Heiho,
can't speak up for BeB here, but as far as I'm concerned I'm a bit tired. The game is six years old, and I'm registered at various boards since five years. I was all tactics after a year or so, but nowadays with all that common gear it seems it is no longer needed, when all you've got to do is taping your mouse button.
Also I'd second BeB with the plain 'not every melee skill is exactly what I call a crowd control skill' message ;-)
@Dirsch
That is a very good one, I haven't seen that approach for virtually ages.
Sadly, you'll definitively lack damage without a damage booster Aura in Hell difficulty. Back in 1.09 I had a pure Smiter (Fanaticism) with company of a Prayer guy. I had to switch my aura sometimes, because I even then refused to shop a LT wand, so Redemption was it. In Hell I dismissed the Prayer guy with much regret, but the Mighty guy gave my shield the extra punch needed when I couldn't run Fana for one reason or another.
Given the fact that monster life in 1.1x is much higher than before smiting in Hell without any damage booster aura would stretch my patience too far.
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'smiting' as in 'main skill', of course I'll further smite everything away with it as backup or crowd control skill ;-)
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Quote:Where the heck are you guys on the Basin when I'm the only one passionately defending melee skills as "crowd control"???
can't speak up for BeB here, but as far as I'm concerned I'm a bit tired. The game is six years old, and I'm registered at various boards since five years. I was all tactics after a year or so, but nowadays with all that common gear it seems it is no longer needed, when all you've got to do is taping your mouse button.
Also I'd second BeB with the plain 'not every melee skill is exactly what I call a crowd control skill' message ;-)
@Dirsch
That is a very good one, I haven't seen that approach for virtually ages.
Sadly, you'll definitively lack damage without a damage booster Aura in Hell difficulty. Back in 1.09 I had a pure Smiter (Fanaticism) with company of a Prayer guy. I had to switch my aura sometimes, because I even then refused to shop a LT wand, so Redemption was it. In Hell I dismissed the Prayer guy with much regret, but the Mighty guy gave my shield the extra punch needed when I couldn't run Fana for one reason or another.
Given the fact that monster life in 1.1x is much higher than before smiting in Hell without any damage booster aura would stretch my patience too far.
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'smiting' as in 'main skill', of course I'll further smite everything away with it as backup or crowd control skill ;-)
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