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It’s important to understand that Diablo is not World of Warcraft, meaning that there will be no major content patches with new dungeons, or bosses, or enemies. We have plans on patching in PvP of course, but in general the only ‘content’ we would patch in would most likely just be new items.
Diablo III will see patches to adjust things like game balance and potential system improvements, but any actual content additions is not something you should expect to see.
The purpose of the randomized dungeons and items in any Diablo game is to provide an endless amount out of content right out of the box.
you can bet your ass there will be an expansion though
Finished act 1 with my huntress.... playing ranged is great fun, especially with two light crossbows and crusader acting as tank. Everything dies before it comes closer
However, I wanted to check barbarian, and I'm puzzled. EIther I had bad luck, or there are no more randomly generated maps - second playthrough is exactly same as 1st - mobs, chests in same places.... no more randmoness that let you feel like you been playing completely different game.
I definitely see your point. In the end, to me, its a fantastic game and thats the bottom line. We know they will fix the server issues, its just a matter of time. What I'm left with is the realization that I am incredibly happy with the game and it only cost me 60 dollars. I know I will play for months to come, so I am ok with it being a bit finicky at first.
And be under-leveled and under geared for nightmare?
Yeah, I haven't liked slow time very much, either. I find frost nova, with the reduced CD, way too useful. What setup are you using? I've gotten my wizard to 23 so far and love his AOE damage. I'll usually run in, frost nova everything, then explosive blast (mastery move), shockwave, then arcane orb (with 228% weapon damage rune) everything. Electrocute is my signature move, with the rune to allow it to hit 6 targets. My passives are glass cannon and (?) whatever gives you +4 arcane power per signature move. AOE definitely isn't a problem.
Single target, however, I don't seem to do as much. I'm assuming the ray of frost, with the rune that increases damage the longer it's on the same target, will be one of the better abilities.
So far I really like the new talent system. The 4 talent slots with different purposes, the 3 passives, and the runes for each talent makes it pretty diverse and IMO more fun than just waiting for level 40 to spam hydra or frozen orb everywhere. And make sure to enable advanced tooltips, took me a while to figure that out.
Yeah, I haven't liked slow time very much, either. I find frost nova, with the reduced CD, way too useful. What setup are you using? I've gotten my wizard to 23 so far and love his AOE damage. I'll usually run in, frost nova everything, then explosive blast (mastery move), shockwave, then arcane orb (with 228% weapon damage rune) everything. Electrocute is my signature move, with the rune to allow it to hit 6 targets. My passives are glass cannon and (?) whatever gives you +4 arcane power per signature move. AOE definitely isn't a problem.
Single target, however, I don't seem to do as much. I'm assuming the ray of frost, with the rune that increases damage the longer it's on the same target, will be one of the better abilities.
So far I really like the new talent system. The 4 talent slots with different purposes, the 3 passives, and the runes for each talent makes it pretty diverse and IMO more fun than just waiting for level 40 to spam hydra or frozen orb everywhere. And make sure to enable advanced tooltips, took me a while to figure that out.
Let me tell you now that I went the same way with frost nova and stuff. It does NOT work well in the harder difficulties where you can get one shotted easily. I got a nasty surprise that way yesterday night when I teleported into a pack fully intending to use reversal to back out. Got one shotted by an elite mob in the pack.