Well Diablo 3 season 10 just ended this last Friday and I had a very good season. I ended up playing a lot more than some past seasons. I was able to reach paragon level 991, which is the highest I ever reached in a season. That put me in the top 300 of all NA hardcore players. This is pretty unbelievable since I only play by myself. I know I could have gotten a higher paragon level if I played with other players but I like playing by myself. This was achieved by only playing 190 hours (184 hours on my witch doctor and 6 hours on my barbarian). My non-seasonal paragon level is now at 1361. As for greater rifts, my highest greater rift that I did on my witch doctor was a greater rift 81, which put me in rank 64 of all of the hardcore NA witch doctors. I was really happy that I was able to do a greater rift 81 since my highest greater previous to that was a greater rift 79 (in a season). My barbarian was able to do a greater rift 60. I could have done a higher greater rift for my barbarian but I didn't feel like pushing it on my barbarian. If I would have reached a greater rift 65, it would have ranked in the top 1000. I also ended up finishing the guardian seasonal journey this season.
My main goal this season was to do a greater rift 70 and maybe find some primal ancient legendaries. I ended up finding a lot of primals but unfortunately none of items that I found were usable in my Helltooth witch doctor set. I found about 5 2-handers, a couple of 1-handers, some set pieces (2 jade chest pieces, 1 zunimassa's ring), some other armor pieces, and a couple of other jewelry. I was really disappointed that I couldn't find any primals for my Helltooth witch doctor but since I was able to do greater rift 81 without them, I really didn't care that I couldn't find any primals for the Helltooth build. I was mostly playing a Helltooth witch doctor for the entire season. My first (and only) death came when I switched over to a Zunimassa build. Since I was playing with the Zunimassa set, I didn't lose any Helltooth items so gearing back up wasn't a big problem. I tried doing a Legacy of Nightmare Spirit Barrage build but I didn't feel too comfortable with it yet. I think the LoN spirit barrage build is something that I would like to try in the future since it is capable of doing a higher greater rift than the Helltooth build. I might even try it during the off-season.
With the necromancer coming out this Tuesday, I will probably spend a lot of time playing that in the off season. There is lengthy break between season 10 and 11 so there should be plenty of time to experiment with the necromancer. For season 11, I will probably play with the witch doctor mostly since I know that everyone will be playing the necromancer. I feel really comfortable playing the witch doctor since it is very easy levelling up and the free Haedrig's gift is the Helltooth set for season 11. Getting the Helltooth set very early on will make it real easy reaching greater rift 70 again. Once I have my witch doctor geared up (and hopefully with a LoN spirit barrage build), I will probably and try gearing up my necromancer. I hope season 11 runs a bit longer (much like in season 10) because it would help me play both classes. I am really looking forward to playing a necromancer because I see a lot people playing it on beta and it looks pretty fun to play with. I hope everyone had a fantastic season 10 and I hope they all enjoy playing season 11 with their necromancer.
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Sunday, June 11, 2017
My Juno Reactor Live Experience Part 2 (San Francisco '08)
This next blog post will cover my experience at the Juno Reactor Live show in San Francisco on September 23, 2008. When I first heard about Juno Reactor coming over to do shows in N. America, I was really excited about attending a live show again. I first thought that Juno might be doing a show in Seattle, which is pretty close to where I am from. Unfortunately, Seattle did not make the list of cities Juno Reactor was going to be at. My next nearest place for the Juno show was in San Francisco so I decided to make plans to attend that show. Juno Reactor was also going to do shows in Colorado, Los Angeles, Chicago and in New York for their N. American tour. I also knew that Mikey (SLK from ReactorLeak) was also going to attend the show in San Fran so I knew I wasn't the only mega fan of Juno going. I think Joe (Unseung from ReactorLeak) was considering going as well but he only went to the Los Angeles show.
When I arrived at the San Fran airport, I was going to get a taxi, to drive me to my hotel. On the way to getting a taxi, someone noticed my t-shirt (my Juno Reactor t-shirt) and asked if I was going to the show later that day. It was a bit weird to me since I didn't think anyone would notice that I had a Juno Reactor shirt on. We chatted a bit before I left to get a taxi to go to my hotel. The live show was on the day that I arrived so I didn't have much time to go sight seeing that day (although I stayed in San Fran for a couple of days more after the live show). I went to the theater pretty early since I wanted to try and get in and see the band but unfortunately they didn't let anyone in early. Since I had a time to kill, I found a Japanese restaurant near by and ate my dinner there. After dinner, I lined up with other Juno Reactor fans. Fortunately, Mikey was already there and he noticed me and told me that we were going to see Ben after the show. There was a pretty good mix of fans at this show. There were many young people (some of those were Sugizo fans) and some older folks as well. People were coming from all over the place (I was from Canada, met someone from Utah).
The venue where the live show was pretty small but it was pretty packed with fans (maybe a hundred or so). The set list and Juno Reactor lineup was pretty much the same as the Fuji Rock show. The lineup consisted of Ben, Taz (vocals), Ghetto Priest (vocals), Amampondo (percussion), Greg Ellis (drums) and Sugizo (guitar). I bought a Juno Reactor poster there (it is now hanging in my computer room, I almost lost it when I was travelling back home). One new song that Juno Reactor performed was "Earthquake in the heart of Rome" (it never was released as a single or in an album). Another song that was performed at the San Fran show and not at the Fuji Rock show was "Inca Steppa". Some of my favourite songs that were performed were Biot Messiah (both Sugizo and Ben were excellent on the guitars), Pistolero (always a favourite live song), and Angels and Men (Taz did an excellent job singing on this one). The absolutely favourite moment that I will remember for as long as I live is when Mabi Thobejane did his drum solo. It was the most incredible performance that I ever saw. It is one thing to be able to see greatness in a video but it is a whole another thing to witness something great live. I wish I could describe what he was able to do but I don't think I can accurately describe what Mabi did.
After the show (it was a pretty long show, I was feeling exhausted but real happy), me and Mikey met Ben backstage. I got my photo taken with Ben and I also got to talk with other members of the band.
I was real happy with this experience since I never got the chance to do it when I went to Japan to attend the Fuji Rock concert. To compare this experience with Fuji Rock is kind of complicated since these were two different shows. Having my first Juno show outdoors with a massive crowd was pretty spectacular but I prefer a more intimate setting since it feels as though you are really connected with the band. After the show, I stayed in San Fran for a couple days and went sight seeing. San Francisco reminds of Victoria for some reason (they both have a wax museum and other similar sight seeing sights). I did go see Alcatraz, went on the trolley and the infamous curved street. I really had a great time in San Fran and I hope one day Juno Reactor will have another N. American tour soon.
When I arrived at the San Fran airport, I was going to get a taxi, to drive me to my hotel. On the way to getting a taxi, someone noticed my t-shirt (my Juno Reactor t-shirt) and asked if I was going to the show later that day. It was a bit weird to me since I didn't think anyone would notice that I had a Juno Reactor shirt on. We chatted a bit before I left to get a taxi to go to my hotel. The live show was on the day that I arrived so I didn't have much time to go sight seeing that day (although I stayed in San Fran for a couple of days more after the live show). I went to the theater pretty early since I wanted to try and get in and see the band but unfortunately they didn't let anyone in early. Since I had a time to kill, I found a Japanese restaurant near by and ate my dinner there. After dinner, I lined up with other Juno Reactor fans. Fortunately, Mikey was already there and he noticed me and told me that we were going to see Ben after the show. There was a pretty good mix of fans at this show. There were many young people (some of those were Sugizo fans) and some older folks as well. People were coming from all over the place (I was from Canada, met someone from Utah).
The venue where the live show was pretty small but it was pretty packed with fans (maybe a hundred or so). The set list and Juno Reactor lineup was pretty much the same as the Fuji Rock show. The lineup consisted of Ben, Taz (vocals), Ghetto Priest (vocals), Amampondo (percussion), Greg Ellis (drums) and Sugizo (guitar). I bought a Juno Reactor poster there (it is now hanging in my computer room, I almost lost it when I was travelling back home). One new song that Juno Reactor performed was "Earthquake in the heart of Rome" (it never was released as a single or in an album). Another song that was performed at the San Fran show and not at the Fuji Rock show was "Inca Steppa". Some of my favourite songs that were performed were Biot Messiah (both Sugizo and Ben were excellent on the guitars), Pistolero (always a favourite live song), and Angels and Men (Taz did an excellent job singing on this one). The absolutely favourite moment that I will remember for as long as I live is when Mabi Thobejane did his drum solo. It was the most incredible performance that I ever saw. It is one thing to be able to see greatness in a video but it is a whole another thing to witness something great live. I wish I could describe what he was able to do but I don't think I can accurately describe what Mabi did.
After the show (it was a pretty long show, I was feeling exhausted but real happy), me and Mikey met Ben backstage. I got my photo taken with Ben and I also got to talk with other members of the band.
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