06-20-2012, 09:29 PM
Just a note to say why I feel like a good portion of the damage issue right now is gear. My monk entered hell at 2k damage. Was only at 2.5k in Act 2 when I posted earlier. I just recently picked up a weapon upgrade that boosted me to 3.3k damage. (which has me feeling better already) I'm also only 56.
In comparison my Witch Doctor was at 3k damage when he entered Hell and was 60 already at around where I am now. So I'm feeling a bit behind where I should be at this point just because of that previous experience.
I should also note that I've been running purple gems in my weapons since before I finished normal. I pretty much decided early on with this character that I wanted to prioritize life on hit on my weapons and haven't looked back from that. Though at the moment I don't actually even have sockets in my weapons.
My feeling at the moment with the extra second on Serenity is that I end Serentiy at full health anyway so a heal on top of that doesn't do anything. I shall try to pay more attention though to see if that is what is actually happening or not.
For me The Guardian's Path and Transcendence are required passives. So if I were to swap in One With Everything it would be for Seize the Initiative which is a somewhat questionable swap. Probably worth it right now though. I'd lose 9% armor mit, but physical resistance would go up 12%. Of course Fire resist (my current high) would then effectively be going down 9% from the armor loss. Probably worth it, but not hugely so and, to be honest, I feel like One with everything is too strong right now and will be nerfed and as such I feel dirty using it. Thus I'm resisting right now and sticking with Seize. Even though my non-AH using makes it about where they would want it to be. It's really the AH and being able to pick your resists easier that makes it over strong. That is my understanding anyway. So I shouldn't feel dirty for using it really. Yet I do.
In comparison my Witch Doctor was at 3k damage when he entered Hell and was 60 already at around where I am now. So I'm feeling a bit behind where I should be at this point just because of that previous experience.
I should also note that I've been running purple gems in my weapons since before I finished normal. I pretty much decided early on with this character that I wanted to prioritize life on hit on my weapons and haven't looked back from that. Though at the moment I don't actually even have sockets in my weapons.
My feeling at the moment with the extra second on Serenity is that I end Serentiy at full health anyway so a heal on top of that doesn't do anything. I shall try to pay more attention though to see if that is what is actually happening or not.
For me The Guardian's Path and Transcendence are required passives. So if I were to swap in One With Everything it would be for Seize the Initiative which is a somewhat questionable swap. Probably worth it right now though. I'd lose 9% armor mit, but physical resistance would go up 12%. Of course Fire resist (my current high) would then effectively be going down 9% from the armor loss. Probably worth it, but not hugely so and, to be honest, I feel like One with everything is too strong right now and will be nerfed and as such I feel dirty using it. Thus I'm resisting right now and sticking with Seize. Even though my non-AH using makes it about where they would want it to be. It's really the AH and being able to pick your resists easier that makes it over strong. That is my understanding anyway. So I shouldn't feel dirty for using it really. Yet I do.