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Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls |OT| There's no creep or lanes here
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And definitely something more frequent than Treasure Goblins, but I sure am going to miss the crowd of them that I would occasionally run into. It was like a treasure goblin party!
Eh, S14 was roughly 3 months. S15 looks to be about the same.
I'm a little surprised they actually gave an estimate on the end date this time around.
They did the same for last Season, though that was the first time Blizzard ever did that.
Ah, okay.. Was thinking the last few seasons were only 2 months
Really. Almost tempted to play this season, alas I don't think that will be enough to dedicate my time with how busy my work schedule has been this year.
I'm waist-deep into Dragon's Quest XI and out of town for the weekend. It says something that I was still jonesing to start my Season character last night!
And I died at paragon 525 with only 5 more things to do to complete my season journey. Oh well. Almost did it all hardcore. Will be playing softcore to finish it off and get that stash tab. One thing I learned is that I absolutely love the demon hunter! So much fun!
Neat, watching the trailer it looked pretty good and you could tell they were experimenting with some new ideas.
God help us. I'd rather that game stay the fuck away from D3.
This part had me laughing.
"Diablo: Immortal is just a reskinned version of a previous Netease game"
https://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/9toc9n/diablo_immortal_is_just_a_reskinned_version_of_a/
Oh well, back to waiting.
"Diablo: Immortal is just a reskinned version of a previous Netease game"
https://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/9toc9n/diablo_immortal_is_just_a_reskinned_version_of_a/
Oh well, back to waiting.
If there is not a PTR this month I wouldn't expect anything new for next season.
It is probably dead unless they have some paid DLC or MTX in the pipeline.
It is probably dead unless they have some paid DLC or MTX in the pipeline.
Random question.. I bought D3 back when it was first released. Played it for something like two weeks, finished it and never went back because it felt like there wasn't enough there to keep my interest. I've heard over the years that "it has gotten better", but I haven't really heard why. Is it worth it to go back and play through it? I can't imagine that the story has changed much (I think I bought the expansion at some point, but don't think I ever played it). How is it different now than it was before? I know they removed the Real Money auction house.
Yeah...sounds like Diablo Immortal was a huge misfire. I guess we'll see what happens when it eventually comes out.
Can't complain about that. (Although I probably won't ever play it.)
The story hasn't changed (it's still bad), but everything else is notably better than before.
Suffice to say, a LOT has changed since D3 originally came out and the Expansion brought a lot of sweeping changes with it.
Kinda hard to sum up everything (here's some condensed patch notes), but the game's in a pretty balanced state at the moment.
Sets are pretty well balanced now, there's tons of synergy with the different Sets & Legendary items, Kanai's Cube allows you to store Legendary Effects (allowing for even more synergy/mayhem). I'm sure someone could explain it better than me.
Can't complain about that. (Although I probably won't ever play it.)
The story hasn't changed (it's still bad), but everything else is notably better than before.
Suffice to say, a LOT has changed since D3 originally came out and the Expansion brought a lot of sweeping changes with it.
Kinda hard to sum up everything (here's some condensed patch notes), but the game's in a pretty balanced state at the moment.
Sets are pretty well balanced now, there's tons of synergy with the different Sets & Legendary items, Kanai's Cube allows you to store Legendary Effects (allowing for even more synergy/mayhem). I'm sure someone could explain it better than me.
Tbh how easy it is to obtain sets and reroll them, the endgame basically revolves around getting minor stat upgrades to challenge higher GRs. Nothing wrong with that. Just don't expect mindblowing gear to drop after investing dozens of hours. If you enjoy playing all the different classes, then the value is absolutely there. And of course there's co-op if that's important to you.
For the next major Diablo release (let's say 4) I'd like to see them add the changing spell reticle (ie: blizzard's AoE grows the longer you hold the spell down before casting) and moving + casting type stuff you see in the mobile game. I'm not sure how exactly they'd do it with keyboard and mouse controls (moving+casting anyway), but those look like nice features.
Diablo mobile isn't even a low. Hitting a mainstream audience is a good thing.
I get people don't like d3, but it's not garbage and never was. Some people lack any nuance in how they describe something. D3 also sold like crazy, despite having public preview.
I get people don't like d3, but it's not garbage and never was. Some people lack any nuance in how they describe something. D3 also sold like crazy, despite having public preview.
D3 isn't a bad game by many standards, at least objectively so. Certainly after RoS fixed a lot of issues with the initial product. That's not excusing it's many, many flaws or shortcomings that persist to this day though, despite having some redeeming qualities.
The problem is more that it came of the back of the genre-originator and genre-definer in the same series, so in comparison it's much weaker.
There so much more to the current Diablo Immortal debacle than the quality of the game itself, that requires quite a deep knowledge of the context (a period spanning over a decade, honestly) to fully grasp. And it's a context that crosses several boundaries, there's more to it than just the game culture and game development spheres.
The problem is more that it came of the back of the genre-originator and genre-definer in the same series, so in comparison it's much weaker.
There so much more to the current Diablo Immortal debacle than the quality of the game itself, that requires quite a deep knowledge of the context (a period spanning over a decade, honestly) to fully grasp. And it's a context that crosses several boundaries, there's more to it than just the game culture and game development spheres.
I'd imagine they aren't confident in a d3 expansion selling well. According to google ROS sold very poorly compared to D3 in it's first week.
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I think breaking into the mobile market was inevitable. And people complaining about that being announced at the head of show don't understand that that is when the most eyes are on the stage. They'd be shooting themslves in the foot if they didn't announce it during the opening ceremony. And D4 and probably even D2 remaster is coming. They just didn't announce it yet. I mean, they pretty much confirmed it a couple weeks ago anyway when they said multiple diablo projects are in the works.
If they announced d4 people would obviously be more happy, but the way I think about it is that they should announce closer to launch and not let us build up weird expectations about the game based on an early preview. So the lack of announcement, to me, isn't even a bad thing. IMO it doesn't change a thing. I still look forward to d4, knowing nothing about it. Still would have to wait either way.
I mean I that was inevitable, D3 had one of the most hyped launches for a PC release ever. Not to mention it was bundled with the year long WoW sub and tyraels charger so a lot of people figured instead of just resubbing why not sub for a whole year and get a free mount and game. Not to mention D3's launch killed a lot of enthusiasm for the game.
I'm sure a big content release for D3 would probably sell well with all the good will ROS has given the game. Then again it's entirely possible blizzard saw the necro DLC sales figures and just said "nah diablo 3 is dead"
I don't think I' mad about Immortal being a mobile game as much as I am mad that it's going to be some free 2 play game that will be covered in micro transactions and is going to be built by a company who makes f2p mobile ARPGs that seem to have frustrating monetization methods.
If blizzard had gone up on stage and said that it was going to be a mobile exclusive that was going to have minimal micro-transactions and cost 20 dollars I don't think i'd be annoyed. I'd be a little confused but ultimately I think i'd be interested in what it was going to be.
https://youtu.be/-_kq0YitscQ?t=63
Bluddshed says from his talks at blizzcon some content patch is coming??
they said something about adding stuff from Immortal to the game I think but beyond that I haven't seen anything.
Bluddshed says from his talks at blizzcon some content patch is coming??
they said something about adding stuff from Immortal to the game I think but beyond that I haven't seen anything.
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So, turns out there's a new patch and PTR coming.
Let me tell you. It's dumb in the best way : D .
Numbers got hyperinflated, though these will probably get tweaked downwards again... but who knows?
Also, season 16 will have the Ring of Royal Grandeur effect enabled for all characters, without needing it in the cube or inventory. Think that's crazy? You haven't seen anything yet. Freeing up that slot means another piece of jewelry can be cubed / worn, which has the potential to really break the game. Now you can get 5PC sets by default, so you always have that complementary legendary elsewhere. And then set rings. And CoE. And another ring / ammy in the cube. Some of those are insane boosts, like Triple Gargs 5PC on WD, which is now possible with both CoE and set jewelry alongside it.
Guess I'll check the game again.
Let me tell you. It's dumb in the best way : D .
Numbers got hyperinflated, though these will probably get tweaked downwards again... but who knows?
Also, season 16 will have the Ring of Royal Grandeur effect enabled for all characters, without needing it in the cube or inventory. Think that's crazy? You haven't seen anything yet. Freeing up that slot means another piece of jewelry can be cubed / worn, which has the potential to really break the game. Now you can get 5PC sets by default, so you always have that complementary legendary elsewhere. And then set rings. And CoE. And another ring / ammy in the cube. Some of those are insane boosts, like Triple Gargs 5PC on WD, which is now possible with both CoE and set jewelry alongside it.
Guess I'll check the game again.
Sounds fun for like a day but man I would burn out so fast. You'll be in t13 a few hours into the season lol.
Gotta love damage control. Game hasn't seen a major update in over a year and they're still trying to convince people that Primals are something to get excited about. This is going to be fun to watch.
Tangentially related... Something that's been running through my head lately: at this point is there any point in the L1-70 grind in a season? I keep feeling like there really isn't and it'd be almost better if they just let you start a seasonal character at 70.
Fuck it we added zeros to everything. Lmao, remember when soloing 100 was a big deal?
That RoRG buff is all over the place too. Helltooth Garg is getting 50% more damage from it (COE or Taskers) while Invoker is there digging through the cube skill trash pile.
That RoRG buff is all over the place too. Helltooth Garg is getting 50% more damage from it (COE or Taskers) while Invoker is there digging through the cube skill trash pile.
Forgot to mention I Matriarched an untwinked Assassin after the Immortal disappointment and by Bul Kathos item farming in D2 sucks. My greatest achievement was getting a Jah rune to drop.
Assassins still rule.
Assassins still rule.
Ha, fun stuff. Unfortunately most of the buffs are on 6 set bonuses instead of 4 set ones where they would have opened up more combos with the free RoRG effect. Roland's is one exception. For monks, the 10x boost on Inna's looks promising.
My thoughts exactly, I think they're just wanting to keep the next few seasons "fresh" while we all wait for a new game that isn't Immortal.
I'd be down for finally buying Necro this time... but now I have a new issue. No actual desk/standing tray to play on. I'm dying hunched over/stretched out to use my mouse on my tv stand everyday. Had to go controller or keyboard only games for 3 months.
Might go out this weekend and see if I can find something cheap to use.
Might go out this weekend and see if I can find something cheap to use.
Finally got some time to try it out. I almost had my build guess right - I was thinking inner generator monk with focus+restraint, but it's too low on defense. A more defensive Inna generator monk is taking the lead at 130 right now though. All the classes are around 125-130, so at least they got the numbers in the right ballpark of each other.