Gaming Thread

[Liverslapper]

I'm doing Diablo III Beta Runs for most of the day. I will be online at 11AM Mountain Time. If you don't know what time that may be in your area, please follow this link.

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add uberpancake@gmail.com to your friends list.

*salutes*

 

[Talking Backwards]

First thing you'll want to do is go to the options and make sure both "Advanced Tooltips" as well as "Elective" are ticked. I leveled up my first character wondering why the hell the tooltips sucked so much and why I couldn't actually move my abilities around. If you planned on playing a Monk, you can't even use more than one spirit generator at a time until you turn on Elective.

 

[Liverslapper]

Sweet. Thanks for the heads up. I was wondering why I couldn't do anything with that.

 

[Talking Backwards]

This is kind of a cool watch, if you've ever wondered what the hell is actually going on in the Diablo universe. It was never really much clearer than "Angels vs Devils".

 

[E-bortion]

right, right, right, right, right.... this guy is fucking awful to listen to, right?

 

[Talking Backwards]

Yes, he's hard to listen to, but he's not the only one that ever talks and what they have to say is interesting enough.
Here's a thread that explains what happened to being able to allocate stats. You can no longer do this, and initially it seemed rather limiting for character builds, but the customization has simply transferred from stats to gems (which provide stats among other benefits).

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/3811455085

I still think the way that they've implemented skills in this game is worse than how D2 did it, but at least now there's no truly useless skills.

Here's a graphical filter for those who want more of a "Diablo" look, and less of a Warcraft 3 or even WoW look (the current version may not work on release, but they will probably revise it if it does not):

http://www.darkd3.com/

 

[DarkGift]

...y'know? right?

 

[El Stormo]

Scores

Rhekarid (+2 = 34)
sjvan0 (+4 = 30)
Zeno (+2 = 30)
Karmic (+4 = 29)
saurok (+1 = 28)
Cecilff2 (+2 = 27)
CptJoker (+1 = 26)
Narmy (+2 = 23)
EvilFish1 (+2 = 22)
SubTonic (+4 = 22)
Nakanja (+6 = 22)
didact (+2 = 21)
kerm (+1 = 21)
ClintostheGreat (+1 = 21)
Emz (+3 = 21)
Xetirox (+6 = 20)
Wolf101 (+1 = 20)
Sir Patreal (+2 = 20)
vtastek (+2 = 20)
erginho (16)
Mighty Racoon (16)
Exorince (15)
Miller the Killer (15)
Troyatz (15)
Lord Foul (14)
Det Som Engang Var (+2 = 12)
Jrinswand (10)
Suffca (10)
Waspinator (+1 = 10)
trira (+1 = 10)
Northwind Fusilier (+1 = 9)
Ottoman (8)
TeeHee :3 (8)
tgl1992 (8)
Pokoyo (8)
Mutant Penguin (8)
Medivh (+1 = 8)
Ewoklord (7)
Sivartus (7)
Lemunde (7)
Sdrawkcabgniklat (6)
Xrayman (6)
Freaklore444 (6)
the cake is a lie (+1 = 5)
Teferi (4)
fatal_denier (3)
vometia (3)
Liverslapper (2)


Round 6:

Q01

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Q03

Q04

Q05

Q06

Q07

Q08

Q09

Q10


Simply answer the question in the picture, be as specific as you can!

 

[E-bortion]

That pixel shader makes things look washed out. It's essentially just toning down color vibrance. No bueno.

 

[Talking Backwards]

That pixel shader makes things look washed out. It's essentially just toning down color vibrance. No bueno.

Yes, it does tone down the color "vibrance" and does away with the paper lantern look that does not belong in Diablo. The colors in the game make it look more like a Warcraft 3 mod. Even if you like a more Lite Brite look to a game that's supposed to be gritty, the sharpening effect still makes it look a lot better just by itself.

 

[E-bortion]

The sharpening effect alone definitely helps. He'd be much better off if he adjusted the levels and brought down the white balance, though.

 

[Det Som Engang Var]

Does Geralt have silver/grey hair because he's old or because he's a Witcher?

 

[neal]

happy birthday jonnyboy dont party too hardy

 

[E-bortion]

Does Geralt have silver/grey hair because he's old or because he's a Witcher?

I know about just as much as you. I'm imagining it's because he's a witcher, though.

 

[Det Som Engang Var]

Thanks neal!

Acie-I see.

 

[Liverslapper]

When he was younger, he was subjected to experiments in which he survived (not all that were chosen did survive). The result left him with a loss of all body pigmentation, including his hair.

 

[Talking Backwards]

I know about just as much as you. I'm imagining it's because he's a witcher, though.

It's what Liver said. Otherwise, why aren't the rest of the witchers around him similar looking?

Is anyone else able to still get into the D3 open beta? It was supposed to be for the weekend only, and I've seen people posting about how they wish Blizzard would let them back in. Yet, I'm still able to play. I opted in ages ago, but never saw any email, and I paid for the digital download weeks ago, but they said that you wouldn't automatically get beta access from buying it early.

 

[DarkGift]

dunno, can try tonight maybe

 

[derek]

happy birthday jonnyboy dont party too hardy

Tom Hardy.

 

[Det Som Engang Var]

Ok, just got The Witcher 2.

Can you tell me anything about combat or magic? I don't want to invest points in alchemy whatsoever.