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I just finished campaign myself.... Over all I would say the storyline is fine although I really dislike Nyrelle. Someone who is 'studying' to be a Horadrim with no teacher can somehow, on her own, learn the written code they use, perform several spells/abilities and has better ideas on how to solve certain circumstances in just a few months/days? is just not plausible at all. I just felt like Donan and Lorath should have much more impact than they did. I won't do the campaign again unless it's part of a new DLC so it doesn't really matter much to me. Still on the fence about character progression. It really is just a loot/gear check. I have no stats to invest in and limited investment into skills. 3 or 5 points is just not enough to satisfy me. I know I'm not the best player by a long shot, but I don't really like the feeling I have to min/max every stat and over-analyze whether Vulnerable, Overpower, Lucky Hit or Crit Chance is best and how much of one should I have compared to another. It just seems overly convoluted for no reason. It gives the appearance of depth but just seems tedious. Going beyond Tier 1 is a no-go for me for quite awhile it seems. Having one skill just for the sole purpose of getting out of Stun/Frozen/CC'd seems a waste. Ultimate skills given their long cooldown seem more of a gimmick than an actual useful skill. I just don't like finding a good upgrade for my weapon and within a few levels it is mediocre, then upgrade it at blackmsmith for another level or 2 and then I'm looking for the next weapon shortly after. I'm trying really hard to like the game but leveling just feels tedious and I'm not really having a lot of fun right now. I just never feel powerful, just seems all I can do is barely keep up with every enemy I fight. The only time I feel powerful is starting a new character and assigning the free skill points I got from the Renown and equipping gear I have stashed from playing other higher level toons. But that only lasts until about level 20 right now. My highest character is mid 40's so my gear stash runs out quickly. Don't get me started on the Butcher...I have run into this guy waaaaaay too much. The Druid I'm running now just got to level 20 and I've run into him 6 times already. And for whatever reason I just cannot beat him. As soon as I hear/see him I run away until I can finally shake him. The 1st time I ran into him it was cool, now it is annoying and kills my mood for playing. I will say one thing, going into a cellar and finding nothing but Treasure Goblins was really cool and chasing them all down and not letting one get away was really fun. Too bad they didn't drop anything good. Could have really used a weapon upgrade then

Same prob here. Today was the one day could devote some gaming time to D4. Tried all morning to get in/monitor situation before giving up.

So far we've been pretty mild with summer just now officially here. Most days have been in the mid 60's (around 18-19 Celsius), and low humidity/dew point. Because I'm surrounded on 3 sides by water, my weather is much milder than the mainland just 10-15 miles away. In winter, the warm ocean water keeps the bitter cold away until very late in the season (typically February) and then in the summer, the colder water keeps our temps down until August. Cannot tell you how nice an ocean breeze on a hot summer day is.

On skill points, you can remove only 1 point at a time. Just right-click on the one you want to get rid of. (as long as it isn't keeping a node alive which another skill needs). I've re-arranged skills several times and didn't notice that the skill bar won't auto-fill new skill if you haven't fully removed old skill from same node yet. Almost died a few times to that. I haven't run into a bugged quest yet but I've had a couple where I had to respond using emotes and the correct one wasn't in wheel. Had to add one for a quest called 'Keeping with Old Traditions' (not sure if that is the exact title but it's close). I do want to know who the heck is Katra...I hear her voice often in the Dry Steppes area. I think she is related to Barb class quest and for some reason I'm hearing her as a Druid. Got to be a bug. I've probably levelled a dozen toons to lvl25 or so before I decide I don't like the build-out and lose interest. I know I can re-spec and it's cheap at that level but for some reason I prefer to restart. Must be my old gaming habits from Diablo 1 & 2 and Sacred. But I finally hit on a build I really like. I have to say Poison Creeper for the Druid is probably his most effective skill. Usually not a big damage-over-time guy but wow does it clear groups quickly. Storm Strike and Shred are my 2 Core skills with Poison Creeper. Hurricane and Cataclysm as my big Area of Effect's. If I set all 3 Area of Effect's off at once, very little survives except Bosses and some Elites. I'm on WT1 though so who knows how well this build will fare in higher Tiers

Been having a hard time finding a character/build that I want to level past lvl20. Pretty sure it will be a Druid or Barbarian though. A big ugly guy just like me lol. Part of me wants to rush campaign so I can unlock several features for all toons, but part of me needs to explore every nook and cranny. (Remember the Uber Goober anyone:)). So I end up doing a bit of both and seem to wander aimlessly. At some point I'll get a headset so I can voice chat. I'm a slow typist and I can easily miss any text chats when in combat. I think someone already mentioned right-clicking your intended destination on the map and it will show the fastest path to get there. I love that'll even show the path thru areas you haven't explored yet and still has fog of war. If you find a statue out in the wild and see a circle on the ground in front of it, you can interact with it. Just read the inscription and it will give you a clue as to what emote to use. For example I came across one and while most of the inscription was worn away, one of the words on it was 'Farewell'. I opened the emote wheel and selected 'Goodbye' and the statue gave me a temporary buff. Just make sure you are standing in the circle when doing it or nothing will happen. Found several like that so far in my travels.

How bad is the smoke from all those fires in Montreal Gogo? Down here in New England` we've had haze for several days and I can even smell it clearly. Couple of times it was bad enough to irritate my eyes and make them tear up. Was watching the Weather channel and it was showing all the active fires and looked like all of lower Canada was aflame. Though I don't mind the haze too too much. Least it's dimming the sun's heat. Been several degrees cooler than normal, and I won't complain about that when working outside.

AFAIK everyone gets their own loot and it cannot seen by other players. So loot away worry free. It sounds like you found an Event. They usually shown up as an orange circle on map. These do reset after a short time, so they can be done multiple times. If you see a blue circle, that will be tied to a quest. Some places do have a minimum enemy level. Often your character will mention something about it as you enter. It does show up somewhere on your UI but forget where. Will look again when I play tonight

You left me.............................with the Butcher wanting me as the main ingredient for his evening meal!!!!!!!!!!! Dude, I trusted you lol. I finally was able to outrun him with about 25% health and no pots left. He's pretty quick for big fella

Just checking to see if you saw my join clan request gogo. The servers were a little wonky today so just making sure it went thru. Oh and I met up with a D1 boss who will remain unnamed (don't want to ruin surprise for anyone). I am proud to say I killed him without taking a single HP of damage. (Well, he glitched in a door as I ran for my life upon seeing him and him giving immediate chase,. So I was able to gleefully smack him around at my leisure , but hey, a win is a win, regardless of style)

I tried to explore as much as I could and every where I went the enemies were always within 1-3 levels of me. From what I understand I could be doing an event where you have to say, kill all monsters. I could be level 25 and enemies will be very close to my level. But someone who is level 10 could also be participating in the same event and enemies will, for him, be around his level. It means any level player can play with any other level players even during events. It is weird to see your level 25 toon taking a noticeably longer time to kill monsters that the much lower level toon is mowing down. So getting the right gear is going to be super important. I was noticing it and though I didn't level up beyond level 25. If you pick the wrong skills or have bad luck with gear it seems you will struggle. And I can't go some place where the enemies are 5-10 levels below me and farm them for a while for gear or get Obols to gamble with for items. There isn't really an area that if I'm over my head, I can back track to and re-do some earlier regions. I didn't hit a road block or anything during the Beta that prevented me from exploring any area, I just noticed that mediocre gear will slow you down more than any other factor you can control. And if you have bad luck with gear, there isn't a simple solution to improve it. But it was only the Beta and most likely I haven't seen all the mechanics/itemization/features etc available for my toon at lower levels. I've seen several posts on their forum about it and I'm sure much will change before the game goes live (crossing fingers). Just something I have some concerns about.

My over all impressions so far... Pros Combat is smooth and responsive. Like how all the skills feel and look. Seems Diablo always nails the combat aspect of their games The part of the main campaign story so far has been good with very good voice actors. Cut scenes look great. You can skip them if you hold ESC I do like the random events you come across as you explore. Typically show up as an orange circle on map. Cons I just never felt like I was getting more powerful. With the enemies always leveling up with you, I never had the feeling of finally being able to whoop enemies that might have been a little difficult in earlier levels. I understand why they did it but I do miss the feeling of finally being much stronger than them. Active Skills have 5 levels (and 2 modifiers) and Passive ones can have 3 typically. It might just be because I'm not high enough level yet but increasing skill levels didn't seem to affect much. And as far as I can tell, I won't be able to assign attribute points. I was hoping I could make characters focus on say Strength for the Barb or Int for Sorc. But it seems only way to increase them is through gear . I think D4 will be heavily gear-dependent. I was able to get Legendaries on all equip slots by level 15. Mostly by gambling for them. From what I have read D4 Legendary items = D3 Magic or 'yellow' items. But I really think D4 progress will be dependent on gear. Bad gear and enemies at same level as you might make for a bad time. Played a rogue that got good drops/gambled and one that had horrible drops and the difference was huge. You won't be able to farm an easier area because, very simply, there won't be one. Sure there might be one where you are strong against that particular type of attack, say Fire or Cold, but beating up enemies a few (or several) levels below you is impossible. Hmm my Con list is getting long. Nothing really is a deal breaker for me, but I do worry about re-playability. I thoroughly enjoyed myself during both Beta weekends and a lot of my concerns may be me not fully understanding the mechanics yet. But I do really hope my characters are not defined solely by the gear they have equipped. On a side note. Are we thinking about setting up a D.A.R.K Clan? Though I did not try to party up with anyone, many people are complaining that assembling parties with people not in your Clan or Friends list is problematic. @ gogo I believe Respec is free up to clvl 15, then cost increases as you get higher in clvl

Hey Gogo Yeah it's been a bit since I've been around. Haven't played anything really in the last few years except Rimworld. Tried to get back into D2 and D3 but just couldn't find the desire to play much of them. I don't think it's porting to mobile, maybe the better word I should have used was console which I know it'll be on. I usually go for the big ugly brute types..like the Sacred 2 Shadow Warrior or Diablo's Barb. But I've taken a liking to D4's Rogue, which I'll probably start with unless the Druid blows me away during next Beta. Just glad to be excited about playing Diablo again.

Thank you for the tips Masteff....had absolutely no idea or even noticed the triangle on boss health bar. I did notice the Healer refilled my potions but since she does offer elixirs and show health pots too, just thought I could buy some. I did play a Rogue after getting a Barb to level 20, so it must have been an account bonus he got. Never looked at bonuses during the beta. I am a bit near sighted now so most of the text is blur unless I have my reading glasses on and my face about a foot from the monitor. Will look into GUI scaling this upcoming beta or just go get some bigger screens (or maybe both) It does seem the UI is phone based especially the Emote wheel, but not really a an issue for me.

Played a bit this weekend and a few thoughts First off.......Fresh Meat!!...I was not ready for that individual making a cameo appearance. And he is tough. Won't say any more but dang. I hadn't had that feeling in a Diablo game since first meeting him in D1. Even though it was an open world, I didn't really bump into other players too much, and usually only interacted during 'Events' that are scattered around the map. Dungeons are solo only unless you're in a party. Didn't get to participate in a World Event/World Boss. I wanted to but never happened to be on-line when one was happening.(if they were in this beta) The feel of combat was fine though I do have to figure out the weapon slots. Not sure how or if they are tied to a skill, or how to change, but didn't look into it too much. The combat felt more "meaty", watching enemies get stunned or knocked back or just being temporarily dazed was cool. I felt strong and kinda bad-arsed when I could just whack on an elite and he could never recover before I whacked him again. Potions are a bit different. You have to upgrade them instead of just finding bigger versions during leveling up your toon. And you can only hold so many. Barbarian started with 4, the Rogue with 5. Though they do drop fairly often from enemies and even bosses during the fight. Wasn't able to buy any but not sure if that was a beta thing. The Skill Tree is interesting...need to really look more into it than I did. (I just wanted to play ). But at least there is a tree. Missed having that in D3. Wasn't able to test out horses as I believe they weren't available in beta. Least I never figured out how to get one. Over all the combat is smooth and to me, rewarding. The graphics are good and what story we got seemed pretty decent. The Barb is under-powered/gear dependent, the Rogue is a combination of the old Amazon/Assassin and is an easy class to play, and the Sorc is way over-powered, so they kept that tradition going.

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