10-17-2012, 02:58 AM
After playing about 3 hours in the new patch a few things are clear for me.
First, Monster Power 4 isn't nearly as tough as it was when I played on the PTR. Now I may have upgraded a piece of gear since then, but MP4 on live for me doesn't feel any greater in difficulty than normal pre-patch. I could probably easily up my normal play to MP5 or 6 with little problem for act 3 farming.
Second, during this 3 hours or so I played I was able to full clear from the breached keep up to Azmodan and the end of the act. In that time I came out with 1 million gold. Gold output is HUGELY increased. Now this will be effected by the individuals Paragon levels (mine hit 37 during this play session) and it will also be effected by what Monster Power you can comfortably play, but the greatest increase of monetary gain after the patch comes from the items that are dropping. The change to how items are rolled means that as long as you are playing on an upgraded Monster level all of the items you sell will go for 1.5 - 2k gold. No more will you be getting low ilvl items that only sell for 500g. It's all going to sell for vastly more than you were getting prior to the patch.
It's hard to say how the increase in legendary/set items will impact things overall. In this play session I found 2 Legendaries within 25 minutes of logging in. RNG is RNG though and it will have hot streaks and cold streaks. I've found 3 legendary and set pieces before in one play session of about an hour. This isn't anything out of the ordinary but over time and over vast amounts of players the market will probably shift over the next few weeks.
First, Monster Power 4 isn't nearly as tough as it was when I played on the PTR. Now I may have upgraded a piece of gear since then, but MP4 on live for me doesn't feel any greater in difficulty than normal pre-patch. I could probably easily up my normal play to MP5 or 6 with little problem for act 3 farming.
Second, during this 3 hours or so I played I was able to full clear from the breached keep up to Azmodan and the end of the act. In that time I came out with 1 million gold. Gold output is HUGELY increased. Now this will be effected by the individuals Paragon levels (mine hit 37 during this play session) and it will also be effected by what Monster Power you can comfortably play, but the greatest increase of monetary gain after the patch comes from the items that are dropping. The change to how items are rolled means that as long as you are playing on an upgraded Monster level all of the items you sell will go for 1.5 - 2k gold. No more will you be getting low ilvl items that only sell for 500g. It's all going to sell for vastly more than you were getting prior to the patch.
It's hard to say how the increase in legendary/set items will impact things overall. In this play session I found 2 Legendaries within 25 minutes of logging in. RNG is RNG though and it will have hot streaks and cold streaks. I've found 3 legendary and set pieces before in one play session of about an hour. This isn't anything out of the ordinary but over time and over vast amounts of players the market will probably shift over the next few weeks.