Diablo IV SEASON 3: never outdamage your wife

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AAAAA! Real Muenster: Jul 12, 2008; My QB is also named Bort

I never played D3 but had played the poo poo out of D2 despite being bad at it. Where is a good place to read up on simple stuff like "how do I switch weapons as a barb", "what skills are good to have for long term", and what are the fancy words I see people in this thread using, like capstone, sigil, and techniques ?"

# ¿ Jun 10, 2023 16:47

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 17:22

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I R SMART LIKE ROCK posted:

the most popular sites for builds are https://www.icy-veins.com/ and https://maxroll.gg/

Thank you!

I R SMART LIKE ROCK posted:

terms people are using are specific to this game and it'll walk you through most of it as you play it. the game is actually pretty good at giving you an idea of what to do and the skill system has respecs and encourages experimentation

it's only been a week since the game came out. come learn with all of us

Huh, I had to disagree there. I'm asking because a friend told me you have to be level 15 or so before you can use your other barb weapons but I'm up to 18 and still see no explanation or mechanism to use my non-dual weapons. I understand the game only came out a few days ago but I dont think an explanation for how the character classes work is a big ask.

# ¿ Jun 10, 2023 19:04

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Gone Fashing posted:

different skills use different weapons and you swap them automatically. You can change which weapons some skills use by hovering over them and middle clicking in town. use frenzy and you'll see it automatically uses your dual wield weapons. use lunging strike and you'll see it automatically uses your two hand blunt weapon. the system is designed to be transparent

I R SMART LIKE ROCK posted:

at 15 you should have a priority quest for your class. you need to do that to unlock some things

Thank you both!

# ¿ Jun 10, 2023 19:15

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For some reason hitting level 32, finding a few decent pieces of gear, using some sockets now that I registered that you can un-socket the gems that you put in for a relatively low fee, and running around grabbing some Lilith shrines... my barb went from "sometimes struggles with mobs" to "Deathblow delivering machine" and now I'm having even more fun. To the point I'm thinking of upping my World Tier to 2 so I can level faster. Or I should just blitz the main storyline quests?

I really wish cooldowns were a bit shorter and/or I could spend Fury to do Leap or Deathblow while the cooldown was not-yet-done-cooling-down.

# ¿ Jun 14, 2023 18:20

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Sab669 posted:

The bonus EXP isn't worth the increased HP

I'd blitz the story just so you can get your pony quicker.

Glad I mentioned it, thank you for the heads up!

# ¿ Jun 14, 2023 18:39

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Givin posted:

Are you gemming with the best gems available to you?

This reminds me - what is the gate on building better gems? I have several dozen of each at Chipped or whatever status but cant upgrade them further (I'm level 32 still on WT1).

edit: Also, let me take this opportunity to say "holy loving poo poo do the gems loving suck except for Skulls in weapons".

# ¿ Jun 14, 2023 19:41

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Givin posted:

Pretty much every capstone tier brings you into the next level. You'll start seeing regulars about 40/50ish, then 70. There really isn't an in game notifier that I saw. You can craft sigils at the occultist but I don't remember getting a notification that I could even do that until I went there once and saw two new tabs I didn't remember seeing. Someone posted this happens when you clear a tier 3 sigil.

Same for the alchemist. Some recipes unlock once you cross a world tier.

Excellent, thank you!

BurningBeard posted:

Too true. If resists ever change that will change as well but even in that case it's pretty boring as upgrades go.

Yeah with all the modifiers in the game they could definitely get more creative or add multiple bonuses or something, sheesh.

Aphrodite posted:

Most builds use Emeralds in weapons.

I forget what Emeralds do, but I definitely felt a power spike once I added three Chipped Skulls to my available weapons as a Barb around level 30. Speaking of it, do I remember correctly that for Barbs (and everyone, I guess) that bonuses and gems in weapons that you do not currently drawn still add their bonuses, right?

# ¿ Jun 14, 2023 21:49

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Reply is not edit, sorry for the doublepost

bobtheconqueror posted:

Yeah the game gives you a ton of xp compared to what's needed to level to 50. If you beeline the main story you may not get to 50 before completing it, but if you're doing all of the dungeons, exploration, and side quests you'll also run into a wall at 50 in like Scosglen, which is why I've seen a few places say that leveling in WT2 isn't really worthwhile, and I'd agree with that. While the only thing standing between a player and WT3 is the capstone dungeon, the dungeon can't be attempted until after the campaign, so don't be like me and try to do all the side content as it becomes available.

I ended up completing the campaign at like 52 from just killing level 50 mobs for five acts of story. Definitely had optimized gear for the 50 capstone, at least lmao.

Yeah I'm doing cellars and finding Lilith shrines but otherwise going to try to stick to doing the campaign for now.

I feel like its a bad half-measure and I should just do everything if I can continue to own everything.

poemdexter posted:

I dunno, +72% critical strike damage to vulnerable enemies for barbarians seems really nice considering you can have 100% vulnerable on hit chance from paragon board.

You can get guaranteed vulnerable from an enhancement to Double Swing (I think its double swing? I'm not at my gaming computer and keep getting barb skills confused).

# ¿ Jun 14, 2023 21:54

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Black Griffon posted:

Even without imprinting I had a very comfortable number of legendaries around 30. Sounds like real bad luck yeah.

I just hit 33 with Barb and have an amulet (quest reward RIP Vigo ), two rings, and one weapon. No armor and my other three weapons are blues or yellows. The best part is that none of my skills are willing to use the orange weapon (any skill that uses a two-hander is using the other two-hander, and i dont know how to change/fix it).

edit: I did find two orange one-handers but they were mediocre and bad, respectively.

edit2: and I really want to replace the amulet because the special shield effect it has is counter-productive to my build.

edit3: https://d4builds.gg/builds/a6f0cb3f-bb6c-4506-bbec-abe074b8cdeb/ that is the gist of my build: Leap in, Deathblow the injured thing, Double Swing to injure the next thing and make it vulnerable, Deathblow it, rinse and repeat. Ground Stomp and Whirlwind to use in certain situations.

explosivo posted:

Have you been imprinting Rares to make Legendaries? That's kind of the whole point of the codex and ability to extract things from one piece of gear that you need to put in a different slot.

Is this something I should be doing at level 33 when in Act 3 of the main quest on WT1? I forget what I did with the oranges I'm not using... I'm guessing I was dumb if I sold them instead of stashing or doing ??? with them (I do not understand what all this imprinting / aspects / affixes / extracting / codex nonsense means or how to interact with it).

Substandard posted:

Complaining on the Internet works!

This post is me officially complaining that I need more high quality loot.

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# ¿ Jun 15, 2023 17:36

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explosivo posted:

You can, although it's probably not super important at the stage of the game you're at right now. You should start to get into the habit of at the very least checking which legendaries have aspects that could potentially be useful to you in the future and extracting it at the occultist instead of dismantling or selling it. Those aspects that you extract can only be used once. The codex has aspects that are gained by completing dungeons around the map (the ones that have the little treasure chest icon) and those can be imprinted as many times as you want, but they have the lowest possible roll so they're not amazing.

Thank you for the explanation. At first reading, if I am understanding correctly, this sounds like it is tedious and sucks? Am I missing something? I never played D3 or other ARPG or MMO games so I may just be new to the concept.

# ¿ Jun 15, 2023 17:45

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Gully Foyle posted:

So the codex is basically a repository of basic powers/bonuses that you can apply to your weapons/armor/jewelry. You primarily get these from the first time you clear a dungeon - you can see ahead of time what codex aspect is going to be rewarded, so you can look on the map to find ones that seem useful to your class and build. The occultist can imprint that codex on any rare or better (I think) that meets the requirement - offensive aspects go on weapons, gloves, and jewelry for instance. It does take some materials including needing the mats you get from salvaging legendaries, so it can be hard to imprint a lot until you are finding spare oranges you don't mind salvaging. The codex aspects can be imprinted unlimited numbers of times once unlocked - though of course you can only have one copy of that aspect equipped (additional copies do nothing).

Aspects you imprint from the codex are always the minimum roll on any range value. If theres an aspect that says 'Basic Skills have a (10-25%) increased attack speed', the aspect from the codex will always be the 10%.

If you find an orange that has a power that you might want to use but it's on an item that sucks you can extract it at the occultist and later on put it on a better item. Extracting costs nothing but gold. This is one-time only though - so don't use the aspect on a weapon that you are constantly replacing as you level. The aspects you get from drops can roll higher than the ones in the codex, and there are aspects that can only be found as drops.

If the orange item looks like it has a power that it useless to your build, salvage it for mats that you can then use for imprints.

While leveling, if you find an aspect from a dungeon or a drop that seems cool for your build, plop it onto an item that isn't important - unused weapon slots are perfect for this, or gloves/boots etc. Generally don't waste materials imprinting on your weapon since you replace it often, and your torso armor is also one that provides a huge chunk of armor so is important to replace as you level.

Thank you for the detailed breakdown, that helps a lot.

soggybagel posted:

It's pretty straight forward in that its a thing you will do in town when youre also selling off random junk and stowing stuff in storage.

This is a good point, thank you.

explosivo posted:

Maybe I'm just doing a bad job explaining it, I don't really find it tedious or sucky; unlocking codex aspects only takes one dungeon clear and can be accessed across all of your characters. You're doing those dungeons anyway so the codex unlocks are a side benefit. The ability to extract aspects means you can get a piece of gear that has a loving fantastic aspect but everything else is irrelevant to your build or is a piece of gear that you can't afford to replace and put that aspect on a different piece of gear with better stats. I think it's a pretty great system that allows for a lot of flexibility with regards to what gear you have or are looking for since you can pretty affordably shuffle around aspects from one piece to another.

Eh, I tend to initially dislike things then come around on 'em, and the additional explanation helps. Im still figuring things out so I'm sure once it all makes more sense and I do it a few times I'll be much less negative about it.

SettingSun posted:

Barb skills will auto-pick the weapon it thinks does the most dps until told otherwise.

Figures. Good to know, thank you.

kumba posted:

you can change what weapon is used when you assign the ability - if you're on PC hit A and mouseover any ability, hitting mouse3 rotates through the weapons you have equipped

Ahhh you're a gentlegoon and a scholar, thank you. I was going with the "Walking Arsenal" aspect at the bottom of the skill tree and felt like I was missing out. I was thinking: Leap (Blunt two hander) => Ground Stomp to stun => Double Swing to apply vulnerability => Spin2win.... and now I can try it out!

Magus42 posted:

No?

Oh ok cool, thanks for your contribution.

# ¿ Jun 15, 2023 18:56

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Diephoon posted:

Something I failed to consider and just noticed is that Ancient's Oath also adds a big slow to Steel Grasp, which procs Aspect of the Umbral's fury gen on crowd control application

https://i.imgur.com/XwLVNF7.mp4

Not bad considering I can do this every 7 seconds. I'm trying out the Weapon Master's Aspect for an additional charge of Steel Grasp and 30-50% chance to proc stun on Steel Grasp hit as well.

Trying out Ramaladni's Magnum Opus, so I figured I'd get a main hand sword to see how dual sword weapon mastery feels for Double Swing spam. Double Swing filling your fury on stunned/knocked down targets should pair perfectly with Edgemaster's Aspect.

I also moved some passive points into Prolific Fury since I am almost always berserking in combat. Considering all these different sources of fury generation I should get a lot of value from it.

This is amazing and I may have to find a way to try it. Currently using Ground Stomp without any aspects or bonuses to it so maybe I'll just try it tonight.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2023 17:49

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That Italian Guy posted:

Doea it pull everything right now? I may slot this in for Ground Stomp in my Rend build if that's the case.

I'm wondering if it counts as a weapon swap since you put your weapon "away" to toss the chains...

# ¿ Jun 28, 2023 20:39

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leftist heap posted:

It's really funny to see people freak out about the seasonal character thing. Where have yall been living for the past like 15 years

I have not played any games that have seasons. I played a lot of D2 but was not ever involved with Seasons (I dont know how or why I never heard of D2 having Seasons but maybe I'm just forgetful?). I dont get why people are freaking out about it either.

# ¿ Jun 29, 2023 17:41

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Shrimp or Shrimps posted:

Which class plays the most differently to current meta ice shards sorc? Bone spear necro seems like a sorc variant. I was thinking barb but having 4 shouts feels a bit like having 4 defensives? Not sure.

There are a lot of builds that work for Barb. You dont have to Spin2Win or HotA to win. My build only has one shout (War Cry for the damage boost) and I'm doing just fine at level 59. Though I got started slow on NM Dungeons but I just sleepwalked through my first three last night and look forward to upping the difficulty. The only hard/exciting part of any of them was getting immediately headbutted by The Butcher the second I loaded into the first one, and once the surprise wore off I handled him just fine.

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# ¿ Jun 29, 2023 18:09

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Vashro posted:

The ladder started over 2 years after the expansion so you had probably quit playing at that point.

Ahh yeah that probably explains it, thanks.

# ¿ Jun 29, 2023 18:47

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MMAgCh posted:

I really wanted to use that skill, but even early on its shortcomings became apparent very quickly. Not to mention that having to stand in one place to attack is not something the game's monster design lets you get away with much.

I find it amusing that I (feel like I) notice a tangible difference when as my non-meta build Barb use Ground Stomp to stun things then wail on them while standing still, thus netting the 30% bonus to damage for standing still. But it only works because they're close and stunned. I cant imagine trying to stand still and shoot a cone of fire at things.

# ¿ Jun 29, 2023 19:06

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What is a Battlepass, anyway? is that something I buy to get ways to make playing a season more fun?

# ¿ Jun 29, 2023 20:23

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Tonetta posted:

double swing does work sometimes

What did you do to get the stun bar to max out so fast?

harrygomm posted:

enemies are only sometimes vulnerable

Speak for yourself

# ¿ Jun 29, 2023 21:23

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harrygomm posted:

depends on if i�m doing speed clear stuff or being dumb and trying to push higher level keys as ww/killing bosses. everything dies in the guaranteed vuln window of exploit on mid 60s and less. but everything is also crowd controlled at exactly the same time as they turn vulnerable so you get the damage bonus either way. if something doesn�t die in less than 3 seconds though, why are so many people still suggesting emeralds in weapons? i know you can cheese stupid high level nmds by doing a damage window in the guaranteed exploit with all your buffs up and then run around for 20 seconds to wait to proc exploit again, and in those cases it wouldn�t matter, i�m just trying to see if there�s some other non obvious or broken mechanic that would push people to use emeralds when sapphires appear to be better in every way

I'm just a mostly casual player that only barely understands endgame mechanics (e.g. I just ran a NM dungeon for the first time last night at level 58, and got headbutted by The Butcher the second I walked through the entrance to the dungeon) so I dont understand half of what you're saying, I was just being cheeky because my off-meta Barb build allows me to Vuln anything I want on demand.

p.s. fighting The Butcher was fun and I need more fights like that and less where there is dumb magic poo poo making AoEs that stop me from using abilities and whatever else.

# ¿ Jun 29, 2023 22:03

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MarcusSA posted:

The side quests in this game are actually pretty good.

I sorta thought so for a while, but then I had to do a quest in Hawezar that, if I remember correctly, sent me...
~ from town to the wilderness to find someone
~ back to town to talk to them
~ back to the wilderness to find them again
~ back to town to talk to someone
~ back to the wilderness to find them again again
~ back to town a third time
~ a dungeon to collect bear asses
~ a swamp witch's hovel to talk to them
~ escort said mcguffin through the swamp to collect bear asses

In conclusion, gently caress side quests.

# ¿ Jun 30, 2023 15:00

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If we're forced to keep the current Aspect system, can they please make it so if you mouse over or "pick up" an aspect in your inventory and stash, other same aspects will light up? I spent like an hour the other night, while keeping my sick toddler busy watching TERRIFIC TRUCKS, cleaning up the stupid amount of aspects that I had collected on the path to getting to level 70. I was able to melt a ton down by just slowly organizing into groups but holy poo poo would it have been nice to more easily find each of them (I had a few instances of at least 1 of a specific aspect being in each of my four tabs; I got rid of so many bad ones and now just have, at most, 2 of the ones I might use and 1 of something that is rare or off-spec that I dont expect to use).

I'd also like a way to change up by build entirely. I have a bunch of things that make it look like a Frenzy Babr would be hella fun but I'll never find out because my current build is amazing and I definitely do not have the effort to change it just to test if some probably-meme build about stacking Frenzy up 8 times and running every attack speed boost I can find. I would also like to try doing something where I pull guys in with Chains, Kick them to trigger vuln, then... something, I dunno what, but again I'll never find out because there is no way in hell I have the stuff stockpiled to switch away from my current build, set up the new one's items and aspects, then go back if i dont like it.

Philthy posted:

It gets way better once you hit your 60s and start getting your paragon board filled in and get more fury generating items. That's the one thing I feel like this game needs to improve is the resource build and spend loop. The other Diablos were never this rough with it. I feel like the skills should be half the cost of what they currently are or put some innate regen added in by default. If you haven't gotten lucky with a fury generating ring it's kinda brutal.

This is obviously build dependent but I felt like my Walking Arsenal (Lunge, Double Swing, and Death Blow) Barb has always been fine without an Umbral equipped. I guess I sorta built it to be not super Fury dependent and I've adjusted it over time as my items and build change, but I have liked the flexibility. Though I guess more flexibility would be nice...
I have only found a small handful of Umbrals, and only one that adds 4 per, so I have never actually used it. If I find another 4 per or at least a 3 per I will slot it in so loving fast. I'm not even sure I need it, but it would open up using some aspects that do things when I generate more Fury when already at max.

Hell Yeah posted:

i should be able to kill an angel in this game. i hope that's what they announce.

I really want this. I wanted to stab Inarius so bad.

Horizon Burning posted:

i really like female barb a lot more than the others I've tried

I like my female barb's VA, yeah.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2023 18:11

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I'm new to games with "Seasons". Do I remember reading that eventually Seasonal characters will revert to the Eternal realm once a season ends?

Marshal Plugnut posted:

I'm doing this and can recommend it, if you do decide to give it a try. I can't remember the names of the aspects, but I have the ones that buff core damage after stacking primary attacks, and the one where kick resets leap. The general style is frenzy to build rage, chains to suck in a bunch of enemies and apply vulnerable, HOTA the cluster of enemies, kick away the stragglers (refreshing vulnerable), leap over (refilling rage), and HOTA again. It's good fun to control the battle by basically punting enemies around the screen, and gives you survivability options by kicking elites out of your face as necessary.
2h weapon expertise, slow on bleed, and the umbral aspect really helps to keep rage up for HOTA action too.

Ahh this sounds great. Maybe I'll try it in a Season or something since I'm far too lazy/tired to rebuild my current Barb to do it.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2023 18:30

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Jesus this thread moves fast.

Ehud posted:

Yeah your seasonal char becomes an eternal char

Cool thank you Ehud.

Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:

Yes. Seasonal characters and new items/aspects will move to the Eternal Realm when the season ends.

Anything unearned on the battlepass, the season mechanic gimmicks, and any cosmetics/titles from the season journey you haven't unlocked yet are gone forever when the season is over.

Cool, thank you as well.

edit: \/\/\/ and less running around town & sorting loot. I want to Deathblow more demons for more of that dopamine hit from the sound effect.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2023 18:33

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Time posted:

Because the other way is bad

There are more than two ways of doing it, OP. The current way sucks and as a semi-casual player, is something I hate engaging with because it is too much of a roulette wheel. Let me spin the wheel for cheaper or pay extra to just pick what I want. With how RNG heavy it is for the resources invested, I'll just ignore it.

edit: which is kinda telling in a bad way because as a semi-casual I am up to level 72 or something and have been mostly just fine without it. Had a rough spot when I went to WT4 early (without help from another player). I've only changed the affixes on like 5 items and hated it every time because it burned too many resources and I never got what I was hoping for. I wish my new helmet had 100 life-on-kill like my old one, but I made up for it by being in WT4 (can get more Prisms or whatever they are so I can socket everything) and hitting level 70 so I could craft the highest tier of Gem (Skulls, for life-on-kill) and same thing for movement speed on my amulet. Now I just lean on Lunge more when in combat and trudge around slower in dungeons.

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# ¿ Jul 6, 2023 18:57

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Time posted:

You spin a few times and if it didn�t roll what you want then you didn�t find the item you need. Play more and get more loot. that�s the game

I'm playing as much as I humanly can and I have yet to find an item with 4 affixes, an intrinsic affix (the ones you cannot roll), and higher base stat (armor or damage) that is "the item I need" so your solution is not a good one.

edit: If they're offering an option to gently caress with my items, the option shouldnt suck. This option sucks. I'm fine paying a resource cost, even a really high one, if I can get what I want. Getting two lovely options is bad and dumb. Players shouldnt be rolling alts and leveling them to the point that they can use the Occultist just to roll items for themselves because rolling on an alt reduces the number of available affixes.

# ¿ Jul 6, 2023 19:00

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As someone new to Seasons I guess I dont see the appeal of what sounds like a somewhat tedious new mechanic that I'll only ever get to use for 3 months? I already am struggling with the itemization and dealing with having to audit every pile of loot I bring in... and now in S1 I am going to have to worry about getting items I like AND hope that they have a socket of a color I want?

# ¿ Jul 7, 2023 14:27

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hawowanlawow posted:

I think you'll be able to handle it

You believe in me more than I do :unsmith:

I am looking forward to a fresh start with a new character so I'm sure I'll adapt, but it just seems weird to me.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2023 14:30

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SettingSun posted:

They have to limit character slots in their always online game because if they don't, some enterprising fellow will create a bot that generates 200 characters a second and obliterates Blizz's SQL servers.

But that same person could make a bot that makes 6 characters a second, then deletes said 6 characters the next, then creates 6 new ones the next, and so on?

# ¿ Jul 7, 2023 15:29

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Unfettered Rubbish 4 lyfe

# ¿ Jul 7, 2023 16:01

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Avalerion posted:

Haven't seen this particular event but in general if you fail the mastery the objective will turn into "kill all remaining enemies" and then finishes.

This is what I've seen too. I dont bother trying to slowplay the events because they all seem to take the same amount of time either way (because I have failed some of them a bunch).

Verviticus posted:

they really upped the drop rate of reagents eh? getting crushed beast bones and demon hearts like nobodys business

Does this apply to Veiled Crystals? Please tell me it applies to Veiled Crystals.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2023 19:32

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I feel like the recent change to drop rates affects Veiled Crystals, which is great.

StarkRavingMad posted:

I think all of my characters are Dire Trash

also that's their titles

# ¿ Jul 8, 2023 00:40

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SettingSun posted:

My definition of viable is probably a much lower bar than a lot of people, I am having a great time with a walking arsenal build. I'm blowing poo poo up in wt4 no problem. I mentioned before I clear entire rooms at once with iron maelstrom.

Chomposaur posted:

I am also enjoying a WA build with frenzy, hota, death blow, and iron maelstrom. I'm somewhere around level 60 and easily clearing the highest tier nightmare dungeons I can get in WT3 (I think the mobs are level 71 or something). I threw in stomp for funsies because I like making earthquakes, and I use iron skin with the aspect for CC break. If I needed more unstoppable could look into replacing stomp with a shout or iron maelstrom with zerk.

Its nice to see that some other goons are using it because I dont think I've ever seen another Barb use Iron Maelstrom / not use WW, and I would love to compare notes.

My build is:
Lunge - Two handed sword/axe: Adds mobility and adds bleed
Double Swing - Single-handed weapons: Adds vuln, minor AoE area, can spam forever on stunned things
Death Blow - Two handed mace: I have it up to rank 11/5; it kills things
Ground Stomp - Inflicts stun
Iron Maelstrom - Owns
Shout that cancels CC - 'nuff said

I have the aspect of Encroaching Wrath (after spending 100 Fury, do 180% more damage with your next Weapon Mastery attack) and Earthstriker's Aspect (after swapping weapons 10 times, your next attack automatically overpowers and does 90% more damage). I can get both of those to fire off on the same Death Blow attack and take bosses from 90% to dead in one hit, its amazing, though sometimes hard to time.

I'm currently debating which Aspect to put on my new Amulet that adds 3 Death Blow ranks and like 25% move speed.

edit: I've debated swapping Lunge for Bash (more stunning) if I can get some boots to replace 100,000 Steps that have some goddamned move speed on them.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2023 17:41

AAAAA! Real Muenster: Jul 12, 2008; My QB is also named Bort

Yeah I find myself having way more fun doing world events like Helltides than I do traipsing around in dungeons, running back-and-forth to do nonsense. I found it to be a huge slog just to get one Glyph to 15 for the range increase (i'm like 3 NMs from it being there) and once I get there I think I'm just not going to care that much about levelling up my glyphs unless I can do it with friends.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2023 18:41

AAAAA! Real Muenster: Jul 12, 2008; My QB is also named Bort

GoGoGadgetChris posted:

Debating hard whether I want to try Class 2 of 5 for the season or if I wanna rebirth my Sorc and see just how different it feels in the new environment

I've been wondering the same thing about doing the same with Barb. I'd like to try a very different build and am far too lazy to switch my current level 78 gal over and it would be neat to be able to share items between the two once S1 is over and they're both on Eternal.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2023 20:12

AAAAA! Real Muenster: Jul 12, 2008; My QB is also named Bort

Field Mousepad posted:

Are the mystery chests only on t4? I'm on t3 having done a ton of helltides and I haven't seen any

There are two mystery chests at all times (each can only be redeemed once, as far as I can tell) on both WT3 and WT4. Their locations change at the hour (like... when it switches from 4:59 to 5:00) regardless of when the Helltide starts. As other posters said, there are websites that help you with finding them.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2023 20:20

AAAAA! Real Muenster: Jul 12, 2008; My QB is also named Bort

Bold Robot posted:

This is correct with the exception that one of the possible helltide locations has 3 chests. Kehjistan I think.

Good to know, thank you!

# ¿ Jul 10, 2023 20:51

AAAAA! Real Muenster: Jul 12, 2008; My QB is also named Bort

That video just taught me that "injured" is a status that comes into effect when the target is below 35% health. I feel dumb, though I guess the game doesnt ever try to explain that to you so instead I'm going to be annoyed at Blizzard for not providing any sort of obvious explanation for status effects like that in the game.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2023 21:47

AAAAA! Real Muenster: Jul 12, 2008; My QB is also named Bort

zoux posted:

Do you have advance tooltips turned on

Yes.

Verviticus posted:

you're going to feel really dumb (sorry) when 8 people post a screenshot where 'injured' is obviously defined and i sympathize because sometimes its easy to overlook

I'm used to the game underlining mechanics but then not seeing a description of them somewhere so I look forward to learning that I was looking in the wrong spot or some other random setting other than Advanced Tooltips affects it. Or something absurd that will make me smack my forehead.

edit post your edit:

I'm used to only seeing the top half of this screenshot.

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 17:22

AAAAA! Real Muenster: Jul 12, 2008; My QB is also named Bort

Verviticus posted:

tbh youre not the only person who has said that so idk there might be some bug not displaying it at times

I just got home from work so I decided to check it. It wasnt showing. I checked and confirmed Advanced Tooltips was turned on. I turned it off, exited the menu, and looked at Slaying Strike again... still not showing. I went back to the options and turned it on again... and now the tooltip shows, but for me it is below the refund thing so I dont even notice it there even when I know it exists:

# ¿ Jul 10, 2023 23:58

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