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On August 28 2012 15:35 Everlong wrote:
Hey, just wanted to ask, is it better now with the lag/stuttering etc? I played monk to lvl 45 like 3-4 monts ago and I died to lag. I know there is always possibility, but it just occured too often. Thanks.
Played 100h+ of hc and still never lagged.
Small lag/bug are usually on client side or ISP, rarely on blizzard servers.
Keep that task manager close though  I always have it on my second screen. If not remember to quickly ctrl-shift-esc
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I'm pretty sure EU Bnet is experiencing difficulties right now (apparently there's a big WoW patch today) ; I have my game paused right now, but I wonder if my char isn't already dead. So be careful.
Edit : alright, crisis averted. I was, in fact, stuck in place without being able to use skills, move or die (Nagas were beating on my char as the time). I logged out and came back, and my character's still alive. This apparently has happened to other people, not sure what causes it.
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I thought rubber band and stupidity killed people more than lag ever did?
Personal stories and experience though.
And yeah, task manager is a life saver
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Does end-task prevent death or something?
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Yeah i dont get the task manager comments either.
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On August 30 2012 05:25 unkkz wrote:
Yeah i dont get the task manager comments either.
I suppose if your game "crashes" you do not lose your char. My game actually crashed a week ago and I thought my wizard was gone for good, and he was still there next login
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On August 30 2012 05:31 HowellTime wrote:Show nested quote +On August 30 2012 05:25 unkkz wrote:
Yeah i dont get the task manager comments either. I suppose if your game "crashes" you do not lose your char. My game actually crashed a week ago and I thought my wizard was gone for good, and he was still there next login
I know for a fact if your PC crashes you die. You are in the game foreeeveeer. Same if you lag out on your end ie not server lag. I find it odd however if it were to be true that you do survive if the game itself crashes since that would be the same to the server as if your PC crashes wouldn't it? A terminated process is all the D3 server sees?
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Lost my lvl 56 DH on bellial Hell last night... Then started a sorc and died to a disconnection just after maghda normal difficulty... Difficult night
Still have a barb 30, a WD 17 and a DH 15... probably gonna xp them together up to hell so loosing a character wont be as difficult...
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On August 30 2012 03:32 Mohdoo wrote:
Does end-task prevent death or something?
No but if you start lagging / your game is bugged, it's the fastest way to get that 10 sec timer going. After that your character quits the game. It's essentially the same as ESC --> Leave game
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Can someone advise me on how much DPS I will need to avoid the butcher's enrage timer? Or how much damage the constant floor flames will be doing in inferno... My WD is built as a total tank so I only have 10k DPS right now, and killing elites in Act 1 is safe, but slow.
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On August 31 2012 20:29 alfyma wrote:
Can someone advise me on how much DPS I will need to avoid the butcher's enrage timer? Or how much damage the constant floor flames will be doing in inferno... My WD is built as a total tank so I only have 10k DPS right now, and killing elites in Act 1 is safe, but slow.
Don't have experience with WDs, so can't say much about that. But on my Barb I was anxious to do the Butcher when I had 11k-12k DPS, so I waited out a weapon upgrade that pushed me to 17k. At that point I absolutely destroyed the Butcher. I didn't time it, but it felt like no more than a minute. In retrospect, I would've done fine with my 11k-12k (and on my next Barb I certainly will not wait so long).
Butcher has 2.7M health and you have 180 seconds to kill him. So that's 15k DPS. But this isn't directly comparable to the DPS stat on your character screen, which is the DPS you'd do without using spells, just the basic attack you get which does, you guessed it, 100% weapon damage. Take for example Flaming Dart, which does 180% weapon damage. With just Flaming Dart spam, you'd only need 8333 character screen DPS to beat the benchmark if you can shoot 100% of the time.
A good test is to time your Skeleton King kills. While the fight is different, due to the adds and different mechanics, the Skeleton King has the same health as the Butcher so expected kill-times shouldn't be vastly different. So if you can kill SK in 1min30, you should be fine on the Butcher, while if you need 2min40 to kill SK, I'd gear up a bit more just in case.
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Butcher is honestly pretty easy just drop a bit of tankiness and get up to about 15k dps. None of his stuff (including floor flames) will one-shot if you have reasonable resists, vit and armor. Basically if you can survive the tougher elites in act one you can survive him.
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On August 31 2012 20:37 Rannasha wrote:
Don't have experience with WDs, so can't say much about that. But on my Barb I was anxious to do the Butcher when I had 11k-12k DPS, so I waited out a weapon upgrade that pushed me to 17k. At that point I absolutely destroyed the Butcher. I didn't time it, but it felt like no more than a minute. In retrospect, I would've done fine with my 11k-12k (and on my next Barb I certainly will not wait so long).
Butcher has 2.7M health and you have 180 seconds to kill him. So that's 15k DPS. But this isn't directly comparable to the DPS stat on your character screen, which is the DPS you'd do without using spells, just the basic attack you get which does, you guessed it, 100% weapon damage. Take for example Flaming Dart, which does 180% weapon damage. With just Flaming Dart spam, you'd only need 8333 character screen DPS to beat the benchmark if you can shoot 100% of the time.
A good test is to time your Skeleton King kills. While the fight is different, due to the adds and different mechanics, the Skeleton King has the same health as the Butcher so expected kill-times shouldn't be vastly different. So if you can kill SK in 1min30, you should be fine on the Butcher, while if you need 2min40 to kill SK, I'd gear up a bit more just in case.
Thanks for the advice. I timed myself vs Skeleton King; 2:15.... I think the butcher should be relatively easier due to his larger hitbox, so more of my toads should hit (plague of toads, explosive toads - 169% damage per toad); but I think I'll wait and try to farm gold for a slightly better weapon before attempting the Butcher. I'll need it to progress in Act 2 anyway. I might try rearranging my build slightly; atm all 3 of my passives and 4 of my active skills are completely defensive; and my right click is Acid Rain, mainly used to proc LOH  . Still, its hard to kill me (so far..)
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I came back to diablo 3 after new patch and after i cleared act 1,2,3 inferno on my softcore WD, now i am going only hardcore.
I created my witch doctor and currently am running through nightmare. The problem is i dont have anyone to play with, no friends. If someone would like to play hardcore, discuss game strategies and other topics, add me please. I am on EU server
arshock#2670 , hope to see you in game. Stay Alive!
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I've been slowly picking away at a hardcore barb and am nearing the end of act 4 on normal. i'm a tad worried to face izzy and diablo. am i sufficiently geared? any tips on skills or how to handle the fights? i haven't had any issues with anything so far....don't even think i've ever used a health pot.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/JustJonny-1849/hero/22399580
Thanks!
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Finally done it. I didn't do anything solo in hc but I wanted to do A4 as it is seen as the ultimate challenge.
Got a couple a couple of tough fight, skipped one too dangerous mob but I went on and killed big D solo !
I don't know if I'll keep playing just for the farm now but hc was definitely the best diablo 3 experience for me.
Here's my profile : http://www.diabloprogress.com/hero/jsnow-1669/QED/24197154
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On September 07 2012 23:50 JustJonny wrote:I've been slowly picking away at a hardcore barb and am nearing the end of act 4 on normal. i'm a tad worried to face izzy and diablo. am i sufficiently geared? any tips on skills or how to handle the fights? i haven't had any issues with anything so far....don't even think i've ever used a health pot. http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/JustJonny-1849/hero/22399580Thanks!
Normal is easy, you shouldnt have any problems there.
Your vita is kinda low though and your build is way too offensive... You might even have higher DPS than my DH had on your lvl and there is no reason for that.
Before NM, you should drop some strength in favour of vita, equip shield and completely rework your skills. I dont like your build at all, but whatever, bare minimum you should do is to get one escape skill (either charge or leap, I prefer leap because charge is affected by movement debuffs, so you are slowed after getting knockbacked etc. + iron skin is awesome rune), get WotB and change all your passives.
My favourite build is this:
Frenzy
WotB - mandatory on HC, cc imunity is essential
War Cry
Sprint - escape
Revenge - main AoE damage dealer
Leap - escape + damage reduction
Nerves of Steel, Superstition, Tough as Nails
All you need for HC is to keep in your mind that you have only 1 chance, thus just like in real life you have to be prepared for the worst - lags, annoying pets or girlfriends, mouse and keyboard issues etc. Thats why you should have as much defensive skills as possible, just to minimize chance that if something goes wrong you insta die.
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On September 08 2012 07:28 Sek-Kuar wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2012 23:50 JustJonny wrote:I've been slowly picking away at a hardcore barb and am nearing the end of act 4 on normal. i'm a tad worried to face izzy and diablo. am i sufficiently geared? any tips on skills or how to handle the fights? i haven't had any issues with anything so far....don't even think i've ever used a health pot. http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/JustJonny-1849/hero/22399580Thanks! Normal is easy, you shouldnt have any problems there. Your vita is kinda low though and your build is way too offensive... You might even have higher DPS than my DH had on your lvl and there is no reason for that. Before NM, you should drop some strength in favour of vita, equip shield and completely rework your skills. I dont like your build at all, but whatever, bare minimum you should do is to get one escape skill (either charge or leap, I prefer leap because charge is affected by movement debuffs, so you are slowed after getting knockbacked etc. + iron skin is awesome rune), get WotB and change all your passives. My favourite build is this: Frenzy WotB - mandatory on HC, cc imunity is essential War Cry Sprint - escape Revenge - main AoE damage dealer Leap - escape + damage reduction Nerves of Steel, Superstition, Tough as Nails All you need for HC is to keep in your mind that you have only 1 chance, thus just like in real life you have to be prepared for the worst - lags, annoying pets or girlfriends, mouse and keyboard issues etc. Thats why you should have as much defensive skills as possible, just to minimize chance that if something goes wrong you insta die.
Thanks so much for the reply. much appreciated <3
edit - used all your advice and had absolutely no issue with izzy or diablo. still getting used to the build, but so far it has worked great. both fights got my heart racing a bit even though they weren't close. still not a pot used thanks again!
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I'm looking for some playing mates to tackle act 2 inferno. I'm a fire monk with 16.2k dps and ~49k hp with 7.8k armor buffed. I'm looking for someone to add on skype and just chat while we game so we're on the same page when we tackle mobs. I'm ONION#1846.
Here is my profile. If you guys have any good fire monk gear, I'm willing to talk shop as well.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/ONION-1846/hero/22834510
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On September 09 2012 16:46 eekmice wrote:I'm looking for some playing mates to tackle act 2 inferno. I'm a fire monk with 16.2k dps and ~49k hp with 7.8k armor buffed. I'm looking for someone to add on skype and just chat while we game so we're on the same page when we tackle mobs. I'm ONION#1846. Here is my profile. If you guys have any good fire monk gear, I'm willing to talk shop as well. http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/ONION-1846/hero/22834510
Ive got a sorc that is act 1-2 farming. Hit me up on Nethermind#1663
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