from what I've played in the beta, barbarians are overpowered for that area, i was just using cleave (with rupture) and ground stomp (with deafening crash) and ploughing my way through everything fast, i tried demon hunter since everyone was going crazy for it but i thought it was so slow to play compared to the barbarian
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Still can't decide whether to get this straight away or not!
Mainly because I can't decide between a Wizard or Demon Hunter
Does anyone from the beta know if the Demon Hunter class is on par with the wizard as I heard it was pretty over powered.
Also whats the map layout for this game like? Is it linear but free to explore with a hub (like dark souls for those who have played it) or is it more just going through corridors then sorting out gear at the end of each one?
I've finished it with all classes bar the monk (can't be bothered, pretty bored of beta now) and they are about the same TBH. All the classes seem about the same DPS wise, since they all have AOE attacks. The DH, Wizard and WD in particular feel similar since they all shoot things. I think DH was a bit more fun than the Wizard since the Wizard shoots a boring ice beam or shoots arcane bolts, whereas the DH gets machine-gun style blasting and gets shots that go through targets.
The map is the same as any isometric RPG - you have the town where you sell/buy your gear and you run out from there to fields then a cathedral and there are waypoints around the place that let you fast travel between places. You also get a town portal to teleport straight back to town. There are a few random quests around the map, and the maps are randomly generated (I think not completely though sinceI think most of the outside around the cathedral was the same and some set areas are the same where the character says stuff). You also find cellars in the first part of the game that you can go in. You should check out the gameplay vids on youtube.
Took me about 2 hours for each run through, with skipping dialogue. Can't check exactly now since they wiped characters for patch 16. It is only very few skills and gear that you get to try out though. It's like just as the game gets interesting it ends.
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I was a bit disappointed with the barb - most of the attacks are just hitting with a slightly different coloured swirl (except leap obviously). Only played one up to lvl 11 though, so I'm sure there is more intersting stuff to be seen. It's very satisfying when you hear that bashing and the enemies go flying off
Really don't like WD though, his moves are just too silly (hands coming out the ground, flying bats and acid frogs). And I really don't like the zombie dog design, they look like shaved poodles and the hind legs aren't right.
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Will be playing Monk on release -- Barb has the best set of skills for the beta imo, cleave + frenzy. Leap is awesome too when you realize you can jump between floors or over gaps etc with it.
The short cool down immunity and support skills of the monk plus burst damage attacks like seven sided strike should be fun. The only thing that is lacking really is mobility imo, dashing strike generating spirit instead of using it would be amazing.
Edit, in reflection this mightn't be as big of a deal when monks get some spirit regen.
The short cool down immunity and support skills of the monk plus burst damage attacks like seven sided strike should be fun. The only thing that is lacking really is mobility imo, dashing strike generating spirit instead of using it would be amazing.
Edit, in reflection this mightn't be as big of a deal when monks get some spirit regen.
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Lucky man!! I've been checking every day just so I can just get a damn glimpse in to the game but no beta for me.... sigh
In the same boat, moving flat on the 30th and doesn't appear to be virgin in the area. So having to rely on BT.
I was just going to say the monk armour sets will have spirit regen on. And monk for me too
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Working fine here, but not heard if it's been fixed across the board. 580.
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I was just going to say the monk armour sets will have spirit regen on. And monk for me too
Pretty sure monk specific weapons i.e. fists and diabos have spirit regen on as well. Had a few spirit regen fist weapon drops in the beta,
I think after getting over the initial hill of having no spirit regen at all, it will make a difference to the gameplay. Regening spirit when traveling, etc will be great.
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Hope they have new versions of the Baruza crossbow and the Windforce bow in this game just for the retro people
Looking forwards to this, can't wait! ordered CE from Amazon a little while ago so just waiting for that.
Looking forwards to this, can't wait! ordered CE from Amazon a little while ago so just waiting for that.
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I'm going to probably play the Demon Hunter so having nice bows will be good. I will probably take all the characters through normal though before committing too much to any single class as the beta was quite short, you don't necessarily get a feel for how the characters do overall.
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