The Bridge

agent86

21:00

@ickleislands imagine if you hadn't been drunk! ... heh.

seriously though, it went F2P a while back. now it's supported by HAT SALES

ickleislands

i don't drink

i smoked a lot of weed until 5 days ago

but that habit was suspended while I quit smoking cigarettes

agent86

@ickleislands my "drunk" comment was a poorly executed demoman reference.

ickleislands

ok well I suspect I missed the reference

and why hats?

agent86

@ickleislands I suspect your suspicion is correct.

@ickleislands hats are the end all, be all of TF2 itemdom.

ickleislands

ok I shall go spend 300 euros on them immediately

agent86

21:06

they're like legendaries in D3, but you can wear them on your head

ickleislands

OH WAIT I'm not a random blizzard fan using the RMAH for IAS

nevermind!

I can wear a helm of command on my head as well

agent86

but... some of these hats have hats themselves

ickleislands

what?!

agent86

hatception, if you will

ickleislands

hats for hats?

agent86

21:07

wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Towering_Pillar_of_Hats

ickleislands

I am so excited and completely cannot wait until TF2 finishes transferring to my computer at 5kbps

Jason Berkan

@ickleislands Get used to it. It's updated every 4.2 hours (with new hats).

ickleislands

@agent86 genuinely laughing out loud

agent86

all of those majestic hats can be yours for a one-time fee of $7.50

ickleislands

tower of hats is awesome

are all of the classes in this game male?

agent86

21:09

@ickleislands if that is too rich for your blood, you might consider the noble amassment of hats or perhaps if you are quite the poor individual, the modest pile of hat

@ickleislands yes, except for the pyro, whose gender is relatively ambiguous.

ickleislands

I am currently looking at the modest pile of hat

agent86

@ickleislands hat. there is just the one, sadly :(

ickleislands

body shape of the pyro says male

I have to say the towering pillar of hats is definitely the classiest of the selection

agent86

@ickleislands I myself am partial to my treasure hat which dispenses gold coins as I go about my business

fbueckert

And we're talking about TF2 hates. Joy.

Alok

21:11

Is there a runspeed debuff for having to balance 3 of them; or are they glued together?

ickleislands

Oh so you don't have to buy all of the hats, some of them are given as rewards

agent86

@Alok bah, hat physics is not something you need worry yourself about.

@ickleislands you can also find them in "random drops" (playing the game makes you eligible for free items, as does earning achievements)

and there are quite a few that are "promotional items"

also there's a crafting system.

not all items are available via all methods of acquisition

ickleislands

I'm still trying to get over the fact there are hats that have hats

agent86

@ickleislands yeah, hats were (are?) kind of a running gag, tbh

ickleislands

on SE?

or for Valve

or both

fbueckert

21:14

@agent86 Except that now, they're Valve's most lucrative items.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Ickle both.

agent86

@ickleislands teamfortress.com/classless/day01.php

ickleislands

Maybe that's the reason HL:EP3 hasn't been released yet

LessPop_MoreFizz

Http://www.hatdash.com

ickleislands

Lazyness caused by their hattyness

LessPop_MoreFizz

21:15

And yes, Haberdashical Concerns are absolutely the cause of half life delays.

ickleislands

@LessPopMoreFizz I do not know the website you linked, it has an amazing heart for a logo

agent86

ah, hatdash. that was fun :)

I don't think I'd been that excited in a long time.

user15026

Hatdash was wicked fun. :D

Fredy31

crashes through the new graphics card that just arrived by mail. I wonder who sent me this...

agent86

I hope we do something like that again. Although the contests have been fun as well, and far more profitable

ickleislands

21:17

Judging by the disproportionate amount of SWTOR hats in conjunction with the snow theme, I imagine this was around December? :P

agent86

@Fredy31 I did, by mistake. would you mind sending to me? :P

@ickleislands yeah, around the christmas holidays last year

user2334

Pro tip: if you get screwed over by a lore book not getting tracked for an achievement, using another character can/should/will/might work. Villager's Journal didn't pop on my wizard, but showed up again for my monk and the chieve popped

ickleislands

I got so close to quitting WoW last christmas due to all of my guild going to play SWTOR

just as I commited to doing it they all came back

-.-

skovacs1

@MarkTrapp that advice sounds familiar.

user2334

Sorry, don't track every answer you give

ickleislands

21:26

wtb a progress page that reports on badge progress

hides quickly

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Q: How should I improve my Demonhunter after the patch 1.0.3?

I play a Demonhunter in Diablo 3 and I am stuck. Nothing has changed in the difficulty regarding the Demonhunter. I can survive 1 hit from "normal" monsters but Elites and Bosses usually still kill me with one hit. The problem is that I am not allowed to die that often. Dying about 5-6 times co...

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agent86

@ickleislands doesn't do all of them, but there's a subset of them tracked by StinkingBadges

ickleislands

nnggggggh suppresses wish to respond 'more DPS!'

@DH question

Alok

The DH question first line is more like s/am stuck/suck/ ... he doesn't want to kite, why did he roll a Dh then, to tank??!

ickleislands

@Alok somebody in here made out that tanking on a DH was perfectly viable ;)

@agent86 ty for link

Alok

21:32

@ickleislands As a challenge, which is not the norm

ickleislands

challenge is certainly the word I'd use!

agent86

@ickleislands yvw, I try not to miss an opportunity to pimp my own tools :P

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ickleislands There's been some discussion of grenadier builds over at EJ. The concensus is that it's much slower, but you do in fact die less and spend less time running away.

ickleislands

@agent86 you're not the first guy that's said that to me

agent86

@ickleislands well, I'm probably the one who is the best at jQuery among them

ickleislands

21:34

@LessPopMoreFizz Kiting isn't for everybody I'll agree, that's why there are three ranged classes with distinctive playstyles

Alok

@LessPopMoreFizz EJ?

ickleislands

elitist jerks

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ickleislands Now now guys, at least have the decency to wait for Mana to drop by so he can keep his fanfic up to date.

@Alok What Ick said.

ickleislands

/me plays with @agent86's tools

Alok

Never knew it was a site; only about the achievement :).

fbueckert

21:36

@James Today, I am not accepting ANY surrenders.

Alok

Eh agent86 is the one making tools around here

ickleislands

dammit tab

Alok

I sue for wrongful tab completion >_<

ickleislands

fml

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ickleislands SAVE IT FOR THE FANFIC.

Wipqozn

21:39

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Alok EJ is the premiere WoW theorycraft site, and a fair number of relatively high end D3 players are, obviously, part of the same community.

user15026

@Wipqozn snorts Took me a minute, but I like it.

TylerShads

Has anyone else recently experienced slow downs with Bastion. its currently only eating a single core of my quad core and thats when the slow down happens, but the time it happens is so random.

Alok

@LessPopMoreFizz Ty for bringing it to my attention, will go browse it later. Never played WoW so I didn't know about the site.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Alok The D3 discussion isn't public, so it's not worth browsing if you have no interestin WoW. :P

Alok

21:47

I like browsing random theorycrafting threads though, sometimes ends in math overdose but tends to have a lot of reasoned debate

ayckoster

Hi

Can someone help me with my Diablo 3 Demonhunter? I want to know what I am doing wrong.

Alok

And, I might start a free WoW account now that trials are indefinite (afaik). Just against paying on a monthly basis, and having to find big groups to do anything

ayckoster

Currently I am totally stuck in Inferno Act II. I created a question but I do not want to add my stats there because then it is too personal and not general enough.

ickleislands

well how are you dieing?

ayckoster

can someone look at my stats with item and ability build?

imageshack.us/f/207/ayckosterd3.jpg

Alok

21:50

Hey ayc :). I have only a noob DH; but idk why you want to not-kite on a DH :p. And @ickleislands answer to all DH woes is 'moar dps' btw

ickleislands

yes I do

ayckoster

I die mostly killing Elites

ickleislands

more DPS is the answer

ok but are you dieing to the elites or the affixes on elites

ayckoster

affixes

mostly "faster", "damage reflect" and "immortal minions"

plus there are some nasty combinations

ickleislands

Well demon hunters will struggle against damage reflect because of our damage output

and faster because we don't stand in melee

LessPop_MoreFizz

21:51

@Alok Well, to be more accurate, the solution is either 'moar dps' or 'play better'. But only one of those two is solvable with gear.

ickleislands

and I think everybody suffers against immortal minions

ayckoster

furthermore i cannot kill the butcher reliably

Alok

Nice weapon except for no dex; mine is only 700s :(

ickleislands

what are you dieing to on butcher?

ayckoster

he oneshots me

Alok

21:52

@LessPopMoreFizz: unfortunately #2 applies to me all the time; but there is also another - better gear, which is not always within reach by poor ppl

ayckoster

with EVERY skill

ickleislands

yes

that's normal

the solution is to avoid his attacks

or stack unreasonable amount of resists and health

ayckoster

i can avoid the hook etc but not the chains

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Alok Better gear == moar dps.

ickleislands

use smokescreen for the chains then

Butcher one shots my DH too

LessPop_MoreFizz

21:53

Adding gear with more hp/defense is not a realistic or achievable solution.

ickleislands

It's just a fact of life for demon hunters

ayckoster

this might be important: I make 27k dps without SS

and this is actually not enough

ickleislands

it's also a fact of life that the DPS number that Demon Hunters can quote from their character sheet is a lie

ayckoster

i mean i can kill the butcher with 7-10 tries but this would be like 19k

ickleislands

the problem that you're having is that you're valuing DPS above moving out of damage

you get your maximum benefit from sharpshooter by not constantly attacking

Alok

21:55

@ayckoster: Your life on hit is pretty bad; maybe work on that for help with elites? I know its almost as bad as mine, which iirc is really terrible

ickleislands

and the reason it works so well is because your priority on a demon hunter is to not get hit > do damage

Life on Hit will assist or resolve your problem with damage reflecting elites

depending on how much you get

ayckoster

yeah i kite like a champ, but at some point i do not have decipline anymore

ickleislands

the solution to running out of discipline is more dps

ayckoster

yeah right and that means better items. i get it.

TylerShads

@ickleislands is that the same solution to error 37?

ayckoster

21:56

but how can i get better items if i get like 20k per hour?

ickleislands

yes and no, error 37 is resolved with real life DPS in the form of a nuke aimed at Blizztivision

fbueckert

@ayckoster You run with me. :)

TylerShads

@ickleislands or not playing the game...which means it resolves itself!

ickleislands

@ayckoster since you only linked your weapon as I can see

I'm guessing you're either not using a quiver

ayckoster

i could add all my stuff

ickleislands

21:57

or don't have one with increased attack speed on it

ayckoster

yeah i have a quiver

ickleislands

increased attack speed wasn't nerfed on quivers and will increase your dps

fbueckert

For anyone who's interested, I'm starting a Belial run.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@ickleislands All Quivers have increased attack speed. :P

ickleislands

yes but MORE IAS

ayckoster

21:58

fbuckert... i need to kill belial :)

ickleislands

moar!

ayckoster

to advance to act iii

but i lack the dps :(

ickleislands

your dex is 'about' normal for the DPS you're doing

fbueckert

@ayckoster Do I have you on my friends list?

LessPop_MoreFizz

That said, items with + Max Discipline can also help a lot with survivability.

ayckoster

21:58

i guess not

LessPop_MoreFizz

Also, @ayckoster are you using Preparation, and if so, what rune?

ickleislands

I can't help but notice you have 1k thorns though, which is a waste as DH

he's using backup plan

ayckoster

yes perperation with backup

ickleislands

you are using tactical advantage but not vault

ayckoster

the problem is: even if i had money i do not know what to look for

ickleislands

21:59

so you're only getting a partial benefit from there

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