Quote (ae1337 @ Nov 10 2012 08:18am)
At low mp you should have no issues with reflect damage, they die too fast, you have spirit walk/spirit vessel if needed. But main thing is if elites drop hp very fast, they also drop globes, that counters reflect perfectly.
As for best exp route. People tend to copy alkaizer, while it isn't really optimal route for all classes.
There is few reasons why alkaizer picked that specific run.
First thing, in areas where ge is getting 5nv, he picked specifically these areas without spawn of occultist (which are not bad if you are ranged class that one shots everything like wd).
Another thing is, he skips rakkis crossing and stnefort/skycrown, for very specific reason: fallens that run away if something dies suck for ww barb. People asked him that on stream, he said, he doesn't like these areas because enemies run away.
But again, if you are spamming acid rain type of nova, it really doesn't matter, you can one shot entire screen of fallens, they can't run away, they can't slow you down.
So in case of wd, I'm unsure if that is best possible run.
For sure adding rakkis crossing is good for it, it is perfect area for this build. Stonefort is questionable because it is just long run, lack of consistent movement speed can hurt there. Exp per zone is good, but if it is time efficient not sure.
I would consider doing keeps level 3 for getting nv stacks as well, very small map, lot of packs there.
Also crater level 1 as end of run, since only problem of this area are dead ends. But as long as you run and find new mobs it is just like crater 2, tons of exp from scorpions. Just once you run into dead end, tp out/end run. But there is no reason to not do a final run from wp in this area till first dead end or exit of level, exp there is decent.
i actually tend to do rakkis now as well because i saw a balance in xp/hour there, and i tend to get a lot of legends in that area as well as follow through to fields.