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CajoleJuice · « **Reply #2760 on:** March 11, 2014, 06:12:09 PM »

Quote from: Rufus on March 11, 2014, 06:08:25 PM

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on March 11, 2014, 05:46:40 PM
Um I was going to ask. What is Torment II? A new difficulty in RoS?
Torment has six settings. Bottom left where you select the difficulties is a slider. The higher you go, the more magic find and xp bonuses you get. But the monsters naturally hit harder and have obscene amounts of health.

I don't think magic find goes up, only exp and gold.

https://us.battle.net/d3/en/game/guide/gameplay/game-difficulty

Himu · « **Reply #2761 on:** March 11, 2014, 06:17:47 PM »

The other night we beat the butcher and everyone got blues lol

Quote from: Rufus on March 11, 2014, 06:08:25 PM

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on March 11, 2014, 05:46:40 PM
Um I was going to ask. What is Torment II? A new difficulty in RoS?
Torment has six settings. Bottom left where you select the difficulties is a slider. The higher you go, the more magic find and xp bonuses you get. But the monsters naturally hit harder and have obscene amounts of health.

That's fucking amazing.

Himu · « **Reply #2762 on:** March 11, 2014, 06:20:45 PM »

2.0.3 patch notes

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/13183882/patch-203-now-live-3-11-2014

Rufus · « **Reply #2763 on:** March 11, 2014, 06:22:48 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on March 11, 2014, 06:12:09 PM

I don't think magic find goes up, only exp and gold.

https://us.battle.net/d3/en/game/guide/gameplay/game-difficulty

Hm, my bad. The last line in the description in-game does say "additional gold/XP/legendary drop rate per slider tick" though. That's what counts most, anyway.

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on March 11, 2014, 06:20:45 PM

2.0.3 patch notes

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/13183882/patch-203-now-live-3-11-2014

"Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where 2-Handed Legendary weapons were rolling damage appropriate to 1-handed Legendary weapons"

I've already had a 2H hammer drop, of course... Grmbl.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #2764 on:** March 11, 2014, 06:25:45 PM »

Quote from: Rufus on March 11, 2014, 06:22:48 PM

Quote from: CajoleJuice on March 11, 2014, 06:12:09 PM
I don't think magic find goes up, only exp and gold.

https://us.battle.net/d3/en/game/guide/gameplay/game-difficulty
Hm, my bad. The last line in the description in-game does say "additional gold/XP/legendary drop rate per slider tick" though. That's what counts most, anyway.

ah ok, i was kinda disappointed when i just went to double-check. this is good

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #2765 on:** March 11, 2014, 06:48:32 PM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on March 11, 2014, 06:03:44 PM

After a very short time playing 2.0.2 I can now rock Expert without any issues. Pre-RoS, what's the best farming strategy to get myself up to Torment and Torment II?

It doesn't look like higher difficulties impact Magic Find, is that correct?

I don't think legendary drop rate sees a change until Torment, so really I think the best strategy is: find the highest difficulty level you can faceroll, then pick out your favorite part of the game and grind those areas. For me that's pretty much all of Act 3 from Keep Depths forward.

Damian79 · « **Reply #2766 on:** March 11, 2014, 06:52:06 PM »

For some reason i have it in my head marathon runs from start to finish gets better loot. Like it is based on how much time you play the game or something. I am probably wrong though.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #2767 on:** March 11, 2014, 06:55:03 PM »

Really, though- it's mind blowing how RIGHT loot feels now. Even with my better geared characters I still frequently get stuff that might not be an across the board upgrade, but it makes me pause and think, "hmm."

Rufus · « **Reply #2768 on:** March 11, 2014, 06:57:41 PM »

There's this: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/11307900907?page=15#293
tl;dr They increase the chance of a legendary drop the longer you go without one.

Keeping that in mind, whole act clears would look like they boost your chance just by virtue of how long they take.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #2769 on:** March 11, 2014, 07:14:03 PM »

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on March 11, 2014, 06:48:32 PM

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on March 11, 2014, 06:03:44 PM
After a very short time playing 2.0.2 I can now rock Expert without any issues. Pre-RoS, what's the best farming strategy to get myself up to Torment and Torment II?

It doesn't look like higher difficulties impact Magic Find, is that correct?

I don't think legendary drop rate sees a change until Torment, so really I think the best strategy is: find the highest difficulty level you can faceroll, then pick out your favorite part of the game and grind those areas. For me that's pretty much all of Act 3 from Keep Depths forward.

It doesn't affect normal blue/yellow drop rate/stats either?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2770 on:** March 11, 2014, 08:29:02 PM »

I knocked it up to Torment II and cleared most of Act I. I reset quests before I noticed that they changed it from a guaranteed Legendary for beating the Skeleton King after reset, to a guaranteed Legendary for beating Diablo.

BTW, I found the Adventurer's Journal component for this.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/penders-purchase

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #2771 on:** March 11, 2014, 08:38:37 PM »

I've got 4 of those Adventurer Journals.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #2772 on:** March 11, 2014, 09:26:06 PM »

Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on March 11, 2014, 07:14:03 PM

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on March 11, 2014, 06:48:32 PM
Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on March 11, 2014, 06:03:44 PM
After a very short time playing 2.0.2 I can now rock Expert without any issues. Pre-RoS, what's the best farming strategy to get myself up to Torment and Torment II?

It doesn't look like higher difficulties impact Magic Find, is that correct?

I don't think legendary drop rate sees a change until Torment, so really I think the best strategy is: find the highest difficulty level you can faceroll, then pick out your favorite part of the game and grind those areas. For me that's pretty much all of Act 3 from Keep Depths forward.

It doesn't affect normal blue/yellow drop rate/stats either?

Just from the eyeball test, it definitely does. I feel like I get more yellow drops than anything else, to be honest! And you for sure get more as a proportion the higher you ratchet the difficulty up.

My wizard is criting for over a million now

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2773 on:** March 11, 2014, 10:17:24 PM »

Now that everyone's playing again, we need to do some key runs. Key Wardens seem to drop a lot in Torment, and you don't have to worry about Nephalem Valor stacks anymore.

Himu · « **Reply #2774 on:** March 11, 2014, 10:27:23 PM »

what are the keys for again?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2775 on:** March 11, 2014, 11:33:20 PM »

With keys you can make a portal, with a portal you can go fight some bosses and have a chance to get a special drop, and with three of the drops, you can craft a Hellfire Ring.

We did it twice though, and got nuthin'.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #2776 on:** March 12, 2014, 01:55:13 AM »

I have like six of the Key of Destruction. I'm down for some key runs.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2777 on:** March 12, 2014, 02:02:58 AM »

We ended up doing it twice more later and I finally got one part.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #2778 on:** March 12, 2014, 10:18:41 AM »

After running the Act 3 warden 4 or 5 times this morning with no key drops, I checked and the drop rates are fucking abysmal now- something like 25% for Torment 1, 28% for Torment 2. LULZ. I don't mind doing it but I'm not giving the monsters 1/3 more health for a 3% increase. NOT VERY GOOD VALUE, SIR.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2779 on:** March 12, 2014, 02:06:06 PM »

Elites are no joke on Torment II and they love them some extra health affixes (it's not enough they already have 60% more health to begin with).

Rufus · « **Reply #2780 on:** March 12, 2014, 05:59:07 PM »

That's why I don't touch it. I still remember old Inferno, when every rare could enrage after a couple of minutes.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #2781 on:** March 12, 2014, 06:02:06 PM »

Oh god the first inferno

FAST REFLECTS DAMAGE INVULNERABLE MINION POISON

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #2782 on:** March 12, 2014, 06:05:27 PM »

Invulerable was such fucking bullshit, fuck

Steve Contra · « **Reply #2783 on:** March 12, 2014, 06:16:23 PM »

I've never rage quit in a game as many times in such a short amount of time as when I first hit inferno.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #2784 on:** March 12, 2014, 06:16:56 PM »

I hate it when I get something like "poison enchanted arcane enchanted desecrator jailer" then inevitably I get jailed right after using my teleport and die in a puddle of bullshit.

Rufus · « **Reply #2785 on:** March 12, 2014, 06:18:22 PM »

Extra health goat mages from act 3. Oh look, they all shielded one another.

Rufus · « **Reply #2786 on:** March 12, 2014, 06:21:13 PM »

Quote from: Steve Contra on March 12, 2014, 06:16:23 PM

I've never rage quit in a game as many times in such a short amount of time as when I first hit inferno.

I only played WD for the longest time and hit a wall in act 2. Those fucking wasps alone... Started a Barb and had a MUCH easier time, even in act 1. Don't remember exactly how far I got before the nerf hit.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #2787 on:** March 12, 2014, 06:22:11 PM »

I was playing a DH at the time and fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck getting one shotted in act 3/4 over and over and over and over

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #2788 on:** March 12, 2014, 06:24:26 PM »

I only managed to get to the very early parts of Act 2 before they nerfed Inferno for patch 1.0.4. Could never get decent enough shit to drop... my gear and stats were so pathetic.

Rufus · « **Reply #2789 on:** March 12, 2014, 06:24:47 PM »

Ha, you must have loved the invisible mini-diablos in act 4. The keywarden based on them killed my first hardcore Barb. ;_;

Electrified Nightmarish was another dumb combo. Dodge arcane beams with that shit.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #2790 on:** March 12, 2014, 06:26:05 PM »

I would just run with like 3 WW barbs or a CM wiz to get through shit. Man D3 was kind of shit in some respects when it first came out. I got 1 legendary the whole first playthrough all difficulties.

Rufus · « **Reply #2791 on:** March 12, 2014, 06:34:57 PM »

Were there even any legendaries worth having at that point? I know weapons were almost all shit because of the lower weapon damage rolls.

I got a legendary from a weapon rack once. Some shit quiver. Then they nerfed what racks could drop into the ground.
Even farmed Goblins for a while, just so I could progress.

That's what made me want to blow my brains out.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #2792 on:** March 12, 2014, 06:38:25 PM »

I "farmed" gold in the ancient crypts with a shit ton of gold find gear on my wizard and the ice armor rune that threw out a big 10 yard radius chilling effect that would bust all dem vases.

$:-\$

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #2793 on:** March 12, 2014, 06:39:15 PM »

I got a couple of legendaries, but one was like a level 16 fucking legendary 2-handed sword. That was cool for an hour.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #2794 on:** March 12, 2014, 06:41:19 PM »

I actually got a pretty good Unity ring with like 8.5 IAS before they nerfed that and halved IAS on all gear. Sold it the week before on the AH so I could afford my first "nice" wand.

Rufus · « **Reply #2795 on:** March 12, 2014, 06:41:25 PM »

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on March 12, 2014, 06:38:25 PM

I "farmed" gold in the ancient crypts with a shit ton of gold find gear on my wizard and the ice armor rune that threw out a big 10 yard radius chilling effect that would bust all dem vases.

$:-\$

You could at least AFK that and do something fun. There also were those spires you could literally AFK if you found two close together. The small spiders they spawn killed themselves against the electric shield and you just need to move a bit every now and then to hoover up all the gold.

The

in me thinks vases only dropped gold to kickstart the economy.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #2796 on:** March 12, 2014, 06:55:50 PM »

Here's an example of how shitty loot was back then: I PAID GOLD FOR THIS WAND AND IT WAS AN UPGRADE. To the right you can see what I'm rolling with now, which is just "ok" since I sold all of my massively OP shit for DAT GOLD.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #2797 on:** March 12, 2014, 07:05:29 PM »

I found a serious one hander early on in the game and fucked it up in the auction by putting the wrong price. I could have made like 30 million and instead I made ten thousand. Still

Himu · « **Reply #2798 on:** March 12, 2014, 07:12:21 PM »

Quote from: Steve Contra on March 12, 2014, 06:22:11 PM

I was playing a DH at the time and fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck getting one shotted in act 3/4 over and over and over and over

Word. Inferno was hard as fuck dude.

Himu · « **Reply #2799 on:** March 12, 2014, 07:14:38 PM »

Act II Inferno as DH.

Insects shooting projectiles that one hit kill.

Rufus · « **Reply #2800 on:** March 12, 2014, 07:15:23 PM »

Man, I need to go through my AH history before they rip it out.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #2801 on:** March 12, 2014, 07:15:43 PM »

Oh god the fucking wasps. OH GOD.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #2802 on:** March 12, 2014, 07:19:34 PM »

Act 2 is still my least favorite act to this day because it seemed like all the most awful enemies in the game were shoved in there.

Himu · « **Reply #2803 on:** March 12, 2014, 07:27:00 PM »

Quote from: Steve Contra on March 12, 2014, 07:15:43 PM

Oh god the fucking wasps. OH GOD.

Rufus · « **Reply #2804 on:** March 12, 2014, 07:30:18 PM »

There was this bug where the green wasps they shoot could be invisible. Fun times in hardcore. Some wizard died to those on stream or something. There was video of it, in any case.

archie4208 · « **Reply #2805 on:** March 12, 2014, 08:50:40 PM »

Old Inferno as a Witch Doctor.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2806 on:** March 12, 2014, 11:06:08 PM »

Quote from: Steve Contra on March 12, 2014, 07:15:43 PM

Oh god the fucking wasps. OH GOD.

I'm having flashbacks, brehs.

Damian79 · « **Reply #2807 on:** March 12, 2014, 11:12:30 PM »

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on March 12, 2014, 07:14:38 PM

Act II Inferno as DH.

Insects shooting projectiles that one hit kill.

You cant do that as DH's any more, ie the glass cannon build. You need to actually build SOME armor and resistances.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2808 on:** March 13, 2014, 02:47:38 PM »

I found a Goldskin last night with a little bit better INT stat than the Tyrael's Might I had been using. Time to get filthy rich.

Also hit Paragon 60.

Rufus · « **Reply #2809 on:** March 13, 2014, 03:41:42 PM »

I beat Diablo again on my Barb. The lightning stun rune on Frenzy kept him pinned most of the time.

Also: Morlu casters. Fuck them.

Damian79 · « **Reply #2810 on:** March 13, 2014, 07:16:30 PM »

Get this item he is more of a cakewalk even on torment 4: Star of Azkaranth

The hardest part of the Diablo fight is the shadow clones though.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #2811 on:** March 13, 2014, 08:55:54 PM »

Joe- this looks like the most effective way to farm Keys. I think I'll give it a try for a while later tonight.

Rufus · « **Reply #2812 on:** March 14, 2014, 06:44:20 AM »

Oh god, I remember this guy from other videos.

"More pecifically"...

Brehvolution · « **Reply #2813 on:** March 14, 2014, 12:55:23 PM »

Is this real?

Himu · « **Reply #2814 on:** March 14, 2014, 12:58:34 PM »

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2815 on:** March 14, 2014, 01:08:03 PM »

It better be!

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #2816 on:** March 14, 2014, 02:28:52 PM »

Yup, there are a bunch of lv. 70 potions now. This is also real:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/halcyons-ascent

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #2817 on:** March 14, 2014, 02:44:37 PM »

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/bottomless-potion-of-kulleaid

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #2818 on:** March 14, 2014, 03:04:11 PM »

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #2819 on:** March 14, 2014, 03:04:44 PM »

How're Witch Doctors now? I was going to make one my next character after my mage but kinda stopped playing.

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