The rebalancing was necessary. Acts 2-4 inferno weren't really that fun and that's the yardstick of success imo.
Coop was difficult in inferno act 2-4. Not everyone has furbished gear. Hell was still tolerable but once you took that step into inferno, especially act 2+, what was previously safe for a wiz (2-3 hits to die with force armor), became a one shot death as damage exceeded the low force armor treshold. The increased incoming damage really encouraged defensive builds which became increasingly hard to maintain as more players joined. In a 4 player game, a player who could maintain a reasonable defensive build while solo might find it just isn't working. Not everyone has a 1k weapon in their hand either, the dps requirements to burst down elites before they used their enrage timer made it difficult to use coop as having allies just made it harder to meet the enrage timer. A rebalance is definately welcome to make inferno act 2-4 more fun.
The drop rate change really helps. Currently you can roll really powerful ilvl61 items in act 1 inferno that can help you steamroll act 2 but the probability is very low, so low that people are grinding act 1 and seeing limited results. It is more efficient to grind gold and buy upgrades than hope for a ilvl61 rare with 4-6 good affixes.
Item rebalancing is necessary as well. Currently any weapon, even an ilvl63 one, without at least 2 of the 4 dps mods will not be worth a damn. You need a huge +fixed dmg affix, +ias, +%dmg and +mainstat. Of all the 4, the mainstat is the lowest priority. Outside of your main weapon +ias and +crit (only with enough) far exceed the dps potential of +mainstat and +fixed dmg to the point where they are arguably necessary in an item because you wouldn't swap them out with any other affix.
I trust Blizzard to balance and change as needed to make this more fun. Currently I just farm act 1 inferno and raise alts because the rest of inferno just isn't fun.
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Apr 20, 2012Tsukishima posted a message on Open Beta Weekend!From my experience, the installer isn't linear and some parts of the 100% take longer than others. I'd recommend to just leave it on.Posted in: News
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Apr 20, 2012Tsukishima posted a message on Open Beta Weekend!Congrats! I'm so happy for you all.Posted in: News
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Apr 16, 2012Tsukishima posted a message on Class Spotlight - The MonkThe holy trinity in a single class, if you want to be able to do literally anything this might be the class for you. Tank/DPS/Healer-support roles are all avaliable.Posted in: News
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Aug 30, 2011Tsukishima posted a message on Diablo 3 Beta: What to ExpectTo add on to the graphic benchmark test. Would like to see what are the different graphic settings (like SC2's low to ultra) and what hardware is needed to hit 60fps. If you don't have that many different hardware profiles to switch around, a benchmark of fps with your current system on different settings over a modest period of time will really be useful.Posted in: News
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Aug 2, 2011Tsukishima posted a message on The Auction House ExplainedEconsfag here. Take it from someone who spent too many years studying Econs, that Blizzard is hitting some serious platinum in this idea.Posted in: News
Gold. Resource generated by D3. Tradable for money.
Money. Resource generated by the banks. Tradable for gold.
They are going to create a system by which the virtual goods (gold, items, etc) generated by D3 is given a money value.
1. Every item, gold piece or rune you find in D3 has an equivalent money value. You will earn real money when you play D3!
2. Due to arbitrage and the gold/money exchange rate, they will be able to generate a stable market. The central bank has tricks they can pull if there's too much or too little money, Blizzard has tricks they can pull if there's too much or too little gold too. They are gaining the powers of a central bank with respect to gold.
3. This is all going to be financed by people who put real money into RMT. These people, are going to be giving you money by financing this system. Previously they paid 3rd party sites, now they pay you.
TL;DR -- D3 lets you get richer when you play it and gives a stable economy for both gold or RMT trade.
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Edit: Can anyone give any practical suggestions/video/guide of add kiting? When adds spawn on both sides, other than blowing a CD there's nothing I seem to be able to do and they stream in faster than I can pick off, especially with Belial running around as well.
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Requesting for advice/tips/youtube whatever from wizards who have successfully cleared him on inferno.
Will also tip if anyone can take the time and help me through him.
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A lot of analysis is still going into the mechanical formulaes. I would expect a well planned mix of armor, dodge and resistances along with hp and drain would make a juggernaut of a barb that does massive damage. Rares can have both the offensive and defensive stats you need but they aren't easy to find. I hear many barbs can safely clear act 1 inferno, farm up SK, spidey or butcher with +5 valor and you'll have a good chance at rares.
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Getting rares is a different thing.
1. Farm chests with high MF
2. Grind out Nephalem Valor +5 and do a boss (eg. Skeleton King, Maghda, Spider Queen, Butcher). The buff increases the item quantity as well, making this one of the most profitable ways to farm
I often clear the way to a boss, dragging unkilling champion packs to an obscure corner if need be, then go farm valor till +5. After which stack as much MF as you can safely stack. Bosses are generally easier than champions so you can get away some MF gear.
At about 180MF i've gotten as many as 6 rares 7 blues from a single boss kill. You can't control the mods but you can increase the number of items and the chances of them beings rares.
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With regards to rumours, I wouldn't put any faith in anything less than official patch notes.
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