The only thing that I can think they were thinking was to start a game in nightmare with some buddies and then join as a 1st level and skate on the loot until he had uber stuff. Then jump ahead on normal and wrack up buku XP by fighting stuff that is WAY over their head.
Because, um.... 1st level against Nightmare creatures?
The only thing that I can think they were thinking was to start a game in nightmare with some buddies and then join as a 1st level and skate on the loot until he had uber stuff. Then jump ahead on normal and wrack up buku XP by fighting stuff that is WAY over their head.
Because, um.... 1st level against Nightmare creatures?
Why not just buy the gear in the AH? And also, equipment have level requirements so it's not like your lvl 1 can use a lvl 30 weapon and charge through normal mode. You're still stuck with level progression and item upgrades.
I don't think that's the case at all. In most games (i.e. not Diablo or Borderlands), to play a higher difficultly level, you typically just start a new game at that difficulty level. In some games, you can swap difficulty mid-game. For example, Torchlight II lets you set the difficulty when you create a new character.
Diablo and Borderlands differ in that the extra playthroughs offer the higher difficulties.
Well there ya go. Didn't think about that.
Word from my friends that play Inferno with a Wizard is that the only viable damage spells are Arcane Orb, Blizzard and Hydra. Anything that you need to stand still while using is instant horrible death.
Pretty much any game that you have to "Unlock" nightmare mode, means that you have to be of a certain power to survive that level. So kind of like not being able to play NWN2 - Mask of the Betrayer prior to 17th level. You would get killed by just about any of the monsters.
is there a trick for searching for gems in the AH?
I super don't feel like leveling up the skill on my own, but all my searches come up empty.
is there a trick for searching for gems in the AH?
I super don't feel like leveling up the skill on my own, but all my searches come up empty.
is there a trick for searching for gems in the AH?
I super don't feel like leveling up the skill on my own, but all my searches come up empty.
One interesting post I read on the D3 forums earlier today that I'm interested in testing when I get home.
Supposedly the poster is claiming that non-physical damage on weapons is 'static' in a sense, but as I said that's just one guy's opinion. It is possible though as that is how D2 treated elemental damage on weapons; I'm curious to test later.
If this is true, I wonder if the damage type also transfers. This would mean that it simply adds that '400 fire damage' proc at the end of all damage calculations (before armor/resist reductions.) I wonder if it does this with +physical damage as well?
Should be easy to test.
+weapon damageBut a weapon say with 15% attack speed increase is better than having a socket. That socket takes up a slot that would go to something else. Granted having the socket can be better than quite a few other stats that can be put on there. In armor it screws you the most though.
with weapons its really only the physical that matters. A bow with a lot of elemental damage might look cool if its boasting a big dps number. But in actuality that elemental damage only adds the amount of elemental damage and does not scale or gain bonuses like the physical damage would.
For instance on my hunter if I put on a bow with 800 dps that is all real physical damage then my DPS is about 35000. However If I put on a bow that does 800 damage but its 400 physical and 400 fire then my DPS drops drastically and is only about 22000.
So in other words elemental damage does not gain bonuses from dex, physical does.
Anyone tested this? If it's true I will have to completely re-work how I examine weapons for purchase on the AH. I kind of doubt it is true, but if it is I would rather know now than later...
On another note, you got any decent 1 hand weps for trade? I cant seem to find anything past a 1-hand axe that does 254 dmg for my wizard.
Why do you use magic missile with seeker instead of shock pulse with piercing orb? Is it just for temporal flux? It seems shock pulse damage would be similar but ability to aoe pierce would be more damage?
The Arcane Orb has a knockback which is minor and seemingly random, but combined with the aoe explosion, it helps me survive inferno.
I used to use Celestial Orb (passes through), but I was dieing alot, even to trash... switched over and I survive much better.
In Hell I used Celestial Orb exclusively without a problem.