BuriBear

[Olon97]

Patch 1.10 will make this build obsolete by fixing the 'feature' that allows a Burriza Do Kanon to be treated, for damage purposes, as a melee weapon, when it's function, as a cross bow, is as a MISSILE weapon.  Funny, you dont see any bolts coming out of it when usnig Feral Rage, do you? :)

IMO, it should disable all Wereform attack modes when equipped, as wereform is a MELEE attack mode.  Alternatively, it should give out damage like a wooden club in the hands of a were creature: a big piece of wood being swung as a weapon.  :P

Sorry, rant over, but this 'feature' smells to me.  For those who enjoy it, I suppose that fun is where you find it. :)

I've gotten used to patches making my builds obsolete (low dex CD2 smite pally for instance). Since I plan on playing ladder chars (not to compete, but to be in a fresh economy), I'm not too concerned.

The fact that a bolt/arrow doesn't get depleted each hit and also that you're able to attack without any bolts/arrows is the cheapest part of wereforms with bows, IMO. It makes it like a free 'indestructable' modifier. I would prefer that they just fixed that element of bow/crossbow wereform use. I don't see any sign of any weapon when using werforms with any attack skill, as far as I can tell the weapons totally dissapear and their innate properties are magically tied into the powers of the wolf's/bear's claws. If it's a well crafted axe or a well crafted bow, you're still talking about some defiance of the law of conservation of mass seeing the thing meld into animal claws and back.

No offense taken on the rant - I understand your perspective. I played a CD2 hammerdin and a CD2 sorceress with a piercing bow (that made glacial spike pierce). If there is a build that probably wasn't forseen by blizzard, and yet is still interesting to play - I don't have any personal inhibitions about trying it out. Both of those other builds were fixed because they weren't what Blizzard intended, and that's fine too.