. nor is it shared with people in your party. all of this was nerfed back in 1.x.x and can be find on the d3 wiki if you google it.

Ive never been able to get loot on mobs i either wasnt in close range of or didnt participate in killing. Chests and breakables are different though. Missed out on a few rift bosses because of this.

You could also toss a life% gem in your helm to get a bit extra padding on your health. The 41% isnt really all that much since its only additive.