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Latham
9592 Posts
I crafted a lv 36 Xbow with 90 DPS, lo and behold lv 38 Xbows already have 120 DPS. Complete waste of time/money/items. Get your gear on the AH if you don't get any good drops yourself. Only jeweler is worth leveling up, because jewels are actually worth the time and money you put in. | ||
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C[h]ili
Germany167 Posts
As far as I know, the four highest gems can only be made via the jeweler. But even in that case it seem doubtable whether it is worth upgrading the jeweler - because with the AH; we have an easy to use market to buy gems. I would presume that we will ultimativly have a large supply of jewelers capable of crafting the highest gems. Competition will then assure that we only need to pay the 15% transaction cost surchage on cost. I am not yet in Inferno, but upgrading the Blacksmith seems ultimately worth it. Looks like this will be the only way to access super high end items. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46404 Posts
That being said, the Auction House seems to be a lot more useful than craft-gambling. | ||
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ZergOwaR
Norway280 Posts
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Stabby.aus
Australia94 Posts
So unless you're going to be trying to get perfect gear, you are probably best advised to save your money and just buy gear off the gold AH. | ||
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KroN
Germany438 Posts
later when you have your char somewhat equipped and are farming inferno you just craft so long, until you get something crazy with your farm mats. that will maybe take forever, but thats what diablo is like. i think of it somewhat like gambling with gheed in d2... | ||
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Arunu
Netherlands111 Posts
(only in act 4 nightmare atm. ) so far i have crafted quite a few things with the smithie and and everytime that #$@#%# gives me int/ str / larger gold radius when on DH and vice versa when on any other chars. It would seem he hates my guts. The cost is pretty steep too for random crafting, at some point i wanted to craft a new set of leggings since mine were getting behind for a while. cost was somewhat around 45 essences and 13 lizard eyes. yeah.... how about no. so i sincerely hope they are worth it when i reach Inferno at a point. | ||
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GGTeMpLaR
United States7226 Posts
If anyone does make a large profit off the blacksmith, it will be an extremely small minority who "won the lottery". | ||
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Latham
9592 Posts
On May 22 2012 16:37 Arunu wrote: I sure hope it's worth it since i levelled both of them to the point i can't go any further without being in the next difficulty. (only in act 4 nightmare atm. ) so far i have crafted quite a few things with the smithie and and everytime that #$@#%# gives me int/ str / larger gold radius when on DH and vice versa when on any other chars. It would seem he hates my guts. The cost is pretty steep too for random crafting, at some point i wanted to craft a new set of leggings since mine were getting behind for a while. cost was somewhat around 45 essences and 13 lizard eyes. yeah.... how about no. so i sincerely hope they are worth it when i reach Inferno at a point. Yeah I gave up on crafting my own gear when 4/5 pieces I craft give me as a DH +str and +int, MAYBE +vit. I've yet to craft a +dexterity piece for myself, and trust me I crafted A LOT. Same with drops. It's a damn miracle if I get meaningful numbers of +dex on gear, and if I do get some +dex, it sure as hell will be a 2h spear/axe weapon. I'm currently dressed in vendor trash and cheap occasion AH underlevel shit. I'm in hell difficulty. It's terrible. I barely have 3K dps act 1. I pretty much vendor everything, even yellows just to scrape enough money to buy some decent gear on the AH, which becomes out leveled in the next 2-5 levels. | ||
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HolydaKing
21254 Posts
i myself am trying to play softcore without the AH because my hardcore char is way too easy so far. 15k hp and 2k dps at nightmare act2, yeah i don't nearly die so far. | ||
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dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
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akatama
Romania982 Posts
I'm finding it to be the same with the jeweler sadly, i always find gems that require 20k + tomes + 3 lower level gems for 15-20k in the AH (on EU at least; didn't search on other regions). At least they are shared with all the characters on the same region and you only have to do this once. | ||
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Ahzz
Finland780 Posts
Good: -Level up only once. your alt can craft items straight from the BS, no need to transfer or anything. -at Lvl 60, you have a chance of getting some good items. For example I crafted 60 all res and 90 all stats boots on my first try. -After you find/buy the blacksmith plans for +6 random properties, you have a chance at godly items... As far as I know, dunno if its 1-3 levels below the gear in inferno act 4, but I know that it will still be GOOD Bad: -Useless on your first playthrough -Huge amounts of money better spent on AH -Usually bad before lvl 60 -Rarely offers improvement for your gear, and even if it theoretically could, you'll probaly need to craft 2-4 before you get that upgrade Conclusion: -Level it up AFTER hitting 60, AFTER you have spare gold. Once you hit 60 you'll be busy spending all your gold on inferno gear people are selling on the AH, because lets face it, hell gear sucks and hell gear doesn't help you beat inferno. | ||
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Matoo-
Canada1397 Posts
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SCPhineas
Netherlands119 Posts
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Sif_
Brazil3106 Posts
it hasnt been worth it, but i cant say im broke because of it...im in act 2 hell right now and i could afford all the upgrades i needed on the AH so far and i still have some spare | ||
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KobraKay
Portugal4385 Posts
Maybe the BS was created with early game and late late late game scenarios in mind, since the only people that seem "happy" about their gambles are those like me (noobs TT lol) and those at the top trying to find super gear. | ||
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
On May 22 2012 22:14 KobraKay wrote: Well if you guys were like me and still at level 11, in normal first time playing....level2 BS gives awesome shit :p lol. Tried 3 times and got 3 items way better (like double defense from what Im finding killing monsters) and with stats +det, +vit, +magic find and +exper between them. My DH was happy with his new gear :D Maybe the BS was created with early game and late late late game scenarios in mind, since the only people that seem "happy" about their gambles are those like me (noobs TT lol) and those at the top trying to find super gear. Thing is, the time you spent on the blacksmith, you could have spent actually playing... and when you get to lvl 13 or so, those nice items you spent quite a bit to create will be very lackluster. | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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KobraKay
Portugal4385 Posts
On May 22 2012 22:17 Tobberoth wrote: Thing is, the time you spent on the blacksmith, you could have spent actually playing... and when you get to lvl 13 or so, those nice items you spent quite a bit to create will be very lackluster. What time? It takes less than a minute to do everything I've done with the BS. You make it sound like it took forever =/ And maybe in 3 levels everything is better but untill then, I have way better gear than I used to. When I get to level 13 or 14 my gear will be all different probably. That doesn't mean that right now, the stuff I got isn't better than what I had. It took me less time to get those 3 items than to post this. | ||
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