12-11-2003, 07:02 AM
Very nice start and it follows in a tradition here (Occhi's, Swarm's, etc) of being stylishly written as well as sound analysis.
A couple of thoughts:
1) I think in a guide you really do need to talk people through developing the character through the game. Where to put points at level 85 is a bit redundant for many people. New people might not get that far, hc players might not get that far for a different reason and I just think in general that where should I be when I start Hell is the single most useful point to know about
2) What about the Charge bug? Is it fixed now? If it isn't how do you get round it?
3) Is the "vengeance in a can" option still viable for PIs? This option is using a fast high elemental damage weapon with Zeal and was actually pretty popular in 1.09
4) You last sentence is spending a lot of points on Vengeance. Can you not get by with less?
5) You need to explain the two types of plus enhanced damage. For this build Cruel is incredible and Lay of Hands adds trivial damage, this is not at all obvious
6) More on the moving would be nice. I had an epiphany with Charge when I finally realised it's a ranged attack not a melee attack and started lining up my shots, taking care not to get trapped in crowds, and so on. It made a big difference for me and it took a long time for the penny to drop
7) We need to know whether it works for HC Hell because the general feeling is that melee borders on impossible. Did you finish Hell? Did you die? Could you have finished Hell without dying do you think?
8)
**Polite cough** ;)
9) I'm in two minds about using things like phys and amp in a guide. I do it all the time in posts and it's not perhaps a bad thing if you're writing for new people to acclimatise them to our jargon. On the other hand, it is for new players.....
You might want to consider tidying it up, or at the very least we'll expect you to answer the What does "phys" mean? posts if we get any :)
A couple of thoughts:
1) I think in a guide you really do need to talk people through developing the character through the game. Where to put points at level 85 is a bit redundant for many people. New people might not get that far, hc players might not get that far for a different reason and I just think in general that where should I be when I start Hell is the single most useful point to know about
2) What about the Charge bug? Is it fixed now? If it isn't how do you get round it?
3) Is the "vengeance in a can" option still viable for PIs? This option is using a fast high elemental damage weapon with Zeal and was actually pretty popular in 1.09
4) You last sentence is spending a lot of points on Vengeance. Can you not get by with less?
5) You need to explain the two types of plus enhanced damage. For this build Cruel is incredible and Lay of Hands adds trivial damage, this is not at all obvious
6) More on the moving would be nice. I had an epiphany with Charge when I finally realised it's a ranged attack not a melee attack and started lining up my shots, taking care not to get trapped in crowds, and so on. It made a big difference for me and it took a long time for the penny to drop
7) We need to know whether it works for HC Hell because the general feeling is that melee borders on impossible. Did you finish Hell? Did you die? Could you have finished Hell without dying do you think?
8)
Quote:More on this in the equipment section
**Polite cough** ;)
9) I'm in two minds about using things like phys and amp in a guide. I do it all the time in posts and it's not perhaps a bad thing if you're writing for new people to acclimatise them to our jargon. On the other hand, it is for new players.....
You might want to consider tidying it up, or at the very least we'll expect you to answer the What does "phys" mean? posts if we get any :)