Newbie Q&A

[Ellay]

Btw, I hope I didn't add too much hype to my classes. They are fun for me and it feels like melee scales so much better with more gear. It's a much smoother experience, there isn't a lot of kiting involved unless it's a bad affix and you need to dodge bit. You just run in and pew pew pew similar to DK's or Paladins in WoW.
The Skeleton King in the beginning just has a ton of hp, also if you have an issue initially with him - dodge his main swing attack or just level up a bit more.

[dancook]

Btw, I hope I didn't add too much hype to my classes.

I believe any hype is justified i'm really enjoying the setup.

[Mokoi]

Well, I am not as convinced yet.

I have been playing both the 1xbarb / 3xmonk and the 4x witch doctors.

I am enjoying the witch doctors a lot more than the monk barbs. Maybe it's just becase they are still low level, but I feel like it's a pain in the ass running around after mobs in areas. With the WD I can just stand and shoot from the middle of the room and just kill everything.

I started them at about the same pace, I finished Act I the same day (twice because of the stupid re-start after starter edition). And then started playing my WD more because I found them more fun.

Now my WDs just killed Diablo at level 30, and my monks are sitting at level 19. I do like them, and maybe they will pick up later, but I actually find that the damage of the WD is gone crazy compared to what the monmks are at the same level as the WDs.. AND i can afford now to pimp the melee team with the best rares that i can buy on the AH and what I pickd up from the ah, and they still have issues sticking to mobs, etc. Maybe i just suck haha.

I'll keep playing them both, but it's a fun game and my first week was very fun. Diablo was a good fight, I died twice on the clone shades when they just blew me up with AOE lol....

-Dan

[Ellay]

Check my video in the other thread. You get cyclone strike at lvl 14, then an improved version of it at lvl 25. It makes it so you don't have to chase after monsters if pulls them right to you.
Witch Doctors are amazing though if you stack CC. It's all about fun factor.

[Mokoi]

I have a question about the monk / barb team that I could use some advice on.

Should I (remembering that I am still going through normal mode on my barb/monk team) be using a shield on my barb or on all of them to increase survivability? or should I be using a 2H on all of them? just the monks? just the barb?

how do you guys choose your gear for leveling? I guess the off-hand weapon or shield if you use one only adds stas that are not on hit or damage, since that affects only that weapon which doesnt hit? or something? They made the weapon itimization really confusing IMO

Someone know what's best for pre-60?