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[Diablo 3] Transmogrifying 10x cheaper, because aesthetics, or something

_J__J_ PedantRegistered User, __BANNED USERS regular
edited February 2014 in Games and Technology
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Thanks to Previous Thread Mommies and Daddies! @Skab, @GoodKingJayIII, @Bethryn, @Shen, @SkutSkut, @HexDex

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  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2013
    OP#2 - Gameplay / Class Builds

    Theory Crafting
    Damage Calculator - D3rawr calculator. Input class / items, output DPS
    Bonus Calculator - Calculate MF, GF, +Exp, Item Drops, Key Drops, etc.
    Build Calculator - d3up build calculator


    Paragon Levels
    Exp charts for Paragon levels:
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    Monster Power
    Monster-power-bonuses1.jpg

    Inferno MP benefits (please note that MP2-3 is equivalent to pre-1.05 mob values):
    UJQXWFK3N8511349891152079.jpg?v=0

    _J_ on
  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2013
    OP#3 - Items / AH / Economy

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijCgKciMIE4

    Magic Find Removed
    Hello folks,

    It's been a while, I've been off in Treasure Goblin land trying to get Reaper of Souls into shape. I wanted to stop by to give everyone some insight into what we are doing with Magic Find. For those of you who have heard me talk on the topic before you are probably already aware that MF is something we haven't been thrilled with for quite a while. The idea of MF is great "GET ALL THE THINGS!" the reality of it however is incredibly problematic and leads to more negative effects than positive ones. Getting the reward rate of the game to a place we are happy with is a difficult tuning process and when we try to add MF into the equation is creates a bit of a dilemma, one that was already pointed out in the thread, how do you balance the game to feel good for someone with 0% MF vs someone with 300% MF. Ultimately the answer to that question is "You can't" as such we have been trying to phase MF out of the game as much as possible.

    In addition to changing exactly how MF interacts with finding items we also have dramatically reduced it's existence throughout the game. Having strong characters already equates into finding more items, both by virtue of killing things faster and also by virtue of playing in higher difficulties, which still do have rewards associated with them. Because of all of this we decided to not only remove MF as an affix from gear but also change exactly how MF interacts with different item qualities. MF will apply 100% of its benefit to Blue items, 30% to Yellow items, and 10% to Legendary and Set items. This means someone with 300% MF will end up finding roughly 30% more Legendary and Set items than someone with 0%. The design intent is to make things like Topaz gems in helmets or the Nagel Ring an option without them actually being mandatory.

    I hope this helps clear the air and as the expansion moves further and further into its development cycle I'll start climbing out of this portal more frequently to answer questions.

    _J_ on
  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2013
    OP#4 - Chronology of Patches / Updates / Expansion News



    Expansion News
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb7QJwQ58T0

    Adventure Mode - First Look

    Update/Patch Chronology
    Patch 1.08
    The Infernal Machine
    Monster Power

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    damn j your animal crossing thread is awesome. I don't play it and the OP makes me want to and also not want to... which is a sign of providing fantastic info.


    played d3 console last night. the roll is fucking awesome and I want it on pc :D

    played maybe a half hour at a friends. lots of fun but more than anything it made me excited for the patches + expansion on PC.

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  • EriktheVikingGamerEriktheVikingGamer Registered User regular
    edited September 2013
    Variable wrote: »
    damn j your animal crossing thread is awesome. I don't play it and the OP makes me want to and also not want to... which is a sign of providing fantastic info.


    played d3 console last night. the roll is fucking awesome and I want it on pc :D

    played maybe a half hour at a friends. lots of fun but more than anything it made me excited for the patches + expansion on PC.
    Yeah. As much fun as I'm having derping about Cleaving things to pieces all decked out in Legendaries of Awesomeness that would've taken me ages to get on the PC I'm really just ready for a new class and new content. Still though, cleavy EXPLOSIONS!

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  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Variable wrote: »
    damn j your animal crossing thread is awesome. I don't play it and the OP makes me want to and also not want to... which is a sign of providing fantastic info.

    Thank you! It is a nice little thread. Luckily, our community is quite awesome and responsive, so they helped make those OPs the go-to source for pretty much anything anyone wants to know about Animal Crossing.

    Hopefully we can make the D3 thread as good! I'll be adding much more content when I get home. If people know of links, graphs, guides that ought to be in the OP just @_J_ and I can add them to the appropriate section.

  • Big Red TieBig Red Tie beautiful clydesdale style feet too hot to trotRegistered User regular
    new news post going up soon on d3fans

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    Beasteh wrote: »
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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    kind of surprised to see so much pre-alpha stuff getting dropped all of the sudden

    maybe blizzard will surprise us and get the expansion out faster then heart of the swarm tookahahahahaha

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  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    LF3M HCEU BRG 3IM

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  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Naphtali wrote: »
    kind of surprised to see so much pre-alpha stuff getting dropped all of the sudden

    maybe blizzard will surprise us and get the expansion out faster then heart of the swarm tookahahahahaha

    I was trying to remember if other expansions had this much content spoiled prior to release. WoW tended to spoil most of the content, as I recall.

  • Big Red TieBig Red Tie beautiful clydesdale style feet too hot to trotRegistered User regular
    oh fuck
    http://media.diablofans.com/images/news/exp/incoming.jpg

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    Beasteh wrote: »
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  • ZekZek Registered User regular
    edited September 2013
    Good to see that speedy Whirlwind is getting nixed. Any skill/rune with such an immediate impact on your farming speed is always going to be a must have. Sprint also needs a cooldown IMO.

    Zek on
  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Big Red Tie wrote: »
    oh fuck
    http://media.diablofans.com/images/news/exp/incoming.jpg

    Why is Absorb not a %?

  • Big Red TieBig Red Tie beautiful clydesdale style feet too hot to trotRegistered User regular
    so it'll scale with % maybe? if it goes after armor

    or just to block shitty mobs damage

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    Beasteh wrote: »
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  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    If it reduces burst ticks, then awesome.

    If it doesn't, who cares?

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  • ZekZek Registered User regular
    A flat number is arguably more interesting because it's better in certain situations. It will suck if it doesn't scale from MP0 to MP10 at level 70 though.

  • _J__J_ Pedant Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Zek wrote: »
    A flat number is arguably more interesting because it's better in certain situations. It will suck if it doesn't scale from MP0 to MP10 at level 70 though.

    A flat number that scales may as well be a %.

  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    Inferno build so far

    Went to the AH and bought Echoing Fury, giving me 19% chance to fear on hit. Add Snake to the Face for a 30% chance to stun and the fatty with Bruiser rune and I'll keep shit locked down.

  • ZekZek Registered User regular
    _J_ wrote: »
    Zek wrote: »
    A flat number is arguably more interesting because it's better in certain situations. It will suck if it doesn't scale from MP0 to MP10 at level 70 though.

    A flat number that scales may as well be a %.

    No, because at MP10 you have fast attacking enemies and slow attacking enemies, mob packs and individual bosses, etc. A percentage mitigates all damage equally - a flat amount mitigates much more against fast attackers. They could also make the flat amount scale based on your stats rather than enemy damage for the same effect.

  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    _J_ wrote: »
    Zek wrote: »
    A flat number is arguably more interesting because it's better in certain situations. It will suck if it doesn't scale from MP0 to MP10 at level 70 though.

    A flat number that scales may as well be a %.

    Not really. A % gives you only one curve. A more complex equation can give you a power curve that better matches what you are after.

  • themightypuckthemightypuck MontanaRegistered User regular
    So I just did Whimseyshire on the console. I forgot how much I hated that abomination.

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  • ZekZek Registered User regular
    Whimsyshire was just a quick funny gag. I think it's for the best they didn't make it a great place to farm, in the interests of not turning the day-to-day gameplay into literally a joke.

  • Snake GandhiSnake Gandhi Des Moines, IARegistered User regular
    I'm stuck wondering how quick this will be on XBL Games on Demand. I'm done buying discs for the most part, and this seems like a game that's be great to have on the HD all the time. I know SR4 and the X-com:The Bureau showed up like 2 weeks later, so hopefully soon.

    Please be soon...

  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    Yeah, I got tired of Whimsyshire before my first clear. Funny a minute or two, then I puked rainbows.

  • Big Red TieBig Red Tie beautiful clydesdale style feet too hot to trotRegistered User regular
    whimsyshire owned
    the music....

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    edited September 2013
    How many more D3 threads will we get through before RoS releases? I'm thinking at least two?

    Edit: Yeah, I always turn off the music when I'm in Whimsyshire.

    forty on
  • Big Red TieBig Red Tie beautiful clydesdale style feet too hot to trotRegistered User regular
    oh shoot full skill changes up

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    Beasteh wrote: »
    *おなら*
  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    Zek wrote: »
    A flat number is arguably more interesting because it's better in certain situations. It will suck if it doesn't scale from MP0 to MP10 at level 70 though.
    If it applies after all other damage reduction, then it already sort of scales.

  • ScosglenScosglen Registered User regular
    I am glad to see they're not pussying around with mechanical changes to skills, both nerfing stupid OP stuff like double whirlwind, and also adding some zest to neglected skills/runes.

  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    Each enemy killed while in Archon form increases your damage by 3% for the remaining duration of Archon.

    RIP Archon
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    Hello, Frozen Orb!

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  • Big Red TieBig Red Tie beautiful clydesdale style feet too hot to trotRegistered User regular
    edited September 2013
    thunderclap now baseline thank god
    Wave of light kno back gone

    Big Red Tie on
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  • ScosglenScosglen Registered User regular
    I just hope they add a visual effect to the teleport portion of Thunderclap so that it doesn't just feel like you're rubberbanding all over the screen.

  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    Things I noted:

    1) Both WotB and Archon lost their "extend this effect by X seconds" thing.

    2) ALot of healing-type spells seem to have had "Increased by your +Health Globe stat" added to them.

  • ScosglenScosglen Registered User regular
    Yeah I was just noticing the healing skills keying off +health globe myself. I'm all for finding cool ways to make formerly unpopular mods more interesting.

  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    Big Red Tie wrote: »
    thunderclap now baseline thank god
    Cool, now there will be 5 viable rune choices for FoT.

    And 15 nonviable rune choices for the other 3 primary attacks. ;)

  • Hiryu02Hiryu02 Registered User regular
    Welp. I guess I need to try that perma-WoTB build before it gets nerfed on console too.

    Sev: Your gameplay is the most heavily yomi based around. Usually you look for characters that allow you to force guessing situations for big dmg. Even if the guess is mathematically nowhere near in your favor lol. You're happiest when you have either a 50/50, 33/33/33 or even a 75/25 situation to go crazy with. And you will take big risks to force those situations to come up.
  • CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    edited September 2013
    I really like everything I'm hearing about the xpac. Came back to this a few months ago after playing at launch and it was much improved. And now the xpac/patch looks to improve it even more.

    The Crusader is the class I wanted in from the beginning. Hopefully it'll hit this year.

    Ceno on
  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    shryke wrote: »
    Things I noted:

    1) Both WotB and Archon lost their "extend this effect by X seconds" thing.

    2) ALot of healing-type spells seem to have had "Increased by your +Health Globe stat" added to them.

    next expansion no one will use wotb or archon, and then the following expansion they'll get buffed to get their duration extenders again so people use them

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  • shrykeshryke Member of the Beast Registered User regular
    forty wrote: »
    Big Red Tie wrote: »
    thunderclap now baseline thank god
    Cool, now there will be 5 viable rune choices for FoT.

    And 15 nonviable rune choices for the other 3 primary attacks. ;)

    Way of the Hundred Fists has a dash as well.

  • Big Red TieBig Red Tie beautiful clydesdale style feet too hot to trotRegistered User regular
    yeah wothf is viable, the other 2 not so much

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