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I hope you realize that the people playing in beta aren't playing the latest and greatest release and typically not contributing to any bug finding. Those posting videos are not submitting it to Blizzard for the good of the game or community.

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There so much cheating in the beta right now. It's like D2. Hope they fix this stuff. I'm really not motivated right now as everybody is abusing the shit out of the flawed systems. I've sent atlast 3 emails to blizzard asking them to fix this. I really hope beta 10 will be out soon and address these issues.

Yeah, that must completely suck. I just wish any videos that get posted on these forums that show ways to exploit any part of the game would be deleted. We don't need that trash seeping into the populace.

Yeah a monk 1-shot SK with lethal decoy, but I guess that doesn't count now that it's not in the game anymore!~

LOL nice

Though I didn't get in last night in the first round of Twitter contest invites, I do know that they are sending emails to the winners. A lot of people emailed in their entry on accounts that aren't tied to their battle.net email, so it gave them a little grief to notify and verify the winners.

EDIT- I was partially wrong- They are sending notifications via the direct message within Twitter, but they really want your email address tagged with Twitter to match the one linked to battle.net.

4. Contest Rules and Prize. Each Tuesday during the Contest Period, Sponsor shall randomly draw One Hundred qualified entrants who will receive one (1) Diablo III Beta Test Key. All Contest winners will be notified via Twitter.com’s “direct message” system with instructions for claiming their respective prizes. Prizes that remain unclaimed thirty (30) days after notification will be forfeited.

I re-spec'd last night and maxxed out fire blast and left the other fire talents alone, and it was a lot better. The ghost mobs that are lightning immune in Baal's chamber died fast in NM mode with fire blast and the rest of the runs were cake. I toyed with Hell last night and was able to kite Blood Raven around and kill her with every other zombie being lightning immune.

I got a Sol rune last night, so I can make an Insight for my merc, it's just finding a 4-socket polearm that is the next fun challenge.

EDIT- I also picked up fade last night and it worked nicely too. Thanks again.

Thanks for your help. I'm going to burn a re-spec to get rid of the fire talents and max out fire blast, especially since the lightning immunities in Act 1 of Hell is the cause of my heartburn in the first place. I didn't think about Burst of Speed and Fade, will get them!

It looks something like this, but it's not 100% accurate. I could have sworn I have more points in shock web, but I know that charged bolt and lightning sentry are currently maxxed out. I also have more points in fire blast, but I don't know what I'm sacrificing. I won't be home from work for another 2 hours (lol), but I will update it with more accuracy later.

http://www.diablofans.com/page/tools/skill/d2-Assassin.html#00000000001101101101140k10k1c0l0l0l0l0l0l000000000l00

How would you guys handle re-spec'ing in this situation? Should I re-spec to max out everything in the lightning tree once, and then re-spec in the future when I get the appropriate charms/gear to hit 20 for each skill in the standard build?

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PS: werent you the guy that has complained about D3 being too easy? just picture Inferno mode now that youve played D2 hell

Nope, I never complain about stuff like that. I'll only jokingly complain about not being in beta and dying for the game's release. I never took the time to be thorough with D2 like I am now, so I'm actually at a point now where I'm seeking outside help and advice from people who have farmed it time and time again.

I look forward to D3 and being thorough from day 1, so I can be a resource at an Inferno level of difficulty like a lot of you guys are for D2.

EDIT- Thanks for all the help everyone. I'm trying to rep you for the help, but the forums aren't letting me!

I haven't re-spec'd any points yet, but I went to max out the lightning tree, and I'm up to 14 points into death sentry. I have 1 point in the other tree for shadow warrior. I know it's not really needed, but it's been ok for leveling. I only started putting a couple points into the fire sentries to try and help with the lightning immunities. I did it because I don't have any items/runewords to deal with it, and my merc was getting destroyed.

Once I can get my hands on +skill charms, gear, etc., I'll do my first re-spec. I did 3 Baal runs last night, and it only resulted in crappy items and a few common runes.

I wrote down a list of runes stocked in my stash, and I noticed that I lack all the rare ones to make an Infinity or an Enigma for my merc, or anything worthwhile for myself.

I've been doing Baal runs on Nightmare a couple times the last few nights, but all the drops have been disappointing. It's been so bad that if it's not good enough for an alt, I've been selling it to try and raise my gold savings.

As soon as I get back online with my Trapsin, I'll make a list of my gear and check back in here. I don't have anything awesome, but it's been enough to get through Nightmare, for what that's worth. I appreciate the advice.

The book was a really good read, but if you have played both D1 and D2, as well as read any previous books in the Diablo series, you already know 95% of the contents within it. It has a few clues regarding D3, and the artwork is stellar. Overall, I enjoyed it.

Hey guys,

I currently have a lvl 65 Trapsin with an act 2 nightmare merc. Just to preface this, I do not have access to the best rune words for weapons, armor, etc. at the moment. I'm running into a brick wall with immunities even in act 1 where my lightning and fire sentries are useless, and my merc and shadow warrior get eaten alive, and chews up 30k+ gold a pop to revive him. Even with kiting and potion healing the merc, he still gets destroyed and I'm running out of gold.

Anyhow, I could really use some suggestions on how to get over this hump and make some progress. I've been saving all the rare runes I can get my hands on, but at this moment, it's just not enough.

Thanks for any advice ahead of time.

Today is my birthday and while I was sleeping, I had some subconscious dream that Blizzard was sparing pity on my poor beta-less soul and tagged my account to finally let me in. Well, my dreams are stupid and incorrect as usual!