03-15-2003, 12:18 PM
What can I say, I was trying to rush a character through Normal just for the hell of it, and I think 3 characters(excluding the rushed one) died a total of FIFTEEN times between them while facing Baal. Am I doing something wrong? How the heck do you Hardcore players survive this cheese-puff?
That Ice Wedge is pure cheese. The knockback factor is greater than anything I've ever seen. Easily three times the distance my Paladin's Smite can go. And it seems to hit multiple times too!
Festering Appendages. LIMIT THEM! I've had characters die from the sheer lag of Baal throwing up about 20 of these suckers. Usually the only reason they die is because I have Thorns on. A good fix would be to limit him to no more than four at a time(or one per player) Anytime he throws up a new one(above the limit), an old one should die. Besides which this power was ripped off from Mephisto...
Mana Burn Nova/Inferno: Lame, mostly irritating to spell-casting characters, as if they weren't suffering enough from Mana-Maiden.
Clone: The fact that the clone is allowed to do exactly the same amount of damage as well as all the abilities is bad enough in and of itself. He should at least take SOME(maybe 1/4 of the damage suffered?) damage when the clone is hit(psychic backlash and all that) Getting caught between 2 Ice Wedges is just plain unfair.
**End Baal Rant**
Firewall: I'd much rather have longer-lasting firewalls that did less damage per second. How exactly is a level 20- character with only 100-200 hitpoints supposed to survive even a couple of seconds if level 1 Firewall does 60++ damage per second? And the Summoner does at least level 3 I think(based on the length of the firewall) I've lost count of how many characters I've lost to that death-trap staircase just because some idiot at Buzzard decided to ramp up the damage to compensate for the spell-timer(Sorceresses have Masteries for a reason, you know?!)
**End Ranty Post**
That Ice Wedge is pure cheese. The knockback factor is greater than anything I've ever seen. Easily three times the distance my Paladin's Smite can go. And it seems to hit multiple times too!
Festering Appendages. LIMIT THEM! I've had characters die from the sheer lag of Baal throwing up about 20 of these suckers. Usually the only reason they die is because I have Thorns on. A good fix would be to limit him to no more than four at a time(or one per player) Anytime he throws up a new one(above the limit), an old one should die. Besides which this power was ripped off from Mephisto...
Mana Burn Nova/Inferno: Lame, mostly irritating to spell-casting characters, as if they weren't suffering enough from Mana-Maiden.
Clone: The fact that the clone is allowed to do exactly the same amount of damage as well as all the abilities is bad enough in and of itself. He should at least take SOME(maybe 1/4 of the damage suffered?) damage when the clone is hit(psychic backlash and all that) Getting caught between 2 Ice Wedges is just plain unfair.
**End Baal Rant**
Firewall: I'd much rather have longer-lasting firewalls that did less damage per second. How exactly is a level 20- character with only 100-200 hitpoints supposed to survive even a couple of seconds if level 1 Firewall does 60++ damage per second? And the Summoner does at least level 3 I think(based on the length of the firewall) I've lost count of how many characters I've lost to that death-trap staircase just because some idiot at Buzzard decided to ramp up the damage to compensate for the spell-timer(Sorceresses have Masteries for a reason, you know?!)
**End Ranty Post**