06-18-2006, 06:42 PM
Hail Hammerskjold,
I didn't even think of a CtC AoE weapon, that's great idea. I'll be sure to look into it. Unfortunately Crescent Moon is the only weapon available to me (I only use swords, so Schaeffer is out), but CMoon looks very fitting to my play style. Even more so since I'm using War Cry over Howl (monsters will be around to get hit by my AoE rather than fleeing). I'll look into my odds of getting a "Um" rune and those three socket exceptional / elite swords.
This is purely the reason why I don't play RPGs when they first come out. I really dislike the idea of my character changing. I could only imagine how fustrating it would be if I spent the time and effort geting my guy up to level 85+ only to have his strategy changed. I'm extremely against using character editors, but if that happend I might allow myself to re-destribute my skill points (like a WoW Respec). But it doesn't seem like they are going to overhaul Diablo 2 anytime soon.
-MonTy
Quote:But in the context of a solo 1h Concentrator, he's probably better served with a fast weapon that has CtC AoE effects, to compensate for his 1 on 1 attack style and lack of raw damage. A Schaeffer like you mentioned, or Crescent Moon or a LawBringer might be a better fit. Out of the 3, iirc only Schaeffer and CMoon is potentially available to him as an endgame weapon, since he's not in Online Ladder.
I didn't even think of a CtC AoE weapon, that's great idea. I'll be sure to look into it. Unfortunately Crescent Moon is the only weapon available to me (I only use swords, so Schaeffer is out), but CMoon looks very fitting to my play style. Even more so since I'm using War Cry over Howl (monsters will be around to get hit by my AoE rather than fleeing). I'll look into my odds of getting a "Um" rune and those three socket exceptional / elite swords.
Quote:I'll readily admit I myself don't play the game in 'stock' form much nowadays. I'm mostly into mods or offline sp with the runes. txt file enabled. I'm tired of seeing bliz patches putting most of my chars into a coma, so while I disagree with you on the ZOD, I think I see where you're coming from. Especially if you had a high level char that got hit with 'improvement' during the change to 1.10. My lvl 80 1.09 Martyr got Schiavoed in 1.10. But hey I guess I should thank my lucky stars my Martyr didn't get improved the way the Amazon's Immolation arrow did. Bliz sure made an example out of her on that one.
This is purely the reason why I don't play RPGs when they first come out. I really dislike the idea of my character changing. I could only imagine how fustrating it would be if I spent the time and effort geting my guy up to level 85+ only to have his strategy changed. I'm extremely against using character editors, but if that happend I might allow myself to re-destribute my skill points (like a WoW Respec). But it doesn't seem like they are going to overhaul Diablo 2 anytime soon.
-MonTy