Diablo 3 - Reaper of Souls
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ZyyzYzzy
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Uh, really depends on the rolls. Many new items can be quite a bit better than the old ones, assuming they roll high 450-550 primary stat...
Mudcrush Durtfeet
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This is simply not true.
The high end legacy weapons are simply unmatchable by the new versions and new legendaries (at 60). I have a manticore that is simply more dps than any 2h bow/xbow that can be rolled now. Same goes for high end Skorns, Echoing Furys, Manjuma's carving knives, and pretty much anything that had built in crit dam in the 70-100 range (for one handers).
Dandai
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I was readingthis postI found on the d3 wizard subreddit and it explained how elemental % bonus damage worked. Looks like the power of the elemental % bonus is highly dependent on what skills you useandthe range of the elemental damage you rolled on your weapon (ie if 80% of your weapon's damage is elemental as opposed to 50% or less).
ronne
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This. The new weapons are shiny and new and fun looking, but they all blow because they can't roll 70%+ crit damage with a socket. There's one or two unique effects on some of it (fulminator comes to mind) that can be worth using in the right build, but otherwise legacy weapons are king for now.
Mahes
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For the most part, this is true. Some weapons though, like a certain thunder one, can indeed be a lot more powerful if the socket is rolled. 2 handers do not even count since they have been verified as broke in the current form. They get fixed soon. The problem lies in getting other pieces that make the weapons more powerful. Bonuses to lightning damage as an example. I keep finding two handed weapons and have yet to find a one handed one. Also, the huge nerf to Life Steal hurt certain legacy weapons a lot.
Also, I think certain class specs benefit more than others. Either way, the point is moot given that in two weeks everything resets. (Suddenly getting WoW flash Backs).
Also, I think certain class specs benefit more than others. Either way, the point is moot given that in two weeks everything resets. (Suddenly getting WoW flash Backs).
ronne
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Act 3, kill Azmodan quest, take the core of arreat waypoint and run right to the entrance to the Azmodan fight. Set up a TP there and leave the game. Resume game and clear mobs/loot chests, then take the waypoint at the entrance back to town and repeat. A high dps wiz/dh can clear the whole place in about 2-3 minutes.
Mures
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Now is a really good time to lvl a new toon with the bonus xp, using a hellfire on my monk and follower, a leoric's signet, and cain's set through a good part, I started a new monk in master and turned it down to expert in a2 because I was already like lvl 54, I just turned it down to hard because I just killed ghom and I'm 57 and I'd like to kill azmodan at 59 so I get a legendary.
Vorph
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Yeah, I ran into the same problem on my wizard yesterday. Used Cain's the whole time and dinged 60 off Ghom. The Azmodan thing didn't occur to me until it was way too late to do anything about it. Doing a monk today and I'm not going past expert this time, and will probably turn it down to hard at 50 depending on where I am at the time.
Mahes
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I would if I did not already have 5 classes at 60th. Leveling was very easy before and now is even easier. Has anyone tried using the new "Puzzle Ring"? I just got one and wondered if I dropped white items would he go and pick them up? Does a weapon rack count?
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Ran a bunch of act1 to farm keys, gonna do some machines and hope I get lucky for a str ring for my crusader, and earlier did a quest reset. Apparently SK still drops a leg 100%, or I was lucky(but seems like a weird coincidence). Got 9legendaries in the reset so finally got some upgrades, got the 100%dmg belt when you open chests, a stone of jordan with 30%dmg to elites so that's pretty nice even if I did lose like 700life on hit and some vit for it and finally got a legendary weap on my DH, at first got a Windforce which was a slight upgrade over my fairly crappy rare(980DPS with a socket) but then I got some crossbow that procs fireballs, they seem to do about 140-150% weapon damage and the proc rate is 48% so that adds quite a lot of damage even if my paperdoll DPS went down a bit since it's only 1100DPS(but it has 470dex or some shit so it's fairly close to the 1280 windforce even on paperdoll). Just wish it wasn't a crossbow, fucking slow ass shit.
Was a nice day.
Was a nice day.
Xevy
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What it now lacks in time building neph stacks, it now makes up for in shit ass drop rates.