Diablo III

RJ wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2012 at 10:04pm:


This.

Yes, you can. No need to wait around for a group for 90%+ of the content, because it's all a persistent world. Dungeons are the only content that you need to have a party to complete, but they are 5 man and you can take ANY combination of classes.

JC wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2012 at 5:46pm:


every class has an ability slot for self healing, you can't do anything with that slot other than heal.

There will be some random world events that are easier with others, but in no way do you "have to do those".

Partying in GW2 as best i can tell is only so you can see your friends dots on the map, the entire game is rigged, so that if anyone nearby sees a world event, they'll flock to it the same as you will. Whilst there, you're all helping each other achieve the same goal, partied or not.

Eventually you will run out of solo content though, at level 80 now, i'm finding spvp rather dull, and world vs world isn't my cup of tea either.

I do however only have 60% map completion, so I've got 40% of the game left to go explore and see through, not bad at all considering that it'll probably take me another 3 weeks, and the scenery is much more varied than diablo III.

edit. my class is warrior, only class i've played

Arkat wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2012 at 12:23pm:


What Levistis said. I've been playing a bunch, and I have an overactive 1-year-old that pretty much makes any coordinated grouping impossible.

JC wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2012 at 5:46pm:


Yup. One warrior could be all tanky, as Cale mentioned. And for support you could have a warrior with multiple physical skills (sorta like Stunning Blow/Trip), another with banners (buffs and rez capability), and another with shouts traited (shouts are AOE buffs that can be traited for reduced cooldowns and healing).

And I have played both D3 and GW2. GW2 hands down.

Ok, I was leaning toward GW2 thanks to a friend's suggestion...this basically clinched it. The hubs might play D3 when he gets back from deployment, if it's up my alley I may do that too.

Osharan Tregarth wrote on Sep 24^th, 2012 at 2:29am:


You're such a giver.

I really liked D3... for about a week. Great fun, running around, blowing up mobs in different ways.. but when have to run the whole story 3 times just to get to endgame (Inferno difficulty), started feeling like TR grind.

I'm about a week into GW2, still loving it, maybe because there is still so much to explore and do. I'm basically reliving my GW1 main (a ranger) and have just hit the low 30's and I'm not even close to the end of the game.

So, D3 is faster paced, but GW2 has more play value, IMHO.

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