I liked blood too, started with overpower then went with the “infinimist” build. Bonespear feels a lot more like a sorcerer. Or at least how they should feel like.
I haven’t played D4 Necro yet but in D3 the bone spear ability was also ultra powerful. Especially because I found a golem that followed me around picking up my corpses, and he could store up to 30 at a time. Then I found a weapon that dropped one corpse per second, and those two aspects combined gave me unlimited corpses. I found the minions weren’t as useful in the endgame.
I’m hoping the D4 build is similarly fun.
Yeah, I’ve been holding off while I figure if this is worth it to me. I’m a fan of D 1-3, but I’m single-player exclusively - I don’t enjoy cooperative play. I guess I’m going to have to give it a pass.
There is zero cooperative play unless you desire it.
So far I’d say playing solo has been markedly less fun, but my character is getting stronger. I look forward to playing with my husband every night but when I have time to myself I can’t muster the enthusiasm to play solo. It’s not a bad time, exactly, it’s just not as good.
If the game is substantially (or even moderately) hamstrung when playing single-player, it is not the game for me. A bit of difficulty is fine - Elden Ring-style is not. I just find that sort of thing frustrating rather than fun.
I’m with you and prefer solo and, so far, I have had no problem playing solo.
You see other people in town and there are some zones (marked on the map) where others can join in battling a boss but you can just avoid those if you want (I think they are fine…short lived, cooperative, no one yet making comments about my mom). I have followed someone else into a dungeon two seconds behind them and I get my own dungeon.
To each their own…just know you can solo this if you want (although I am not sure about all end-game content).
While I think there are some places where teaming up is helpful I believe you can solo the whole game without too much problem (of course there are some encounters that are difficult…usually a good re-spec can sort it or go grind and come back later…the Butcher is one such that is difficult to solo but it can and has been done).
Well, it’s not. At all. I don’t think I’ve group with people for more than five minutes in the several hundred hours I’ve already put into this, and those times I have it was completely unnecessary.
I don’t think it’s anywhere near as hard as Elden Ring. It’s all doable, but my experience is that it just feels like a slog. Because when you can’t just mow down every mob on your way to a dungeon, you spend an incredible amount of time dealing with monsters who aren’t generating as much XP. I’m not constantly dying, I’m just making slow progress.
For melee classes I think you are just more vulnerable than the melee classes in D3. I feel strongly that as a Barbarian I should both be hitting hard and a tank. I’m finding myself to be mediocre in both defense and offense, but I am early in the solo game… Level 37 IIRC. I am just basing my opinion on a solo experience with one class. I’d try a different solo character, but Season 1 is coming up so soon, I don’t see the point.
Complaining about content is basically because there is basically no end-game content. I don’t recall everything about D3, but in the endgame you could farm crafting materials to get a super dungeon with better loot. Where I’m at it’s basically upgrading glyphs I don’t use or pray for the drop that only 2 people in the world have gotten so far. No incremental goals to go for.
Which ties in with the lack of endless progression D3 had. At least you were getting SOMETHING for your time.
By the way there are some aspects that can be leveled up. So say you find a more perfect aspect on a piece of equipment you arnt going to use. Level up the equipment, extract it, then imprint it on the piece you already are using and presumably is leveled up already.
I didn’t know that. My amulet is the only piece I have without an aspect because I’m waiting for a perfect edgemaster. I have a 17% on a ring for if I get desperate, but apparently you can’t upgrade %based items. Bah.
Edgemaster is currently disabled and doesn’t do anything.
Well shit. I had a perfect disobedience that I was debating, but put that on my chest instead. I guess if one drops I’ll hold onto it and see what happens when they fix it.
Apparently drop rates were just changed and a bunch of super rare uniques have been dropping from helltide chests. One just ended when I logged on so I guess I missed it.
They patched this so don’t go farming helltide expecting anything.
I could be wrong but I kinda feel the Barb is meant to be a support class. The shouts help buff a group so, if you play with other players, a Barb is a great addition. Solo…probably better off with something else.
It seems so wrong but I think you’re correct. They are also really good at casually debuffing enemies too.
This article cracked me up somewhat:
The Barbarian is by far the beefiest class in Diablo 4, significantly tougher than the Sorcerer or the Rogue.
It’s as if the authors forgot there were two other classes, because it seems like you can make a Druid or a Necro be tankier than a Barbarian.
They do concur with you though about being a support class:
Additionally, the Barbarian can provide support for party members through the Rally Cry skill, which increases movement speed and resource regeneration while active. This makes the Barbarian more or less feel like a true support, or something similar to the Crusader in Diablo 3 . This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but instead facilities a very specific kind of play that encourages grouping up with other players.
I thought about logging in and trying to farm some on my necro but honestly the announcement of season 1 on the 18th kinda makes eternal characters pointless.