(April 29th, 2022, 10:07)T-hawk Wrote: For act 2, the tricks to good weapons are gambling (you can gamble better base items long before they come available from vendors or drops, particularly pikes and mauls)I didn't know you could get better base items earlier - thanks! Back in the day, I think I almost exclusively gambled circlets, rings and amulets. I'll try that out for the assassin, and maybe the amazon too.
Quote:Keep the Hsaru's items - the boot/belt combo is very useful [...] I'd recommend a two-hander if you do use Steel; at this point any available shield is quite marginal and two-handed damage is better.Regarding Hsaru's, I'm mainly disappointed that I got the belt and shield and not the boots (yet). But I've given them to my barbarian for now and decided to make a Steel flail - the runeword is so cheap that I can easily make a bigger Steel later if needed. And while the damage variance can be a bit annoying, it's still more than sufficient for Act 2 - I one-shot the Summoner on players 7. (Yeah I know the Summoner is a bad benchmark, but it was sooo satisfying to leap attack from one corner of my wide-screen monitor to the other - he never saw what hit him! I love the new leap attack with AoE damage on top, at least for normal.
)Quote:It also feels more fair that everyone is earning the same amount of gear, rather than the high-count characters carrying the lesser ones.The fairness bit is a good point which I'll keep in mind. I guess I have to find a balance between fairness, tedium and difficulty, and maybe I can compensate by some characters skipping more areas than others.
Thanks for the feedback!
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