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My D3 Hardcore Monk story.

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Burrfoot
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States1176 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-29 04:29:47
January 27 2013 03:26 GMT
#1
Bored, being forced to watch Silver Lining Playbook, so decided to write a blog entry to sort of diarize my HC D3 monk that I finally leveled to 60.. 9 months after launch! I'm totally waiting to snipe this Inna's Radiance with all the remaining gold I have left..+ Show Spoiler +
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I won! 1.8m!


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I hadn't really played her much since launch to be honest, and for some reason 2 weeks ago after playing some PTR I lost all interest in farming on live until next patch so decided to progress my HC Monk some. ( my fail SC history: + Show Spoiler +
I had previously leveled my softcore Monk to 60 as my "main" when D3 launched. Back when my friends used to still play, I had a Wizard and Barb leveling parallel with different groups. Eventually they all quit and I leveled a DH and WD to 60 just to complete the set.
)

So time to ramble on about the differences I noticed between my two Monks. The first time around, I had no clue what skills or gear was ideal, and never used Thunderclap until 60. I was big into Deadly Reach and Crippling Wave back in the day. I also didn't see the point to Sweeping Wind due to the high cost and the fact it kept dropping. So instead I used Lashing Tail Kick, Mystic Ally, and Seven Sided Strike for the immunity. Some common stuff I used both times were Serenity, Dashing Strike, and Blinding Flash. The 2nd time around I used the cookie cutter Thunderclap and SW: Master of Wind the entire journey! Of course back in the early days of Diablo 3, stuff was actually hard and the SC Auction House wasn't much less stocked than even the current HC Auction House.

And now the trophies of the journey! The auction house camping to flip items for profits! Ok, maybe I only ever flipped one thing for anything significant. I was level 35 and had accumulated a little over 1m. After leveling 5 characters to 60, knew I should probably check a -lvl req weapon for when I hit the mid 40s, and saw this gem with a 1m buyout: + Show Spoiler +
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, I promptly relisted it for 5m and it sold after a few days. So I was pretty well set for 60, buying some higher quality leveling gear to make my the path to Inferno easy.

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With cheap -lvl req weapons available, I used this to grind to 60 : + Show Spoiler +
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.

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The moment I hit 60, I swapped to my vibrating fist of doom I picked up with the dagger flip gold + Show Spoiler +
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, and pounded Diablo to the ground and unlocked Inferno!

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So now I will see how long I can last in Inferno without dying. Seeing how much my SC monk dies farming Act 3 MP0, I sure hope not too soon! Tho I will be sure to reply to this post when she finally picked the bucket. If you read this far, you must be even more bored than me.

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Time to die!

Update 1:
+ Show Spoiler +

As to continue my story until death, I decided to farm Act 1 some, and (stupidly) picked MP1 to do so. So I went back to farming Warrior's Rest like a champ to tweak my hardcore build . Settled on Backlash with Bladestorm as the cyclones were getting in the way of me seeing wtf was going on. Plus I could drop some crit for other stats as I can't afford too much Crit Damage. Got to Paragon level 2 and decided to finish Act 1.

Noticible Drops from Warrior's Rest! (4 drops! all crap!):
+ Show Spoiler +

Tasker and Theo #1...
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Tal Rasha's Belt #1!
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Tasker and Theo #2... :-(
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Gibdinn...
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On the way to Butcher I had this ting drop that I am currently using! + Show Spoiler +
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So after beating Act 1, I teamed up with another TL buddy (Echaton) do one of those popular Alkaiser run on MP0, and realized how dumb I was to farm Act 1 MP1. It's been a while I guess. But after that run, I decide to just kill Azmodean.
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Of course I still had to beat Act 2, so went with Reignofpower to speed clear Act 2:
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So now it's on to endless Act 3. May clear Act 4 when I get bored :-D Sorry, no more holy paladins pooping on me. I switch to the Sorcerer for some extra armor instead.


*****
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Davlok-1847/career
G_G
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada178 Posts
January 27 2013 05:05 GMT
#2
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This looks like a WoW Paladin farting holy energy at Infested Kerrigan.
FinestHour
Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
January 27 2013 05:45 GMT
#3
wait what armor lets you get kerrigan wings o.o
thug life.                                                       MVP/ex-
Ydriel
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Italy516 Posts
January 27 2013 06:17 GMT
#4
On January 27 2013 14:05 G_G wrote:
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This looks like a WoW Paladin farting holy energy at Infested Kerrigan.


For some reason, I cracked up when I read this. Cannot unsee now...
<3 SC2 <3<3 Dota 2. Steam ID: HellS
RogerX
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
New Zealand3180 Posts
January 27 2013 06:29 GMT
#5
On January 27 2013 14:45 FinestHour wrote:
wait what armor lets you get kerrigan wings o.o

This...

What the hell. I don't remember Kerrigan wings when I played.
Stick it up. take it up. step aside and see the world
eluv
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1251 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-27 06:57:44
January 27 2013 06:57 GMT
#6
Pre-ordering the Digital Deluxe HotS gives you in-game items in SC2, D3, and WoW. (purely cosmetic of course)
"Yes I fucked my way to the GSL partnership" - Sundance
Burrfoot
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States1176 Posts
January 27 2013 10:54 GMT
#7
Yep, gotta say I like the way armor looks on female monks a lot more than my male softcore monk. Even with the wings!

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"I'm fabulous!"
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Davlok-1847/career
Meadowlark
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States349 Posts
January 27 2013 17:19 GMT
#8
On January 27 2013 14:05 G_G wrote:
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This looks like a WoW Paladin farting holy energy at Infested Kerrigan.

Oh god... I'll never see this the same way again
''Three bottles of Monster in a day; I'm pumped as fuck." -Stephano
Burrfoot
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States1176 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-29 11:50:00
January 29 2013 04:29 GMT
#9
As to continue my story until death, I decided to farm Act 1 some, and (stupidly) picked MP1 to do so. So I went back to farming Warrior's Rest like a champ to tweak my hardcore build . Settled on Backlash with Bladestorm as the cyclones were getting in the way of me seeing wtf was going on. Plus I could drop some crit for other stats as I can't afford too much Crit Damage. Got to Paragon level 2 and decided to finish Act 1.

Noticible Drops from Warrior's Rest! (4 drops! all crap!):
+ Show Spoiler +

Tasker and Theo #1...
[image loading]

Tal Rasha's Belt #1!
[image loading]

Tasker and Theo #2... :-(
[image loading]

Gibdinn...
[image loading]

On the way to Butcher I had this ting drop that I am currently using! + Show Spoiler +
[image loading]



So after beating Act 1, I teamed up with another TL buddy (Echaton) do one of those popular Alkaiser run on MP0, and realized how dumb I was to farm Act 1 MP1. It's been a while I guess. But after that run, I decide to just kill Azmodean.
[image loading]

Of course I still had to beat Act 2, so went with Reignofpower to speed clear Act 2:
[image loading]

So now it's on to endless Act 3. May clear Act 4 when I get bored :-D Sorry, no more holy paladins pooping on me. I switch to the Sorcerer for some extra armor instead.

[image loading]
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Davlok-1847/career
Burrfoot
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
United States1176 Posts
January 30 2013 04:20 GMT
#10
So after a quick check on SC to see how consistent my internet was, decided to go kill Diablo and get it over with so I can get back to what Blizzard wants: endless farming of Act 3. But I still had to clear thru Act 3 again, since getting pulled to the end, didn't allow me to access Act 4, so I carefully navigated thru Keeps 2 using a Mysitc Ally and Deadly Reach and avoided fire walls and sappers like the plague. Luckily along the way a Legendary dropped for me in Keeps 2, which makes me sad I can't farm it due to the risk. + Show Spoiler +
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It turned out to be an unsocketed Andariel's... with bad rolls.

So after killing Azmo again, I strolled into Act 4, and was greeted by a 2-pack. But with the bonus blessing just required some arcane dancing and vase dashing. But somewhere along the way I almost died to a Waller - Arcane - Fast - something slammer dude. Had to let my Ally take a beating. Didn't run into the Keywarden of the zone and walked up to Diablo and punched her in the muff until she popped! At least they let each first difficulty kill drop loot this time around.

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The changes to DR ( Link ) basically made all bosses completely trivial. I'm sure higher MP would just take more gear, not skill. All I had to do was dash behind the boss, and had a 60% chance to stun him for a second. Interrupted every one of his attacks, was immune for a split second, and never used a cooldown. Not nearly the feeling of accomplishment as the beating big D back before Monster Power, even if this was hardcore. Looking up my old screen shots: I decided to compare the stats my first SC Diablo Kill (before monster power in 1.02) was vs my first HC Diablo kill (MP0 easy sauce). Blue = SC, Red = HC. I was big into swords back then.

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Anyways, now that I have beat Hardcore and my profile shows two full length bars, I can die to someone downstairs using the microwave killing my wireless and be ok with it. :o)
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Davlok-1847/career
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