Diablo General

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This might maybe impact the odd retard somehow running insight with a spirit shield.

Hello, retard here. I'm sure there are better set-ups but I don't have the runes for them and Insight/Spirit has been working well enough, plus my merc dies too much to give him the Insight and I want the Meditation. I've already been thinking about switching to either a Grief or whatever the most damage for a phase blade would be to avoid repairing the weapon every 5 minutes. I also found a decent rare book with +2 skills and other mods to compare to Spirit other than FCR. I was thinking about using that or hunting for the one good unique book, but then I'll still need a better weapon that preferably doesn't need to be repaired. I'm sure Echoing Strike builds will be ok after people start experimenting after the patch, but the durability loss and needing attack rating to hit is going to be a pain in the ass to get around at first. Demon Mastery and Binding needing hard points is going to suck too, I'll have to wait and see how my points redistribute if it's worth it to keep the big Hephasto tank or if I should look for a list of the best normal demons to just get an aura that amplifies damage and spam Defilers to spread it around.

On another note, I might have made another retarded move and made all of my characters for Ladder so they could share items, but I now learned that everything resets once the new season starts. I know the characters will just move to the standard mode so I can keep playing them, but are there any preparations I should make with my inventory so I don't lose any of the items? I've already started to move gear around to the specific characters for their personal inventory, but should I also start to move things like high runes or materials like the keys and essences or are those things only for ladder anyways? Are there any other general/beginner tips I should know as it pertains to season changes? I guess now I know to just stay in standard since I'm mostly playing casually and still trying to learn everything, but maybe next season I'll just make one or 2 ladder characters, like a barb to do full magic find plus whatever class I like best to get through the rush to lvl 99. It would have been another Warlock, but now I'm not sure.

 

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I just had my first "experience" with trying an Uber run. Quotes because it's complete bullshit and I literally couldn't do anything. Spent the last couple days farming Nihlathak for the last 2 keys since I already had about 18 from Countess runs and 4 from Summoner. Got my last key this morning and made the 3 portals, get through them with relatively no problems since it's still pre-nerf Echoing Strike. Then I get ready and make the portal to Tristram, I start to feel my controller shake as the loading screen is taking a long time, then I'm already dead by the time the screen changes because Mephisto is right on top of the portal. I tried it 3 more times thinking maybe I could run away fast enough but every time I'm killed during the loading screen. So that was a shitload of fuck. Why can't they at least put the portal in the corner of the map like the regular Tristram? I guess I'm just never gonna have a torch because fuck going through all that shit again.

 

[Pumpkin Girl IRL]

Lord of Hatred is up for preload.

Despite my better judgement, I'm getting excited. Necromancers can finally have several dozen minions at once, with the potential to escalate further. The skill tree revamps do look wonderful even if I'm not really not a math dude.

 

[Commissar Fuklaw]

Necromancers can finally have several dozen minions at once,

Fuck me it's only been 3 years.

 

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Lord of Hatred is up for preload.

Despite my better judgement, I'm getting excited. Necromancers can finally have several dozen minions at once, with the potential to escalate further. The skill tree revamps do look wonderful even if I'm not really not a math dude.

I honestly quite like diablo 3's take on necro. Bunch of no-effort minions and then using spells and mages to empower them. Was funny seeing them all marionette-like fucking zip across the field to attack a target. Anyway: My love for pet builds in all games comes from playing D2 offline, being scared of being alone as a kid and thus playing necro. With time however I've come to prefer 2-3 strong minions, ie D2 druid, but D3 druid fucking blows. I'm hoping Warlock in D4 is gonna cover my urges. Also, the female ones being ripped as shit is a plus.

Still, I love the white/blue ghastly necro vibe of Diablo.. All these kind of ability modifiers in ARPGs are always the most interesting to pet builds. Instead of "Uhh now your meteor splits into 3!!!!", it's shit like "your minions now have a rot aura" or "your golem is on fire". I preordered D4 and I hope to give it a real proper try with Warlock, maybe even get hype enough to beat D2.

Every time I think back on D3, I remember how hype that game was. How much new shit they tried, added, and then removed, which is fucking nuts compared to games today. A bad feature made it into a wow expansion? It'll be used for at least 2 more expansions.

 

[Polyboros2]

My previous overview of Project Diablo 2

Project Diablo 2's new season will be starting around the time I finish typing this post.

New this season are changes to critical strike making physical Amazon, Barb, and to a lesser extent Assassin better. The season is focused on Barb content, getting a completely new split throw skill, and a change to passives, giving melee classes options for better AoE.

This Season I'll be playing under a new account that I'll share here on the Farms. If people are interested in the game, PM me. I can give you more resources, explain in more detail the new mechanics, and maybe even give gear and Rushes if we can be online at the same time.

For general build info I'll recommend:

Long video going over every classes ranking at different tasks, it links to the Google Doc that has links videos on every build, including leveling builds. Just a heads up, leveling is to short 60-70. Early Game is doing Hell Vanilla content. Don't start with an Early Game build, in the community the game doesn't start until you can solo parts of Hell difficulty.