Diablo III: Reaper of Souls

So i have a chance to get this game at a discounted price, but not sure whether the game is for me or not, as I've never played any of the diablo games.

I was told it's similar to torchlight 2 (which i recently picked up in the last steam sale.)

I guess what I'm asking is to convince me to buy this game.

So i have a chance to get this game at a discounted price, but not sure whether the game is for me or not, as I've never played any of the diablo games.

I was told it's similar to torchlight 2 (which i recently picked up in the last steam sale.)

I guess what I'm asking is to convince me to buy this game.

A pomegranate ton of replay value, constant updates to the main game. Hours and hours of gameplay, enough loot to satisfy the greediest of loot whores.

A pomegranate ton of replay value, constant updates to the main game. Hours and hours of gameplay, enough loot to satisfy the greediest of loot whores.

Another question. Are Reaper of souls and diablo 3 seperate games, or is Reaper just an addition to D3?

Another question. Are Reaper of souls and diablo 3 seperate games, or is Reaper just an addition to D3?

It's an expansion.

It's an expansion.

So I'd have to get d3 1st and then buy RoS on top of that?

So I'd have to get d3 1st and then buy RoS on top of that?

Well, yeah. If you want the expansion.

The base game would be enough to keep you occupied for a long time before you might decide to buy the expansion.

Today was rather productive of me, I even managed to play long enough to find more than two legendary items. Notable things I've found today: the Devastator plan, the second piece to the Vyr's set, and most importantly a Ring of Royal Grandeur.

Also saw this regarding upcoming changes to Meteor:

While we don't have plans to innately reduce the Arcane Power of Meteor in the next build, we do have some significant Meteor changes coming in the next PTR patch that should make the Arcane Power you're spending feel much more valuable.

In addition to damage increases for the baseline Meteor skill, we're making some changes to a few of the elemental runes that weren't fully embodying their fantasy. The goal is to make each flavor of Meteor different and more indicative of its element while keeping each competitive in its own way. These changes should also make the Tal Rasha’s Set bonus more appealing.

Comet has been slightly modified, dealing a great deal of Cold damage on impact and freezing Chilled enemies for 1 second. You'll still enjoy its icy mist after effect that deals additional weapon damage as cold over time and chills enemies.

Star Pact has also been redesigned, and is now a little reminiscent of the Barbarian's Ancient Spear (Boulder Toss) rune. You'll be able to expend all remaining Arcane Power for a massive amount of Arcane damage, with each point of additional Arcane Power spent granting a 20% damage increase. (I'm personally looking forward to exploding things with this!)

Lastly, Lightning Bind has been replaced with a new rune, Thunder Crash. This new rune removes the delay on Meteor, to better embody the quick nature of Lightning based spells and abilities.

We're also updating The Grand Vizier with a new Legendary power oriented around Meteor, which will now reduce the Arcane Power cost of Meteor by 45-60%. This aligns with our goals of making 2-handed weapons feel more powerful and desirable, and we'd like to hear your thoughts once you get a chance to give these new options a go!

Spirit Barrage
Skill Rune - Well of Souls
Damage type changed from Cold to Fire

Acid Cloud
Skill Rune - Corpse Bomb
Damage type changed from Posion to Fire

WELL I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON MY BAR WHEN 2.1 GOES LIVE. Hnnnnnnnnnng.


AND THEN A JERAM, STARMETAL KUKRI, AND TASKER AND THEO DROPPED TODAY
WHAT IS THIS

WHAT IS GOING ON

PTR updated. Some changes to make Meteor builds more appealing etc.

Hadriel

PTR updated. Some changes to make Meteor builds more appealing etc.

Hadriel

This was a pretty atrocious patch.
Summary:
Barbarian Generators are buffed to match Crusader's in strength.
Crusaders get the most creative set yet, which gives +100% Shield Bash/Sweep Attack damage (4), and +20% IAS/stack for 5 stacks when using them (6).
Demon Hunters get a new Elemental Arrow Rune.
Monks get 66% cost increase on LTK to balance a 15% increase in generator speed.
Witch Doctors get GARGANTUAN HUMONGOID CLEAVE ARC INCREASED FROM 120 TO 180 DEGREES

The Meteor buff was nice, but probably not strong enough to make it competitive at all except for on Tal's set. There's still no buff to Arcane Orb or Wave of Force, so really, if you want to compete, channel.

Given 3 weeks since the last patch, this felt like they were polishing for release as opposed to continuing to balance classes and make things more viable.

This was a pretty atrocious patch.
Summary:
Barbarian Generators are buffed to match Crusader's in strength.
Crusaders get the most creative set yet, which gives +100% Shield Bash/Sweep Attack damage (4), and +20% IAS/stack for 5 stacks when using them (6).
Demon Hunters get a new Elemental Arrow Rune.
Monks get 66% cost increase on LTK to balance a 15% increase in generator speed.
Witch Doctors get GARGANTUAN HUMONGOID CLEAVE ARC INCREASED FROM 120 TO 180 DEGREES

The Meteor buff was nice, but probably not strong enough to make it competitive at all except for on Tal's set. There's still no buff to Arcane Orb or Wave of Force, so really, if you want to compete, channel.

Given 3 weeks since the last patch, this felt like they were polishing for release as opposed to continuing to balance classes and make things more viable.

They made Cleave on barbs also 180 deg to be more consistent w graphics. I don't know if Garg needs tt buff...

I'll stick to my disintegrate build for now. Or after Black Friday, maybe I can get a Winter's flurry....

Can't comment much more until I buy RoS.

Hadriel

They certainly are taking their time with this 2.1 patch. ._. Have been waiting ages for it to hit live.. but at least they are still balancing classes. I hope by the end of this everyone is on a fairer playing field since WD basically dominates everyone at the moment.

They certainly are taking their time with this 2.1 patch. ._. Have been waiting ages for it to hit live.. but at least they are still balancing classes. I hope by the end of this everyone is on a fairer playing field since WD basically dominates everyone at the moment.

Funny you should mention WD...
Demon hunters are actually dominating everyone in terms of Greater Rifts right now.

Funny you should mention WD...
Demon hunters are actually dominating everyone in terms of Greater Rifts right now.

They were dominating the first few patches because Beckonsail had no cooldown making DH unkillable. I think that was fixed last patch, and they were about even with Witch Doctors on GR level? They might have been able to go further because Sentries don't die, unlike dogs etc unless you had level 50 Enforcer. In this current patch version, Enforcer got nerfed upside the head, and there's an unintended buff to 1H Crossbows that makes them pomegranate 2H level damage, though Sentries proc Damage Reflect, as long as you don't walk into that...

I think WD have a very strong advantage at all levels of gameplay, unlike the requirement for M6 on Demon Hunters, where the next best thing is Cindercoat Loaded For Bear or something.
The new Immolation Arrow is pretty good though, and once again Fire is the best element. You'd need the Ball Lightning legendary for that to be stronger, which doesn't work with M6, and Frost Arrow's advantage is being able to hit more/wider targets, but Immolation Arrow straight up does more damage. 615% to single target, 315% AOE. Not a bad option for M6 either, though Chemical Burn is stronger for its 1v1, and Arsenal has more AoE. Outside of M6, it synergizes really well with Buriza, combined with Imminent Doom as a generator, if I wasn't already running M6, I'd be pretty happy about this. It'd also be very good for anyone running M6 with a Kridershot now since you can deal your own damage, which is fairly strong too, something I'd like to try for Fire, Lightning, and Cold. I'm looking to gear up for Cold Marauder too because it's aesthetically appealing. It's a shame that Frostburns are pomegranate compared to Magefists, especially since I've found three DEX ones and no INT ones for my WD. Why do they have to roll Life on Hit. Thank you Blizzard.

I'm looking forward to playing what's there so far, but there's so much more that needs to be polished or straight up fixed.

I know a lot of people are complaining about more fire skills for Wizards, but I am really glad Arcane Torrent finally got a fire rune. And it is actually really awesome. My toughness is lower on the ptr and I'm tanking way more hits than I do on live. All channeling spells should have a weaker version of Flame Ward's "x% less damage while channeling" passive. I'm also kinda liking the buff to Conduit. I don't know if it's just Conduit though, but I've noticed I don't have any issues with maintaining my AP for channeling.

So I got back into Diablo 3 after taking a break to play Vindictus for a bit.

I decided to go Act 1 Normal Split Farming to get the ring.

I kept on getting all the Act 1 cache legendaries BUT the ring.

.....Why?

So I got back into Diablo 3 after taking a break to play Vindictus for a bit.

I decided to go Act 1 Normal Split Farming to get the ring.

I kept on getting all the Act 1 cache legendaries BUT the ring.

.....Why?

because RNG

So I got back into Diablo 3 after taking a break to play Vindictus for a bit.

I decided to go Act 1 Normal Split Farming to get the ring.

I kept on getting all the Act 1 cache legendaries BUT the ring.

.....Why?

You didn't sacrifice enough virgin souls to RNGesus.

I've only ever gotten one of the Ring so...

Never got that ring myself doing act 1 bounties on 2 different characters. In the end I gave up and just do bounties when I need rift stones.