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Dzsono: Hope to see you guys online sometime soon! Does it matter which server I use?
We're all in the Default League. I don't think anyone's in HC yet.

If anyone does wish to make a HC character you're likely to die due to stability just now, however, you are simply kicked into the Default League when you die (your stash stuff may stay in the HC league as stash is shared between toons on the same league, but I'm not 100% sure on this one).

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Xibalba: the setting of the 3 act is awesome seems an ancient rome city i love it
This one doesn't matter but for anyone reading, Act 3 is considered a "spoiler" still by the community, so don't go into boss details or anything:)
Post edited January 27, 2013 by orcishgamer
Hey guys, added some links to the OP. Good for newcomers to the game.
I haven't actually played the game yet spent a lot of time researching game mech (man its pretty complex if you want to optimize at all) and thinking of a few builds for the past few days. Probably gonna mostly play HC.

Anyways
Saronak (ranger)

and about ddosed must be Blizzard...
Post edited January 27, 2013 by livefree
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Stiler: I'm trying to get into this game but I can't seem to find a good build for what I want.

All I want to make is a melee fighter has uses some magic, a type of "Spellsword/battle mage" hybrid character.

However I really don't want to play as Templar (just don't wanna be an old guy lol) , I'd like to go either duelist or Shadow for my class but can't find a decent build in their tree's for this.

I'd like to use two swords, but it seems from reading things that two handers>dual wield (Because of lack of 6 linking gem slots for your weapons + the underpowered base dmg compared to 2h).

I posted on the official forums asking if anyone could help me find a build for htat but no response since I made it yesterday :(.
I haven't had much game play experience but from studying the tree/researching maybe you can try...
Chaos Inoculation build with shadow duel claws for leech( get Vaal Pact and Ghost reaver so you can leech ES instantly) focus on pure energy shield, duel wield dmg, attack speed, crit, phy dmg for leech, frenzy. As for attribute dex than int and evasion and use Iron reflex to convert all that evasion into armor if playing hc if not i think evasion probably fine. For spell just use aura/buff.
Now the problem with spellsword in this game is if you go melee and still want cast dmg spell you have to get both spell/ele dmg passives and melee passive which makes you too unfocused and lower the max potential dmg for both categories. You can get a elemental dmg melee weapon but only phy dmg leeches unless you use leech support gem. so maybe use bear trap instead of spell? idk
We're getting a party up and running, if anyone's interested - Rohan15, Dzsono and I. Act 1 Normal Default League.
Kinda proud to be a Kiwi at the moment :)

I've also just started - BariiAlyn and playing as a witch.

Any idea if you have have guilds/clans/teams etc...?

Karl
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Karlallen: Kinda proud to be a Kiwi at the moment :)

I've also just started - BariiAlyn and playing as a witch.

Any idea if you have have guilds/clans/teams etc...?

Karl
Sent you a friend request and a couple of messages just now. Did you get them?
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Karlallen: Kinda proud to be a Kiwi at the moment :)

I've also just started - BariiAlyn and playing as a witch.

Any idea if you have have guilds/clans/teams etc...?

Karl
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lowyhong: Sent you a friend request and a couple of messages just now. Did you get them?
I possibly just completely missed them actually... A little embarrassing I'll admit.

I've had to stop for the night but I'll check them tomorrow :)

Karl
Cool. Let me know if you need any help with the bosses. I'm done with my current Shadow build until they fix the desync issues, especially with Whirling Blades and Flicker Strike. Probably will go back to my necro Witch or roll a Ranger.
Just logged in for the first time in ages (due to now being hopelessly addicted to PoE so not really having time for other games at the mo) and found a link in my pm box to this thread :D

Anyone who's up for playing sometime lmk, I have the same acct name over there as I do here. Playing HC only (ign HardcoreMonsta).
Post edited February 08, 2013 by MonstaMunch
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MonstaMunch: Playing HC only
D:
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lowyhong: Cool. Let me know if you need any help with the bosses. I'm done with my current Shadow build until they fix the desync issues, especially with Whirling Blades and Flicker Strike. Probably will go back to my necro Witch or roll a Ranger.
Did the last patch fix your issues?
Not sure, but I'm still getting regular desyncs even when I play my Witch, so I doubt things have improved much with the Shadow.
Guys how hard is vaal normal? it's my first time playing through the game and afraid to lose my melee templar on hardcore. lvl 29 around 950hp but if i switch gear for max lightning resist probably around 850-900. Man I was right in front of his zone and thought about it for a long time and chickened out lol. This is so different than playing hardcore for d3 where you don't really even worry about dying until after lvl 60, I love it.

Oh and I haven't been desynced at all after the patch for like 2 days now I wasn't desynced that much before through but still once in awhile. There are some rubberband lag through.
Post edited February 09, 2013 by livefree
Vaal Normal is not too bad. You can evade both its hyperbeam and smash attacks easily by running away; just be careful that you aren't chilled before that. The bigger problem is with the falling rocks. I had a problem with that in Merciless, but I read on the forums that you can miss them completely by standing near Vaal.