re: Diablo III + Reaper of Souls (multi-platform)
 

ros is much tougher than d3 was. We played on torment 1 for all of act V, but we had to move it to master for the final boss because we could not beat him.

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Haven't finished Act V yet, but I will echo that it does seem harder. I'm still playing on Torment I with my WD, but some of it is a slog, especially the marsh area. I'm level 68, but haven't really replaced a whole lot of gear yet, outside of my weapon. I suspect I won't be able to kill the final boss unless I drop a difficulty.

I'm finding very few Death's Breath, so crafting is out, as is leveling up my artisans. :(

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I hate death's breath....

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Once you get to level 70 this game is no joke. Playing hardcore it will scare the shit out of you, so we had to lower it to master, and even with 600,000 dps and 6-7 million toughness on my monk there are times I get scared...my guess is I will need over 10 million toughness and 1.5 million dps before I brave torm 1 again.

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i just don't see the appeal of the hardcore character :lol: i wouldn't like being terrified all the time and sweating bullets my character would die forever. You guys certainly have more balls than I have.


you are like the Navy Seals of Diablo.

re: Diablo III + Reaper of Souls (multi-platform)
 

The satisfaction is much higher when you beat a difficult boss/pack in HC mode.

re: Diablo III + Reaper of Souls (multi-platform)
 

I can see that for sure. However it has to be awfully devastating to kill off a barb that you have put 100 hours into and geared well.

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It is, however I love the changes they made the paragon system. So if you lose a character and start again, you'll have the same paragon level as before, you can pump up the extra stats right away. The only thing you lose is the gear you had on that character, but the new loot system makes that less devastating.

re: Diablo III + Reaper of Souls (multi-platform)
 

Found my first legendary potion last night, the Bottomless potion of Mutilation. Wish I got the Kulle-Aid

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/potion/

re: Diablo III + Reaper of Souls (multi-platform)
 

Id take any of them, they all seem cool..

Got my in game dps up to 750,000 and toughness up to 8.5 million. Starting to think I might brave torm 1...but my friend's wd is a bit behind me at this point..

Adventure mode alone would have been worth the asking price to me...

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My stats are only like 220k DPS and 4 Million toughness, but I do pretty good in T1, so I can't see how you wouldn't be fine there. Then again, I don't trust those numbers a lot of the time, it seems like they can be misleading, at least with the way my Monk is specced maybe.

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I can't imagine taking on the ROS final boss in T1 on HC. I fought the boss for the first time yesterday on T1 with 3 randoms and it was insane. I have about 8.5 million toughness on my WD but only about 180k dps. I wish you could tell the minions to attack and to stop following me while I try to res people lol

Also waiting to hit level 70 didn't make a difference for me because my legendary drop sucked. Some useless boots! I wanted to steal the other Wd's set gloves...

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I beat the Act 5 boss with a level 25 Crusader on T1 solo in Adventure mode, :lol:. It was pretty tough, took a couple tries, but no where near as tough as it was with my max level Monk on Expert. I didn't die when I fought him, but it was damn close, and intense as hell.

Does the guaranteed legendary on killing the final boss reset when you reset quests? I'm guessing not, because if so, it seems like that could be exploited rather easily in adventure mode.

re: Diablo III + Reaper of Souls (multi-platform)
 

The guaranteed legendary worked in campaign before RoS so I imagine it still works in campaign. Not sure about adv mode though as I haven't tried it yet.

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Well, I got a legendary when I killed him in Adventure mode, but perhaps it was just a random one. I know you still get a guaranteed legendary in campaign when killing the Act 5 boss the first time reset quests, but was that only if you progressed through the entire campaign? Or could you just reset quests, and join someone else's Diablo kill run and get a legendary again?

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I'm up for hardcore adventure moding. I'm in the DVDTalk community, so if you see Ozil online, but me up. I have a Witch Doctor now, probably gong to work on my Monk or Demon Hunter next.

I did one rift solo. Holy carp those are intense!

re: Diablo III + Reaper of Souls (multi-platform)
 

Unless it's been patched, you could reset quests and just join someone else's game at Pinnacle of Heaven to get a legendary. I guess there was an exploit (maybe fixed, maybe not?). If you could get into another game and beat Diablo again before the server updated, you could get a second guaranteed legendary.

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I found a -level 25 rare weapon last night... a lvl 45 with a 2.2k dps weapon is ridiculous.

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i have one bar to level 70 on my WD. started with that one. its not messing around. i'm really hoping to find some upgrades soon. i got a new helm, new weapon (marginally better) and boots. hopefully more things start falling once i get to 70. come on Zuni's set....

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Hmm, I'll give a try with my Crusader, since I haven't even played the Campaign with him, reset quests is meaningless. I have a feeling that if anything, they only allow you the one guaranteed legendary in Adventure mode, and it doesn't interact with the one you get from Campaign.

Not that I really want to farm the final boss, ugh.

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Yeah, the final boss is a bastard on T1. I've gone back to my inferno ways of running in circles.

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I have been playing around with my backup monk a bit and wanting to try out a cooldown reduction build. My god this feels overpowered at the moment...

The key is to take beacon of ytar and socket a diamond in your helm for about 31% cooldown, then use your paragon points to get that up to about 38%...with one more item with cooldown I had no problem getting it to 42%

The build I am using

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculato...Ti!VXUT!bbcZYc

Main attack=Way of the hundred-Fist of fury...Highest proc rate of any monk skill, and tested highest dps of any main attack. Hits multiple people.

Right click-Dashing Strike...get out of trouble or get in the middle of action with a click..must have skill..

Key 1=Inner Sanctuary-Forbidden...6 seconds of 55% damage reduction, but even better, 6 seconds of 30% bonus damage to targets inside. Has a 11 second cooldown with my build, and 6 second uptime.

Key 2-Serenity-Unwelcome..besides total immunity for 3 seconds, it does near 1500% weapon damage over the course of 3 seconds to all around you

Key 3-Seven sided strike-sustained...1.5seconds of invincibility, and huge damage. With the rune, and cooldown I can cast it every 10 seconds

Key 4 Mantra of retribution-Collateral damage---huge damage, and for enemies who will not engage you you are still killing them..

For elite fights I dash into the middle...drop inner sanctuary..deal damage. When that is gone I hit seven sided strike...then I hit serenity...when that is gone inner sanctuary is ready to go again. I have either total immunity or 55% damage reduction with 30% bonus damage at all times. Elites who don't like to engage you but run around will hurt the build a bit, but the mantra of retribution helps huge with this...

At this point, my level 66 monk feels stronger than my level 70, which MUCH weaker gear. If I can get more cooldown I will switch out the seven sided rune for one of the other ones. Also, I am using Near Death since this is hardcore, but even for softcore I recommend it. No one likes to die, but they buffed this skill big time since after it procs, and while you wait for the cooldown on it you gain 35% more life on hit/life per second/health globe bonus.

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goddamit I had a stomach virus all day yesterday so i didn't get to play. I am 2 bars from 70 on my barb and close the the final boss in Act V (i think i am at least) I can't wait to try out Adventure Mode for the first time. I have heard such great things. I haven't touched the crusader yet. ewww that sounded kind of bad...unless it is a female crusader.

:)

re: Diablo III + Reaper of Souls (multi-platform)
 

Been sick the last day or so, so I haven't played much. Did end up killing Malthael on Expert. I had several level 70 items, so I probably could have killed him in Master.

Now that I have adventure mode open, I'm hoping I'll get a few more Death's Breath doing bounties. I think I got a total of 15 through all of Act V.

re: Diablo III + Reaper of Souls (multi-platform)
 

I beat Acts I-V with my new hardcore Crusader (normal). I really like this character. I had a problem with my computer on the final boss. For some reason the graphics started to glitch up. I made it through alive but had a couple of close calls. I restarted the game and everything was fine. I tried a couple of the bonus missions in adventure mode and it's a nice addition to the game. I'm not sure if the expansion was really worth $40 but it's just a really great game.