Hardcore Discussion/Graveyard

[01101010]

Revenge is all of your moment to moment AE dmg, and if you need more AE for champ packs, then it's Wrath/Earthquake.

Once you hit the 30% Revenge rune, really, it'll be up all the time.

Save for that one moment you REALLY NEED IT TO LIGHT THE FUCK UP.

[Typhon]

yeah, I didn't find that to be the case either, so I went back to the rune that gives health.

[Llyse]

As predicted, Hubris slew me in Act4...

What was originally going to be a small 30 minute session turned into an hour and a half at 1am and a unique Succubi and all her cohorts slew me.

I probably could have escaped but fatigue affected my reaction and I paniced...

I like Hardcore, but I don't think I'll be able to grind Act 1-4 with the same character and none of the other classes call to me so I'll be taking a break from D3...

[Slayerik]

My condolences :( 60 is tough to get, I lost my first DH to a brain fart at lvl 34.

Hey, we should get some f13ers to level up to Act II with some new characters and pick a night or two to play. Any takers?

[Slayerik]

As predicted, Hubris slew me in Act4...

What was originally going to be a small 30 minute session turned into an hour and a half at 1am and a unique Succubi and all her cohorts slew me.

I probably could have escaped but fatigue affected my reaction and I paniced...

I like Hardcore, but I don't think I'll be able to grind Act 1-4 with the same character and none of the other classes call to me so I'll be taking a break from D3...

Strangely, I had no desire to play WD but tried it. Freakin' love the class now. Give it one more go! :)

[murdoc]

My condolences :( 60 is tough to get, I lost my first DH to a brain fart at lvl 34.

Hey, we should get some f13ers to level up to Act II with some new characters and pick a night or two to play. Any takers?

I just hit Act II with my Demonhunter, but my playtime is quite random.

[Slayerik]

Yeah, looks like I'ma keep pluggin' away with this wizard... up to 43! Woo

[Hutch]

I rerolled my barb, and reached level 30 just now. Azmodan down, Act IV next!

[Slayerik]

Bit it at 53. Sucks cause I had a stash of lvl 54 goodies. Ran into a pack of Shielding Desecrating Frozen that freeze locked me and chewed me up.

A couple days of mourning then maybe I'll roll a barb. Kinda loosing a bit of steam.

[Llyse]

Yeah, I'm slowly working through my new Monk...

What does the Archive button do for dead Heroes?

[Setanta]

Having seen how fast my WD is chewing through on normal mode, I'm really tempted to try a hardcore toon.

I don't know how they rate in NM/Hell but the garg/doggies seems to be a decent meat shield.

[Hutch]

Yeah, I'm slowly working through my new Monk...

What does the Archive button do for dead Heroes?

It puts them into a tab in your account Profile. The "Hall of Fallen Heroes".

[SurfD]

Having seen how fast my WD is chewing through on normal mode, I'm really tempted to try a hardcore toon.

I don't know how they rate in NM/Hell but the garg/doggies seems to be a decent meat shield.

Normal mode is pretty faceroll for just about anything.  I just recently started my first hardcore character, a barbarian.  His gear is entirely from drops or stuff bought from the in town vendors, and is nowhere near uber optimized for Hardcore (im still rocking some gear i am like 10 levels over by now, dont have pure hardcore Vitality + strength on all my blues or anything, heck, i have something like 58% magic find), and I have pretty much steamrolled my way through everything.  I mean, on Belial, I basicly just stood right infront of the boss and wailed away.  Never moved at all other then to occasionally sidestep to pick up a health orb. 

[Slayerik]

Having seen how fast my WD is chewing through on normal mode, I'm really tempted to try a hardcore toon.

I don't know how they rate in NM/Hell but the garg/doggies seems to be a decent meat shield.

WD was my favorite class as of yet to play in HC. Good escape, a great HC passive, and meat shields (as mentioned). Give it a go, I had 63 hours of fun with mine. Once you hit 40, run vision quest. Spam to win.

[Lightstalker]

My Barb made 60 and I've got a Monk to 28 now.  I'm a bit reluctant to get to Inferno on my Barb, at least before I've cleared out the end of Hell in Normal mode on a Barb (yeah, my highest level Barb is HC).  Monk after 20 has been dangerously easy to play, could definitely see complacency being an issue for more dangerous encounters.

[Hutch]

My Barbarian is now level 31, and I finished off Normal Mode.
This is only my second character to get played all the way through Act IV. The other being my non-hardcore Wizard.

On to Nightmare!

[Slayerik]

I like to shop before bumping difficulty, just to be safe :) Good luck! Don't die like me!

[Llyse]

My Barb made 60 and I've got a Monk to 28 now.  I'm a bit reluctant to get to Inferno on my Barb, at least before I've cleared out the end of Hell in Normal mode on a Barb (yeah, my highest level Barb is HC).  Monk after 20 has been dangerously easy to play, could definitely see complacency being an issue for more dangerous encounters.

Yep, you can definitely get careless very very quickly with Monk. One thing that is a bad habit I think is upgrading your weapon but not your armour. I picked up a great weapon from the AH in Act II and was using all the way to Act IV... I was still smashing mobs but my life actually dropped in big discrete chunks. This meant I played a minigame of killing them faster than they can kill me before health globes restore my life.

Of course this can be fixed by being always being vigilant...

[Ice Cream Emperor]

This is precisely what killed my Monk at 48 -- I was kind of waiting until I finished Nightmare to upgrade, but forgot that Act IV actually represents a substantial increase in difficulty, even on Nightmare. That combined with playing a Hardcore character first thing after waking up led to a rather untimely, anticlimactic death. That and the fact that Monks really don't have a solution to the whole Waller-puts-a-wall-on-top-of-you, aka. Jailer-but-it-lasts-for-eight-seconds thing. WTB non-buggy abilities and/or better escape skills.

[Lightstalker]

I've seen that, as well as invisible mobs. 

In other news, the Punch-Teleport works while in Jail.  You just end up in Jail at the new location   

Monk up to 33 clearing Act 4 Normal with ease, Barb sitting in Hell Act 2 awaiting inspiration.

[Lightstalker]

Inferno, clearing the 3 Dark Berserker event in Wortham.   Fear -> Jail -> 3x Overhand Smash.

I was really dreading this encounter (and the Road to Alcanus dude too), these guys are real trouble for me.  33k health, 10k armor, 10k dps, 24% block, 24% dodge; gone in one combo I couldn't do anything about.

[Hoax]

I'm working on a new generation of characters. Looking for people to play with if I don't already have you friendlisted...

L49 Monk (act4 nm), committed to a 3-man group that is on hiatus until they get over TSW. I may say fuck that and press on though if they keep me waiting much longer.

L40 DH (act2 nm), feeling a bit lost on this one. Pretty much shelved until I pick a new build and/or regear her.

L32 Barb (act 4 normal), sooooo overgeared. I may die on this guy because content in act3 was so freaking trivial it has lulled me to sleep.

L30 Wiz (act 3 normal), needs work on plan/build/gear, this character is a little lost atm, doesn't help I love certain spells and hate other ones. Thinking of getting a 24/7 disintegrate build working. Or at least setting one up for future levels maybe. I'm quite gunshy after feeling pretty randomed out in act2 nm on a 40 wiz just because AE destroyed my fps.

[Slayerik]

Nice job getting that barb to inferno, Light. Mine bit it around 46 by those teleporter dudes in the Heart of Sin. I forgot I was a Barb for a sec and tried to kite instead of fight.

Damn Hoax, I'm kinda on break now (playing some Day-Z) but will eventually play some more HC at some point. Maybe our paths will cross then!