Diablo III - New patch 2.1 Coming Aug 26

[ma-skis.com]

Originally Posted by Raekwon

+XP stuff does not scale very well. Just make sure you have the highest XP gem you can afford in your helm and stack DPS gear for super fast leveling. If you want to blast through the last 18 levels start searching now for Level requirement reduction gear it goes to -18. If you find a high DPS -18 weapon its crazy fun at level 42 on.

not a bad idea, considering how hard it gets after inferno, perhaps melting mobs between 42 and 60 can be my own way of karmic balance.

Any reason why there is such a huge gap between those perfect square gems and the flawless squares? i think it's those two... regardless, at one point it's only a couple hundred gold for a gem, then turns into 40k gold just for one.

[Rathji]

Because the reduced the crafting cost on all the others but left everything above flawless alone.

If you want flawless, they should be available for less than 1500 on the AH. Above that it costs 30k + 3 flawless to make, so 40k seems reasonable. If you are looking for gems to be crafted, feel free to contact me and I will do them for cost.

[IliketoPuck]

How much does a 6 property crafting pattern cost?

[Rathji]

For weapons, usually 1-10 million. For armor, typically 20-100 million. Just check the AH for patterns and use the word "Grand" as a filter.

[Rathji]

just did some quick research over lunch about the unidentified item exploit that exists.

Apparently, you can get a fairly good picture of what the stats are with this exploit, just not an exact stats. Like you can know if it has attack speed, damage bonus or str, but not the exact values of each stat. There seems to be a way to figure out a range, like between 100-200, or 1-50, but I don't care enough to figure it out.

Bottom line is, don't buy unID. Period.

[Raekwon]

The Blizz forums are blowing up with what looks like confirmed duping, basically 8 of the exact same items on the AH at once.

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

Originally Posted by woob

I'm level 15 and fairly new to the game. Do you guys typically auction Rares? I got one that I can't find in any of the Diablo 3 wiki's and wondering if I should throw it on auction.

I did things a little different than most I guess. I stored/muled almost all my yellow rares. Especially when I first started playing because I didn't understand the value of most stats. Got my first character (wizard) to 60, then started a new character, using the items I stored previously (I didn't like playing Inferno, so I just started a new char instead).

Now I have characters of every class, all of them packing solid gear from all the items I muled before. Started selling the lower leveled dex items as my monk/dh progressed, int items as my WD progressed, and now I'm dumping str items as my barb progresses.

Of course because of this I wasn't making a lot of money at first. That first million gold came really hard. But now I'm coming up on my 3rd million quite quickly and easily as a sell my stored/new rares.

[kirant]

http://www.news.com.au/technology/ga...-1226429628258

...Oops.

[IliketoPuck]

Should have picked up some food on hit gear...

[Daradon]

So does anyone have an idea what the heck these Black Rock Ledger pages are for? I've read a bit about them, but haven't found anything other than speculation and the Lost tie in.

Just deciding if I should waste time farming the last three.

[Rathji]

Nope.

Found one of them though.

[IliketoPuck]

Any of you fine upstanding citizens have any gear to donate to the "iliketopuck drive for act 2" fund?

I actually found a pretty sweet 1 hand mace the other night. 220+ dex, 500 LoH, 3% life steal, 1 socket, 750 dps. Wish it had 200-300 more damage, but its pretty good considering the stats it brings.

Right now what I feel is holding me back is a few of the more expensive pieces of gear. I play monk, and have been stacking light resist/all resist / dex/ vit. Trying to find gear with crit dmg and crit chance is expensive, but I've manged to get a few pieces. What I really need to upgrade is my helm, amulet, rings and belt. The other pieces should be more than enough to get me through.

Any thoughts on how to acumulate wealth? I was thinking about buying a pattern on the AH and just making items until I get a great roll.

[ma-skis.com]

I heard life steal doesn't scale well into inferno, like at inferno, they actually drop the percentage to 20% of the 3% you are stealing, (not sure if completely accurate) but life on hit seems to be the popular way to go.

[Shawnski]

Personally, I think crafting is a waste of time. Lots of coin to do it, limited results and ultimately you are only getting an iLvl 62 item max, where iLvl 63 can be significantly better.

Farm Act 1 with decent MF gear. You will likely get better rolls on the items that do drop, you will die less and ultimately you will find enough gear (or gold) to upgrade enough for Act II.

BTW, when soloing, try using the Scoundrel with a cold damage bow and his multishot ability. It will slow enemies for you nicely.

[IliketoPuck]

Life steal isn't great, but it will add maybe another 100-150 life per hit onto the already 500 LoH that the weapon has. Overall its a pretty good weapon. I priced it out on the AH last night, and it was better than any other weapon on there with similar stats, and the closest comparable was not even really that close and was selling for 25Mill.

[IliketoPuck]

@ Shawski

I've been doing the act 1 farming thing for the last few weeks, it just gets so boring and repetitive to do the same run over and over. I have an mf set that gives ~130 ish mf before NV, and I do get lots of drops it just seems like I've been pretty unlucky with what I've found.

[IliketoPuck]

Good tip on the follower usage, I generally haven't used any followers while playing....I just prefer to do it solo.

[theJuice]

Lol, you should always use a follower. It literally has no negatives whatsoever, and you dont have to manually add them in the future to your games, so it doesnt even slow you down. Hell, for many who do Act 1, its already easy enough, so they just simply use someone like the Templar and just use him as an MF mule, and forget stats and just pump him with as much MF as possible. Its only a 20% conversion, but every little bit helps.

Even if you are steam rolling act 1 and just doing runs, they add a semi decent amount of dps themselves, and normally provide helpful buffs.

While I agree with Shawnski that the scoundrel with a cold bow is great, I would say only for Wizards and DH's who rely on kiting/distance. For a Monk or Barb I suppose, I generally always prefer using the enchantress, with her Attack Speed buff and armor buff. I also gave her some semi Decent items, show she pumps out a respectable 8k dps or so.

[nickerjones]

Originally Posted by Shawnski

Personally, I think crafting is a waste of time. Lots of coin to do it, limited results and ultimately you are only getting an iLvl 62 item max, where iLvl 63 can be significantly better.

Farm Act 1 with decent MF gear. You will likely get better rolls on the items that do drop, you will die less and ultimately you will find enough gear (or gold) to upgrade enough for Act II.

This is untrue ... Yeah you have to put a lot of money into crafting and its a gamble but I am rolling the Trifecta once every 100 pairs I craft. So lets say I don't find any of the mats myself. thats 2800 essence x 1300 ( avg) for 3.4 mil, 500 tears at 400 (avg) = 200k, 800 tomes at ( 1000) = 800k so Mats are 4.7 million for 100 gloves Then the fee is 8.8 mil for 100 gloves. So your looking at 13.5 Million to craft 100 gloves.

As I said I am crafting one pair of trifecta gloves every 100. I have sold 1 pair for 115M , 1 pair for 37M, 1 pair for 27M , 1 pair at 12M , and I have 3 other pair I haven't even listed. This doesnt even count the other pairs that I sell from the group of 100. I would say crafting is actually pretty lucrative.

Remember even when you get a ilvl63 odds are it usually sucks .

[Shawnski]

NJ, it IS absolutely true.

Sorry to say, but even the best gloves you can craft will be second tier compared to what the game can drop. That is a simple fact.

You did well to get onto the glove boat early, no question and it worked for you. Cool. I am glad. Even in your example above though, for ~4.7 million I can buy a fantastic pair of gloves. Those that you sold are history... prices change. Heck I used to get $5 cash almost instantly for a certain blue item I could buy for ~150K gold. Isn't happening any more.

And don't even get me started on weapons. Anyone crafting those (iLvl 62) needs to give their head a shake.