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[Diablo] early access has ended :(, and so shall this thread

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Honestly the server issues with D2 make me really worry about a d4 release.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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    fortyFeldornurahonkyCorporal Carl
  • RehabRehab Registered User regular
    forty wrote: »
    Wow, that is some MFing MF.

    Yeah it is! That amount of Topaz should give the appearance of a gleaming golden god that glows in the dark.

    NNID: Rehab0
  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Yeah Diablo 3 was broken for like 3 days at launch. You'd think they'd toss money at this to fix it. You can spin up a ton of cloud servers and slowly reduce them.

    Or you can just let the shit break and count your money to the bank... I guess that works too.

    forty
  • JarsJars Registered User regular
    the trick to getting a high MF is to use your weapon swap right before you kill the boss. I recommend gull+ryhme as a starter set for a 125% boost

    urahonky
  • bwaniebwanie Posting into the void Registered User regular
    In my experience the trick is forgetting about all that and just settle for a 200-300 mf range with optimized killspeed and just tear through the game bosses and elite mobs alike.

    try to get 350-500 when you're getting beter gear and are lvl 90+, but killing lot of stuff fast will always be the most important thing.

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    Noggin
  • bwaniebwanie Posting into the void Registered User regular
    the marginalized diminishing returns on % mf are brutal.

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    crimsoncoyotefortyVishNub
  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    It seems you don't need to have beaten the current difficulty in order to go to the cow level there. I assume you can't open the portal yourself, but if someone else does you can go to Hell Cows without having beaten Hell. I don't remember OG D2 working that way but maybe it was something that got changed later (most my time was pre-1.10)?

    Officially the unluckiest CCG player ever.
  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    I've been leveling my necro offline, 67 and halfway through act 5 nightmare. I have had to create one of every alt just to move class specific stuff out of communal stash. World it have killed them to have way more space offline? I have a lot more space on my computer then 20 years ago, really.

    Also i wanted to level a Javazon next but the game has dropped every single unique bow/xbow to my necro that's clvl 35 or bake to equip.

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    fortyMarek
  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    Maxed Raise Skeleton, Skeleton Mastery, and Corpse Explosion. Not sure what to do with points now.

    Officially the unluckiest CCG player ever.
  • RehabRehab Registered User regular
    The flawless and perfect gems are so shiny!

    Mephisto looks pretty rad in this game too. He is about to be his skull caved in and his existence erased a few times before I go straight to hell (for all the murder, but also to kill that Diablo guy of course).

    NNID: Rehab0
    crimsoncoyote
  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    forty wrote: »
    Maxed Raise Skeleton, Skeleton Mastery, and Corpse Explosion. Not sure what to do with points now.

    1 point in summon resist guess a long way.
    Ditto for decrepify.

    I'm not a big fan of revives only paying 180 seconds.

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    fortyurahonky
  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    Smrtnik wrote: »
    forty wrote: »
    Maxed Raise Skeleton, Skeleton Mastery, and Corpse Explosion. Not sure what to do with points now.

    1 point in summon resist guess a long way.
    Ditto for decrepify.

    I'm not a big fan of revives only paying 180 seconds.
    Yeah, I already have a point in the good one-ofs. Not sure what to dump my points in now. I think I'm up to 7 unspent.

    Officially the unluckiest CCG player ever.
  • TarantioTarantio Registered User regular
    forty wrote: »
    Smrtnik wrote: »
    forty wrote: »
    Maxed Raise Skeleton, Skeleton Mastery, and Corpse Explosion. Not sure what to do with points now.

    1 point in summon resist guess a long way.
    Ditto for decrepify.

    I'm not a big fan of revives only paying 180 seconds.
    Yeah, I already have a point in the good one-ofs. Not sure what to dump my points in now. I think I'm up to 7 unspent.

    https://www.purediablo.com/strategy/fishymancer-version-2-1/?_gl=1*o7svhf*_ga*aEtCalktVnRaQThENElxRloxTExwMldFS0VOZFZ4UE9yQU5sZzBzV3plNVNHMm9talJKLVNmdzlKSWZfRFVEZQ..#3a_Skills_8211_Target_Values

    That's the traditional advice. Pick a curse to pump for convenience, or a golem (or mastery) so you don't have to resummon them so often, or bone armor synergies (which are better than straight points into bone armor) for some extra health.

    Extra points to clay golem does improve the slow, but the diminishing returns make further points less useful.

  • BadablackBadablack Registered User regular
    I’m trying out stuff I never did in old D2, which means it’s Fire/Summon Druid time! Level 50 now and the max bear absolutely tears everything up. Plus I get to be a wizard that casts Bears at the enemy, who rapidly ceases to exist.

    FC: 1435-5383-0883
    urahonkySmrtnikcrimsoncoyote
  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    Well, today my characters are missing.

    Hopefully they'll be back?

    Not great, Blizz.

  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
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    I'm pretty sure this banner is just permanently staying up on the launcher.

    RoePreacherforty
  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Like if this banner has been up for 4 days straight then maybe put out a blog post of what's going on.

  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular


    They're getting raked through the coals (as well they should).

    SmrtnikAl_watforty
  • RoeRoe Always to the East Registered User regular
    There's a new geforce driver that adds support for D2R. Supposedly adding smoother framerates and some other stuff to the game.

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  • Jubal77Jubal77 Registered User regular
    edited October 2021
    urahonky wrote: »
    Yeah Diablo 3 was broken for like 3 days at launch. You'd think they'd toss money at this to fix it. You can spin up a ton of cloud servers and slowly reduce them.

    Or you can just let the shit break and count your money to the bank... I guess that works too.

    I mean as someone who works in the industry I think you would know that throwing compute at something is not always the answer. It is most likely something systemic. And either innate or external caused or both. I would probably vote the latter (both).

    Jubal77 on
  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Jubal77 wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    Yeah Diablo 3 was broken for like 3 days at launch. You'd think they'd toss money at this to fix it. You can spin up a ton of cloud servers and slowly reduce them.

    Or you can just let the shit break and count your money to the bank... I guess that works too.

    I mean as someone who works in the industry I think you would know that throwing compute at something is not always the answer. It is most likely something systemic. And either innate or external caused or both. I would probably vote the latter (both).

    You're right. If it was something as simple as an auth server issue it could probably be fixed by slapping more servers into it. But it could be the underlying database. I'm actually running into an issue right now with concurrency in a retail store environment haha.

    Jubal77
  • Jubal77Jubal77 Registered User regular
    edited October 2021
    urahonky wrote: »
    Jubal77 wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    Yeah Diablo 3 was broken for like 3 days at launch. You'd think they'd toss money at this to fix it. You can spin up a ton of cloud servers and slowly reduce them.

    Or you can just let the shit break and count your money to the bank... I guess that works too.

    I mean as someone who works in the industry I think you would know that throwing compute at something is not always the answer. It is most likely something systemic. And either innate or external caused or both. I would probably vote the latter (both).

    You're right. If it was something as simple as an auth server issue it could probably be fixed by slapping more servers into it. But it could be the underlying database. I'm actually running into an issue right now with concurrency in a retail store environment haha.

    Yeah I imagine its a combination of things. Being an AAA and blizz means they most likely have their fair share of people trying to bring them down manually and, if still the original code base to a point, is still being hit harder than it has perhaps ever.

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  • rahkeesh2000rahkeesh2000 Registered User regular
    edited October 2021
    Someone already made the joke but I remember for Diablo II launch that the US realms were basically unplayable for the first month. So our group suffered through the weirdness of open battle.net for the duration. If Blizzard are going to replicate unpleasantness like ninja looting and tiny inventory might as well go all the way.

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    Feldornforty
  • Jubal77Jubal77 Registered User regular
    I got a gheeds last night. Mid MF roll and bottom GF roll but I will take it. I am not 500+ mf but I am also not a sorc heh. My hammer dmg is surpassed 4k last night too so I can murder everything just need some more survive in the build. Hunting Lo for the fortitude and Vex for my Hoto.

    I also had like 3 Shakos of varying non unique drops hit the floor. Always a nut punch.

    crimsoncoyote
  • bwaniebwanie Posting into the void Registered User regular
    edited October 2021
    Jubal77 wrote: »
    I got a gheeds last night. Mid MF roll and bottom GF roll but I will take it. I am not 500+ mf but I am also not a sorc heh. My hammer dmg is surpassed 4k last night too so I can murder everything just need some more survive in the build. Hunting Lo for the fortitude and Vex for my Hoto.

    I also had like 3 Shakos of varying non unique drops hit the floor. Always a nut punch.

    keep at it man. i had 2 drop in 30 runs after farming them for 4 days straight. Run Andy and Meph with 300 mf and you will get it sooner (or later D;)

    bwanie on
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  • bwaniebwanie Posting into the void Registered User regular
    urahonky wrote: »
    Jubal77 wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    Yeah Diablo 3 was broken for like 3 days at launch. You'd think they'd toss money at this to fix it. You can spin up a ton of cloud servers and slowly reduce them.

    Or you can just let the shit break and count your money to the bank... I guess that works too.

    I mean as someone who works in the industry I think you would know that throwing compute at something is not always the answer. It is most likely something systemic. And either innate or external caused or both. I would probably vote the latter (both).

    You're right. If it was something as simple as an auth server issue it could probably be fixed by slapping more servers into it. But it could be the underlying database. I'm actually running into an issue right now with concurrency in a retail store environment haha.

    I'm scared to even run mini ubers because of portals getting eaten. It sucks.

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  • Jubal77Jubal77 Registered User regular
    bwanie wrote: »
    Jubal77 wrote: »
    I got a gheeds last night. Mid MF roll and bottom GF roll but I will take it. I am not 500+ mf but I am also not a sorc heh. My hammer dmg is surpassed 4k last night too so I can murder everything just need some more survive in the build. Hunting Lo for the fortitude and Vex for my Hoto.

    I also had like 3 Shakos of varying non unique drops hit the floor. Always a nut punch.

    keep at it man. i had 2 drop in 30 runs after farming them for 4 days straight. Run Andy and Meph with 300 mf and you will get it sooner (or later D;)

    Yeah that is what i am told heh. I have hundreds and hundreds of kills of meph, andy, baal, etc on my grail chars and still no Shako.

  • bwaniebwanie Posting into the void Registered User regular
    Jubal77 wrote: »
    bwanie wrote: »
    Jubal77 wrote: »
    I got a gheeds last night. Mid MF roll and bottom GF roll but I will take it. I am not 500+ mf but I am also not a sorc heh. My hammer dmg is surpassed 4k last night too so I can murder everything just need some more survive in the build. Hunting Lo for the fortitude and Vex for my Hoto.

    I also had like 3 Shakos of varying non unique drops hit the floor. Always a nut punch.

    keep at it man. i had 2 drop in 30 runs after farming them for 4 days straight. Run Andy and Meph with 300 mf and you will get it sooner (or later D;)

    Yeah that is what i am told heh. I have hundreds and hundreds of kills of meph, andy, baal, etc on my grail chars and still no Shako.

    i know im like that with tals armor and soj. 20 years in and never found either.

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    Jubal77urahonkyforty
  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Yeah the only time I've seen those is when a friend dropped them for me when he was quitting.

    forty
  • DixonDixon Screwed...possibly doomed CanadaRegistered User regular
    Man I'd really like to play some d2

    urahonkycrimsoncoyote
  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Dixon wrote: »
    Man I'd really like to play some d2

    WHAT YEAR IS IT!?

    crimsoncoyoteDixon
  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Jubal77 wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    Jubal77 wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    Yeah Diablo 3 was broken for like 3 days at launch. You'd think they'd toss money at this to fix it. You can spin up a ton of cloud servers and slowly reduce them.

    Or you can just let the shit break and count your money to the bank... I guess that works too.

    I mean as someone who works in the industry I think you would know that throwing compute at something is not always the answer. It is most likely something systemic. And either innate or external caused or both. I would probably vote the latter (both).

    You're right. If it was something as simple as an auth server issue it could probably be fixed by slapping more servers into it. But it could be the underlying database. I'm actually running into an issue right now with concurrency in a retail store environment haha.

    Yeah I imagine its a combination of things. Being an AAA and blizz means they most likely have their fair share of people trying to bring them down manually and, if still the original code base to a point, is still being hit harder than it has perhaps ever.

    Yeah between the WC3 release and their recent bullshit and Immortal... I wouldn't be surprised if there was a coordinated DDOS against their servers.

    Jubal77crimsoncoyote
  • crimsoncoyotecrimsoncoyote Registered User regular
    Especially with the timing of it. Everything is fine in the afternoons/evenings (for the most part)

    Jubal77urahonky
  • RoeRoe Always to the East Registered User regular
    edited October 2021
    Why does the stuff that was supposed to be happening in week 1 happening in week 4?

    Roe on
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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Roe wrote: »
    Why does the stuff that was supposed to be happening in week 1 happening in week 4?

    Which is why I'm suspecting DDOS but I can't say for sure.

    crimsoncoyoteJubal77Fiatil
  • FiatilFiatil Registered User regular
    Yeah the servers were fine for like 2 weeks before these last few days. Something weird is up.

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    Jubal77crimsoncoyote
  • HeirHeir Ausitn, TXRegistered User regular
    Smrtnik wrote: »
    forty wrote: »
    Maxed Raise Skeleton, Skeleton Mastery, and Corpse Explosion. Not sure what to do with points now.

    1 point in summon resist guess a long way.
    Ditto for decrepify.

    I'm not a big fan of revives only paying 180 seconds.

    Who do you pick for your mercenary? I have an Act2 Merc who uses Prayer...but I wonder if that's the best pal for my skellies?

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  • DixonDixon Screwed...possibly doomed CanadaRegistered User regular
    I could play, but couldn't join like 99% of games, so was just solo farming.

  • FiatilFiatil Registered User regular
    Heir wrote: »
    Smrtnik wrote: »
    forty wrote: »
    Maxed Raise Skeleton, Skeleton Mastery, and Corpse Explosion. Not sure what to do with points now.

    1 point in summon resist guess a long way.
    Ditto for decrepify.

    I'm not a big fan of revives only paying 180 seconds.

    Who do you pick for your mercenary? I have an Act2 Merc who uses Prayer...but I wonder if that's the best pal for my skellies?

    Act 2 nightmare merc with Might is your best bet by far! He buffs melee skellies damage a lot; you can use pretty much whatever before you get there.

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    SmrtnikcrimsoncoyoteurahonkyfortyRoe
  • SmrtnikSmrtnik job boli zub Registered User regular
    Fiatil wrote: »
    Heir wrote: »
    Smrtnik wrote: »
    forty wrote: »
    Maxed Raise Skeleton, Skeleton Mastery, and Corpse Explosion. Not sure what to do with points now.

    1 point in summon resist guess a long way.
    Ditto for decrepify.

    I'm not a big fan of revives only paying 180 seconds.

    Who do you pick for your mercenary? I have an Act2 Merc who uses Prayer...but I wonder if that's the best pal for my skellies?

    Act 2 nightmare merc with Might is your best bet by far! He buffs melee skellies damage a lot; you can use pretty much whatever before you get there.

    This. I also have him a polearm with a runeword that suppresses healing, the healer mobs in act 3 were really annoying me since you can't focus fire the skeletons.

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