I don't fly through the act, I kinda go slow and steady, but I tackle most large packs and special groups equally. I kicked Belial's butt with it, and I'll soon use it on Azmodan.
Once you fight champ packs in Hell you will really appreciate teleport. Fast mobs with Extra HP, Firechains, Jailer, Vortex lol its unbelievable sometimes how well the fracture rune works with tele. Gives breathing room to spam my 140 AP pool with 6 orbs. I might replace piecing orb with Blizzard however.
I'm currently level 55 on the 2nd Act of Hell and I find it fun this class actually takes a little finesse to play well. I can take out multiple champ groups without the use for Force Armor. In Nightmare I went for dmg and used Magic Weapon with a 1h / shield combo which worked really well. The AH is your friend and imo makes the game a bit too easy vs finding people trade with.
Also that nightmare build if you get a beefy 2h I'd swap magic weapon with blizzard and reduced AP or CD whichever you have unlocked and it makes large packs cake combined with Venom Hydra. I use the Templar as well his charge / stun skills works wonders when he charges packs its as good as frost nova and his regen paired with Galvenizing Ward makes single 2k 3k hits regen rather quickly if there are no health globes up.
Nice to hear everyone's different experiences, and tanis0 I wasn't angry when posting just trying to type so much info without it being TOO much of a big wall of text. Since release we still have family dinner with no television as I was raised, and we have a nice family conversation. I also do my part in the cooking as well =) good to see fellow gamers who take care of their women as much as they to us.
As someone said its in their nature and I'll admit that during WoW it was like a 2nd job just to raid which was the core reason I quit.
This is my lvl 24 Wizard build I have lots of Intel / Vit the random loot has been good to me I also have a rare shield with 31vit 28 int so I dont get 1 shot. Once I up my dmg I'll be removing Magic Weapon and get Blink maybe.
Oh and I haven't raided in WoW since Ulduar many years back =) after I heard of the expansion announcement I pretty much gave up chasing gear I prefer the Diabloverse much much more. Casual if you want it to be and that's what I told her. I have no guild / clan commitment and I can play at my own pace without really missing out on anything.
She actually dropped of lunch for me today at work and I told her exactly how I felt and she admitted to being a little too needy these past couple of days. We've been together 12 years and married 4 years this coming weekend, we also have a beautiful daughter. Things between us are great its just I found it funny how she reacted once she saw how into D3 I really was. Mind you she didn't mind be playing my PS3 for a couple hours a day its just something about computer games that she knows I could literally go 24 hours in front of a computer IF I wanted to, whereas PS3 after 2 hours I'm bored with whatever I'm playing then watch a movie.
But all in all we're good I wasn't really lookin for advice although I appreciate the advice I was just curious as to how everyone else spent the last 2 days. I remember there being a thread about married gamers and their significant other, but I have a feeling those people from that topic are either working at school or playing as I type =)
As of Tuesday the 15th my wife has gotten very very needy, everything from can your bring me a brush (downstairs) to lets go BBQ as a family. My wife knew about Diablo 3 since I spent the last month trying desperately to get the collectors edition. Anyways Tuesday servers were taking dumps all day so the times I had to actually play she would always need or want to do or go somewhere. Unluckily her school got canceled 2 days in a row Tues/ Wed and those were the only 2 days I took off work to play. So I stayed up til 4:30am Tuesday night playing and the next morning I got a tongue lashing about how she waited up for me til 3am and how she couldn't sleep without me being next to her. I told her BS because every night we watch movies downstairs she crashes mid movie on the couch, mind your my PC is in the bedroom pretty much next to the bed. I think I know why she hates D3 tho it reminds her of my raiding WoW days and how much time I'd spend on the PC, but as I told her I only took the 2 days off to cram D3 all day for 48 hours. Our anniversary is this weekend which I have off and she knew that she'd have me for 2 days but still ruined my request off days for release. Yesterday she made me go to storage to get an old dresser for our bedroom out and man did that take up about a 1/4 of my day just getting all that old stuff in and out of the storage then cleaning the room just to make room, oh and we shampooed the carpet Tuesday night ><
Winners: Dominictus, Daker18, and Saggypoo check your PM box. I drew early because there's emergency maintenance going on atm so I can't even log in. Enjoy the keys guys and hope to see you in HELL.
Also I'm still on the hunt for a CE and I'm pretty sure I'll run into one eventually and I'll give those keys away as well.
So after visiting about 9 different stores and a couple 24 hour Wal-Marts last night I failed to secure a collectors edition. So I settled for the standard and I'm installing now. I'll play up to SK in act 1 and after I defeat him I'll be choosing 3 names at random to receive a guess pass. Multiple post won't improve your chances I'm going to use my D3 notepad that came with the game and write down all the names and let my wife pick 3 from a hat. GL and enjoy.
Yes I won't be getting mines until the 20th but for a scarce CE I'll wait the extra 5 days. I will be going to Irvine to try my luck there and if I can get ahold of one I'll just cancel.
So I didn't pre order the CE but after this long wait I find that it was a mistake not to. I just called 3 of my local Best Buys and they are only receiving enough CE that were pre order and nothing more. Are there any more places you guys can think of where I can get my hands on a CE by May 15th? Thanks for your help =)
Frys in san diego is doing a midnight opening. They always have non-preorder copies; That might be a good place to try to get one, assuming you can do the midnight opening thing.
It's a huge store too, they probably have quite a few copies.
hmm San Diego eh I'm in the LA area but I'll give them a call anyways.
oh how I hate to give my business to Gamestop they are crooks but it may be the last purchase I make there here's hoping the 4 around me have it avail.
So I didn't pre order the CE but after this long wait I find that it was a mistake not to. I just called 3 of my local Best Buys and they are only receiving enough CE that were pre order and nothing more. Are there any more places you guys can think of where I can get my hands on a CE by May 15th? Thanks for your help =)
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Once you fight champ packs in Hell you will really appreciate teleport. Fast mobs with Extra HP, Firechains, Jailer, Vortex lol its unbelievable sometimes how well the fracture rune works with tele. Gives breathing room to spam my 140 AP pool with 6 orbs. I might replace piecing orb with Blizzard however.
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I facerolled Nightmare with : http://us.battle.net...XSRO!YXf!baaZbb
Currently enjoying Hell with: http://us.battle.net...XQRO!YXf!baaYbb
Also that nightmare build if you get a beefy 2h I'd swap magic weapon with blizzard and reduced AP or CD whichever you have unlocked and it makes large packs cake combined with Venom Hydra. I use the Templar as well his charge / stun skills works wonders when he charges packs its as good as frost nova and his regen paired with Galvenizing Ward makes single 2k 3k hits regen rather quickly if there are no health globes up.
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As someone said its in their nature and I'll admit that during WoW it was like a 2nd job just to raid which was the core reason I quit.
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http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#UcXdYS!aX!aaaZZ
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But all in all we're good I wasn't really lookin for advice although I appreciate the advice I was just curious as to how everyone else spent the last 2 days. I remember there being a thread about married gamers and their significant other, but I have a feeling those people from that topic are either working at school or playing as I type =)
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Also I'm still on the hunt for a CE and I'm pretty sure I'll run into one eventually and I'll give those keys away as well.
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hmm San Diego eh I'm in the LA area but I'll give them a call anyways.
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