06-23-2003, 03:00 AM
I think that I am going to stick with barbarian for the time being. Masteries I won't worry about until later when I find the weapon I want to use (which I really like mauls...I found one the other day and am trying to build up my barb's strength so he can use it). Don't want to put points in a Mastery I never use. I think for the most part I'm going to go with a defensive barb, since I doubt those skills would be nerfed (Shout, Iron Skin, and Battle Orders). I also might see what weapons and items I have and see if I want to bother raising Whirlwind or not (I also want to see if they happen to nerf it or not).
My other choice should I decide that I really don't want to try to get a barb through all those areas again is a necromancer. I've always wanted to make a summon's only necro and with them beefing up skellys this is something that is very possible now. I just better hope I can do ok in games with lots of people because of the lag my summons can cause (which then I would probably just keep to using skeleton mages). I'm not entirely sure which golem I'd build up a little, except maybe Fire Golem. That's always been my favorite :).
I don't think I will ever stand a chance of getting on the ladder at all, so I just decided that any ladder character I make will be for pure fun. I'm not going to worry about trying to get a place on it.
I'm curious how in regular channels they'll show the difference between normal characters and ladder characters. I would guess their name might be in a different color and it would prolly say "Ladder" on their quick info thing when you hover your mouse over their character in chat.
My other choice should I decide that I really don't want to try to get a barb through all those areas again is a necromancer. I've always wanted to make a summon's only necro and with them beefing up skellys this is something that is very possible now. I just better hope I can do ok in games with lots of people because of the lag my summons can cause (which then I would probably just keep to using skeleton mages). I'm not entirely sure which golem I'd build up a little, except maybe Fire Golem. That's always been my favorite :).
I don't think I will ever stand a chance of getting on the ladder at all, so I just decided that any ladder character I make will be for pure fun. I'm not going to worry about trying to get a place on it.
I'm curious how in regular channels they'll show the difference between normal characters and ladder characters. I would guess their name might be in a different color and it would prolly say "Ladder" on their quick info thing when you hover your mouse over their character in chat.