Monte Carlo Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 So the new D3 patch with some free, early 'Reaper of Souls' content / changes is currently downloading. This patch is the size of the internet (OK, it's 11.74 GB on top of a whole load of other stuff that Blizzard swamped my puter with). Anyhoo glancing at the patch notes it appears you can make your own group / guilds etc. I know there are some fellow ARPG fans here, in fact some of you are my current D3 friends and I have some of your loot which I put on the auction house might have lost. So who is up for a new guild / group using this feature? I'll be playing on both PS4 (with MC Junior) and on PC depending too. 2
Mamoulian War Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) 11.74 GB? Are they finally making the game able to play offline? If not, it's bat****crazy for a patch O.o People with traffic quotas would be not very happy... Edited February 25, 2014 by Mamoulian War Sent from my Stone Tablet, using Chisel-a-Talk 2000BC. My youtube channel: MamoulianFH Latest Let's Play Tales of Arise (completed) Latest Bossfight Compilation Dark Souls Remastered - New Game (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 1: Austria Grand Campaign (completed) Let's Play/AAR Europa Universalis 2: Xhosa Grand Campaign (completed) My PS Platinums and 100% - 29 games so far (my PSN profile) 1) God of War III - PS3 - 24+ hours 2) Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 130+ hours 3) White Knight Chronicles International Edition - PS3 - 525+ hours 4) Hyperdimension Neptunia - PS3 - 80+ hours 5) Final Fantasy XIII-2 - PS3 - 200+ hours 6) Tales of Xillia - PS3 - 135+ hours 7) Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 - PS3 - 152+ hours 8.) Grand Turismo 6 - PS3 - 81+ hours (including Senna Master DLC) 9) Demon's Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 10) Tales of Graces f - PS3 - 337+ hours 11) Star Ocean: The Last Hope International - PS3 - 750+ hours 12) Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - 127+ hours 13) Soulcalibur V - PS3 - 73+ hours 14) Gran Turismo 5 - PS3 - 600+ hours 15) Tales of Xillia 2 - PS3 - 302+ hours 16) Mortal Kombat XL - PS4 - 95+ hours 17) Project CARS Game of the Year Edition - PS4 - 120+ hours 18) Dark Souls - PS3 - 197+ hours 19) Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory - PS3 - 238+ hours 20) Final Fantasy Type-0 - PS4 - 58+ hours 21) Journey - PS4 - 9+ hours 22) Dark Souls II - PS3 - 210+ hours 23) Fairy Fencer F - PS3 - 215+ hours 24) Megadimension Neptunia VII - PS4 - 160 hours 25) Super Neptunia RPG - PS4 - 44+ hours 26) Journey - PS3 - 22+ hours 27) Final Fantasy XV - PS4 - 263+ hours (including all DLCs) 28) Tales of Arise - PS4 - 111+ hours 29) Dark Souls: Remastered - PS4 - 121+ hours
Monte Carlo Posted February 25, 2014 Author Posted February 25, 2014 Personally I think they've downloaded the whole of freaking Reaper of Souls and I have to pay to unlock it. Precious little else makes sense. 1
Aoyagi Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 Does it have PVP yet? Items that matter and make sense (i.e. not just stats hoarding with swords for sorceress)? The RMAH should be closed in the near future, are the drop rates fixed yet? And I presume the whole "all skills accessible all the time with minor delay" thing is still present. As is the laggy serverside singleplayer, huh? Sounds like fun.
Hiro Protagonist II Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 Haven't played this in such a long time. Something like a year. Will have to check it out. People with traffic quotas would be not very happy... Internet quotas? So last century.
Monte Carlo Posted February 26, 2014 Author Posted February 26, 2014 There's some sort of server issues and the update won't update. Pffffft.
Monte Carlo Posted February 26, 2014 Author Posted February 26, 2014 Dunno about PvP but there's a lame-looking Blizzard MOBA here... http://www.heroesofthestorm.com/en-us
LadyCrimson Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 There's some sort of server issues and the update won't update. Pffffft. Blizzard server issues during a big update or something? Shocker. Could be lots o' folks trying to DL it. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
Humanoid Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 Don't they use P2P for the actual downloading these days? Guess authentication or whatever might still be down. L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G
LadyCrimson Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 Could be. Point is they often have issues being ready. Not saying they're the only ones - many do these days sometimes - it's just amusing, especially when I was a part of it many times. “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
Hiro Protagonist II Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 (edited) Some screen shots when you update with the latest patch and log in. New difficulty levels. No more Nightmare Hell or Inferno. I used to have 99% achievements and only had like 2 or 3 left. Now it's dropped down to 45%. lol Edited February 26, 2014 by Hiro Protagonist II 1
IndiraLightfoot Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 I know there are some fellow ARPG fans here. So who is up for a new guild / group using this feature? I'll be playing on both PS4 (with MC Junior) and on PC depending too. I usually play solo, but I maybe up for that new guild of yours! It's great that D3 gets this big wipe (disguised as 2.0) and gets lots of new stuff to do. *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" ***
kirottu Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 That is some crazy big patch. Prehaps even big enough to go back to Diablo 3. This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time.
Hiro Protagonist II Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 I've been playing for the last hour or so and I'm getting a lot of upgrades for my characters. The loot is great and it's put the fun back into the game. Also found a new legendary crossbow in Act 4 which is also an upgrade. Achievements are coming thick and fast too. I was 45% and now 50%. 2
SadExchange Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 I had a blast on the PS3 version as compared to the pc version due to the better loot, so I look forward to this patch, the release of the expansion and the PS4 version especially since it plays wells on a controller and would really enjoy a clan/guild of members here to play with.
Hiro Protagonist II Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 Well after about three hours of playing, I probably have at least 25-30 upgrade items for my characters. Legendary drops have all been upgrades. Also had the below flail drop for me for a crusader which I'll keep for now until the expansion is released. Crusader Flail. No idea if it's good or not. The crafting has changed heaps. I just realised all my Tomes of Secrets have changed to Demon Essences. There's no more pages or books anymore. And a few of the salvage items have changed too. Interesting stuff. Also, there's a new White Gem called the Diamond. Had a blast playing this. Considering I gave up on it nearly a year ago, I was really dreading the expansion thinking it wouldn't add much to the game. Now, it's like a whole new game. The new achievements kind of give away parts of the story, but I'm really looking forward to see how it all plays out. I'd say it's pretty damn good and can't wait for the expansion. Although, it does feel like you're playing part of the expansion already with how much has changed. 1
IndiraLightfoot Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 I've played around in it for but half an hour, and everything is just new, new, new! As I have level 60s of all characters, I decided to give my wizard a go this time. She had to drop exactly everything that she once was (at least she got to keep her beautiful voice, the same actor that was the evilest of evil in Aang: the Last Airbender). I started from the beginning of Act 1, picked Master difficulty and attributed all those paragon points, redid the passives and picked new left and right attack skills. Out she and the scoundrel went, and they met a world of push-over zombies. Soon I found my first yellow, only to realize I needed to configure the settings of my gaming mouse before I went utterly mad. I'll probably crank up the difficulty to Torment next time. I love where all this is going, though. One kind of potion, one kind of crafting mat. My invo is smiling broadly. 1 *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" ***
SadExchange Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 Quick question, have you guys made a guild/clan yet, and if you upgrade your again, can you actually create a Crusader right now?
Monte Carlo Posted February 26, 2014 Author Posted February 26, 2014 No Crusaders until the XP in March. I echo the comments above... the new team have made it more, well, Diablo. Combat is much more fun now, and I liked the way you can customise your toon using Paragon points. The drops are more intuitive and the optimization makes it feel much purdier. Bravo! And behold, StuG the barbarian! 2
IndiraLightfoot Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 It doesn't get tankier than that! And yeah - the key words this time seem to be fun and freedom. *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" ***
Blarghagh Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 Could anyone tell me what all has changed? I haven't played this for at least six months.
Gfted1 Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 Could anyone tell me what all has changed? I haven't played this for at least six months. Patch notes. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Malcador Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/12671560/patch-201-now-live-2-25-2014 Interesting changes, I'll patch it up over the weekend when my bandwidth cap renews. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Blarghagh Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 Could anyone tell me what all has changed? I haven't played this for at least six months. Patch notes. Okay, yeah, I could have googled that myself. But what specifically would you say has made the game more fun or interesting?
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