Diablo 3 - How To Select An Efficient Difficulty

[@PaulMercedes]

I started on console in 2013, I've jumped in and out over the years. I've been all about it this summer and it really helps when folks put out content that helps catch part time players up and help them play the game better.

[@XanaWasTaken]

Oh, okay then. Guess I'm not weird for being like that afterall :)

[@brucecox5884]

Just so you know I did all 5 chapters and all 5 bounties Thurs morning. It took me about 2 hours to do it, I lost most time working my way around the map as I did not remember most of them. This was solo on a crusader, not full set geared up and I did it on normal mode, my biggest challenge were the timer ones, I had a Templar as my companion. I wondered if the game had some "hidden" reward for doing it. NOPE was none. did help my stockpile of gold and such found about 2 goblins per chapter.tyvm for the video it was helpfull

[@MetalHeadbanger7]

Kinda sucks that you don't get a special reward for completing all the bounties from all 5 acts in one session.

[@Nicodimus222]

I always do all 25 bounties solo. Not a multiplayer person.

[@OdiousKiller]

No Internet of the time use my Hotspot to update but play solo

[@Yuma3062]

Nicodimus222 same here dude

[@HelloHello8D]

̄ \_(ツ)_/ ̄

[@arktitan6225]

Boring

[@ashbringer5999]

Me too I feel you.

[@mainelytrees4666]

I run all 25 bounties solo on t4, because I have no friends that play so I dont really have a choice

[@jfoley1987]

Fuckin' same

[@bryce2038]

Ps4?

[@Key69Big]

me 2 Nintendo switch

[@sirpermew9522]

Im siwch

[@Momofamlly]

Bearded Mainer me to

[@MetalHeadbanger7]

So just to be sure I have this right for the GRs: 4 mins or less = Farming 4 to 8 mins = Pushing to play higher GRs Over 8 mins = Crank back the GR difficulty.

[@Dr_Do-Little]

Look at the chart and pick a level you can clear fast. Said in 12min+

[@pawelkapica5363]

I thought the most efficent time for a rift was around 6or7 minutes for best return per time

[@milleezy]

Thank you 🙏🏾 this guy went on a 12 min rant about nothing

[@gosukiwi]

@@pawelkapica5363 AFAIK is 2 to 3 minutes for speed farming

[@redblack9618]

That was a very long video to say, "the efficient difficulty level is probably around where it takes you 4 minutes or less to do a GR".

[@jeremiahbullfrog1844]

don't forget that if you are pushing GR's, you want to aim for 8 minutes or less.

[@ShawnMcCool]

It's crazy how many words one can use to say so little.

[@redblack9618]

@@ShawnMcCool why are you responding to a 4y old Diablo 3 video comment. XD

[@aska221]

Get to 70 Seasonal journey - get 6/6 set pieces from bags Torment 10 - get final pieces Torment 13 Grift 70 - ancient ancient This should take a week or two. Now just wait 10months for the next season.

[@brucecox5884]

Torment 10 - get final piecesI thought the final pieces were for doing gr20 is that not T5 level?

[@SenderBudYerGood]

The seasons are WAY too long I agree. Like 1-2 months is more than enough time to build up a beefy character, maybe even 1000p+

[@zzzz326]

Сюда надо прибавить 1-2 недели изучения энциклопедий по игре

[@aaronhollowell5788]

If you go by a season on a calendar it would be 4 seasons a year.

[@SpryGuy289]

I appreciate the work you do putting these together. I've always had a hard time getting very far each season. Most times I end up leaving my classes half finished... subbed

[@Tripwire_Desire]

My hero can handle Torment 10, but my recently fallen hero was able to withstand Torment 12; an unexpected lag out claimed my HC hero's life mid battle on Sunday. Nothing is more infuriating than losing a HC character to an unstable connection, especially if the connection error Isn't even on your behalf. So I did what any sane person would do at that point: Made another character, asked for help in the HC chat and someone helped speed level me back to level 70. I spent an entire week grinding the proper way to get my Crusader up to level 70. But losing one in the most BS way leaves much to be desired; i know it's to be expected, but it still sucks when it happens and it's highly upsetting to say the least. My biggest struggle right now is survivability. I have end level gear on, but my Recovery and my Toughness could be way better. And if I'm not careful, the acid enemies spill when I slay them stand the highest possibility taking me out of the game once again; but I would have to lose my connection in order for that to happen in the first place. 20,000% damage with Heavens of the Fist is nothing to sneeze at. And the additional buffs I have for Heavens of the Fists make my Crusader a formidable hero. All that damage is next to worthless when all the enemies on the screen suddenly freeze up and you find yourself at the mercy of the connection problem. I like Torment 10 simply because an extra Deaths Breath falls when I slay an elite pack; and my hero has the set gear on that doubles the amount of deaths breath to fall upon death -- so rather than 2, I end up with 4 total per slay.

[@BaneBurden]

Great video man! I'm a returning player who never really knew much about how to actually farm things and your videos help a lot!

[@tardwrangler]

Seeing this footage made me reconsider returning lol

[@desertshadow72]

I just started I'm almost down with Act 1 on normal with my wife

[@TheSixStringGuy]

When you are able to go Hardcore with her is when it really gets fun. 😏

[@Zoze13]

@@TheSixStringGuy But it always leads to Torment

[@danielrodgers6939]

@@TheSixStringGuy nice

[@TheSixStringGuy]

@@Zoze13 😆

[@og-ru6oc]

@@Zoze13 I laughed out loud ahahah

[@JoshuaWilliams-rp7ff]

Thank you so much for the explanation in the video when I play with my friends, they keep trying to play it on the highest tournament level possible and I feel like I was playing the game wrong because my gear won’t let me keep up with their torment level 😅

[@raphaels33]

As a diablo fanchise fan I really disapointed with the difficulty of this game..... .I didn't die even once and the worst, in fact I didn't even come close to using at least 1 potion in the whole game !!! the enemies look like they're made of paper and the bosses throw flowers ... I didn't understand the game. and yes I change the difficulty and the game became even easier somehow.... and before you guys say: "the game only starts from lvl 70" I dont give a dawn about the content after beating the final boss....I just wanna play the vanila game. this game Is really embarassing and I will forget very quick.

[@Freedom-kl8rt]

This is my first diablo game and first what I noticed is the build diversity, they all play the same build, you are forced to play one build if you want go higher.. They using all the same armor pieces and weapons, skills, ability. .. It's just copy paste..the loot scaling is stupid, if you play higher level you get not better loot, you get just more loot.. I got one chyte with weapon 3200dmg on torment T1 and another on T8 with 2100dmg..whats the point to get higher and higher.. I mean the game is fun but not for the long run..

[@SestraShelly]

no fucking way u played vanilla content on torment 6 and didnt die. you are lying.

[@popcorny11]

Fantastic info video once again. Thanks Jake!

[@CalvoV8]

All your videos are so relevant man thanks!

[@JAKEL33T]

I appreciate that!

[@tomassoejakto]

I hope someone can help me out. My hardcore monk is almost paragon 200 on T6 difficulty. The game has been a breeze using that kanai power that gives me 2 mystic allies. But thats not the point. I tried going up a notch to T7 and suddenly the game becomes impossible. Enemies take much longer to kill and if I hadnt use the life-saving passive, wouldve 1-hit me every time. I had to keep doing hit and run. So I thought maybe I still need better gear. I tried going back to T6 but nothing changes. The difficulty seems stuck on T7. I didn't change gear or skill or anything. Just the difficulty setting. What's going on?

[@dilynsmitty7412]

Thank God and you lol for making this video and that difficulties website, never understood how drops worked.

[@oliverrrrrrrrrr]

Best Diablo content maker

[@tomekc1113]

Awesome video :) great topic and informative

[@mikesmith4014]

Hey thanks for your wonderful help for mapping things out here.

[@troyrarehale2517]

i farm it solo, ive only been playing for 2 weeks because of the D4 beta. D4 was my first time ever playing Diablo so i started D3 and by ignorance i started a non seasonal character and have worked my way to T3 solo. lol i just noticed this vod is 5 years old do people still play this game.

[@andrewcalcetas7792]

What demon Hunter build are you using in this video?

[@chayyutian3716]

Son of A Duck shadow impale

[@jibjabcats]

I am new player and I big Starcraft van I find there so much information and for new player it overwhelming the game is awesome!

[@raphaels33]

the plot the cinematics are awesome but the actual game Is embarassing I sorry for you dude this game Is not diablo. :(

[@csgamer4252]

I'm still somewhat new to the game. Once I have my entire set, how do I continue to get stronger? Do higher difficulties drop set gear with higher stats, or is it mostly grinding paragon levels at that point?

[@bigoleon]

Same question...

[@ghoulishgam3r508]

@@bigoleon paragons, gems, rerolling your gear in kanais cube to make everything ancient (ideally primal) level the hell out of legendary gems for augmenting your gear.

[@Momofamlly]

Do set dungeons

[@oktober7375]

the problem is that a lot of players don't understand that, and you usually have requests in the chat of the game asking "could you please up my parangons in T13" or "I would like to make high GR's with someone".... a lot of noobies will never understand that parangon levels don't make damage if you don't have good stuff or you don't understand how your build works

[@chefpunjab]

Exact questions I had that u answered because I'm able to handle torment 10 rifts but 11's are sketchy.

[@svartamiel9556]

Do paragon lvls affect all this. I play on x 360. So ive just been soloing torment 3. With paragon 30 havent unlocked greater rifts yet either.

[@CrizpyOnyinz]

Dude we look alike lol but I'm not as bald anymore lol good vid man 😂

[@Fishster]

Same rational if you are exping up paragon? I'd heard finishing a GR in approx 1/2 the allocated time was good to shoot for there?

[@championhollowell7822]

I am a paragon 71 what lvl GR's should I be farming. I am on chapter 4 of season 24 what will help me do a GR 70

[@KT1459]

So helpful. Thanks a lot

[@eyalzucker4202]

Bro sup I have chosen crusader ok and I thought its good but no one on KZbin isn't crusader should I make other player or crusader is good?

[@tylermoore6774]

"That's insane, you're not going to do that" Sir, there's a reason I uninstalled this back in 2014 and only JUST redownloaded it last week. "Batting 500"

[@treyvonmartin7989]

So if you're not just melting enemies you should lower the difficulty?

[@jonesthedane]

Nice vid... You just got a new sub 👍

[@xTylerx27x]

Does the difficulty level have any affect on the contents of the cache's?

[@JAKEL33T]

Yes

[@strangemedicine744]

I can play a new character on the 3rd difficulty to level up faster but if I leave the rift early it becomes difficult to bounce back again because the enemies reset to match my character level.

[@CHITRANSHSHARMA]

How much is your magic find???????

[@theluminary7340]

I like playing gr's on the difficulty where I beat the rift guardian with 0.004 seconds left... (That was my closest win lol)

[@daedralord1]

Guys greater rifts gas nothing to do with tormeny. So don't listen to most of that

[@BTZ97_]

Ik this is old but I jsut got my WD to 70 and have 700+ paragon from just farming with randoms on PS4...idk what difficulty I should try to gear up in

[@ZniaOoal]

im level 70, roughly 40 paragon. which difficulty should i do?

[@thomast7558]

Very imformative many questions I had were answered 8-D

[@Metalgear256]

So im a returning player and im kinda confused. Do i start out as a noobie and play at normal and then once ive hit lvl 60 do i go to torment? because i cant really remember how the difficulties work. a while back when i was playing on normal i switched to hard mode but then it wouldnt let me increase the difficulty later on. which kindve ruined the game for me.

[@youngtundra478]

You can increase the difficulty on the start screen

[@aaronhollowell5788]

I’m at GR lvl 28 and 29 and can do it at under 10 minutes and I’m at Paragon level 403. Barbarian.

[@OmarFeliciano]

I know this is old but I really wanna see that chart but I don't see it on the description.

[@craigqueen9835]

Screenshot it during video

[@tcatzmeow]

Thank you

[@daveraddy3119]

not a noob friendly video

[@minichan6156]

Should I play on Torment 6 where I can one shot things or Torment 7 / Torment 8

[@seanfactors9285]

8 more items

[@ismailghanayem7549]

I dont think im with you on going down instead of going up . i play as hard as grs as i can get and not die. Its because 1- more experiance to the paragon 2- better states gears and gems 3- understanding the game better when playing harder mode . I say . you keep playing up till you get in grs 150 and not dying . then you can lower cases as you want

[@Kōpūnui]

I notice you jump between mobs but dont kill all of them before you jump to another one, why is this? (I’m fairly new trying to figure out how farming and rift rub efficiency works) thanks for Any tips/help in advance :)

[@dudebv1613]

I will answer you, 8 months later :) (Guess you found out by now) He's looking for elite monsters (blue and yellows) to fill the rift bar faster.

[@flyinringtail9937]

I just did all 25 bounties today

[@curzzed4844]

nice Vid to return into season 11 :D

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

I'm struggling with where I should farming in hardcore. I went too high and my char died. (Really, I got sucked into a rift game that turned to gr, and the lead player set our rift level at 25. I thought, no problem, this other player can one shot things. Except, of course, he didn't clear areas, he blood rushed away from trash mobs hunting elites, and my guy was jailed and swamped) I'm guessing when someone suggests a gr, I should only agree if I can solo it myself with 3 dragging players) Any advice on hardcore limits?

[@JAKEL33T]

Hardcore is usually slower in progression. I’d suggest aligning your GR level with the difficulty you usually run bounties and normals on until you out scale Torment 13. Then you can start stepping up slowly. As far as group play, yeah it’s better if you can handle the level 4-man solo to avoid getting stuck.

[@thrinelikeit]

jake from state farm?

[@paulharman4323]

Thanks, helpful

[@blitzkrieg6699]

So, where is this table you speak of in the description???

[@blitzkrieg6699]

Oh, and I only do my bounties by myself.

[@ephraxis]

how can anyone tell what is going on in the screen? there are so many healthbars and spells and teleports its so confusing

[@brischultz]

Where is the link to the chart?

[@jalenwilson3036]

What difficulty should I be on for leveling a new character?

[@ismailghanayem7549]

He is talking about after you finish the game . so you need to finish the game to unlock the adventure mode . and then you go into adventure and play greater rift and bounties and level your paragon

[@jalenwilson3036]

I know that. I used to play a lot of Diablo 3 back on 360 but that was when all I had to worry about was paragon I just want to finish the campaign as fast as possible and gets lvl at the same time. I've been playing regular and just trying to go as fast as I can so I can play adventure. I'm wondering if that's the most effective way?

[@ismailghanayem7549]

@@jalenwilson3036 start on hard mode . amd then wjen you feel like you killing fast . then spice it up a little . coz every time you move up in difficulties . you gain more exp . and focus on gear that gives you exp as well

[@jalenwilson3036]

Sounds good! when I first got back on I was starting on the one above hard. And it's challenging and fun but it takes so long to get through the story.

[@abrazor]

Where is the link to that chart?

[@TheSpiroGam3R]

at the start does it only go up to hard difficulty, because thats how high i can go. i just got the game btw

[@XanaWasTaken]

If you pay for the whole game, no, you can start off at Torment 6 If you don't, then yes, you can only play hard and normal.

[@davidlopes27]

@@XanaWasTaken But how in the world would you be able to start a new game on T6. Torment is just unlocked after you beat the story mode once if I remember correctly

[@ToasterJam]

David lopes Torment levels are unlocked once you get your first character to 70. Until then, the highest you can go is Master.

[@txrch1737]

i play whirlwind bard and bounties in T1-T13 does take any time at all maybe like 10 mins per act thats all even in T13 .

[@camau79]

im desperatly trying to farm the delsere's opus magnum pants, they wont spawn, ive tried converting a set piece, but i keep getting the fire bird stuff the vyrs set and blackthorns set, how can i get the pants please please help

[@JAKEL33T]

+camau79 sounds alike you are upgrading rare pants and not converting set items. Put another piece of the DMO set in the cube and use the convert set item until you get the pants.

[@devonknapp9168]

I'm clearing mine in high 4 minutes and low 5 minutes on t9

[@NoblessObligee]

Returned to this, 2 hours in went from 250 DMG to 369 dmg, not currently looking at my Crit but it's atleast 10% and have no clue what the Crit damage is but I'm seeing 25 million and 2 or 3 52 million Crit DMG. Is this normal?

[@CapnWack]

I get 180 mill crits just hit paragon 50

[@MrD34TH69]

"not going to do all 25 bountys" ........ I just did that

[@thisisiampie6946]

That was me every time i loaf up the game... I feel sad lol

[@team.michaelmyers4771]

It would be nice to play with others to speed up bounties but they got all modded gear and such so I play solo

[@annihilationiscoming6908]

So your saying that since my Demon Hunter can solo T7 bounties is bad? I had to solo because no one wanted to help me lol I was using the Shadow Mantle set

[@Traeran]

Just join a pick up group for bounties. And even though sometimes it seems like you're the one doing all the heavy lifting, in the end, it is faster to do so. Let everyone fight their own boss, don't join them (unless help is really needed to finish) and go on with the quest you were doing. If everyone fight their own boss, it goes faster. Oh and thank you for your videos Jake, it helps greatly!

[@MrTheAngryLlama]

It's not bad it's just inefficient. You could get more mats quicker doing 4 man t1 because you split and you will get 4 caches faster than you will get 1 one on t7. If you can't find a group then solo the bottom of the bracket you can do fastest

[@delajaecurry3499]

nah hes not saying its bad. what he was saying would be for instance. you solo'd that t7 . and got 8 of the crafting materials from each cache. in that same amount of time, though, you could have probably solod all of the bounties 3 times and got 6 materials from each cache to equal 18 in the same amount of time. It just depends on what you want because if youre farming legendaries from the caches then you would want a higher loot chance by farming in t7. but if you just want materials. farm at something you can clear faster.

[@Alexandru95ification]

i dont know what to do..im stuck at torment 11 and idk what to do next. I got a good set full lvl gems ,kanai's kube and still i cant get to torment 12 gr

[@hippegast12]

Farm for a better set or better items/stats. It's rng i am stuck at torment 11 right now for a week. Drops and rolls in the cube haven't been good to me

[@depraved2099]

DISCOVER THE FUCKING GEAR IN YOUR INVENTORY

[@matwagonblott307]

qustion i never played d3 on pc but do your tips work for consoles or no. i have heard many say that pc info dont work for console. just confused thanks for the help.

[@JAKEL33T]

+mat wagonblott I can't be completely sure. I haven't played on console in a really long time.

[@constantinegavrin1067]

Man that's crazy !

[@heatrayzvideo3007]

D3 is pretty much a mobile game

[@vloh3097]

My second let's play was way too easy and I tried to put the highest difficulty on. Still way too easy

[@ghoulishgam3r508]

....dude....a "let's play" is a youtube video...not playing a game on your own.

[@raphaels33]

this game Is embarassing and not represent the franchise at all... I sorry :( ... I trully feel sorry for you...

[@SaturnineXTS]

I've got like 250k dps and it takes me like 20 seconds to kill any monster in torment 4 xD Slowly getting better gear 'n shit though. I just started playing this game and it's not THAT good, but its simplicity can be its advantage sometimes.

[@Whbrown417]

Ur better off on normal I farmed the routes plus gardens of hope 1st T and I got 5 pets n one day and got a rainbow hobby as well so.

[@kalman0966]

Ran three GRs in the time it took him to tell me a hole lot of nothing!!!

[@furydeath]

patch 1.0 inferno ;3

[@magmaicesoul2537]

I'm playing on ps3,a wizerd, i just resently defeated the end boss in HC, be 4 I went in hard core, he wood kill me meny times from 1 seeten attack, i figerd out i cod yous slow time,time shell,.n.,wave of forse,impactful wave,as a combo,2 feed him his 100 blue fierbals back at him. He wood stand in the midel of the map. Shooting in every dractions, n it kill me meny times, i youed other skils 2 Kill him, but i neded 2 find a way 2 git past that 1 attack,, i can now fight in hard core mode, n i wanted 2 sher, what i figerd out,if it help some 1 els , playing a wizerd, n ther not a complet tank, i youed other skils 2 but , this 2 skill combo, helped me git past, what i feal was his Hc killer move.

[@juvenaldelacruz8750]

This is bad spelling and grammar

[@Finshiii]

rise the cap to grift 200 pls!

[@savage1dv]

So lets say i go to difficulty t13 and i do gr 1, then would that mean its like doing a gr 60 as shown in the chart? Of am i mistaken?

[@savage1dv]

Or*

[@brandenpedersen5127]

Greater rifts scale seperately from game difficulty, GR1= Norm GR60=T13 A regular rift on T13 is like a GR60

[@xTylerx27x]

If I know how this works, which I think I do, then the torment level you choose does not apply to grift difficulty. The only thing that determines the torment level of grifts is the level grift you choose upon opening it.

[@JAKEL33T]

Correct, Greater Rift difficulty is based on the level you select. Game difficulty has no effect on it.

[@02drpyro]

All of this is gibberish to me. Bounties, farming and riffs..don’t know what any of that is about. I just want to play a good single player action/adventure game with good game play, decent graphics and a good story. I’m here because there was absolutely no challenge on normal mode and I was wondering what the catch is. Apparently this game is and never was what I thought it was and is not the right game for me🤷🏾‍♂️

[@dyztroyax4628]

Diablo is obvsly not a game to just play once and be done.

[@mosesp5908]

They sah play seasons... i play seadon 21 and its way too fucking easy... its gross.... i wanna puke... regreg playing itbon my day off... literally fell asleep 5 times on my day off

[@tylerhill3511]

So i have a question

[@tylerhill3511]

If ur in a 4 man team if someone or even a 2 man team if u split who does what bountys does everyone get the clear for the bounties

[@TenenGames]

Everyone gets the full reward. There's literally no downside.

[@xTylerx27x]

Unless of course you are worried about the fact that you'll get 1/4th the amount of infernal machines, assuming everyone kills the keywardens of the respective act they are clearing. This is the same for DBs and loot that will drop while the others in your party are doing their bounties. But bounties aren't really that efficient for DB farming and drop loot anyways..just for gear and mats from the cache's. Also I don't think anyone uses the hellfire ring/amulet anyways...unless maybe you're using them to powerlevel new characters. But either way, the keywardens are really easy to kill and can easily be soloed in roughly 5 minutes if you're even slightly geared. So. In short, as said above, there is really no downside to group soloing bounties. Pro-tip: don't accept the boss "accept or decline" screen if someone in your group initiates a boss fight while doing bounties. They are counting on you and the other group members to quickly decline so that they can finish their respective bounties quicker.

[@bjmadman312]

You could have said all of this in about two minutes, you would've gotten a lot more traffic on your video, and you would've had a fair few more happy customers. Don't make 12 min + vids for something that can be explained in a sub two minute time

[@rigdigwus]

nice getting a 10+ minute video out of it just to squeeze more money out of it. this video couldve been 2 minutes long

[@olafransson2688]

haha, classic noob youtubers, have 10 sec of information, makes a 12 min video...downvote...

[@SselluosS]

Hey, , D3 switch players.....learn to play or GTFO the god damn game. When doing bounties...*STOP* teleporting to your team mates...go to your own act and do the bounties. If you can't solo with multiple people joined you shouldn't be online at all. Stop ruining runs by being a clingy little bitch.

[@rektyrektingson4668]

Lmao talk about gate keeping bro. Relaxxx

[@dyztroyax4628]

What a fucking idiot.

[@michgingras]

Man you are an adult stop wasting you time on games ! get married make some children and love !! this is so sad !

[@RobTorres1905]

Is that the true meaning of being an "adult"? How boring.

[@perfectstrc]

Front 242 Wtf is wrong with you ?!

[@svenderik490]

You have a Linux playlist? Fucking nerd, get laid!

[@Ciscokehd]

That's funny, I'm an adult in my mid 20's and I own my own business. I probably make 3 or 4 times what you make annually. I STILL play diablo and other games I like. There are these things called hobbies, and part of being an adult is juggling your hobbies with your obligations. Making diablo content is Jake's hobby, and I'm glad for that because I have learned a ton about this great game from his videos. TBH I find your willingness to go online and waste your time commenting negatively on someone else's content quite pathetic. Perhaps you're the one that needs to reassess their priorities.

[@samc3100]

Great way to kill any free time and money you may have had only for the little shits to begin to hate as they age. Ill stay single and happy thanks.