Ahh, Diablo 3.
A game that is inferior in nearly every way when compared to the likes of Path of Exile, and yet, still manages to tempt me with its bright colours, shooty rays of doom, rainbow portals and endless loot.
The thing that I like most about Diablo 3 is its simplicity... sometimes you just want to play an ARPG and not have to think about what you're doing. Just run around and kill things, and not have to worry about filling out an immense talent tree and acquiring certain gems and needing to find the correct sockets for them in a haze of RNG madness.
Don't get me wrong, I'll be jumping straight into Path of Exile the moment the next league is out and Diablo 3 will be buried again once more, but, for the time being, this type of mindless simplicity is just what the doctor ordered.
I've been feeling a bit fuzzy-minded the past week. Can't really focus on things, brain's feeling a bit tired and dull, so a nice mindless game like this sounds about perfect to rejuvenate the ol' noggin.
Anyway, let's get to gaming!
The Demon Hunter is usually my go-to class in this, with Wizard coming a close second... but for my first D3 character in years and years, I decided to go with the Wizard. More bright colours! And, with the Templar as her companion, of course.
What would be fantastic, is if, during the short amount of time I intend to play this, I come across a rainbow portal and manage to score a pair of space galaxy wings! That would be great.
Once again I'd like to commend Diablo 3 on this most amazing feature ~ ADVENTURE MODE. Something Path of Exile desperately, desperately needs.
Obviously I chose that option instead of following the campaign, and soon began doing bounties for the great Tyrael.
While playing, I re-discovered another thing I really enjoy about D3. The kill and smash multipliers! I would love it if something like that was implemented in Path of Exile. It'd make it fun to kill buttloads of things and there'd be a reason to go off the beaten path and not just plod painfully through the maps.
Despite not being on a high difficulty, and not even having a single magic-find item on, I got lucky early on and found a goblin who dropped 3 legendaries! Woo.
One of the things he dropped was this Mimic. Another pet to add to my collection. 😁 Not that I'm using him, I like my flaming skull too much.
Once I was about level 20 and geared up enough, I changed my difficulty from Expert to Torment 1 and continued doing bounties, and only a couple of Nephalem Rifts -- need the bounty materials.
There's a special material unique to each bounty area and I'd like a small collection of those for later. Need them to use The Cube. Speaking of The Cube, I'm not sure why I have 5 hands in the above screenshot as I was grabbing The Cube. xD
Thanks to the Torment difficulty, I literally reached level 70 within a few hours of playing (as opposed to nearly two entire days of playing PoE) and could focus on working out what type of Wizard I actually wanted to be.
Whilst levelling, I focused on my hydra and meteors, but, if I recall correctly, there are 2 sets that favour either one or the other, not both. But, if I also recall correctly, there is a unique item that allows me an extra hydra head.
So I could get that, and also the meteor set, then I'll be laughing maniacally as I rampage upon the demons. 😈
Once I hit 70, I teleported back to town and made some basic level 70 armour - including two 2-sets. One that reduced damage taken and increased damage dealt by 15% and 30% respectively. And another that gave me +100 resistances.
So important when there's green puddles and purple laser beams all over the place.
Now I could focus on the Seasonal Challenges too.
I don't really care about the armour set that'll be given to me for free, it doesn't have anything to do with the abilities I want to use, but I like checking off the checkboxes, haha.
With several Nephalem Rift Keys gathered and my Paragon level up to 20, it was time to do a little transmogging, and jump into the Greater Rifts to start finding some shiny gems and better gear.
All in all, I feel pretty accomplished after spending maybe 9 hours total in game during last night and today. A good start to the weekend.
And I'm pleased to announce that this is actually helping to lift my brain-fog! While playing, I actually felt inspired and had a few flashes of fiction I wouldn't mind writing some point soon. I know I've been slacking during this April Madness Writing Month Thing. Well, not really slacking, more feeling guilty about being neglectful to my family while trapped in my own little writing world. Then the brainfog hit. 😑 Bleh!
Until next time! ✨🔮🧙♀️