Diablo 3 (From VoA Dev Thread)

[chrsschb]

Originally Posted by trevius

It is addictive, but not exactly the same way as EQ. I played EQLive for years straight, but only played D2 for a couple of months at a time then took a year or so break and came back to it and would play it again for a while. I expect D3 to be pretty similar, where you play it for a while then maybe come back to it again a few months or years later and enjoy it all over again.

The game itself is pretty awesome. Even if I only played 1 time through normal mode I feel like it was well worth the money. Currently, I am playing inferno difficulty, and still enjoying it. My wizard is up to 49k DPS self-buffed now, but I still need to work on my build for inferno to survive a bit better while retaining the high DPS.

The D3 forums are practically useless as anyone who enjoys the game is playing it (which is the majority of players), while people with complaints come to the forum to post negative threads. Yes, there are some valid complaints, but most of it involves the end-game stuff and they are patching regularly to resolve as many of the issues as they can. I am sure it won't take long to fix most of the major things people complain about in the game. I think the game lacks a bit in build diversity, but I expect that they have some cool stuff planned that they are saving for the first expansion that will add lots of flexibility in class diversity. Even with the current state of D3, the diversity is decent. I think most people started complaining almost right away because they hadn't invested the time needed to create some of the more unique type of builds and gear setups.

Obviously, some classes are going to be easier to get going in the higher difficulties. Right now, I think the preferred end-game class is DH, with Wiz being a close second. Then, I think Monk is next due to their ability to avoid damage. The Witch Doctor is good for pets to deal with combat, but they normally lack in DPS from what I have seen. The Barbarian is probably one of the hardest classes to make a decent build for in Inferno, but does really well up until that point.

Well said. I just entered Inferno and I can already tell I'm going to need to do a LOT of farming so I can get my survivability up. With the Force Armor nerf (not saying I was actually WANTING to use it) you really have to build for survival and not just DPS. I'm not getting facerolled in Act 1 yet, but I imagine the pain will pick up in Act 2 when the mobs are a lot less predictable.

[Phantons]

Originally Posted by trevius

The Barbarian is probably one of the hardest classes to make a decent build for in Inferno, but does really well up until that point.

From what I understand, Barbarian is probably the hardest to get started with in Inferno, but it seems like once you start to get gear, they start to pass up the other classes, difficulty wise.

[Phantons]

It's fun, but I feel like it's incomplete. Just a personal opinion. The entire game was a pretty easy for me, then I got to Inferno and it became an impossibly hard game. I enjoy the difficulty challenge, I just wish it didn't jump from stupidly easy to impossibly hard. I've progressed well into Inferno now, just that one little (well, HUGE) jump irritated me.

All in all, the game is still pretty fun though. I'll probably keep coming back to it, just like EQ. Even Diablo II occasionally.

[GeorgeS]

Gave the game a go this weekend,and leveled to 30. Halfway thru act 3, and pretty easy so far. Died twice, but I did visit the auction a bit. Definitely plan to finish. Character name is "georges" - look me up.

GeorgeS

[Speedz]

I been playin it for a bit, just now noticed (due to lack of checking in here) that ya all play.

I have a 60 monk in Inferno and get insta owned in the end of act 1, forget anything act 2.

Also a 52 DH which gets owned fairly easy only up to hell act 1 or 2. I decided not to constantly buy gear for this toon till 60, but downside is 1 hit wonder with ok dps.

I got a few other lowbie garbage toons I don't play much yet.
But I am in the trying to farm boat to survive Inferno and it loses it fun fast in that regard. But I still pop on about everyday.

Look me up if ya want. Name (battletag) there is Herrah#1510. Mention our forums so I know its not some J random spammer lookin to sell gold or PLs.

[Akkadius]

I uninstalled. Gets too stupid to play in Inferno and I don't need the distraction anymore.

[Speedz]

Originally Posted by Akkadius

I uninstalled. Gets too stupid to play in Inferno and I don't need the distraction anymore.

I have been struggling with the boredom and frustration myself since getting there. The increased repair costs make it easier to say hell with it...just what were they thinking?

[Akkadius]

Originally Posted by Speedz

I have been struggling with the boredom and frustration myself since getting there. The increased repair costs make it easier to say hell with it...just what were they thinking?

Heh the only reason I even picked it up is because Trevius was like 'Oh look I have a guess pass! Do you want it?'. What else was I supposed to say, my vacation started the next day and it easily ate up my vacation time and then I played it maybe a day or two a week afterwards.

I must say it has a lot of potential despite a lot of things they screwed up about the design. They keep making it more irritating/annoying to play rather than difficult. I don't need to play something that is the equivalent of stabbing myself in the foot.

[GeorgeS]

Managed level 40, and game is still fun, but it's getting to the point where I'm farming more than "playing". Beat Diablo on normal (that was an epic 30 min battle)
George

[Paladinsteve]

I am level 50, Into Hell. Game is still enjoyable to me. Granted Champion packs can be a pain in the ass sometimes more so then any boss.

Playing a Monk.

Varrshar#1530

[lerxst2112]

Hell is where it started getting less fun for me with my witch doctor. I'm not a glass cannon at all, but still die often to packs with stupid affixes. My DH is working through nightmare and still having fun though.

[Noport]

Hint and Tips: have you tried to login fight the mobs and logout and back into game to get higher level before moving onto the next stage. now working on the hardest level working my level up before fighting the boss.