Wow, D3 suddenly feels like an almost entirely different game now (or more like what it should've been since launch), I'm surprised they managed to turn most comments/feedback from negative to positive and fix so much with a single patch. So far having the most fun I ever did with this game. :P
Also, I read Act V is going to be as long as Act I, II and III combined in terms of length (or somewhere around that), hope that's true. Long acts with lots of content to explore ftw! :D So far, seems RoS to D3 is like what LoD was to D2.
He's the D2 Necro's apprentice or something. Now we just need someone to make those Witch Doctor dogs turn into skeletons and change the model into this guy and we are set.
I just recently purchases and on my first play though of diablo 3 and I am disappointed with it. I was expecting and improvement on diablo 2 and i find myself left and right missing old machanics of diablo 2 and being unimpressed with current mechanics. I feel it has been too dumbed down with the lack of customization. Unless the game dramatically changes, i will not be getting reaper of souls.
So I did hear the game improved by wayyyyy a lot. Removing the AH etc. making the loot drops more class specific for you. But I gave up on D3 after like a month. Not going to buy this expansion.
I've been playing since monday, and I have to say, I am thoroughly impressed with the improvements they have made to D3.
The new loot system and adventure mode really bring back the D2 feel.
Like most people, I was jaded by vanilla D3. I enjoyed vanilla up until the first time I used the AH. My roommates and I were all
leveling our characters together, then one of them started out DPSing us like crazy. We asked him why and found out he had bought
gear on the gold AH, and at that point we realized that AH gear will always be bounds ahead of any drop or crafting. Killed the drive to farm loot,
it was all about farming gold to buy new gear.
With the remove of AH and addition of Loot 2.0, playing has a purpose again. Legendaries feel Legendary! Started leveling a Crusader and found two
legendaries, each one gave me a HUGE stat boost. On my Barb, I have been finding about 1 legendary every 45min-1h30mins.
Crafting plays a big part now as well. With smart loot, every item you make is tailored to you, but is random enough that you'll want to keep crafting to get those "perfect" stats.
For example, tonight I was working on crafting a new lvl70 2h sword since I was still using a Skorn from lvl60. All of the swords were getting stats I could use, but not really the ones I wanted. Some had VIT instead of STR, some had +armor or +hp, etc. After about 20 crafts I finally got one that had everything I wanted, and it felt REWARDING. The time that I spent collecting and salvaging rares and blues gave me the ability to make my character stronger. I was even able to adjust it to fit my build using Transmogrify on the Mystic ( allows you to change attribute slot on an item to 1 of 3 randomly chosen, you can only roll one slot but you can do it multiple times) to give it Chance to Stun on Hit ( I have a legendary amulet that has a proc on Stun)
Adventure mode is another huge improvement, without it I think RoS would have died after a month, even with the new loot.
-For starters you can travel anywhere in the game, your not stuck in a single act.
-Second, Bounties give you something new to do in each Zone, Like killing a Unique mob or doing an Event, things you normal would have skipped just to finish the story line. You also recieve rewards by completing individual bounties as well as all the bounties in a zone.
-Third, Nephalem. Fucking. Rifts. These are awesome, they really bring me back to the D2 nostalgia of Meph and Bael runs. Once you collect 5 rift fragments (gotten from bounties) you can open a rift that creates a random tile with random a random mob set. The mobs are usually really high density so you kill ALOT. Once you kill a certain amount, a random Boss will spawn. Each run took us about 10-15mins, and we kept saying "ok, just one more rift, then bed."
I don't know how RoS will fair in the long run, but I definitely feel it has potential. Unlike vanilla, that left a bad taste (no pun intended), I definitely feel I've gotten my moneys worth.
@xcorbo: Go Been playing for some hours every day since Tuesday, gotta say I love it so far. The post above summed up what my thoughts were, although I can't comment on Adventure Mode (played Act V with one of my chars then immediately started a Crusader, so, didn't get a chance to play it :P), but it seems pretty neat.
With all this new stuff D3 finally feels like a complete game imo. Although I'm skeptical about some things, like the unified paragon levels, kinda feels like new chars will be standing on the shoulders of giants rather than becoming badassing all on their own.
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Wow, D3 suddenly feels like an almost entirely different game now (or more like what it should've been since launch), I'm surprised they managed to turn most comments/feedback from negative to positive and fix so much with a single patch. So far having the most fun I ever did with this game. :P
Also, I read Act V is going to be as long as Act I, II and III combined in terms of length (or somewhere around that), hope that's true. Long acts with lots of content to explore ftw! :D So far, seems RoS to D3 is like what LoD was to D2.
Wait, you do? Damn, I wish I knew that before spending thousands of gold unsocketing stuff. :P
Same here. Did not know that.
Me neither. I am shitting brick shaped stools from the revelation.
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Act V will be about as long as Act II. Just wanted to lay this out there before you go in with high expectations.
Really? Shame, oh well, thanks for saving me from a disappointment.
@Triceron: Go
I FOUND HIM!
He's the D2 Necro's apprentice or something. Now we just need someone to make those Witch Doctor dogs turn into skeletons and change the model into this guy and we are set.
So, who's playing?
I just recently purchases and on my first play though of diablo 3 and I am disappointed with it. I was expecting and improvement on diablo 2 and i find myself left and right missing old machanics of diablo 2 and being unimpressed with current mechanics. I feel it has been too dumbed down with the lack of customization. Unless the game dramatically changes, i will not be getting reaper of souls.
@xcorbo: Go
So I did hear the game improved by wayyyyy a lot. Removing the AH etc. making the loot drops more class specific for you. But I gave up on D3 after like a month. Not going to buy this expansion.
@xcorbo: Go
I've been playing since monday, and I have to say, I am thoroughly impressed with the improvements they have made to D3.
The new loot system and adventure mode really bring back the D2 feel.
Like most people, I was jaded by vanilla D3. I enjoyed vanilla up until the first time I used the AH. My roommates and I were all
leveling our characters together, then one of them started out DPSing us like crazy. We asked him why and found out he had bought
gear on the gold AH, and at that point we realized that AH gear will always be bounds ahead of any drop or crafting. Killed the drive to farm loot,
it was all about farming gold to buy new gear.
With the remove of AH and addition of Loot 2.0, playing has a purpose again. Legendaries feel Legendary! Started leveling a Crusader and found two
legendaries, each one gave me a HUGE stat boost. On my Barb, I have been finding about 1 legendary every 45min-1h30mins.
Crafting plays a big part now as well. With smart loot, every item you make is tailored to you, but is random enough that you'll want to keep crafting to get those "perfect" stats.
For example, tonight I was working on crafting a new lvl70 2h sword since I was still using a Skorn from lvl60. All of the swords were getting stats I could use, but not really the ones I wanted. Some had VIT instead of STR, some had +armor or +hp, etc. After about 20 crafts I finally got one that had everything I wanted, and it felt REWARDING. The time that I spent collecting and salvaging rares and blues gave me the ability to make my character stronger. I was even able to adjust it to fit my build using Transmogrify on the Mystic ( allows you to change attribute slot on an item to 1 of 3 randomly chosen, you can only roll one slot but you can do it multiple times) to give it Chance to Stun on Hit ( I have a legendary amulet that has a proc on Stun)
Adventure mode is another huge improvement, without it I think RoS would have died after a month, even with the new loot.
-For starters you can travel anywhere in the game, your not stuck in a single act.
-Second, Bounties give you something new to do in each Zone, Like killing a Unique mob or doing an Event, things you normal would have skipped just to finish the story line. You also recieve rewards by completing individual bounties as well as all the bounties in a zone.
-Third, Nephalem. Fucking. Rifts. These are awesome, they really bring me back to the D2 nostalgia of Meph and Bael runs. Once you collect 5 rift fragments (gotten from bounties) you can open a rift that creates a random tile with random a random mob set. The mobs are usually really high density so you kill ALOT. Once you kill a certain amount, a random Boss will spawn. Each run took us about 10-15mins, and we kept saying "ok, just one more rift, then bed."
I don't know how RoS will fair in the long run, but I definitely feel it has potential. Unlike vanilla, that left a bad taste (no pun intended), I definitely feel I've gotten my moneys worth.
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@xcorbo: Go Been playing for some hours every day since Tuesday, gotta say I love it so far. The post above summed up what my thoughts were, although I can't comment on Adventure Mode (played Act V with one of my chars then immediately started a Crusader, so, didn't get a chance to play it :P), but it seems pretty neat.
With all this new stuff D3 finally feels like a complete game imo. Although I'm skeptical about some things, like the unified paragon levels, kinda feels like new chars will be standing on the shoulders of giants rather than becoming badassing all on their own.