Diablo III - New patch 2.1 Coming Aug 26

[Raekwon]

Originally Posted by Slacker

Any expectations for this game? I'm currently installing it.

Say goodbye to your loved ones

[Esoteric]

Originally Posted by Slacker

Any expectations for this game? I'm currently installing it.

I'd expect that you should stock up at least 2 cases of Mountain Dew, and 4 bags of Doritos.

[Hanni]

Just finished Act I, the cinematic's in this game are spectacular.

[Shawnski]

For those that think the game play in "normal" is a measurement of the game itself, think again. Heck, even in normal I got caught with my pants down a a couple times and paid for it.

Nightmare gameplay is quite different, and as Komskies alluded to, Hell will be different again. Let alone Inferno!!!!

So here is my brain fart moment:

If you have NOT played through normal mode, don't read this.

Spoiler!

I got through the Butcher in normal just fine, strangely enough, as I had nightmares about him from D1. He was perhaps the best memory of that game for me and I am glad they brought him back for this one.

OK, so I am killing him in Nightmare, and have his health bar down to nothing visable whatsoever, go in for the kill shot(s) and somehow he one shots me to death! (Glad I wasn't playing hardcore)

Revive and go back that the SOB is full health... prick. Oh well, ended up killing him with an added achievement in that I did it when he knocked himself out!

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by SHOGUN

you can complete normal difficultly within 5-6 hours with a decent party, which imo, decreases the replayability significantly.

Apparently my friends and I are extremely slow because it took us that long to clear Act 1. Are you skipping all the lore, conversations and mini-dungeons or something to do it that fast?

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by Mazrim

Apparently my friends and I are extremely slow because it took us that long to clear Act 1. Are you skipping all the lore, conversations and mini-dungeons or something to do it that fast?

Fastest teams to do it initially were 7 hours. I would expect you could do it in 6 only if twinked and you knew what to expect or each of the harder fights.

[Swayze11]

[Top Shelf]

Originally Posted by Swayze11

Thats a good woman right there

[Hemi-Cuda]

so i did some shopping at the auction house after reading some suggestions here, and i got some nice goodies



i was holding my own just fine in nightmare before with around 600 dps, can't wait to watch stuff melt now

[Caged Great]

I'm a bit ahead of you at lvl 45, and I do about 1200 with a single weapon but one hell of a good shield (500 DF, + 88 Dex + 70 Vit) in act III and I'm just walking right through enemies at the moment.

[Caged Great]

I'm Using

1 Breath of Heaven + Circle of Life
2 Seven Sided Strike + Several sided strike
3 Sweeping Wing + Fore Storm
4 Mantra of Evasion + Walking through the reeds
Right Click Deadly Reach + Piercing Trident
Left Click Lashing Tail Kick + Spinning Flame Kick
Transcendence + One With Everything + Chant of Resonance

[Caged Great]

How has everyone else fared in the auction house?

I've made about 100K gold thus far from it.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

How has everyone else fared in the auction house?

I've made about 100K gold thus far from it.

what's a good pricing guide? i haven't sold anything yet due to either my items being not good enough or my prices too high. i'm only selling yellows since i don't see the blue items being worth it, but no takers yet

[ma-skis.com]

how are you guys buying in the auction house, are you using buy out or bidding?

also I am having trouble finding stuff at reasonable prices in general, are you just sorting through the lists...

btw, just finished act 1, but I am gonna go through the butcher again, I was with a barbarian who just speed ran through it, while I ended up dying on the butcher and just happened to collect the experience while he beat the guy....

was there a cp group on battle.net as well?

[nickerjones]

You can add us and we can play together.. As far as auction house.. I just put in what I'm looking for ( i.e. 1 handed weapon , 75+ intelligence , 50+ vitality) , I search and then go from lowest buyout and find what I want.

[Pacem]

Beat normal yesterday. Game seems kind of short, still great tho.

Normal was really easy so I was kind of worried about stepping into nightmare. So far i'm definitely more at risk of dying then I was previously. I was level 31 when I beat normal. So i'm over leveled for stuff, but pretty well undergeared so it levels out, lol.

The loot off of Diablo was very disappointing. 2 out of the 3 rares I got monk only items and both were not nearly as good as the items I was currently wearing. Maybe my memory is wrong, but in D2 when you beat Diablo the drops were really good. If you could use them or not, that was a different story. My memory could be wrong.

I haven't boughten anything off of the Auction House. I've been spending alot of my gold getting trade skill upgrades. As for selling... I was quite intoxicated the other night and I got onto the Auction House. I posted some not so good items at stupid high prices. Sold 1, however I used up all my 10 auction slots, so yeah I got to wait another 12 hours or so before I can post some stuff. My stash is full of the decent rares I want to try and sell.

[photon]

One reminder for those playing through the first time.. when different level potions start dropping a lot, remember to change the kind of potion your hotkey uses.. I'd hardly used any potions at all so I was still on the first level of them, then when I hit one of the boss battles and went to use a potion and my life hardly increased.. a definite "oh crap" moment lol.

Fortunately was able to snag a health globe and finish the fight being a bit more careful.

[KTrain]

Originally Posted by ma-skis.com

how are you guys buying in the auction house, are you using buy out or bidding?

I'm just using buyout. I bid on a couple things but by the time the auction was over I my character had leveled about 15 times and the item was useless. I couldn't seem to sort by time to see if auctions were ending sooner.

[nickerjones]

im kind of worried that the auction house will suck once they open it to real money.. i think people will only list things for money instead of gold

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by nickerjones

im kind of worried that the auction house will suck once they open it to real money.. i think people will only list things for money instead of gold

Why?

Blizzard takes a 15% cut, plus $1 from each RMAH sale. That means nothing will be on sale for less than $1.15 at any point. For $1.15+, it better be a pretty good item to warrant posting for RM vs gold. Plus, who will post an item for a 25 cent profit? You are likely looking at a realistic floor of $1.75-$2.00 for items. That leaves a ton on the gold AH.

I am guessing the bulk of the items for sale will be in the $3-5 range, with some ultra sought after items going for double digits (or higher).