Quote (Holocauster_Tycoon @ Fri, Aug 22 2008, 11:28pm)
the reason why dave is more popular is because he has been spreading useful assassin information, hints and strategical tips that are based upon his personal dueling experience over years (more on other pages than on jsp), as well as some cool videos.
you can actually discuss with him about tactical subtleties in detail while being sure that it is HIM that is discussing with you. which is different from most d2 players, who read and accept tactical material from well-known players mindlessly "just because XXX says so". now i know that you also do your tests personally and check stuff, but you just cant come up with the experience that dave (and max) have gained with like all possible types of sins, be it in 1v1s or any kind of tvts or, to some extent, pvm.
you did your job very well as far as this build goes and the explanations are fine but it is still only an essay about your personal way of building a trapper varient (which doesnt even differ much from other people's builds, apart from the chaos as default weapon choice), in other words a list of items with an explanation.
i am not saying there's anything wrong about this guide (apart from what has been said already some pages back etc) but it is just a build. any kind of proof of some kind of passionate deeper understanding has been missing up to this point.
and the fact that older strat forums trolls remember you combing through other people's guides and posting 10 topics about comparisons between coa and circlet setup doesnt make it better.
and you cant do anything about it at the moment.
my honest answer.
you should focus less on your build right now and start playing all kinds of assassins in pubs, tvts, 1v1s and eventually this will change.
spose i agree on most of that stuff. i'm sure i don't have as much experience as he does, although sometimes the ability to crunch numbers is more helpful that experience (since you brought up coa vs circlet, that's a good example).
tbh i'm too lazy to find duels this time of night and i don't feel like doing the work i ought to be doing on other shit =/ so here we are.