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I'm starting to realize just how addicted I am to Diablo 3 and how long it just might last. It's not too surprising, since I played the shit out of the first two. I can't even imagine an end in sight.

My only issue right now, and I think this will correct itself over time, is that using the jeweler and blacksmith seems rather pointless, given the prices you can find stuff on the auction house. Honestly, I don't even see the point of selling stuff on the auction house, as the time you spend listing that stuff, you could be spending on killing things for more loot and just vendor it all. I've pretty much stopped picking up white items too, unless they are gems.

Oh, and another complaint, is it just me, or is the loot that is dropping much lower level than everyone else too? I swear, 90% of the rares I see drop are around 10 levels lower than me on average.

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dual wielding increases your attack speed by 15%. You need to add your two together and divide by two and times by 115%. So not counting your bonus from all your items your dps is 25.99. If you want to make dual wielding work, it is better to get as close as possible on the two weapons. If both your weapons were 25.4...your dps would be 29.21. Because of this I would recommend two handed or use a shield. If you want to see your total dps with all stats added.... in your inventory... left of your equipped items is all your stats. Your strength, dex...ect. Toward the bottom of that list is your armor and damage. The damage listed is your total dps. In fact if you hold your cursor over that, it will say dps. So when you add new items and stuff...look at those two numbers..armor and damage...to see how it is changed.

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the trick I found to the auction house...people are sucking up items with the highest dps or armor rating for the level of that item. I sold an item this morning for 9999 gold, that was not that good, because the total armor was really high, even though the magical properties were weak. Right now I am getting maybe 20000 gold every hour of playing...and another maybe 10000 gold from the auction house....and it only takes me maybe 5 minutes to refresh the auctions every hour....


as for random loot, what I find is 99% of the time junk...even rare items. Still, when you actually find one that is amazing, it is one hell of a thrill.

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so an item I am having success with...

If I find a weapon with a socket or two, I put in red gems. You can get low level gems cheap..a few hundred...turn them into better quality..and pop them into the weapon. I can turn a 27 dps weapon into 40 for only maybe 2000 gold...and it will sell for 7000-10000 easy..since the level requirement for the weapon is so low, early level people eat them up. Gems are a way to overpower your weapons beyond their current level since a level one weapon can have a level 10 gem and still be used by a level one person.

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Okay, that's good to know. I'll be on the lookout for items like that.

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Are you selling blues or only yellows?

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thanks for this explanation! i've been trying to figure it out. had 2 good 1h's and a good 2h, the 2h was still higher even with a slower attack speed. this make sense

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that is some good info there. thank you.

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Act 4...this is game of the year..

Leveling up is so balanced. The levels are so well done...you never get to much of one thing...just when you have seen enough caves it switches it up with something different. Loot is so addictive....everything is so balanced...

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How's this for someone who's never played the other 2? Just thought about picking it up and wanted to know what I was getting into. I remember playing Warcraft 2 and 3 back in college and out of college....haven't played much computer games since then though.

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I played 2 but never got hooked on it...I am hooked on Diablo 3..

Finished the game and started right into nightmare...done with act 1...

Rocking with a level 37 monk with 945 dps...

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This game is hack and slash, those games were RTS. I say get a guest code from a fellow DVDTalker and try it out first.

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I'd love a guest code if anyone has a spare. I'm not sure if my rig can run it.

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Behold! There is NO COW LEVEL

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Gems now stack! :banana:

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i found the recipe and the bone for the ponly level, ill see if i cant farm the rest of the stuff

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Noob question, my with doctor has an axe equipped but he throws poison darts (left click). How do I use the axe?

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You don't. No classes really use their main weapon to attack much, it's all skill based.

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I just sent out a ton of friend requests from the gamertag list.

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I am having a blast. So many great items can be purchased in the auction house at good prices if you search. However it kind of takes away from the excitement of finding loot in the game...i rarely find loot better than what i bought at the auction for cheap. Maybe that changes on higher difficulty levels.

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Yeah, the auction house is nice, but I agree, it makes the game not as exciting, since I'm always equipped much better than whatever drops. I'm at level 35. It also doesn't help that I never see stuff my level drop, it's always at least several levels below me, if not more.

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I think the gold auction house will become less viable at higher levels, especially when the real money auction house opens and people list their stuff there. Not sure how well that's going to work out, though. The official forums are full of folks convinced they're going to get rich selling there, but I don't know if I've seen any posts from people planning to buy with real money.

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Why would someone buy items for a single player game? I could understand if this was WOW or some other MMO but what kind of advantage does one have for a non MMO game?

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I haven't been this addicted to a PC game in a long time. I finished up normal yesterday with the Demon Hunter and have been switching between Nightmare with her and a newly rolled Barbarian.

I've been dying more with the Barb. so far, but still so much fun.

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Finished the Staff of Herding today and went through Whimseyshire a few times. It is an amazing level. You also get a feat of strength for entering it.

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It's single or up to four person multi-player. You can trade items between friends or your other characters.

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I dont understand the real money auction, what weapons will be in there that arent in the gold auction house somewhere?

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Eventually there will be PvP. That and there are a lot of people that just like having the best stuff.

Depends on what people put up there. It's easier for some people to just spend real money to get the best stuff then it would be to play for hours to collect enough gold to buy them in the regular auction house.

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A friend of mine just finished this earlier today. I was surprised. He's gonna tackle the Nightmare mode now.

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Finished my first go at it with my Monk. Going to go with a Demon Hunter now, I'll try Nightmare later on.

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The cutscenes are really incredible in this game. I just saw the cutscene before act 2 started last night. High quality stuff

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Once the real money auction opens you won't find the super rare stuff on the gold auctions. Back in the old diablo 2 days, rare stuff sold for serious money on eBay.

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Blizzard is best in the business when it comes to cinematic cut scenes.

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level 51...started hell...

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Got some co-op in this weekend and this game is so great. I need to read up and see what I need to fix on my Wizard though, because he is weak compared to some of the other characters I was running with. I also need to fix my desktop (got to backup files and reinstall windows) so I can really enjoy this game, my laptop is just not cutting it.

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anyone playing witch doctor?
so what weapon should i equip since i cannot use melee? I am a bit confused.

I wish there was a way to remap some keys. exploding frogs is nice, but i don't want to use it as my main attack (left-click). WD seems to have alot of useless spells.

Also, if you equip a follower with +5 exp ring, do you get that extra experience?

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All combat skills are based on weapon damage. Each skill has it's own formula...if you hold control while hovering over the skill, it'll tell you how it works.

To move skills to different keys than the default, enable "Elective Mode" in the options.

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Does anyone know if you can go back to previous points in the game? I started Act 2 last night, agreed on the comment about the great cinematic. I looked at some of the conversation achievements in the game and I missed some conversation pieces from NPCs in Act 1. Can I go back to act one and try to get those conversation pieces? Or would I have to wait until I complete the game and start another run through?

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One of the menu options at character selection is "Change Quest" which allows you to skip back to any point in the game (just story wise, your character's level and equipment stay where they are at).

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People paid real money for Diablo II items so it wouldn't surprise me if they did in D3.