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Eumerin wrote:

 Deathklaat wrote:
the season characters are very much like the old WoW pvp seasons. Its a ladder that is run for a set amount of time, there will be new legendaries unique to that season and once that season is over you will have to make a new season character for the next season.

all legendaries from the previous season will then be able to drop for normal players.

My season character also seems to have a better drop rate on yellow and orange equipment.

That's been my experience too...

MOAR LOOT!

Ran into a massive squad of goblins last night. It was GLORIOUS!

I've had a massively better drop rate of rares and uniques myself, without doing Season.

rifts make the drop rate even more crazy and torment levels just compound that. i have not done a great rift yet but i can only imagine what those will be like.

Still don't really see enough to justify basiclaly buying the game again :/

The only things the expansion really does for you is gets you the new character (which I know you already said you had no interest in) the new act and I don't think you can get past lvl 60 without the expansion. Also after you hit lvl 61 all gems dropped are Marquise. Some legendaries are expansion exclusive so you will miss out on some of those too, like Reaper Wraps a legendary bracer you can make.

For greater rifts torment levels are not supposed to effect them at all. Although the couple times I ran them on torment 6 it felt like I got more loot than normal. Also you can not get more than 3 legendary drops from the greater rift guardians, excluding gems and plans. Greater rifts also are not supposed to have the Conduit pylons in them although at the moment there is a bug that allows them, may also be the bug that makes it feel like torment levels effect the drop rate.

Greater Rifts and Rifts in general with higher torment levels net you an exceedingly wider range of gear, generally. Greater rifts are the only way you can find the legendary gems however, whereas standard rifts allow drops from elite packs, champions, and the final boss; the Greater Rift is only the rift guardian at the end.

Frustratingly, some legendary items only drop from bounties, several of which some classes really thrive on when acquired. Now, due to the RNG system employed even running on T6 isn't a guarantee to get a drop that you want, or even need. So, like I said, frustrating.

But, I highly recommend the expansion if you're looking to get some more hours out of Diablo. Wife and I did the storyline and it took easily as long as the entirety of acts 1-4. Of course there will be that giant 'eyeroll' moment, which you'll know when you see it.

And yet it costs forty fething dollars. It costs as much as the game itself cost. More than the original game cost, really, given that I got the game at a discount.

*shrug* You pay for what you want I guess, don't want the game that badly, guess you don't buy it?

Either way, once you get it, I'm sure you'll find it to be pretty fun.

I don't think I'm being irrational when I suggest that DLC which consists of a single additional character, a few gameplay additions, a short addition to the story, and an increase in power level, and costs the same amount the game itself cost is pretty ridiculous.

 Melissia wrote:
I don't think I'm being irrational when I suggest that DLC which consists of a single additional character, a few gameplay additions, a short addition to the story, and an increase in power level, and costs the same amount the game itself cost is pretty ridiculous.

No one said you are. People place different values on things they want; to some 40 bucks isn't a big deal for this expac, to you it is. Either way, once you get it let us know what you think.

 Melissia wrote:
And yet it costs forty fething dollars. It costs as much as the game itself cost. More than the original game cost, really, given that I got the game at a discount.

It's a much better value to pick up the Ultimate Evil Edition on console if you have access to it...

Nope, no internet-enabled consoles.

 Melissia wrote:
Nope, no internet-enabled consoles.

But you can play offline.

And I prefer, if at all possible, the control scheme of PC games I mostly only have consoles for exclusives, which is why I'm often a generation behind in getting them.

Unable to argue with the control scheme. God knows I understand that. Primary reason I skipped the CrapBox One. So a point to you good sir

Ma'am you mean


In all seriousness, I'll probably get it somehow eventually. But right now, just can't justify that kind of expenditure on something so minor.

 Melissia wrote:
Ma'am you mean


In all seriousness, I'll probably get it somehow eventually. But right now, just can't justify that kind of expenditure on something so minor.

By minor you mean AMAZING.

And by can't justify an expenditure I'm sure you meant GOING TO BUYING SIX COPIES TOMORROW.

Honestly though, I get where you're coming from Mel. After beating the story mode and doing the same bounties 234908345034p587235087235 times it sorta dawned on me that 40 bucks for what is basically DLC wasn't exactly what I was expecting.