Nope... He meant by the 30% automatic built-in dmg reduction that only monks and barbarians have.... Not the skills....

Armor is quite important as well.... Never neglect that.... And yes, it basically reduces any dmg types that u hav dealt but however, resistance is more important....

As for the 2nd part, I do think it exist and we can take 1 or 2 more hits than other classes but that's pretty much it to me....

It's actually about balance to be honest.... If I were to rate the stats based on importance, I will rate it like this...

Resistance > Vitality > Str / Armor

So far, from what I've experienced, I think this is the way to go.... But nvr neglect the stats cos everything counts....

Barb is not the most difficult class but the most geared dependent class to me....

And actually, those defense are not hard to get.... The problem is the balance as u said.... But one thing's for sure is that u need to get gear for survival 1st then once u r able to survive, then go balance ur DPS.... I think it's the most sensible thing to do plus ppl expects a barb to be "Tough as Nails" so that we can help them to cross acts.... LOL!!!

Health regen can get it through skills if u don't hav gear.... U can hav something like Ignore Pain with Ignorance is Bliss rune and Inspiring Presence passive.... That will keep u alive for quite sometime until u hav the gear to replace that.... Depends on how u play the game....

Barbs focus a lot on AR but they also hav armor on their eq for added advantage other than STR.... As I've said before, AR is the most important stat to me IMO.... But I can tell u that there are ways to make ur chars tanky other than just solely pumping AR cos AR doesn't come cheap....

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Added on June 26, 2012, 10:33 amThat's why it's hard to balance it out... But I think I know some ways to get cheaper DPS than stacking 3 stats like that while maintaining defense.... But I would hav to get more gold to test it out and also gears nowadays are pretty crappy in the AH now....

And I can tell u that as for block rate, it's not really that essential with the current patch.... So, save ur money for other stuff....

This post has been edited by Aura: Jun 26 2012, 10:33 AM

That's why I've mentioned before that AR is the most important for my stat ranking but that 13% reduction also helps in some way.... It's the little things that help the most sometimes....

Not really, depending how u look at that.... Of cos that's best case scenario if u hav the money.... If no, then there are ways for u to achieve the same thing but with lesser money....

Yeap.... The more u hav the lesser it becomes.... That's why balance is the key.... But also, u cannot say more is not good.... It contradicts....

I used to think like that.... But believe me, spend few hours on farming.... Do u know how much hours ppl spent by farming gears to sell??? If u managed to do the same thing, then u'll hav no problems....

MF to me is not really essential since MF is only to help more drops for loot and not the quality of it.... I farm without MF gear and I get better eq compared to some of my frens who has decent MF.... U might wanna think about that....

Not really.... If u step into inferno without resists, act 1 is a problem also....

It's not really that expensive.... Last time it's used to be 85k + mats.... Now I think they've reduced the crafting amount already....

The most expensive is the recipe.... If u can afford the recipe, the crafting costs to u is like almost nothing....

Ic ic... But still, the costs is like nothing....

My only advice is continue farming act 1 and I can tell u that act 1 is the best farming spot among all of the acts since it can be easily cleared and have good drop rates.... Act 1 farming is simply the best now especially the increase in repair costs.... U don't really need to farm in a group as a barb.... If u can solo, do it.... They can't solo that's why they need a barb to tank most of the crap.... That's why I don't really farm in a group anymore.....

LOL!!! I wish I'm rich.... But seriously what is 100k to u nowadays in D3??? U can't even buy any decent eq with that.... Last time maybe.... But after looking at the current prices, I was like holy crap....

LOL!!! But in the end, u craft like 10 items in one go, there's sure to be a good item or a decent item to sell....

I also stay in act 1 since other acts are giving me headaches all the time.... It's not that I can't do certain acts... Just dun wan to go through all the trouble only.... And yes, 1 run can get u roughly 100k-200k gold and some gears to sell for side income.... I tried farming for half a day in act 1 and i made 1mil easily.... Plus nowadays with drop rate adjustment, act 1 is even more fun cos u can get ilvl63 items.... But for me, I mostly pray for legendaries....

And yes, MF doesn't guarantee quality.... MF only gives u more drops when u kill something and MF doesn't work on chests like last time..... But GF on the other hand will be much useful compared to MF.... better to hav GF than MF....

Sien is true but the bosses will hav extended health and imagine this, ur frens always die and left u alone standing.... Would it be better off if I solo then??? This happens to me all the time since most of my frens are not tankers.... All also play ranged tofu chars....

I also like to play with frens but my frens are always not available.... So, I have to do it alone....

Well, if u can solo clear act 1 fast enuf, I can guarantee u that ur frens will be begging u to join their game.... True story bro...

My runs are simple and this is my route:

The Festering Woods -> Cemetery of the Forsaken -> Northern Highlands -> Old Ruins -> Halls of Agony and so on...

I cleared every elite I can find in every map.... If u are clearing too slow, then ur gear is not good enuf.... I can tell u that I hav 19 for GF and MF is 0.... I dun rely on that but GF sometimes give me some bonuses....

If u wan a shorter one then this is the route u can follow:

The Festering Woods (3-4 NV) -> Cemetery of the Forsaken (1 NV cos u get the champ at start) -> Northern Highlands (1 NV cos the champ will be there) / Cemetery of the Forsaken (1 NV in one of the crypts) -> Halls of Agony and so on....

This is the fastest way I can think of.... Last time Festering Woods have 5 stacks so u can dive straight in.... Now it seems that they removed the additional quest....

I'm still getting good items from act 1.... I won't abandon this especially the repair costs have skyrocketed.... I mostly farm gears to sell and buy on the AH for the gear I wan since act 1 can't give u the gear that u wan.... Must rely on AH a lot....

Do u know the most lethal combo for farming act 1??? And monks and DH are not included.... If u really wanna farm, consider 3 barbs and a wiz with shitloads of DPS.... Barbs rotate tank and wiz completely destroys everything when it's all grouped together....

I'm talking about the most optimum way of undergear farming.... Should try it sometimes.... Obviously, any class can farm is just that how u farm smoothly and how long it takes to clear the map.... To me, that's the most efficient way of farming....

It depends.... For me, 3 barbs works fine.... And yes, monks hav heal so that barb don't need to move.... I'm just suggesting the best way for undergear.... I think that's already OP as for ur gear goes....

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Added on June 26, 2012, 12:09 pmPretty much the same as last time but the chances of getting higher ilvl eq is better.... That's for me....

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True also.... Depends on how u look at it..... Any combo works fine as long as everyone knows how to do their part.....

Ur stats is fine... Minimum AR for act 2 is 400++.... Maybe u r not cycling ur CDs correctly.... Also maybe u should bump ur hp to 40k++... That might help more....

Not really.... His stats are ok...

Ignore pain helps in a lot of ways.... Solve ur 1st problem then look into skills later.... Maybe u can post ur skill build???

Ur HP is too low.... I can clear act 3 with the same stats as urs but with higher HP.... Ur stats is more than enuf to farm everything.... Once u solved ur survivability issue, then look into DPS to farm more efficient...

I'm sure he can do it... But HP too low.... I've already written in my post in suggesting that he should bump his HP to at least 40k++....

Ur scenario is different than BboyDora... U hav DPS and decent amount of HP to compensate ur low resist.... For his case, he lacks both DPS and HP but he can't be pumping both if he doesn't have the gold to do so... But if I were to choose, I will definitely go for more HP pool so that u can take more hits.... The longer he survives, the more DPS he can do....

He will still be ok as long as he can kill fast enuf.... But still, it is recommended to pump more resist anyways to maximize his survivability.... He just needs to be extra careful... That's all....

This post has been edited by Aura: Jul 16 2012, 04:35 PM