A Few Constructive Suggestions/Comments

[digitalforce]

Level 50 Wizard in the end of Act III Nightmare FYI --


1 - Make gems/pages a different text color as it blends in with white junk.

2 - Offer a filter to never pickup or see white/gray items (Or make junk items worth more than 5 gold)

2 - Is magic find broken? I have over 60% magic find and farm areas over and over. I rarely see yellows and after 3 hours of farming today, I didn't find a single upgrade (I don't use the AH at all) I mainly concentrate on elite/champion packs. I have logged about 100 hours and still have only seen one level 13 Legendary axe.

3 - I understand Blizz doesn't want people farming bosses but two crappy blue drops from Nightmare Belial? Get real.

4 - Spent 100,000+ gold upgrading Blacksmith.. didn't get a single upgrade.

5 - Please tell me there is more to Cain, Leah and Adria than what was alluded to in the ending. What a letdown..

Thoughts?

[Capt Goodman]

I agree with both the first two points, and said similar things to my buddies as I've played. The Tome of Secrets in Inferno are at least blue so you notice them easily.

The MF isn't broken, you're just unlucky, like me. I've played a little more than you, and only found 1 legendary Goldskin myself. Wait until you get the Nephalem Valor buff at lvl 60, it really really makes a difference. I've got ~75 MF without the buff, so around 150 with it, and I get 3-5 rares from the Inferno Jailer and Butcher every time. I've had a lot of poor luck the last week or so farming gear, finding maybe 1 upgrade in 20 hours of farming, but last night I had a breakthrough and found 3 upgrades, and several for my buddies, because I went full on MF gear, and it paid off.

Blacksmith working as intended, which is kinda dumb IMO. They did mention some tweaks to the artisans coming down the pipe, so we'll see if it gets any better, or at least cheaper to craft stuff.

[digitalforce]

I am really debating on whether to continue on with my 50 Wizard or start a new character while they fix items/Legendary items.

Also, are there set items that are green or are they just Legendary sets?

[Capt Goodman]

I had that same dilemma with my wizard around level 45, and I started a monk and got him to lvl ~15 or so, before I came back. I haven't touched my monk since I came back to my wiz, and the NV buff makes the item grind at least feel a little more rewarding, that loot explosion we're used to in D2 is there, when you have 5 stacks of the buff.

I haven't seen set items drop, but I'd bet they're colored green.

[digitalforce]

Now that I am already bored with the story (ANTICLIMATIC ENDING) and the areas somewhat, it is just an item hunt. Since Blizzard has mostly failed in that area, I guess that NV will help..

[Capt Goodman]

It helped for me.. That stretch of bosses from NM-Hell, before you get the NV buff, where you aren't rewarded with rares for killing each boss the first time was rather boring. Once you get the buff though, it's nice. I'm semi-hoping that I don't get too many legendaries between now and when they're buffed, since the buff won't be retroactive.. Who knows how long that'll take them though.

[mr punk]

2 - Is magic find broken? I have over 60% magic find and farm areas over and over. I rarely see yellows and after 3 hours of farming today, I didn't find a single upgrade (I don't use the AH at all) I mainly concentrate on elite/champion packs. I have logged about 100 hours and still have only seen one level 13 Legendary axe.

4 - Spent 100,000+ gold upgrading Blacksmith.. didn't get a

single upgrade.

lulz..no, mf, crafting, NV, etc isn't broken just vastly inferior to AH. the game is designed to eventally push you towards buying and selling on AH. of course, you don't have to use it, but the caveat is you won't get very far in inferno without it. in fact, if you don't use AH. you might as well re-roll once you get to level 60.

[digitalforce]

I don't want to use the AH = broken.