**OFFICIAL** Diablo 3 Thread

[KentState]

You know items go to a holding area in the AH and you have to transfer them to your stash, right?

But the AH is glitchy. At least twice tonight it told me an auction was already sold when I tried to buyout, then later the item showed up on my completed list. :hmm:

Thanks for the the heads up. I wasn't sure since the functionality went away last night.

 

[cronos]

I just found out about this D3 guest pass that'll get you the 'starter version' of the game.

If anyone is kind enough to spare me one, please send me a PM. Thanks!

 

[keyed]

I'm on my first playthrough, normal difficulty, but I don't see how Blizzard keeps up long-term player interest in the game. D2 was about customizing and loot, neither of which matter in D3.

By loot not mattering, I mean that the efficiency of an auction house and lack of means of item destruction (bind on equip mainly) ensure that most items will rapidly drop in price. The only items that will be hard to attain will be at the very top, where the hardcore players lie.

I'm on my first character, level 16, and he's already twinked out with rares on most equipment. I bought everything for cheap on the AH and I've already started dumping my first set back on the AH. I don't see this changing any time soon. There's no excitement in a rare drop when they're so easily obtained.

Speaking of the auction house, I don't understand, with their experience in WOW, how they can make such a crappy AH. I'm not talking about the limits on selling stuff, because with their financial interest I can understand placing the limits. I'm talking about basics like being able to sort by more than dps/ac and bid price. You can't even sort them by time, so I have to sort them by buyout. There's too many items and characters level too fast to make sorting through random-ending auctions without buyouts worthwhile.

 

[badb0y]

I'm on my first playthrough, normal difficulty, but I don't see how Blizzard keeps up long-term player interest in the game. D2 was about customizing and loot, neither of which matter in D3.

By loot not mattering, I mean that the efficiency of an auction house and lack of means of item destruction (bind on equip mainly) ensure that most items will rapidly drop in price. The only items that will be hard to attain will be at the very top, where the hardcore players lie.

I'm on my first character, level 16, and he's already twinked out with rares on most equipment. I bought everything for cheap on the AH and I've already started dumping my first set back on the AH. I don't see this changing any time soon. There's no excitement in a rare drop when they're so easily obtained.

Speaking of the auction house, I don't understand, with their experience in WOW, how they can make such a crappy AH. I'm not talking about the limits on selling stuff, because with their financial interest I can understand placing the limits. I'm talking about basics like being able to sort by more than dps/ac and bid price. You can't even sort them by time, so I have to sort them by buyout. There's too many items and characters level too fast to make sorting through random-ending auctions without buyouts worthwhile.

Wait till nightmare it gets much harder especially if your something fragile like a wizard.

 

[Magusigne]

I'm on my first playthrough, normal difficulty, but I don't see how Blizzard keeps up long-term player interest in the game. D2 was about customizing and loot, neither of which matter in D3.

I'm on my first character, level 16, and he's already twinked out with rares on most equipment. I bought everything for cheap on the AH and I've already started dumping my first set back on the AH. I don't see this changing any time soon. There's no excitement in a rare drop when they're so easily obtained.

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I know that the AH is intended for use..but..don't use the AH if you feel this way;p Maybe enmass Gold but don't twink out and then complain about how easy everything is lol

 

[Fallengod]

I agree with you though. This game is fun, but it still feels kind of generic you know? Theres no more doing coops in specific acts because you cant see the games anyways. Theres really no spots where you might get more exp than others, so you can just go anywhere. They kind of killed replayability.

They also ruined so much customization, skills, items, etc etc. Its a little sad.


I also have to say, the item mod system in this game is terrible. I think its obvious it was one of their last things implemented. Did anyone else notice they made the socket on items take an affix slot? How freaking stupid. Sockets are supposed to be in addition to item mods, not in replace of. And since you cant socket items yourself......

Items dont have any special abilities like in D2. Their item mod system seems very rushed and generic. There are no really special weapons at all. Its all rares and blues. Now we dont even have to find them since most likely you can just buy them off shop all you want.

Theres no massive critical hits, crushing blows, magic piercing or anything. Its all just stats. Even the Legendary items are just basically rare items with more of something. This is really all you guys could come up with Blizzard? Whered set items, runewords and uniques go? Come on guys.....

 

[neit]

So just got into the Torchlight 2 stress test and it looks like I can't use an xbox controller with it, does Diablo 3 support them? My right shoulder hurts a lot when I mouse too much much, even when switching with a trackball.

If someone has an extra guest pass they want to send me, I can check myself

 

[destrekor]

So just got into the Torchlight 2 stress test and it looks like I can't use an xbox controller with it, does Diablo 3 support them? My right shoulder hurts a lot when I mouse too much much, even when switching with a trackball.

If someone has an extra guest pass they want to send me, I can check myself

That would be interesting if a controller could be used.
It's a click-to-move game, with no character rotation, so I have no idea how that could possibly be mapped to a controller.

 

[Spoooon]

I'm enjoying it, first game that I was willing to pay $60 in a long time. In terms of dollar per hour of entertainment, I'm sure I'll get my money's worth.

I miss the customization and wish there was more of a traditional skill tree and maybe a cost assigned to respec. Pretty happy so far though.

 

[Madia]

I'm just wondering how everyone is figuring out the prices for the loot they're selling in the auction house. Are you acitively searching out comprable items for their prices or are you just listing a price you'd be happy with?

 

[BlueWeasel]

As I'm a Diablo noob, I'm sticking to single player for now. Playing as a monk and just finished Act 1, I'm level 15. I feel like my equipment is lacking.

What are some good tips for getting decent equipment? I'm avoiding the AH for now as I want to progress normally without being overpowered.

 

[Merad]

As I'm a Diablo noob, I'm sticking to single player for now. Playing as a monk and just finished Act 1, I'm level 15. I feel like my equipment is lacking.

What are some good tips for getting decent equipment? I'm avoiding the AH for now as I want to progress normally without being overpowered.

If you aren't using the AH it's pretty much random, whatever the RNG happens to drop in your game. Just be sure you're exploring all of the side dungeons and so on so that you don't miss any drops.

Edit: And I would recommend using the AH at least to sell your rares. Most of them will sell for at least 1-2000 gold, which is several times what you'll get for them from vendors...

 

[BD2003]

As I'm a Diablo noob, I'm sticking to single player for now. Playing as a monk and just finished Act 1, I'm level 15. I feel like my equipment is lacking.

What are some good tips for getting decent equipment? I'm avoiding the AH for now as I want to progress normally without being overpowered.

Kill things. You'll eventually find some neat stuff. You're only lvl 15, you've barely scratched the surface.

 

[ViperXX]

Can you reset dungeons like you can in wow so I can fight the Skeleton king again, again?

 

[Rage187]

So just got into the Torchlight 2 stress test and it looks like I can't use an xbox controller with it, does Diablo 3 support them? My right shoulder hurts a lot when I mouse too much much, even when switching with a trackball.

If someone has an extra guest pass they want to send me, I can check myself

I read a dev quote that said they played it with a controller and it controlled better than a mouse. They would add controller support once a console version is confirmed.

 

[stag3]

monk nerf will be incoming i'm sure, there's a bunch of monks solo'ng inferno right now.
the wizard ruled in normal and nightmare mode, i'm having a rough time in hell. however my friends who have barbarians are doing a lot better and surviving 30-50 man aggros. i'm getting rocked almost down to 0 health fighting 1 thing at a time LOL.

i'd just like to give a big fuck you to the bosses able to cast a fire or poison portal underneath you while surrounding you with lasers and walling you in all in about 1.5 seconds.

also i have 0 money and no potions due to constantly having to repair my gear from boss battles >_<

 

[stag3]

Can you reset dungeons like you can in wow so I can fight the Skeleton king again, again?

yes, just create a new game choosing that area, i think you have to do a few missions leading up to the boss again since you can't just start at a boss.

 

[Harabec]

Bought the game yesterday, been playing for a bit (had to upgrade Vista to SP2 first).
It is currently laggy to the point that it is unplayable.
Bah.

 

[yinan]

It was not laggy at all for me. Maybe you should get off of the PoS that is Vista and upgrade to 7...

 

[Harabec]

What has Vista got to do with anything?
My connection is fine, I can play everything else just fine. D3 lags like mad, checking the EU bnet forums I'm not the only one.

 

[zylander]

Anyone else having issues with D3 crashing after a few minutes of play? After about 5-10 minutes the computer freezes up and the monitors loose the signal and I have to reboot the computer. Googled it and it seems that a lot of other people are having the same problem but there is no definitive fix.

 

[Nintendesert]

I'm on my first playthrough, normal difficulty, but I don't see how Blizzard keeps up long-term player interest in the game. D2 was about customizing and loot, neither of which matter in D3.

By loot not mattering, I mean that the efficiency of an auction house and lack of means of item destruction (bind on equip mainly) ensure that most items will rapidly drop in price. The only items that will be hard to attain will be at the very top, where the hardcore players lie.

I'm on my first character, level 16, and he's already twinked out with rares on most equipment. I bought everything for cheap on the AH and I've already started dumping my first set back on the AH. I don't see this changing any time soon. There's no excitement in a rare drop when they're so easily obtained.

Speaking of the auction house, I don't understand, with their experience in WOW, how they can make such a crappy AH. I'm not talking about the limits on selling stuff, because with their financial interest I can understand placing the limits. I'm talking about basics like being able to sort by more than dps/ac and bid price. You can't even sort them by time, so I have to sort them by buyout. There's too many items and characters level too fast to make sorting through random-ending auctions without buyouts worthwhile.

The Auction House is trash. I find it such a pain in the ass to use. It needs a whole lot of work. It shouldn't be so hard to look through and find items that you want.

 

[JamesV]

I never really cared about not having an offline version, since I'm connected 24/7 and rarely does my service hiccup or go out but....

the game is unplayable right now. Up to 5 whole seconds of lag between an action and when it happens. Of course this will probably be followed by multiple 1-3 hour downtimes on the day most people will play this alot (Saturday).

Sigh.

 

[coldmeat]

No real noticeable lag for me yet, just beat the skeleton king.

I've been playing as the monk so far, but feel like I want to try out a few of the other characters before moving on too far. Anyone have any suggestions on which ones I should try? Are there any that stand out as much more fun than the others?

 

[drebo]

No real noticeable lag for me yet, just beat the skeleton king.

I've been playing as the monk so far, but feel like I want to try out a few of the other characters before moving on too far. Anyone have any suggestions on which ones I should try? Are there any that stand out as much more fun than the others?

For mass death and destruction, the monk is really the top dawg. Spec yourself around mass AoE damage and you can basically run in and mash buttons and everything dies. I'm enjoying my monk so far. Act 3 so far is way better than Act 2 which was way better than Act 1. Don't know about a second or third playthrough, though...meh.

On a side note, I just found my first unique...and it was...completely useless to me. Went to the AH to see how much they sell for and they were listed at like 150k gold as the cheapest one (most expensive one was 3m gold! WTF!). It is NOT worth that, so I listed mine for 5k. AH prices are stupid right now. People need to look at things realistically.

Extremely mediocre weapones are listed for 20-30k. I've been listing them for 3-6x sell price because if I get that much, it's better than getting 1x sell price...and if it doesn't sell, oh well.

Also, this early in the game, auctions without buyouts are dumb. In a day when the auction expires, I'm not going to need those level 25 gauntlets because I'll be level 32 and have found something better. Buyouts people, USE THEM!