It seems to be working fine for me. Yesterday when we went looking for the plans at MP7, the plans dropped for my wiz. friend but not for me. Up until that point; we both received keys in all 3 acts.
I did Act 4 again this morning in 15 minutes at power 5 and they did drop that time.
Turning on monster power will make all the mobs level 63, that doesn't mean that act 1-2 will be as difficult as act 3-4.
Act 4 is still harder then the rest.
That is not a joke.
Last night a friend and I were plowing through act 1-3 getting keys at MP 7, we went into act 4 and it was not fun. Glad he found his plans because they didn't drop for me (70% means it could still fail) luckily I did it quick at MP5 this morning and he dropped the plans in a quick 10minute 5 stack.
Just played for 3 hours doing all the acts with MP 7 with a wizard friend. Had a lot of fun and found like 8 legendary items between the 2 of us (does not include keys). One was a direct upgrade for him (1057 sky splitter with socket and int)
I think you need to re-evaluate your expectations of a non-mmo because based on your play time you clearly are treating this game as an MMO.
I have a hard time believing that this game sucks or that it is dead when you have put more than 10 hours into it.
Also think about how old you were when D2 came out and how many other games have come out since then. Your expectations as well as others who played these games has changed as new products have been introduced. You can't compare D2 to D3 today when there have been clear advances in the genre and new (very popular) IP's that have been introduced.
Belial's Ring of the Wail
+5-15 Minimum Damage
+15-30 Maximum Damage
+10%-15% Damage
+15%-25% Chance on damage taken to Cast Wail
Wail - Shield surrounds player absorbing 10,000-25,000 Damage - 30 second CD
5Yard AoE pushes enemy models away
25% reduction in movement speed for enemy models affected for 2 seconds
+15%-25% incoming Damage taken
+30-60 All Resist
+50-100 Vitality
+Enrage
After player has absorbed 750,000 damage (without dying) Enrage bonus for 5 seconds (5 minute cooldown)
+15% IAS
+100 Life regeneration
+25% Crit Damage
+10% Chance to critical hit
+50% incoming Damage taken
The only time I have problems generating fury is in a boss fight. Even then at this point until 1.0.5 I simply spam Sprint in those cases. (I think the richochet is what helps in fury generation since your initial target may not crit but the next or 3rd may)
The move speed ice climbers above 200str are at minimum 300M in the ah. Since I already have 12% + sprint it seemed redundant. Definitely will eventually get some with sprint in the future.
As far as the 30k dps you might have been looking at it on diabloprogress not updated.
I also do have an andy's no socket (got it for like 500k) which bumps up the damage to 85K but I haven't seen the need for it at this time (maybe when I start doing monster power 7)
With the current items that I have if I pop cooldowns the ancient spear will crit as high as 650K which is plenty for the current state of the game (lots of champs in act 3 die in 2-3 spear crits)
The amulet is something I have been questioning mainly because I didn't see the initial benefit. The LOH seems to help but it isn't that much of a boon. I also agree with Nuvian since when I picked it up I immediately started to suspect that going for the set bonus was a trap.
The crit ring is my next upgrade when 1.0.5 comes out - will need something with -4 spear cost. Maybe the bracers as well when something shows up with 6% crit and high str. I have been keeping my resists slightly above 500 and when I was on the ptr it seemed like plenty.
I flip between all acts when I get bored of act 3. I also like to change talents and try new stuff. 2H, WW, throw barb, tank. I love the current system, it allows me to completely change the way the barb plays and it keeps the game fresh for me.
I spent a lot of gold this week changing the chest, boots, and amulet (mostly for the set bonus) - 170M. Fairly certain I overspent but curious what you guys think of this character and the stats and gear.
With those new pieces I went from 23k hp to 31k hp and the damage went from 66000 to 71000. It seems like a modest gain but I know that I gain more from breaking the set with another neck piece. The main reason why I got the amulet was to get the extra 100vit. I am thinking of simply changing that and gaining 5000 dps while losing 4000 hp.
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I did Act 4 again this morning in 15 minutes at power 5 and they did drop that time.
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That is not a joke.
Last night a friend and I were plowing through act 1-3 getting keys at MP 7, we went into act 4 and it was not fun. Glad he found his plans because they didn't drop for me (70% means it could still fail) luckily I did it quick at MP5 this morning and he dropped the plans in a quick 10minute 5 stack.
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I have a hard time believing that this game sucks or that it is dead when you have put more than 10 hours into it.
Also think about how old you were when D2 came out and how many other games have come out since then. Your expectations as well as others who played these games has changed as new products have been introduced. You can't compare D2 to D3 today when there have been clear advances in the genre and new (very popular) IP's that have been introduced.
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+5-15 Minimum Damage
+15-30 Maximum Damage
+10%-15% Damage
+15%-25% Chance on damage taken to Cast Wail
Wail - Shield surrounds player absorbing 10,000-25,000 Damage - 30 second CD
5Yard AoE pushes enemy models away
25% reduction in movement speed for enemy models affected for 2 seconds
+15%-25% incoming Damage taken
+30-60 All Resist
+50-100 Vitality
+Enrage
After player has absorbed 750,000 damage (without dying) Enrage bonus for 5 seconds (5 minute cooldown)
+15% IAS
+100 Life regeneration
+25% Crit Damage
+10% Chance to critical hit
+50% incoming Damage taken
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That you come in to each arena with pre-set stats and that it is based on which skills you choose for how you want to play your character?
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The move speed ice climbers above 200str are at minimum 300M in the ah. Since I already have 12% + sprint it seemed redundant. Definitely will eventually get some with sprint in the future.
As far as the 30k dps you might have been looking at it on diabloprogress not updated.
http://www.diablopro...rystal/10216543
I also do have an andy's no socket (got it for like 500k) which bumps up the damage to 85K but I haven't seen the need for it at this time (maybe when I start doing monster power 7)
With the current items that I have if I pop cooldowns the ancient spear will crit as high as 650K which is plenty for the current state of the game (lots of champs in act 3 die in 2-3 spear crits)
The amulet is something I have been questioning mainly because I didn't see the initial benefit. The LOH seems to help but it isn't that much of a boon. I also agree with Nuvian since when I picked it up I immediately started to suspect that going for the set bonus was a trap.
The crit ring is my next upgrade when 1.0.5 comes out - will need something with -4 spear cost. Maybe the bracers as well when something shows up with 6% crit and high str. I have been keeping my resists slightly above 500 and when I was on the ptr it seemed like plenty.
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http://us.battle.net...0/hero/10216543
With those new pieces I went from 23k hp to 31k hp and the damage went from 66000 to 71000. It seems like a modest gain but I know that I gain more from breaking the set with another neck piece. The main reason why I got the amulet was to get the extra 100vit. I am thinking of simply changing that and gaining 5000 dps while losing 4000 hp.
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I have a barb at 38 and I enjoy leveling it. When I start playing WD I don't want to find myself at 60 with 100PL because I did it once with the barb.
Paragon is just a bonus. It is not necessary for you to enjoy the game. The argument I am seeing is "I want the bonus but do not want to play".
Is D3 an economic tool to make the monthly rent now?
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I have some gold and am thinking about upgrading my chest piece and maybe boots but I can't decide if waiting will be the better path to go.
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I went in to try it out with 80k dps and 6% Life steal. I knew I couldn't do it but I did figure out that I have no problems clearing power level 6-7.
The impression that I had doing MP10 is that it is for a party of 4 that is geared. Do monsters gain more HP when you have a group?
Any thoughts?
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