Barbs are underpowered for sure. My DH is lvl 32 and has almost as much DPS as my barb who is 53.
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Barbs are underpowered for sure. My DH is lvl 32 and has almost as much DPS as my barb who is 53.
Demon hunters don't use shields. Its typically another hand gun or quiver.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rush
Right now, I'm seeing that a 2 handed cross bow can out DPS duel wielding. For duel wielding to be effective you need near identical damage levels and attack speeds. Damage doesn't stack, but other bonuses like vitality, gold pick-up, and etc. Not sure about exp gain and some other attributes.
Oops, thought you were playing a monk in my rush to leave yesterday. I had an Office Space moment where it was either leave within 5 minutes, or face getting involved in more project work when my boss got back from a meeting. :cool:
I agree, not only is it more cost-effective to use a 2h bow and quiver, it usually gets you way more damage as well. Dual-crossbows are only good through levels 40-50.
For your other question - at the moment, it's all about attack speed. This will raise your DPS ridiculously, way more than any other stat right now. Hold off on making it a point to acquire any expensive IAS or ASI items though - 1.03 will probably nerf this a bit. If you come across cheap attack speed options, definitely pick them up. Also pile on as much critical chance and damage as you can. Crit chance should be higher priority than crit damage until you've stacked at least 25%, then equal. Dexterity is fourth behind all of these. Primary stat stacking isn't that necessary until you have a really high damage weapon - so you can focus on other stuff more than Dex until nearly level 60. That said, I would still pile on the dex, but always take IAS/Crit gear over it or combined with it.
Edit - Once you have a 60 weapon, if it has a socket, put a nice emerald in it rather than ruby. It absolutely kills me to see higher levels running around with weapons socketed with rubies... they're missing out on a ton of critical damage. (though I guess it makes sense if they have no crit chance...)
Edit 2 - This tip goes for everyone. Once you get to inferno, get 12% run speed boots and at least one legendary/set item with 6-7% movement speed. It will feel like you're playing a different character, as you will be able to outrun every mob except fast champs. I don't care if you're ranged or melee - you will face many, many situations where you need to run for your life or dodge projectiles. You can't do either without good speed. Right now, I'm trying to figure out how to add more MS to read the 25% cap without gimping my character too badly.
Barbs are absolutely not underpowered, they just require a hell of a lot more gold to gear up. I met a barb yesterday in-game who had 100+ mill of gear on, and he put my wizard to shame.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nik00117
But yeah, I would agree that it's crazy difficult to play a barb as your first character. My friends who have melees are still getting destroyed past act 1 nightmare. When you hit that wall, it's tough to get past. You need about 10-20 mill to even start gearing up so you can do some runs in act 3 and beyond.
Your friends suck, NM is not that difficult. I progressed all the way through Nightmare I spent maybe 100k on gear.Quote:
But yeah, I would agree that it's crazy difficult to play a barb as your first character. My friends who have melees are still getting destroyed past act 1 nightmare. When you hit that wall, it's tough to get past. You need about 10-20 mill to even start gearing up so you can do some runs in act 3 and beyond.
When I read comments like this I feel like there is some secret in the game that I'm missing. I know my computer is kind of crap and that's why I die a lot, but I feel like I'd die a lot even with an awesome new rig.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nik00117
I duhno who these people are who play all the way up to Inferno and "only die twice". The gear makes a big difference, but still. Maybe it's because DH doesn't have a done of powerful AOE stuff? I get surrounded and can't dodge fireballs or energy balls. Or those damn purple laser beams, those get me every time.
I meant to say inferno, not nightmare. Let me know how you do with 100k once you get there. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nik00117
I guarantee you it's your laptop. I have a friend that plays a monk on both a laptop and a powerful home PC. He had *no* idea how bad the laptop was making him - he claimed it played D3 pretty well and didn't lag at all. But we knew every single time he was on the laptop because his character stutter-stepped the entire time! It was so bad that his character took twice as long as mine to run across a map - and that's when I had zero additional movement speed. It was painful to watch. There were significant pauses between each of his attacks. When he switched to the computer, his character movement looked fluid and he was able to kill/dodge.Quote:
Originally Posted by ImaNihilist
Try playing D3 just once on a computer and I bet it'll feel like a brand new character. :p
I was in agreement with Niko but at the same time was REALLY hoping you meant hell or inferno ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rush
I swear, all the little teleporting frogs in hell are a DH's worst nightmare. Those purple sentry's get me just about every time too :(Quote:
Originally Posted by ImaNihilist
AH LOL yes Inferno is a whole different ball game.Quote:
I meant to say inferno, not nightmare. Let me know how you do with 100k once you get there.
LOL Yup either way my Wizard is doing way better then my Barb.Quote:
I was in agreement with Niko but at the same time was REALLY hoping you meant hell or inferno
I have a weekend free... wonder if my rig could handle this... hrrmmmmm??
Beat diablo last night. The last Act was extremely short. The first two were by far the longest. Rushed maybe? There was still a lot of content. I was surprised not to see any snow zones in it, but I guess they need environments for later expansion.
What I find always funny with Blizzard games is how grandiose their cutscenes are. A Hollywood quality cutscene rolls with realistic looking characters and very serious overtones, then it cuts into a low poly cartoony world. This is especially apparent in WoW, but Diablo 3 still carries the same effect.
It took me right at 18 hours to beat normal. I explored every nook on every map and ended up being almost level 33.
The verdict, its a great game that seems to be lacking sometimes. I don't know what they could add, but I'd like to see more side events or something to break up normal play. There seems to be much less events in Act 3 and 4. Actually, I don't think I got any in those Acts but got tons in the earlier ones.
The graphics in Blizzard games never look ground breaking, but they also stand up to the test of time much better than other games. I'm not sure why, but every Blizzard games still seems to look good to me even after 6-7 years, where other games look incredibly bad in hindsight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timman_24
Even W3 still looks great to me.
I think there are more events in Act 3 and 4 than we think. I keep looking at the achievements and there are all these events that I have never done. Even though I swear I have searched every little part of the map multiple times.
I was amazed how much I missed even in Act I and II according to achievements.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snakespy
Haven't played in a while. Got a new machine on the way that will hopefully be able to handle it a bit better.
It was night and day for me going to my desktop from my MBP. Still die a lot as a DH thought. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by ImaNihilist
Soul lashers can eat a bit one!
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Originally Posted by Snakespy
i think its randomized... i started every character, and they all had different side quests in the first act.. also, i think you get more quests in a party
I got a new MacBook Air. Not exactly powerful, but from what I've seen I should be able to run low settings with an HD4000 just fine. That's all I need.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToMo
Even on low settings with my 320M the machine would just crawl after Act 1.
on my gf's 2011 MBA, there is no difference between LOW and MEDIUM settings... the things that kill fps though are shadows, vsync, and AAQuote:
Originally Posted by ImaNihilist
Fine with me. I was running the game in a window, with low/off everything and it still lagged.Quote:
Originally Posted by kpxgq
Yeah I dont know about anyone else but Im bored with this game. Grinding is just not fun, and the end game wall is just frustrating.
Worth the 60 bux for the 100+ hrs though.
i dont understand paying real money for any gear below level 60
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Originally Posted by flutie98
This is all that needs to be said.
I was annoyed at the 12-hour downtime today, but someone told me it's due to 1.03 dropping. I'm excited to see the changes in Inferno - hoping it will make co-op a little easier.