i have a bit of problem with the stats given by weapons. say I'm using Crossbow.

I have situations where I highlight the weapon in the inventory and it says lesser damage. (negative, red color) but when I put on the character, i see the damage number increase.

Why does this happen?

I highlighted it when SS was at 100%.

If not I will also wait until SS recharge until Crit Hit reaches 100%.

hrm. was comparing 2hand crossbow and 2hand crossbow.

that's why I'm puzzled. cos in Monk, no matter what I highlight also I see the stats reflected.

anyway this was just a one case thing. Still clueless.

oh ok. another Q.

in other characters, say a monk. A 2-handed weapon will occupy both hands.

On a DH - 2-hand crossbow doesn't take up both hand space, so there's still space for quiver.

So in the case you mentioned, does it mean the quiver, though on the body, is not counted?

my HP was about 34k with little to no resist. die like silly.

after that I bought some cheap cheap stuff from AH.

HP about 12k. resist about 500 average. I survive better, furthermore my LOH is about 800, my life per second also around 800. then there's 2.6 life steal. then there's about 1k thorn. numbers vary according to my angin to change GF / MF / DPS / whatever.

party act I / II not too bad, die if I'm careless. my DPS not that good though.

solo act I, i can reach butcher and die there because butcher 1 hit is more than 12k. elites however are all (almost) manageable.

well, my build totally changed since what I posted the other day.

initially it was <10k hp 500+ resist 21k dps with SS.

I've since upped it to about 19k hp (100% increase), 730++ resist (approx 40% - 50% increase) and 33k dps with ss (approx 50% increase).

With that I have sacrificed my gf% / mf% max value BUT i can survive the Elites way better.

Previously, I'd probably die a few times for each elite. Last I tried on this build, I could kill 8 or more elites and died only twice.

No point having high gf% / mf% when I die often, my repair cost end up more than what I gain. And die repeatedly is no fun.

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ehh best you go AH and survey.

wahh really nice. wish i could trade my amulet with yours.

my DH no matter how i try to vs Inferno Butcher also fail ........... end up successfully beating him by doing what my Melee DH knows best - FIGHT CLOSE!!!

2-hand. to get the 50% bonus from passive skill.

people like us no have big big guns like you, have to pump into resists.

what is IAS?

2 things happened today
1. sold an item for 1.7m. so have nearly 2m in account.
2. realize Act II is a lot tougher than Act I but damn fun also la.

now thinking what to spend on next. hrmm.............

well i just reached Act III ......... .wayyyyyy tougher than Act I.

Act II ah? I cannot solo Belial, bomb run is kthxbai time.

33k with ss. 700+ resist on all area. 18k hp.

feels like 700+ resist pretty useless. next upgrade would be on more DPS and HP.

yeah, aiming towards that direction indeed.

tried this today. can't seem to beat Zultan. somehow towards the part where his life is low, he'll TP and 1 hit KO me.

what is AR?

I also play Act III - and yes, that demonic hellflyer whatever fireball super powerful, despite fire resistant at 700+, I die in 2 hits.

cos i tried focusing on DEX before and keep dying. end up going AR and LOH / LRegen path.

i tried 18k HP 700+ AR 33k dps. didn't make it.

i tried 35k++ HP 300+ AR, 38 dps. also didn't make it.

socket crossbow is one thing but I lost out on my precious LOH which i survive on.

k. i using 2hand xbow only because of the skill that gives 50% bonus on crit.

am considering other builds now. with shield build sounds interesting.

i spent about 1.5mil on new stuff and gem creature. I finally can solo Zultan. but still cannot solo Belial.

Act III is ok but compared to Hell mode, takes some 5 - 10 times longer.

DPS have improved by another more than 50% (from my 33k on SS to 54k on SS or so) but LOH reduce by 200+

Surprisingly my short visit to Act II to vs Zultan actually got me quite a few nice goods.