Anybody else playing Season 1?

[Aahzmadius]

I'm playing it, for whatever that's worth. Although I'm less than pleased with the Barb I have. I hope that's just a gear deficiency. After all the buffs I saw Barbs getting, I was hoping they were more than just wannabe Crusaders now. I mean, I like Crusaders, but I also want Barbs to be an effective and different. Running Frenzy, Leap, Rend, Revenge, Whirlwind, and Earthquake. Passives (not yet L70) are Weapon Master, Superstition, and I keep switching back and forth between Berzerker Rage and Ruthless, not fully happy with either. Think I'm going to do Nerves of Steel for the last one, since dying more often than Kenny is my main problem, even on Master.

Well...at this point barbs are still wannabe Crusaders. Most classes are, actually...well-geared Crusaders are probably the most powerful class in the game. While 2.1 may have closed the gap, I don't think it shook up the class balance much. But it's still early; new builds and gear combos may emerge.

I geared up a fire barb as well as a cold barb (click my profile to see Mirtai, the cold barb). I lost my fire barb to a disconnect during one of the DDoS attacks (99% of my time is in Hardcore mode), but she was handling T4 pretty well. I had good enough gear to do a no-generator build: HotA, Leap, Ground Stomp, War Cry, Battle Rage, and Threatening Shout. Passives were Superstition, Rampage, Ruthless...good grief, I don't even remember. Definitely not Nerves of Steel or Tough as Nails, though. With the barb's STR, you should have plenty of Armor; getting enough All Resist is the challenge (which is one reason why Superstition is always selected for me).

The Cold barb is more of a group character focused on crowd control. DPS isn't that strong, but she can kill fine on T1. T2 is a stretch, but I ran her plenty in T3 with other characters providing the DPS. The fire barb worked solo and in groups.

At some point I'll level another barb for a Physical build with 300th Spear and Doombringer. But for now...Seasons!