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Syronicus, the version with the expansion was released for the PS3 and 360 at the same time as the PS4 and One. Spiff, I'm not sure about the 360, but the PS3 version has one big advantage over the PS4-- you can play online coop for free. The PS4 version requires Playstation Now @ 6+ dollars a month.

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I hate RNG, spend more then 3k Shards just for an Fire Andariels and still havent got it yet -.-'

Yeah, but you have some killer shoes!

Insane Luck: Last night, a treasure goblin dropped two legendaries for me, one of which was a Puzzle Ring, after killing the Rift Guardian on Torment 2.

Polrayne wrote: "Simple problem: bracers. The Nemesis Bracers are awesome - but they only allow for 3 random stats. So you get a main stat, movement speed and then 3 random stats. What if you got 5 or 6 random stats? So you get the cool legendary effect of elite spawns at shrines and you don't feel too bad replacing your rare bracers that give you main stat, vit, crit and skill % damage increase." I too had more powerful bracers on my Barb and Crusader when I found Nemesis. So I carry them around. When I find a shrine, I swap the Nemesis on, touch the shrine, and then swap the Nemesis out. Simple workaround.

Here's a radical thought: How about gearing up alts by playing them?

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There's a couple theory threads around, but to be fair nobody but Blizzard knows...

I've played a few hours of the new patch already, dropped 1 Legendary on my MF DH, so as far as I'm concerned it's pretty much the same. Legendary items on the AH also haven't dropped a lot as well (but then again, it's only been 1 day).

Btw "wait for it" reminds me of Witch Doctor, Shadow Demon and Zeus' quotes from Dota 2

They keep saying "random is random", but I've been surprised. Prior to the new patch, I haven't had a single legendary drop (Acts 1 and 2) during more than 150 hours of playtime. I played the new patch last night for the first time and in less than 4 hours, I had 2 drop (Monster Power 1, Act 1). One (a two-handed staff) dropped from a normal mob in one of the Defiled Crypts; the other (a badass shield) dropped from an elite in Cathedral Level 2.

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Dave called it like it is and has customer feedback to back it up. Jay couldn't be a man about it and instead acted like a 13 year old. You don't ever think anyone is awesome and a loser at the same time. If he just said "fuck that" then I'd understand but he made a personal remark about Dave with his "loser" addition and for that he's not getting a pass.

Should we dredge up people from this community's online comments and judge them the same way?

Because THAT would be far, FAR worse, don't ya think?

The community IS actually full of children (but not all, and you can certainly find plenty of adult comments that are respectful despite the generalization). Children are the largest demographic of gamers so, duh, most of them are going to be childish. Jay Wilson is obviously not a child but certainly acted like one. His facebook is going to be one of the very few ways to get a candid view of him and this is how he reveals himself when not behind PR like this letter. You don't get to be in a position of power like this where your position is owed to your customers when you can't handle yourself appropriately. There are plenty of Game Directors who don't have evidence of acting like this.

Sure he's allowed to say "fuck you" to someone. But if he's going to be dumb enough to say it to the creator of the franchise that gave him his fucking job, you better actually back your shit up (like Dave did). He didn't. Just a flippant statement like any kid would. Your job as a leader (and a Director is a leader of multiple leaders) is to set an example. When I get paid to do what he does and control huge franchises like that, you be sure to put me in my place if you catch me doing shit like that.

M rated game.

Average age every time a community poll comes up is 27-ish. (24-30 average demograph)

They aint children bud. They are sad, painfully obsessed, socially aberrant, keyboard warriors.

Case in point;

Lets take average Diablo 3 forum troll #45687 as an example.

Lets grab a weeks worth his of comments from the site.

Then show them publicly, to their family, their co workers, etc.

What do you think the reaction would be?

Yeah man, so Jay got pissed at his team getting slammed, thats NOTHING compared to the back and forth mudslinging several "un-named" companies practice on a weekly basis.

Its just something for the meme obsessed community to rant and rave about for weeks on end, they desperately cling to anything new to attempt (and fail) to spawn some form of wit.

I have literally lost respect for gamers as a whole due to the sheer quantity of morons that heaves and pupates under the thick and dank blanket of the inter-webs.

But hey, maybe its just me, amirite?

No, Audio, it's not just you. You post summed up my feelings on this controversy exactly. I get "Sikk" and tired of reading darkhorz's ass anonymous and vitriolic spewage toward a person apologizing for a comment far less obnoxious than their own. They may be chronologically adult, but they give no indication that that they have mentally left adolescence.

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your system is flawed because glasscannon DHs/wizzards don't care about how many dmg affixes an enemy got.. the more the easier it gets no dmg reflect/invulnerable minions/shielding? EASY!
also it wouldn't really work in coop-games

The more affixes they have, the greater the likelihood that you get to face a pack with multiple affixes that, in combination, are more dangerous than the sum of their parts. Like, in your case, Reflects Damage AND Invulnerable Minions or Reflects Damage AND Shielding. I'm not saying to make fights easier (there's nothing wrong with tough fights); I'm suggesting increasing the chances of more and better affixes on drops. Notice I said "increasing the chances of"; my suggestion does this, but the percentage chance would still be small (just not as small).

Why wouldn't it work in coop? MF and GF work now in coop; my suggestion would just temporarily increase them.

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I don't need any more guaranteed drops and such. The issue is that there is a very very finite selection of potentially rewarding gear. There are no charms, runes, socketed whites (not that they would have a use now that RW's are dead), jewels, torches, etherals etc....there really isn't much of anything other than a 2 iLvL range of rares to hope to drop.

You may have misunderstood me. I'm not looking for more guaranteed drops; I'm looking for an increase in quality. Buffing MF will increase the chance of (not guarantee a) higher iLvl, higher number of affixes, and higher range of affixes.

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They're already catering so much with NV to make buff giving mf/gf and guaranteed drops at full stacks. Do you really need more help?

Thanks for your feedback.

Is everyone satisfied with the quality of these guaranteed drops?

Here is a suggestion I made on the Official Forums http://us.battle.net...opic/6079793260 :

I love this game. My only disappointment is the miniscule chance of a truly useful item dropping from elite packs and bosses. My suggestion is to increase this chance by scaling it to the difficulty of the elite pack.

Background: Elite affixes are categorized [see “3)” in this blue post: http://eu.battle.net...224392?page=1#0 ]. There are no limits to the number of Aggressive affixes. This results in some really, really difficult elite packs. Players have two choices when facing these packs: 1) Fight them, risking dying more than once thus making the fight a losing proposition because the cost to repair usually exceeds the value of drops; or 2) Avoid them.

Suggestion: Give the heroes a MF/GF buff based on the affixes of the elite pack.

Implementation:
1. Immediately upon dispatching the last elite, and BEFORE the items and gold drop, give each hero a MF/GF buff.
2. The buff would be calculated by the number of affixes and the number of Aggressive affixes. For example, each affix could give, say, 20% MF/GF, with a geometric bonus of 20% for each Aggressive affix over one. So a pack with 1 Defensive and 3 Aggressive would give a 140% MF/GF buff (80% for 4 affixes, a 20% bonus for the 2nd Aggressive affix, and a 40% bonus for the 3rd Aggressive affix). Of course, the percentage I suggest is not written in stone; it could be higher or lower; it could also be adjusted by patch for “balance” issues.
3. The buff would last until the next elite pack is engaged. Upon their defeat, a new buff will then be in place.

Implications: It improves the risk/reward ratio. It rewards heroes for fighting particularly difficult packs. It entices heroes to fight all elite packs. It rewards players for fighting “trash” mobs between elite packs. It increases the chance of something useful dropping.

Comments? Suggestions? Criticism?

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Galv ward was something I was really interested in. I mean, not having to refresh armor every two minutes is pretty great and all, but I heard one of the best ways to survive as a wizard - especially with illusionist/fracture - is to have an HP regen of like 700-1000 HP per second. That way it only takes you maybe 5 or 6 seconds before you can take another clear hit, and kiting with wizards is relatively easy for such a short burst in time.

~Peachie

I never specifically looked for Life Regeneration, but have often found enough of it on pieces that had the affixes I was targeting. I'm currently working on increasing my Life on Hit.

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- Venom hydra is a must with any melee partner. This is the most powerful skill against immobile monsters in the wizard arsenal. By far. It scales directly with the displayed DPS number, including crit and IAS.
- About archon/disintegrate: imo they are viable if you can burn down mobs so fast that they cannot reach you, which is only possible solo (mob health grows 110%/player) or with top tier gear. Or in 4-players party where you can often manage to have no mobs on you. But in a 2-players party, you get aggro quite a lot.
- For this very reason, take at least one defensive skill. If you keep only one, teleport/illusionnist is the most versatile.

I always play 2-player coop with my wife (a barb). I love archon/disintegrate. I was using venom hydra for a while, but developed some reservations. First, it doesn't proc Life on Hit or Life on Kill. Second, it's most effective with the fastest weapon, so I had built up IAS. But I noticed that my disintegrate burned through AP waay too fast. So I replaced my IAS gear, replaced my wand and source with a 1-hand slower weapon (spear) and shield, and replaced venom hydra with diamond skin prism. I feel that I'm now much more effective. My build:
- Electocute Lightning Blast (while awaiting AP to rebuild)
- Disintegrate Chaos Nexus (the side beams help protect me when I draw aggro)
- Improved Archon (high damage and can shoot through walls, plus the "1" key explosion with it's short cooldown helps when mobs are next to me and it doesn't interrupt the beam)
- Force Armor (to help protect against the big hit)
- Diamond Skin Prism (more protection, but I also use it when Archon runs out; it helps Disintegrate last longer)
- Teleport Fracture (to escape when health gets too low)
- Astral Presence (to offset the Force Armor reduction of AP and to rebuild AP more quickly)
- Illusionist (necessary with Teleport)
- Galvanizing Wand (essentially halves the AP cost of Force Armor while rebuilding HP)

The difference in Inferno A1 is night-and-day. I can keep disintegrate up much longer and, when beaming, I can stand in there much longer before teleporting.

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First time ever hearing of EHP. XD

So just the total EHP matters? What about the subcategories? Is it just as systematic to have any degree of HP if it means I have more armor? Or should I be aiming for a certain HP range and a certain armor range and a certain resist range? Just curious.

~Peachie

P.S. What else gets you out of snares like jailer? Because I probably need at least one of those available to me, right?

When upgrading equipment, you should target your armor:resist ratio to get as close to 10:1 as you can -- at that ratio, your effective hit points are optimized. For a full discussion of the math behind this, go here: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/5836324621

If your build includes Force Armor or Prismatic Armor and you keep it up during elite fights, check the ratio with the skill active.