11-22-2006, 01:41 AM
FB has a good point which I haven't seen addressed. Most of your examples use caster builds. Where's the melee part?
>Conviction, at the very least needs to be on your list. It is completely unfair. Essentially, it eliminates the need for a secondary element (on elemental characters, including, but not limited to, Sorceresses, Amazons, and Druids) AND attack rating.
Why are you citing almost every class that gets this so called unfair benefit except the Paladin himself? And why should MP be the all deciding factor for SP as well?
>If you've never used War Cry, I don't expect understanding there. It's like the old Nova Sorceress, except you stun everything in a radius. For ~10 seconds. The enemies not only don't have a fighting chance; they cannot even move or attack, their two basic functions (aside from dropping items, I suppose).
You know, there are still players who chose to play a Barb build other than a War Crier.
>I could, and should, list more, but I won't, as you're no doubt sick of this line of reasoning.
What I'm wondering is why your line of reasoning seems to be based on mostly if not all, caster builds. That's fine if you're talking about casters in general. D2 \LoD is certainly weighted in favor of AoE casters most of the time, but that's not the total picture of the whole game.
You mentioned that 'if you've never used war cry, you don't expect understanding there'. Well I think it's fair to ask if you've ever played any melee builds, because without it I don't expect you to understand either.