Which is OP, but the solution is not to reduce the base duration of smoke screen, but to nerd the other effects that make it spammable. A 1 second smoke screen just isn't useful.
@Sterno Apparently if you have a 2-handed weapon in your inventory with a blank inventory space above it, you can drag your equipped 1-handed weapon to it, and then you can both equip main and off-hand slots with a 2-handed weapon.
I'm used to the somewhat more normal "accumulative" threat in other MMOs, where if there aren't any "1 shot" mechanics, the tank can generally AFK after the first minute or so.
EnMasse's TERA seems to work very differently. On my priest, I find myself pulling aggro constantly, even late in the f...
I'm playing a Wizard in Diablo 3 currently. I'm in Nightmare and can solo with the rest of them, but I've heard Wizards are tough solo-ers in Hell/Inferno.
Anybody have solid Diablo 3 Wizard builds that are effective in Hell solo?
What does the term 'kiting' mean when used for games? I've seen the term thrown around here and there in reference to a few different games. Are there specific types of games that it applies to?
Aggro is really one of the core mechanics in group play of an MMO. The tank's job is to hold aggro (i.e., get all the monsters to hit him instead of the squishier people).
> The above figures also do not include players in Korean Internet game rooms, where Diablo III has become the top-played game, achieving a record share of more than 39% as of May 22.*
What happen after death? (for a hardcore champion).
- You stay in the party until you left the game? - you are removed from the game and moved to load screen? - appears a sad face in your screen or start a sad song to help you cry?
@badp I've found some of the best loot early-on comes from a) bosses, and b) survival wave 15 (although you need some serious levels and time to get this far)
I'm early in the game, thus far, but I've got a small amount of mana banked. I've been using it to upgrade my weapon, but it seems to me that investing mana in my low-level weaponry is a waste. I get to maybe make a small attribute change for an investment of several thousand mana.
Is this pro...
@StrixVaria Up until now I'd been doing heavy life-steal gear and skills, but after reading that life steal is only 20% efficiency on Inferno, I figured I definitely needed to change
@MichelAyres if you've got something that's at +4, consider editing it to add additional details or a screenshot or something. sometimes that can give you an extra vote if you need it.
@MichelAyres please though, for the love of god, don't just edit them with something trivial, and don't edit a whole bunch at once. otherwise I will gaze upon you sternly.
I would like to know how I can connect my Logitech WingMan RumblePad to my Mac so I can play TF2 with it, using CoD-esque controls (Left Thumb = Move, Right Thumb = Aim). I have tried editing the joystick.cfg file, but that didn't seem to work (am I possibly missing something?).
I have tried ext...
I pay for a family plan and it has my girlfriend and her sister on it. I would like to know if it is possible to allow them to purchase their own Microsoft points that they can use themselves.
Right now I have to purchase the points and give it to them.
Currently, my primary methods of getting stronger are:
Gain XP and level up
Buy better equipment at the auction house
However, I know that past a certain part in the difficulty curve, I won't be able to rely on the first anymore - I'll be at the level cap. Also, it seems like the supply of t...
I have always salved all my gear into essence so I can make better gear. Someone then told me that if you sold your gear to a vender and brought it off auction house it you could get 5x the essence. Is this true?
Near the beginning of Act 2 while I was spelunking in the desert, I came across a cave that someone was standing outside of. He spoke of there being a treasure buried inside, but when I entered the cave, it was being timed. I only had a set number of minutes to reach a secret room I believe. Well...
@NickT > What happens if in a game or on my friends list there are two people with the same "root" battle tag? How does the game differentiate the two different accounts?
@StrixVaria Stuff like this scares me though... quote from a guy who says he beat Inferno as a Barb, and how to tank act 2: To do so, your gear doesn't even have to be all that good. I'm running ~10kish armor, 900resists, 45k hp, with a good 1000+ 1h weapon, 20% shield with 3000-4000, and life leech.
It scares me that he calls that "gear that isn't all that good"
@NickT There's a question in the title, repeated at the end. that's the question. I added a potential "why?" as a reason why it might matter to someone. It's tangential, and if you want to say "that's unpossible" that's fine, but it doesn't change the question.
@RonanForman That is why I figured I should post the videos locally man, see what kind of pass through we can get from those who watch my TFCraft series to the ultra hardcore series :D
I have a bit of a problem, I'm trying to play tibia on my 11.10 installation and I get the following error:
./Tibia: error while loading shared libraries: libGLU.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
All I used to do to play was download, extract and run the game. I'm ...
@NickT nah, cmon man. you read the question, emphasized the wrong part, wasted a bunch of time answering, and now you're telling me it's all my fault :P
At some point, Diablo 3 generates a map which may or may not have various random figures/events/dungeons. Does the Magic Find skill have anything to do with this? Specifically I'm wondering in regards to finding various parts of the Whimsyshire staff - should I load up on magic find gear before...
@agent86 I think you can try and play safe enough its when you run into situations like what @NickT just mentioned where things can turn badly if you do not have a good escape mechanism.. Fortunately almost all classes Do have this mechanism in some format or another.
@James yeah, my problem is that there are situations that slow my frame rate to like 2 fps (if that). Perhaps if I win a new graphics card or something I can afford some upgrades :P
is this: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/69303/does-magic-find-affect-areas a dupe of: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/69021/how-do-i-increase-my-chances-of-finding-the-liquid-rainbow-gibbering-gemstone/69025#69025
ehh, the 70 at +1 is more, but the +5's are similar, and the +8's are only twice as much. if you have that many +5's chances are you're going to have plenty of +8's
As per my answer on a different question. I am surmising that the materials provided are based off of the item's required level.
Hypothesis
Salvage materials are based off of required level, as detailed on the item itself.
Testing Methodology
Gather items at the high and low end level rang...
Now with the hotfix, is fists of thunder still better to use for bosses and more single enemies over the AoE of crippling wave and the rising tide rune?
I personally like to use crippling wave more than be caught off guard without it and get caught up in a large crowd however I always used fists...
At some point, Diablo 3 generates a map which may or may not have various random figures/events/dungeons. Does the Magic Find skill have anything to do with this? Specifically I'm wondering in regards to finding various parts of the Whimsyshire staff - should I load up on magic find gear before...
While fighting a large group of enemies in Act 2 Normal, some of them used an ability that created a circle on the ground, with a sort of green, swirling vortex pattern in it. I didn't get a screenshot before they disappeared, and I haven't seen this effect since.
My first thought was "green = p...
"Battle tags" are used for identification among Diablo 3 players, and they are not unique. When you pick your battle tag, you are assigned a random 4-digit number to go at the end of it, such as:
EliteD00d#1234
However, on my friends list and when I'm in-game, this suffix is not displayed ...
@NickT I didn't downvote his question, but I think you've got to admit that there's a threshold in how hard it is to test something. In this case, it certainly takes less time than writing up the question
1. Look at buff timer. 2. Press Escape 3. Wait 5 seconds. 4. Press Escape again. 5. Look at buff timer. Did it change?
It's not the worst question ever. It's nothing I was ever curious about, but having read it now, I don't mind knowing that piece of info. However, if I had been curious, trying it in-game would almost certainly have been faster than googling for the info
In the secret Cow level of Diablo 2, if you don't kill the Cow King, you can go back as many times as you want by creating the portal in a new game of that difficulty.
Can you access/farm the secret level in Diablo 3 more than once per difficulty?
We hear Zoltan Kulle talk about how he "sacrificed" to make the Black Soulstone; is he referring to something besides his corporeal body? It seems like it could be reminiscent of Fullmetal Alchemist where their magical stone (the Philosopher's Stone) was made via human sacrifice on a large scale...
I'd like to know what the maximum stack sizes of the different consumable items in the game are. I know from experience and from this question that potions will stack up to 100, as will the various item salvaging materials. But what about gems, pages of Blacksmithing/Jewelcrafting, et al? Are the...
No no!! i just tested in a couple of items yesterday. And looks like you are right. I'll not add my tests in the spreadsheet because I don't remember the exact results
@NickT I'm not using a non-standard definition of it. All the forums whining I read about Inferno (particularly the Barbarian forums) seem to be upset that they actually hit a wall and need to start working out new strategies and gearing, rather than just do whatever and make it through
@Sterno wizard 1 teleport teleport teleport die, wizard 2 use banner to TP to corpse, teleport teleport teleport die, repeat. Get to boss, run in circles for 30 minutes avoiding everything and firing spells, win
@MichelAyres Everything I'm finding on Blizzard's own site is proving him wrong. Level 59 gear salvages into Hell ingredients. I'll keep looking, though.
@Sterno it'd be like in WoW if they had a 3rd difficulty of raids where they just tripled mobs health and damage; gear isn't really going to save you, but "creative play" (exploits) will
I'm playing a Wizard in Diablo 3 currently. I'm in Nightmare and can solo with the rest of them, but I've heard Wizards are tough solo-ers in Hell/Inferno.
Anybody have solid Diablo 3 Wizard builds that are effective in Hell solo?
What does the term 'kiting' mean when used for games? I've seen the term thrown around here and there in reference to a few different games. Are there specific types of games that it applies to?
I have a bit of a problem, I'm trying to play tibia on my 11.10 installation and I get the following error:
./Tibia: error while loading shared libraries: libGLU.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
All I used to do to play was download, extract and run the game. I'm ...
Do buffs like Nephalem Valor, timed skills, and that of shrines deplete in paused solo games?
As per my answer on a different question. I am surmising that the materials provided are based off of the item's required level.
Hypothesis
Salvage materials are based off of required level, as detailed on the item itself.
Testing Methodology
Gather items at the high and low end level rang...
In the secret Cow level of Diablo 2, if you don't kill the Cow King, you can go back as many times as you want by creating the portal in a new game of that difficulty.
Can you access/farm the secret level in Diablo 3 more than once per difficulty?
