06-13-2006, 01:46 PM
Quote:You mentioned a BotD weapon one of your Barbs got finally and that being 'just ok, but not Uber'. IMHO this _is_ a typical kiddie weapon, regardless of player's age. Does high figures of raw damage, a lot of funky graphical lagging, and renders the uttermost important Cry a Barb can use for offensive purposes - Battle Cry - helpless due to NHD issues with the casted PN and its very special setting of NHD. I've seen Barbs with that weapon cutting through everything in their way not due to their player skill but due to raw damage and the favorized tactic of running at the next enemy and slashing him while ignoring all other enemies. This is hireling's behaviour, not player's.
The reason that I stress the "just ok" factor is that a BOTD is *the* weapon. It is *supposed* to make you "uber", since it is extremely difficult to get, and in SP pretty much impossible. With this weapon, my Barbs were basically on par with my Zealots who were using things like Nord's Tenderizer to start with and Heaven's Light later on which are much easier to get. Hell, you could probably even get them in SP. That makes no sense to me. The most powerful weapon in the game allows Barbs to be on par with Zealots that use mediocre weapons? One of my Pallys had Schaffer's and he was more powerful than a BOTD Barb.... Barbs are supposed to be kings of melee, aren't they? I guess between the time the original manuals for the game came out and 1.10-1.11, Blizz employees forgot what the manual said.
As far as BOTD being a kiddie weapon.... In Bnet play, you can't play a Barb like you would in solo, scattering mobs all over the place. Sorcs and others get pissed off. Try doing a Baal run with that. It's like a difference between a warrior who telekills and one who corners ranged attackers in D1. Only one is really efficient when playing with others. Besides, where is the fun factor? By the time you kill one monster with Conc, the rest are already dead. I suppose you could paint your house and watch the paint dry for a similar experience and you would be doing something useful... hmm. Maybe it's worth a shot after all....
-A