Diablo 3 (Console versions)

Camalot · 23 Sep 2013 at 22:29

Brill

Drukk · 25 Sep 2013 at 13:57

Can someone give me a bit of advice here, I'm level 13 playing a Monk but I think I'm playing him all wrong!

I'm not struggling at all, infact its still pretty easy but I'm basically dual wielding crossbows and using rapid fire with slowing skills to root and kite.

Am I supposed to be using melee rather than this method?

Edit : According to the website posted further back it is totally wrong! But it works great so should I change or just carry on as is? Maybe keep
it like this till I start to struggle I guess?

Wyrdo · 25 Sep 2013 at 14:02

rapid fire, what? That's not a monk skill? You mean Demon Hunter?

ic1male · 25 Sep 2013 at 14:04

Hmm, the Demon Hunter is geared for bows with his skills. The Monk's skills are geared towards melee. Which one are you?

Drukk · 25 Sep 2013 at 14:05

Wyrdo said:
rapid fire, what? That's not a monk skill? You mean Demon Hunter?

I best check, I'm sure I picked a Monk !

That would explain it I guess!

ic1male · 25 Sep 2013 at 14:09

Drukk said:
I'm not struggling at all, infact its still pretty easy but I'm basically dual wielding crossbows and using rapid fire with slowing skills to root and kite.

I was shocked at how great rapid fire is. It made mincemeat of the Skeleton King.

JoeBoi · 25 Sep 2013 at 14:12

I was thinking about switching from Barb to DH, I'm playing on Normal difficulty and I keep getting killed quite a bit. His still quite low level I've only got to the butcher. Dunno where I'm going wrong should I stick it out or swap?

HarryPainful · 25 Sep 2013 at 14:14

Wait until you get homing turrets O_o

I dropped the Skeleton king in less than 20 seconds in nightmare.

Drukk · 25 Sep 2013 at 14:15

Ok, well, thats embarassing to say the least!

Turns out I did pick a Demon Hunter after all although I did mean to pick a Monk, can't say I'm disappointed though as he seems to work really well but that explains my build confusion!

Drukk · 25 Sep 2013 at 14:17

JoeBoi said:
I was thinking about switching from Barb to DH, I'm playing on Normal difficulty and I keep getting killed quite a bit. His still quite low level I've only got to the butcher. Dunno where I'm going wrong should I stick it out or swap?

I've been playing Demon Hunter thinking it was a Monk and I've hardly died! Thats on Normal difficulty up to lvl 13 so far.

I would say swap if you are not enjoying the Barbarian, rapid fire kiting is great fun as well, can't say how a demon hunter will fare at the higher levels though.

Wyrdo · 25 Sep 2013 at 14:52

Drukk said:
I've been playing Demon Hunter thinking it was a Monk and I've hardly died! Thats on Normal difficulty up to lvl 13 so far.

I would say swap if you are not enjoying the Barbarian, rapid fire kiting is great fun as well, can't say how a demon hunter will fare at the higher levels though.

On the PC it became brutal in Inferno without spending bazillions on gear. If something even glances at you, you die.

Drukk · 25 Sep 2013 at 17:21

Wyrdo said:
On the PC it became brutal in Inferno without spending bazillions on gear. If something even glances at you, you die.

Ok, does n't sound good but I'll probably be long bored of the game by the time I would be reaching that stage

PhoenixUK · 26 Sep 2013 at 13:50

I haven't played on console anything other than demo but on PC i've finished game with all classes and barb within first 2weeks of release before all the nerfs when game was actually damn hard.

My main tip for barbarians is to forget about defense and just set yourself up so that you can 1 hit everything - they scale amazing from level 20-30 as you can have 3 passives all increasing your damage and your dps just jumps through the roof once you get a bit of crit chance and crit damage.

Wyrdo · 26 Sep 2013 at 16:39

Drukk said:
Ok, does n't sound good but I'll probably be long bored of the game by the time I would be reaching that stage

I think it'll be less trouble on the console version, you get better gear drops much more often.

Wingevin · 26 Sep 2013 at 22:04

Drukk said:
I've been playing Demon Hunter thinking it was a Monk and I've hardly died! Thats on Normal difficulty up to lvl 13 so far.

I would say swap if you are not enjoying the Barbarian, rapid fire kiting is great fun as well, can't say how a demon hunter will fare at the higher levels though.

On PC I started with a DH and levelled him to Paragon 100. It is pretty difficult to gear him unless you spend millions and evn then playing him on higher mp levels was very difficult. DH are generally weak compared with other characters like Barb and Monk who have inbuilt additional armour.

When playing inferno levels it is easier to play using barb and monk who can survive better.

Higher MP levels gets better drops usually.

Camalot · 28 Sep 2013 at 21:27

Just completed it the first time round, lvl 31 .

Do I now start again and play again for better drops?

PhoenixUK · 29 Sep 2013 at 10:30

Camalot said:
Just completed it the first time round, lvl 31 .

Do I now start again and play again for better drops?

Just play on the next difficulty! Some monsters and elites will change (they get extra options and get stronger) and you get new better items : )

Camalot · 29 Sep 2013 at 12:17

PhoenixUK said:
Just play on the next difficulty! Some monsters and elites will change (they get extra options and get stronger) and you get new better items : )

Thanks, just started nightmare,logged at lvl 34 just after skele king

Got a fair few legendaries now :cool:

PhilleH · 29 Sep 2013 at 13:07

Do PC vets think this is worth picking up to play through again? I got it on the PC at release and got a good months fun out of it but haven't really picked it up since. Have heard the console version is an improvement and am tempted to go pick this up...