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[Diablo 3] Reports of the Economy's death were greatly exaggerated
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what does the attack speed on the weapon matter for WD? Does it change how fast you can cast or something?
I think I have about 600 million on me right now and a whole bunch of radiant star gems on various characters I can always dump for quick gold.
Steam ID: darklite_x Xbox Gamertag: Darklite 37
the benefits of IAS depend on build, but entirely true for anything using bears
I don't know how you guys sell half the shit you do for Blizzbucks. Most of my stuff is 'sorta good' as in 'I could maybe get a couple million for this'.
I feel like things are worth either 2 billion or they're worth a few million, with everything sold in-between total luck, because as someone stated above, there's no set value for DPS increases after a certain point.
Secondly:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Wydrion-1616/hero/3367360
With my buffs up (when did Battlenet stop calculating our DPS as unbuffed?) I do upwards of 168k, and then I pop archon and go pew pew.
Any suggestions on what I can buy? I've been looking at Zunimassa's Trail and trying to get a good pair of those, the highest DPS increase I've seen so far on those is ~6400. I'd only be giving up the ability to run face first into doors and have them explode, so that's a definite downside but I think I'll live.
Other things I'm looking for: An echoing fury that doesn't suck, 5.0+% Lacuni's, Tal's ammy with Crit % (jk I will never afford this). I think my shoulders are better than any possible Vile Ward, and my gloves would just require a metric assload of crafting to upgrade.
Thoughts, opinions, etc.
And really, that's why I bought the game.
maybe i should play zero dawgs too
my well of souls build is fun but sucks with the new density, and is pretty much being propped up by my gear
gw2: Tom.2439 (Short Giraffe, Saltycat, Saltydog)
For my Barb there wasn't much to do differently, I just turned on War Cry and hit stuff with my big magical hammer. We did fine but I didn't like that my hits felt weaker, just takes some of the fun out of it.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Sivanoshei-1758/hero/1749869
I don't really know what to do to make this more viable. It sort of works, as long as there are no floor effects, or lag, or too many enemies. It is however rather fun to have my only real method of damage be running up to enemies and exploding and I would like to make this work.
wasn't sure about the bonus, but if it's a legacy then yeah....
Satan, look! (amazon list updated)
The best way to increase your DPS would be to get a 'black' weapon, be it an Echoing Fury or something else. Wands can often be bought for a bargain. Search for one with 750 average damage, critical damage and a socket. As for Echoing Fury, anything with a socket, 150+ int and 1000+ DPS will suffice. Next would be a cheap Zuni Trail. With a black weapon, the DPS increase will be more than 6k, possibly double. Triumvirates are also cheap and will boost your DPS considerably with anything over 220 average damage. Inna's Temperance is a bit more expensive (3+ mil), but that means you can ditch the Lacuni's and get a big Int + 6cc crafted one. If you have the materials, that is a relatively cheap way to boost your DPS. Just have to get lucky and get 5+ cc, which shouldn't take too many crafts.
Last would be gloves, shoulders, ammy and rings. Hellfire rings you can craft while you're farming. There's probably a weekly PA group or something to take on MP7+ ubers.
Don't get me wrong, I'd be happy to be proven wrong, but after playing this a month at launch, and a week about 3~ months ago, I don't see a reason to play. My Monk languishes in the hellish boredom of cookie-cutter builds and endless lootgrind.
no one in this thread is like that
I actually built my gaming PC a year ago specifically to play D3(and didn't play anything on it other than D3 till Nov of last year) and have been very happy with it and the mileage I've gotten from D3.
I've got a massive Steam backlog now that continually languishes because I end up jumping into D3 instead of something else.
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Steam: making gamers into collectors. I think if you don't have a backlog, you're not doing steam right
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I've walked away with a Benjamin. That's after paying for the game, too.
Sometimes I play because clicking demons is fun.
Sometimes it's because watching people die hilariously is, predictably, hilarious.
Sometimes it's to grind a couple hours on a no risk low stakes slot machine, hoping for that BIG MONEY drop.
Sometimes it's a combination thereof. I find all of these fun. If you don't, then...don't play?
And cookie cutter builds are only necessary for max efficiency. Otherwise, you can play on inferno with pretty much any build.
on mp8
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Well of souls is pretty much the ubers build, at least that's the place where it shines.
I was looking at zero dogs, but it is still way too expensive to get started, and you can get regular gear that does high mp decently well anyways. Also, they were talking about that change to make legendaries from lower levels drop with item level 63 stats, and you would think that would make it so you could get a lot better and more plentiful homunculouses/homunculii after the itemization patch.
I had to switch weapons to pick up lifesteal on the bats build to not get splattered so easily, but it is holding up pretty well with that.
I agree, but its much more pronounced with steam with all the sales. Like, I have a huge backlog, but I can't stop buying games LOL.
peak sheet dps is 460k, doing 3m ticks. yowza
also with a weapon this slow i can use well of souls for single target and it doesn't even affect my mana. also i'm using blood ritual, GI, GF. with only 13 yards total, i am getting all the kills
jeez, my 0 dog gear sold back in like 10 minutes
It just occurred to me that I should probably work on some gear for my followers; at least the templar.
Is there a good rule of thumb for getting them gear?
give them cheap stuff with magic find, because nothing else really matters
scoundrel: buriza, star of azkaranth, attack speed, mf, vitality
enchantress: maximus, mf, vitality
templar: azurewrath/skycutter/axe of sankis/sun keeper, stormshield, mf, vitality
for MF with enchantress.
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600 million will get you a nice WD. A couple of general gearing tips: Vitality/Life% is going to be cheaper EHP than All Resist. You get a fair amount of resist already from Zuni's and from stacking intelligence. And attack speed is fake DPS as most of the WD's big damage abilities are mana-constrained. (unless you are going with a very specific build to overcome the mana issues)
I think I might need to reassess some of that gear I bought for 60, I think its lacking a lot of Vit.
I only have about 30k health though. dunno how that is. 830 resists, 50% damage reduction.
Is there a crit chance cap, or did I just magically hit 50%? 373% damage.
Do movement speed buffs stack? I have 12% on my boots; but I saw a wrist with 12% too; which seemed odd.
30k health is a little bit low on Inferno but you can get away with it.
At lower levels, by which I mean when you are weaker, I feel like you can get a non-trivial bump to DPS from followers (as in, from their DPS). Not worth spending "real money" on, but still possibly worth a small outlay.
Also, you might look at how the MF/GF rounds. Getting max MF/GF items for each slot on your Templar will cost a bit, but usually you can do -3% (I believe it's a third, right?) and save a ton. So look for 37% instead of 40% on his amulet, for instance. But you should be able to get a decent near-max MF piece in each slot (and stack some GF too) for...like a million? Less? I think I paid well under a million when I did my Templar, and that was for all six slots.
Yeah, I'd have to look. I think I was actually trying to get him "good" gear...relevant mainstat, some damage/vit buffs, etc. And get him near-max GF/MF. And I think it was well under 1M...I think the most expensive pieces were 100K or less.
35k health WD doing MP5 inferno just fine. I do die occasionally, but usually due to overextending. If I was HC I'd be way different, though.
Oddly enough, even though it's basically a worthless piece, I've sold some well rolled follower items (librams and whatnot) for up around 10M. Low availability probably helps there, since nobody bothers picking them up.