**OFFICIAL** Diablo 3 Thread

[Soccerman06]

So.... Hell Belial just hit me for over 39,000 damage with one hit of his arms (16k absorb from Diamond Skin and 23k life).

Think I might be stuck on this for a long time, since I can't seem to get into a Hell group with people that can do some damage and work together.

Might wanna equip a shield

Or energy armor with force armor

 

[KaOTiK]

What's your philosophy for selling things? Do you try and hock them at barely above merchant sell price? I sell mine at fairly reasonable prices... especially compared to what I normally see the AH items going for, but nothing has sold yet.

I vendor all magical items unless they have perfect stats and sell the rest on the AH along with all rares. The way I sell is, I look up the item and do a level range of -2 and +2 of my item I want to sell and 2 of its main properties (say it is a crossbow with dex and vit). I then sort by Buyout and see what the cheapest is and how good it is compared to what I have. If mine is perfect stats I'll sell it for more, but if it isn't all that great, I'll undercut everyone else by like 1k. That is for rare items, for magical, I do the same but I normally am happy if I can get 3x vendor price for them.

 

[nageov3t]

I was able to sell a couple magic items on the AH, but it doesn't really seem worth the hassle versus just vendoring them (crafting mats seem to sell for less on the auction house than magic items vendor for)

rares and above, though, either get saved for alts or thrown up.

 

[Oakenfold]

I vendor all magical items unless they have perfect stats and sell the rest on the AH along with all rares. The way I sell is, I look up the item and do a level range of -2 and +2 of my item I want to sell and 2 of its main properties (say it is a crossbow with dex and vit). I then sort by Buyout and see what the cheapest is and how good it is compared to what I have. If mine is perfect stats I'll sell it for more, but if it isn't all that great, I'll undercut everyone else by like 1k. That is for rare items, for magical, I do the same but I normally am happy if I can get 3x vendor price for them.

So you take the time to filter by equipment/1h/stat?
Man I'm just lazy. Was hoping there was a way to search by name that I didn't know about.
p.s. tag is Killingfloor#1404

 

[KaOTiK]

So you take the time to filter by equipment/1h/stat?
Man I'm just lazy. Was hoping there was a way to search by name that I didn't know about.
p.s. tag is Killingfloor#1404

Yeah, it only takes a minute or so and in the end it is worth it. I've sold about 15 items today so far and I only check the AH like once every hour or two.

 

[Aikouka]

What about rares that just don't appear to be very good. For example, I just got a Gothic Shield that has...

10% Extra Gold from Monster
4% Chance to Block
Health Globes Grant +58 Life
1% Chance to Freeze on Hit

Doesn't really seem that worth even trying to sell.

 

[nageov3t]

is the +health from globes even worthwhile? not as if they're popping out in boss fights.

I've been trying to stack some combination of strength, vitality, life regen, and +XP.

 

[Aikouka]

is the +health from globes even worthwhile? not as if they're popping out in boss fights.

I've been trying to stack some combination of strength, vitality, life regen, and +XP.

I've seen them spawn during boss fights. Barbarians even have a passive to make them spawn more often and heal for more. I don't prioritize that stat though, but if it's on a piece of gear that has other good stats, I won't forgo using it.

I usually get dexterity, vitality, life steal, and/or weapon damage.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Just finished normal with a friend last night, ended at level 32. I played as a Barb, and holy shit they're awesome. My loadout:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barbarian#bhYVXT!bdY!aaZaaa

Leap into a group of enemies, ground stomp to stun them, cleave them to death to build up whirlwind or earthquake of they're high HP or champions, and Revenge procs often enough for me to gain life if needed. I fricking loved it and it was an amazing way to play.

i play my barb similarly - here's my build:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barbarian#WhXYVT!ZYd!ZaaZaZ

 

[nageov3t]

I've been switching my barb between cleave (for wandering around) and bash+clobber (for stunlocking bosses)

 

[KaOTiK]

What about rares that just don't appear to be very good. For example, I just got a Gothic Shield that has...

10% Extra Gold from Monster
4% Chance to Block
Health Globes Grant +58 Life
1% Chance to Freeze on Hit

Doesn't really seem that worth even trying to sell.

I simply vendor the ones that don't have good stats.

 

[Udgnim]

What about rares that just don't appear to be very good. For example, I just got a Gothic Shield that has...

10% Extra Gold from Monster
4% Chance to Block
Health Globes Grant +58 Life
1% Chance to Freeze on Hit

Doesn't really seem that worth even trying to sell.

I Blacksmith Salvage trash rares

 

[Dominato3r]

I've been switching my barb between cleave (for wandering around) and bash+clobber (for stunlocking bosses)

I stick with frenzy mainly. I activate runes that convert damage into health and my weapon converts ~2% of each hit into health.

Result is that I rarely need any CC because I'm healing through the damage with the occasional revenge proc

 

[Harabec]

I'm starting to think D2 is a much better game than D3 once you're done with the story. We shall see.

 

[Aikouka]

Oh, I've had such bad luck with rares, and I saw a rare ring drop off... what's her face... we'll just call her "spider whore".

+4-8 damage
+34 dexterity
+6 intelligence
+4% attack speed
+7 HP/s
+1 socket

I would have swooned if it were only +vitality instead of +intelligence.

 

[KaOTiK]

Oh, I've had such bad luck with rares, and I saw a rare ring drop off... what's her face... we'll just call her "spider whore".

+4-8 damage
+34 dexterity
+6 intelligence
+4% attack speed
+7 HP/s
+1 socket

I would have swooned if it were only +vitality instead of +intelligence.

Rare rings sell for a ton on the AH. I've been trying to get a pair of nice ones with dex/attack speed/vit or another decent stat for DH and they are all really expensive.

 

[KaOTiK]

Hmm, contemplating buying Wirt's Bell for the 100k to do the cow level lol

 

[Anubis]

Rare rings sell for a ton on the AH. I've been trying to get a pair of nice ones with dex/attack speed/vit or another decent stat for DH and they are all really expensive.

i think i have 4 of them now, 1 has a socket :sneaky:

 

[OCNewbie]

Is anybody else annoyed about the fact that you can't switch acts via the waypoint portals like you could in D2?

Edit: Oh, and what kinda pings/latency are you guys getting? Mine has been averaging around 300, but I've seen higher and lower than that. I'm on 20/2 cable, and not sharing the connection with anybody else. It is running through a router, but my desktop is the only device on the router (I connect my cell phone through the wi-fi occasionally).

 

[Soccerman06]

Is anybody else annoyed about the fact that you can't switch acts via the waypoint portals like you could in D2?

Edit: Oh, and what kinda pings/latency are you guys getting? Mine has been averaging around 300, but I've seen higher and lower than that. I'm on 20/2 cable, and not sharing the connection with anybody else. It is running through a router, but my desktop is the only device on the router (I connect my cell phone through the wi-fi occasionally).

My guess would be its not your end thats lagging, blizzard has been getting hammered since launch with d3

 

[McLovin]

Would by chance have an extra guest pass or two so I can get my cousin and dad in the game to try it and see if they like it? I'm kind of on the fnce about the game myself, but I was hoping to get someone I knew IRL to play with to make things a little funner.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Aikouka]

The most disappointing thing for me so far? The fact that the entire game's story has been spoiled for me. The worst part is that it wasn't by anyone on here or a friend... it was from Blizzard's own damn achievement window. I finished Act III, and nothing that occurred was a surprise, because it's pretty damn reflected in the text under General > Conversations.

In other words, if you care anything about experiencing the story, DO NOT LOOK AT THOSE ACHIEVEMENTS.

Rare rings sell for a ton on the AH. I've been trying to get a pair of nice ones with dex/attack speed/vit or another decent stat for DH and they are all really expensive.

Yeah, I've considered buying rings before, but they're just simply too expensive. I've heard that +damage is the best stat, and at least Blizzard's UI seems to confirm that to a degree. I have a level 13 +3-6 damage ring, and I believe it was a +36 dexterity ring that couldn't even best it.

Is anybody else annoyed about the fact that you can't switch acts via the waypoint portals like you could in D2?

Why would you want to switch acts? Also, you can switch to a different act by selecting a different quest on the main character screen.

Edit: Oh, and what kinda pings/latency are you guys getting? Mine has been averaging around 300, but I've seen higher and lower than that. I'm on 20/2 cable, and not sharing the connection with anybody else. It is running through a router, but my desktop is the only device on the router (I connect my cell phone through the wi-fi occasionally).

I'm not surprised. I used to see latency similar to this in World of Warcraft, and it only was reduced heavily when they introduced that larger data send feature. I don't know the exact networking behind it, but WoW's latency went from between 150-250ms to 30-50ms.

Although, I find the greatest amount of warping comes after you unpause the game (ESC menu for example). My assumption is that this is pretty much because of the latency. Pausing the game has to tell Blizzard's server to stop making mobs and everything else perform actions, and we're allowed to unpause and move immediately, but we had to send an "unpause command" to Blizzard's server.

It's kind of like how in WoW, if you start lagging, you can still move, but once the game "catches up", you'll warp back to where it last had you.

 

[Fenixgoon]

beat diablo in normal!

i was level 31, and frankly, it wasnt much of a challenge. i was a little disappointed by the ending cinematic too

act2 and act4 cinematics were badass though :thumbsup:

also did anyone notice

Spoiler

the black soulstone was not destroyed in the ending cinematic, and adria is obviously still alive

 

[Aikouka]

I guess I'm not in for much of a challenge since I'm level 31 and just starting Act IV.

EDIT:

Although, those weird diseased tentacle monster things could deal quite a bit of damage to me in Act III.

 

[Anubis]

beat diablo in normal!

i was level 31, and frankly, it wasnt much of a challenge. i was a little disappointed by the ending cinematic too

act2 and act4 cinematics were badass though :thumbsup:

also did anyone notice

Spoiler

the black soulstone was not destroyed in the ending cinematic, and adria is obviously still alive

there are 2 planed expansions IIRC