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bamhand posted:Is Tal Rasha viable for anything anymore? Why did they kill the whole set? Like, I guess you could probably run a Twister or Frozen Orb build on it I'm just not sure why you would. It's a very sad time.
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I have no idea what these gems do or if this configuration would be viable for any build much less a build for the character you decided to do this on but this is what it took to get 6 unique gems:
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Bust Rodd posted:For the morbidly curious I got a 4/5 gem on my third rift which is way better than I would do in rl. A mere £75 which is not that much less that I have spent on d3 in 10 years.
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Besides good old number go up, is there content to apply this newfound power to? I guess I don't know what the D:I endgame is.
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Dameius posted:I have no idea what these gems do or if this configuration would be viable for any build much less a build for the character you decided to do this on but this is what it took to get 6 unique gems: that's 2510 rifts, at say 3 minutes each, so over five straight days of pure rift grinding not including the time you have to spend re-upping in the shop or anything else
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Jun 23, 2022 22:45
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I wonder if it was Blizz or Activision people who came up with this monetization scheme for Immortal
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Orc Priest posted:I wonder if it was Blizz or Activision people who came up with this monetization scheme for Immortal There is functionally no difference at this point.
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Orc Priest posted:I wonder if it was Blizz or Activision people who came up with this monetization scheme for Immortal Probably the guys who chug breast milk found in a fridge.
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Orc Priest posted:I wonder if it was Blizz or Activision people who came up with this monetization scheme for Immortal yes
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Don’t forget King.
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I think a better question would be: was the monetization already this bad in the earlier NetEase game that Immortal was reskinned from
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Probably, from what I understand they were already infamous for this poo poo across the ocean So Blizzard themselves probably didn't bring too many suggestions on how to horribly monetize the game, but in the end they still signed off on it so gently caress them anyways
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What do you mean, that was loving easy (yes holy poo poo it's time to buy a lotto ticket)
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Just wanted to casually point out that you can 100% play the entire Immortal story without paying anything or being made to feel like you should be. I know that's not the point of the series for fans (me included), but I imagine there are some who would enjoy a run through the game (I did) but don't realize this. Frankly, the endgame looks like it'd be lovely even if the p2w stuff was removed. The story and basic gameplay are certainly nothing amazing, either, but should have some appeal to many fans of the series.
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Diablo 3 is 50% off on Switch. You'll get hundreds of hours of the best version of the game with no p2w at all. come join us all
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The best lazy build I'm the game is hydra wizard imo. Just let the boys do the work and you port around. I think that was the first ever season class set I picked up and I just ran with it for a whole season cause it was so fun
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It's not the laziest build but because of how versatile it is, fire bells is just about the best all round build of all time in the game. Wouldn't be surprised if I had over 1k hours on just that build alone.
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KajiTheMelonMan posted:What do you mean, that was loving easy Unfortunately you just spent your luck on a simulation of a lottery.
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Just got to Act 3. I learned that I can map any skill to any button and now I’m unstoppable. If the storm armor doesn’t get them, disintegrate will. Have arcane orbs floating around in case something happens to get close. This game is great 
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Haven’t played d3 in a few years and it’s still so fun. Went with barb even though raekors was not my favorite set in the past, but the addition of ancient spear splitting on impact is insanely fun. I just wish I didn’t have to use boulder toss to be optimal because I find the spear runes cooler looking. The piercing one seems decent for speed farming though.
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To whoever said "aim for a weapon with -level requirements for leveling", thanks for the incredible tip. Running around with a level 70 weapon at level 54 is hilariously good.
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Did D2 Resurrected do anything about the utterly impossible drop rates, or add instanced loot? I can't believe I'm considering buying D2 for a third loving time (and with Kotick still in charge) but ARPGs don't exactly have a good intersection of quality and ethics.
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Shumagorath posted:Did D2 Resurrected do anything about the utterly impossible drop rates, or add instanced loot? I can't believe I'm considering buying D2 for a third loving time (and with Kotick still in charge) but ARPGs don't exactly have a good intersection of quality and ethics. Nope, still impossible drop rates w/ endless amounts of scrolls, pots & trash blues/whites! Welcome back!
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Shumagorath posted:Did D2 Resurrected do anything about the utterly impossible drop rates, or add instanced loot? I can't believe I'm considering buying D2 for a third loving time (and with Kotick still in charge) but ARPGs don't exactly have a good intersection of quality and ethics. In addition to the drop rate comment no instanced loot so good loving luck picking up anything in a multiplayer game that's not you and actual IRL friends. That said, I have D2R and I enjoy it, but what I've done is rolled a bunch of single player, local characters. As in non-battlenet. Players 8 works in SP and I can grind away to my heart's content and make weird builds with the oddball legendries I crap out here and there.
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Shumagorath posted:Did D2 Resurrected do anything about the utterly impossible drop rates, or add instanced loot? I can't believe I'm considering buying D2 for a third loving time (and with Kotick still in charge) but ARPGs don't exactly have a good intersection of quality and ethics. There was a tiny increase in the drop rates of runes in the 1.13 patch in 2010. Otherwise, not currently. Blizzard is making new patches for D2R, so it's not totally impossible that drop rates won't improve eventually, but I wouldn't hold my breath. I don't think we will ever get instanced loot. Tomb vipers don't deal physical damage in their poison clouds anymore. Yay.(?)
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D2 resurrected is so good but the idea of rolling an online character fills me with a visceral fight or flight response, its just absolutely tedious doing any kind of mid-late game stuff without the /player command
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D2R is tempting for some self found characters, but just thinking about the endgame triggers some mild PTSD.
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There are a lot of public games that are titled "5 min mf run-06". You just find a zone you can do pretty quickly solo in a five-player game. My secret spot has been the two temples in the Kurast Bazaar with my lightning sorceress now that all six of them are area level 85 zones. The only lightning immune monsters are elites if the have lightning enchanted and my mercenary can deal with them. Getting into Discord servers with groups has also been a big help. But that's not really an option for the Switch's adult audience.
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Jezza of OZPOS posted:D2 resurrected is so good but the idea of rolling an online character fills me with a visceral fight or flight response, its just absolutely tedious doing any kind of mid-late game stuff without the /player command
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The zen realization I've had with D2R is figuring out how to build characters that can get to the endgame WITHOUT chasing after specific unique drops The game gives you to the tools to do this
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I'll say it again, gently caress the online forever. Non-instanced loot just makes it a non-starter. Offline is a ton of fun though. The real problem is that they won't let you do local multi. Being able to use my dumb offline characters to play with an old college buddy would be amazing, but neither of us want to gently caress around with the rest of the online mess.
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I wouldn't really be thinking about D2R this much if it was more than another ten bucks on top of D3 with their summer sale. At least I'd only be buying D3 a second time.
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Cyrano4747 posted:I'll say it again, gently caress the online forever. Non-instanced loot just makes it a non-starter. Offline is a ton of fun though. Yeah non-instanced loot just makes d2 a single player game for me which kinda sucks because running around in d2 with friends is a ton of fun. Whereas in d3 you can also do that and have a ton of fun with no caveats because all the loot that drops is just yours.
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Star Man posted:It's called a house style. 1) Diablo 1 and 2 light radius and the constant grim poo poo you'd find in level art worked together to create a horror aesthetic that the house style wipes out utterly with overly bright colours and clearly-seen monsters. 2) The music absolutely fell flat in the same regard. 3) Hordes of enemies went from being existential threads to something you just plow through (this is design and not art style, but I feel like "busy" overlaps with the art choice significantly). They seemed to have learned their lesson for D4, but the bottom line is I should be scared going into a new dungeon.
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Sir Dingleby Dapper posted:Nope, still impossible drop rates w/ endless amounts of scrolls, pots & trash blues/whites! Yeah, except this time you can't mod it to be fun. D2 R is loving whack.
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it's funny cuz D2R is just barely moddable enough that people can give the Assassin big ol' tiddies but not enough that you can recreate Eastern Sun in HD
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Shumagorath posted:It's fair to say house style influenced Diablo 3, but it did so to the series' detriment: But that's like, just your opinion man. I've been playing the series since d1 launch and I overall enjoy D3's art direction, though it isn't free from critique. Funnily enough, to me at least, I'd say where the art and mechanics meet on the swarms of enemies is one of the areas it does quite well. I honestly can't comment on the music because I've had in game volume set to 0 for years now and I can't really remember it that well. I'll just defacto concede the point because I still turn sound on specifically for the d1 gr every year just to listen to the gold drops
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Dameius posted:But that's like, just your opinion man. It’s not just theirs, that’s the problem
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Idk how anyone ever looked at D2 and thought oh yeah this is real horror i'm spooked. I remember young me laughing at the bright red goblins screaming RAKANISHU and the big dumb yetis with giant shoulders. And that's before even getting into the fact that it's a game where you do extremely gamey things; hunt for items with higher numbers so you can blow up monsters and other players faster/harder.
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