2.1 not sounding particularly interesting to me at all aside from the dex and healing changes.
since i'm liking D3 i bought Reaper of Souls. I inserted the DVD and autorun came up and it looked like it went to the launcher. didn't see anything install or download. I entered my code in the website. i launched the game and I got a new cutscene in the beginning with death and tyrael.
How do I know the expansion is working??? everything else looks the same to me. maybe the launcher screen changed a bit? it shows version 2.0.6.24641
Seasonal legendaries could be awesome. Start a new toon to pic up certain legs and over the course of many seasons you really could get interesting builds.
You played WoW before right? As with WoW and all their major flagship titles, you always have the latest content installed on your computer. However, you don't necessarily have access to it. Once you entered your RoS key into your b.net account, the game granted you access to the RoS stuff.
I played mostly vanilla. quit before the 1st expansion came out. I did play a little of the 1st expansion but not enough to mean anything.
Seasonal legendaries could be awesome. Start a new toon to pic up certain legs and over the course of many seasons you really could get interesting builds.
remember, seasonal only applies to the staggered release, after the season anyone can get them by just playing normal.
It's in the notes that provide a preview to patch 2.1 - the ladder legendaries will be ladder only for the 6 months, and then be freely aquirable in normal play thereafter.
So the good things - one shard instead of 5 to open a rift; new loot (over time); buff to healing/life on hit - but nerf to healing globes..
But the overwhelming issue for me now is, my gear is pretty good. I even have a perfect roll cindercoat essentially (20% fire, 30% res reduction; 3 slots, 499 int, and something +dmg that I could reroll), but I have no interest in playing fire - I've been playing lightning now for over a month and I have yet to find any of the super key lightning build pieces, like that Caramel helm; no thunderfury. Even when I played cold, I never saw the frost boots, no Winter Flurry, the frost sword.
So, I've been playing around with builds, but for me to push to the next level (stable clearing of T4 - I can do T3 with ease) I'm entirely dependent on gear that I cannot obtain. I've been doing some reading about this and some players like Shinobi have posted videos stating that there is something built into the game to prevent you from maxing out builds with perfectly rolled gear.
This is where I become disillusioned. I even ask in general chat (EU) if anyone has ever seen a Winter Flurry drop - nope. The caramel hat - nope. But I have seen about a dozen cindercoats drop which is funny because it's such a powerful piece, both elemental damage plus resource cost reduction - a fundamental piece for powerful fire builds. But the pieces for lightning/ice seem much harder to acquire, to me (e.g., magefists I've seen multiple times, too).
Is there a trick to this? I wonder if I switched to a fire build, if I'd see more ice build stuff dropping, etc, heh.
My WD found a Maximus. I have been running a fire build and this sounded pretty good with +18% fire and a chance to spawn a demon. But, I lose %21 sheet dps and some toughness. Plus whatever my off hand provides. It is nothing special though. Just some rare I found, as I just hit 70 with this character. My current weapon is a sky splitter with about 2.3K dps. Has anyone used a Maximus on a WD. It seems most use it for a Crusader which I haven't started yet. If I didn't lose 21% dps I think it would work, but that is a big hit.
Except for the things that interest me, this doesn't interest me at all.
Okay then.
Those are minor changes at best and do nothing to address the inevitable fatigue associated with the entire "lootRPG" genre imo. There's some interest associated with how it will affect characters (my monk namely) but it doesn't give me any real reason to want to play more - aside from maybe logging in to see what my armor changed to and what my toughness now is lol.
The bulk of the patch, the new features, I think are pretty bland. Seasons/ladders/leaderboards/conquests (aka: "World First" achievement grindraces) don't move the needle for me at all and while I think the change in design to Greater Rifts isn't bad... they're still just the same old rifts. New maps and enemies from the new A5 zone is a nice touch at least.
F Act 3 is so boring! I hate the dungeons in this act. A damn mess or rooms and dead ends...a waste of time
But yesterday I got 4 legendaries lol...1 in a barrel and 3 from elites. 2 maces and 2 shields.
The last mace I got is amazingly awesome looking and a great upgrade. Solanium was it's name. The two shields were downgrades from my current one. Jekangbord (awesome looking too) is the one I use.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/GomJabbar-1899/hero/49133175
I'm only level 57 on the Crusader for now and can't wait to get to 70 and start finding worthwhile legs.
I tried one a while back. It's not that great. Even with moj+trifect tnt, the demon does not hit as hard as the garg or a tmf dog,
You say the demon doesn't hit hard. But, what about the fire chain that connects it to you? Or is that what you meant.
I don't actually like the idea personally. I have to wait six months to give my Barbarian that was played 1,000 hours an item to make a new build or make him stronger. Character progression in Diablo is through gear acquisition.
When 2.1 comes out or paragon 600 (just hit 484) and I have not found any of these:
SMK
WoW
+2 MM Mirrorball
Little Rogue
Earth set leggings with Str / Vit / AR / 2 Sockets (stupid natural MS on the pants)
Jade Chest with Int / Vit / Haunt 15% / 3 Sockets (my current chest is at 2 million gold a reroll for Haunt, so I am gambling for new chest pieces)
Jade Boots with Int / Vit / Armor / AR (I have two pairs, one with Armor and MS the other with AR and MS)
Zuni OH
I will have about zero interest in this game. I run a bunch of rifts on T5 and T6. I gambled 2,500 shards the other day with no legendary. That was not fun at all.
I'm just about to hit 300, and most of my RoS time has been on my WD, with a decent amount on my wiz.
I've got a jade chest with int / vit / haunt 14% and 3 sockets. No jade belt or boots at all though.
Nice roll on chest. There is no Jade belt.
Runes aren't cumulative are they? Doesn't appear so