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I understand this build but i find the main purpose for zombie dogs is to keep them off you and if your going to rely on blowing them up you may want big bad voodoo with the white rune. This way when the enemies die there is a 60% chance they will come back as zombie dogs (not to mention the other buffs it gives you). This will allow for a constant flow of pets so long as you dont sacrifice them unnecessarily. I think on normal any build will be useable but on harder difficulties everyone will need to rethink their strategies. but isnt that why the game is so good

The dogs dont really do much damage and i think you will find (if your playing solo) you will be doing most of the killing and the dogs are just there for CC. Im looking forward to the crafting aspect of the game which is why MF will become more essential. My concern it whether the blacksmith is a server blacksmith amongst friends or if each person will need to level up their blacksmith... Lastly i hope you can trade gold. I know this will probably lead to a whole lot of gold farming but me and my mates dont want to spend a whole lot of money levelling up 3 blacksmiths when you can easily trade items.

I had it in my original build simply because i thought it would be a great move against single targets like you suggested. When watching my mate play though i noticed that firebomb was much more effective. sure it does less overall damage but being a bomb it can hit several targets at once. So when your looking at hitting 2 targets at 180% weapon damage you will end up using more mana than casting one firebomb and hitting anything within 8 yards for 155% weapon damage. not sure how the runes would go in these instances but seemed to me a lot of the mobs were generally grouped together. My other thought was that poison dart would be faster than firebomb but if there is a difference between the 2 it didnt affect my mate

I prefer the WD without pets. I find with pets he is too limited a class to use. Im sure on higher difficulty settings you will want pets to draw the aggro but unless it is a necessity i wont be using it. I plan on using spirit walk with the damage rune if they get too close as well as grasp of the dead to slow them down. Im sure my build is likely to die more often but i will be mostly playing WD in multiplayer

I like the idea personally. I know i might get hated for this but i loved Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance on console and Diablo 3 could have a very similar feel. Baldur's was great to play on the hardest difficulty but was limited in terms of challenges. I think playing it on console and with that extra challenge it will make the game great on both PC and console. My only issue would be running it for extended periods of time. My PS3 has an issue when i play Skyrim for too long and i would hate that to happen in Multiplay on D3

I would love the necro to come back. I loved his morbid outlook on life. The witch doctor is similar but he seems nice... i want the demons to face the same monstrosities as they have unleashed upon us. That being said i still loved playing my zealadin!

I am having the same internal conflict. I have decided to play both one player and LAN/Multiplayer however i have another issue that has arised from that: Do i play the same class or a different one? I was thinking the same class so i can familiarise myself with the toon in my own time without letting my mates down however i know multiplayer and solo are hugely different experiences. I am looking at going the witch doctor but have yet to try it out to see if i like it lol.