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Soladrin wrote:

malfred wrote:Monk is fun. Not sure what I'm doing, but I'm enjoying the
hell out of it. Teleport fist, exploding palm, fist fist fist. Boom.

Good times.

Question: Because builds are so easily changed, why would
anyone want to level two versions of the same toon? I saw it listed
as an achievement.

For the achievement I guess? I don't get the point either.

I assumed it was so you can run male/female of each class...but its still a little pointless

So far i like the game.

But so far.. i see many issues.

I played through Normal, easy
I played through NM Easy
Im doing Hell and whats the motivation to play through the same game 2 more times ?

I feel like i need to play to get my $60 worth But its the same thing over again.

So far. legendaries are worse then most rares atm.

No runes to collect, Cookie cutter builds in end game.

Ive been playing my Monk, and i put the dmg consistant Aoe on. And spam hundred fists

Combat is now..

Have Healing Mantra on
Have Mystic Ally on

start of fight hit 1 button for aoe skill that stays on if attacking.

Stand there and hold left click for hundred fist spam, and hit healing mantra every 4 sec for 15% hp shield over and over

Bleh

I'm with Spyder. In TQ the campaign was upwards of 25+ to complete without the expansion pack adding another 10. Replaying through a 35+ hour campaign through all 3 difficulties works great. When the campaign is 35+ hours long and there are upwards of 72 class combinations.

A 12 hour campaign is kind of blarg. Especially with no stat progression or skill trees to boost variety. I honestly feel like some of the RPG aspects of the game have been dumbed down (never palyed D1 or D2 mind you so I don't know if they even have skill trees). Titan Quest is a game from 2006, and as a clone its better than the sequel to the original. D3 in comparison is all flare and no substance.

LordofHats wrote:I'm with Spyder. In TQ the campaign was upwards of 25+ to complete without the expansion pack adding another 10. Replaying through a 35+ hour campaign through all 3 difficulties works great. When the campaign is 35+ hours long and there are upwards of 72 class combinations.

A 12 hour campaign is kind of blarg. Especially with no stat progression or skill trees to boost variety. I honestly feel like some of the RPG aspects of the game have been dumbed down (never palyed D1 or D2 mind you so I don't know if they even have skill trees). Titan Quest is a game from 2006, and as a clone its better than the sequel to the original. D3 in comparison is all flare and no substance.

Yeah, I'm starting to feel the same now. The endgame content is boring and the lack of PVP makes it even more of a bore.

And yes, D2 had stat allocation AND skill trees.

LordofHats wrote:I'm with Spyder. In TQ the campaign was upwards of 25+ to complete without the expansion pack adding another 10. Replaying through a 35+ hour campaign through all 3 difficulties works great. When the campaign is 35+ hours long and there are upwards of 72 class combinations.

A 12 hour campaign is kind of blarg. Especially with no stat progression or skill trees to boost variety. I honestly feel like some of the RPG aspects of the game have been dumbed down (never palyed D1 or D2 mind you so I don't know if they even have skill trees). Titan Quest is a game from 2006, and as a clone its better than the sequel to the original. D3 in comparison is all flare and no substance.

THIS sums it up in my mind too, D1&D2 are games in another league compared to this one. In those games the bosses acctualy posed a challenge, not just another way to gain exp without breaking a sweath. Case in point the two lesser prime evils who where not much harder than a random monster

I'm in Inferno now and I can tell you. Regular elites (yellows/blues) are harder then any boss in the game. Haven't died to diablo on any difficulty.

Well I havent acctualy gotten further than Nigthmare, the story left me feeling cheated, and with the exception of a few awesom cinematics the game generaly feels rather half way

Soladrin wrote:I'm in Inferno now and I can tell you. Regular elites (yellows/blues) are harder then any boss in the game. Haven't died to diablo on any difficulty.

It is meant to be this way.
There are 5 elites before each boss i believe ?
Each pack or one you kill gives +15% MF up to +75%
Then end boss will drop 3 Rares 5 blues ? and could drop a legendary.



But its sad when golds are worth more then legendaries..


but hey.. the game is new... There are the Sets... Sadly crafted it seems and there may be more legendaries then we see ?

Im just amazed at the lack of content.
Im ok with no skill tree, no stat allocation.

no rune words, no set items to farm for, no exciting loot to go for so far, Cookie cutter builds. Is what's sad

I don't see pvp working in this game... on my monk, i can dash (teleport to a target) and spam 24m AoE Pull... So many things that im not sure of.. how are they gonna balance that ?

This is a rare time.. that i can honestly say.. I would like my $60 back and wouldnt have bought it again.
Till then, ima keep on farmin, MF'ing and getting gear as i didnt spend $60 to shelve this game after a week. Hopefully pvp ends up good somehow to make me motvated to play and level alts.

Spyder68 wrote:

Soladrin wrote:I'm in Inferno now and I can tell you. Regular elites (yellows/blues) are harder then any boss in the game. Haven't died to diablo on any difficulty.

It is meant to be this way.
There are 5 elites before each boss i believe ?
Each pack or one you kill gives +15% MF up to +75%
Then end boss will drop 3 Rares 5 blues ? and could drop a legendary.



But its sad when golds are worth more then legendaries..


but hey.. the game is new... There are the Sets... Sadly crafted it seems and there may be more legendaries then we see ?

Im just amazed at the lack of content.
Im ok with no skill tree, no stat allocation.

no rune words, no set items to farm for, no exciting loot to go for so far, Cookie cutter builds. Is what's sad

I don't see pvp working in this game... on my monk, i can dash (teleport to a target) and spam 24m AoE Pull... So many things that im not sure of.. how are they gonna balance that ?

This is a rare time.. that i can honestly say.. I would like my $60 back and wouldnt have bought it again.
Till then, ima keep on farmin, MF'ing and getting gear as i didnt spend $60 to shelve this game after a week. Hopefully pvp ends up good somehow to make me motvated to play and level alts.

Nope, after playing through normal, Bosses don't drop rares anymore. All the loot comes from elites. Honestly don't see the point of palying anymore. I can honestly say that nothing in this game is an improvement over D2LoD.

This game has monks. I'm happy.

Monk only has 1 viable build in Inferno...

Soladrin wrote:Monk only has 1 viable build in Inferno...

And? It has three other difficulties to play through. I have time
to enjoy them.

Sadly my monk is 51 and started playing other classes as there is Zero Variety in what works.

and i gota say again, Feth Mantra spamming.

Lol yeah, Mantra of healing with boon of protection is the only viable mantra in high levels.

All you ahve to do is..

Fists of Thunder + Quickening Rune

Sweeping Wind + Fire Storm

Mantra of healing + Boon of Protection

Massive regen, spam Mantra heal every 2-3 sec.


I suggest taping your left click button down though so you only have to hit sweeping wind at start of fight then hit mantra.

Game too easy?
1-2 Optimal Build?

So like warhammer.... have your "fun" build, and enjoy 2 birds with 1 stone.

On inferno it's not to easy, the problem is, on inferno, only 1 build works.

An word on the PS3 version? Tried googling for a release date and didn't find anything :(

What I find funny is that blizz said the pet build for WD is viable, but if you ever meet fast vampurics...

SHUT DOWN

Unless your gear is particularly good.

Anyone been able to find any black mushrooms in the cathedral in act1? i hear that is where they are but i cannot find the buggers for the life of me -___-

Tazz Azrael wrote:Anyone been able to find any black mushrooms in the cathedral in act1? i hear that is where they are but i cannot find the buggers for the life of me -___-

They are extremely illusive.

Asherian Command wrote:

Tazz Azrael wrote:Anyone been able to find any black mushrooms in the cathedral in act1? i hear that is where they are but i cannot find the buggers for the life of me -___-

They are extremely illusive.

Found one on my first play through, not another since

Asherian Command wrote:

Tazz Azrael wrote:Anyone been able to find any black mushrooms in the cathedral in act1? i hear that is where they are but i cannot find the buggers for the life of me -___-

They are extremely illusive.

I've come across them twice.

I got lucky with most of my staff drops. Mushrooms, and Gibbering Gemstone, I got on my initial play-through. Got the Recipe on my second run through act 4. The Shinbone and the Rainbow took a bit, but they have easy points, so you can do over and over. The rest is just expensive.

The "Cow-Level" is the best place I've found to farm for items. I get 2-4 Rares each time I've gone through. It's quick, and a lot of fun.

I found 2. Both in the 1st level of the Cathedral.

Trondheim wrote:Well I havent acctualy gotten further than Nigthmare, the story left me feeling cheated, and with the exception of a few awesom cinematics the game generaly feels rather half way

I think the reason I enjoyed the story so much and thought it was so deep is because I read The Sin War trilogy. The D3 storyline makes TONS of reference to the events in those books.
Things I learned in the Trilogy:

How the Nephalem were reawakened 1000 years ago and why they disappeared
What Uldyssian accomplished
Who Bul Kathos is
Who Trag Oul and Rathma are, and why they're significant to Necromancers
Why the Triune fell apart
Why the Cathedral of Light fell apart
What happened to the Prophet/Inarius
Why Tyrael changed his Angiris Council vote to save humanity
And more.

I was able to fill in a lot of story blanks in the game with what I knew from the trilogy.

I read those books too and I still think the D3 story was gak. Leah is one of the worst characters I've seen in a game this year.

Agree Leah is a terrible character. Was highly intrigues as to who (or what) she was Acts 1-2/3, then gave up caring when her 'obviously going to betray you' Mother appears and lo and boehold...it happens.

The story line is horribly predictable if you know the stories of D1 and D2. I didn't play either and after Act 1 was pretty hyped going "RPG with interesting story lulwut?" So I, unfortunately, went back and read up on the lore and the plot synopsis' of D1 and D2. Cause I didn't want to miss anything. Then I pretty much guessed the full storyline of D3, read that one's synopsis to confirm.

Bad idea.

As for Leah, she's a moron. The dead are rising and you think Cain is the crazy one?

Not to mention that if you read the book they released with this game, called The Order or something like that. She's encountered skeletons and stuff before with Cain. But she doesn't believe in them.

Derp.

LEah is a bad character.
BUT TYRAEL ON THE OTHER HAND!
The Angels are awesome in my opinion.