tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20397621.post3837608086569075976..comments2023-09-21T05:26:30.376-04:00Comments on Ziggyny's Game Emporium: Diablo III: Patch 1.0.3 NotesZiggynyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07518980519046202646noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20397621.post-34833093091632354222012-06-20T11:05:10.457-04:002012-06-20T11:05:10.457-04:00Unless the price of crafting mats has dropped subs...Unless the price of crafting mats has dropped substantially in the last week you should be salvaging the level 60 items, not vendoring them. Dust is 2k and shards are 1k. <br /><br />I played Act 1 yesterday before going to bed early. I got 84 rares in a little over 2 hours though I did have a monk friend tag in for half the run. I was routinely getting 3 rares per pack.Ziggynyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07518980519046202646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20397621.post-5856004510315059062012-06-20T09:42:10.822-04:002012-06-20T09:42:10.822-04:00I'm significantly tougher (30k health, 8.5k ar...I'm significantly tougher (30k health, 8.5k armor, 650 res, 1k life regen) but my damage is bad. I found act 2 to be completely playable and only died to serious mistakes.<br /><br />I beat quite a few packs that I wouldn't have had a chance against before (including champion melee guys who moved significantly faster than me and an invulnerable minions pack with melee minions and a ranged rare). When I've cleared a pack down the rare or the last champ I can just tank him until he's dead. The damage is a *lot* less.<br /><br />I also noticed I would often get 2 or 3 rares per pack with a five stack, and clearing A2 up to desolate sands got me about 50 rares. Unforunately, as we all know, level 63 does not mean good, and I vendored every last one of them - but at least the level 63 ones vendored for nearly 2k each.Sthennohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429676469805661834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20397621.post-18665186148637604652012-06-19T19:22:10.909-04:002012-06-19T19:22:10.909-04:00I did an act 3 run and then an act 1 run today. Ac...I did an act 3 run and then an act 1 run today. Act 3 felt harder than before, the damage nerf didn't change how many hits things took to kill me through force armour (30k hp, 400 res, 7k armour) so it was a bit of a slog due to losing a lot of dps to the IAS nerf. The spider queen boss was also much harder, the little spiders are much more aggressive on spawning and don't disappear after a while. On the bright side, once I was at 5 stacks packs frequently dropped 2-3 rares, so after my usual tower of the cursed-spider-azmo run I went and cleared keeps 1-3 and stonefort for some extra loot. Soul lashers are a lot easier now, at least. Based on that run 8% ilvl 63 items feels like less than before but maybe I just had bad luck that time.<br /><br />Act 1 was a lot of fun in archon spec, nothing was remotely threatening and even elites died instantly. I tried act 2 in archon spec and it didn't go so well however, lacunis are still a problem, their mortar hits me for about 10k. I'll try it again later with my real spec.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20397621.post-51121972399608950542012-06-19T16:28:40.255-04:002012-06-19T16:28:40.255-04:00I tested doing late a2 today - the two Zoltan Kull...I tested doing late a2 today - the two Zoltan Kulle zones from his hideaway and then killing him and belial. The mobs in there did a *lot* less damage than before, I would think at least 30% less. I could run into groups and just aoe them down most of the time though I definitely had to respect the elite packs to some extent. Zoltan himself is much harder for ranged after the patch but thankfully zombie bear WD is honourary melee and it was no problem. Belail himself was a pushover, mostly due to better gear I suspect. Maghda is surely still a chump.<br /><br />My feeling is that if you can safely kill belail and kulle then that is the best spot to farm a2. If not then maghda and random packs seem good. I don't know about the times but I am going to figure them out as quickly as I can and post the results comparing a1/a2/a3.Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723733406348223879noreply@blogger.com