#Diablo 3 set item drop rate how to#

Diablo 2 could be just as frustrating if loot you needed didn't drop in time. I don't agree with your assertion of a frustration loop being different. This means that you're working on a small, 100% drip feed, which you eventually cash out in a predictable fashion. You need gold to get the items the game requires you to have from the AH, and you're mostly burning the loot you find in-game for gold on the AH or other mats. Diablo 2 uses a traditional variable reward schedule for its loot system, as seen in most other RPGs. the Staff of Beatings only drops 50% from The Butcher). Basically, a reward of 50% of the time is far more addictive for Julio and his pals than 100% (eg. While I think you're getting there, I think there's a better explanation: variable reward schedules (eg. I imagine normal is quite challenging for new players (and I had trouble with two bosses on my DH and one on my Barbarian - mostly because I had gotten so far using simple minded tactics and actually had to think).

#Diablo 3 set item drop rate how to#

I don't like games to assume every player has played twenty similar games and knows how to finesse gear, specs, etc. I just wish nightmare were unlocked to start with (with whatever mechanics you like).

(The worst thing with melee so far is dealing with flies in Act II.)ДЄs for the challenge level of normal, I think it's fine for new players. Demon Hunters have to deal with enemies that are immune to missiles, which is ridiculous. It's funny there's a lot of whining about melee classes being weak and I just don't see it (I'm only halfway through nightmare) - I'm playing a monk with my wife's wizard and the monk is just as ridiculously overpowered as the barbarian (as in run to the biggest concentration of mobs and make them explode). I stood toe to toe most of the fight using the first passive ability and two other survival related abilities. I killed Diablo first attempt, no AH bought gear (I hate the AH, think it ruins the game, and haven't bought a single item from it). The only tangible measure of progress is 'phatter lewt' at this point.Д«arbarian is stupidly powerful, at least in normal. In Diablo III, not only do your levels not increase your survivability or killing power in any way (besides new skill runes), by the time you feel like you aren't strong enough to defeat an encounter you'll most likely have few or even no more levels left to gain. If my character was getting decimated in Act IV of Nightmare, I could go back and gain a few levels and maybe get some new items in the process. As such, leveling up doesn't do much other than allow equip items with better stats.Д«ecause items in Diablo II gave, comparatively, closer benefits to gaining another level than those in Diablo III, I felt like I was making progress with either a level up or a nice item drop. A _single_ item can give me more of a stat than I gain from leveling all the way from 1 to 60. I don't know about other characters, but I believe my Monk is getting 2 vitality per level (and there are 60 levels). In Diablo III, a high-level item is giving you 200+ vitality. This high level item was roughly equivalent to only 4 character levels (of which you got 99). Your character got 5 stat points per level which you could, if you wanted, put all into vitality. For instance, in Diablo II a high level item would give +20 vitality.

Another thing, related but not frequently discussed, is the change in how important gear is vs.