I played the open beta, which is really more of a demo. Unfortunately you really don't get far enough into the skill/rune system to experience any interesting choices or whatever, but it does seem reasonably deep and accessible (and I definitely had more powers at level 10 in D3 than I did at level 10 in D2). It seems like they overreacted to people bitching about how colorful the original previews were, because Act 1 looks like it's taking place at midnight during a goth convention.
Can anyone hook me up with a trial code? No way i can afford it at 60$ right now but i'd like to give it a try, if nothing else at least to see what all the hype's about.
Why didn't you play a few weekends back when it was open?Originally Posted by Archangel
I dunno. Two hours in and all I had been doing was clicking the left mouse button. Over and over and over.
It doesn't even feel like there's much of a tactical difference between the classes. They all have the same pick and choose of range, aoe, freezing spells, etc.
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
I think people expectations were a bit too high. It's Diablo through and through. You right click, shit dies and loot drops.
I'm enjoying Monk right now with the different combos, but the game really is too easy so far. I think i need to play on hardcore mode now that i got level 10.
Was watching some pro-gaming stream where they were doing hardcore 4 man runs and it looks pretty frantic, so i think that's the way to go if you're not enjoying the game.
Blizzard dropped the ball with all the access issues.
Peace.
This is pretty much how it was with Starcraft 2 at launch. It's a shame but i pretty much expects this for every major release that requires online.
I've been able to get on without any real issues except last night.
Man I fucking love this game! I chose the Demon Hunter class and I'm on level 18, ACT 2. Didn't play Diablo 1/2 so this is kinda new to me, had an idea I'd like this game though as I enjoy the style. I say I'll clock a lot more time on this as I want to try some of the other classes too
Oh and I wouldn't call it that easy. Fair enough ACT 1 is piss, especially if you're playing co-op, but so far I've been playing ACT 2 on my own and I notice it's a lot more difficult.
I'm a level 11 monk and I'm disappointed in the lack of attack options. Is this the same for all the classes early on? I was hoping the monk would have some magic casting abilities, otherwise he's mostly a nimble warrior type.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Level 37 Demon Huntress, and the nightmare difficulty is a lot easier in D3 than D2, mainly because the death penalty is so cheap.
Peace.
Yep, 36 Monk here and i'm kinda breezing through Nightmare.
@Animeniax
You need to get to around level 25 to have your full attack range available for like every class.
Go to the option > gameplay and turn on "Elective Mode". This will allow you to fully customize and equip any skill to any slot.
In my opinion, this game has potential for more depth than D2. There isn't a "wrong" or "right" build and everything else is inferior. I've gotten good result mix and matching several set of abilities and some have great synergy. So far I've done Tank/Single target DPS/AOE wave clearing/Aura + heal/Enemy debuff focus with monk and i can see a few more set of skill combos to try once i learned all of the runes.
Monk is also interesting because each of the primary skill is useful for different situation, there's even a passive skill you learn the encourage the use of multiple primaries at once.
Some examples:
If we have a Barb in the team and he's tanking, i'll go something like this to reduce damage everyone takes , If i'm the one tanking i'll go something like this. Nightmare isn't as hard as D2, but i'm starting to see some really nasty elite packs with evil abilities combo (fuck walling/arcane) so i think something like debuff build might be useful on hell difficulty.
Last edited by Dark Dragon; Fri, 05-18-2012 at 03:11 AM.
58 Witch Doctor right now. I'm on Act3 Hell. For those that say this is easy haven't tried Hell that's for sure. Sure the penalty is cheap. But that doesn't make it easier. I'm in the first tower with the Sin Heart and man i wiped for an hour now with 2 different groups. On hell all rare spawns and champions have 3 abilitys. They can get some crazy combo's. Like Frozen, Jailer and Arcane Enchanted. Can't imagine what Inferno will be like.
Sounds awesome. Can't wait to go to hell.
LOL...
Peace.
Breezing through hell by just mindlessly AoEing everything down with three friends at the moment, currently playing a 57 witch doctor on act 3. Hopefully act 4 or inferno will ramp up the difficulty enough >
It's lots of fun but I'm a bit fearful about the openness off the auction house in the end game, just buy the best gear!
the game is difficult enough already while normal group of mobs are no problem at all, nearly every blue/yellow elite pack one shots me and needs a lot of kiting work. (lol @ ridiculous elite packs with all 3 enhancements like "Frozen, Jailer, Waller"... or "Jailer+Mortar"
the fact that you can't equip yourself doesn't help either, so the auction house is probably the only way to get decent items
i haven't found a single item on nightmare worth keeping and we are now playing hell with equipment I gathered in Normal mode...its annoying.
the smiths doesn't offer anything worth crafting either, I shouldn't have spent a single gold on that guy
All in all I've to say that D3 is by far the worst game Blizzard released so far, very...very very weak story, bad voice acting, some of the worst dialogues I've seen and disney villains.
I'd like to see some more skillslots too, 6 are simply not enough for what I'd like to have.
can't believe it took them so long to release the game, feels like a job any decent company could achieve in 2 years or so.
Last edited by KrayZ33; Sat, 05-19-2012 at 07:04 AM.
You think it took them more than 2 years? Hahahahahahhahaha
Finally got to hell, and my Demon Huntress simply cannot survive well solo. She has great damage, but is so weak, like a glass cannon. Elite enemies beat the shit out of me a few times before I manage to kill them... slowly.
Peace.
whats your build?
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculato...QVT!aYe!YbbabZ
im going with this on hell
both solo and grp.
I'd like to switch hungering arrow to something else... the Bola-shot looks nice, especially the stun version against bosses/elites.
I use my own. I generally don't use (or even look at) set builds because I enjoy creating my own.
The build is similar, but without the pet.
I use a skill slot for Mortal Enemy, which I use against bosses/elites with Rapid Fire.
Peace.
18 hours played, act 3 on normal, level 27 monk. Not sure how many hours you guys are playing to be on higher difficulties with such high level characters.
Blizzard has its shit down, releasing at the start of summer vacation.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
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