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Off Topic => General Discussion => Games => Topic started by: Archdemon Stu on May 18, 2012, 05:36:29 AM
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Okay, so quick review of Diablo 3. Keep in mind, I'm not huge on the genre, and I did not like Diablo or Diablo II all that much.
This game has utterly destroyed everything I ever thought I knew about this genre and find myself absolutely absorbed into it. My buddies and I started hardcore character and just reached Chapter IV. I have yet to die in the game, and not one of us has read up on the boss fights so far, so to say the least... it's intense. I haven't had this much fun in a video game in a long time.
EDIT: Oh, and I play a monk.
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I can't stop playing. I woke up at 5am the 15th and played for three hours before work. Then came straight home and played all night. The combat is really fluid and all the annoying things from D2 are gone!
I'm playing a witch doctor and really love the class so far. I have to admit I died once already during an event. I was stuck on some cool downs and got spanked pretty hard.
I like how easy it is to pop in and out of friends games. The online all the time feature hasn't bothered me once.
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Afffffffff… Bastards! I still need a month or so before I buy my new pc and the game. I want to play it so bad and now you are steering me up even more!
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heh. I'll have it by tomorrow.
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.................................................................. I hate you all!
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I've read so many nerd rage reviews about Diablo 3 not being exactly like Diablo 2, and then reviews saying it's too much like Diablo 2. I hate people. I really do. -_-
But yeah, this game will consume my soul, and I wasn't even into the previous installments all that much. Wish me luck on Act IV hardcore. I have a feeling my crew might not last much longer. :P
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RIP LingPing the monk, lvl39, Act II. Death by two groups of special enemies, illusionist/arcane and frozen/molten.
Welp, at least now I'll get some work done. :P
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My monk's at 34 or so, and I'm trying to get the rest of my classes up there. Next up is my Witch Doctor. Little bastard reminds me so much of my treasured Necromancer. Makes me happy when my enemies are devoured by spiders and undead dogs.
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Lets see...lvl 32 monk (mainly playing co-op with Fei who plays a Wizard, so "specing" my monk for defense/heals)
lvl 17ish Wizard that im trying to go melee "spec"
then have the rest of the classes around lvl 9.
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I've bought the game but i am not gona play it on my low spec pc. I will also go for wizzard. It is my favorite class in diablo.
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Just turn the demon dogs to skeletons and the Witch Doctor is a better Necromancer than the Necromancer :P At least my setup is right now.
My Monk is stuck at lvl 10 while the WD just keeps trucking. I've been playing solo for the past 15 levels. He's around lvl 30 now. Probably going to go with Demon Hunter next.
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please, the Witch Doctor can't hold a candle to the Necromancer's army of the dead. Four demon dogs and a giant zombie? K. I've got twenty skeletons, half warriors, half mages, and a giant blood golem.
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I spin my hammers for 2 secs and you get a nice pile of bones to play with <3
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please, the Witch Doctor can't hold a candle to the Necromancer's army of the dead. Four demon dogs and a giant zombie? K. I've got twenty skeletons, half warriors, half mages, and a giant blood golem.
All of which died in one shot to just about anything with a differently colored name. The rage zombie of the witch doctor however... mmmmm... <3
EDIT: Oh yeah and spiders. Ridiculous amounts of spiders.
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Actually as I recall, my army was strong enough to take on diablo without any of my assistance, and I still had my golem and a handful of skellies at the end.
But yes, I do enjoy spiders.
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Rage zombie makes me so happy when he gets all ragey. And the zombie noises when standing around in town make me chuckle.
"Ruuah, uahhh, uh..."
I was more referring to the curses and poison skills. I miss the skelly army but the direct attack skills are gravy. I love acid spill for its point and click mini nuke. And haunt is like a single target curse.
No spoilers, but I just got to act 4 and am all O_O
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I've beaten the game and I know how you feel.
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I haven't beaten the game until I kill Diablo on hardcore inferno mode! Already leveling up my NEW monk (PingTingDing, son of LingPing), and now that I know you don't have to stay within the hotkey restrictions i.e. you can use however many skills from each key you wish if you just check a box in Gameplay options... yeah. Shouldn't die so easily this time.
But yeah, love the cinematics in this. Also, Act III and Act IV are hella intense.
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Will some one end my missery and stop this discussion???? I am 10 days away from playing it...
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Sure can't.
So guys, you know what my favorite part about Diablo 3 is? Everything.
:P
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so...totally forgot i had D2's soundtrack stuffed away on my HD so dug it out today and think ill be playing some D3 with music turned off and D2 OST playing just for nostalgia hehe
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Holy crap Hell mode on hardcore is scary. My buddy and I waltzed into a cave with a bunch of those "I explode into a bunch of snakes" champions. They had molten, mortar, illusionist. So needless to say... we were instantly surrounded by a butt ton of illusions, and all of them were about to explode. Yeah. For the first time, I'm coming across mob groups where I'm just flat out saying, "Yeah, no, we're turning around. New game!"
And don't get me started on molten/fast/invulnerable minions...
Wish me luck on hell mode Belial. I'll need it.
@Jharm: Psh, nerd. :P
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Yeah doing nightmare w/ Fei (im a monk he's a wizard) and I definetely think the one "ability" we hate the most is Arcane...like 4/5 of the rares/bosses that we have faced since entering Nightmare that have that ability at least one of us has died at least once in downing them...
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I am gona do a wizard and monk combo with a friend as well. Is it good? Should I make him change the monk to witch doctor? I am not sure if the monk will be able to keep agro for me to dish out DEVESTATING damage, but then again I am not sure that the minions can hold it either.
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There doesn't seem to be threat/aggro so much as trying to keep the monk more in the way of the mobs and the wizard farther back. The monk is the only class able to heal other classes though via 2-3 of their abilities (1 you get pretty early on, the others wont be open until a lil later through act 2 or so..i forget the exact level they unlock at now). We do a pretty good job Id say. He has almost 2k in dmg while I have over 52% dmg reduction.
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Monks are totally viable. Just remember to make good use of choke points and whatnot, since they can drop a circle on the ground that enemies can't pass through, a well placed one will buy you guys a lot of free damage. Also, Mantra of Healing is insanely good for survival.
Though, this is coming from a guy who died on his monk at lvl53 last night on hardcore Hell mode. Sad day. :( The second I saw "Arcane Frozen Vortex" I should have run.
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I was just getting tore up in Nightmare. Dieing every time I saw a yellow or purple mob.
Then I found a socketed axe that gave me 200 more dps, then I stuck a perfect ruby in it. Much easier!
Also elective mode is gravy with the witch doctor. I finally broke down and turned it on since I was still dieing so much even after getting that weapon. Oh my, so good.
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Does anyone play Demon Hunter? Thoughts?
I want to get the WD out of Act 2 Nightmare before I play through act 1 again. I started one of each class so act 1 is getting old.
Wizard was hard at first but once I found some gear and got more skills I can see how powerful they can be.
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Demon Hunter seems pretty consistently boring to me. Wizard seems to pump out about as much damage, but with cooler spell effects and a lot more utility options.