i'd take one in the mouth for a beta key. Plz?

I'd suck an ocean of dicks for the first digit of a beta key. Plz?

seems fun

I just got into the beta and played a few hours.
It doesn't feel like something I can play for hours on end like I did with for instance diablo 2 (maybe I'm just getting old) but so far I only played solo. It's great to pick up for like half an hour during my break though, I did like 2-3 half hour sessions each day so far. Just do one quest or get to a new waypoint or whatever and it's really easy to progress a bit.

I like the difference in the skill system with the gems and passive tree. However, I am level 17 now and not all that interested in any more of the big skills in the passive tree (I'm trying to make a summon witch, maybe not a great build). There just don't seem to be that many interesting things on it. However, the gems and how they drop and that you have to level them is a really fun and cool mechanic imo. That's a great innovative idea.

Donation to get a vanity item + beta key will go live in "Hopefully within an hour - maybe sooner". And that was 13 min ago via twitter..

WHY WANT U TAKE MY MONIES!111

Now they're saying 45 min, maybe more :O

Just checked it out after reading this here... looks really promising!! Want to play the beta, but I'm not ready to pay yet. Will there be any coming stress tests?? How long until the open beta?

I dropped 10 on the beta. I'll be in..BITCHES

My semi-qualified guess would be:

No more open stress tests.

2-3 months untill open beta.

The game's definately worth the $10, it's way closer to a finished game than a beta at this point. I do understand if you don't like the idea of paying for something that will be free (and better since it will be even more finished). It will probably be an overall better experience to play the complete game aswell since features like more voice acting, mini map and another act will be available.

After playing it in the open stress test weekend I couldn't wait tho

Oh, and if you haven't already, make an account and create one post on the forum - that way yo have like 0.5-1% of winning a free beta key every day.

Yeah the tree is a bit complex, it could be slimmed down a bit. That said not all of the sub brances are the same, eg a sword line would have some nodes with +damage, some with +attack speed, some with accuracy, some mixed, etc. Some of them have 2 paths around either side of a circle too. Biggest thing I'd like is the ability to tag some nodes as of interest or something, since it can be hard to find things. I'm still looking for the Aura Mana Reserved reductions.

As far as classes, they each have different starting points in the passive web, and those starting nodes are impassable for other classes. They also have different selections of skill gems available as quest rewards. But there's nothing inherently stopping you from making a 2h Cleave/Avatar of Fire Ranger except the extra time/levels needed to navigate to those bonuses.

Got my Avatar Templar up to 41 and the 3rd difficulty a few days ago but have taken a break cause I'm afraid of facing Hailrake

Yea, figured out that stuff with different starting areas - and it's an awesome way of differentiating (spellcheck) the classes while still not making a dual wand Marauder impossible.

Have been playing quite alot since I "bought" a beta key, now I have a lvl 67 Bow Duelist. And even tho this is noway near the complete game the endgame in the beta is actually pretty good. Even tho I'm 7 levels above the mobs in Chaos of Maelstrom, it's still hard as f*ck. Even with ~2200 life some bosses can almost one shot me with critstrikes.

I love how hard it is to level up, it reminds me of D2 - but it's probably even harder! The highest level now in the default league is 77, as a lvl 67 I have around 275 mill XP, and a lvl 77 has around 770 mill! So those 10 levels require an insane amount of hack and slash. Also as you loose a ton of XP when you die (at this point around 2+ hours of grinding for me) it's not just a bland grind up the levels.

I think it will take more than 6 months for anyone to reach level 100 when the game launches, which is insane and awesome in my opinion.

And yea, Hailrake is insane, along with Merviel and the flicker strike bandit probably the hardest boss in the game at this point. In Merciless I had to skip him for a while and only tried again just after I dinged so I wouldn't loose a ton of XP when he 2 shotted me with his frost dmg.

A good trick tho is to keep +res rings and swap them when you are having a hard time against a certain form of elemental dmg. Keeping defrost flasks for such encounters is also a good strategy.

I'm on Hardcore, so yeah, might never fight Hailrake on these higher difficulties. Resistances aren't an option because of my Avatar cheesing. Not sure about Defrost, I've never seen it, but will defo look for it now.

it's a random mod that can be on life flasks

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