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Burrfoot
United States1176 Posts
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Hairy
United Kingdom1169 Posts
On September 18 2012 21:13 Burrfoot wrote: So basically: Adds % elemental damage only adds a bonus to whatever physical damage your weapon does (base+affix min&max) and not any fire/holy/lightning/cold bonus that makes up a good chunk of high dps weapons. The +8% Holy damage would not add to the holy damage on say, a Hallowed set weapon either, and neither do +elemental skill damage like Schaefers. Looking cool sometimes isnt the best way to min max! Hehe Also, bear in mind that not all of your abilities will be physical? I'm not certain, as I only play a barb. For example, only SOME of a wizard's abilities will be physical, whereas others may be entirely magic. I'm speculating though - best to find out properly. I bought it for the cold damage snare, not for the damage ^. | ||
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zomgE
498 Posts
On September 18 2012 21:18 Hairy wrote: Also, bear in mind that not all of your abilities will be physical? I'm not certain, as I only play a barb. For example, only SOME of a wizard's abilities will be physical, whereas others may be entirely magic. I'm speculating though - best to find out properly. I bought it for the cold damage snare, not for the damage ^. it boosts your physical dmg first, so the skill just converts all that to whatever element. but who knows for sure | ||
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Resolve
Singapore679 Posts
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unkkz
Norway2196 Posts
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Burrfoot
United States1176 Posts
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Terranasaur
United States2085 Posts
On September 21 2012 03:40 unkkz wrote: Struggling to sell a triumvirate because people dont understand how it works, kinda annoying. How does it work? | ||
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Phael
United States281 Posts
This is assuming your original weapon swing was all physical element (ie you don't have +elemental damage type on your weapon.) | ||
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Warmonger
United States69 Posts
On September 21 2012 04:15 Phael wrote: if your weapon swing was 50,000 - 100,000 and your triumvirate had a combined +15% elemental damage, your new weapon swing is now 65,000 - 100,000 for a total increase in damage of around 10%. (an additional 2X% min damage). This is assuming your original weapon swing was all physical element (ie you don't have +elemental damage type on your weapon.) These numbers don't make any sense to me. Why is the +X% to <element> damage adding to only minimum damage, why do you list a 30% increase on min damage as an overall 10% damage increase, and what do you mean by "an additional 2X% min damage"? | ||
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Yttrasil
Sweden651 Posts
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Phael
United States281 Posts
On September 21 2012 04:48 Warmonger wrote: These numbers don't make any sense to me. Why is the +X% to <element> damage adding to only minimum damage, why do you list a 30% increase on min damage as an overall 10% damage increase, and what do you mean by "an additional 2X% min damage"? Blame blizzard programmers. That is exactly the way it works. The phrase "adds x% to [element] damage" translates to: "Adds 2*x% of your minimum physical damage as [element] damage." - so a 15% triumvirate would add 30% of your minimum physical damage. Assuming your damage range was 50-100k, as I did in the example, then adds +15% elemental damage from triumvirate would translate over to a 10% overall damage increase. While this isn't as ideal as a straight 15% damage increase, the added damage -is- elemental in nature, so if you have a triumvirate, every attack has a fire damage component (which makes conflagration work with every spell.) | ||
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Warmonger
United States69 Posts
On September 21 2012 05:12 Phael wrote: Blame blizzard programmers. That is exactly the way it works. The phrase "adds x% to [element] damage" translates to: "Adds 2*x% of your minimum physical damage as [element] damage." - so a 15% triumvirate would add 30% of your minimum physical damage. Assuming your damage range was 50-100k, as I did in the example, then adds +15% elemental damage from triumvirate would translate over to a 10% overall damage increase. While this isn't as ideal as a straight 15% damage increase, the added damage -is- elemental in nature, so if you have a triumvirate, every attack has a fire damage component (which makes conflagration work with every spell.) Yea, that definitely not how I expected the mechanic to work. So adds x% to [element] damage is actually better for tight damage ranges. | ||
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WhiteDog
France8650 Posts
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
On September 21 2012 08:34 WhiteDog wrote: So, is it the right moment to give another try to Diablo 3 or do I wait for the next patch ? (I hated the ah system and want to play without it). If you left D3 beause of the AH, you better start looking for a new game. Don't see any patch taking away importance from the AH in any significant way. Why don't you just play without the AH btw? | ||
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WhiteDog
France8650 Posts
On September 21 2012 08:39 Cascade wrote: If you left D3 beause of the AH, you better start looking for a new game. Don't see any patch taking away importance from the AH in any significant way. Why don't you just play without the AH btw? I played at the release, got fucking frustrated at act 2 inferno and couldn't do anything without farming gold and buying at the AH, because I never droppped a thing farming item in act 4 hell and act 1 inferno. But I liked the game aside from that, just the feeling you get from farming was so underwhelming, rare items doesn't have the charisma legendary had in d2 too. | ||
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Wuster
1974 Posts
On September 21 2012 08:42 WhiteDog wrote: I played at the release, got fucking frustrated at act 2 inferno and couldn't do anything without farming gold and buying at the AH, because I never droppped a thing farming item in act 4 hell and act 1 inferno. But I liked the game aside from that, just the feeling you get from farming was so underwhelming, rare items doesn't have the charisma legendary had in d2 too. Well it's certainly a lot easier to play without using the AH now. I cleared Inferno with gear that probably couldn't get very far into A2.... (just guessing, 700 resists, 22k dps, 6.4k armor) I probably spent less than 500k on the AH as well, so grinding for gear isn't as bad either IMO. The last patch also revamped all the legendaries; aside from a lot of them being pretty much best in slot or close to it. A ton of unique effects where added to legendaries (some cosmetic, some unique mechanics and some in between - ie unique mechanic that mostly looks pretty like Sever). | ||
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Lokrium
United States131 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + The Inquisitor & Frostburn Gauntlets, sold for a grand total of 200k. Edit: Third worthless legendary! Hellrack ftw. double edit: Fourth worthless Legendary! Int Cindercoat sold for 80k! | ||
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Charger
United States2405 Posts
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
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Rowa
Belgium962 Posts
A very friendly guy managed to make me drop my godlike offhand to test, we even were on skype etc, 5 seconds later he was gone from my friendlist (ingame and on skype), this is a very valuable lesson for me i suppose, but is there any way for me to get my item back addressing blizzard or anything like that ? | ||
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