Diablo 3 Discussion Thread

SonicTron said:

Yeah...it was made with the game engine

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Cypher- said:

Fuck the person that came up with the kill Belial in 45 seconds challenge for the season journey. This is the first season I didn't roll a DH and apparently that's what you need to get it done. No matter what I do, I can't even start attacking the final phase with my WD before the 45 seconds are up, and that's with 2.1 million sheet damage. I haven't found anyone claiming to have done it solo with a WD. I tried with a random group last night (one Monk three Witch Doctors) and we never came close, even with grabbing shrines.

I finally caved last night and had a DH power leveled. Now it's the game of gathering and spending shards until it's geared. I'm all for a challenge but why the fuck they would make one where not every class can finish it is beyond me.

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ghostwich said:

What's your WD build? I was running Jade (horrible single target DPS) and the missus was running HT (somewhat acceptable single target DPS) so we barely did the S7 requirements to kill bosses in a certain amount of time.

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Cypher- said:

I'm currently using the Helltooth Garg build. I've changed all of my skills around to do the most damage possible which is is fine to kill everything, but the snakes in the beginning sequence are so spread out that it takes much too long to get them. If they weren't counted, or I think even if there wasn't a long transformation time between phase two and three, I wouldn't be having an issue.

I worked my way up from GR 70 to 75 with out failing once. GR75 is a conquest and I had no problems doing that, so I don't understand why this challenge needs to be so difficult. I'm pretty sure the only classes who can solo this are Monk and DH without some insane amount of paragons/augments.

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Cypher- said:

I'm currently using the Helltooth Garg build. I've changed all of my skills around to do the most damage possible which is is fine to kill everything, but the snakes in the beginning sequence are so spread out that it takes much too long to get them. If they weren't counted, or I think even if there wasn't a long transformation time between phase two and three, I wouldn't be having an issue.

I worked my way up from GR 70 to 75 with out failing once. GR75 is a conquest and I had no problems doing that, so I don't understand why this challenge needs to be so difficult. I'm pretty sure the only classes who can solo this are Monk and DH without some insane amount of paragons/augments.

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That_Sound_Guy said:

It also doesn't help that the gargs are still dumb and get confused/locked. Floating enemies are also a bitch to do anything with. Was running 4 man grifts last night against 2 elites, 1 was grotesques and the other floating angels and the angels lasted 3x longer than the grotesques. Both were blues. I think I have max AS, tasker in cube max AS on belt/gloves and it still seems to be forever slow. Ugh.

I really hate how there is one, barely 2 in some cases, super power build for most classes. Yeah WD now has Bats but that gameplay is horrible (same as gargs to me). I skipped the last two seasons hoping to come back to something fresh, nope, same ol just a different set that everyone runs. Kinda wish they woudl scrap sets and just make the varying bonuses single item leg based. That way you have limitless combinations to play with based on your play style.

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UnknownSouljer said:

The key with running team gRift with Garg is that you wait for your puller to gather up the mobs and then recast garg in the middle of it. Then with the Grave Injustice Passive you quickly reset the cooldown. If you don't have a puller monk then you'll have problems with mob grouping in higher level grift, so that would be a team composition problem. I found that on single target I'd out DPS the other WD running bats. And that with proper garg placement and management I'd have an equal chance of getting the kill on an elite as he would. Otherwise without doing this it's a crap shoot.

It's also important, as as note, to have a high amount of area damage. If you can exceed 100%, so much the better. It will make your 3 gargs and absolute monster in terms of taking down grouped up packs. Single AOE garg swings + area damage will cause trash mobs to plummet health.

Finally, if there are certain mobs that just have terrible affixes, they should be skipped. In higher level gRift, it's just not worth the time to deal with Rare mobs, or mobs that the team can't lock. You may as well move and drag them with you than stick around and trying to kill them.

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That_Sound_Guy said:

Pubs are a mess these days in terms of trying to find functional run groups. Played the other day with 2 DH's and a Barb. That was fun...

Yeah i recast where I can but sometimes you just have no choice and wait. I hear you on skipping, If I see a freeze or shielding affix, I'm booking it to the next one.

Going to attempt max ladder runs this weekend solo, tired of noob pubs. Im currently at 75 for journey cleared with only have 2 ancient pieces and absolute horrid rings. We'll see.

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DWolvin said:

Run greater rifts, you should get another gem every time you complete one.

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• Classes

• Items

• Seasons

• Adventure Mode

• Monsters

• Bosses

• Achievements

• Quality of Life

• The damage of your next Overpower is increased by 40-50% for each enemy hit, up to a maximum of 20 enemies

• Crusader
  
  • Faithful Memory
    • Each enemy hit by Falling Sword increases the damage of Blessed Hammer by 50-60% for 10 seconds, stacking up to 10 times

• Demon Hunter
  
  • Hellcat Waistguard
    • Grenades have a chance to bounce 3-5 times, dealing an additional 50% damage on each bounce
    • This bonus is increased to 800% on the final bounce
    • The following skills are affected by this power:
      • Cluster Arrow – Dazzling Arrow, Cluster Bombs, Loaded for Bear, and No Rune
      • Rain of Vengeance – Anathema
      • Strafe – Demolition
      • Rapid Fire – Bombardment

• Monk
  
  • Rabid Strike
    • Spirit spenders that teleport you while Epiphany is active are also mimicked on a distant target for free

• Witch Doctor
  
  • The Barber
    • Instead of dealing direct damage, your Spirit Barrage now accumulates on the target
    • When you stop casting, it explodes dealing the accumulated damage to all enemies within 15 yards

• Wizard
  
  • Manald Heal
    • Enemies stunned with Paralysis also take 13,000-14,000% weapon damage as Lightning

• The functionality of some items has changed
  
  • Crusader
    • Defender of Westmarch
      • Can no longer summon a wolf more than once per second
      • Damage done by the wolf is increased for each block made during the interim
  • Witch Doctor
    • Jeram's Bracers
      • The minimum level for this item to drop has changed from 12 to 31 in order to match the level at which Wall of Death unlocks

• The following class set powers have received changes
  
  • Barbarian
    • Wrath of the Wastes
      • (6) Set Bonus
        • Whirlwind gains the effect of the Dust Devils rune and all Whirlwind damage is increased by 800%
        • The damage of your Dust Devils is increased by 180%
          • Please note that these changes will not be reflected in the item’s tooltip
  • Crusader
    • Roland's Legacy
      • (4) Set Bonus
        • Increase the damage of Shield Bash and Sweep Attack by 1250%
      • (6) Set Bonus
        • Every use of Shield Bash or Sweep Attack that hits an enemy grants 50% increased Attack Speed and 15% damage reduction for 8 seconds. This effect stacks up to 5 times.
  • Demon Hunter
    • Embodiment of the Marauder
      • (6) Set Bonus
        • Your primary skills, Elemental Arrow, Chakram, Impale, Multishot, Cluster Arrow, Companions, and Vengeance deal 1200% increased damage for every active Sentry
  • Monk
    • Inna’s Mantra
      • (6) Set Bonus
        • Gain the five runed Mystic Allies at all times and your damage is increased by 100% for each Mystic Ally you have out
  • Witch Doctor
    • Spirit of Arachyr
      • (6) Set Bonus
        • The damage of your creature skills is increased by 2400%. Creature skills are Corpse Spiders, Plague of Toads, Firebats, Locust Swarm, Hex, and Piranhas.
  • Wizard
    • Delsere’s Magnum Opus
      • (6) Set Bonus
        • Enemies affected by your Slow Time take 2800% increased damage from your Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, and Wave of Force abilities.

• Bug Fixes
  
  
  
  
  
  • Hellfire Amulet
    • Fixed an issue where Fetishes spawned by this item with the Fetish Sycophants passive would not reduce the cooldown of Big Bad Voodoo correctly when Starmetal Kukri was equipped
  • Illusory Boots
    • Will now properly allow Crusaders using Steed Charge to pass through walls
  • Pinto's Pride
    • Fixed a bug where the bonus Wave of Light damage from this item was not being calculated correctly
  • Flail of the Ascended
    • Now takes into account +Shield Bash affix bonuses in its damage
    • Damage stacks will now persist when changing gear and picking up items
  • Faithful Memory
    • Fixed an issue where Faithful Memory was not properly buffing damage from certain Blessed Hammer runes
  • Fixed an issue which sometimes caused cosmetic pets to be dismissed unintentionally, requiring the player to resummon them through the collections UI
  • Fixed a bug causing transmogrify options to not properly unlock sometimes when first acquiring an item which grants a new transmogrify option
  • Fixed a bug which caused the buff from the Legendary item Ahvarion, Spear of Lycander to end when changing floors in a Greater Rift
  • Fixed an issue which caused the Bones cosmetic pet to incorrectly produce sound when players interacted with some user interface elements
  • Fixed an issue which caused +Elemental damage bonuses on weapons to override the damage bonus granted to Ancient Spear by Skular’s Salvation and its elemental type
  • Fixed an issue which allowed Necrosis damage from the Helltooth Harness set to be reflected back by some enemies onto Witch Doctors using projectiles like Poison Dart

DWolvin said:

Did season 9 start already?

Bah, I hoped to clear the last few uniques from the darkness event.

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