[Cyanide]

Originally Posted by cruxSpoon

Wizard ProTip!

Everytime you cast hydra, it kills your previous hydra, which means you get HP back from any Life After Kill stats.

TLDR (lol too long): Hydra users stack life after kill for quick heals

Wow...Now I need to test if it's the same for Monk's Mystic Ally. :O

[ToRMaverick]

So for all those looking to purchase uber gear through the AH here is a little trick that you may not have picked up.... can mean all the difference until you hit Level 60.

If you assume by selecting your character in the "search equipment for:" drop down box that you will see all of the gear that you are actually able to wear due to your level... you are wrong.

I believe Blizzard has coded this poorly as there are many items that you can actaully use due to the "level requirement reduced" but they do not appear in the AH results unless you actually select a higher level in the level requirement and manually pick out the "reduced level requirement" in the filters.

I picked up a ilvl 52 hand crossbow with a level item reduced by 8 (eg ilvl 60) by using this trick. It is twice the DPS as any other items avalible to me at my level and was lucky enought to find one extremly cheep ($50k when others sell for min $250k). Otherwise you will never find these items.

Just make sure when you are looking through the search results that the reduced level is enough for your character.

Come on Blizzard....

Quick Comments

iMSystem:

Why do people keep mis-using the word iLvl ._.

[crAzerk]

AFK and earn gold you said? 1k per minute you said?

Yes.





Video here:

You Tube

You Tube

+ Show +

Put on GF gear + about 1000+ thorns + some HP regen or HP after kill. AFK to your favourite movie.

I got lucky with a 3 tower combo, you can do it with just 2 towers too.

Do remember you have to tab in and move or click something every 20-25 minutes, as the game logs you out after 30~ mins of AFK

Quick Comments

	ZiggyD:	haha, cute!
	Cyanide:	lol!!!
	dee:	amazing
	LennX:	I sense loot disappearing after 5mins of no pickup patch coming soon.

[Dox]

Why did you take your weapons off?

[Daboo]

Dont know if this is common knowledge, but I found out only last night: You dont have to pick up an item to see it's stats, just mouse over while holding ctrl and the item tooltip thing will come up.

Quick Comments

	Dox:	that's wicked, thanks!
	dee:	thanks, helpful!

[crAzerk]

Originally Posted by Dox

Why did you take your weapons off?

I was using a Shield that had 1000+ thorns, and couldn't use my 2h bow. It works out well anyway, so that even if I accidentally click on the Towers I won't shoot it.

Just did another 2 hour AFK run (was watching NBA), got 80k haha

[Dox]

Ahhh, of course. That's so dirty! I've been hanging on to all my thorns items just for novelty value, it didn't occur to me that you could actually "bot" with it.

With Companion (Ferrets) you don't even need to move!

[Benji]

Originally Posted by Dox

Ahhh, of course. That's so dirty! I've been hanging on to all my thorns items just for novelty value, it didn't occur to me that you could actually "bot" with it.

With Companion (Ferrets) you don't even need to move!

Ferrets kill the towers

[Dox]

Oh those things actually attack? Hahaha I never even noticed! Awwwwwkward

[crAzerk]

Originally Posted by xGKingBenji

Ferrets kill the towers

You can actually do it with ferrets, but you need to know a sweet spot to stand at such that you're still in range of the towers yet your ferrets won't be retards to go kill the towers. This can be pretty hard if the spiders spawn a little away from you and your ferrets run towards the tower to kill the spiders, then run to the towers.
Ferrets also give +10% gold find!

I wouldn't risk it usually though, because it may take 3-5 runs to even get the dungeon with 2 towers, so when your ferrets happily destroy the tower it's extremely frustrating.

Do remember you have to tab in and move or click something every 20-25 minutes, as the game logs you out after 30~ mins of AFK

[ZiggyD]

Some of the most valuable affixes for gear on the AH:

• Magic find: Max 20% on most gear, 40% on Amulets
• Increased Attack Speed on Rings, Ammys and Gloves
• Cold Damage on Bows
• All Resist + A Specific Resist [Esp. for Monks]
• + Armour for Barbs
• Sockets, esp. on Helmets
• Life on Hit: ESPECIALLY on fast AS 1 handers.

Video: The Most Valuable Stats on the AH

Video: The Most Valuable Stats on the AH

Quick Comments

	NvRossi:
	Cyanide:	thanks for this, i sold a 38% ammy and 20% belt for 2m each :O
	nirvAnA:	You are brilliant

[Baldie]

Unsure if it has been posted and apologies if I missed it but you can respec your follower by right clicking it's portrait and clicking "Retrain".

[Asrathiel]

Originally Posted by ToRBaldie

Unsure if it has been posted and apologies if I missed it but you can respec your follower by right clicking it's portrait and clicking "Retrain".

Yes! DrGoose told me this the other day. Now my enchantress doesn't turn me into a chicken all the time any more!!

[Nemo]

To calculate efficiency of different characteristics you can add to your gear you can use this calculator http://ud3a.com/character.php.

Quick Comments

nirvAnA:

awesome thanks!

[ZiggyD]

Bidding Tips for the RMAH and GAH

You can check if a bid is real or not by trying to bid on an item yourself. If the auto bid is the same then there is no bid. If your auto bid is different then the bid is real.

This has a few uses:

• Check whether the lister is just being cheeky with a real looking bid amount.
• Check what prices people are willing to pay for things
• Know if you need to wait to snipe an item or whether you can just bid now. (Avoid notifiying other bidders and engaging in a bid war).

Bidding Tips and Insights

Bidding Tips and Insights

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Nemo:

Shrewd

[Cyanide]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...EV0RlLUE#gid=0

A DPS calculator + comparison spreadsheet. So that you can make better decisions on your purchases. It's still a work in progress by the developer. He's also making a web-based version.

Completely unrelated. If you are able to kill Health Linked elites simultaneously, you get that many NV stacks.

E.g. Killing all 3 champions at the same time gets you 3 NV, killing 2 together gets you 2.

Lastly, if you miss having fun and feeling jaded about this game. Revisit Act 1. Try out all sorts of funky builds, let your imagination run wild, you'd be amazed at the silly things you can come up with.
For my monk, i've tried Movement Speed builds (think Dashing Strike, fleet footed, Blazing Fists), Tag! You're It! build, Exploding Palm Essence Burn, Fists of Thunder Static Charge... well, the lists goes on as far as your mind can come up with stuff.
It's way more fun if you don't think about farming and just want to smash zombies, loot is a bonus

Quick Comments

Nemo:

Ah, that's why sometimes I have 2 Nephalem for 1 pack. Thanks !!

[ToRMaverick]

OK this one isnt confirmed yet but I was always curious as to why some items have a differrent sounding "ching" after you identify it.

I believe the higher pitched "ching" may be linked to higher quality itmes (or at least higher ilvl).

Could be random... who knows.

[Cyanide]

I've mentioned item budget and ilevel relation before. Here's an official Blue post on how item budget works.

It is one piece of what determines an item's "budget". You can think of an item as a blank slate, and by placing specific labels on it that have pre-determined "costs" the item essentially has a number of points it can then "spend on itself". The game will say "This is an ilvl 63 rare set of gloves". Those labels determine what affixes it can have, its maximum and minimum ranges, as well as damage, speed, armor, etc. Essentially every part of the item is determined by its type (common, magic, rare, legendary), what kind of item it is (head, chest, sword, etc.) and item level. Crafted, Legendary and Set items follow the same rules, but can have set affixes on them that don't change but still have a range to roll.

Item's also have broad ranges, and will overlap. The below concept of that overlap is in no way accurate or indicative of anything at all, except to illustrate the overlap.

Completely made up power scale that has no basis in anything:

<--------ilvl61-------->

<--------ilvl62-------->

<--------ilvl63-------->

I'm probably missing something in there, but that's the basic gist. We're working on adding a ton of the more nitty gritty game design specifics to the Game Guide up-top. We're shooting for something not too unlike the old Arreat Summit to detail systems and the inner workings of the game, which should help with this specific question as well.

Sauce

[Cyanide]

Might be jumping the gun a little bit here. Market speculation!
If you have been crafting gear, I think people are starting to look for

Main Stat
Vit (don't really need if it's for ranged)
All Resist (double resist if main stat is dex, for monks obviously)
MAGIC FIND!!!! (17% at least)

Prices are starting to pick up, or I think it is. This is most likely due to the impending(or not!!!) changes to MF. Whatever the case, try your luck! Don't blame me for your losses though >.<