Lurker > Forceful_Dragon

btw joyrock how long did it take them to give you the rollback on your account? It feels like this is taking foreeeever ;_;




Edit: But the irony is that since I only lost a handful of gems and 300k gold if I had just ignored the fact that I lost anything and spent the entire night playing anyways I'd end up further ahead than when my account gets fixed...

I'd find at least as many gems as I lost, and better ones at that.

and I'd still be out the 300k gold that was stolen but now I'm also out all the gold that I *didn't* make from not playing all night. Not sure how much I would have made, might not qutie have covered it or might have more than covered it counting the gear I'd pick up. And I'm out the XP too...


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Massive spoilers for ONLINE FIGHTING in this post.







Also I re-read the script that you send out last year since it's been awhile.

I forgot how much Lucas bothered me <__<''


Like, I just have such a difficult time rooting for the guy.

Yeah, Josh was despicable too, especially early on, but Lucas' first instinct is to slander him to the girlfriend? You shouldn't be able to win the day by initially causing drama with full on lies.

Especially since he (lucas) was a good part of the reason she left. Maybe 50% Lucas for being a thoughtless idiot and hurting her. 20% Josh for being an opportunistic ******* and 30% Anna for being the kind of girl who would leave her boyfriend for an opportunistic *******?

Don't get me wrong, the play is hilarious and the story is still compelling, but both of the main characters come off as complete heels to me and the leading lady doesn't seem like much of a catch anyways. She dated Josh for 3 years and she's going leave him because her EX BOYFRIEND says that he cheated. And then when she finds out that he was LYING about the cheating she's still going to get back with her Ex?

Lucas' mom is the only main character who remotely resembles a good person and she tried to go in a date with her son's ex-best-friend. <_<

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Woo! I'm glad you kept bumping this. I've been a huge fan of it since you first e-mailed copies to us all those years ago. Really happy to see it doing so well. Keep us posted on how it goes pls ^_^

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I am totally running through Hell with a "press Archon Form to explode everything around me when necessary" kit.


From the looks of things I should be able to do the following:

Starting with base damage 100...

1) Use Glass cannon. (Base *1.15 = 115)

2) Activate Energy Weapon with Force Weapon Rune. (Adds 30% to the 115% = 149.5)

3) Activate Faimilar with Sparkflint Rune. (Adds 12% to the 115% at the same time as EW. = 163.3)

3.5) get your Arcane Dynamo stacks to 4 out of 5.

4) Activate Slow Time with Time Warp Rune. (for a 20% amplify later)

5) Activate Arcane Torrent with Arcane Disruption Rune. (for a 15% amplify later)

6) Hit with Shock Pulse with the Fire Bolts rune. (To charge Arcane Dynamo and inflict Conflagration)

7) Activate Archon Form (Deals 450% of 163.3 = 734.85 of your orignal base damage being dealt)

8-A) THEN that damage is separately increased by 75%, 10%, 15% and 20% from Dynamo, Conflagration, Arcane Disruption and Time Warp.

This would add 551.1375 and 73.485 and 110.2275 and 146.97 bringing the total damage up to 1616.67% of the original base damage.

8-B) OR the damage increases apply on top of each other. I'm pretty sure they don't, but if they do it would bring the total to 1952.129%



I can't be sure if the 4 damage amps get added side by side or on top of each other, at least not until I test doing a stable amount of damage both with and without the amps, but it's still either 1616% of base damage or 1952% of base damage in a single shot. In a 15 yard AoE.

Things are going to literally disappear when I press the Archon button. Just need to make sure to gear every possible item I can with +base damage or whatever as well. I can't wait to try this.


To sum up:

Left Click = Shock Pulse (Fire Bolts)
Right Click = Arcane Torrent (Arcane Disruption)

1 = Energy Weapon (Force Weapon)
2 = Familiar (Sparkflint)
3 = Slow Time (Time Warp)
4 = Archon (Arcane Disruption)

Passives = Glass Cannon, Conflagration, Arcane Dynamo

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Right, anything with Adds it makes sense to run Electrocute, but when you're going into a non add boss you have time to switch it up before it starts.


What other passives do you run? I assume Astral Presence because that thing seems necessary in every kit. And Evocation?

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Also I wonder if the Arcane Dynamo passive works with the "Archon Destruction" explosion.

That would be 787% weapon damage in an AoE.

Even more if "glass cannon" is multiplicative and not additive.

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Azula? Niiiiice name! ^_^

But still electrocute deals 80% of weapon damage and generates 1 AP per enemy hit. (Against a single boss this is 1)

Magic Missile deals deals 110% of weapon damage and generates 4.

So its really a difference of 3 AP and a 37% increase on your primary attack damage >_>



Also I''ve finally been looking at the numbers on spell effects (since I have nothing else to do) and saw this:

"Arcane Destruction

An explosion erupts around you when you transform, causing 450% weapon damage as Arcane to all enemies within 15 yards."

I might just stop running teleport Archon to have the super boom. I didn't realize it did so much when you transformed. My question is whether or not enemies killed by the boom count towards the +1 seconD on archon form.


So yeah I'm going to continue mathcrafting for awhile hoping my account is ready soon ^__^

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Why Electrocute instead of Magic Missile if you're going for the +AP on hit effect?

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Grats Lopen. What skills did you run for him?



btw It has now been 5 hours since I reported the hack. Only 1-7 hours left!

I could be like level 55 already ;_;


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My question is whether or not Archon even has a realistic position in a high level wizard's kit, realistically?


Not being able to teleport (unless I rune for it) or pushback or diamond skin has major drawbacks. I would need serious amounts of "life gain % on hit" stacked to even come close to replacing the usefulness of everything I feel like I'm missing as an Archon.

TBH half the time (because I always have it runed for TP) I end up using it as a 2nd TP in a clutch moment.

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MeteorExF posted...

Yeah I know, I just hate stupid difficulty spikes due to RNG.

.. welcome to Diablo?

Diablo IS RNG.

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Can't you always just log off and restart from the latest check point with re-randomized mobs if you really want to avoid a nasty combination that you pulled?

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They didn't say anything during the Shawerma scene anyways.


Which in my opinion just adds to the humor because they are just so beleaguered and so the quiet makes it hilarious because you have to remember at which point in the movie that scene occurred.

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Ah, I still thought it was a good guess =P

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From: Dr_Football | #199
Well that was awesome


Kind of an underwhelming response imo <__<


From: GenesisSaga | #200
Change of plans. Instead of seeing it in 2D earlier, we've gone to see it in regular 3D (no IMAX) later. Waiting for it to start now, and they haven't even gotten to the previews yet. They need to hurry up!!! D:
I liked it just as much the second time, how about you?

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Squall #4

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Tagging this.

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From: foolm0ron | #438
Yeah, on lower difficulties, 2Hand works really well because you can just sit there and spam high-AP skills at a slower rate, and since AP regenerates at a constant rate, you get higher DPS. In Normal and Nightmare right now, AP is definitely my DPS bottleneck. That's why my build focuses on reducing AP cost, so I can spam more. In this case, a 2Hand works the best. But I can imagine in Hell/Inferno, you can't just sit there and blow everything up, even with Diamond Skin, so AP management won't be your biggest issue.



Right I'm starting to feel like teleport and Hydra are going to be a necessary party of a high end Wizard's kit.

But I'm not sure if which Hydra to go with and if I want to drop a passive spot to enhance the hydra. (Give it a chance to stun w/ electricity, slow with arcane, or increased DPS with fire).


I basically got through Nightmare using Disitintgrate + Decreased AP Use on Lightning Shield + Decreased AP Use on Diamond Skin, but I don't think that's going to fly anymore.

Although I did fun stuff vs Diablo.

Arcane Hydra (+ Slow on Arcane damage passive) on right click.
Frost Beam (with reduced cost)

Teleport (with the 2 illusions rune)
AoE Knockback (with stun)
Diamond Skin (increased duration)
Frost Armor (with chill aura)


My DPS was very slow since it relied on frost beam for most of it, but diablo was incredibly easy to kite to death on nightmare. But using the passive that gives you 20 max AP and 2 AP/second means that you can afford to make frost beam your Left click without ever running dry effectively.

But yeah he would run up to me and get slowed by the arcane hydra and beam and chill aura.
Or he would get near me and get pushback/stunned.
Or he would get closer to me and I could TP away.
Or he would actually hit me and usually get frozen.

Also I learned that you can reflect Diablo's scream back with the pushback. I wasn't sure it was a projectile ^_^


But I'm definitely going to be doing a lot more tinkering during my Hell runs to figure out what I think is actually most practical/best.

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Squall #3

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Awesome thread that clears up some stuff about Wizard DPS

http://d3db.com/blue/thread/3424908246/us


It covers things like whether or not you should use a 2H or a 1H + Offhand.

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Squall #2

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Squall #1

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Zidane

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Belle

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Dr_Football posted...

Wheee about to watch it 3d IMAX

Grats

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So many votes against Prisoner of Fate.

Some people do not remember the Miguel fight it seems... Anyways my own votes coming in a bit. Playing LoL but will give these a proper listening after.

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My bro says thanks as well.

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And they will read this topic.

And then say to themselves.

"I need to see Avengers"

And then.

They will.

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My first death in D3.

Ran into Enchanted, Arcane, Shielding in Act 2 of Nightmare.

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Red/FD DuoQ incoming.

http://www.twitch.tv/red13n

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Yeah that's perfect. TY so much ^_^

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Questions 1, 2, 7 and 8 down. Thanks much all ^_^

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(6)

A) Given the equation 4x^2 - 6xy + 4y^2 = 16 find dy/dx

B) What is the value at points (-2,2) and (1,-1)?

C) Interpret the meaning of these values.



(7)

A) Find the value of k that makes p(x) continuous, given p(x) =
sqrt(3x + 7) FOR X <= 3
x^2 - xk FOR x > 3

B) Find the value of k that makes f(x) continous if f(x) =
- abs(x-2)+k FOR X <=4
-kx^2 - kx - 23 FOR X > 4



(8)

A Spherical balloon is inflated with helim at the rate of 100%u03C0 ft^3 / min

A) How fast is the balloon's radius increasing at the instant the radius is 5 feet?

b) How fast is the surface area increasing at that instant?






So yeah answering these 8 questions will be a huge help to him ^_^

I'm gonna have him do what he can on them right now but at the very least I can use any help I get from b8 to correct his work.

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(4)

Let v(t) be the velocity in feet per second of a skydiver at the time t seconds, t >= 0. After her chute opens, her velocity satisfies the differential equation dv/dt = -2(v+17), with the initial condition v(0) = -47

a) Use separation of variables to find an expression for v in terms of t where t is measured in seconds.

b) Terminal velocity is defined as lim v(t) (as t approaches infinity). Find the terminal velocity of the skydiver to the nearest foot per second.

C) It is safe to land when here speed is 20 feet per second. At what time t does she reach this speed?




(5)

Let f(x) be the functiond efined by f(x) = cos^2(x) - cos(x) for 0 <= x <= (3%u03C0/2)

a) determine the exact values of the x-intercepts of the graph of f(x)
b) use calculus to determine the intervals on which f(x) is increasing.
c) find the x-values for which the tangent to f(x) is parallel to the horizontal axis.

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pirate109 posted...

Sure, I don't mind answering some questions if they're as brief as the ones in the OP.

Whelp I dunno how much work is involved in these, but if you wanted to answer these problems then at the very least he could use them to compare his own work too. (aka he's probably just going to want to copy it >_<'' )


2) The position of a particle is given the equation s(t) = (1/3)t^3 - 8t^2 + 28t where t is measured in seconds and s in meters.

Use Calculus to describe the details of the particle's motion for 0 <= t <= 5

A) Find the velocity and acceleration functions.

B) Graphs all three functions: Position, velocity, and acceleration.

C) When is the particle speeding up? When is it slowing down? Give a reason for your answers.



3)

Let g(x) = [integral symbol with x at the top and -1 at the bottom] f(t) dt

A) graph the function f(x) =
(1/4)x + 2 FOR -2 <= x < 4
8 FOR x = 4
2x-5 FOR 4 < x <=6
-x+13 FOR 6 < x <= 9

B) Computer G (3) and G' (-12)

C) Determine the instantaneous rate of change of g, with respect to x, at x=2

D) What is the absolute minimum value of g on the interval [-2,4]. Justify your answer.

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Yes ^_^

Will bookmark that for later. I'll probably start learning calc again in July or something. I did finish 2 semesters of calculus (got an A and a B) and so I know that I was really good at it once. But apparently when you don't do something for over 5 years you can forget how! <__<

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Blegh, I'm not remembering any of this at all.

i'm taking physics this fall and so I'm going to need to spend some real time this summer re-learning how to do calculus. Does anyone have a good suggestion on how to do that? Maybe there is a site explaining calc I could work through? I'm sure as long as I'm starting from scratch I'll pick it up much easier the 2nd time as things come back to me. I remember terms like derivative and whatnot, but I can't recall how the different notations cause the number and functions to interact.



But basically I have learned that I will be absolutely no help to my younger brother on his calculus final. (It's a take home final)

Does anyone want to solve and show work on like 7 problems for him? <__<

If not that's cool, he should have paid more attention in class if he can't do it either after a whole semester.

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<3 Crasty.


... even though that wasn't exactly helpful at all >__>

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It has been something like 5 years since I've done any calc and so I was wondering if there were any smart people who can answer these questions >_>



Let f(x) be the function defined by f(x) = 2x^3 - 3x^2 - 12x + 20

(a) Write an equation of the line normal to the graph of f(x) at x=0

(b) find the x- and y- coordinates of all poitns on the graph of f(x) where the line tangent to the graph is parallel to the x-axis

(c) sketch the graph of f with the line(s) tagnent to the point(s) that you found from part b.




I'm trying to wrestle through this and like 8 other problems and I really haven't touched the subject in too long. Does anyone know how to do this stuff still?

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Joyrock you are literally giving up on a company because they are having issues in the first week of a MAJOR title launch.


Games have hit the market a LOT less prepared than diablo 3 and with a LOT more collateral damage done to the customers. And knowing blizzard you can bet that all of these problems will become a fading memory in virtually no time.

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Tag.


Great stuff so far. Don't really need to change your write ups at all.

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Board User Level 36: Ancient
Awarded to users with at least 2157 Karma.


Grats dude!

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Grats on 20!

And welcome to the endless pursuit of tier 3 runes. ^_^

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<p>From: neonreaper | #252
Players can no longer dual-wield two-handed weapons</p>


My favorite hotfix change by far, lol.

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Genny, throw squall an extra vote for poor FD who never was a jerk in the save contests ;__;


When people think "squall fanboy" I am usually the 2nd person to come to mind after L4 and we're both pretty cool about our Squall fandom. Don't let everyone else ruin his good name.

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100% seems fair.

Because clearly the only thing the 360 does is utilize the borrowed software to decode video content. The system doesn't do ANYTHING else.

I know that's why I planned to get a 360.

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Ramza

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Cool, we got a new puppy yesterday too!



Half Chihuahua and half who the hell knows.

She's very cute and very fluffy ^_^

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Ouch, not looking forward to that then.

And I'm totally in love with Prism + The lightning shield buff that reduces casting cost.

1) Make sure lightning shield is always on.

2) Spam Disintegrate until AP is low-ish.

3) Turn on Prism and continue to spam Disintegrate now that it is basically free to cast.



Is there any reason not to run disintegrate on my right click? Ice beam isn't strong anymore, arcane grenades are very limited shot (I only used them briefly after I got Arcane Orbit) and the other one either (a) takes forever to hit or (b) can't even be aimed period.

Meanwhile disintegrate does serious amounts of work. Awesome raw damage, hits THROUGH enemies to kill everything in a line AND causes extra rays to shoot out of me using the rune so it can clean up even when things don't line straight up.

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