Too many haters. SaracenS seems like a nice guy, I don't see why some of you are trying to infer else-wise.
Regardless of how many other threads there were, the purpose of this thread was just to demonstrate that it is possible to play Barb without sword/board and stomp on everything. I enjoyed the videos and the overall content/information of this thread. It's just fun to watch and see all the different ideas behind every 2H Barbarian's tactics. I've cleared everything on Inferno except Diablo - it would definitely be more fun to clear it this way though :P.
All in all, I don't think this is as hard as some of you think it is. I wasn't fortunate enough to have the luck SaracenS did (not hating on you bud), but I'm pretty close to being able to do what he does. I'll give him props for being helpful and not being an asshole like the bulk of the professional gamers ("hey come watch my stream and donate money so I can show you how to play!").
Would you consider one weapon type superior to another - assuming they have similar stats of course - simply because of their bonus from Weapons Master?
I disagree. The only item that will cost a massive amount is the weapon. Even that, you don't need to get a 1700 dps weapon to [just as] easily destroy the trash.
If you put 9m (roughly the cost of a Stormshield + decent 1H weapon), you could get a nice 1400 dps 2H that should do the job just fine.
I really appreciate you posting and sharing all of this info btw, thanks!
I feel like I am (or was in your case) in the same boat as you. Currently I am a sword/board spec, 14k dps, 10k armor, 63k hp, 1200+ All Resists.. and it just sucks! All my friends kill Siegebreaker/Azmodan in seconds and it takes me at least an hour to get 5 stacks and get to that point. I might just go all in and do what you did
Another question though (sorry for being annoying with all of these too) but is it really necessary to have 1000-1100 All Resists when your dps is that high? (I think I calculated your gear to have 788 All Resist based on the first video.) I feel like when you get to the point you're at, you only need about 600-700 because most of those demons wouldn't stand a chance with Pain/Zerk/Quake up!
Do you think the requirements have been lowered (dps/resist) wise to thoroughly and easily farm A3?
Thanks a lot!
It kind of sucks sometimes when you see a 2H with 1200 dps with +200 STR and another with 1400 dps with +60% Crit DMG.
Are there spreadsheets or any secrets?
Regardless of how many other threads there were, the purpose of this thread was just to demonstrate that it is possible to play Barb without sword/board and stomp on everything. I enjoyed the videos and the overall content/information of this thread. It's just fun to watch and see all the different ideas behind every 2H Barbarian's tactics. I've cleared everything on Inferno except Diablo - it would definitely be more fun to clear it this way though :P.
All in all, I don't think this is as hard as some of you think it is. I wasn't fortunate enough to have the luck SaracenS did (not hating on you bud), but I'm pretty close to being able to do what he does. I'll give him props for being helpful and not being an asshole like the bulk of the professional gamers ("hey come watch my stream and donate money so I can show you how to play!").
If you put 9m (roughly the cost of a Stormshield + decent 1H weapon), you could get a nice 1400 dps 2H that should do the job just fine.
Anyways, you should make more videos. Maybe with more Soul Rippers?
I feel like I am (or was in your case) in the same boat as you. Currently I am a sword/board spec, 14k dps, 10k armor, 63k hp, 1200+ All Resists.. and it just sucks! All my friends kill Siegebreaker/Azmodan in seconds and it takes me at least an hour to get 5 stacks and get to that point. I might just go all in and do what you did
Another question though (sorry for being annoying with all of these too) but is it really necessary to have 1000-1100 All Resists when your dps is that high? (I think I calculated your gear to have 788 All Resist based on the first video.) I feel like when you get to the point you're at, you only need about 600-700 because most of those demons wouldn't stand a chance with Pain/Zerk/Quake up!
I have 28k dps using a lame blue 2H axe (1056.1 dps, +19% damage). If I were to buy a 1300 dps axe (with IAS), would it literally add like 20k dps?
For example, what do you think is a comfortable amount of HP/Resistance/DPS to complete Act 1 and/or Act 2?
Also, how the heck did you manage to fund all that stuff? There's no way it was from farming Act 1 or Act 2!