Hit level 41 last night with my Witch Doctor, and I'm getting close to the end of Act 2 NM. Having a hard time getting a good skill setup that I'm happy with and that's useful. I end up changing it a lot based on who I'm playing with, but I guess that's sort of the point.
How are the summons? I loved the Necro in D2 and played the WD in the beta, but I was worried I'd be setting myself for too passive of an experience
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
From: neonreaper | #476 Achromatic posted... I am starting my review right now. I have several complaints about some fundamental flaws in game design as well as execution, but I don't know I think people who want amazing items as they level (note: there are legendary items along the way if you want to go rare item hunting) to be silly. Like if you love to level that's great, get some orange gear and have a blast =P
yeah don't agree with you at all here.
Uh, which one? and why?
I'm not going to disagree that you are writing a review!
But it's not silly to want cool items while you aren't Act 4 Inferno farming - it's cool that you are already there but uh I think that's atypical and having boring items when you aren't farming endgame is atypical of the Diablo experience.
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
Achromatic posted... I am starting my review right now. I have several complaints about some fundamental flaws in game design as well as execution, but I don't know I think people who want amazing items as they level (note: there are legendary items along the way if you want to go rare item hunting) to be silly. Like if you love to level that's great, get some orange gear and have a blast =P
yeah don't agree with you at all here.
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
The Real Truth posted... I've had 1 death in every Act when soloing. Aside from the first death, the other 2 were from my switching up my skills. Leap + Gound Stomp + Seismic Slam works really well. I can pull enemies close together and stun then, smack on them, leap out, and use Seismic Slam to mass AoE control them. I also have Earthquake which I love, but has a huge CD. I died on the Act 2 boss like 4 times playing with Neon. Tried to save him and got my ass kicked in the process.
About to fight the Act 3 boss (I think) now.
yeah first time, I just didn't know the fight. then one of the others, I was behind Belial and couldn't see the green circles. I didn't spec in leap/sprint so I was pretty easily painted into a corner during other attempts. fifth time's a charm!
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
Achromatic posted... This game is late game oriented, ie where you are going to spend 99% of your time.
Sure but I liked getting cool little items during my time in D1 and D2. And I can see that maybe they want to keep people away from just having the same items and twinking the same items etc. I just liked seeing greens and golds along the way.
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
I will say that the loot is very underwhelming so far, 10 hours in, and in Act 3. Not that I expect amazing stuff, and I know I'll replace whatever I do get very rapidly, but... still. I just pick up stuff with strength, and most rares don't have enough to keep me away from blues at the moment.
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
and yeah, the best drops come from elites/champions/uniques/whatever. I've only fought one true act boss so far but the fights seem tough enough that you won't really be able to rush through them over and over. So it'll be more like Pit runs instead of Meph runs.
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
The Real Truth posted... - There's obviously going to be an expansion, when my copy says "standard edition." This is bad, considering they spent as long as they did on this game. And I don't mean expansions are bad. I mean, they planned all of this out a long time ago.
standard vs collector's
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
Just youtube all the cinematics for the games. I love the games but the best parts are playing the harder difficulties, not the first run through on normal.
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
*sneeze, sneeze, nose blow, obviously feeling pretty sick* "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD BLESS YOU" /sarcastic "uhh thanks" "OH HAHA isn't it stupid to say that????"
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
Gamestop stock dropped a bit yesterday - they mitigated much of their losses with their usual ways of getting revenue, but it's still not a great year to be in the business, due to where we are in the cycle. Might hop on after the next (probably bad) quarter for them.
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
Yeah, they didn't do a good job considering: 1) always online (defensible or not, they should have done a better job) and 2) they advertised being able to log on a midnight PST with digital purchases
outside of those things, no biggie
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
The Mana Sword posted... How much monthly data do people normally use anyway? Unless you're regularly streaming video to your phone, you're probably not going over the 2GB $30 plan
I don't typically use more than half a GB but it's been really nice not having to worry about it.
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
D2 was designed/balanced for a solo player with good stat/skill allocation, and the 'difficulty' ramped up through monster attributes. D3 seems to be the opposite - designed/balanced around 4 people playing, and ramping down for less people.
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
I died against a pack of teleporting berserker guys. I was in a two player game and said "brb" to take my pillz, and the other guy just went ahead and died to the mage guy after the Ferryman. So I shot up there, not realizing what happened and killed the named mage, but then saw my pal was dead so I backtracked, and some rare berserker guys showed up, and the minion mages were still around. The other guy was also a barb... you really don't just wade in and tank stuff anymore at all. You really need to be active. I'm trying to figure out the best weapon/left click combo - I didn't find Fury all that effective with 1h, dual, or 2h. I think I like Cleave the best.
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
I think of this topic less about being ashamed and more about "things you like that have terrible fanbases". I love Zelda. Many Zelda fans are great. Many are just godawful. I rarely enjoy talking about Zelda with people on the internet because you almost immediately run into the awful sort.
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
Okay, there was once this little kid named Johnny. His dad was really rich and nice. Johnny's second birthday was coming up, so his dad asked him what he wanted. He said, "Pingpong balls, daddy!" His dad was confused, but he nonetheless went out and bought a packet of three balls for his son. The big day came, and Johnny was delighted with his present of pingpong balls. He happily went upstairs with them. A little while later, his dad came up to check on him, but the balls were all gone. He asked Johnny what happened to him, but got only a blank toddler stare. Johnny was really happy, though, so he didn't think about it too much.
A year went by, and Johnny's dad again asked Johnny what he wanted. "Pingpong balls!" he said. "Are you sure?" "Yes, daddy! Pingpong balls!" The dad shrugged and went to the store, where he bought two sleeves this time. He figured Johnny could lose one and still have the other. Well, the same thing happened: Johnny was overjoyed, took the balls to his room, and they seemed to vanish. He was still pleased, though, so his dad sorta shrugged and didn't worry about it.
Well, this happened every year. Johnny's dad got him an increasing amount of pingpong balls every year, and they always disappeared mysteriously. He got him a whole wheelbarrowful at age 8.
Johnny was now almost 16, and his dad knew the drill by now. "You want pingpong balls, right?" "Duh, dad. Of course." "Well, normal teens want cars, so I'm getting you a car, too." "Sweet!" The big day came, and Johnny's dad led him out to the driveway, where this sweet red convertible was parked. And it was completely filled with -you guessed it- pingpong balls. "Wow, dad! Can I take it for a spin around the 'hood?" "Sure!" So Johnny drove off in ecstasy, and nobody was really surprised when he came home sans balls.
Well, Johnny was getting married to Janie. For a wedding gift, Johnny's dad gave them this HUUUUUGE estate. He airdropped pingpong balls on it until the entire place was waist-deep in 'em. He even built a few silos and filled them, too. All told, there were countless millions of pingpong balls.
The next day, Dad decided to drive out there to see if Johnny and Janie were okay (Johnny had a history of not getting along with girls...) He also was curious if the balls were still there. Well, he got there, and noticed that the balls were all gone, but the main thing he saw was an ambulance. Some paramedics were carrying Johnny out on a stretcher, and they told Dad that he'd fallen down the stairs and hit his head. And so, everyone rushed to the hospital, and Johnny went to the ER. After a few hours, the doctor brought Dad and Janie in to speak to him. "He's not doing so great," the doc said. "He might not survive the operation."
They went in, and talked for a bit. Finally, Dad said, "Son, there's just one more thing I want to know. What on Earth did you do with all those pingpong balls?"
Johnny looked at his father for a minute, then slowly rose to a sitting position with great difficulty. "Well, Dad..." he said. Then he died.
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
Yeah I agree with LS about the co-dependent thing. You don't even know if you like this girl, you just want to be in a relationship with her. Think of dating as both parties figuring out if they like each other beyond "cute person I met at Subway". If she's too busy, then just blow her off and move on.
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.