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JerKy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)3013 Posts
May 15 2012 06:50 GMT
#61
Oh geebus, thanks!
You can type "StarCraft" with just your left hand.
LoLAdriankat
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4307 Posts
May 15 2012 06:53 GMT
#62
If WoW didn't need shit like D3's default skillbar, then neither does D3. Stupid mistake from Blizzard.
Vaelone
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Finland4400 Posts
May 15 2012 06:53 GMT
#63
For great justice and honour.

I had this off for beta although I did figure this out way before this thread. I thought the customization was ridiculously lacking before turning this on and facepalmed after finding out about it.

I did skim through the options but "Elective Mode" doesn't exactly catch ones attention. There should be some kind of in-game announcement for this seriously, as this might even put some people off playing the game.
Bub
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States3518 Posts
May 15 2012 06:57 GMT
#64
Wow thanks for the heads up, I wondered why there wasn't descriptions and such in Beta. Whew (y)
XK ßubonic
neo_sporin
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States516 Posts
May 15 2012 13:17 GMT
#65
On May 15 2012 05:52 Zelniq wrote:
yeah you know actually when i go to a fast food restaurant i actually prefer to pick the one with the fewest menu options in southern california.

In & Out: Hamburger, Cheeseburger, Double Double and that's it.

not 20 options like major chains have, those are confusing. only smart people can handle those


Well, to be fair In and Out has their "secret" menu items that are not listed up on the board but are orderable. Kind of like hiding your customization options from the casuals.
dmfg
Profile Joined May 2008
United Kingdom591 Posts
May 15 2012 13:25 GMT
#66
I turned elective mode on when I started playing my Monk. I'm now level 27 in mid act 3, and I have still only once deviated from the default setup.

The defaults are there for a reason, and that's because it gives you a pretty good mix of skills, which you need.
Psyqo
Profile Joined November 2007
United States401 Posts
May 15 2012 13:38 GMT
#67
Bump. This should really be on by default. Blizzard catered a little too far to the casuals on this one.
aseq
Profile Joined January 2003
Netherlands4025 Posts
May 15 2012 14:06 GMT
#68
Oh cmon guys. The game is half a day old and we all know this already now. I don't see the big problem here. With a fanbase of millions, every setting will get checked and posted about, so you'll find out in a jiffy!
dibban
Profile Joined July 2008
Sweden1279 Posts
May 15 2012 17:09 GMT
#69
Nice one.
이제동 - 이영호 since '07.
Tobberoth
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden6375 Posts
May 15 2012 17:16 GMT
#70
On May 15 2012 22:25 dmfg wrote:
I turned elective mode on when I started playing my Monk. I'm now level 27 in mid act 3, and I have still only once deviated from the default setup.

The defaults are there for a reason, and that's because it gives you a pretty good mix of skills, which you need.

I stayed original until like.. early act 2. Then I switched it up. Maybe it depends on the the class, but wizard has a TON of options and mixing it up can get you very interested builds.
Audemed
Profile Joined November 2010
United States893 Posts
May 15 2012 18:42 GMT
#71
What I can't understand is why people complain that this option exists. Granted, it'd be kinda nice if they brought your attention more to the option ("loading" tips in installer maybe?), but really, some layman gamer gets it, and can't figure out how to get an attack that doesn't cost mana as his primary, rages, etc.

THE OPTION EXISTS. STOP COMPLAINING BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN OPTION.
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -George Orwell
Myles
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5162 Posts
May 15 2012 18:51 GMT
#72
On May 16 2012 02:16 Tobberoth wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 15 2012 22:25 dmfg wrote:
I turned elective mode on when I started playing my Monk. I'm now level 27 in mid act 3, and I have still only once deviated from the default setup.

The defaults are there for a reason, and that's because it gives you a pretty good mix of skills, which you need.

I stayed original until like.. early act 2. Then I switched it up. Maybe it depends on the the class, but wizard has a TON of options and mixing it up can get you very interested builds.

That's funny, with my Monk I've been using a variation of builds not possible with elective since I got level 8 and started using both breadth of heaven and blinding flash.
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Sphen5117
Profile Joined September 2011
United States413 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-15 18:59:35
May 15 2012 18:55 GMT
#73
I'm glad to hear about this. I've been debating between Path of Exile and Diablo 3 for a while now, and one of my biggest concerns about D3 has been the lack of character customization and build options when compared to PoE. D3 has edges in lots of smaller ways, but the huge disparity in customization and simple character "choice" between the two is incredible. I hope this helps bridge the gap.
han_han
Profile Joined October 2010
United States205 Posts
May 15 2012 19:49 GMT
#74
Thank you so much for this!

Oh my god I feel like I can play diablo 3 with some depth to it now! I CAN ACTUALLY GET TOOLTIPS TO SHOW ME NUMBERS?
Tropical Bob
Profile Joined August 2010
United States127 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-16 04:07:45
May 16 2012 04:06 GMT
#75
I found advanced tooltips (Which was actually available by simply holding Ctrl while mousing over skills anyway), but it's a good thing this thread exists, because I thought Blizzard had intentionally limited the shit out of my skill set and I would have never found Elective Mode. Nor known what the hell it meant.

On May 16 2012 03:42 Audemed wrote:
What I can't understand is why people complain that this option exists. Granted, it'd be kinda nice if they brought your attention more to the option ("loading" tips in installer maybe?), but really, some layman gamer gets it, and can't figure out how to get an attack that doesn't cost mana as his primary, rages, etc.

THE OPTION EXISTS. STOP COMPLAINING BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN OPTION.

Oh, I don't know. Maybe because it's hard to find and there's no indication that it exists.
CROrens
Profile Joined May 2007
Croatia1005 Posts
May 16 2012 10:45 GMT
#76
oh i see, without elective mode its just a SUGGESTION - here you have 4 abilities - they are all defensive so use just one from the bunch because you are stronger if you pick one from another bunch

and the way the game was meant to be played is without that kind of limit
There is no problem that cannot be solved by the use of high explosives. - Anonymous ......||......Hyuk fan! \o/
Caphe
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Vietnam10817 Posts
May 25 2012 19:20 GMT
#77
I am gonna bump this because there are still some people that don't know about elective mod
Terran
Supamang
Profile Joined June 2010
United States2298 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-25 21:11:18
May 25 2012 21:09 GMT
#78
Not sure if this was posted, not the most informative or anything but it is a post from a mod on the bnet forums

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[image loading]


As someone else posted there, why not have one of those pop up tips explaining the existence of advanced tool tips and/or elective mode? Instead they just have pop ups for loot in multiplayer and whatnot
Sufinsil
Profile Joined January 2011
United States760 Posts
May 25 2012 21:13 GMT
#79
I think the best place to put this would be at the start of your first Nightmare game. The categories do give a nice balance of choices and will help the new people to the genre get into the game.
nettleberry
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States201 Posts
May 30 2012 06:09 GMT
#80
This question keeps getting asked by new players. Here's hoping they make it default sometime really soon.
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