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which vendor?
got more chains than the snow patrol every one razor thin like an insect stripper pole
+2-4 poison damage, +5% increased attack speed
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except I think it was maybe a different additional elemental damage type
I had bad luck with weapons until that point, so stuff went from being a bit tedious to kill to everything exploding
made like five monks never seen a one
got more chains than the snow patrol every one razor thin like an insect stripper pole
meanwhile there are 18 dps rare crossbows with worse stats going on the ah for 200k
Yup! I've got a couple pictures that I'll post up tonight once i get them off my phone.
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you are the master
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people are patiently poopsocking their way to hundreds of thousands of gold just because
But then again maybe not
An art book I'll flip through once, a soundtrack and blu ray I'll watch/listen to probably never
WoW and SC2 crap I will never use
Which leaves me with
A very cool diablo skull and USB stick, and an extra copy of D2
Fuckin bitchin wings for my characters so everyone can know that I spent more money on this game than they did
And some kind of eh dyes (why couldn't they have been pink?)
i am all about that vanity
transmog has motivated me to level 2 85 alts when in 7 years i only had one max level main
Once you make a battle.net ID, you can download any version from the website.
Yeah I know... now I'm wondering if it's really worth it to get a physical copy. I do get a charge out of cracking that box open on a new Blizzard game.
I'm buying it cause the box looks neato
Also that other stuff is cool too
so probably?
In other news, I just started playing this again. Did they get rid of the shrines you used to change out skills?
It's anywhere now. 5 second cooldown in Normal.
I can't.
My time...has passed.
Unless someone wants to send me a beta key for a whole three weeks which is silly but hey sure why not.
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If you're getting the CE, it's worth it for all the swag. But physical copies of standard games just don't seem worth it to me anymore.
oh my god I didn't know this existed until today and now it is the foundation that I build my life around
Monk has some neat abilities, particularly the teleport punch and the bonus to movement speed, but none of the right mouse button abilities did anything for me at all. The roundhouse has a lot of potential but ends up being a pain in the ass because it kicks away enemies, actively increasing how long it takes you to kill things. (although it looks hilarious) All the good abilities so far seem to be in the basic attacks which just doesn't make me super interested.
Witch Doctor has a terrible start but quickly ramps up and gets my vote for first class to be nerfed. That int boosting ability + firebats used together are stupid powerful. It had me easily putting out what seemed (unsure without meters) to be the highest AoE dps by a substantial margin. Solo killing elites in a 4 player game with ease. The spider jar is a fun ability in concept but was just too slow in practice for me to really enjoy it. Zombie dogs are kinda awesome but pets in general seem really weak in this game compared to Diablo 2. This goes for the companion as well, even if he's given a good weapon. Your character just does a hell of a lot more damage.
I'm ambivalent about Demon Hunter. The early traps are boring and all the early left and right mouse click abilities are too single target for me to be very much into. Rapid fire not so much but it's very Hatred expensive. It's really a class I'll have to take to higher levels to see if it's for me or not, and with the Barb and Witch Doctor that probably won't happen for a while.
Wizard was sure to be the class I was going to play first. Until I tried all the other classes. It's not underpowered just... under exciting. The runed Shock Pulse (where killed enemies detonate) should be a lot of fun to use, but since the lightning bolts go out randomly it turns out to be more of a hassle than anything. The runed barb Cleave ability is easier to control (in that you actual control it) and does the same thing for more damage. (exploding Cleaved enemies do 85% damage, where exploding Pulsed enemies do 70%) Arcane orb costs too much. Arcane Torrent is fun but leaves you pretty vulnerable. Didn't try out Twister or Spectral Blade much. Later abilities look like they'll have a lot of potential but it's a similar situation as Demon Hunter for me. Other classes seem more worth leveling first.
Finally I think my biggest question so far is how 1 handed and 2 handed stuff are going to end up working. During the beta it seemed there was absolutely no reason to ever use 1handed weapons, even if dual wielding. All abilities scale from weapon damage, but dual wielded weapons didn't seem to add together. Again, no actual meters to be sure, but it appeared that the higher overall minimum/maximum damage of most 2hers would scale substantially better to everyone's abilities than the lower 1hers. The quicker weapon speed didn't appear to do enough to make up this difference.
I guess ultimately it doesn't matter, since there was plenty of killing going on whether I was using 1hers or 2hers, but it's something I noticed. I'm sure Blizzard has thought of this, and it's of course entirely possible it ends up being even. There just seemed to be a discrepancy, and I don't want to feel compelled to use 2hers the entire game.
so you'll probably like the wizard a lot more later on
any major dude will tell you
actually closed beta ends on may 1st so :rotate:
As far as Monk right click skills not doing it for you, did you get to Wave of Light? Because damn.
got more chains than the snow patrol every one razor thin like an insect stripper pole
Fun fact: items will keep their dye when they're dropped. So friends with the CE can dye your stuff for you. I'm mainly getting it for the angel wings which no doubt are useless crap that you can only use in town or something.
It did not seem like a good skill for the very large spirit cost. The damage is too low single target and hitting enemies in a line seems like it will be useful all of never because enemies only ever swarm all around you. Crippling Wave is really damn good for that very reason.
Some of the runes look fairly potent but the skill itself did nothing to interest me at all. Except that it looks rad.
So I missed open beta. Regale me with tales of Monkly shenanigans.
I'm thinking of going this way with my first character.
EXCITED
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frenzied brustlin
and thank you for unintentionally reminding me to take out the open beta notification in the OP
got more chains than the snow patrol every one razor thin like an insect stripper pole