tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70850740819118845962024-03-13T04:18:39.631-07:00Memoirs of a GamerThe Digital Adventures of phoenixrageZEROphoenixragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960814979704383623noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085074081911884596.post-64142871681759123832014-10-22T07:47:00.002-07:002014-10-22T07:48:38.378-07:00Bloodborne - This will make me buy a PS4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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By the people who made the souls games.... nuff said.<br />
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<br />phoenixragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960814979704383623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085074081911884596.post-2949773311762879462014-09-11T07:21:00.001-07:002014-09-11T07:21:44.488-07:00Destiny - XBOX ONE - Initial Impressions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unfortunately I've only been able to put in a very small amount of time into this game the last couple nights. But right away, I can tell you this game is very polished. The controls are smooth and the graphics are amazing. I'm only nit picking a bit, but the only things I don't like about the game is little bits of the UI, but that will just take some getting used to. I also don't really like that they made the menus work like a mouse pointer instead of just being able to navigate menus directly with the analog stick versus the current system. I look forward to diving further into it, and will definitely do a follow up post for a more indepth look at the game.phoenixragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960814979704383623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085074081911884596.post-35697225470060777302014-09-03T08:32:00.002-07:002014-09-03T08:32:49.692-07:00UpdateIt's been a while since I last made a post. I have a few posts in mind, and will be writing them up in the next few weeks. Hopefully pick back up with regular blogs with Tokyo Game Show coming up. <br />
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I've been watching a lot of competitive League of Legends and have been learning quite a lot about the game and hope to make a few posts in the future about that. <br />
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Also, Path of Exile has released a mini-expansion, and so far that has been really fun. I really like how they keep changing things up which makes minor changes to the way the character progression goes in the game. Will post more about that later as well. Stay tuned!phoenixragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960814979704383623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085074081911884596.post-38806381096780618862014-02-25T21:47:00.002-08:002014-02-25T21:56:01.787-08:00Titanfall Beta - Thoughts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So Titanfall was available to try out last week, and I got a chance to play for a few hours. It was quite fun and refreshing as a shooter. Getting aboard your titan was quite fast and seemless, even when in the middle of a fire fight, and ejecting into the air is pretty cool. Using this ejection at the right spots on maps allows you to reach higher areas, which I feel is a nice touch to the game as it adds that extra depth in the map. <br />
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The maps are fairly big in size if you are on foot, and I like how the titans can't access certain paths because of the map design. This balances the gameplay and makes the titans not completely OP. The maps also have a lot of height in them, to make use of all the wall walking and parkour you can do as a player. The game also does a good job at dropping in bots to help fill the map so that you are not waiting around for players to show up. Also, the spawn points seem to be fairly good, you are always near a bunch of friendly AI bots, or if your titan is ready, you can drop directly into the map as a titan.<br />
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I can't wait to see what the other titans feel like in game, and also all the extra guns, class customization that was not available in the beta. I also wonder how many levels are there and if there's anything like a COD style prestige system. <br />
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In the beta, we got a taste of burn cards, which you can collect and choose to use in a match while you are waiting to respawn. These burn cards give you some sort of boost in game for that life, ranging from being able to call your titan instantly, to bonus gun damage for a specific gun. Having the choice to activate them or save them for later in the match opens up some strategic play, and if you have a full team, I'm pretty sure coordinating the usage of burn cards can make a huge difference in a match.<br />
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So does this game live up to all the hype? From the beta alone, there is a good chance it will. I say it is a must buy.phoenixragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960814979704383623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085074081911884596.post-60828296822952151192014-02-06T14:00:00.000-08:002014-02-06T14:00:19.636-08:00Diablo 3 ROS updates - Blizzard continues to disappointSo there's been a couple of big posts on the battle.net forums, written by well known members of the community. These posts revolve around the latest decisions of the development team and their attempts to fix issues that they did not foresee. This came about when the developers pigeon holed themselves by doubling down on a critical design flaw of core game. The whole concept of "damage = Main stat x weapon damage" is finally being seen as a poor design choice, and Blizzard had the perfect opportunity to address this issue with an expansion, but instead, they choose to cover it up with other "improvements". It is good to see that there are more people out there that realize this and have stepped up to speak out about it to spread the word. <br>
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For those curious, here are some links.<br>
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Nubtro's post: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/11306220847?page=10#185<br>
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Drothvader's post: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/11582608407<br>
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When the panel switched to talking about "Loot 2.0" is where I started to really be disappointed.<br>
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Item Affixes: <a href="http://www.diablofans.com/news/2019-spoilers-ahead-diablo-iii-expansion-reaper-of-souls-datamining-post-bosses-game-modes-clans-ladders-and-more/">http://www.diablofans.com/news/2019-spoilers-ahead-diablo-iii-expansion-reaper-of-souls-datamining-post-bosses-game-modes-clans-ladders-and-more/</a><br>
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At first I thought I would go in depth, line-by-line of the posted info. But considering that this is just internal testing and a lot, if not all of the information shown here will change as time goes on. I figured I would just keep this post relatively short and simple.<br>
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The Diablo team at Blizzard seems to be going in the right direction, although I personally feel that this is not a complete fix of the real issue with the game. But of course, to fix what I feel the real issue of Diablo 3 may require a complete rebuild of the game engine, and I guess they might not want to go down that road.<br>
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So I've had this game since launch, played it a bunch at first but never got too far into it. This was mostly because I was not too good at the parrying and riposte mechanic. So I defaulted to the playstyle that got me through Demon's Souls, which was the poke strategy of a spear and shield. During this time, I was still into Call of Duty, so it was easy for me to unhook myself from Dark Souls, and I figure it would be something I come back to at a later time.<br>
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Having a blast in San Andreas, although I was a bit disappointed with the removal of the two cities that was in the original map. But that is all forgotten now that I am immersed in this world that Rockstar has beautifully created.<br>
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Well, this was unexpected.</div>
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Finally getting around to finishing this post.. a bit late, but better late than never.<br>
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Potential spoiler alerts may follow for those who have yet to complete this game (shame on you for not finishing it yet!). <br>
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So much to my surprise, Blizzard announced the new expansion for Diablo III last week at Gamescom. Its called Reaper of Souls. </div>
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First problem with this game is that it requires a games for windows live login, which at first, does not seem so bad since I already have an Xbox Live account. But for some odd reason, I had to physically go through the process of signing in via the "create an account" process in order for the service to recognize the account. I could not just log in with my details, which was very odd, and wasted about 20 minutes of my time to figure out. I originally kept getting the error message "LIVE could not sign you in because the Windows Live ID you entered does not exist or your password is incorrect", even though I was already logged into the Xbox Live site. So here's the exact process; Make sure you are logged out of your live account in your browser, and when prompted to either sign in with existing account (which causes the error) or create a new account, you select create account. Windows live will direct you to a login screen where you can then use your xbox live account. Hopefully this is only a one time deal since I never had any other game require windows live account.<br>
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So a while back, I downloaded Path of Exile to try out. The game was still in closed beta at the time, and at the time, I only played it for a short period of time but never really got hooked onto the game. I played in hardcore, but died fairly early in the game, so I kind of got a bit discouraged given how sudden and abrupt the death was. So at the time, I still had lots to do in Diablo III, so I continued to play for several more months. Path of Exile then turned to open beta, and I tried to get into it again, however, it still didn't hook me in. I didn't follow any build or anything, and just winged it. My ranger at the time, made it to the low 20's and I put the game aside again to continue my Diablo III. It also probably helped that I was still streaming Diablo III and generally having a good time being part of that community.<br>
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Near the end of May, I heard news of a fresh ladder starting up with some extra things being thrown into the game which, to me, sounded very interesting. Luckily as well, I had just reached my third paragon 100 character on D3, and was starting to feel burnt out on the game. This time around though, I decided to follow the advise of others, and actually follow an established build. Being that I personally like ranged play, I decided to stick with the ranger, and chose to go with a Lightning Arrow build. <br>
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This time around, there was a bigger group of us playing the game, so it made farming for items that much quicker as we would end up sharing a lot of gear and items to help each other progress. This, combined with following a proper build, I finally got hooked. <br>
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So we began to speculate on teamspeak, as it did not make any sense. Both the gem prices on gold auction house and real money auction house began to go up and down, until someone found out that there was a massive gold dupe method found within the game. So a lot of people were duping their gold, and then buying up all the gems, to cash out, or even worst, flip back through the real money auction house, for further duping. <br>
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The permanent up time is not the main problem with these skills, and I would like to point out that while in archon form, you are quite limited in skills. You still need to drop out of archon to re-cast, and if you remove this feature of archon, you would completely kill the build, and reduce the already low amount of viable builds in the game for the wizard. The other point is, a wizard can just swap over to a Chantodo's wand, and just proc the critical mass passive to refresh the cooldown anyways, so you end up just making it inconvenient.<br />
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Also, comparing Wrath of the Berseker and Archon in the same manner is pointless, given that you are very limited in what skills you can use while in archon, while the barbarian still has full use of their skill selection while in wrath. If you want to make some meaningful change, maybe consider making WOTB more like Archon in the way the skills are different while in that form. <br />
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With that in mind, then the real problem is Wrath of the Berserker, but there are several elements that make this skill so overpowered, and by the looks of it, the community and the developers don't have a real grasp of the "actual" problem. The main problem is not that you can keep it up indefinitely with Thrive on Chaos rune, nor is it the buff in DPS output and movement speed. Those bonuses I have accepted, and while they could be toned down a bit, the real problem with the skill is not those two aspects of Wrath, but that you are permanently immune to any crowd controlling effects, and that is the real issue with wrath. So the problem is the barbarian itself lacks any other hard CC break. So if we are to fix the problem, we need to shift this completely broken ability mechanic and move it to another skill, either via Leap, Overpower or a War Cry of some sort. Then you can drop CC immunity from WOTB completely, and maybe even keep it around as a way to break CC on initial cast, but while in Wrath, the player is no longer immune. That alone I feel will bring a bit of balance back to the class. Yes it is a nerf, but I think a lot of players would agree that this one is needed.phoenixragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960814979704383623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085074081911884596.post-22717104164809921952013-03-15T07:59:00.003-07:002013-07-04T15:29:01.770-07:00Ways to fix D3<br><br>First, and most important thing is the need for more content, and more challenging content. This can be done by adding even hid difficulty, and even endless dungeons are very easy to implement in the current game engine. Its great that we have new items to craft to get more stats, but we need to have something to do with these new stats. We need things to draw the players back to the game, all the current issues with the economy and such are mostly because of the shrinking player base. Less people in the economy means less people making use of the gold sink mechanics that are already in the game. <br><br><a href="http://phoenixragezero.blogspot.com/2013/03/ways-to-fix-d3.html#more">Read more »</a>phoenixragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960814979704383623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085074081911884596.post-47076056013741496812013-02-21T08:16:00.001-08:002013-02-21T08:26:12.812-08:00Diablo 3 - Coming to PlaystationWith the announcement of PS4 last night, we got some interesting news that Diablo 3 will be available for PS4, and also for PS3. But what does it mean?<br />
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Initially, I didn't really think much of it, there are still a lot of details missing that I am more interested in. Such as, would they have their own realm? or would they mix in with existing PC realms? How or will there be an Auction House? How would the control scheme even work?<br />
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFFNtE3yu20<br />
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Well, thanks to this gametrailers video, I at least get a bit of an answer to that last question. So, there will be 4 player local co-op, and it will not be split screen, instead, the screen will be zoomed out, and you'd be playing it like old school gauntlet, and other action rpg games. That's kinda cool actually, a different and new way to experience the game. But how would loot be distributed? Are they going back to shared loot drops and its whoever can make it to the drop first? Will it be colour coded and bound to each character until it is picked up?<br />
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Also, in the video, they touch on the control scheme, where the analog stick is in direct control of the character movement, so that leads me to guess that for skills that are ranged, there will be some sort of targeting system where you can quickly toggle between targets. Either with the right analog stick, or some other button, like L1. My guess right now is, the 4 buttons on the controller are to each skill bar, and left click would be on the R2 trigger, and right click would be moved to R1.<br />
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They also mention the inclusion of an evasion mechanic, which I assume would be tied to a button, which would be L2 (since its the only button available). Which is kind of interesting, because, currently on the PC version, there is no such evasion mechanic. So will it be added in a future patch? and if so, how would it tie in with the current mechanic? My guess that with higher dexterity, the window to successfully activate this evasion proc is bigger? Anyways, that's quite interesting development, especially for brawling, which has been confirmed that it will be included in the console version.<br />
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I am wondering however, that with the introduction of the new crafted BOA items, is that a hint that the console version will not have an Auction house, and the only way to get good gear is to farm it on your own? but then again, a diablo game wouldn't be a diablo game if there weren't some way to trade gear between players.<br />
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So we will have to wait and see.......phoenixragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960814979704383623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085074081911884596.post-72166141961063772442013-02-06T08:09:00.001-08:002013-03-20T09:52:00.046-07:00CDXLIV's Greatest hits (All the budget guides)Compilation of all the Educational Monday posts of CDXLIV's livestream. (<a href="http://twitch.tv/cdxliv">twitch.tv/cdxliv</a>)<br />
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Barbarian<br />
<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/13y0xz/a_budget_barb_for_every_occasion_levelingfarming/">http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/13y0xz/a_budget_barb_for_every_occasion_levelingfarming/</a><br />
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50m MP7 Archon Wiz<br />
<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/18g2l5/educational_monday_vods_results_50m_mp7_archon/">http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/18g2l5/educational_monday_vods_results_50m_mp7_archon/</a> <br />
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CM Wiz 2.0<br />
<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/149sfc/educational_monday_budget_wiz_20_results_and_vods/">http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/149sfc/educational_monday_budget_wiz_20_results_and_vods/</a><br />
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Archon Wiz<br />
<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/152dq0/educational_monday_vods_and_results_1m_mp3_25m/">http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/152dq0/educational_monday_vods_and_results_1m_mp3_25m/</a><br />
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60m Transformer Wiz<br />
<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/17xot7/edumon_ultimate_transformer_wizard_vod_results/">http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/17xot7/edumon_ultimate_transformer_wizard_vod_results/</a> <br />
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Monk (original - fall 2012)<br />
<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/13jk6o/educational_monday_budget_monk_vod_and_results/">http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/13jk6o/educational_monday_budget_monk_vod_and_results/</a><br />
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SW/Overawe Monk - 1.07 (winter 2013)<br />
<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/18tjb7/educational_monkday_results_vod_10m_50m_100m/">http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/18tjb7/educational_monkday_results_vod_10m_50m_100m/</a> <br />
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Demon Hunter (updated - winter 2013)<br />
<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/19bu9o/educational_monday_vod_10m_50m_100m_dh/">http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/19bu9o/educational_monday_vod_10m_50m_100m_dh/</a><br />
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Witch Doctor - March 2013<br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u_-0lCoXNYon0lEU9DU_isccMZCcm1oJ2gi4SQxHd0U/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u_-0lCoXNYon0lEU9DU_isccMZCcm1oJ2gi4SQxHd0U/edit?usp=sharing</a><br />
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Witch Doctor<br />
<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/12r7n4/educational_monday_budget_wd_vod_and_results/">http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/12r7n4/educational_monday_budget_wd_vod_and_results/</a>phoenixragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960814979704383623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085074081911884596.post-30545768673263425422012-11-08T10:14:00.002-08:002013-03-06T08:58:31.761-08:00Diablo III - A Quick Inferno Machine Component Farming Guide-Here is my guide on effective ways to farm the components needed to the infernal machine, as well as some strategies for the uber battles that I have observed during my time with the game.<br>
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Plan Farming<br>
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This is probably the most annoying part of process, so lets get it out of the way. The plans for the infernal machine are dropped by the keywarden in Act 4. The annoying part of this, is it is very hard to get a full five valor stack before reaching the area where the keywarden is located, which adds ontop of the frustration that the enemies normally give you in this act. So, on average, you can pick up four elite packs between the two garden areas, if you are lucky, you get the full five, if you are unlucky, you only get three. From my time farming, I was happy if I got four, and I usually found at least one elite before running into the keywarden. If I found the keywarden before getting a fifth elite, I would try to lead him away from the checkpoint and just die, and made sure I went a different direction when I respawned to find another set. I personally farmed this on a lower MP levels, just because at higher MP levels, the mobs get really frustrating if you are not geared to survive it. It took me about 20 runs at MP1 to get it, but it was not as frustrating as trying to get it on higher MP levels since I would rarely die at MP1, so I was able to get more runs per hour with less headaches.<br>
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<a href="http://phoenixragezero.blogspot.com/2012/11/diablo-iii-qquick-inferno-machine.html#more">Read more »</a>phoenixragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960814979704383623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085074081911884596.post-67533099038562756662012-11-02T07:57:00.001-07:002012-11-02T07:57:20.069-07:00D3 - Legacy Nats vs New Nats - The Evolution of Demon Hunter Playstyles.So, in the past, I had convinced myself that the Legacy Natalya's set items were not worth the gold, compared to the updated versions. Now that 1.05 has been released, and the increase in shadow power duration, I must say that I was wrong about this. But I'd like to write out the thought process as to why in the past, it was not as appealing.<br>
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When I was first looking at these two Natalya's set items, I was relatively low paragon level, and I was not geared as well. So my mindset at the time was, "I need more stats to be better", which at the time made sense. I need to deal more damage, and the only way to do it is to have more stats in general, more dexterity, more crit chance, more crit damage and better weapons.<br>
<a href="http://phoenixragezero.blogspot.com/2012/11/d3-legacy-nats-vs-new-nats-evolution-of.html#more">Read more »</a>phoenixragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960814979704383623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085074081911884596.post-43931627607893040532012-11-01T11:24:00.001-07:002012-11-02T08:02:50.198-07:00Diablo III 1.05 Patch - 2 weeks inSo its been a couple weeks since the latest Diablo Patch has come out, and having spent a decent amount of time within the various monster power levels, here are my thoughts on the latest changes & additions.<br>
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Updates to Existing Events.<br>
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So a few patches ago, they disabled the effect that a player's magic find stat had on chests, so 99% of the time, the big glowing chest was just a huge sign of disappointment for the players. In this latest patch, they took a step back, and now a player's magic find stat does have an affect on what comes out of the chest, plus it becomes affected when a player has five nephalim valor stacks. Another nice thing that Blizzard has added is that these chests count as a valor stack, so if you have three, opening the chest will give you the fourth stack. If you are at five stack, it will reset the countdown timer.<br>
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In addition to the changes to the resplendent chests, the random side events have also been reworked with a similar mechanic. Completing these side quests will now grant a valor stack, and they now all end with a unique monster. I am unsure if the valor stacks affect the quality of drops from these unique monsters, but from what I have experienced, its been a mixed bag of a bunch of blue items, to getting a legendary item from another. <br>
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<a href="http://phoenixragezero.blogspot.com/2012/11/diablo-iii-105-patch.html#more">Read more »</a>phoenixragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960814979704383623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085074081911884596.post-42023633501840651092012-10-16T08:36:00.001-07:002012-10-24T09:52:11.361-07:00Diablo 3 - Phoenixrage's Demon Hunter Guide - updatedSo I play quite a bit of D3, and I check out the Diablo Sub reddit when I'm not playing. My main character is the Demon Hunter, and I see a lot of people still with questions on what to do with the Demon Hunter once you reach Inferno and even in general. So I'm going to try my best to remember how things were early on for me as a Demon Hunter in D3, and hopefully get some tips for those people who are still relatively new to the game and or the character.<br>
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Things to keep in mind, my first character was a Barb, and second was a Wizard, the Demon Hunter was my third level 60 character, and ended up being the one I picked to be my main as things moved forward with paragon levels. I also leveled my Demon Hunter around the 1.03 patch, so some things may not apply now, but its just how I remember it. (warning, this maybe a really, really long post).<br>
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<a href="http://phoenixragezero.blogspot.com/2012/10/diablo-3-phoenixrages-demon-hunter-guide.html#more">Read more »</a>phoenixragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12960814979704383623noreply@blogger.com0