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PlutoNZ
Profile Joined February 2008
New Zealand410 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-09 07:19:07
December 09 2012 07:14 GMT
#3721
I just came into a little bit of gold. I have 13 million and I am wanting to buy some upgrades. Which of my items should I try and replace first?

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Pluto-6960/hero/472

EDIT: I didn't have a belt equipped when my profile updated. Stats are 380 armor, +190 strength, +50 vitality, +60 AR.
wooozy
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
3813 Posts
December 09 2012 07:58 GMT
#3722
with 13m you can completely replace everything and be mp8+ capable

should look up some vods from that cdxliv guy. from what i recall, he builds budget sets very often and explains his thought process pretty clearly. here's one that fits your needs: http://www.twitch.tv/cdxliv/c/1747923
PlutoNZ
Profile Joined February 2008
New Zealand410 Posts
December 09 2012 09:04 GMT
#3723
On December 09 2012 16:58 wooozy wrote:
with 13m you can completely replace everything and be mp8+ capable

should look up some vods from that cdxliv guy. from what i recall, he builds budget sets very often and explains his thought process pretty clearly. here's one that fits your needs: http://www.twitch.tv/cdxliv/c/1747923

Thanks a lot. I pretty much changed every single item using that video as a guide. I spent 10 million and went from 30k dps to 54k. 35k HP to 31k. LoH stayed around the same and my crit chance and crit damage went up a lot.
wooozy
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
3813 Posts
December 09 2012 09:27 GMT
#3724
hm, you may have made some mistakes if you ended up at 31k hp, but regardless you should be more than capable of comfortably farming mp1-4. i'll be sure to check back here tomorrow when your profile updates and see what you managed to do
Big G
Profile Joined April 2011
Italy835 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-09 11:32:19
December 09 2012 11:28 GMT
#3725
I don't think I agree that much with that guide. I recently geared another barb for 2mil and it ended up being pretty good. 70k dps, 50k hp, 500res unbuffed. Only thing lacking is 24% ms, but Tyrael's Might or Lacunis (no crit) are fairly cheap if it's really needed.

There are some minor tweaks that make the difference. Andariel's Visage with a socket costs 2-5mil, but a low geared barb will put an amethyst in it... so the next try is vitality, right? Well, I got an Andy with 12% life instead (and 8% fire damage) for 150k. In fact, life% may be A LOT cheaper.
Strongarm Bracers are very inexpensive, so you have to be smart with the random roll. Allres is expensive, so if you want to raise the EHP you may find that 4-6% reduced melee or ranged damage (some of you may remember that those were valuable stats back in pre-1.03) is almost free. As is life regeneration, or a specific resistance (like, fire res to compensate Andy).
For jewelry, cc+cd or cc+ias combo may be costly, but cc+30 average damage comes at a much lower price for the same or better dps increase. Fire walkers, if allres is too much try for +armor. Chest and pants, try different combinations of str/vit and 1-2-3 sockets. And so on.

I think a proper guide for low budget barbs should cover things like these.
wooozy
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
3813 Posts
December 09 2012 18:34 GMT
#3726
why would you ever want to gear a character without move speed? it's pretty much the only limiting factor in run times for low mp
Big G
Profile Joined April 2011
Italy835 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-09 20:20:53
December 09 2012 19:59 GMT
#3727
On December 10 2012 03:34 wooozy wrote:
why would you ever want to gear a character without move speed? it's pretty much the only limiting factor in run times for low mp

I said without 24% (like, the additional 12%) and I thought that was pretty clear, since I mentioned Fire Walkers. And you're wrong: for low geared barbs, killing speed is the limiting factor while ms is relatively less important and more build-related.

Anyway, the proof of what I'm saying is our friend SearingShadow who dropped to 31k hp following that "guide", since it doesn't address the most basic principles of gearing. By buying a cheap Tyrael's Might you lose 200+ vitality from a rare chest or equivalent (Blackthorne). Which can be fine... if you are guided on how to compensate.
wooozy
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
3813 Posts
December 09 2012 21:27 GMT
#3728
well like i said, he ended up making a few mistakes somewhere gearing up. he should end up with 40k+ hp even with low paragon and a tyraels (which contributes to edps a lot more than any rare would). until his profile updates, we won't know what the deal is

also, what's your definition of low-geared barb? i was referring to the one you listed; 70k dps, 50k hp, 500 AR. at 70k dps, kill speed is not the limiting factor on mp1. everything melts in one "round" of RLTW/WW and that's not even factoring wrath. is your 70k inflated by a high damage off hand?
Big G
Profile Joined April 2011
Italy835 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-09 23:05:26
December 09 2012 22:54 GMT
#3729
No, it's a 700dps dagger IIRC and luckily it's not "mine" since I have a pretty decent barb. I don't think 70k dps are enough to melt everything in one round, at the very least the farming speed is limited by elites killing. Otherwise having 70 or 700k dps is the same, when clearly it is not (even top barbs play at MP1-3).

I have nothing against Tyrael's Might (except for its ugliness), in fact I love it. I just said that if a guide doesn't explain some basic principles (like, where a given prop costs less, what are the thresholds for keeping the price low, what is usually undervalued etc) it's very easy to make that kind of mistakes. Saying "go buy a Tyrael's" is not enough to me, i like to explain that the random roll is key - in those 50 equally priced Tyrael's there is at least one with, for example, 300 armor that gives enough EHP to not care about AR on your Fire Walkers, so you can choose vitality instead. It's just an example but I hope you get my point.
Charger
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2405 Posts
December 10 2012 01:01 GMT
#3730
So right now I'm farming Act 3 MP0 @ about 65m xp/hr but I want to do better. Here is my profile in xp farming gear. I had been using 3 piece cain's set as well but after some testing I get about 5m more xp/hr without it.

I read about the Chaz build that could supposedly do upwards of around 100m xp/hr with super godly gear but I couldn't get it working right.

Do any barbs here use the Chaz build for farming or another build that would increase my xp/hr?

Thanks! <3
It's easy to be a Monday morning quarterback.
lovelyrose
Profile Joined July 2003
Canada160 Posts
December 10 2012 06:10 GMT
#3731
I don't really know what to do in terms of my gear, so I thought I'd give it a try here. I have around 200 mil to spend on a barb set. I have no gear currently, or nothing worth mentioning, and so just assume my character is naked. If someone could help and tell me what to look for in terms of what to buy, or give me more in depth advice, I'd appreciate it.

I don't know too much about item prices, but I managed to trade my friend gold in another game, for D3 gold. I'm mostly just trying to avoid getting ripped off, or buying the wrong items. Any advice/help is very welcome! Thanks!
Grovbolle
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Denmark3813 Posts
December 10 2012 10:03 GMT
#3732
On December 10 2012 15:10 lovelyrose wrote:
I don't really know what to do in terms of my gear, so I thought I'd give it a try here. I have around 200 mil to spend on a barb set. I have no gear currently, or nothing worth mentioning, and so just assume my character is naked. If someone could help and tell me what to look for in terms of what to buy, or give me more in depth advice, I'd appreciate it.

I don't know too much about item prices, but I managed to trade my friend gold in another game, for D3 gold. I'm mostly just trying to avoid getting ripped off, or buying the wrong items. Any advice/help is very welcome! Thanks!


Try contacting Pokebunny. He has a thread where he will help you fully gear most characters. I have heard he is pretty good at it
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NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
December 10 2012 13:33 GMT
#3733
On December 09 2012 16:58 wooozy wrote:
with 13m you can completely replace everything and be mp8+ capable

should look up some vods from that cdxliv guy. from what i recall, he builds budget sets very often and explains his thought process pretty clearly. here's one that fits your needs: http://www.twitch.tv/cdxliv/c/1747923


What is mp8 capable to you? I strongly doubt anyone can build a barb around 13m that is going to do a good run on mp8-_-
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lovelyrose
Profile Joined July 2003
Canada160 Posts
December 10 2012 15:09 GMT
#3734
On December 10 2012 19:03 Grovbolle wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2012 15:10 lovelyrose wrote:
I don't really know what to do in terms of my gear, so I thought I'd give it a try here. I have around 200 mil to spend on a barb set. I have no gear currently, or nothing worth mentioning, and so just assume my character is naked. If someone could help and tell me what to look for in terms of what to buy, or give me more in depth advice, I'd appreciate it.

I don't know too much about item prices, but I managed to trade my friend gold in another game, for D3 gold. I'm mostly just trying to avoid getting ripped off, or buying the wrong items. Any advice/help is very welcome! Thanks!


Try contacting Pokebunny. He has a thread where he will help you fully gear most characters. I have heard he is pretty good at it


Thanks, I tried adding him .
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
December 10 2012 19:10 GMT
#3735
On December 11 2012 00:09 lovelyrose wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2012 19:03 Grovbolle wrote:
On December 10 2012 15:10 lovelyrose wrote:
I don't really know what to do in terms of my gear, so I thought I'd give it a try here. I have around 200 mil to spend on a barb set. I have no gear currently, or nothing worth mentioning, and so just assume my character is naked. If someone could help and tell me what to look for in terms of what to buy, or give me more in depth advice, I'd appreciate it.

I don't know too much about item prices, but I managed to trade my friend gold in another game, for D3 gold. I'm mostly just trying to avoid getting ripped off, or buying the wrong items. Any advice/help is very welcome! Thanks!


Try contacting Pokebunny. He has a thread where he will help you fully gear most characters. I have heard he is pretty good at it


Thanks, I tried adding him .

will be home in about 4 hours
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
zylog
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada943 Posts
December 10 2012 20:07 GMT
#3736
On December 10 2012 10:01 Charger wrote:
So right now I'm farming Act 3 MP0 @ about 65m xp/hr but I want to do better. Here is my profile in xp farming gear. I had been using 3 piece cain's set as well but after some testing I get about 5m more xp/hr without it.

I read about the Chaz build that could supposedly do upwards of around 100m xp/hr with super godly gear but I couldn't get it working right.

Do any barbs here use the Chaz build for farming or another build that would increase my xp/hr?

Thanks! <3

I've done the build, it farms at a very consistent speed which is quite nice, though I still believe that ideally a WotB build is faster if you are able to maintain it. Anyhow, the idea is to stack leap+overpower with rend and WW to nearly one-shot elites on mp0, this way you can keep moving through the map with constant sprinting and minimal interruption. A heavy 2 hander works best with this concept, though it's doable with dual wield if you have good weapons.

In terms of XP, I got maybe 70-75 mil/hour with it, whereas with most of my other builds I get about 60-80 mil, depending on things like monster density which leads to better/worse wotb uptime. So, as I said, it's consistently strong, but I don't consider it overwhelmingly better than other efficient farming builds. Personally I get bored of the exact same run too many times in a row, so I frequently change-up my build/MP level.

If you want to try perma-wotb on mp0/mp1, you can try this build:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barbarian#ZPRcUQ!ZhY!YcYabY

HotA thunderstrike has a large AOE on kill which can proc into the fray for a massive amount of fury generation. This makes it far better for keeping up WotB compared to WW. If you run this build with high attack speed, dual wield and -rend on your belt, you can run around casting rend to kill clumps of enemies and move around at +94% movespeed provided you can keep wotb up. You can also go with RLTW instead of marathon if you're concerned about killing all the trash or don't want to spam rend to kill trash.

if you want to focus on pure paragon levelling, run keeps 2 only in all your +XP gear (Cain's, Leorics, Hellfire, Ruby) while skipping elites. Use a permazerker build with a mighty weapon and rend to help kill trash. I've gotten 80-90 mil/hour with this method, and that's without a Leoric's ring. The downside is that you're not farming items at all this way.
wooozy
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
3813 Posts
December 10 2012 20:08 GMT
#3737
On December 10 2012 22:33 Type|NarutO wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 09 2012 16:58 wooozy wrote:
with 13m you can completely replace everything and be mp8+ capable

should look up some vods from that cdxliv guy. from what i recall, he builds budget sets very often and explains his thought process pretty clearly. here's one that fits your needs: http://www.twitch.tv/cdxliv/c/1747923


What is mp8 capable to you? I strongly doubt anyone can build a barb around 13m that is going to do a good run on mp8-_-


meaning with 10m, you can build a set that can survive and slowly kill shit in mp10 (1-2 min for elites as opposed to the usual 20-30s for higher geared players). mp8+ in general is never going to be a "good run" because the bonuses you get from higher mps are mediocre compared to the hp gain. i believe the highest dps wizard in the world only farms mp6
lovelyrose
Profile Joined July 2003
Canada160 Posts
December 10 2012 21:01 GMT
#3738
On December 11 2012 04:10 Pokebunny wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 11 2012 00:09 lovelyrose wrote:
On December 10 2012 19:03 Grovbolle wrote:
On December 10 2012 15:10 lovelyrose wrote:
I don't really know what to do in terms of my gear, so I thought I'd give it a try here. I have around 200 mil to spend on a barb set. I have no gear currently, or nothing worth mentioning, and so just assume my character is naked. If someone could help and tell me what to look for in terms of what to buy, or give me more in depth advice, I'd appreciate it.

I don't know too much about item prices, but I managed to trade my friend gold in another game, for D3 gold. I'm mostly just trying to avoid getting ripped off, or buying the wrong items. Any advice/help is very welcome! Thanks!


Try contacting Pokebunny. He has a thread where he will help you fully gear most characters. I have heard he is pretty good at it


Thanks, I tried adding him .

will be home in about 4 hours


Sounds good ! I should be on tonight, though if I don't catch you when I am, then tomorrow. Thanks in advance.
Charger
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2405 Posts
December 10 2012 21:15 GMT
#3739
On December 11 2012 05:07 zylog wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 10 2012 10:01 Charger wrote:
So right now I'm farming Act 3 MP0 @ about 65m xp/hr but I want to do better. Here is my profile in xp farming gear. I had been using 3 piece cain's set as well but after some testing I get about 5m more xp/hr without it.

I read about the Chaz build that could supposedly do upwards of around 100m xp/hr with super godly gear but I couldn't get it working right.

Do any barbs here use the Chaz build for farming or another build that would increase my xp/hr?

Thanks! <3

I've done the build, it farms at a very consistent speed which is quite nice, though I still believe that ideally a WotB build is faster if you are able to maintain it. Anyhow, the idea is to stack leap+overpower with rend and WW to nearly one-shot elites on mp0, this way you can keep moving through the map with constant sprinting and minimal interruption. A heavy 2 hander works best with this concept, though it's doable with dual wield if you have good weapons.

In terms of XP, I got maybe 70-75 mil/hour with it, whereas with most of my other builds I get about 60-80 mil, depending on things like monster density which leads to better/worse wotb uptime. So, as I said, it's consistently strong, but I don't consider it overwhelmingly better than other efficient farming builds. Personally I get bored of the exact same run too many times in a row, so I frequently change-up my build/MP level.

If you want to try perma-wotb on mp0/mp1, you can try this build:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barbarian#ZPRcUQ!ZhY!YcYabY

HotA thunderstrike has a large AOE on kill which can proc into the fray for a massive amount of fury generation. This makes it far better for keeping up WotB compared to WW. If you run this build with high attack speed, dual wield and -rend on your belt, you can run around casting rend to kill clumps of enemies and move around at +94% movespeed provided you can keep wotb up. You can also go with RLTW instead of marathon if you're concerned about killing all the trash or don't want to spam rend to kill trash.

if you want to focus on pure paragon levelling, run keeps 2 only in all your +XP gear (Cain's, Leorics, Hellfire, Ruby) while skipping elites. Use a permazerker build with a mighty weapon and rend to help kill trash. I've gotten 80-90 mil/hour with this method, and that's without a Leoric's ring. The downside is that you're not farming items at all this way.


Wow this is awesome stuff, ty Can't wait to try some of this out tonight!
It's easy to be a Monday morning quarterback.
lovelyrose
Profile Joined July 2003
Canada160 Posts
December 11 2012 00:45 GMT
#3740
Much thanks to Pokebunny for helping me get my gear sorted out. My gear works wonderfully now.
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