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Yeah I am excited about that movie. I never read the graphic novels or comic books. I was in the theater about a year ago and saw the preview for it. As soon as the movie ended I said "I can't wait until that Watchmen movie comes out."

I don't intend to read anything about it. I think it will be cool to see the movie not knowing what to expect at all. The preview was enough to get me wanting to watch it and I didn't glean very much information out of it.

Today is my Birthday. I shall celebrate by going to sleep early and waking up for work at 5 a.m. I hate when my day falls on a friday and I have to work the following days. BTW I am now at the ripe old age of 27.

Quote from "Bloodlust_Fox" »

Wizard/WD: Monster explosion. If we can have corpse explosion get this. An active monster w/ less than X health will explode if the spell is cast on it. If not, he will just take X damage. Eh?

What about if the explosion hurts you and your party? I think that would make it a very strategic skill not to be spammed.

They'd never do that though. You'd get guys in there that like to kill party members with that.

Back on topic.

I'd like to see the skill Blizzard and fanaticism make a come back. I know it isn't anything new and exciting but they were kick ass skills. Not only that but every blizzard game has a skill blizzard in it if I remember correctly.

Quote from "areion" »

i have good gear
death fathom
tal rash ammy
nigma (working on getting ormus)
spirit
some cold charms
nightwing helm
soj
etc

if i need to start over in order to get 15k i will but just need to know how to dist my skills to use with this gear to get that 15k

In order to get the most damage out of your blizzard look at what it gains bonuses from. Those are the ones that need to be max. Ice bolt, Ice blast and Glacial Spike. Only 1 point needs to be added to cold mastery if your mercenary uses an Infinity polearm. Somewhere in these threads there is an explanation why more than 17 into cold mastery is a waste because cold immunity can only be dropped by 100% or something. I made a sorc with max mastery and another with 1 point in and it is absolutely true and tested. As long as your mercenary uses infinity and your cold mastery is 17+ then you are golden. Read what the description of what cold mastery is.

Cold mastery: Passive- Increases the damage of your cold attacks by piercing your enemies resistance to cold.

It can only be reduced so far before becoming ineffective.

As for the gear and such to attain maximum damage you'd need perfect cold skill damage on all your items with perfect cold facets in everything including a bugged (2 skill) Tal armor with a 5% cold skill facet as well as having 9 charms, a torch and an anni.

In my opinion you are due for a rebuild. I am unable to follow the link that you posted but the skills useage you stated above is not ideal.

1 into frozen armor, 1 into telekinesis, 1 into teleport, 1 into warmth and 1 into static are pretty much universal skills no matter what sorc build you are following. I have made many. I am just trying to share what I know with you.

Quote from "akse" »

LOL.. boost and help is the plague of D2 or LOD actually. Everyone is so used to getting quests done and levels made for them that all they people do in bnet is beg for help in the chat.. there are so many people that are really helpless if someone is not doing the things for them.

Things were different before lod when people had to manage on their own or at max get helped trough the quests. But leeching didn't really work.

The plague of LOD indeed. I rush people just about everyday. Then after I rush them they all want me to add them to the friend list. Not gonna happen. I don't need noobs spamming me when I am running baals or mfing. Asking stupid things like "What is thul rune worth?" and "Is spine ripper worth a hr"

The best time to play is right after a ladder reset. Almost all the people you see playing do it legit and have some amount of skill in building a character. Those are the kinds of people I enjoy playing with. The ones that are noobs are easily spotted and can quickly be squelched. I can't wait for a new ladder season to start.

@OP

I agree that paladins are overpowered when it comes to magic finding. With redemption aura there really is no need for a merc. The hammerdin is the only character I have ever built that can run a full chaos game without help from mercenary or other players. Not saying that it can't be done by another charater. I'm just saying it is the fastest and safest character to do such things with.

When it comes to dueling, in my opinion, they are not that overpowered. A skilled Bowzon, Wind Druid, Assassin, Necro, Sorc and in very rare cases Barbarians can smoke a paladin. A smiter with lifetap in duels is bad mannered and without it they are somewhat weak. Though for dueling purposes I'd say a smiter is more powerful than a hammerdin when played right.

I myself am horrible at dueling with my hammerdin. It's sorc or wind druid for me in that realm of the game.

It all comes down to who you are playing how they built their character and how they use it.

Quote from "Azylium" »

I actually like this idea, but it feels rather unpolished and needs some thinking over to work, if it were to be implemented. Like, what determines what extra bonus the items get, etc. At least making all your personalized items give an extra bonus when worn together. Unlike sets though, it would only give a bonus to the actual character that named it. With that, we of course need a limit to how many items can be named. 3 sounds good to me.

That, or just make all items you crafted yourself automatically have your name on them (You made it god damn it, of course it'd be inscribed with your name:cool:).

Of course it would need polishing and greater minds than mine to make it work and be balanced.

What determines the bonus of the craft or personalization would be many things.

The type of item would benefit each character differently. A spiderweb sash could be better for a wizard than it is for the witchdoctor. Also the character that is doing the crafting/personalization would affect the outcome, the bonuses would be slanted towards their respective abilities. More mana for wizards and more life or strength for barb. Another factor would be the quality of the item(rare/magical/unique) Magical items could have the possibilty for multiple affixes whereas a rare or unique could gain less because the stats already on it.

I didn't state before but the base stats on the item remain and bonus affixes are attached when crafted or personalized. At least that is how I imagine it would work. Like I said it needs polishing. lol

[quote name='Kenelm']I'd seriously love to see this thing removed, or changed so that named items are bound to the character.quote]

Personalized items should be bound to the character that personalized it. I agree with this. I think the amount of items you can personalize should be unlimited. I have always personalized my good gear. I even remade characters just so I could have all the pieces to that character bear the same name. That was a hassle in my opinion. Unlimited naming is what I hope for. They should also make able the ability to personalize rings and amulets. I hated that when I found a sweet ass rare ring that I knew I was never going to trade but not be able to make my mark on it.

If they do not make the items bound to the character after personalization then they should provide a way to remove a name from the item. It did kill the trade value of items.

I disagree that any kind of stats or bonus be applied to a personalized item. It should serve no other purpose than showing a person "this is my gear and no it is not for trade which is why I put my name on that som'bitch. It is my gear and no one else can use it."

I loved naming items and I hope they bring it back in some form or another in D3.

Something just came to mind. I started a thread about it a while back.

It's a bit off topic but still pertains to this. I think

If when you personalize an item depending on the type of item(shield/helm/boot), quality of item(magic/rare/unique), character that personalizes the item. Have that item then turn into a set item with a bonus according to your character.

If you don't get what I am saying I'll explain.

You are playing as a Barbarian. You find a unique barb helm. You personalize it and in the process the item grants +10 life and becomes a set item. Bearing the name of that character and is only useable by that character(soulbound). You also find a nice set of rare boots. You personalize them and it grants +50 def vs missles. The item becomes a set piece with that character name and is soulbound. With both pieces equipped you gain a partial set bonus.(+40 life, +1 barb skills, +100 def vs missles) The affix that is gained on the item would differ between rare, magic or unique. It would also differ depending on what you choose to personalize.(weapon/armor/belts) Set items cannot be personalized.

Set a limit of 3 items that can be personalized.

You may all think this is a horrible idea but I can see how it would be an awesome feature and would give more merit to naming an item after your character. Sorry if this was off topic but I think it is a good idea and I'd like to see it implemented.

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2. A Perfect Circle
3. Victor Wooten
4. Primus
5. Snot

A long ass time ago I got a call from my friend telling me about this game and I needed to play it. I had my parents drive me over to his house. I ended up spending the night and I stayed up all night watching him Diablo. That's right. I didn't even get a chance to play it but just watching him play made me want the game so bad. I saved up my allowance and bought the game. Sadly I did not play Diablo for very long. It was a great game but it was slow and other games caught my attention. Years later when Diablo 2 came out again I got the game and I have been playing on and off ever since.

Certainly not right now. I am doing as you are doing. Pre-order it when Blizzard officially announces it.

Quote from "Dauroth" »

It says on Wikipedia that Diablo III is going to be shipped in 2010! I think they are the most realistic of all other sites that are putting exact dates of the release, let alone a year. However, it is listed under unscheduled releases. Here's the link.

I don't think wikipedia is exact at all. People can edit wikipedia. I should change it so that it is coming out tomorrow. No one would be happy though. The product is not close to being finished. When it is done is when it will come out.

I wish people would stop speculating and bringing up old ass topics. When blizzard releases that info I'll read it in the news forum.

Quote from "Nacho_ijp" »

you assume it's limiing at least a part of our evolution.... i think it's acctually speeding up our evolution

the simpsons or futurama??

futurama.

I assume nothing I only asked the question.

gatorade or powerade?

Naked on a desert island. In space you'd simultaneously freeze and burn to death without the atmosphere to filter the suns radiation.

Is technology limiting our evolution or part of our evolution?

I loved it at first but the more I hear about it the less I like. Don't get me wrong. I think the graphics kick ass and the characters kick ass. I just have this feeling that it will play too differently than Diablo 2. While I understand that they are not remaking D2 in 3d, there was this addictive quality to D2 that I haven't found in any other game. I hope they don't do that to D3.

Take for example Fable. It was a great game and had lots of room for improvement. I played it through 50 times easily. I boosted all my skills, I boosted none of my skills, I made wizards, archers, warriors, you name it. I played that game quite like I do Diablo 2. Fable 2 on the other hand. Looked amazing, the world was huge, there were so many more quests. I thought it would captivate me 10 times as much as the original Fable but it didn't. I played through it one time to get the story and that was it. It bored me. Something about it just didn't have that replay value quite like the first one.

So I am going to stick with I loved it at first but I don't now. I am keeping faith though. This is Blizzard we're tlking about and they do tend to make some kick ass games. I hope they surprise me with the end product. I hope it grabs me like Diablo 2 did.

Says the video has been removed by the user. Weak-Sauce! I wanna see some killer guitar licks.