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I'm sure that most skills/runes/passives are pretty useless, but I think the best thing for me to understand WHY they are useless is to see them for myself. Some don't take any time at all to learn why. (For example, the "Orbit" rune for Arcane Orb which requires you to shove your face into enemies. Why?) Sometimes I see some fun combinations, like Time Stop (with the increased damage rune) combined with Disintegrate + Entropy to melt everything within arms reach. Or Teleport + the Rune that turns Ray of Frost into a localized storm that melts everything around you. It's fun to play around with those even if they won't turn out to be any good later. (Probably not.) I'm only level 40 with my female Wizard at the waypoint just after the forgotten cistern or something? The one where you're looking for the oasis. Bust Rodd posted:If you haven’t figured this out yet, a setting in options called “Ellective Mode” lets you remap your skills with virtually no restrictions on your hotbar and is required for anything approaching high level play. Yep, I turned that on. I should probably make better use of it, but I am using it at least somewhat.
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People like to direct newbs to Icy Veins but I seriously hate all their builds and resources and have been using Team BRC for their class and leveling guide for over a year and love it. Icy Veins feels dated even after an update, the Team BRC Guide seem rewritten every season and you can see some of the admins streaming like GR130 clears sometimes so they know what’s up.
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Apr 29, 2019 19:17
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:I'm sure that most skills/runes/passives are pretty useless, but I think the best thing for me to understand WHY they are useless is to see them for myself. Some don't take any time at all to learn why. (For example, the "Orbit" rune for Arcane Orb which requires you to shove your face into enemies. Why?) Arcane Orbit was actually the top rune to use for DMO before they buffed Frozen Orb. It was very much a get in there and face tank build. Some of the sets really change how you play your character in unique ways.
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Apr 29, 2019 19:24
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Bust Rodd posted:People like to direct newbs to Icy Veins but I seriously hate all their builds and resources and have been using Team BRC for their class and leveling guide for over a year and love it. Icy Veins feels dated even after an update, the Team BRC Guide seem rewritten every season and you can see some of the admins streaming like GR130 clears sometimes so they know what’s up. The only reason I haven't recommended them is because I forget their name and remember Icy-veins and get too lazy to look them up to remember. You are absolutely right though, their leveling and fresh 70 guides are at least as good, if not better. Also, just for people who don't already know, its Team BRG.
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MariusLecter posted:What's your battletag? I can carry you through some 70s. Butteslord#something, I'm in lljk. I'll be on around 10-11 Eastern
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:I'm sure that most skills/runes/passives are pretty useless, but I think the best thing for me to understand WHY they are useless is to see them for myself. Some don't take any time at all to learn why. (For example, the "Orbit" rune for Arcane Orb which requires you to shove your face into enemies. Why?) Slow Time actually gets used, since there's a whole set built around it, but it's not used in any other build.
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Apr 30, 2019 00:52
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I mean, THEORETICALLY, I knew such a thing was possible: I'd probably do disgusting things to make that a 20% fire roll without using my reroll. Or, next season, lightning  It may still find use in my StarPact build, once toughness becomes an issue (if we ever end up pushing that high)
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Apr 30, 2019 03:49
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Zarin posted:I mean, THEORETICALLY, I knew such a thing was possible: Wow, you'd be hard pressed to find a better primal. Perfect crit rolls and you can roll a socket on to it.
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Apr 30, 2019 04:31
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I thought primal jewelry always came with a socket (unless it has all of its main rolls fixed)?
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Vomik posted:I thought primal jewelry always came with a socket (unless it has all of its main rolls fixed)? . . . woah. That's almost game-changing right there, if true. I just checked my Museum of lovely Primals, and actually, all my primal jewelry (4 pieces) and primal helms (two pieces) and primal chests (2 pieces) came with max sockets. Granted, a sample size like that doesn't PROVE anything, but it's certainly interesting . . . That makes me feel a bit better about my current project, at any rate! (Saving up enough souls to roll a Maras 150 times or however many bounty mats I have when my bounty mats:souls balances out to a 1:1 reroll amount)
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When you identify a Legendary item, at least some of its properties get determined by the class of the one identifying it, correct? I noticed that early on and stopped identifying (for example) axes with my wizard.
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Vomik posted:I thought primal jewelry always came with a socket (unless it has all of its main rolls fixed)? Yup. A primal that can have sockets always has maximum number of sockets, unless it's a weapon in which case it will never have a socket (as you can ramalamadingdong it).
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May 1, 2019 01:55
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:When you identify a Legendary item, at least some of its properties get determined by the class of the one identifying it, correct? I noticed that early on and stopped identifying (for example) axes with my wizard. Stats are determined when the item drops/is gambled, not when it is identified. Opening bounty caches on another class does work.
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Kyrosiris posted:Yup. A primal that can have sockets always has maximum number of sockets, unless it's a weapon in which case it will never have a socket (as you can ramalamadingdong it). I prefer to say "Indalamar it", personally. https://www.engadget.com/2011/05/31/wow-archivist-indalamar-the-warrior/
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May 1, 2019 02:34
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wei posted:Stats are determined when the item drops/is gambled, not when it is identified. Opening bounty caches on another class does work. Ah, so any axes my Wizard found are probably DoA already. Good to know then. I don't remember seeing a gambling vendor, but maybe I was not looking properly. EDIT: Oh right, forging stuff is like gambling. Nevvy Z posted:There's a marginal chance it's worth rerolling the mainstat. Since I'm not yet level 60, anything I found is most likely going to be low level junk at this point. Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 03:37 on May 1, 2019 |
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There's a marginal chance it's worth rerolling the mainstat.
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While in Adventure Mode go to New Tristram, right in front of the smith, lady in robes named Kadala. She is in town for every act, but she is really easy to spit in A1 and is the closest interactable object to the waypoint, so very easy to spot. She is the gambling vendor for bloodshards.
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Zarin posted:I prefer to say "Indalamar it", personally. Entirely valid and a very good callback.
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Zarin posted:I prefer to say "Indalamar it", personally.
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Incoherence posted:I thought we all decided they were called Gamecubes. Oh, I forgot that one!
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I've reached level 70 with my wizard. I appreciate that the XP is tuned so that on "Hard" difficulty, you get just enough to hit the cap before the end. (I'm in Act 4 at the Siege Outpost.) I suppose that now is the time to be thinking of high-level builds. Right now I have Primary: Disintegrate (Intensify) Secondary: Arcane Orb (Frozen) Escape: Teleport (Fracture) Meteor (Comet) Black Hole (Blazar) Familiar (Arcanot (+regen)) This does mean I have no power generating skills, but my regen rate is so high that it's only slightly lower than Disintegrate's consumption. It only becomes an issue in really big fights.
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There's things like Cindercoat (Fire skill cost 30% less resource) and Hergbrash's Binding (Reduces arcane cost of Arcane torrent, Disintegrate and Ray of Frost) that can help with that. My Wiz can eternally spam Ray of Frost and Arcane Torrent to proc meteor shower with just the Hergbrash's.
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Also, Arcane Power on Crit (Wizard hats, Sources, and Wands) can improve sustain as well. Resource Cost Reduction can also work. Builder/Spender seesaw is one way to play, but as you've already found, Spender/Regen is also good! (I prefer it myself tbh)
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May 3, 2019 02:25
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Hold up, are there Wizard hats that look like actual Wizard hats?
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Marx Headroom posted:Hold up, are there Wizard hats that look like actual Wizard hats? YEP
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Marx Headroom posted:Hold up, are there Wizard hats that look like actual Wizard hats? I present to you: https://us.diablo3.com/en/item/dark-mages-shade-Unique_WizardHat_001_x1 Actually though, there are white items that cost like 10g to xmog to that look better than that one. Edit: No idea which xmog this is, but it does't have the giant red band: 
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Level 70/P-45 Wizard. I've switched to Adventure mode and have completed all of the first 3 sets of season objectives. All that's left now is completing a Greater Rift level 20 solo, and beating various things at "Torment x" difficulty. I've done a couple Nephalim Rifts and have a couple Greater Runes to create a greater rift, but what does "level 20" mean in that context?
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:Level 70/P-45 Wizard. I've switched to Adventure mode and have completed all of the first 3 sets of season objectives. All that's left now is completing a Greater Rift level 20 solo, and beating various things at "Torment x" difficulty. When you pick Greater Rift instead of normal rift, you'll see they have 'levels'. They let you know what normal difficulty each GR tier level is equivalent to, up to Torment 13.
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5er posted:When you pick Greater Rift instead of normal rift, you'll see they have 'levels'. They let you know what normal difficulty each GR tier level is equivalent to, up to Torment 13. Ah, okay. I did the two season objectives which required up to Torment 2, but it's clear that I don't have the DPS to do well above Master difficulty.
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Hey so I just got a Switch and I’m thinking it’s the shot in the arm me and Diablo needs. How is this port? I’ve basically burned out on PC but I’ve always heard the console releases are good. Is the Switch version the Necromancer pack?
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Bust Rodd posted:Hey so I just got a Switch and I’m thinking it’s the shot in the arm me and Diablo needs. How is this port? I’ve basically burned out on PC but I’ve always heard the console releases are good. Is the Switch version the Necromancer pack? the console versions are amazing and in my personal opinion more fun. they nailed the controls, it actually feels like it was made natively for controllers. they changed the movement and behaviour of a lot of spells to suit it. For example, characters still move a little during melee attacks, wizards can cast certain spells such as twisters while running, that kind of things. A shitload of thought has been put into the console versions. Give it a go, you'll be very happy with it. the switch version is called the eternal collection and comes with necromancer class as standard 
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Yeah, Switch version is good. I play it when the season is long as hell and use it as a backup to PC. Random thoughts, but I've only started 2 characters (barb and DH) -The dodge roll is silly and nephalem orbs matter in this version and do double damage. -Item management isn't too terrible with a controller but not ideal vs PC, IMO. -You don't have to beat the campaign to unlock adventure mode which is nice. -Can play seasonal without an online sub, but you can't play with other people. -Graphics are a bit compromised, but honestly I can rarely tell and it keeps frames really well. Sometimes the middle ball of a molten elite pack that comes up when they die doesn't show up, but the big circle around it still does. It loads slower than PC but not too bad. -There's a little lag when I enter a GR with my barb and try to cast a couple shouts and skills right away (think IK, WoTB, Ancients, War cry, Sprint, etc) and I can't cast them all at once, have to wait a few seconds. -You can play on a toilet
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Suburban Dad posted:Yeah, Switch version is good. I play it when the season is long as hell and use it as a backup to PC.  This username/post combo is  For content, I'm mad at video games right now because my special snowflake LoN build seems like it won't be able to clear a GR110 in time, so now I'm going to have to find something meta. Also I ran out of bounty mats trying to get a CDR Deathwish for the LoN Channelling Archon/Starpact build.
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I did not get into D3 until I got the switch version. Yes it's the same game but it is becoming clearer and clearer to me that how I play a game has a big part to do with how much I enjoy it. Good example is Hearthstone - fantastic phone game because it's very mobile, I have it everywhere, you can pick it up and play anywhere you want. I have not had it installed on my PC for 3 years Edit: "Do you guys not have switches???"
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Just to make sure, Legendary Gems can be removed from items just like at the Jeweler, right? Do items socketed into things get upgrade chances as well? I presume so, since they also work when stuck in my stash.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:Just to make sure, Legendary Gems can be removed from items just like at the Jeweler, right? Do items socketed into things get upgrade chances as well? I presume so, since they also work when stuck in my stash. Yes and yes
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The gems in your socets and inventory get put up ahead on the upgrade selection screen.
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gently caress the Switch and I'm mad at myself for wanting to drop $300 on a console for two Zelda games and Pokémon because like hell Nintendo will ever drop the price of the mother fucker. And the stupid thing will never leave the house so portability is utterly meaningless to me. And I'm not rebuying a bunch of games I already own.
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 made a couple of corrections to my build and climbed another 3 tiers Then I decided I needed a lot more keys if I wanted to get any higher, so I made a multishot demon hunter and god drat, farming keys has never been more fun. I shoulda done this a long time ago.
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