**OFFICIAL** Diablo 3 Thread

[silverpig]

We are already friends. =( I see how much my friendship is worth. JK. >_<

What's your tag? ewok?

I guess I just haven't seen you online.

 

[smackababy]

Yeah, it is ewok. I haven't been on lately. Just super busy and not putting in the hours I usually do.

And the servers are extremely slow and not letting me in... lame =(

 

[silverpig]

Yeah I can't log in either...

 

[smackababy]

Problem with the servers. There is a blue post about it, but no fix yet.

 

[smackababy]

Hmm. I seem to be averaging 60mil XP per hour. A bit less than Act 3, but the loot seems to be better. I was going to try some Act 3 white mob runs while the scorpions are still OP, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Found some low str / 88 vit 4 crit Lacuni's and a 150 Str 150 vit Immortal King's chest last night. Bunch of other junk as well.

I also hate finding WD legendaries. I have no idea what they are worth and what stats are good for that class. =(

 

[stag3]

nothing is selling on the AH lately for me, even plans aren't selling anymore ugh

 

[smackababy]

I put those Lacuni's up for 12 mil and they sold instantly. I think I priced them too low, but it was inline with the everything else up there.

Was really hoping that Immortal Kings was worth a lot more than the 20 or so mil it looked to be worth. =( Guess since it is just an HP upgrade I'll keep it.

 

[silverpig]

You're liking the crypt runs? Sorry I had to jet so quick yesterday - had someone come over for dinner and I had to run out and manually crank the garage door open. It was fun.

I got quite a few legendaries/sets yesterday too, ~10 I think. Most were pretty bad, but I did get a Natalya's cloak with +spike trap dmg.

 

[smackababy]

You're liking the crypt runs? Sorry I had to jet so quick yesterday - had someone come over for dinner and I had to run out and manually crank the garage door open. It was fun.

I got quite a few legendaries/sets yesterday too, ~10 I think. Most were pretty bad, but I did get a Natalya's cloak with +spike trap dmg.

Don't worry about it. I understand. I did notice that ranged have to deal with a lot more "damage dealers" than my barb. Unless the champion pack has arcane or plagued, I generally ignore everything except the champ. Nothing but elites really do damage to me, and they just get lawnmowered down as I dps the champ. Arcane just gets annoying with so many of them and plagued is OP now.

 

[silverpig]

Don't worry about it. I understand. I did notice that ranged have to deal with a lot more "damage dealers" than my barb. Unless the champion pack has arcane or plagued, I generally ignore everything except the champ. Nothing but elites really do damage to me, and they just get lawnmowered down as I dps the champ. Arcane just gets annoying with so many of them and plagued is OP now.

That's why I've done the melee DH type build. So long as I am doing damage I can stay alive in just about anything. I can stand on plagued desecrator and get hit with an arcane and be fine, thanks to the sentry turret and shadow power, but as soon as I get hit with frozen, or the pack thins out and I can't deal damage, I die pretty quick. If I don't have shadow power up, 3 hits from white mobs will kill me.

I borrowed someone's stone of jordan yesterday and was able to get a few crit hits of 1.6M on the champ. That was pretty cool.

 

[smackababy]

That's why I've done the melee DH type build. So long as I am doing damage I can stay alive in just about anything. I can stand on plagued desecrator and get hit with an arcane and be fine, thanks to the sentry turret and shadow power, but as soon as I get hit with frozen, or the pack thins out and I can't deal damage, I die pretty quick. If I don't have shadow power up, 3 hits from white mobs will kill me.

I borrowed someone's stone of jordan yesterday and was able to get a few crit hits of 1.6M on the champ. That was pretty cool.

Now imagine if you had a monk in there spamming Overawe. >_>

 

[silverpig]

Now imagine if you had a monk in there spamming Overawe. >_>

That's very similar to marked for death - grim reaper for DHs that I use. The target takes 12% additional damage, and another 12% is applied to everyone within 8 yards.

 

[lupi]

Loaded up the wizard a bit yesterday. He's only mid 50's and halfway through hell, just don't like having to always play kiter. Would probably enjoy a melee more but not having been able to finish as range has deterred that effort.

 

[smackababy]

Loaded up the wizard a bit yesterday. He's only mid 50's and halfway through hell, just don't like having to always play kiter. Would probably enjoy a melee more but not having been able to finish as range has deterred that effort.

Once you hit 60 as a wizard you stop being so much of a kiter, than a mob exploder. Arcane (which is the cheapest and funnest IMO) wizard build just nukes down mobs with ease. I guess elites can take some kiting if you don't have the DPS, but all in all, not too bad.

If you need help leveling, I can powerlevel pretty much any character quickly for you. You can get your real playthrough experience in Inferno. =)

 

[smackababy]

Found a really good Echoing Fury tonight so I bid all my money on a mempo. 1135 DPS, 158 str, OS and 46% crit damage. Not bad.

I am officially poor now though if I win this one. Won't know until tomorrow, but I sure hope so. It wasn't even a great Mempo (4% crit ::sadface:: )

 

[silverpig]

Found a really good Echoing Fury tonight so I bid all my money on a mempo. 1135 DPS, 158 str, OS and 46% crit damage. Not bad.

I am officially poor now though if I win this one. Won't know until tomorrow, but I sure hope so. It wasn't even a great Mempo (4% crit ::sadface:: )

How much did you bid?

I just bought a few gems and crafted my first marquise... bloody expensive. Some people must have almost 1B gold in gems.

 

[smackababy]

I bid 500mil but I doubt it will get that high. I am hoping for something around 375, but I'd be okay with the whole 500. I debated on upgrading gems, but it just isn't worth it. I think I am going to go for some Str, AR 6 crit lacuni's next. Mine are only str vit 4.5 crit. After that I think I will worry about gems.

 

[stag3]

damn you guys got a lot of $, the most expensive thing i bought was my ice climbers for ~40 mil and that broke me

 

[smackababy]

Just getting lucky a few times nets you the big bucks. And from there is just gets easier. The rich stay rich, the poor wish they were rich.

 

[lupi]

Was able to drop 45 minutes in game last night. Swapped to an archon build and found it much more fun, although when on c/d running into an elite sucks.

Lol@ah spending, I'm happy to be on the verge of crossing 1 million in my bank.

 

[smackababy]

Archon is really dependent on mob density to keep it up throughout the run. It really only works in Act 3 I think. Knowing when to cancel it and rebuff is also something you just learn.

 

[silverpig]

I bid 500mil but I doubt it will get that high. I am hoping for something around 375, but I'd be okay with the whole 500. I debated on upgrading gems, but it just isn't worth it. I think I am going to go for some Str, AR 6 crit lacuni's next. Mine are only str vit 4.5 crit. After that I think I will worry about gems.

Gems for pants/chest aren't worth it, I agree, but for weapon sockets they usually are. I've got a marquise ruby and radiant star emerald in my manticore. The marquise upgrade (bought 1 radiant star ruby + 20mil crafting cost) got me a pretty nice DPS upgrade. There's nothing I could buy for 40 mil that would get me the same bump.

 

[stag3]

i haven't even considered crafting a marquis gem yet, i just cant see the 10% cd worth almost 100 mil to craft haha. if i was anywhere near endgame gear i guess it would be worth it

 

[smackababy]

Gems for pants/chest aren't worth it, I agree, but for weapon sockets they usually are. I've got a marquise ruby and radiant star emerald in my manticore. The marquise upgrade (bought 1 radiant star ruby + 20mil crafting cost) got me a pretty nice DPS upgrade. There's nothing I could buy for 40 mil that would get me the same bump.

I figure upgrading my bracers with an extra 1.5% crit will offer more dps for the amount of money it would cost me to get the extra 20% crit hit damage (which is already at like 670% for me). I would need 4 radiant emeralds (80mil) plus the 40mil to upgrade them. For 120mil, I think I could get Lacunis that gave more of an upgrade.

 

[smackababy]

i haven't even considered crafting a marquis gem yet, i just cant see the 10% cd worth almost 100 mil to craft haha. if i was anywhere near endgame gear i guess it would be worth it

They aren't worth it unless you can't upgrade much anymore. The increase in DPS isn't much, but I think in silverpig's case, having the dual socket manitcore allows him the CD damage and the additional weapon damage (which is huge).