Simple Questions, Simple Answers - Page 10

On September 19 2011 05:29 smallerk wrote:


I'll bet you atleast 40% of the system specifications in the whole world are way under that

On September 19 2011 06:57 SirKibbleX wrote:
The only people who like PKing in a game like Diablo are predatory assholes who have never had it happen to their character. The only way you could get PK'd in Diablo II is by confidence tricks, being AFK, or by bots/tele-PK from characters much higher-levelled than you, since you can always esc+up+enter. Since offense was so much more powerful than defense in D2, this basically just meant whoever got the first look/shot won. Once you die that's hours of your work wasted. In other games like Ultima Online, it was just annoying. Having it happen enough to me when I was lower-levelled just meant I never enjoyed it once I'd achieved higher levels.

On September 19 2011 16:06 Artrey wrote:

You understand nothing about hc pvp. ;-) The actual point of real pks (and not the stupid kids with high lvl sorces joining lowie games) was to trick the other into underestimating you with a planned out overpowered build and kill lvl 90 characters with lvl 40-50 chars (37 barb, 39 barb, 45 barb, 50 barb, 58 barb, 42 ama, 42 druid etc.etc. <- talking 1.09d lod), which actually required a lot of skill and precise timing (amp, teleport charges, weapon switches etc.) since you had to kill them before they could use a pot or quit the game. It was also about abusing deeper knowledge of game mechanics e.g. that amplified damage also pierced physical immunties and that decrepify removed those as well. Most people just did not know. And depending on the opponent you could die just as well if you were the PK and made a mistake. It was a HELL load of fun.
And if you think you "waste hours of work", you absolutely did not understand the point of playing hardcore... The journey is the destination.

And there were times when not everybody was using stupid chicken modules and you would actually FIGHT another barb to see who gets the Urdar-populated river of flame in a full game.

On September 19 2011 16:06 Artrey wrote:

You understand nothing about hc pvp. ;-) The actual point of real pks (and not the stupid kids with high lvl sorces joining lowie games) was to trick the other into underestimating you with a planned out overpowered build and kill lvl 90 characters with lvl 40-50 chars (37 barb, 39 barb, 45 barb, 50 barb, 58 barb, 42 ama, 42 druid etc.etc. <- talking 1.09d lod), which actually required a lot of skill and precise timing (amp, teleport charges, weapon switches etc.) since you had to kill them before they could use a pot or quit the game. It was also about abusing deeper knowledge of game mechanics e.g. that amplified damage also pierced physical immunties and that decrepify removed those as well. Most people just did not know. And depending on the opponent you could die just as well if you were the PK and made a mistake. It was a HELL load of fun.
And if you think you "waste hours of work", you absolutely did not understand the point of playing hardcore... The journey is the destination.

On September 19 2011 16:06 Artrey wrote:
@topic: I am sure it has been asked, but I couldnt find it - How exactly does 2h dps compare to 1h dps? Can I just multiply 1h dps by two for dual wielding or is there some factor applied? I suppose as soon as skill resources are no issue anymore and stabilze with filler skills, the dps is the only thing that counts and slow weapons are not superior to fast weapons anymore or how is the weapon dmg normalization done on skills that depend on weapon damage?

On September 19 2011 18:45 procyonlotor wrote:


Are you seriously trying to justify getting a kick out of assassinating other people's characters, destroying them permanently, with a statement like "The journey is the destination"?

The truth is you cannot know what another person considers to be the fundamental hardcore experience unless they tell you. For all you know you and your PKing peers could have been the few deluded players who thought that being willing to die in the attempt was alright even if the victims were not.

On September 20 2011 01:29 CROrens wrote:
how does blizz plan to balance the pvp out when its not in the beta?

On September 20 2011 01:29 CROrens wrote:
how does blizz plan to balance the pvp out when its not in the beta?

On September 21 2011 19:31 VoirDire wrote:
With monk and the barbarian, there's a balance between fast and slow weapons of equal dps: where fast weapons generate resources (rage/spirit) faster due to more skills being used per time, slow weapons do more damage per spent resource.

Demon hunter on the other hand, has no resource generating skill as far as I can see. Instead their resource (hatred) regenerate over time. Wouldn't it be pointless with a fast shooting weapon for a demon hunter as that would only drain their resource faster without increasing the damage output? Am I missing something?

On September 21 2011 10:54 LaSt)ChAnCe wrote:
has anyone noticed any changes from F/F beta to opt-in beta? any more content or patches?

On September 21 2011 19:48 NeoLearner wrote:

It's the same trade off in D2.

If the weapon used has a useful "on hit" modifier or the skill has a debuff effect, fast hitting weapons will cause it to trigger faster and on more enemies.

If the skill has a flat damage increase, faster hitting weapons will cause more DPS because of it.

In case of low hit point enemies, the "overkill" from high damage (2 handed) weapons is useless. Thus, fast hitting weapons would make more sense for smaller enemies.

Dual wielding weapons can have twice the amount of modifiers, for example Increased total damage.

The duration of your shouts is doubled. While benefiting from War Cry or Battle Rage you regenerate 60% of your total Life per minute.

On September 21 2011 20:26 VoirDire wrote:

It's the same trade off in D2.
In d2, basically everyone had mana steal on their weapons so the regen vs spending wasn't an issue. You could basically spam the skill of your choice as much as you wanted with enough mana steal.

If the weapon used has a useful "on hit" modifier or the skill has a debuff effect, fast hitting weapons will cause it to trigger faster and on more enemies.
True, but that would make the demon hunter very weapon dependent

If the skill has a flat damage increase, faster hitting weapons will cause more DPS because of it.
Doesn't apply. The DH has no skills which add flat weapon damage.

In case of low hit point enemies, the "overkill" from high damage (2 handed) weapons is useless. Thus, fast hitting weapons would make more sense for smaller enemies.

True. But on the other hand since heavier hitting weapons do more damage on the initial hit, they will be ahead in the damage curve. DPS doesn't factor in that the initial hit has no delay.

Dual wielding weapons can have twice the amount of modifiers, for example Increased total damage.
This is true, but blizzard usually try to balance that by making the modifiers of 2h weapons more potent.

My point still remains. If the DH regens 10 per second and wishes to use multi shot (30 hatred) as their main skill. They will only be able to sustain 3.33 shots per second, regardless of weapon speed.