This hcl season i made one of every character to keep things interesting ... I made classic builds to begin with, but just kept the thought that whatever items i find, i will construct the builds around. For instancee, i found blood crescent, the unique level 6 sword, early on... so i used that on almost every character to captalize on it. Making sword+shield barb with sword mastery, even using it on the amazon with shield for a more safe approach. Critical strike helps increase damage.Having the option to use a shield makes things more interesting. Being a melee zon is also more challenging, especially in hc.
Say if you later find a good two-handed weapons, or a good bow, you can use the re-skill quest when you've reached a high enough level.
So keeping that in mind, simply starting with whatever you feel like, then building the character around whatever items you find, is to me the most fun way to play.. drawing the character in a more either melee-, ranged- or caster-type direction. If you find poison and bone-type gear, re-skill and go in the bone spear-direction. Keep an open mind all the way, so to speak.
This post was edited by Taurean on Aug 9 2022 02:50am
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