[Diablo] Hell's Satans: Apocalypse, Now

[Jacquerel]

If you aren't playing a demon hunter I really don't see at all how this affects you in any way??
Diablo might pretend it has PvP but Blizzard have ever said they aren't going to make any attempt to balance it, it is a PvE game so anyone you see is going to be on your team and playing online isn't even mandatory

Also there is not one rocket ability that is not an optional socket bonus

[Not The Author]

Yeah, I distinctly recall (but couldn't name where from) Blizzard saying that they weren't even going to try balancing PVP. Personally, I much prefer fighting with friends than against them, and am content to leave PvPers to their machinations. Tristram Cathedral Monk only no runes no potions dohoho

And I bring another build!

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• Gathering Storm (Indigo Cleave)
• Maniac (Crimson Frenzy)
• Death From Above (Alabaster Leap Attack)
• Ravage (Indigo Rend)
• The Mountain's Call (Golden Earthquake)
• Thrive on Chaos (Golden Wrath of the Berserker)

• Boon of Bul-Kathos
• Brawler
• Relentless or Unforgiving

Suck people in with Cleave; stun with Leap Attack repeatedly; build fury, attack speed, and damage with Frenzy; pop Wrath, Quake, and Rend in that order as they become available; maintain Wrath with Frenzy; get enemies within Quake and Rend radius with Cleave and keep them there with Leap.

Boon and the Golden Rune make Quake consistently available rather than as an ult; Brawler because the whole point is to be crowded with enemies at all times; Relentless for survivability or Unforgiving to hasten the arrival of Wrath and Quake.



Unrelatedly, there is an interesting Passive Skill exploit the Barbarian can use to gain immense power at the cost of always being near death: Berserker Rage (+20% damage dealt at max Fury), Unforgiving (no longer degenerate Fury; +1 Fury per 2 seconds), and Relentless (at less than 20% HP: -50% damage taken, skills cost no Fury).

[chimericWilder]

i for one am going to atleast try to make a pvp character. i guess i dont mind if they are not going to balance it, it cant be as bad as WoW pvp (fucking frost mages), given that pretty much everyone who will be playing pvp will have lots of stuff that allows them to pretty much controll the fight to a degree (on the topic of barbarians, leap attack and ancient spear all over the place)

So i coincidentally made a barbarian specc focused on pvp some days ago, and it looked somewhat like what Not The Author posted... except with definite differences and lots of golden runes. Additionally, the link seems to work this time, so i'll just leave this here i guess.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculato...PiR!Thd!bacbbb

you pop wrath of the berserker, smack an ancient spear on your target, ground stomp with slow (try to get away now you bastard), and then start using earthquake and spamming seismic slam (with stun!) and pretty much rebuilding your fury instantly because dem golden runes. Basically, Fury of the Berserker will never wear off.

Only problem is that as good as everyone can hit one button and be on the other side of the screen every few seconds, so keeping the ground stomp up is mandatory to keep them from running farther away, and then spearing them back to you.

[Varkarrus]

I have a leaked copy of the diablo 3 beta installed :3
shame I can't play it yet.
gotta wait for the crack.

[chimericWilder]

jeeeeealous

[Varkarrus]

don't be too jealous. All I can do with it is go into the character creator. Progress on this crack is slow, apparently.

[chimericWilder]

THAT IS ENOUGH TO MAKE ME VERY JEALOUS INDEED.

i swear i'll explode from lack of awesome once the beta becomes available and all kinds of dudes i know start going all 'so awesome'. My only hope is that my computer is sorts of an anomaly given that it was though a process that eventually ended with a new high-quality graphic card. Blizzard said they'd be inviting people with different system specifications.

[chimericWilder]

i come bearing another build i made.

"Good fucking luck killing this guy."

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculato...fXb!ZWX!YcccbZ

Anything that stands beside you or tries to hit you DIES. They cant hit you, and even when they do they do no damage whatsoever. All you really have to do is chill out and while the critters kill themselves on Sweeping Wind: (Indigo) Firestorm and Mantra of Evasion: (Crimson) Backlash

[chimericWilder]

I just realised that noone ever went

BLUH RELEASE DATE

So i did so. Though it is old news by now.

[unbearableLupin]

Oh wow Diablo. So many memories... ALL OF THEM RAGE INDUCING.

I remember that I'd always either run a Zeal/Aura Paladin, Pure Ice Sorc, Pure Bone-Necro, and, for shits and giggles, Arrow-zons. But that was mostly in multiplayer. Then when I picked it up again about two years ago I played around with the Assassin class in single player and managed to somehow solo through the entire game all the way to Act 3 Hell. ...Was...Was the Assassin broken or something? I've never so much as solo'd as far as Act 2 Nightmare because Duriel would always wreck my shit.

[chimericWilder]

I used to solo stuff just fine

And that was when i was a total newb at it, playing a pure fire sorc

Fire immunes in any game make me fear for my life, though

[DecidedlyDevious]

As long as you funneled all of your points into vitality, you were probably okay. Also a lot of the more recent patches (read: pretty much all of them) have made the game even easier. It's not so much that any one class is broken so much that PvM is broken. Either you take the "correct" path and it's a breeze, or you screw up and you can forget about getting anywhere in Hell difficulty.

[chimericWilder]

Also, i made some specs some time ago.

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculato...dOm!bgf!ZcYcZb

This one is about criticals, cooldowns, and Archon.

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculato...fjS!Ybc!YZYZbY

This one is about Transcendance, though it looks like they nerfed it recently.

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculato...igT!XeT!cccbYZ

This one is about knives and criticals.

[ryanevans1]

Yep, may 15 hell's gates will open for us, heroes of sanctuary to pour in and destroy all evil.

[chimericWilder]

Theres a few short videos put up by Blizzard for some of the various skills. Im a little disappointed how the wizards Archon turned out, but m'kay.

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/class/barbarian/active/



And now that i am posting anyway, have some more builds i made when bored. I am often bored.

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculato...jSk!YeU!bcZacY

This one is about Marked for Death, and, in case it wasnt obvious, Custom Engineering.

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculato...TkP!dgT!aaccbb

This one is all about your tiny friends, your little friends, your medium sized friends, and your gigantic friend.

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculato...QfP!adf!ccbYZb

This one is totally a melee wizard. with illusions.

[chimericWilder]

Hey guys.

Theres a new pre-launch site up.



http://reveal.diablo3.com/en_EU

[chimericWilder]

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/blog/4105...0_04_2012#blog

Hai guys, open beta this weekend.

I figured that might be relevant.

[Chirality]

Fuck you Blizzard, I'm in the middle of my finals.

[chimericWilder]

You're not the only one :I

[Catbread]

I'm not!

Hee hee hee

[chimericWilder]

And we're live and rolling. except im not cos its 23:20 and all the americans are eating the servers.

[DecidedlyDevious]

Noooooooo why couldn't this have happened when I had my good computer. Fuck, I'll try it anyway and if it doesn't work I'll steal my room-mates computer

[Varkarrus]

Beat it. T'was cool. I like the new skill trees, even if they are kinda dumbed down.

[DecidedlyDevious]

I mostly just hope they figure out all the connection issues and/or they are just a symptom of this being a beta. I'm having horrible horrible flashbacks to D2 Battle.net which was what I was afraid of when this became online only.

[chimericWilder]

I assume the final version will be a lot more stable, yeah.

Though to be fair i am playing on an american server. Whats up with no european (or asian, for that matter) servers, on this beta weekend?