Quote (chaoticmike @ Apr 20 2023 05:59pm)
Only way you’re not getting killed fast is if you put your gear to defend against whatever it is. Like sorcs can be rendered almost useless against a barb that stacks sorb and they will also get pretty much one shotted by a barb with grief. Paladins can smite you to death pretty quick. Even if it’s not one shot we’re talking quick deaths when contact is made. Hammerdins can 1-3 shot you depending on armor. I mean it’s more balanced than path of exile for sure. But I was trying to compare it to what I think has the best system in place in terms of PvP for rpgs. World of Warcraft in my opinion. You have a lot of sustain and it feels like an actual fight. Not just whoever hits first wins.
i have to correct you on some stuff, not to prove anything, but to show you that theres much more finesse to d2 dueling than inexperienced people might think
and it might make people interested the way it made me interested
! so yes sorc is a class (and the only class) that can be absorbed fully if someone wants to. but a sorc can tank a lot if you know what you are doing. for example you could make a 10 fg pub maxblock es sorc with hoto/viper/whitstan (both hoto and cta setup)/magefist/arach, put shael runes in everything and nn to even go for 86 fhr, although always make sure to have good frw (aldur boots are a good cheap idea). sorcs dont use enigma as much as other classes, so frw is the secret ingredient that makes a good sorc, inexperienced players usually dont know this
you will shit on literally every pub smiter and hdin with this. smiter and hdin are the lowest skilled pub players, basically a pub smiter doesnt even wear enigma, he sees a sorc and will just charge and get confused when it doesnt work. just walk away as it 1) retains maxblock and 2) sorc looks cute as fuck when she walks
many pub hdins also use grief which ends in the same result, or just synch hammers which an es sorc can tank better than most classes (btw hammer is magic dmg so armor doesnt matter). if you wanna be bm af, just put eternity on and revive those act3 kurast temple beasts as they are immune to magic (you will lose a fcr frame but fuck it), and then chainlock the hdin using unsummon and not fb because it says "i dont give a fuck about you and dont even need to shoot". ofc a pro hdin will know how to deal with revives, but you wont use this against a pro hdin in the first place. pub hdins on the other hand will just cry in town until your revives expire. you can literally tank a pub bvc barb or bowa, the biggest problem will be psn/open wounds due to low life on an es sorc
about world of warcraft no idea, havent played that game
Quote (SlamFkingDunk @ Apr 20 2023 06:49pm)
let's just hypothetically assume that everything you said was correct
why is first person who hits wins a bad thing? if it take skill to hit somebody
truuue
! best example is nvn, which is probably the mos fun 1v1 in the game, and you really want to be faster in that match. also svs is a nice example and my favorite duel
