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1.0.5 introduced the Infernal Machine event and Monster Power. \u00a0While I haven’t attempted the event, mainly because I want to gear up more to do it on MP3-4, I have gained a small collection of the keys. \u00a0Monster Power acts like \/players X in Diablo 2. \u00a0It increases monster life and damage to increase the difficulty while giving you bonuses for doing so. \u00a0More experience, more gold, more magic find, and more loot. \u00a0The best change in 1.0.5 was the loot tables for Inferno. \u00a0All acts of Inferno share the same chance for ilvl 61+ items. \u00a0ilvl 58 and below no longer drop in Inferno. \u00a0This effectively gives you a chance<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>to find good items on your own without needing the Auction House, as well as the ability to accumulate some wealth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Infernal Machine is like Ubers in Diablo 2. \u00a0Farm some Keys, make a portal, kill Uber version of Bosses, eventually get materials to craft a crazy ring called the Hellfire Ring. \u00a0The great thing about the ring is that it has no level requirement and it’s account bound so any<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0of your characters can use it. \u00a0If you get bored of your Barbarian and you want to quickly get to level 60 with a different class, the experience bonus will help. \u00a0Since the ring is crafted and it has random properties there’s always the chance of getting an upgraded version by farming for it repeatedly.<\/p>\n So after a few month reprieve from Diablo 3, I finally decided I’d give it another chance. \u00a0With the same gear I had when I stopped playing back at the end of June, I loaded up Act 1 Inferno and started to\u00a0face-roll. \u00a0Prior to quitting, I could solo Act 1 Inferno with relative ease, my issue was the difficulty difference in Act 2 where my gear just wasn’t good enough to handle it. \u00a0So with Act 1 being not even remotely difficult, I advanced into Act 2, then Act 3, then Act 4 finally beating the game. \u00a0Now I understand the game has been made easier but that’s what Monster Power is for. \u00a0I can now play and complete content I could no longer do before, I can now farm for upgrades instead of relying on the Auction House, and eventually I’ll move into higher MP levels to keep the game challenging. \u00a0I still do use the Auction House, but I’m focussing on finding upgrades myself. \u00a0Here’s a great amulet I found not too long ago that I’ll likely be using for a long time.<\/p>\n \u00a0Now I can’t sing praises of the game without complaining about things that I still don’t like or that are missing. \u00a0PvP still isn’t here. \u00a0It’s been six months and one of the biggest features people are waiting for still isn’t even remotely close to being added. \u00a0I have a terrible feeling in my gut that PVP will be added in with the expansion that was recently announced to be in development. \u00a0I hope I’m wrong, but Blizzard needs to get PVP right the first time, so if we have to wait for as close to perfect as we can get, I think we can all do that.<\/p>\n End-Game could use a lot more. \u00a0The Infernal Machine is a great step in the right direction and Monster Power allows you to ramp up difficulty to play at a pace you enjoy, but once you hit Paragon 100, have semi godly gear, etc all you have left is to rinse and repeat with different classes or on hardcore. \u00a0Ladder seasons would be great with gear resets like in Diablo 2. \u00a0It would keep the economy fresh and could reinvigorate players to return to compete for top spots.<\/p>\n I’ve read ideas Endless Dungeons before and I really like the idea if you add\u00a0leader-boards\u00a0with it. \u00a0If you’re unfamiliar with what an Endless Dungeon is… Well, it’s a Dungeon, that has an Endless amount of monsters that invade it. \u00a0Each wave of Monsters gets harder increasing the difficulty. \u00a0After so many waves, you encounter a wave boss and upon defeating him perhaps you could get a loot drop similar to opening a resplendent chest. \u00a0Leader-boards\u00a0come in for competition. \u00a0What wave you got to before dying, how fast you completed each wave. \u00a0People would create builds simply for this to get tops on the\u00a0leader-board\u00a0for bragging rights.<\/p>\n Crafting items in Diablo needs to be improved. \u00a0You have to find plans yourself or buy them off the auction house. \u00a0The rolls on the items are completely random which makes it not worthwhile for the high cost. \u00a0If an option was added in crafting to give a chance, not a guarantee, to roll a specific property, be it a socket, life on hit, damage, etc you’d at least have the possibility of crafting a usable item. \u00a0This should increase the cost significantly, but it would allow for people to be 100% self-found. \u00a0You should be able to add or increase sockets on items you have, once again for a cost, or perhaps a quest. \u00a0Tie it in with the Endless Dungeon. \u00a0Instead of items that drop, have gold drop with the completion of a wave and \u00a0a small chance to net you a socket reward. \u00a0Add a high gold cost for Haedrig to add the additional socket and those great items you’ve found that were useless because it didn’t have a socket are now viable.<\/p>\n![\"paragonlevel1\"](\"http:\/\/gamingrendo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/paragonlevel1.jpg\")
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