[Sindriss]

What class Gothos?

Going to act2 for a barb is freaking crazy, you really need a solid basket of gear to do it and no lag.

[Gothos]

Demon Hunter

[Obdigore]

Sindriss, on 01 June 2012 - 10:19 AM, said:

So how far are you people? My barb is still lurking in act1 inferno.

Atm I spent my time either leveling up my wiz (24), searching AH for bargains that can be sold more expensive, or cheesing it up with my barb in inferno act4, aspect killing for lvl60 blues.

Act 1 with my Monk. I get roflstomped by most packs since they apparently all have chains or molten and are fast. Back to farming act IV hell for cash and items to equip/sell to find good gear on the AH and buy it. My DPS is only just over 8K . I hate how monks have to go tanky with resist and a shield instead of doing dps.

[Sindriss]

Obdigore, on 01 June 2012 - 05:42 PM, said:

Sindriss, on 01 June 2012 - 10:19 AM, said:

So how far are you people? My barb is still lurking in act1 inferno.

Atm I spent my time either leveling up my wiz (24), searching AH for bargains that can be sold more expensive, or cheesing it up with my barb in inferno act4, aspect killing for lvl60 blues.

Act 1 with my Monk. I get roflstomped by most packs since they apparently all have chains or molten and are fast. Back to farming act IV hell for cash and items to equip/sell to find good gear on the AH and buy it. My DPS is only just over 8K . I hate how monks have to go tanky with resist and a shield instead of doing dps.

Please, monks have it easier than barbs anyday of the week. Anyway, with a proper weapon and then focus on high resists, your dodge-tankin your way through act 1 easily.

Act 2 is supposedly much worse. I could farm act 1, but in the end, I can get better items by farming aspects in act 4 inferno.

[Sparrohawk]

You don't need to focus on high resists. Just one. There's a Monk passive that raises all your resists to the level of the highest one.

Act 1 Inferno. Only rare mob I've had to avoid was an invulnerable minion pack. Kited it to a corner, then died and avoided the area. Bit annoying. (Wizard)

[Sindriss]

It is really annoying how much better suited ranged is in inferno...

[Obdigore]

Sindriss, on 02 June 2012 - 03:02 AM, said:

Obdigore, on 01 June 2012 - 05:42 PM, said:

Sindriss, on 01 June 2012 - 10:19 AM, said:

So how far are you people? My barb is still lurking in act1 inferno.

Atm I spent my time either leveling up my wiz (24), searching AH for bargains that can be sold more expensive, or cheesing it up with my barb in inferno act4, aspect killing for lvl60 blues.

Act 1 with my Monk. I get roflstomped by most packs since they apparently all have chains or molten and are fast. Back to farming act IV hell for cash and items to equip/sell to find good gear on the AH and buy it. My DPS is only just over 8K . I hate how monks have to go tanky with resist and a shield instead of doing dps.

Please, monks have it easier than barbs anyday of the week. Anyway, with a proper weapon and then focus on high resists, your dodge-tankin your way through act 1 easily.

Act 2 is supposedly much worse. I could farm act 1, but in the end, I can get better items by farming aspects in act 4 inferno.

Yea, Monk heals dont scale, no huge hp pools, and no crazy health on hit abilities, nor do monks have anything like earthquake or frenzy. Not to mention that RNG is a terrible idea for defense, and has been proven to Blizzard a couple of different times but they keep doing it.

[Loki]

http://www.gameinfor...i-cheaters.aspx

[Mentalist]

Loki, on 11 June 2012 - 11:53 PM, said:

http://www.gameinfor...i-cheaters.aspx

By sending out messages like this, they basically acknowledge that they`ve failed in the very rationale they used to defend their choice of always on DRM.

*golf clap*

[Aptorian]

What do you mean. They use battlenet to find the track cheating and hacking. That's how they ban people. Did we read two different articles?

[Sparrohawk]

Mentalist, on 12 June 2012 - 02:28 AM, said:

Loki, on 11 June 2012 - 11:53 PM, said:

http://www.gameinfor...i-cheaters.aspx

By sending out messages like this, they basically acknowledge that they`ve failed in the very rationale they used to defend their choice of always on DRM.

*golf clap*

I don't think they ever said that online only would proactively stop all piracy and cheating in D3.

[Lucifer's Heaven]

Sparrohawk, on 12 June 2012 - 06:03 AM, said:

Mentalist, on 12 June 2012 - 02:28 AM, said:

Loki, on 11 June 2012 - 11:53 PM, said:

http://www.gameinfor...i-cheaters.aspx

By sending out messages like this, they basically acknowledge that they`ve failed in the very rationale they used to defend their choice of always on DRM.

*golf clap*

I don't think they ever said that online only would proactively stop all piracy and cheating in D3.

Piracy I think they just kinda mentioned obliquely, if at all. But one of the most common reasons I read around the place (as in press releases and interviews with Blizzard) was to stop cheating.
Usually in the same "fairness" vein as is in that link (and I vaguely remember one quote saying how unfair and not well that went with D2, though I always played in the mode that basically allowed cheating anyway, so I his allusion didn't exactly resonate with me ) and with a nod at keeping integrity in the auction house.

This post has been edited by Lucifer's Heaven: 12 June 2012 - 05:40 PM

[Mentalist]

Lucifer, on 12 June 2012 - 05:33 PM, said:

Sparrohawk, on 12 June 2012 - 06:03 AM, said:

Mentalist, on 12 June 2012 - 02:28 AM, said:

Loki, on 11 June 2012 - 11:53 PM, said:

http://www.gameinfor...i-cheaters.aspx

By sending out messages like this, they basically acknowledge that they`ve failed in the very rationale they used to defend their choice of always on DRM.

*golf clap*

I don't think they ever said that online only would proactively stop all piracy and cheating in D3.

Piracy I think they just kinda mentioned obliquely, if at all. But one of the most common reasons I read around the place (as in press releases and interviews with Blizzard) was to stop cheating.
Usually in the same "fairness" vein as is in that link (and I vaguely remember one quote saying how unfair and not well that went with D2, though I always played in the mode that basically allowed cheating anyway, so I his allusion didn't exactly resonate with me ) and with a nod at keeping integrity in the auction house.

Can't wait to see them implement the RMAH and have it exploited to hell and back. by enterprising gold farmers.
Hopefully it'll teach them the lesson about trying to milk people for constant money at the expense of offline single-player.

[Sparrohawk]

Oh sweet fuckbuckets of Christ's withered white taintpubes not this again.

[Ceda Cicero]

Mentalist, on 13 June 2012 - 12:03 AM, said:

Lucifer, on 12 June 2012 - 05:33 PM, said:

Sparrohawk, on 12 June 2012 - 06:03 AM, said:

Mentalist, on 12 June 2012 - 02:28 AM, said:

Loki, on 11 June 2012 - 11:53 PM, said:

http://www.gameinfor...i-cheaters.aspx

By sending out messages like this, they basically acknowledge that they`ve failed in the very rationale they used to defend their choice of always on DRM.

*golf clap*

I don't think they ever said that online only would proactively stop all piracy and cheating in D3.

Piracy I think they just kinda mentioned obliquely, if at all. But one of the most common reasons I read around the place (as in press releases and interviews with Blizzard) was to stop cheating.
Usually in the same "fairness" vein as is in that link (and I vaguely remember one quote saying how unfair and not well that went with D2, though I always played in the mode that basically allowed cheating anyway, so I his allusion didn't exactly resonate with me ) and with a nod at keeping integrity in the auction house.

Can't wait to see them implement the RMAH and have it exploited to hell and back. by enterprising gold farmers.
Hopefully it'll teach them the lesson about trying to milk people for constant money at the expense of offline single-player.

Won't have to wait long—RMAH is live.

[Lucifer's Heaven]

Oh hey... A whole bunch of lan cafes in South Korea are filing a class action law suit against Blizzard for excessive downtime...


Blizzard's South Korean offices have been raided by the government for refusing to refund people because of said downtime.
I guess you take gaming more seriously as a government when it is a major national sport and probably a really decent part of your economy (both as units sold and as revenues generated from e-sports)

If that lawsuit wins, it could have interesting repurcussions.

[Illuyankas]

South Korea have different rules regarding services and the lack of them to the US, so it'll be a big PR thing but it won't really effect anything happening in America.

[Lucifer's Heaven]

Illuyankas, on 13 June 2012 - 06:30 PM, said:

South Korea have different rules regarding services and the lack of them to the US, so it'll be a big PR thing but it won't really effect anything happening in America.

Oh, I don't think it will affect laws/rulings in the US if the lawsuit is successful. That's not what I meant. But it certainly could have an impact on game developers, beta testing, and how ready certain things are before release.

[Sparrohawk]

They'll probably clue into the fact that they probably should have had some more/better server architecture going (not knowing how such things work). I would guess that the next time they do a big release like this, they'll have better servers in place, but only in Korea or other places where the government feels totally entitled to raid a company office XD

Based on the delay with the RMAH, numerous server weirdnesses (both at launch and now) and the hilariously weird difficulty curve in Inferno (which they admit they want to smooth out, as at the moment it's more than a tad nuts), the game really wasn't as ready as it appeared. I guess even Blizzard's forbearance with the 'we'll release it when it's ready' dogma has its limits

[Mentalist]

Sparrohawk, on 14 June 2012 - 01:52 AM, said:

They'll probably clue into the fact that they probably should have had some more/better server architecture going (not knowing how such things work). I would guess that the next time they do a big release like this, they'll have better servers in place, but only in Korea or other places where the government feels totally entitled to raid a company office XD

Based on the delay with the RMAH, numerous server weirdnesses (both at launch and now) and the hilariously weird difficulty curve in Inferno (which they admit they want to smooth out, as at the moment it's more than a tad nuts), the game really wasn't as ready as it appeared. I guess even Blizzard's forbearance with the 'we'll release it when it's ready' dogma has its limits

Well, with Kotick around, they can't not announce a release date, really....