Why have they not patched in the ability to have your pet pickup materials? Seems like a no-brainer, especially this late in the game.
That is what really turned me off the Demon Hunter this season. I was going to do N6M4 DH because of its high ranking, but when I actually read into the class I decided to run Hammerdin instead and I am VERY pleased with the results so far.My buddy has been crushing it with the Impale build this season. I'm thinking of going that route just cause it seems more fun for me than dropping turrets.
I went with a Barbarian (on PS4) and this is my first time end-gaming with that class. I'm already rocking the Hammer of the Ancients Immortal King full-set, but I don't understand how I can keep Wrath of the Berserker off down-time. It doesn't help that I am awfully squishy and that everything gets liquified by my Call of the Ancient summons once I proc Wrath of the Berserker.Went with a barbie this time around. It's the first time in my Diablo 3 life where I hit for BILLIONS. It's hilarious.
Nope, that's just good ol' fashioned luck. A trip to Vegas might be in order for you. 😜Quick question: Is Magic Find buffed for Seasonal Play? I've never seen so many Legendaries drop while leveling before on a non-Seasonal character.
Magic Find is buffed a bit if more people are in the party, but other than that it's just good luck. (Hopefully you'll still have it when it comes time to find Primals...)Quick question: Is Magic Find buffed for Seasonal Play? I've never seen so many Legendaries drop while leveling before on a non-Seasonal character.
I went with a Barbarian (on PS4) and this is my first time end-gaming with that class. I'm already rocking the Hammer of the Ancients Immortal King full-set, but I don't understand how I can keep Wrath of the Berserker off down-time. It doesn't help that I am awfully squishy and that everything gets liquified by my Call of the Ancient summons once I proc Wrath of the Berserker.
Ah, I am missing the Gavel of Justice. That seems super clutch.There's a pair of shoulders which give Call of the Ancients the rage generation rune and the Gavel of Justice weapon which makes Hammer of Ancients refund 25 rage when it hits 3 targets or less. So you spam Hammer and get rage back with the Ancients topping you up as well so you can Hammer while you Hammer.
Nope, that's just good ol' fashioned luck. A trip to Vegas might be in order for you. 😜
Ha, thanks guys - good to know.Magic Find is buffed a bit if more people are in the party, but other than that it's just good luck. (Hopefully you'll still have it when it comes time to find Primals...)
Those are all choices they made though, and they can be criticized. Blizz could have a substantially bigger team working on D3 stuff if they wanted to. They just chose not to. Whether that's because they can't figure out a way to make enough profit from it or not is anyone's guess, but it is a shame. Ideally they'd keep D3 alive with regular content updates while they work on a proper successor. But they chose not to do that.It's well documented that the ROS team barely exist at Blizzard anymore, and the fact they've outsourced Diablo's mobile development externally means that they likely dont have anyone who can deliver the content that is "deserved".
Multiple failures at kicking off a "proper" sequel for a game that is the third most selling PC title ever just goes to show at how big a task this is, and the fact Blizzard just don't have capability to produce anything more like the content patches they deliverd like in early january.
Dayum! I'm gonna have to look into that build. I just got the dagger, which I believe was the last piece of gear I needed.So, Shadow Impale is pretty crazy. Only running 2 ancient pieces and easily in the early 90s.
Hello! I'm your friendly and by what is soon to be former, EU Diablo 3 GAF Admin. The position was given to me by our grand lord and saviour, the one and only Yoshichan himself. I have taken the liberty at this time to snag the OT here - those who know me from EU Diablo will hopefully back me up in this :D .
As for the OT, this is just a placeholder message for the moment, but I'll get onto making a right proper OT soon.
Edit: the poll has served its purpose, "ERA" it is. Looks like clan tags aren't a unique thing.
We have both European and North American clans. In order to get into the EU clan, contact me here, and for the North American folks seek out Raticus79. And if it doesn't inconvene you too much, do add which region you play in if you post your battle.tag, rather than having us puzzle it out who goes where - about the only thing I'll ask of anyone : D !
We do have a Discord, quote this post to reveal.
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For those of you who have been away from the game for a long time, or otherwise not informed, season 12 also brings sweeping balance changes across the board. That is to say, huge buffs. Have a look!The season starts on November 9, 5 PM CEST for EU and the same time for the NA players, as per PDT timezone. Asia too, at 5 PM KST.
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This Season I decided to give the PC version some loving (though I am also rocking a PS4 Barbarian) and rolled a Demon Hunter. Now I've been playing on the console exclusively for the better part of 2 years and I sure do miss the zoomed in camera and controller on the PC version. Movement is the real drag, for me. Sometimes I'll be clicking/holding the mouse down to move, but then get "stuck" on a baddie and just sit there shooting. It's killed me a few times more than I'd like in Greater Rifts.
Any advice on how to get better with that or is it just how it goes with the PC?!
Really need a tv tray or side table or something. Have not been able to do any keyboard and mouse gaming since I moved in September :(
Have you thought about getting a lapboard? I use the one made by Corsair so I can game in my home theater room.
Got so desperate I bought this on the switch just to get my fix.
How does that work? What do mouse clicks do when the key isn't held down? Attack and that's it?
How does that work? What do mouse clicks do when the key isn't held down? Attack and that's it?
As it stands, I use SHIFT to root in place while attacking.
All the classes are very basic in the beginning, I wouldn't stress it. Diablo 3 takes kind of a while to really open up. I'd just follow the story (which is crap, so you're right to mute it), then when you're done with that, play around in adventure mode. You're not really missing out on much, the game doesn't get actually deep until you hit the level cap. I know there are a lot of skills and runes, but you don't have to pay too much attention to that until the endgame, at which point your build will be dictated by what gear you find, and you can consult guides for build tips. But that's far enough away that you don't have to worry about it. If it gets too easy you can always bump the difficulty up a bit.Hey everyone!
After getting Diablo 3 for Switch this Christmas and being too intimidated to start it ever since, I finally decided to give it a go.
And it's... very overwhelming! There are so many menus and radial dials and skill options and gear loadouts that I'm already wondering if I need to watch some lengthy tutorial videos before playing any more.
The gameplay itself seems pretty straightforward (mash attacks and dodge), but it seems like there's a lot of depth that might have a high learning curve to it.
What I'm more concerned about is my class. I selected Barbarian because it seemed like the path of least resistance to a newcomer, but I'm finding the character too basic. I'm sure additional moves open up later, but for now I'm tempted to switch classes.
However, I don't really want to redo the first hour of the campaign. I've noticed I'm picking up weapons for other classes, so is it possible to start playing a new class in the middle of a story chapter? And if it is possible, is it not advisable because your level will be too low?
This is my first Diablo game, and I can see the trappings of a game I'd really enjoy here. But early on the going is rough because there's so much information to digest!
If anybody could give me some pointers or guide me toward a... less stressful mindset, I'd really appreciate it.
*Also, I'm finding the story exceptionally dull so far, so I'm wondering if I'll miss out on anything worthwhile if I just play with the sound down while listening to podcasts.
Switched from Hammerdin to Condemn and HOLY SHIT.
I am in love. I dropped the CoE for Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac and essentially have permanent Iron Skin and I can practically spam Provoke.
So amazing.
finally "finished" my N6M4 (just item wise that is, not acounting for how shit they are heh) as I rolled a compass rose from Kadala, and overall... mixed feelings on the build I think?
Ironically it seems to be the best "pet build" in the game atm (I assume so since it's one of the stronger builds overall as far as I know, and neither Necro nor Witch Doctor have pet builds as their top ones), even if it doesnt feel like a pet build (to me). The gameplay is weird because you are basically always fighting off screen so you miss a lot of the "flash", and its doubly awkward because on switch you drop turrets where you stand, you cant exactly drop them with a cursor like on PC (at least that's how I remember turrets working from when I played on PC, might be mistaken on that one), so it's a lot of vaulting forward, dropping turret, vaulting back to safety to spam cluster arrow from off screen and then you vault back forward and everything is dead lol.
Not sure if I'll do another character or not, I would like to play a pet build but like I said, it doesnt seem like either of the pet classes "pet builds" are doing that hot, I did Crusader last season so don't really feel like doing that again, I guess I could try a monk, the exploding palm build is strong again right? That was always fun back in the day.
Condemn was super fun last season, not in small part because all the explosions reminded me a lot of exploding palm monk (theres a running theme here...I really like explosions).
I think N6M4 is probably the strongest Pet build, but it's certainly not the most fun IMO (I think WD Helltooth Garg is way more fun, plus if you sling in Manajuma's set it makes an ultrafast turbo farming build with angry chicken for T13s and GRs up to around 75-80).
I personally went Natalyas from Hedrigs, to N6M4 to Shadow Impale and thats pushed me as far as I'm getting with DH (not having much luck with ancient drops over the last few weeks :( )
yeah, like I said before, the whole "being off screen" thing of N6M4 makes it super awkward imo. Helltooth Garg still decent then? I played that last season, it was great and actually felt like a pet build between the 3 mini gargs and the dogs (I was surprised it used the dogs).
Impale is a "melee" build right? I never actually played a melee DH, is it a fun build at least?
edit: is this it? https://www.icy-veins.com/d3/demon-hunter-shadow-impale-build-patch-2-6-4-season-16
Yeah Impale DH isn't quite melee as much as leaning more towards short range than I think every other DH build. The fun is that it does insane single target damage which can one-shot rift guardians and stuff, or build up to a one-shot. The AoE clear for the build isn't typically as good as Multishot or something though. Just depends on how the latest balance is on whether it can push higher than other DH builds or not. It's typically better for pushing GRs than speed clearing Torments though, at least with the standard variation.
One thing of note is that it's pretty easy to gear for as there's only like maybe 2 daggers you can craft in the cube for DH, so getting an ancient weapon requires way fewer resources than other builds might require if you're not lucky.
I am having issues with Discipline when I do Bounties on my UE Multishot build. Should I be stacking RCR or CDR (for more Preparation pops)? Already at the breakpoint for perma-Vengeance (I think I'm floating around 38-39% ATM). Got a couple of super lucky Primals so the build is very mature at this point (for the purposes of GR speed farming anyway), just struggling to adapt it to T13 NR and (to a much greater extent) Bounties.
Yeah, I have a really good Ancient Yang's and a decent regular DML, as well as Dawn cubed. CDR on Gloves/Shoulders/Quiver.Do you have Yang's Recurve and Dead Man's Legacy? those two are pretty much default for UE MS. I assume as you're near the magical 36.5% Vengeance mark that you have Dawn.
This is my T13/Bounty hunting UE MS DH. I should really look at replacing Unity with a COE in the 'Cube but apart from that it nukes everything from orbit.
Honestly, I love theory crafting for maximum efficiency in all of the games I play, so a game that is literally designed for that and that alone is basically perfect for me. I'll be playing D3 until they pull the plug. It's what keeps me here... I picked the game up again during Season 15 after I dropped it a few days after launch and I haven't stopped playing since. It's just SO good, I can't stop! I have tried to pick up PoE multiple times but keep dropping it because, like you mentioned, the combat feels janky as fuck compared to D3. I am completely spoiled.I'm kinda tempted to play again since it always feels good for a week or two, and the power creep this season from the free perma RoRG is more interesting than "double shards" or "double bounty mats", but I know the interest will only last that brief 1-2 week period at best.
It has just always been really hard to throw myself into Path of Exile when the combat has never been as fluid, and the overall graphics/animations could stand to use some polish. It's miles better now than it was in years past though, that's for sure.
But I've been having trouble playing much of anything lately, so it's not 100% any single game that I take issue with.
Yeah, I have a really good Ancient Yang's and a decent regular DML, as well as Dawn cubed. CDR on Gloves/Shoulders/Quiver.
No problems with damage output or with Hatred, just having issues with the Discipline. I would post my build but I'm on console and have been too lazy to build it on D3 Planner. Using Primal Nemesis Bracers so I have Avarice cubed. I could drop NB, pick up some survivability, and maybe drop the Avarice but that wouldn't change my survivability much... (Maybe if I added a cubed Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac for more CDR on Preparation?)
I will build it out tonight and post it, but long periods of travel with Vault spam means I'm almost always out of it on long distance Bounties. My Condemn sader speed build is way faster for Bounties as a result, but I enjoy playing the UE MS build sooo much more. (My brain tells me to never skip mobs, which is Condemn's MO - I don't have to worry about that when one MS burst clears the entire screen!)
Honestly, I love theory crafting for maximum efficiency in all of the games I play, so a game that is literally designed for that and that alone is basically perfect for me. I'll be playing D3 until they pull the plug. It's what keeps me here... I picked the game up again during Season 15 after I dropped it a few days after launch and I haven't stopped playing since. It's just SO good, I can't stop! I have tried to pick up PoE multiple times but keep dropping it because, like you mentioned, the combat feels janky as fuck compared to D3. I am completely spoiled.
I don't feel that way at all. It's easy to pull down a cookie cutter build from Icy Veins or D3 Fans but there is a ton of room for customization to fit the build to your preferred playstyle or activity. I love messing around and seeing what works and what doesn't. Small changes can have huge impacts on the way certain builds play, in my case I have seen people use the UE MS build and never run into Discipline problems but trying to get that perfect combination of gear and rolls to achieve that same level of performance is always fun for me.The main thing about D3 is the theorycrafting has some pretty shallow limitations by now and the game isn't going to be meaningfully changed much anymore since it's on maintenance mode. Path of Exile especially, but other fresh games have either a much deeper theoryspace or a less explored one. Both have a similar effect, and deeper sandboxes are necessary the larger your player base is if you want them to engage long-term. At least for the type of game player that has an appetite for challenges in this way.
I don't feel that way at all. It's easy to pull down a cookie cutter build from Icy Veins or D3 Fans but there is a ton of room for customization to fit the build to your preferred playstyle or activity. I love messing around and seeing what works and what doesn't. Small changes can have huge impacts on the way certain builds play, in my case I have seen people use the UE MS build and never run into Discipline problems but trying to get that perfect combination of gear and rolls to achieve that same level of performance is always fun for me.
Dunno, maybe I'm just easily entertained? lol