Why would anyone use anything else other than cookie cutter builds and little variations off them? Fun? Doing what? Isn't farming what this game's about? Why would you gimp yourself and use something completely inefficient?
TLDR: If some people are so bored with the same old builds, especially with so many people streaming on twitch and YouTube, why is it not more common to see people with funky variations, doing strange and unorthodox builds to show what these classes are really made of?Why are the same default builds seen sooooooooooooooo often?
Why would anyone use anything else other than cookie cutter builds and little variations off them? Fun? Doing what? Isn't farming what this game's about? Why would you gimp yourself and use something completely inefficient?
Hey, now...
I'm actually in the process of building a "block" wizard (Helm of Command, massive shield, Justice Lantern, legacy Justice Lantern, Doombringer) with virtually no DPS and I'm going to try and tackle the highest MP possible and attempt to farm without dying.
No sarcasm here, OP.
You can do this once you hit paragon 100. There really isn't much else to do, actually.
Sorry, I actually read the TLDR part only.
While I was still really into the game, I tried stuff like this myself, hence the snarky reply. I went with Azurewrath and Sledge Fist builds for my monk when doing ubers and farming. Until I realized ubers were pointless and unfortunately so was my monk.
I'm just saying, trying that block wizard will result in nothing but disappointment. You will probably be able to farm any MP, but at a rate that will render the build useless (throw in obscene amounts of dying and you're set). Pretty much everything has been tried and tested by much more "devious" minds than ours. The game's itemization and skill set is so poor that it offers little to no variables when looking for interesting/creative ways to farm. It's all about efficiency. Simple as that. I would even go as far as saying that right now, if you're not a barb, you're doing it wrong.
Sure, you can go and try stunlock builds, high dodge/block builds and...well I can't think of anything else. But WHAT is the point? Isn't act III what everybody does all day? Isn't a bigger chance to get a good item that will sell on the AH the point? You'll say "having fun, that's all it matters". Well then, sorry but I got into the game for the same reason as you, and we all know the "right" way to play it, whether you admit or not.
TLDR: If some people are so bored with the same old builds, especially with so many people streaming on twitch and YouTube, why is it not more common to see people with funky variations, doing strange and unorthodox builds to show what these classes are really made of?Why are the same default builds seen sooooooooooooooo often?
Why would anyone use anything else other than cookie cutter builds and little variations off them? Fun? Doing what? Isn't farming what this game's about? Why would you gimp yourself and use something completely inefficient?
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Sorry, I actually read the TLDR part only.
While I was still really into the game, I tried stuff like this myself, hence the snarky reply. I went with Azurewrath and Sledge Fist builds for my monk when doing ubers and farming. Until I realized ubers were pointless and unfortunately so was my monk.
I'm just saying, trying that block wizard will result in nothing but disappointment. You will probably be able to farm any MP, but at a rate that will render the build useless (throw in obscene amounts of dying and you're set). Pretty much everything has been tried and tested by much more "devious" minds than ours. The game's itemization and skill set is so poor that it offers little to no variables when looking for interesting/creative ways to farm. It's all about efficiency. Simple as that. I would even go as far as saying that right now, if you're not a barb, you're doing it wrong.
Sure, you can go and try stunlock builds, high dodge/block builds and...well I can't think of anything else. But WHAT is the point? Isn't act III what everybody does all day? Isn't a bigger chance to get a good item that will sell on the AH the point? You'll say "having fun, that's all it matters". Well then, sorry but I got into the game for the same reason as you, and we all know the "right" way to play it, whether you admit or not.
Why would anyone use anything else other than cookie cutter builds and little variations off them? Fun? Doing what? Isn't farming what this game's about? Why would you gimp yourself and use something completely inefficient?