by Atelo » Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:12 pm
Speaking of making the game more enjoyable. They really need to increase drop rates on rares. We killed Diablo on Nightmare and got zero rares. We also got zero rares on the 3 bosses before him. Ameerah and I played the entire weekend for many hours (maybe 14-15 hours total) and got 2 rares that were usable upgrades, and they were barely upgrades at that. We also reached nearly impossible sections of Hell difficulty where we absolutely had to drop a quarter million gold on new gear to make it possible to get farther.
Bees - you suggested we farm Belial. We did, killed him 5 or 6 times and got zero rares each time. Someone else mentioned in game that killing a boss a 2nd time on the same difficulty yields no rares.
Personally I'd prefer to kill stuff and get loot, not buy other people's loot on the AH then run around mindlessly killing stuff and getting useless stuff 10-12 levels lower for hours on end. I mean, the point to the game is to kill stuff and get loot that could be an upgrade...
We tried stacking magic find without sacrificing too much dps, but it doesn't seem to help at all. We even saved Fortune Shrines, keeping track of where they are, and grabbing them only after finding a Resplendent Chest. The odd time when rares drop, they suck. They aren't usable by either of us, and aren't even sellable items they suck so bad.
Reading some of the Diablo forums, it appears many people have the same issue - that is going for hours upon hours without getting anything of note.
Apparently Inferno level gear is in the millions of gold price range. The game is clearly designed for the real money AH. People will not be able to progress on their own. They'll have to buy items and it's likely the good shit will all be posted for real money instead of gold once the currency AH is opened.
It's debatable if this will basically kill the game for the majority of players.
Everyone else who's playing, what do you think? Have you had the same shitty luck with rares? Do you spend 15 minutes running for your life against a group of Hell level Elites only to have shit level 40 blues drop? Did you have to pimp yourself out on the AH just so you could get a bit farther?
Speaking of making the game more enjoyable. They really need to increase drop rates on rares. We killed Diablo on Nightmare and got zero rares. We also got zero rares on the 3 bosses before him. Ameerah and I played the entire weekend for many hours (maybe 14-15 hours total) and got 2 rares that were usable upgrades, and they were barely upgrades at that. We also reached nearly impossible sections of Hell difficulty where we absolutely had to drop a quarter million gold on new gear to make it possible to get farther.
Bees - you suggested we farm Belial. We did, killed him 5 or 6 times and got zero rares each time. Someone else mentioned in game that killing a boss a 2nd time on the same difficulty yields no rares.
Personally I'd prefer to kill stuff and get loot, not buy other people's loot on the AH then run around mindlessly killing stuff and getting useless stuff 10-12 levels lower for hours on end. I mean, the point to the game is to kill stuff and get loot that could be an upgrade...
We tried stacking magic find without sacrificing too much dps, but it doesn't seem to help at all. We even saved Fortune Shrines, keeping track of where they are, and grabbing them only after finding a Resplendent Chest. The odd time when rares drop, they suck. They aren't usable by either of us, and aren't even sellable items they suck so bad.
Reading some of the Diablo forums, it appears many people have the same issue - that is going for hours upon hours without getting anything of note.
Apparently Inferno level gear is in the millions of gold price range. The game is clearly designed for the real money AH. People will not be able to progress on their own. They'll have to buy items and it's likely the good shit will all be posted for real money instead of gold once the currency AH is opened.
It's debatable if this will basically kill the game for the majority of players.
Everyone else who's playing, what do you think? Have you had the same shitty luck with rares? Do you spend 15 minutes running for your life against a group of Hell level Elites only to have shit level 40 blues drop? Did you have to pimp yourself out on the AH just so you could get a bit farther?
