Basic Math - The Failure of Diablo Melee

[Tal]

I'd love to see your account of this because I don't honestly believe you managed pre-LoD to take a Zealot all the way through - excepting maybe if you were twinked. Post-LoD, sure. Pre? Don't see how you'd have gotten past Iron Maiden with a score of uncontrolled swings, or have beaten down Diablo when his block rate would make your entire flurries miss, without it taking an hour or two. And even then, that doesn't make the build good, merely possible. Ember was possible. She wasn't good.

When did the Lounge become only about what was possible and good? I thought this was the place where the Varient Scum™ hung out in the D2 days?

You know the days of singing barbs, melee sorcs, grenade barbs, etc - I remember those days. I'm still trying to figure out what days you and Sirian are remembering.