(10-13-2012, 05:59 AM)Concillian Wrote: Last couple days I decided to just clear Inferno before the 1.05 patch. It was fun, and I learned some stuff.
Grats on clearing Inferno before the patch. I would have liked to make more Act 3 progression with my Meteor Wizard, but I had too many close calls for comfort. I'm now doing full clears of Act 2 as you can only do so many Butcher runs, and it's going well besides the Bee champion packs.
While running Act 2/3 I switched to the passive Galvanizing Ward (Life Regen) and Blood Magic on Magic Weapon. While it would be more effective to get those life stats on items, it's easier said then done while juggling the other stats I need. So giving up a bit of DPS is making the playthrough much more comfortable on the hardcore mode end. If I ever find a 900+ dps wand with at least 500 LoH, APoC, +AP then I'll go back to Astral Presence and Force Weapon.
But anyhow, nice job on clearing Inferno before the patch. I'm a little bit sad it won't be the same accomplishment clearing Inferno now, but after playing on the PTR the game flow does feel better.
*edit - Nevermind about not using Astral Presence. It's just too good. Not having it severely limits the number of Meteors which in turn does a lot less DPS and less Critical Mass procs. I got some decent Life regen boots instead. I was noticing a significant slowdown in killing speed when playing without AP.