Maybe Barb Masteries need a bump up

[kandrathe]

Hm, I dunno. Several lurkers have reported that she's a tough nut to crack now.

Oh, I concur with the assessment that the valkerie is tough, but still her AI is inane compared to other NPC's. It hardly ever actually hits the monster, and then doesn't do much damage. Her only redeeming quality is that once you finally get her tanking the right monster, she doesn't die too quickly. But, valkeries are almost entirely useless against extra fast monsters (like; Stygian dolls, cold crows, Maffer Dragonhand, Ismail Vilehand, Battlemaid Sarina, Frenzytaurs... >shudder<) unless you happen to get lucky and she just happens to be standing in the way when they rush you.

And the piece bug is fixed on GA, but isn't Multishot just as effective?

GA did so much more damage with less mana, and with pierce giving you 3-4x dmg and that was unfair. MS or Strafe, can miss, and are much more mana intensive, so leeching is very important. Losing the many PI in Hell will be a benefit, and now then also dual leech rare rings of coarse. As Occhi, or was it Pete, said in a different thread, you cannot expect to make the ranged attacker on par with the melee fighter. But, what made the zon most unfair was the free availability of high damage, fast weapons. Take away the massively duped Eaglehorn, and Windforces, and what you are left with is Burrito's, Goldstrikes, Lycanders, or possibly Cruel Matriarchal bows. If they fixed the Burriza, then the playing field would be almost level.