CardiffGreens Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Finally got around to ordering myself a copy - so I'll check it out when it arrives (and after I finished cycling around Jersey, remarking aloud about their funny money and indulging in some impromptu cow tipping this weekend*) Thankfully BT have sorted an issue out with my home broadband so I now hit the heady heights of 1.6 mega bits per second (turns out builders have a thing for fitting telephone wires into sockets with the sharp ends of screwdrivers) and might actually be able to play (since the 5 minutes of beta I experienced was ruined by lag and a very temperamental graphics card). Might even spend some time playing the game, rather than pratting about with the banner designs =P I'll stick my battletag up here at some point (alas, my authenticator is at home and I can't remember the numbers after my chosen name =P) * 2 of these things anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjackle Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Im enoying it (act 2 normal- demon hunter), but think not being able to play a single player game because of server maintainence is ridiculous. I get why- but still it took the shine off it massively for me the other day. I would hate to think this is the future of gaming. With mmos you accept it- but so far I havent played with anyone on Diablo ( and wont until I finish normal for story reasons) Also not being able to play with friends on other servers without rerolling also sucks. I only just found that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futumtch Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 I trust most of you are on European servers? I heard a lot were defaulted to US servers at the start which didn't help with the load. Anyway, my battletag is: futumtch#2386 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Just dinged 30 and beat act 3 of normal. I have to say the auction house is almost cheating at the moment, I pretty much doubled my DPS by spending less than £20k in the AH. It seems that loads of people dont know what stuff is worth yet (and to be fair, neither do I) but searching for stuff with very specific stats and setting the maximum buyout at £2k has seen me get some absolutely insane bargains. Doing 800+dps in combat with my self buffs up (Frenzy, Battle Rage & Zerker Rage) I just burned down the end boss of act 3, Azmodan, the Lord of Sin in less than 10 seconds. Not sure how I feel about that. I guess it's all about the road to Hell though. I'll be levelling an alt though. Im sure some getting some +primary stat & +experience gear on the AH will make the thing bloody quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Killed Diablo. Died during the fight, which was quite surprising as I hadnt died in ages. My own stupid fault really beat him the second time fairly comfortably. I had hit the AH so hard that none of the loot Diablo dropped was an upgrade on what I was already wearing though. Those are the stats my Barbarian (Mellberg) ended up with at the end of normal difficulty. He is level 32, and the stat includes the DPS buff his shout gives him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 And now all they hear are complaints. Did any of you people really play Diablo II, before the Lord of Destruction expansion? They've been listening to players complain for years about how Uniques, Sets, and then Runewords made the game bland, because everyone was searching for and wearing the same items, and how it put such a final goal on the game. People have been asking for Blizzard to make high-rolled Rares better than Uniques for a long time. So that's what they did, and now people complain. What gives? Listening to the playerbase just seems like damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't. People wanted Inferno to be hard. It was supposed to be an 'endgame' mode, something that would take months, if not years, to develop the skills and farm the gear to be able to beat it. That's what people asked for, that's what Blizzard delivered, and what do we hear? People expect to just cruise on through it, just equipping whatever they find on the first run like normal mode and beat it within a week. I wonder if you'll still agree with this guy when you hit Inferno. Not many people are annoyed that it's "hard", most people are annoyed that it's pretty trivial with ranged, while melee have it so hard. It's the nature of Diablo that you expect to grind the same content to gear up before stepping up to the next area, but it's incredibly frustrating doing so, only because you picked the "wrong" class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 WoW was often the same though. It will get patched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjackle Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Cant log in... the games good but if it keeps up like this I'll be quickly out of patience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted May 31, 2012 Author VT Supporter Share Posted May 31, 2012 Cant log in... the games good but if it keeps up like this I'll be quickly out of patience Yep, same here. I'm sure it will be sorted out long term but at the moment it's bloody annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DiegoD Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Just out of curiosity what sort of ping do you guys get? The Australia lag is borderline unplayable and has the worst spikes ever. I'm really hoping blizzard do something to fix this because I won't be able to roll a HC hero till its sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 About 250ms in peak hours, which is pretty bloody terrible. For comparison, I get about 15ms in WoW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 The lag at times can be pretty annoying yet I'm still really enjoying this. I've just hit level 50 on my Barbarian and am about to enter the last chapter on nightmare mode. The increase in difficulty has been quite good and I'm really looking forward to reaching hell difficulty. I've already died quite a few times on the present difficulty. Mainly due to my own errors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Made it into inferno and can't stop dying. Sacrificed health for damage. Had over 50K health but now do 45K damage. Inferno is really ruining the fun of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 It's supposed to be a challenge. You don't have to play inferno at the end of the day, yet if you want a challenge then it's the way forward. Maybe you need to gear up some more from hell mode, or raid the AH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Just hit level 56, yet I won't be playing the game for a couple of weeks after this coming Saturday. Hell is pretty tough at the moment, despite the fact that I have over 40k hp. I'm on Act II right now and am slowly getting there. I have purchased most of my gear off the AH as I seem to be really unlucky with drops, hence why my cash is so low. I love the gear models. Here are a couple of pictures showing my character and stats: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Looks like we might be seeing this on console soon...... Rumours started with this German retailer putting Xbox and Ps3 versions on their sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Haha, Diablo 3 will never be on consoles. Anyway, I think I'm done with the game. Got to Inferno and it's all grind grind which I can't be bothered with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Why won't Diablo 3 be out on consoles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Haha, Diablo 3 will never be on consoles. Anyway, I think I'm done with the game. Got to Inferno and it's all grind grind which I can't be bothered with. I think their lead designer Josh Mosqueira already said they are working on a project to bring it to console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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