official Diablo III

[Nagisan]

Also. There is a tip for those of us who were having to run it at lower than wanted settings....

(Taken from a Reddit Post )

for windows users:

• go into your documents>diablo3>d3prefs
  
• this should open up a text file, find the line that says
  
• DisableTrilinearFiltering "0"
  
• change the 0 in that line to 1. this will disable trilinearfiltering.
  

This actually works. Before doing this, I was running at 1920x1080 and had everything on Low or Off except for Textures, which I had at High. I was getting normally 60fps, but it would drop constantly in areas do 20 or less.

Now with this tip, I have everything on High. I get a constant 60fps, with little drops into the upper 40's. So I recommend every one try this that has some stuttering issues.

Thanks, I'll let me friend know this, he has been having performance issues since beta and they haven't improved much, I personally run it at max settings 1920x1200 and stay at 60 FPS (according to the in-game fps display), I'll let my friend know, he has the starter edition thing, might sway his decision on whether to buy or not.

[shakey]

For those on Mac who will try this FPS Tip.. Some other posters said to do this to find the correct folder...

OS - Mac OSX Lion I can find the Application Support Folder but Blizzard Folder isn't in there.

Anyone know where it might be in Mac OSX Lion?

First click on your desktop, then press shift+command+G and write ~/Library You'll find it now :)

EDIT: I just changed it and I'm gonna try it tonight. If it works, I'll love the OP forever <3

Did it work? I can't find the disable trillinear filtering in the blizzard folder??

I think it's a little bit better now but I wouldn't bet on it. The burning city in the first act was still really laggy. Other zones were a little better I think :)

Hey, I tried that with ~/Blizzard and nothing came up, any ideas? I can run Diablo 3 fine, it's just that I seem to have no Blizzard folder.

I tried to write ~/Blizzard and it doesn't work. You have to go first to ~/Library, then Application support, Blizzard, and finally Diablo 3

[shakey]

Thanks, I'll let me friend know this, he has been having performance issues since beta and they haven't improved much, I personally run it at max settings 1920x1200 and stay at 60 FPS (according to the in-game fps display), I'll let my friend know, he has the starter edition thing, might sway his decision on whether to buy or not.

It actually helps a lot. I was skeptical at first. But now having everything maxed and it running perfectly... I'm just in awe at how much blizzard seemed to not test this game. Really Blizzard... 6 years for this?

Me and my friend have been talking, and while we agree the game is really good, this isn't a game that was developed as long as they say. Too much of it is rehashed and too much has a rushed feeling to it.

[firey]

Probably wont be until 930ish central time. Boxor doesn't get out of his classes until then. I might be playing eariler than that, around 6pm central, as that's when I get off of work.

During lunch, Box and I went ahead and killed the last person we left off on last night, but we can redo it agian for ya if you haven't done it. Right now, it is 1:50pm for me.

You are only 1 hour behind me. If you want to, you and I can do the stuff I didn't get to before box is done class, then when he gets home we can progress. I work tomorrow so I won't be staying up too late.

[Razorwing]

@Razor I have a 44 Wizard at the start of NM Act III if you want to group

Do I have you on my list already?

my BT : Razorwing#1378

also I'm on the same time as Firey. So I'll be on around 8-12 or whenever I'm tired.

[shakey]

You are only 1 hour behind me. If you want to, you and I can do the stuff I didn't get to before box is done class, then when he gets home we can progress. I work tomorrow so I won't be staying up too late.

Awesome. Ya, I wont be staying up too late tonight either. I need to catch up on some zzz's :p But I'll get on after work and see how long I can last. I'm sure I'll be on at least until Midnight...

[arrrgh]

Just hit lvl45 on nightmare, this build is working pretty well so far (despite pretty poor gear drops):

I got some nice weapons but armor is pretty bad (intelligence mods and similar junk).

Build is pretty simple: FoT for quick spirit generation, I run into a mob, pull them in with cyclone and then hit blind (if necessary). MoH with BoP for healing and dmg reduction and of course Serenity for panic moments (aka laser deathbeams all around me). BoH is along primarily for 15% dmg bonus but also useful for quick heals since it's practically free.

[mattmatik]

It actually helps a lot. I was skeptical at first. But now having everything maxed and it running perfectly... I'm just in awe at how much blizzard seemed to not test this game. Really Blizzard... 6 years for this?

Me and my friend have been talking, and while we agree the game is really good, this isn't a game that was developed as long as they say. Too much of it is rehashed and too much has a rushed feeling to it.

Thanks again, shakey. Just want to confirm this does boost fps a bit. I'm obviously on low hardware with the HD3000 but am now able to play on High textures and get fps in the 20s pretty consistently. Before, I was running Low textures at 20fps. Of course, it also helps that latency is a lot better today as well.

[killmaster84]

Do I have you on my list already?

my BT : Razorwing#1378

also I'm on the same time as Firey. So I'll be on around 8-12 or whenever I'm tired.

Just added ya. Binary#1374 is me.

[hckngrtfakt]

I know im the newb here but hope you guys dont mind if i added you ... i'll be logging at about that time too (Pacific Time - L.A.)

if anyone wants to add me

makavre#1777 just chat me a msg. with "neowin" and i'll know :D

[Nagisan]

Just hit 20 on my barb and got the controlled fury achievement (do not drop below maximum fury for 5 minutes). Not sure exactly how it checks the time spent at max fury, but I got the achievement right after I accidentally used seismic slam (it's my left click skill, cause frenzy is my right click - I can hold down right-click and auto-attack every enemy I bump in to). But yeah, I was sort of going for it by not using a fury spender, but didn't expect to actually get it, next thing I know I accidentally left-click on something and I got the achievement, so it must only check time spent at max fury when you drop below max fury.

That being said, barbarian is easy mode so far.....only bought a weapon and shield in the AH, and I hold right click, left click if I want to do a 45 degree aoe arc that goes to the edge of my screen, press 1 when I need to heal (revenge with vengence is mine = 15% chance every time I hit to be able to heal for 13% of my max health for every enemy I hit on a close-range aoe), 2 if I want to pull in an enemy that keeps kiting (ancient spear, plan on using the 60% heal rune when I get it), then 3 and 4 I have filled but never use because I don't have any good skills for those slots yet.

But basically, hold right-click, press 1 or q to heal (rarely use potions), left-click (seismic slam) is used more on accident than purpose, and 2 is only used when I don't feel like chasing an enemy. 3 skills, walking through act 2 right now (I was literally falling asleep earlier, not because it's boring, but because I'm tired....kept opening my eyes to my barb against a wall and a few dead enemies behind him).

[Amarok]

Just hit 20 on my barb and got the controlled fury achievement (do not drop below maximum fury for 5 minutes). Not sure exactly how it checks the time spent at max fury, but I got the achievement right after I accidentally used seismic slam (it's my left click skill, cause frenzy is my right click - I can hold down right-click and auto-attack every enemy I bump in to). But yeah, I was sort of going for it by not using a fury spender, but didn't expect to actually get it, next thing I know I accidentally left-click on something and I got the achievement, so it must only check time spent at max fury when you drop below max fury.

That being said, barbarian is easy mode so far.....only bought a weapon and shield in the AH, and I hold right click, left click if I want to do a 45 degree aoe arc that goes to the edge of my screen, press 1 when I need to heal (revenge with vengence is mine = 15% chance every time I hit to be able to heal for 13% of my max health for every enemy I hit on a close-range aoe), 2 if I want to pull in an enemy that keeps kiting (ancient spear, plan on using the 60% heal rune when I get it), then 3 and 4 I have filled but never use because I don't have any good skills for those slots yet.

But basically, hold right-click, press 1 or q to heal (rarely use potions), left-click (seismic slam) is used more on accident than purpose, and 2 is only used when I don't feel like chasing an enemy. 3 skills, walking through act 2 right now (I was literally falling asleep earlier, not because it's boring, but because I'm tired....kept opening my eyes to my barb against a wall and a few dead enemies behind him).

Was that like for me too, but once you get to around late NIghtmare/Early hell things get very interesting as a barb.

[Nagisan]

Was that like for me too, but once you get to around late NIghtmare/Early hell things get very interesting as a barb.

That's what I've read, but I've also read that barb is more gear dependent than any other class, unless you have a horrible skill configuration, gear makes a much larger difference than skill selection. But I'm okay with that, chances are I will be read for a break from my barb by the time I get to late nightmare/hell (taking a bit of a break from my monk, he's in early nightmare).....plus many have said barb seems to be one of the more difficult of the classes to use in hell/inferno, to the point that it really requires optimal gear to perform on par with other players in a group...so chances are barb will probably receive the first major re-balances, plus I've always preferred melee over ranged and while I like monk, I like the way the barbs skills work better.

However it works out, I plan on barb and monk being my main classes, and I'm having more fun with barb right now so I'll probably stick with it if it keeps up.

[Prosidius]

I'm level 53 in hell right now and finding Blizzard has made the game hard in stupid ways. Numerous packs of elites with a mini boss in them. Combined with the fact that elites pretty much 1 shot you now its next to impossible to survive without dying at least once to them.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

I decided to go ahead and get this game, as something to hold me over to GW2. When I played with my friend I didn't think I would like it at all, and I didn't then.

But after I bought it and played some more with him, I realized the game isn't that bad. Now I am kind of hooked -_-.

Had a 4 day weekend come up due to some construction being done on our business property, so me and 3 other friends pretty much just played D3 the past couple days.

I went with a Monk. Level 55 at the moment, on Hell mode. At first I had trouble, but after working out a build, it is mostly a breeze. No longer the wrecking ball I was through Normal and Nightmare, but now I basically cannot die (except lame ass elite mobs with Arcane Lasers/Wall/It doesn't matter what the third one is cause the first two destroy you :p) Finished Act I, and beat Maghda on Act 2. The Butcher gave me a slight bit of trouble on Act 1, mainly the ground fires.

At 23k health, 3674 DPS, 55% damage reduction from armor (3447 armor).

I always made sure when browsing the AH to set the stats to Dex>Vit>(Optional)Has Sockets. I don't see how Hell would be doable with that little of an HP pool.

Here is my build. Attacking with Fists of Thunder with Quickening gives me nearly instant full Spirit, using Spirit heals me, constantly refreshing Mantra of Healing during the fight for Boon of Protection makes me mostly invulnerable, and using it heals me back to full anyway. It is a nice circle.

I plan on switching from 'Resolve' to 'One with Everything' as a passive, once I get my Fire resistance up to a good number.

That's the biggest mistake I've made so far. I always set it to dexterity only. I just swapped out a lot of my high dexterity gear for low to medium dexterity plus high vitality and it made a huge difference. My DPS went down from 3.6K to just about 3K. And my health went up from 7.5K to just about 20K. I finally feel a little happier with my level 51 Monk. I forgot what my armour is at and I can't check it right now because I can't get past the login screen. You should definitely add me though. I'd love to inspect your gear. :p

My Battle tag is Anaron#1767. If anyone else would like to add me, then feel free to do so.

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So on Sunday I posted that I beat Normal, but I forgot to mention that I did it as a Monk. I was originally going to start with a Barbarian, but when my brother got sucked into overtime at work I started my Monk to play in the mean time. I ended up playing the Monk all the way through Normal, way past were my brother and I stopped playing in co-op for the week. It was a lot of fun.

I really enjoyed the Monk. I started Nightmare Sunday and finished the first act yesterday afternoon. It wasn't too bad. I died a few times to some elite packs, but that's expected. After finishing Act I on Nightmare I decided to go back to normal and try to get the "Short Reign" achievement. I didn't realize it was going to be so easy. I ended up laughing out loud because I killed the Skeleton King in 3 hits. I definitely was not expecting to do that so soon. But I guess that should be expected when a level 38ish Monk punching a level 10 boss.

So far, I haven't needed to turn on (off?) elective mode. The default skill assignment has worked so far. Which wasn't the case with my barbarian. Currently I'm running around with this build (http://us.battle.net...gifh!ZYd!aYZZZa). I'm basically a blender of death, though I'll probably have to change it soon due to the difficulty curve.

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Also, for you guys using Fists of Thunder with Quickening, apparently Blizzard patched it this morning to "fix" it. I guess it was proc'ing too often, and now it's at where it should be...and it's not as good. It used to proc on all crits, not just crits from FoT. It's all over the monk forums, if you're interested.

[seta-san]

i thought the diablo fight was disappointing. he was easier than d2 and had fewer abilities despite being a combination of all the evils.

[+ir0nw0lf Subscriber²]

For those of you who turned off the Trilinear Filtering per the post on page 87, without changing any other settings, did you notice any visual difference?

[Dark Ride]

Is there any re-playability after finishing the game on the highest (Inferno?) difficulty?

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Is there any re-playability after finishing the game on the highest (Inferno?) difficulty?

Right now no...but finishing Inferno is going to take a lot of effort. Especially if you play a Monk or Barbarian. There will be multiplayer eventually, but it won't be competitive or anything. Then, of course, there are always achievements to get. Some of them are going to take a while. Like the ones where you need to hit 60 with 2 of the same class...for every class. Those kind of achievements are lame, in my opinion. But it's at least something to motivate additional play-throughs.

[firey]

For those of you who turned off the Trilinear Filtering per the post on page 87, without changing any other settings, did you notice any visual difference?

My FPS increased by about 20-30fps average.

Also, hit 46 lastnight with my monk. This is the build I am currently running with. Almost done ActIII on nightmare. Have 11k HP

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/monk#UeXTgi!YXW!bZbYZY

[seta-san]

was anyone disappointed by the diablo fight? He seemed toh ave fewer abilities then he did in D2 and that makes less sense since he should have the abilities of all the evils.. not just his own.

[Nagisan]

i thought the diablo fight was disappointing. he was easier than d2 and had fewer abilities despite being a combination of all the evils.

I agree, my friend and I wiped the first time we fought the Butcher, and the first time we fought Belial, the last 2 act bosses (Azmodan and Diablo) seemed easier in the first attempt than the other two, neither one of us died on those last two fights. Diablo overall was easier than Azmodan, during the shadow phase, we just stood face to face hitting him without moving......going back to fighting him after the shadow phase, he wasn't particularly strong or anything, we had to be careful but we didn't wipe (like we did on butcher and belial).

tl;dr - I agree, Diablo seemed weak (that is, in normal mode where his heal isn't super-buffed).

[HawkMan]

As a wizard, if he'd been any harder he'd be impossible.