I think people complain too much about speed of items because they believe t6-t10 is 'end game'. It isn't hard to get to t6 or even t10, the endgame has shifted to GR progression. Unless you're putting in 40hrs opening weekend, you aren't going to start doing GR50+ or let alone the 70+ clears that will likely come near the seasons end. I'm happy they added T7-T10 because this problem was way worse than T6 was the limit.

i like the balance now as you can relatively quickly ~20ish hours gear up to get your feet wet in t6+ and GR30-40 but to be competitive you'll have to gear much longer and optimize much, much further to reach the 60-70-80 (who knows where season will end up).

I greatly dislike the parity between solo and group play and the focus on XP farming though. Paragon levels are boring and in the competitive world, mean just about everything for the first 80% of the season. People are already hitting 800+ and it's not even been a week. The XP power creep is just too much and needs to be revisited. It's not really that fun to focus on Plevels over playing the character you want, or finding cool items to try builds.

Jer99

Canada8158 Posts

September 03 2015 20:52 GMT

#19723

GG cannot create a game

Kyhron

United States945 Posts

September 03 2015 20:56 GMT

#19724

Upgrading rare daibos to legendaries looking for Flow of Eternity for my monk. 5 diablos 2 paddles.....3 goddamn Flying Dragons including an ancient 4k dps one.........

xDaunt

United States17988 Posts

September 03 2015 21:19 GMT

#19725

On September 04 2015 05:56 Kyhron wrote:
Upgrading rare daibos to legendaries looking for Flow of Eternity for my monk. 5 diablos 2 paddles.....3 goddamn Flying Dragons including an ancient 4k dps one.........

The fucking Paddle was the bane of my existence when the expansion hit.

Destructicon

4713 Posts

September 03 2015 22:20 GMT

#19726

I've got another sort of problem. So first 2 days I get my ancient wand, source and shoulders, 3 days later no other usable ancient drops...

Kyhron

United States945 Posts

September 03 2015 22:25 GMT

#19727

Upgrade Rares to Legendary. I swear the ancient rate is far higher upgrading than it is from drops. I've gotten like 5-6 out of maybe 25-30 upgrades and maybe 3 or 4 ancients out of the legendaries I've gotten from drops.

Destructicon

4713 Posts

September 03 2015 22:37 GMT

#19728

Problem with upgrading rare to legendary is that with so many set and random legendary items per slot it can be super random to get a good piece.

crms

United States11933 Posts

September 03 2015 23:36 GMT

#19729

i did 1 2h mace upgrade so far this season and got a furnace, lols. It rolled like dogshit but it was only for the cube anyway so oh well.

Kyhron

United States945 Posts

September 04 2015 02:13 GMT

#19730

I'm up to like a dozen or so Daibos on the season and every single one of them has been a Paddle or a Flying Dragon lol. It honestly really depends on what sort of item you're rolling for. Armors and jewelry is kinda silly to upgrade but weapons should be pretty easy to get what you're looking for.

WolfintheSheep

Canada14127 Posts

September 04 2015 02:17 GMT

#19731

Fist of Az seems a lot worse than FoE.

Kyhron

United States945 Posts

September 04 2015 03:46 GMT

#19732

You Cube FoE and run Fist of Az and Lion's Claw if you're going U6 Monk. Fist of Az boosts your damage by quite a bit especially if you roll well on the legendary bonus. Exploding Palm is roughly 75% of your damage as a U6 Monk.

WolfintheSheep

Canada14127 Posts

September 04 2015 04:05 GMT

#19733

I meant getting one, not using one.

evilfatsh1t

Australia8718 Posts

September 04 2015 04:39 GMT

#19734

hmm maybe ill wait then to see if another expansion comes out and they improve end game content.
farming for gears just to see how high i can go in greater rifts doesnt seem fun to me.
diablo 2 really got it right in this aspect. uber tristram was THE end game, but getting to it required you to grind like mad (which is what d3 players are doing now). also the incentive of actually completing uber tristram was you get the charms which are great in pvp once you are stacked.
basically what im saying is there was a clear goal to grinding in d2 and it was much more rewarding. when d3 gets something similar ill buy it then

Kyhron

United States945 Posts

September 04 2015 06:38 GMT

#19735

There isnt that many fist weapons though maybe 12-15 at most? I got lucky with mine and got it as a drop super early this season like sub para50 early. Its rolled like shit but its better than not having one. lol

Assault_1

Canada1950 Posts

September 04 2015 14:24 GMT

#19736

On September 04 2015 13:39 evilfatsh1t wrote: ... uber tristram was THE end game, ...

what the hell no it wasn't, smiter paladins were like the only build that could do uber trist anyway. The endgame of d2 was a combination of pvp, baal runs for leveling up, MF runs/farming, socializing/hanging out with people, and trading.
D3 is currently missing out on pvp and the social aspect.

evilfatsh1t

Australia8718 Posts

September 04 2015 14:58 GMT

#19737

how the hell is baal runs for LEVELING UP end game?
do you know what end game means?
uber tristram could be done by other classes, it only takes a quick youtube search for you to find that out. smiter dins were the noob friendly way of doing it.
and thats what made uber tristram such a good end game content. it was extremely difficult yet extremely rewarding.
completing (or even trying to attempt) uber tristram affected pvp, trading, socialising (bragging) etc which according to you is what good end game content means so not sure how the fk you dont see uber tristram as diablo 2's 'final level'

Assault_1

Canada1950 Posts

September 04 2015 15:20 GMT

#19738

leveling up was end game for some, I know some people that's all they did was try to race to 99
uber trist wasn't difficult it was stupid and terribly designed, 95% of builds couldn't do it because every monster was immune to everything. It had zero indication as to how well you've progressed in the game. Sorry I think you're an oddball with this.

RagequitBM

Canada2270 Posts

September 04 2015 15:57 GMT

#19739

Yeah back when I played no one considered uber trist the ultimate end game. It was all rushing for 99, 1000000 mf sorcs, and pvp hounds.

Eliezar

United States481 Posts

September 04 2015 17:16 GMT

#19740

Comparing Diablo 2 and its "hey you can have two abilities unless you constantly switch out one of your abilities" to Diablo 3 in any way, shape, or form is silly. Diablo 3 is a much more fun, much more varied, and much better game. If anything I think the original diablo was better than the sequel.

There are real leaderboards in Diablo 3 that take real skill (as well as time, gear, and strategy) to climb. In Diablo 2 there were 2 buttons to push and 1 if you wanted to keep an aura up...it was one of the most disappointing sequels of all time for me simply due to its UI and lack of options and gameplay.

Diablo 3 has allowed the community to shape the game (hello Greater Rifts), allowed characters to combine 6 skills rather than 2, gave the players the Auction House they wanted (RM auction house though, meh) and then took away the Auction House they realized was helping to ruin the game. Diablo 3 doesn't seem as ominous as Diablo for me, but it is definitely not just a prettier but also a better game than either of the prior installations. Even though the PvP arena ladder didn't come to be.