Diablo III Ultimate Evil Edition - All Consoles - Who's playing

In an attempt to get this thread back on the rails...

I just read that you can play multi-player D3 via a PS4 and Vita. I think i'm going to give that a try when I get home. I'm hoping it removes the invisible tether in local co-op.

Be sure to let me know if the gift i sent was a 2 hand axe, I am curious to know if its an exact copy of what I found.

That's an interesting idea, Stric9, would be cool if it did. I haven't really had the tethering be an issue, but my local co-op time has been fairly limited up to this point. More freedom of movement can't be a bad thing, though. Let us know what you find out!

Cobble, is the gifting thing a PS4 exclusive? I hadn't heard anything about that thus far, but it looks like that might be the case.

I sent a few legendary gifts out while playing today. Don't remember who they were for, but you're welcome! And the game looks awesome on my XBO!

I mentioned this in the PS4 thread, but I'll be playing there. I want to mess around with some of the classes a bit more before I decide which one to really dig into and start playing with people. So far everything but Barbarian is pretty intriguing. I really had no interest in Monk or Witch Doctor before I started playing but the monk is occasionally a total wrecking ball and the witch doctor is super weird.

I've been playing on Expert, because the Giantbomb review/podcast gave me the impression that hard was too easy. My highest class is Wizard at 11. She seems to lack some of the tricks she needs to survive. Maybe it gets better at a higher level but I really struggle on some things with her.

Blind_Evil wrote:

I've been playing on Expert, because the Giantbomb review/podcast gave me the impression that hard was too easy. My highest class is Wizard at 11. She seems to lack some of the tricks she needs to survive. Maybe it gets better at a higher level but I really struggle on some things with her.

The purple mobs have been a challenge, but the gold ones are an absolute struggle. If they were alone, I could kite them effectively. They always seem to come with ~7 other sturdy creeps, so killing the main target has been hard. I'm still glad I started on Expert. I don't like being able to kill enemies with two hits in action games, it feels unsubstantial and unrewarding.

Found a couple legendaries completing act 1 tonight, sent off some gifts as well, kind of a cool feature. Can't wait to see the favor returned, free shinies!

Starting my new Crusader, Hard has seemed the sweet spot so far, though of course that will probably change. From my experience with the game I find too challenging to just get frustrating, I like that feeling of power, but of course when nothing threatens your health bar it gets a bit boring.

I did a little visual comparison, turning on the 360 version of the game, then switching back and forth with characters in town on the PS4. I'm actually surprised how much sharper and cleaner the new game is, side by side it is not night and day, but definitely a significant upgrade.

I can honestly say I've never played a Diablo game, but this looks fun.

My main question is this though. If I'm playing with a friend online, am I able to bring my character into their game and vice versa, or do you get some sort of stock character to use during that time?

AcidCat wrote:

Yes Rocksteady you will be using your character that you've leveled in single player along with your friend. If there's a level discrepancy, this new edition of the game will boost the lower level character to be competitive with your friend if he's higher.

Excellent! Thanks for the feedback on that. Much appreciated!

Yes Rocksteady you will be using your character that you've leveled in single player along with your friend. If there's a level discrepancy, this new edition of the game will boost the lower level character to be competitive with your friend if he's higher.

So i was killing away in the fields and suddenly I hear a bell and I get jumped by a huge purple named called "Nemesis" Under its name it says "Killed IHateDRM" I managed to kill it and it only dropped a few blues, it also dropped a blue gift for IHateDRM.

very cool

Stric9 got a legendary from me last night.

I'm all alone on PS3!!

I played the heck out of the PS3 version after being underwhelmed by the initial PC release. I'm hoping for some game time today, but we'll see.

Playing local multi-player with the Vita doesn't change anything. The screen still gets taken over when anyone looks at their skills/inventory and the tether is still there. Cobble the legendary you sent ended up being Leoric's Crown which was cool for about 45 minutes until I killed the skeleton king and got the same thing but higher level. Still a cool feature of the game though. Harry yours ended up being some bracers that I can't quite use yet.

While its still cool I think it would be better if it sent the same legendary only scaled to the receivers level.

Cobble wrote:

While its still cool I think it would be better if it sent the same legendary only scaled to the receivers level.

How does it work, is it the level of who got the drop? Probably be nice when everyone is 70.

Cobble wrote:

So i was killing away in the fields and suddenly I hear a bell and I get jumped by a huge purple named called "Nemesis" Under its name it says "Killed IHateDRM" I managed to kill it and it only dropped a few blues, it also dropped a blue gift for IHateDRM.

very cool

It was probably also leveled up after it killed me. I wonder if the Nemesis difficulty is based on its own system, or if it also incorporates the player's difficulty. That Nemesis killed me in one (?) hit.

Man I really shouldn't but probably going to get it for XB1 when I get back from vacation on Sunday.

Ah crap. They updated Live to allow remote purchases. So I just bought it from the beach on Grand Cayman on my tablet and should be downloading back home in MN.

Actually that's pretty cool. And really dangerous......

I'm on the Xbox One for this one. Playing through on extreme.

Thanks to Happytime Harry. I turned the game on for about a half hour to create characters and play a bit of a LAN mode game with my daughter, and I already had a gift waiting for me from him.

Thank you. That brightened my day during what has been a bad week.

Docjoe wrote:

Ah crap. They updated Live to allow remote purchases. So I just bought it from the beach on Grand Cayman on my tablet and should be downloading back home in MN.

Actually that's pretty cool. And really dangerous......

That's a smart move, buying toys & games while on vacation. That way it's only vacation money you're spending, not regular money

Jasonofindy wrote:

Thanks to Happytime Harry. I turned the game on for about a half hour to create characters and play a bit of a LAN mode game with my daughter, and I already had a gift waiting for me from him.

Thank you. That brightened my day during what has been a bad week.

It's a very pay it forward game, I sent out 2 legendaries, I got a very useful set of boots from CptGlanton upon logging in after work.

What's up with the bottle icons in item tooltips? I don't remember them being there last time I played and so far they haven't explained it in-game despite me having already looted several.

All this fun talk is tempting me. Hopefully being in Canada til Sunday will keep my mind off it.

What's the correct method for getting rid of colored items you no longer need? They don't sell for much, and I haven't even tried crafting yet.

ruhk wrote:

What's up with the bottle icons in item tooltips? I don't remember them being there last time I played and so far they haven't explained it in-game despite me having already looted several.

Looks like dyed items to me.

cyrax wrote:

What's the correct method for getting rid of colored items you no longer need? They don't sell for much, and I haven't even tried crafting yet.

Salvage them with the blacksmith.

A quick thanks to cobble who has sent me 3 legendaries in two days. I was going to say that you could maybe send some to someone else but then I realized that who the gift is for is already decided for you by the game. So carry on I guess.