I made a thread with a barbarian a couple weeks ago; he died. I was playing on a Mac, and I've never done that before. After my character died, I made a non-hardcore zealot and played through a bit, eventually learning how to bind skills to keys and how to effectively use the right-mouse-button!

So, now I'm back with a Barbarian. He's concentration-based and he's currently at about Normal Tranvical.

The rule is p8 for all new content.

Unfortunately, the Mac seems to like to only take about 1/3 of the images I take, so I'll fill in where need be. I think holding alt+F4 doesn't take an image, only F4 does --- which is why it doesn't show any drops! I'll have to see if I could bind that as a secondary screenshot-taker.

Starting out:



I gambled this beast very early on:



Good find, but the sword beats it hands-down:

A little further in and I found this armor off a chest in Catacombs 3... good Merc armor:



My stash is growing!:



Very nice small charm:

Taking down Mr. Badass:



Got this good merc-weapon off an Andy re-run:



Time to stop re-running Andy... I need the cube!:

Found this in Arcane Sanctuary... stashed!



Feeding the Merc a potion during the Duriel fight:



Gambled this beauty not too far into Act 3:

I found this godly 5 feet into the Flayer Jungle!!!:



Bam!



Merc damage for Act 3 --- he's definitely carry me right now:

You gonna go two hand or one hand for the game?

I'm not sure, yet.

I see this walkthrough as 2 parts: N-NM and then Hell. I may very well respec mastery depending on weapon upgrades in late Nightmare to prepare for Hell--- if I need more survivability I might use the shield, if not then maybe a 2-Hander.

I currently have 7 points into Sword Mastery.

I beat Tranvical and got to Durance 2 Waypoint. I've been re-running Tran for drops/exp/gold for gambling. I just hit level 31, might try Mephistopheles soon.

I too got a Conc barb WT going (Arreat). I'd recommend 2-hand hard hitter for sure.

I've read through your walkthrough; it inspires me!

Finished off Tranvical:



Good map for re-runs (Durance 3 entrance is the top entrance graphic):



Fighting Meph:



This post was edited by Interesting on Aug 12 2017 08:41pm

Amulet I've been using since Act 1:



Found on a re-run, decided to use it... doubled my damage even without masteries in maces:



Found Sigon's Boots: