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Topic: Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls (Read 378069 times)
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Malakili
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Diablo 3 systems + Crusader panel just ended.
A lot of stuff has been announced before, but highlights:
- Items will have primary and secondary stats, so things like magic find, gold find, pick up radius, etc will not roll in place of primary stats like str, vit, crit, etc. - This has been announced before, but legendaries will have ability or build changing affixes. They showed the new Frostburn Gauntlets, which give your cold spells that have a chance to chill, a chance to freeze instead. - The Mystic will allow you to reroll stats on all items, with no limit on the number of rerolls (reagent + gold costs will be the limiting factor). You select the stat you want to replace on the item, and it will give you 3 options to replace it. You can keep the old stat if you don't like the rerolls.
Crusader looks pretty fun, lots of shield oriented skills by the look of it. Each class gets 1 new skill and they are reworking a lot of current skills/runes. They didn't give details, but they said that included in the "smart loot" system is some way to ensure at least some level of legendary drops in case you are one of those people with terrible luck.
Main concern: Although they look like they ARE doing a lot to make loot more interesting, it seems like the trifecta is still going to matter. Rather than eliminating it all together, it looks like they are making it easier to get those stats, so you can focus on the other ones if you want. Could still be problematic.
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Paelos
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I haven't played at all since they announced the AH was closing. As a money making scheme, the game was fine. As a game, it's terrible.
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Setanta
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I played D3 yesterday and got rofflestomped by stupid monster affix combos. Ragequit and went and played Diablo 2.
I don't care how good the expansion might be, it's still a shit game compared to its predecessor. Unless they change the game dramatically for PC (think 180 degrees), I won't be touching the expansion (or the WoW one for that matter).
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Hawkbit
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Did they announce the expansion for the PS3? I see they annouced it for PS4, but I can't find anything on the PS3 version.
It would make me extremely salty if they don't. Considering I bought two copies of the game so far (PC, PS3), to have to buy the game and expansion again for the PS4 would not make me very happy.
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Rokal
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The friends & family beta has started, and there is not an NDA on it. Some press/streamers also got keys.
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Soulflame
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Someone I know is in the beta. He linked an image of a set of shoulderpads that allow the player to bubblehearth.
His initial reports sound promising, re: game modes and finding loots.
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schild
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I'll be getting in on the next round. I'm stoked. Gonna spend all my money in the marketplace though before the thing drops off the face of the earth.
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Yegolev
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It's too late for me. I'll watch this forum a bit, but PoE is my game now.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question. They called it The Prayer, its answer was law Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Cheddar
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It's too late for me. I'll watch this forum a bit, but PoE is my game now.
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No Nerf, but I put a link to this very thread and I said that you all can guarantee for my purity. I even mentioned your case, and see if they can take a look at your lawn from a Michigan perspective.
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Malakili
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Merusk
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I'll be getting in on the next round. I'm stoked. Gonna spend all my money in the marketplace though before the thing drops off the face of the earth.
If the level cap is raising and the new drops are going to be better/ more useful,then I have to ask "why?"
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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Soulflame
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I watched a stream of this last night for about... half... an... hzzzzzz...
What was I talking about? Oh right. Watching someone play this, and almost falling asleep.
The Crusader looks kind of neat!
Other than that, it looks like more D3. I was less than enthused.
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schild
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I'll be getting in on the next round. I'm stoked. Gonna spend all my money in the marketplace though before the thing drops off the face of the earth.
If the level cap is raising and the new drops are going to be better/ more useful,then I have to ask "why?" Because what the fuck else am I going to do with the millions I've banked?
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Merusk
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Sell it to less savvy people on the Ah or wait and sell it on another outlet when there will be demand but no easy in-game method and the price goes up?
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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Reg
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Are you even going to be able to trade things with other people after the AH is gone? I thought Blizzard hated 3rd party websites making money off their game. Seems to me the only way to stop them once there is no AH is to make all the items Bind to Account.
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Malakili
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You'll be able to trade with people.
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DeathInABottle
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All legendaries will be bind on account, though, save for a brief window after they're picked up in which you can trade them with anyone else who happens to be in-game at the time.
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Malakili
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Ugh, that's garbage.
EDIT: I like to have one character of each class, so it won't be a huge deal in practice to me personally, I'll probably use the best items I get (the only ones that would be worth a damn to trade anyway). But, 1) I do like being able to trade for things I personally have a hard time getting to drop and 2) This means if I find an item that say I already have or doesn't work for my build but is perfect for a friend, I can't give it to them.
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« Last Edit: November 24, 2013, 07:51:13 AM by Malakili »
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Ya, I still think they should just make it one trade then bind on account.
So you get something nice and get to trade it once.
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Paelos
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I still think bind on equip. You trade or use. I don't understand why that system isn't used more.
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Yegolev
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Any of that binding is stupid.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question. They called it The Prayer, its answer was law Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Ironwood
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Really ? We're really trying to think of small ways to fix a fundamentally broken game ?
Okay doke.
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Paelos
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Really ? We're really trying to think of small ways to fix a fundamentally broken game ?
Okay doke.
They aren't going to take it out back and shoot it. I'd like a Diablo 4, but if they never fix this it's not happening.
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Yegolev
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Really ? We're really trying to think of small ways to fix a fundamentally broken game ?
Okay doke.
This is the fundamental principle behind lubrication.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question. They called it The Prayer, its answer was law Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Ironwood
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Er.....
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Yegolev
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If it hurts, cover up the rough spots and keep on pushing.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question. They called it The Prayer, its answer was law Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Ironwood
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ERRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
Yeah, I'm of the view if it's hurting, just stop doing it if it's not actually necessary.
Especially when Torchlight 2 is blowing you just fine.
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Yegolev
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I've also found a less jagged substitute.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question. They called it The Prayer, its answer was law Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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squirrel
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I'll be getting in on the next round. I'm stoked. Gonna spend all my money in the marketplace though before the thing drops off the face of the earth.
If the level cap is raising and the new drops are going to be better/ more useful,then I have to ask "why?" Because what the fuck else am I going to do with the millions I've banked? Well I know it's overdone, but there's a reason cocaine and whores are popular wastes of money. Of course this game pretty much felt like a virtual case of the morning after so yeah, you're probably right.
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« Last Edit: December 06, 2013, 11:22:50 PM by squirrel »
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Speaking of marketing, we're out of milk.
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Fabricated
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PTR for 2.0.1 is up, if anyone gives a shit. I'm not bothering unless someone can make me interested.
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schild
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I've been playing the beta. It's kinda goofy, nearly everything that drops is better than the shit I had from the auction house. Also, it's almost all usable. They're very obviously rigging the loot game now.
I haven't beaten act 5 yet so I haven't tried adventure mode.
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Ironwood
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Can you play it offline like our PS3 brethren ?
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Paelos
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Can you play it offline like our PS3 brethren ?
You know the answer.
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Ironwood
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Yes.
But like Magneto....
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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