In D2, there were some simple rules you could go by to make sure you were ready for the next level of content. For example, don't leave Normal mode until Level 40 and put 150 points into Vitality. Max lightning and fire resistance for nightmare, and have 250 points to Vitality by act5. Then don't go to hell until you can max all resistances AND have 20 lightning absorb. D3 seems to be a lot more intricately scaled for gear vs content. How does one know when it's time to move to the next quest/act/difficulty in Hardcore?
I've been playing softcore and I'm finding there really is no room for trial and error for gearing. Like you'll be all going along killing things, and then a champion pack comes from out of nowhere with Waller + Mortar and you're basically insta-gibbed. Things were dying fine until this point, wtf? So when should you start stacking that fire resist and how much of it? And is physical resist that important and to what degree?
I'm not that far into things, but I know the level rule of thumbs are 30, 50, 60 for the difficulties, and always stack as much vit as your main stat. Ever since I started stacking vit matching my main on every piece of gear, I've had no problems with "oh shit" except when frozen stuff comes along, even then my vit gives me a decent number of hits before panicking.
As for Inferno, nobody knows yet!! Ask those guys that just cleared Hell haha.
For stats it really depends on your class. As a monk I went high up in vit or nightmare and hell, but when I got a godly weapon, I started trading off tons of vit for dex, and just use skills to survive. In inferno with self buffs I hit around 24k dps, and sit on around 40k hp, with no problems from mobs (besides the elite packs no one wants to touch). Mobs hit for around 15k, but with every skill healing, and lots of crowd control it's not a problem.
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I've been playing softcore and I'm finding there really is no room for trial and error for gearing. Like you'll be all going along killing things, and then a champion pack comes from out of nowhere with Waller + Mortar and you're basically insta-gibbed. Things were dying fine until this point, wtf? So when should you start stacking that fire resist and how much of it? And is physical resist that important and to what degree?
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As for Inferno, nobody knows yet!! Ask those guys that just cleared Hell haha.