[Official] Diablo III Information and Discussion Thread - Page 1105

Unlike you I don't quit when I get to diamond league lol... so funny you actually have that as your portrait as if its an achievement, and no I don't mean the points you get from Blizzard. I've been at least diamond since it was platinum, and yes with all 3 races and NOT random so if ur zerg you can't play the "my race takes skill card". Usually people who get to diamond are able to understand how terrible they are and how much more they have to improve in every way, unless you just cheesed your way there, and would be ashamed of the diamond icon. I know as a masters player how terrible I am and how I only grasp the basics of the game and have atrocious mechanics. But then again most people stop playing starcraft because their ego cant handle losing.

Keep being mad people have different opinions than you though, but make sure only to attack me because you won't call out the other people in this thread who have drawn the same conclusions because you wont stand on your own only when you think you have a social backing. Do you feel threatened that I can state my opinions without worrying if others agree with me?

I checked the updates because its relevant to whether or not this game is worth playing (it isnt), when the pvp patch is, and when I should cash out my DH, whos worth is prob 200m if not more. It also lets me gauge the plebs reactions to the patch and if they think new legendaries are worth playing the same content over and over and over with no skill or challenge or if this is blizzards last hurrah and it fails. I havent played the game for a few weeks not even listing auctions and did a 1/2 run of act 3 yesterday before I got bored, still got 10-20m in loot though.

You see some people have made money off this game, and if the game is getting better and new items are being released, then demand goes up, and therefore it might be worth the time to play it as a hobby, especially as new legendaries spike the economy for a few weeks. But as gear prices decrease as more and more gear is available I have to decide whether to sell all my DH gear or not. Its basically speculation and investment. I think it will be worth it to play for a few weeks after patch and then most likely cash out then, or at the pvp patch.

haha, a few times is quite an understatement, for my character at least. Cotton is at the point of darn near invincibility lol, and OC'ing is not far behind that. I had moderate survivability in the stone fort, but not enough dps to really help out. On the inside, going towards Ghom, it got pretty bad, and then Ghom melted even my gargantuan before he was able to really even touch him. Once we got outside to do Machines of War, it was to the point I found myself utterly useless. I switched over to my DH, and was able to do some damage, with almost 70k dps (ss on), but with almost no armor/resists and 16k life, I was dying to most elites before I could really do enough damage to warrant my presence. It was fun to get out of act1 for a bit, but not something I can do for any sort of profit, as my repair bill was quite ridiculous.

Did they just update something about the game this morning or did I just get really unlucky with my first elite affixes?! I just had to skip 2 elites after killing their minions because i couldnt even get them past half health... Both had electric, extra health, fast, and molten... Is it just me or does anyone else seem to think electric is way too powerful?

update: Ok so i've ran into 3 more molten/electric combos in inferno whym/act3-4 . That is what does me in faster than any other combo affix... Regardless of whatever other affix they have... if they have molten electric I can not defeat them without dying a thousand times... Only time I can even come close is when they are surrounded by normal monsters... but then the normals die off to leave them still with plenty of life to kill me quickly... Anyone else have this problem?

update #2: I lied about act 3. molten/electric in act 3 doesnt give me any problems. I had on a diff helm that i forgot i swapped out... but i re-did whym with my normal gear and molten/electric with any buff affix like extra health/fast etc face stomps me.
Edited by likethegun - 8/18/12 at 9:58am

after putting up my items for 15 mins, my act 1 run tonight has earned me 2 mil gold (received after tax) so far, with 1 more big item that is worth at least 1.5 mil (thrown on AH at 2.6 mil buyout)

best run ever.

anyone know a good disintegrate wizard build? Chaos Nexus rune seems to really own, and with Astral presence passive, Storm armor power of the storm, and Templar follower seems like I can keep firing my laser nearly forever...

I'm guessing its weakness is defense... especially since Disintegrate doesn't seem to crit so critical mass doesn't help. Meh, I need to get a budget Int set now on top of the crit one I already have in my stash to find a viable Disintegrate build...

Frosty and I have noticed that some days we get the same 1 or 2 affixes over and over again, like every single pack we encounter has those same 1 or 2 affixes. I think something is wrong with the 'randomness' of elite affixes.

About electric... it has never given me any trouble at all, when I see I just think "Oooo pretty lights that do nothing", but, I am a tank, so that is probably why ;p

and on that topic today is shielded theme... :S


and lets not forget to throw in the occasional invl minion with fast affix ***


it seems i have 1 out of 2 pack that has shielding today ... ohh and fast is a fun affix to throw on an allready fast mob ontop of shielding.. Oo
Edited by Fr0sty - 8/18/12 at 4:34pm

there is nothing wrong with the 'randomness'. it is an 80% chance that 2 affixes will be the most troubling for your combined group to handle. working as intended

You shouldnt be using storm armor, you think the reduction in spell cost is worth it cuz force armor reduces it but thats the wrong way to think about it. I know because I tried that a long time ago, same for diamond skin reduction. But you need to use a slow 2h weapon, like a mace which is slowest. Dont get IAS either. Basically your weapon speed determines how fast you spend your arcane power so the slower your weapon the less you spend but the damage is the same, assuming similar weapon. This goes for all spells really but channeled is most noticeable. The double rays, or the on the shoots near you, or even the one where you make things explode are good.

I know ray of frost crits but it isnt yellow, not sure if disintegrate crits

dis/rof
force armor
venom hydra (not sure since its nerfed, still best with RoF)
force weapon
spark flint or w/e one that gives you 12% damage
and a defensive cooldown, whether that be mirror image (5 dupes), teleport (frac or multi tele, or diamond skin (more shielding), diamond skin is best imo

glass cannon cold blooded/immolate galvinze

I prefer this build but with ray of frost, it seems odd to use RoF as your primary but it actually works. I've cleared most of act 2 with my wizard using this and its prob the worst act to be using this.

Edit: oh yeh i forgot to mention my stats
55k dps
25k hp
200 resists (from intellect) 60% armor
2k intellect
550 life regenc
30% crit
158% crit damage

You really need high dps to use RoF/Dis since it is a glass cannon build, the only build I enjoy playing. Monk was fun til I figured it out but glass cannon is always a thrill.

Edit 2: I forgot to say that cold blooded effects all SLOWED targets so it increase venom hydra, and also if you have any buffs they will last the duration of the channel, like arcane dynamo works for beam spell including archon. This stuff should still work but its possible it has been patched.
Edited by Ploppytheman - 8/18/12 at 4:45pm

Thanks, my Wiz is in the 50s so I have pretty much 0 experience with it, i'll try what you said.