Diablo3

[wiredPANDA]

Got my first legendary last night.  Attack speed +15% on helm

Thanks WIREDPANDA!!

Any time!  I just hope the proposed IAS changes in patch 1.03 don't crush that helm.

[Lanx]

i was duo' monk(me)/wiz(fiance') and at lvl 50 in nitemare, we were like, "my monk sucks", "yea it does" that's when i rolled a DH and she powerleveled me through nitemare and now we're both 60 with range dps, wonder when they'll fix melee's.

[scrubadub]

Sheesh, last week I tried to play an got error 37. Now it's error 33. Starting to wonder when I'll ever get to play.

Saw this on Twitter, it about sums up my experience. Still on Act 2 of Normal... sigh.

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[Lanx]

it's tuesday, from what my friends say, tuesday is always patch day(for blizzard, wow), so like ppl are just used to it...
yea yea, blah blah i want to play single player...

i'll say this right now, diablo 3 past nitemare/hell level is impossible to play without friends or the auction house.

[wiredPANDA]

Yea, Inferno does tend to take a few auction house purchases.  Unless you are somehow the one guy in D3 that gets those great itemization drops.

[boost]

It would be nice if I can get good drops.

[wiredPANDA]

You and me, both.  I've seen friends pick up decent gear in a run that I'm on, but I never see any drops on my loot table.

[ekw808]

Just got this quiver:
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[DanGWanG]

Nice Max discipline

[jonnybastard]

Nice!!

[suprsmo]

Yah. am feeling the monk pain!

I got put onto a new 2h set up for farming act 1.. works a treat.. for pretty much all elite packs (solo).

1000dps(costs me 400k) with 350+ LOH and attack speed. couple it with overawe and sweeping wind and and you can just take them down before they take you.

This totally works re sub par resists (250~). If you are on the ball, and can time your heals and bubble and pots..

I eventually got some new shoulders and bracers.. and now have 10k armour when buffed, (which does far more mitigation than Resists (just quietly) ) and using claw with LOH and shield.

Basically ended up trying to corpse hop act 2.. cost a fortune, and was playing with one of my mates.. who didnt quite get the concept for a while..

Went back to act1 and farmed the ****e out of it.. and didnt die.... new build is dirty.

might post it in a bit.

This was a working strat for me, as I had very crap gear

[Lanx]

can anyone confirm a AS(attack speed) cap, i'd prolly ask on the blizzard forums but, i just don't want to lol, so far i believe the AS cap is 70%, since i added more and my attacks per second didn't go up.

[thegunner100]

can anyone confirm a AS(attack speed) cap, i'd prolly ask on the blizzard forums but, i just don't want to lol, so far i believe the AS cap is 70%, since i added more and my attacks per second didn't go up.

It depends, the max is 2.5 attacks per second. There are also bugged items, which have "Increases Attack Speed" and won't do anything until its fixed. "Attack Speed Increased" is working fine though.

[DanGWanG]

Hmm...my APS is 2.54.  Are you saying it's broken and it's actually 2.50?

[boost]

Yah. am feeling the monk pain!

I got put onto a new 2h set up for farming act 1.. works a treat.. for pretty much all elite packs (solo).

1000dps(costs me 400k) with 350+ LOH and attack speed. couple it with overawe and sweeping wind and and you can just take them down before they take you.

This totally works re sub par resists (250~). If you are on the ball, and can time your heals and bubble and pots..

I eventually got some new shoulders and bracers.. and now have 10k armour when buffed, (which does far more mitigation than Resists (just quietly) ) and using claw with LOH and shield.

Basically ended up trying to corpse hop act 2.. cost a fortune, and was playing with one of my mates.. who didnt quite get the concept for a while..

Went back to act1 and farmed the ****e out of it.. and didnt die.... new build is dirty.

might post it in a bit.

This was a working strat for me, as I had very crap gear

Post build

[jwaz]

Is anyone doing Hardcore yet?

[wiredPANDA]

I'm interested in your build, too.  Always like seeing new/different monk builds that are working.

Is anyone doing Hardcore yet?

I'm not.  I just started leveling my Witch Doctor (softcore).  Once he's 60, I may roll a hardcore character to add some excitement back to the game.

[DanGWanG]

^Witch Doctor owns.

Edit:  2000 POSTS!  WOOO I'M A NERD

Edit 2:  I'm just going to keep editing this post, and this post only to keep my post count at 2000 forever.

Edit 3:  This is getting boring already.

Edit 4:  Damn it.  I already broke 2000 posts...

[jwaz]

Add me: ApoGeE 1200

[DanGWanG]

So without really diving into other forums, because mostly I'm lazy...what is the current consensus on which classes are "best?"

My friend told me:  Demon Hunter = Wizard > Barbarian > Witch Doctor = Monk

I think some of his opinions are biased, but he based "best" on what's currently the easiest class to take through Inferno barring the best gear.

I honestly don't have much experience outside my WD, but I will say this...it's a very micro management intensive class.  For one, you have to keep ALL your skills constantly on cooldown to be able to utilize good mana regeneration without spending millions and millions of gold.  Second, because all your skills are always on cooldown, it's very risky.  You're either zerging through everything, or trying your best to run away with no skills to use.

I'm sure every class has their gripes, but this isn't really a gripe.  Just a simple check if you will, to see how other classes are doing.

[suprsmo]

Post build

Cant today, but will try tonight!

[boost]

Cant today, but will try tonight!

Ty

[jonnybastard]

So without really diving into other forums, because mostly I'm lazy...what is the current consensus on which classes are "best?"

My friend told me:  Demon Hunter = Wizard > Barbarian > Witch Doctor = Monk

I think some of his opinions are biased, but he based "best" on what's currently the easiest class to take through Inferno barring the best gear.

I honestly don't have much experience outside my WD, but I will say this...it's a very micro management intensive class.  For one, you have to keep ALL your skills constantly on cooldown to be able to utilize good mana regeneration without spending millions and millions of gold.  Second, because all your skills are always on cooldown, it's very risky.  You're either zerging through everything, or trying your best to run away with no skills to use.

I'm sure every class has their gripes, but this isn't really a gripe.  Just a simple check if you will, to see how other classes are doing.

Demon Hunter is fun but you need baller gear to be effective, it feels like a good all-round class though once you're geared up.  Act 2 inferno is giving me some grief though, lacuni + wasps = no can defend.  I've got a Wizard in the 40's and she feels way over powered, I'm breezing through parts that were a challenge with my DH, although I already had some decent gear kept aside that I'd found with my other char.  Going to roll a Barb next to try out some melee action.

[iammbox]

Hmm...my APS is 2.54.  Are you saying it's broken and it's actually 2.50?

My previous gear gave me 3.14 aspd. With frenzy it was just mowing everything down.
Ps: I play demon hunter

[Lanx]

i'm near complete act2 inferno on my demon hunter and it's tough, basically in the first act i was getting one shotted, so i said f-it, i'm going all offensive. So through upgrades the biggest dps bow i can get is a 960, and i just run through nuking stuff, now i'm focusin on +discipline, it sounds silly to do for gear, but it lets me become invuln, more and longer, so instead of getting lots of gear to survive 2 hits, i just focus on dps and try to get invuln, it works well i think, i just a swarm of those horrible shielding/fast/regen... whatever mobs so i just stand there, have my enchanter (i like her cuz she turns mobs into chickens) do some cc, and i just spam invuln, recover, spam invuln, and nuke it all. Gets fustrating tho, i only play 10minutes at a time since i die so often.

i've now gotten to the point that i take off all my gear except my boots and run around to find the waypoint or where i have to go, ha.

[megnin]

[I'm not really a "Gamer" so be kind]  I just finished "Normal" and started "Nightmare" as a Wizard at level 35.  Is that about typical or should I have completed it much sooner?  I've picked up some good tips here, like 'never stand still while fighting a boss'.

I'm now finding Crafting Pages.  I'm glad there are new things and it not just 'harder'.

[fstop]

I've been so busy with finals/graduation these past few weeks that I haven't been able to play as much as I want. But I was able to farm up quite a bit.

I actually just sold 24 mill @ $11 per mill on the blizz forums. Its absolutely ridiculous the rape prices people are paying for this stuff. Some top weapons are going for $400-600 USD. The most ridiculous part is you can straight up sell on the blizz forums and they don't even care... RMAH is really going to ruin this game. There's a lucrative amount of money to be made if you do it right. I could easily farm 4-5 mill in a day if I had the time. And if it was all I did in the summer, in a day I could probably make closer to 15-20 mill (200-$300).

I wish I had more time to play and I think I would of made $1-2k off this game by now... but sadly I'm going to be spending most of my time in China where I won't be able to play. If anybody wants farming tips/general stuff about DH let me know! Would be glad to help.

[wiredPANDA]

I'm always up for some good farming tips. I have to be more efficient since I can't just dump hours every day into the game.

[thegunner100]

Hmm...my APS is 2.54.  Are you saying it's broken and it's actually 2.50?

2.5 attacks per second not including any skills that increases attack speed.

[harrison]

i've been on vacation for the last week and a bit... just picked back up again, just wrapping up act3 nightmare and about to hit lvl49.  just had recpie for Captain Crimson's Attire drop.

Set bonuses
2 pieces: Regenerates 20 Life per Second
3 pieces: +20 Resistance to All Elements

Captain Crimson's Brace

Armor: 68-87
Durability: 35 - 55
Required Level: 30
Item Level: 32
 • +2 Random Properties
 • Regenerates 8 - 11 Life per Second
 • Melee attackers take 13 - 21 Damage per hit

Captain Crimson's Codpiece

Armor: 102-131
Durability: 50 - 70
Required Level: 30
Item Level: 32
 • +3 Random Properties
 • +4% Chance to Block
 • Increases attack speed by 10 - 11%

Captain Crimson's Deck Boots

Armor: 68-83
Durability: 45 - 65
Required Level: 30
Item Level: 32
 • +2 Random Properties
 • +11 - 15 Resistance
 • Regenerates 8 - 11 Life per Second

As cool as these might be, I'd need some pretty awesome random properties to make them worth while.

[boost]

I'm loving the wizard. Super op

[wiredPANDA]

I'm loving the wizard. Super op

I've ran back to my monk, once my DH hit 60.  Figured I'd progress with him, since I get tired of being one shot all the time.

[nmd]

My Witch Doctor felt stupidly strong until I got to Inferno Act 2. I farmed aspects in Inferno Act 4 before they patched that, but they feel so weak in Act 2 - apparently WD isn't the only class that feels that way upon entering Act 2 though. It's funny how easily I can farm Butcher with 5 stacks, however Act 2 stomps me.

[boost]

My Witch Doctor felt stupidly strong until I got to Inferno Act 2. I farmed aspects in Inferno Act 4 before they patched that, but they feel so weak in Act 2 - apparently WD isn't the only class that feels that way upon entering Act 2 though. It's funny how easily I can farm Butcher with 5 stacks, however Act 2 stomps me.

DangWang carried my monk on inferno butcher with his WD...GOOD LOOKING OUT DANG

[WRXChris]

haha he carried my barb through there the other day! That WD gets some craaaazy buffed deeps!

[Lanx]

ugh, this is why i hate getting involved in a game, i try to find more info,

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/5573706514?page=1

there is a link there, about a farmer interview, this is the abridged version (better/faster interview)

[video=youtube;Y5AHWI8B97k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5AHWI8B97k[/video]

tldr (or see video)

farmer tells that ppl are being compromised by using same id/pw on fan sites along with their b.net account which equals hack. he programs a more uber version of the bots that little fishes use, and he wants those fishes out of the game.

look at his video, he just kills the blacksmiths wife, over and over and over for money, ha.

[fstop]

600 million gold = $600, probably more, per hour. Rofl.

Game is absolutely ridiculous... and hackers/programmers are only going to get better at this. It's absolutely ridiculous and people are trying 100 times harder now that there is a RMAH.

I enjoyed the game, and feel like I got my money's worth for $60 but I can't help but think that this game is going to go down the drain quickly.

[funxion]

Battletag: fUNXION#1791

Just got the game late last night, but I'm rolling a 21 Wizard right now. Thing is so OP.

[absyrd]

Fun all GH run yesterday. Especially the "phasing" mallet lords. Bahahaha!

[boost]

Battletag: fUNXION#1791

Just got the game late last night, but I'm rolling a 21 Wizard right now. Thing is so OP.

They are op.

Fun all GH run yesterday. Especially the "phasing" mallet lords. Bahahaha!

Ye, it was fun...didn't know I needed to be 50 for hell. Now I gotta farm exp

[wiredPANDA]

Ye, it was fun...didn't know I needed to be 50 for hell. Now I gotta farm exp

Farming XP is easy mode.  Get your red gem in a socketed helm and go to town.

[boost]

Farming XP is easy mode.  Get your red gem in a socketed helm and go to town.

I got the +21% gem...

[Lanx]

man i got my first 1million gold, and i spent it all making/upgrading the staff of ponies. and still have inferno to upgrade.

[suprsmo]

Rhompa#1272

Boost

re monks and farming act 1 inferno.. this was the set up I changed to http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#WiXgTk!XUZ!cabaca

Using a fat 2h (cost me 400k) has 1k dps 1.2 odd attack speed and +390 Life On Hit (this is what its all about)

found it via this dudes guide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js0mW3lEzuw


This set up help me solo farm the majority of elite pack and bosses in act 1 with pretty average gear.

the big things on items you need are attack speed (gloves rings) loads of dex (on everything) and armour and vit and start getting 1 resist with resist all on it as well.

you need like 250+ in act 1 without buffs i barely had enough.. so 300-350+ unbuffed and you are going to be a in a way better place.

armour also mitigates more damage up to a point too (I think I heard somewhere that you start getting diminishing returns @ 10k). So bear that in mind when selecting gear.

I have since changed back to dual wield, and have like 500+ LOH. back down to 20k hp atm.. bit scary considering how hard things hit in act1,2,3!

[suprsmo]

ps freaking maintenance.. and lol at some kid on the D3 forums in regards to it (last week)..

"Yay, shower day!"

[Roguemaster8]

I'm loving the wizard. Super op

This is incredibly true, my girlfriend and I are racing each other to Inferno Act IV as well as level 60 and she is just clearing blues and yellows on Nightmare within seconds.

I hate to say it, but that class needs to be nerfed.

[Panoptic]

Don't worry, when she gets to Hell and Inferno she'll be getting one shot killed all the time.

I can solo act 1 of Inferno with my wiz, but the first wasp out of town in act two kills me in one shot.  5k armor, 25k health, and 18k DPS.

[Roguemaster8]

Damn, I'm using a barb, are my chances any better?

[Panoptic]

Yeah, I think that'll be a stronger class late in the game.  For a while I couldn't handle act 4 Hell without playing co-op with a tank.  I was doing a lot of damage, but I couldn't survive long enough to kill bosses.

By the way, if anyone wants help in Nightmare/Hell or wants to brave running Act 1/2 Inferno with me, I'm up for it.  Panoptic#1357

[minifridge]

Got a monk to 60 the first 48 hours, hated that the only way to be viable in Inferno requires a shield and to use nothing but defensive cooldowns and mantra spam. Rerolled a DH and it's 400x more fun. Unfortunately IRL has been super hectic since the game came out and I haven't been able to be the D3 hermit I planned to be.

minifridge#1692 feel free to add me