Coopers Green wrote:

Strongholds can get to fuck. At this point I persist with the game because I spent so much on it.

afgavinstan wrote:

I'm still loving it. Strongholds are really not made for solo runs tbh.

Yup, still having a blast and gotta say I really enjoy clearing out Strongholds. Playing co-op in WT2 for the campaign and the WT3 for the end game we've only really been challenged by a couple of bosses. Most things are absolutely fine and it makes me wonder how skewed the scaling is.

Having said that, we did try a level 17 nightmare dungeon the other night and man that was brutal, easily the toughest thing we've done 'til now. We had to drop back down to level 10 and are gradually increasing difficulty as we level up. We were doing 13's comfortably last night.

Also unlocked my second Paragon board and I'm working my way towards my first legendary node, which should give me another considerable power spike.

Tbh I wasn't considering the second board at all when I started, I just made a beeline for the custom glyph slot and then built the board up to take the most advantage I could from that. It has really helped my build though (especially as I've continued levelling up the custom glyph), and I'd suggest trying that approach if a custom glyph will make a big difference to your build.  

Once that was done I have straight-lined for the second board's legendary node.

Yeah some of those secondary req's aren't gonna be available at first, but you might retroactively hit them as you build up your boards over time. 

Here's my work in progress.





Definitely not the most efficient, and looking at it I can see a couple of nodes I should change, but you get the idea. This was all built around maximising my dex in the red squares to boost my Marksman skill damage from the custom glyph before moving on. I didn't hit the main requirement 'til I got to the rare node at the top left, but when I did my damage sky-rocketed.

Ahhh, didn't even think of retroactive stat boosts. I'll plough on!

Cool, will take a look. My equipment is still in a state of flux, I'm switching new items in and out every night and haven't upgraded anything besides my crossbow.

Yeah I'll plough on with my rogue for now and prob'ly start a druid with S1.

He really is brilliant. I knew I recognised his voice and it was irritating me that I couldn't place it so I Googled him. Goddamn Finchy from The Office!

Servers are down. Currently stuck in an never-ending queue

Eurogamer saying its part of a DDoS attack on Blizzard at the moment. Haven't checked yet on my end if its fixed.

Ok ok ok

Ok so

I respecced my sorcerer into a build that was recommended online. Pretty good, much more punch in a fight, didn't try a boss though. Cool.

Then I tried a new necro character. Wtf. There's the power I was looking for! Maybe it's early game advantages with the Lilith altars I'd already unlocked, but this felt like a proper spell of Diablo, for me!



Will see how it goes.

Coopers Green wrote:

Ok ok ok Ok so I respecced my sorcerer into a build that was recommended online. Pretty good, much more punch in a fight, didn't try a boss though. Cool. Then I tried a new necro character. Wtf. There's the power I was looking for! Maybe it's early game advantages with the Lilith altars I'd already unlocked, but this felt like a proper spell of Diablo, for me! Will see how it goes.

 

That's very good to hear! I would recommend Rogue as well for pure power fantasy, I went melee with Flurry early-game then switched to ranged with Barrage mid-game and they've both been crazy good. Everything's vulnerable and almost permanently poisoned.  

afgavinstan wrote:

I literally cannot wait for the season to start so I can start my skelly army and exploding corpses. Best class.

I'm torn between Necro and Druid for my first seasonal character. Might try a cheeky HC run with each to see how I get on.

Go Rogue or go home.

Blocks100 wrote:

Go Rogue or go home.

Well, your rational, well thought out argument has convinced me to give it a go.

I really do love the Rogue playstyles and almost guarantee you won't regret trying them out. Just about all of the core skills are great fun but Penetrating Shot is probably best left for later on when you've got the legendary aspect and loads of crit.

This is my current Rogue Barrage build. It's all about combo points and stacking vulnerable with poison and/or shadow damage at the expense of crits. Poison trap is mainly for CC, Barrage with poison imbuement is for elites and bosses, shadow imbuement for mobs. Shadow Step is purely for escaping from CC, and there's a surprising amount of sustain in the build for such a squishy character. I've actually got a few more skill points in there from renown rewards, but it gives you a good idea. 

Obviously item sub-stats and my Paragon points are helping, but at level 61 and World Level 3 nothing is a problem.

Hell yeah! And that 8 min cinematic towards the end, holy shit. 

It's definitely worth doing the Capstone Dungeon and trying out World Tier 3 as soon as you can. You get 100% more XP, Sacred and Unique items drop, plus you unlock Helltides and Nightmare Dungeons which are the core of your end-game loot and XP grind. All good stuff.

I mean, the enemies also pierce 20% of your resistances but hey, you got this!