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    John Keefer posted a new article, Diablo 3 dairy: The 'unlucky 13 hours in' edition.

    At level 19, my monk Darkartiste has been punishing evil in Diablo III for 13 hours now. It's at that unlucky hour mark that all his training flies out the window during Act II.
    May 17, 2012 8:15am PDT
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    John Keefer posted a new article, Diablo 3 dairy: The 'unlucky 13 hours in' edition.

    At level 19, my monk Darkartiste has been punishing evil in Diablo III for 13 hours now. It's at that unlucky hour mark that all his training flies out the window during Act II. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      FYI, act 1's boss is a tribute to a Diablo 1 character, not one from D2. :) : David Craddock
      • BAH, you are correct. Fixed : Keefinator
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        spoiler : ZekThis person is cool!
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          (not kidding btw, how many noteworthy bosses do you think there are in D1? You can only be talking about : ZekThis person is cool!
          • The whole game was memorable for me, so I didn't think of it as a spoiler. : Keefinator
          • Sure... or, I could have meant Leoric, or Lachdanan, or Lazarus, or Griswold, or Adria, or Leoric, all of... : David Craddock
          • There's another Act 1 boss that was a throwback too. : 0mar
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        I liked the fact that there was a visible strategy to that boss. I'm still recalling the old days where y... : EntityThis person is cool!
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          Watching what he did reminded me of some of the World of Warcraft boss battles. You know, like whack the ... : Keefinator
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            You mean like the (act 1 spoilers): Spider Queen, who is pretty much the exact same boss encounter--but r : daVinci1980
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              Exactly. The Butcher fight reminded me of the one in WoW where Icehowl in Trial of the Crusader would ch : Keefinator
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                Oh man, I forgot about that one. Now I'm gonna be looking for this in all of the fights. :( : daVinci1980
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                  Same here. I may make that a topic in the next diary. And don't stand in the fire. : Keefinator
                  • And MOAR DOTS!!! : dfay
    • That inventory screen - THAT'S how Skyrim's should look. : Jobos
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      is it supposed to say 'dairy' and not 'diary' ? : fletch_
      • NO! Good grief : Keefinator
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      "Yes, people have completed the game in 8-10 hours already, but those are the ones robbing themselves of ... : Eskimo Keith
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        I'm anal. I try to collect everything that drops, portal back when my packs are full and sell it. I overt... : Keefinator
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          Yeah, this is how I am as well. Every nook and cranny MUST be explored! : Ambient80
          • That's how Tom Arnold must have felt. : CruciformThis person is cool!
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        this is my wizard after finishing act 2 last night. I don't get how anyone is finishing it anywhere near... : mwasher
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          (don't mind the hat. :[ ) : mwasher
          • I see you put on your wizard hat... : EntityThis person is cool!
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          Nice, I haven't even had 15 hours on the game, but I have had to restart twice now due to migrating serve... : Eskimo Keith
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            I have another character already done with act 1 as well. i've been playing a lot. : mwasher
            • Shacker Jeff Mattas and I will be playing some co-op this weekend for a story on Monday. Should be fun wi... : Keefinator
          • this is precisely why I've told my friends to fuck off until I've finished the game. I don't want to have... : thecrayThis person is cool!
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          Here's my character list with the Barbarian 'Folkshome' as my main, I started with the Demon Hunter on mu... : Eskimo Keith
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            Sorry about the double post, here is the link. http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv93/EskimoKeith/Cha... : Eskimo Keith
            • You scream at haiku and then realize you're yelling at the wind. There is no editing on Shack chatty. : EntityThis person is cool!
        • I can never get used to seeing magic users armed with weapons other than a dagger or staff. Too much D&D ... : CruciformThis person is cool!
        • after act 3 : http://chattypics.com/files/CapturePNG_p2115jma9y.png 21 hours. I have no idea how pe... : mwasher
      • I rushed through the beta content and after that played normally, doing optional dungeons/quests as I enc... : ZekThis person is cool!
      • If the achievements aren't lying, the game should be beatable within 4 hours. But yeah, I can't imagin... : Herman Toothrot
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        I just finished Act 1 at 5 hours 30 minutes. : Lakipo
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          That was my time as well. I specifically quit playing as soon as I hit act 2 so that I could look at that : Tchest
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            How? :( I just checked and I'm at 16h48m, level 20 Barb, just starting Act II : dodobThis person is cool!
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              you've obviously replayed a lot of the first act if you are level 20 at the beginning of Act 2. Most of m... : thecrayThis person is cool!
              • I've only done the game in two sittings. And the second of those ran around the plains (or what looks lik... : dodobThis person is cool!
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        i'm just super anal. Before leaving an area, I open the fullscreen map view, and make sure every last sin... : TPSReportThis person is cool!
        • I like playing it this way. I figure I'll rush through content sometimes in later runs, especially multip... : dfay
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        I love to listen to the snobby Indian explorer dude who does the Lore voice-over. In fact, all the Lore v... : dodobThis person is cool!
        • Also, the occasional banter between you and your companion/mercenary/hire is great. It's a lot like the b... : dodobThis person is cool!
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      AITOO who finds rare items sometimes can't compare to magic items? I had to expand my stash to store all ... : dodobThis person is cool!
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        Also, do you get free stash upgrades? Because I just spend like 10,000 on it :| : dodobThis person is cool!
        • pro tip is that early on you shouldn't waste money on stash. Create mules/alts to store your shit(stash i... : TPSReportThis person is cool!
      • I think rare just means that it has lots of properties, not that it has no level associated with it. So y... : thecrayThis person is cool!
      • Rare stuff just seems to have a bunch more modifiers on it. I'm rocking mostly rare armor, but blue weap... : MacemanInTW
      • I can't even get any rares to drop in Nightmare. :( : walker270This person is cool!
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      Just saw this on the Auction House - The Horadric Hamburger http://chattypics.com/files/HamburgerJPG_w... : AltZeroThis person is cool!
      • lol I thought that was photoshopped until I just checked the AH and see about 10 of them listed. : joninThis person is cool!
      • If I got that, it would be permanently equipped in my monk's offhand. .... if I had a monk. : walker270This person is cool!
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      I just beat Act I and it took me just shy of 9 hours. I play this game at mongoloid speed. : wunderbredThis person is cool!
      • I'm at 12+ hours and still haven't finished Act 1. Although a lot of that is from sitting in game while ... : AltZeroThis person is cool!
    • And this is why Diablo 3 is the best game ever. http://youtu.be/IvRTJXA35GA?t=59s : walker270This person is cool!
    • Oh man, got lost in the caverns of spiders - Act 1 and the server had to restart for a patch. What do ... : g3dHorse
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      Damn. Made it up to Rakanoth in Act 4 nightmare completely solo (no optional companions). Boss was so... : walker270This person is cool!
      • This is so easy now it feels like cheating. :( : walker270This person is cool!