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Jul 9 2025 07:07pm
there is literally nothing you can do with any of them to farm. and this could easily be fixed. (f000 you blizzard f000 you!)
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anyone have any clue where tf im suppose to use a melee character no im not hunting dclones or ubers on singleplayer i have 7 torches from using a summonnecro

you cant get magic find that easily becuz ur need charm space for rez i find on just about any melee char, you cant slip in alot of MF in your gear without losing key things you need like jalals/cereb or stone/treachery/smoke for rez and armor

melee chars are all perfectly designed to destroy bosses, mini bosses, and extra strong, extra fast, stone skin, ele enchanted etc but theres literally no way to utilize the lack of teleport. no im not getting enigma on a melee character and finding impossible 100ar/10fcr w/ rez rings let alone 2 of them or whatever. THERE IS NOWHERE TO FARM!!!!! YOU CANT EVEN DO BAAL WHICH YOU COULD IF HE DIDNT HAVE F000ING DECREPIFY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Jul 9 2025 07:49pm
Travincal is the classic one to do.

But terror Frigid Highlands or Cathedral are fun too. It's like Pindleskin for the year 2025+.

If you are a barb, you can join almost anyone (who doesn't use Phoenix shield) and hork bodies left behind.

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No way. Casters are much better at killing bosses than melee. Even infinity-nova kills baal faster than zeal, for example.
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Jul 9 2025 09:45pm
trav is the ONLY ONE thats my problem #blizzard #die

frigid highlands? shenk eldrich reset or?
cathedral (where tf even is that lmao (jk)) you just kill everything there and reset? whats special about these places they dont have strong packs/mini-bosses like trav does. i hate being limited to trav game needs big melee update bad

No way. Casters are much better at killing bosses than melee. Even infinity-nova kills baal faster than zeal, for example.


on players 5+ though? also infinity? pls. crushing blow deadly strike have to be better in harder difficulties SOLO (im talking singleplayer btw even though alot of this crosses over to b.net or would have to if changes were to be made) singleplayer specifically you have to make certain characters to feed other characters, each one does something that is useful (online with trade kind of messes up the whole thing but w/e) melee characters kill baal faster with jalal's and OATH faster than my sorc with tal rashas and a shako with spirits lmao have to be faster

p.s. just found my 5th shako on sorc P5 singleplayer mephisto hell hehehehe

This post was edited by d3suxbad on Jul 9 2025 09:51pm
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Jul 9 2025 10:25pm
frigid highlands? shenk eldrich reset or?
cathedral (where tf even is that lmao (jk)) you just kill everything there and reset? whats special about these places they dont have strong packs/mini-bosses like trav does. i hate being limited to trav game needs big melee update bad



on players 5+ though? also infinity? pls. crushing blow deadly strike have to be better in harder difficulties SOLO (im talking singleplayer btw even though alot of this crosses over to b.net or would have to if changes were to be made) singleplayer specifically you have to make certain characters to feed other characters, each one does something that is useful (online with trade kind of messes up the whole thing but w/e) melee characters kill baal faster with jalal's and OATH faster than my sorc with tal rashas and a shako with spirits lmao have to be faster

p.s. just found my 5th shako on sorc P5 singleplayer mephisto hell hehehehe


Right. Kill Bone Ash and any unique packs nearby then reset. Don't wander around the Frigid Highlands wasting time.

Charged Strike is one of fastest boss killers in the game, especially on p1.

If we are talking about melee with no teleport, by the time you walk to baal from the chamber entrance, a caster has already killed him. Are you sure melee druid kills faster? Tal Rasha blizzard kills hell baal in about 6 seconds.

Melee used to be better in earlier patches because the ratio between boss health and damage was high. If they'd just multiply the health of everything by 10, it'd be a whole different game.
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Jul 9 2025 11:53pm
Right. Kill Bone Ash and any unique packs nearby then reset. Don't wander around the Frigid Highlands wasting time.

Charged Strike is one of fastest boss killers in the game, especially on p1.

If we are talking about melee with no teleport, by the time you walk to baal from the chamber entrance, a caster has already killed him. Are you sure melee druid kills faster? Tal Rasha blizzard kills hell baal in about 6 seconds.

Melee used to be better in earlier patches because the ratio between boss health and damage was high. If they'd just multiply the health of everything by 10, it'd be a whole different game.


rasha blizzard cannot kill hell baal in 6 seconds because it cannot get past the 2nd wave of minions which are all immune to cold. (excluding infinity which is impossible to get on your own.

ive literally never found high runes in years of playing (fuck chests))

it takes absolutely forever to do it and your merc will probably die. need cold gear for him or cannot be frozen atleast but then he's weaker for it from other gears probably idk.

my point is why hasn't anyone pushed for a Melee Update from this game? like what the fuck???? any history on that would be appreciated btw.

p.s. cathedral sounds dope on terrorizes actually. will definitely be trying this but gotta wait for zone to go T -.-...
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I was going to say this guy clearly isn't running hell baals on single player.. especially with a sorc..

Guy obviously just needs something to complain about.

Boo Hoo I can tele to nm baal in 1/4 the time it takes my pally/barb/druid to run there and they all die in 2 frozen orbs while I actually have to swing at the rest.. meanwhile in hell den of evil hes still digging away at corpses and chests to come up with 50k to revive his merc that died from some trash mob that was immune to frozen orb.
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Jul 10 2025 01:55pm
I was going to say this guy clearly isn't running hell baals on single player.. especially with a sorc..

Guy obviously just needs something to complain about.

Boo Hoo I can tele to nm baal in 1/4 the time it takes my pally/barb/druid to run there and they all die in 2 frozen orbs while I actually have to swing at the rest.. meanwhile in hell den of evil hes still digging away at corpses and chests to come up with 50k to revive his merc that died from some trash mob that was immune to frozen orb.


u mad???

p.s. got no clue what u said

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