My noob questions

[Khan]

Greetings - new to the game and these boards though I have read almost everything. I have some questions and I hesitate to ask, I know this can sometimes be a rough crowd! I will try and not sound TOO much like a noob!

In many posts people refer to 'DR' - I have given up trying to determine what this is, and I know its something simple but id still like to know.

My character is a barbarian and uses the whirlwind skill to kill most of the creatures, though dual swing I will use sometimes. I have reached 'hell' level though and see lots of 'physical immunity' type creatures. I end up swinging at them ALL day and just going right through pots...how do other barbarians kill these physical immune creatures?

How do you choose between two items? I know that seems silly but just reaching hell level I have had to create other characters just so I dont have to 'sell' good items. For instance I have a suit of armor that is defense 800+ with some life and like 300 attack rating to demons. However I have an armor called 'lionheart' with LOTS of mods though the defense is only 430...so I dont know which to go for. I guess my question is what mods are best, has someone made a guide or a post that kind of prioritizes mods? For example:

1. Defense
2. knockback
3. Enhanced damage
4. resists

I play on East, am level 67 and currently in Act V Hell...NOT looking forward to the Arreat place where I have to kill those three heroes! Geez, on nightmare level it took me MANY times to finally break them.

'Preciate the answers/feedback-
Khan

 

[Hellrazor]

Well, if you are a barbarian, you do physical attack's, so once you come across something that is immune to that, you will not be able to hurt/kill it unless you use the skill named " beserk ". This will still hurt the creature that is immune to physical. As for the defense and mod situation, many people go through this where they think that one thing is better cos it has MORE mods then something else. But basically... your just gonna have to learn what sucks and what doesnt... make some friends ( if you havent already ) and ask them if they could help you. After a couple of months of saying " IS THIS ANY GOOD? " or " does this suck? " you'll get used to the things that make an item good and bad. I hope that sorta helped you, and as for "DR" i have no clue.. i havent seen it in any posts

 

[Khan]

Thank you Hellrazor. I looked up the 'Bezerk' skill and it says it increases damage and attack rating while lowering my defense. It doesn't say that it makes my physical attacks turn to non-physical damage or elemental damage. Any thoughts?

Your thoughts on asking others about equipment seems pretty easy, but take a look at many of the posts here - if there is one thing certain is everyone has a strong opinion! One more post on 'this is the best sorceress build' or 'stormshield is better then lidless' and Im gonna die!

-Khan

 

[gamergal]

usually in hell level you don't play by yourself. you join a game or create a game called "hell all acts" or "hell act 2" depending on where you are.
there will be other people in the game that ONLY do elemental damage and will NEED a barb to kill the immune to lightning, cold, or fire.
aye... i've g2g... e-mail me at smileychar2005@hotmail.com if you really want my opinion =/
or just ignore me

 

[Khan]

Hi Gamergal, what do you mean "ive g2g"? I am still catching up on all the lingo. Just now I read a post on another board where the guy was telling everyone how someone gave him a 'vamps gaze' for virtually nothing and then listed what I guess was the stats...haha, I had no idea what he was talking about but didnt want to reply and take away from his post.

I would love to email you my questions! I wont feel so noobish then!

Play with others huh? I havent really done that either - I bet it would be more fun but if something drops does everyone fight for the drops or how is the etiquette for multi-player games?

-Khan

 

[kakaboro]

dont play by yourself.....play with other people and then you'll have more fun and you can trade for items easier and sometimes people just give you nice items...

as for the etiquet.sorry for the spelling....who ever gets the item frist gets to keep it...but to be nice if you arent gonna use it and are just gonna sell it then give it to someone who will use it..

 

[Hellrazor]

Well, just make some friends and play with them, if nobody is on, definatly play with other people. Also " g2g " means " got to go "

 

[BringThePAin]

gay newbs

 

[NickHead]

use a necro..plenty of attacks and curses other than physical..or druid..they are welll rounded warriors

 

[Bjornita]

gay newbs? people never learn if others aren't willing to help. well, they do, but the process is slowed significantly. like me with html......

Hi Gamergal, what do you mean "ive g2g"? I am still catching up on all the lingo. Just now I read a post on another board where the guy was telling everyone how someone gave him a 'vamps gaze' for virtually nothing and then listed what I guess was the stats...haha, I had no idea what he was talking about but didnt want to reply and take away from his post.

vamp gaze is vampiregaze, a unique exceptional bone helm (i.e. grim helm). plus to mana and health steal, i think. and plus damage.

DR refers to Defense Rating. the higher the better.

and the g2g thing has already been answered.

oh, and berserk does magical damage, so if something's magical/physical immune you have 2 options....

1) run away!! run away!!
2)load up on poison charms.

 

[Khan]

heh, his post doesn't bother me...he has probably helped dozens of people and is just tired of it - I knew it was a rough crowd! The Vampiregaze sounds really good, but I found a Shako and ptopaz'd it per the recommendations here - I really like the Shako and doubt id use the Gaze.

I have been using some boots called waterwalkers or something but last night I found some mesh boots called 'silkweave'..again I have two similar close items its hard to decide between them.

Bezerk is working awesome now so huge PROPS for that info...I dont mind running into crowds in Hell Level anymore..I whirlwind the crowd until its just the physical immune guy and then do my warcries to refresh and then lay the hammer down with Bezerk...works great.

Also found a Lidless Wall - looks like a super shield but I use two blades! The wall has a 20% faster cast rate on it so maybe I should start up a sorceress!!

-Khan

 

[Arkhon]

Just adding to Bjornita's post...
DR can also stand for Damage Reduce. ie. Shaftstop Armour has 30DR (Damage Reduce)

Damage Reduce is the ammoun physical damage is reduced. Eg, If your wearing a Shaftstop, the physical damage inflicted on you is reduced by 30%. 75% DR is the most you can get, it's capped.

 

[Feanor]

Yo khan i dont have much knowledge on whats 'good' either but if you ever need help with somthing i could try to help such as killing those barbs if you still havnt so whisper *lich_slayer

 

[DonkyPuncheR]

I thought dr was damage reduction

 

[DonkyPuncheR]

Oh before i forget khan if you need a friend just contact me
/w *dumintare i need some good friends who i can trust to help me xfer

 

[sledgeer]

Originally posted by BringThePAin
gay newbs

your a fag man. everyone was a noob once and i dont care if khan doesnt care cuz you people should be shot for flamin noobs