The only aspect of this game that is remotely competitive is the leaderboards, and the push for the leaderboards has blinded players here of what Diablo 3 is all about -- which is having fun!
There are so much arbitrary difficulties some players here want to incorporate into D3, and that's ridiculous. I am an old retired guy playing with other old retired guys, and some occasional youngsters once in a while. This game is SO easy, you can play it most times with one or two buttons -- it's not worth making into a sport. The skill ceiling, although present, is too low. And you guys want to make this game harder??? Play Guild Wars 2, or Starcraft 2, or CS:GO -- I've played those games, some are even actual e-sports, they have no problems on their HUD, not like D3, and the difficulties are not arbitrary, like what some of you guys want to happen in this game.
And even if someone wants it to be a sport -- who would even pay??? Remember, a sport requires professional athletes, sponsors, arenas where audiences pay to watch, ceremonies where awards are given for excellence and sportsmanship -- hell, if this was a sport, supermodels would want to bang the top players -- which they don't, which is why I don't understand the stupid epeen behavior of some of the "top" players in this game.
Hell, when I asked about overlays, button remapping, etc to Blizzard customer support, all they told me is to read the TOS, and to exercise personal judgment on what is allowed or not -- if this is a serious sport, Blizzard would give CLEAR RULES on what is allowed or not. BTW, that customer support ticket allowed most of what I asked, but Blizzard is kinda wishy-washy, in the sense that they REMOVED that ticket from my ticket archive, meaning I don't even have the Blizzard communication that allowed what I want to do in this game -- which gives me the impression that even in Blizzard's case, the line on what is above-board and what is not moves all the time.
So, yeah -- do what you feel is right, what you feel is cheating and not cheating, ask Blizzard technical support when possible, and just suffer the consequences for doing what you feel is right AND fun. For me, using THUD and disabling the maphack IS NOT CHEATING, and I stand by this (and I thought Blizzard did, too, until they removed the communication from their "Game Masters").
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The ONLY thing that is shared are available character slots, which is account wide (Non-season\Season\Hardcore\Softcore).
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Custerian wristguard bracers (grant XP from picking up gold)
Highest leveled Gem of Ease you can manage to get - Insert into weapon
Level several GoE to lower all 13 pieces of gear to lvl1 equipable
Lvl 23 Cains
Lvl 70 Cains (use 2 from each)
Lvl 23 Borns chest and sword
Gold wrap belt lowered to lvl (through the GoE, practically invicible)
Highest available ruby to go into your helm
RoRG in the cube
Goldskin chest in the cube
Puzzle ring (to open the Vault)
Go in with +XP on the gear (if possible), you may get to 70 in 'as little as ' 1 vault. If all gear is lowered to be all usable on lvl 1 char, the stronger you will be so Torment levels are possible when starting out.
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Nice guide compilation, great work. Will you be adding the set dungeon guides as you complete them?
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- The Act 5 in Paths of the Drowned, Cursed Peat chest is the best for this conquest. It spawns mainly Boggets [sp] and have very low life so can spawn them very quickly.
- UE DH would be your best setup to get the conquest.
- Also, try in group.
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I see I am not alone in my 'lack of passion' for the cursed set dungeons. I took WD for S7 as hadn't played that class in over a year. Arachyr's set dungeon ranks as easy as Barb IK and Crusader Invoker (your opinion may differ though). WD no set was also very simple.
I also base the choice on 2 or possibly 3 of the conquests. S8 is a first for me to do all of them (with WD).
S5 I chose Wizard, ended up rolling a Crusader just to do the 45no set challenge and Invoker set dungeon. Just went for the stash and retired back to NS
S6 chose Barb and DH for the 350 kills at chest conquest. This season played out better, stayed right to the end
S7 chose WD based on comments for the set dungeon being easy. Found the whole journey was rather enjoyable, for the first time. In to the end as well.
S8 most likely will go WD just to ensure I get the final stash quickly. Not sure about after gaining the stash, NS chars need a lot of TLC
Each season I also created a HC char, just to play, not anything serious.
This being said, we do not know what (or if) equipment will be updated. Hoping not too much of a surprise.
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For the stash, then back to NS.
One thing I do not understand is the seeming obsession with the cosmetic hoarding this season (haven't played NS so not sure what the momentum is over there).
Essentially, they do absolutely nothing however people seem to flock to them like they're the new found BiS item of all time. Sure, it's a new pet or transmog or whatever, add zip zero ziltch for making the game better. I have 4 pets now, why get more? Every single one you have does exactly the same thing (pick up gold). If one type gathers gold, another gathers globes, then of course get them all and use for your situation\needs of the moment. Couldn't care less about the wings or pennants, they are just in the way and distract (ie gold wings from pre order ROS). Portrait frame? Sure, show your level of completion in the season or if you bought OW, completed lvl 70 in old seasons or hit level 20 in HotS.
I think this sends a message to Blizz that crap content patches are awesome and no new real worthwhile additions are required if people will accept crap as the new best thing since sliced bread. I remember when Seasons was about getting new items ahead of NS, this was a great concept.....
Perhaps I am gravely mistaken however it's what I currently perceive.
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Drahque,
For what it's worth, so many of us appreciate your guides and fully understand that you can only guess-timate like the rest of us not in the know of things at Blizzard. For the most part that I have seen, you are bang on with the skill trees and builds along the way. Sadly, some people do not see or understand the tremendous effort required to do all the background work and effort to write such terrific readable guides for the 99.99% of us that do not theorycraft or go to the extreme with non tested gear combinations. Even the newest player can look at your well thought out and presented guide and have an easier time with the journey to 70 and far beyond.
Literally, I would be lost without efforts of you and the many others that are generous enough to take the time from busy real life to create such elegant and easy to follow guides.
To you and so many others, there are legions of players that look forward to previews of whats to come and your tireless, uncompensated effort to keep us glued to the game.
I'm sure I am not alone to say THANKYOU for your time and effort to keep all of us on the edge of the chair, anxiously awaiting the announcement for end of season and the begin the wait for the start of the next.