So like many people out there i was not one of the lucky few to receive a beta key for diablo 3 so this weekend i have been playing it like crazy and loving it.
I have played every class through the entire beta and after that experience there are a couple things that stood out to me.
Monk- i was very excited about the monk and was really expecting to be in love with this class from all the footage that I've seen. It is very fun to play when you're killing the elite packs and small trash mobs, but on my first run of the skeleton king with the monk i felt like it took forever to work him down. I fought the king at level 8 on every class, and had the hardest time staying alive on the monk.
Barbarian- maybe melee classes aren't my cup of tea anymore. I was ALL about the melee builds in D2 and had a frenzy barb that i loved to play. I got bored with this class pretty quick. It's a great class if you like smashing everything in to oblivion, it felt too easy for me. of course it is act 1 normal but the barb just makes everything his bitch after the first few levels. Im sure this is a class ill be leveling up as i am sure it will be more fun to play at later levels and difficulties.
Witch Doctor- I was not expecting to like this class. I hated watching the WD play throughs, i thought it looked stupid. Turns out it is pretty cool. I had the easiest time killing the skeleton king on this character. There was so much CC available to me by level 8 that the skeletons he summons did close to nothing the entire encounter. Between runed grasp of the dead and horrify i don't think i got hit by any of them.
Demon hunter- Originally this was going to be my main character to level up on release day. After playing it, its fun but it comes in 3rd on my list behind the wizard and witch doctor. Definitely good CC which i really like. Resource management was very easy, never found myself starved for discipline or hatred unless i did it on purpose.
Wizard- I love this class, in fact i played it through the entire beta 4 times already. from the 1st quest to the last, it's just fun to play. Out of all of the classes i thought that the wizard had the most survivability out of them all, at least at the level range we have access to. I was worried about this class after seeing the damage reduction in this latest build compared to say.. beta patch 13. But i thought the damage was pretty good for the gear i had.
After all that, I'm set on the wizard being my primary character. And all of this is just from my experience, i may very well be the worst monk player out there but I'm glad i got to try them all out and get a feel for the game before release.
Its strange I found the wizard to be the weakest class of the five
Barb: I also felt that the barb was easy, and laid waste to anyone in your path.
DH: The first few levels I didn't enjoy the DH at all, but as I hit around lvl8 and equipped dual x-bows I really started to have fun and started to feel more powerful
WD: I too was not expecting to like this class. Like you I also actually enjoyed it! Great survivability and I really love the sound effect of the breaking jar lol
Monk: I never ended up playing the monk to much, but what I did play I really enjoyed. What felt weird to me is the fact I had duel swords yet none of my abilities actually physically used the swords, they were pretty much just eye candy on my character. I guess I was expecting monks to be limited to using staves and fist weapons or something to that effect.
I think I'm going to play Wizard come release now. I had my mind set on Monk but after getting a Wizard to 13 I just want to play one to 60 now ha ha. WD is the only class I couldn't really get into. The spells and character itself just didn't appeal to me.
good feedback, it's really weird how watching gameplay compared to playing the game can affect peoples decision on their favorite class. the WD is just outrageous CC, i just got out of a public game on my wd and I'm so impressed at how much control it has over everything even in a 4 player setting.
makesh- arcane torrent rips stuff apart, i love it. it is like the wizard version of rapid fire with an aoe component. i can't wait for the game to go live!! these next few weeks are going to be even harder now that I've had a chance to play it.
of course i did get lucky and my ring vendor had keen ring of wounding up that boosted my dps a ton.
I have leveled the Barb and Wizard to 13 and have the Monk at lvl 11. I love all three classes. The Barb felt very visceral, like the embodiment of destruction. Was he easy, yes. But I think that will change at higher difficulty levels. And Sismic Slam is badass.
The Monk is very precise which is exactly what martial arts is and I am having a lot of fun with his skills, specifically Dashing strike and crippling wave. I killed the Skeleton King with him at level nine, which seems to by my lvl for killing him as it was the same for the other two classes. I did not have a problem at all with the monk. In fact, I went toe to toe with the SK during the entire encounter and only had to use Breath of Heaven two or three times and didn't have to use a health potion once.
The Wizard was a lot of fun too and I absolutely fucking LOVE Arcane Torrent. It is my favorite skill in the game so far and I can't wait to try out the others for all of these classes.
It looks like I won't get to the Demon Hunter or the Witch Doctor. But that is ok because they are the lowest classes on my list. I don't think I have a main I will level first. I will probably split my time between the Barbarian, Wizard and Monk, depending on my mood.
I could really play and enjoy any of the 5 classes - I'm going to create a program that will randomly spit out the name of one of the five classes upon hitting a button, I will then play that class and feel completely awesome about it (ya this could be done in faster and easier ways but this decision calls for more than a few pieces of paper in a hat)
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I have played every class through the entire beta and after that experience there are a couple things that stood out to me.
Monk- i was very excited about the monk and was really expecting to be in love with this class from all the footage that I've seen. It is very fun to play when you're killing the elite packs and small trash mobs, but on my first run of the skeleton king with the monk i felt like it took forever to work him down. I fought the king at level 8 on every class, and had the hardest time staying alive on the monk.
Barbarian- maybe melee classes aren't my cup of tea anymore. I was ALL about the melee builds in D2 and had a frenzy barb that i loved to play. I got bored with this class pretty quick. It's a great class if you like smashing everything in to oblivion, it felt too easy for me. of course it is act 1 normal but the barb just makes everything his bitch after the first few levels. Im sure this is a class ill be leveling up as i am sure it will be more fun to play at later levels and difficulties.
Witch Doctor- I was not expecting to like this class. I hated watching the WD play throughs, i thought it looked stupid. Turns out it is pretty cool. I had the easiest time killing the skeleton king on this character. There was so much CC available to me by level 8 that the skeletons he summons did close to nothing the entire encounter. Between runed grasp of the dead and horrify i don't think i got hit by any of them.
Demon hunter- Originally this was going to be my main character to level up on release day. After playing it, its fun but it comes in 3rd on my list behind the wizard and witch doctor. Definitely good CC which i really like. Resource management was very easy, never found myself starved for discipline or hatred unless i did it on purpose.
Wizard- I love this class, in fact i played it through the entire beta 4 times already. from the 1st quest to the last, it's just fun to play. Out of all of the classes i thought that the wizard had the most survivability out of them all, at least at the level range we have access to. I was worried about this class after seeing the damage reduction in this latest build compared to say.. beta patch 13. But i thought the damage was pretty good for the gear i had.
After all that, I'm set on the wizard being my primary character. And all of this is just from my experience, i may very well be the worst monk player out there but I'm glad i got to try them all out and get a feel for the game before release.
Barb: I also felt that the barb was easy, and laid waste to anyone in your path.
DH: The first few levels I didn't enjoy the DH at all, but as I hit around lvl8 and equipped dual x-bows I really started to have fun and started to feel more powerful
WD: I too was not expecting to like this class. Like you I also actually enjoyed it! Great survivability and I really love the sound effect of the breaking jar lol
Monk: I never ended up playing the monk to much, but what I did play I really enjoyed. What felt weird to me is the fact I had duel swords yet none of my abilities actually physically used the swords, they were pretty much just eye candy on my character. I guess I was expecting monks to be limited to using staves and fist weapons or something to that effect.
makesh- arcane torrent rips stuff apart, i love it. it is like the wizard version of rapid fire with an aoe component. i can't wait for the game to go live!! these next few weeks are going to be even harder now that I've had a chance to play it.
of course i did get lucky and my ring vendor had keen ring of wounding up that boosted my dps a ton.
The Monk is very precise which is exactly what martial arts is and I am having a lot of fun with his skills, specifically Dashing strike and crippling wave. I killed the Skeleton King with him at level nine, which seems to by my lvl for killing him as it was the same for the other two classes. I did not have a problem at all with the monk. In fact, I went toe to toe with the SK during the entire encounter and only had to use Breath of Heaven two or three times and didn't have to use a health potion once.
The Wizard was a lot of fun too and I absolutely fucking LOVE Arcane Torrent. It is my favorite skill in the game so far and I can't wait to try out the others for all of these classes.
It looks like I won't get to the Demon Hunter or the Witch Doctor. But that is ok because they are the lowest classes on my list. I don't think I have a main I will level first. I will probably split my time between the Barbarian, Wizard and Monk, depending on my mood.