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brian9824 wrote:

The ice/lightening combo is very good. I recommend checking that out. If you are not too high a level already, re-sepcing isn't that expensive.

I'm around level 40, the cost isn't bad at all even at my level. Going to run a few dungeons tonight and unlock some useful aspects for ice/lightning before I respec.

Diablo 3 got to the point in which legendary sets dictated the build instead of Vice versa. I learned lots of different styles playing that way.

End bit of Act 1 got to me a bit. The Penance armor had some 40K vibes

Lightning/Ice sorcerer is very nice. It was a beast in the beta. They nerfed it slightly since then, but it's still a solid build.

I’ll be picking up my ps4/5 and steelbook in am. Not sure when I’ll get to it.

Looks like mine isn’t shipping until tomorrow and probably won’t be here before I have to go out of town, so I won’t be able to play this until next week. The wait is killing me. I loved the previous Diablo games.

For those trying to make sense of the new systems in the game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_g9lvCjWkg

Steelbook easy. Just walked in and asked. He didn’t check receipt at all.

Feeb wrote:

eh? Diablo?

The steelbook and lithograph are super nice from GameStop! Worth the inability to play three days early.

Yes. Online orders were told to take receipt to GS to get the SB. I grabbed mine at lunch break. He didn’t check receipt. Pretty nice SB.

Stopped at another GS on way home. No more SB. He said most stores got like 2. Got the poster though.

Finished the story tonight. I really liked it. I thought it was good. Makes me want to go back and play 2 and 3 because I don't remember anything about their stories. Also pretty sure I never actually finished them. Now the grind begins.

Also, this topic is almost 4 years old,

Got my mount last night and it makes things so much better. Glad that once you unlock mount ALL your chars even from level 1 can use it.

Going thru and working on finding shrines and clearing dungeons atm.

Feeb wrote:

Well crap, I didn't know that existed, damnit.

brian9824 wrote:


That's pretty damn cool. Can you transfer gear from one character to an other like in D3? I mean I know you could do it in any Diablo game but it was just so easy in D3.

Finn wrote:

Yeah there is a shared stash, so its pretty easy, and gold is account wide

All currency, gold, obels (little purple orbs) and red dust (pvp zone currency) is account wide. And so are crafting mats. All those plants for potions and armor/weapon mats you get from destroying them at a smith to use to upgrade other ones.

I wasn't sure if the mats were as I hadn't checked but good to know.

I haven't even played through the first 3 yet!!!

I actually put D3 on my Alienware the other day and since I forgot how far I left off on my first character, which was a Monk, I started over with a Barbarian. I played for about an hour.... really need to get one of them laptop cooling fans to help make it more comfortable playing on laptop.. it's the main reason I don't game on laptops... they get hot too easily.

Would anyone know if Diablo IV on PS4/PS5 requires a PS+ subscription? I know some online-only games (such as Fortnite) does not and wanted to see if anyone knew... thanks in advance!

SMY36738 wrote:

It does not

Shane12m wrote:

But you cannot play online with anyone?

I saw this online:

https://gamingintel.com/xbox-live-gold-playstation....

"No, you do not need PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live Gold to play the majority of Diablo 4. You can experience the solo campaign, endgame content, and couch co-op mode without PS+ or Xbox Live.

However, you need PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live Gold to engage with multiplayer content, including PVP, chats, and partying up with other players online."

SMY36738 wrote:

I believe the article is correct. I’ve only played solo or couch Co op

Shane12m wrote:

Thanks!

Holy crap, FINALLY sitting down to play ... ugh. So behind.

Nope, I lied ... have to update video drivers, weeee

Got my ps version. Looks like it was underwater for a week. Works fine at least.

Man, my 3070 was stuttering quite, as it did in beta.

Found this little handy Powershell script that absolutely fixed it!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/140mjgn/p...

I've been running on high with no issues. Other than some occasional cache issues where textures don't all load in. Ultra's not reasonable for the 3070, it's an 8GB VRAM card. 6700XT is probably the minimum card for Ultra 1440p.

Dang, the rogue is so much fun so far. I only just hit level 18 but melee is engaging and fun and feels powerful. (Playing tier II)

Druid, I love the style of it, but it’s not as fun so far. I’m more interested aesthetically in the lightning and wind builds than the were stuff

Sorcerer seems fine, but need to level up a bit higher, so far not that fun

Haven’t played the other 2 yet

Playing Sorc lightning first then switching to frost. Going to rush the campaign possibly so many side quests and alters to find. To do later. Then maybe try a new class or grind if I find it enjoyable. Honestly with Final Fantasy coming out I might not have the time and will dump this and wait for the expansions.

Yeah, it is recommended to focus on the main story and leave all the side stuff until post story. If you just do main story you will be level 38-40 at the end of it. And if you do a little of the side stuff you come across directly in your path, you should then be around level 44-45 at the end.

I always roll a cold sorc first. Did so in the Beta ... as always, OP'd.

Playing a light sorc this time, and ehhhh, I dunno. I like the burst DPS and all, but I've died too much for my liking.

Anyone have a good cold sorc leveling build they're digging? Debating a respec.

MrBean wrote:

What’s the debate about? Respec is so cheap and easy early on right? Just mess around with different build ideas

Yeah, respec is completely free for the first 8 levels. And then until about level 30 its just super cheap. As long as you are selling all your junk early in the game you should always have far more gold than the cost of respecing.

But yeah, pure Ice build early is the best for the sorc. It does the most damage compared to fire and lightening in the early game. And is more survivable due to killing almost everything at range faster. And don't skimp on putting points into your basic skill, or skip on getting its buff skills. The basic skills cost no mana. So the stronger it is the less you have to worry about mana management early. And you can use your core skill, which uses mana, more sparingly. Mostly for big mobs, elites and bosses.

Oh totally get it. I've played the holy hell out of all Diablos to date. All articles I read thus far state that light sorc is superior for leveling and I don't know if I agree. I respeccd a few times to further tune my light build. It's better but I'm still missing the survivability elements of ice. I just hit L26 so still super early but the two beta plays I did were definitely better as a blizz ball build.

Loaded the game this morning, had some things to do but so far I have a lvl 8 Druid named Yogi. Not sure how friends a looked up due to it supporting multi platform and all.. .but I am SuperFinn79

My Druid will be Loosefur or Parveaux

Been playing for awhile now probably about 6 hours. I can't get over how much this feels like D3 to me. There are some differences for sure, I like how you can be playing and there is a bunch of people in your game instead of creating parties like in past games, it feels very MMO lite. I think D3 did a few things better for example how it plays on a console, D3 felt smoother and took almost no time to get used to the controls. D4 does however feel more fleshed out if you will and I am really liking it! Also has anyone noticed that it kinda feels like some of the smaller dungeons are assets taken right from D3? Kind of like how COD used to reuse assets from game to game... My only real gripe with the the game right now is the crazy talent tree.. It feels overly complex for no reason.