Just rolled a new Barbarian

Sgt - Raging Tide

So I just rolled a new barbarian. I'm new to this class.
I read most of the two stickied guides.
Anything else I should know?

Fuzzy_Wuzzy - Raging Tide

You should also know, in case you didn't figure it out already, that you just rolled the best class in the game. b:laugh

Knownase - Heavens Tear

Lets see:

-Tank Class
-Nice HP
-Low Dex/Accurate Rates
-We drink HP charms like nothing
-People will always want you in squad
-Low DD power at first
-Second pick in TT groups (usuallyb:quiet)
-People love our buffs!
-End game with good gear, we are nukes.
-Repairs are high for us

At level 89+
-Sage Barbs are known for high defense and HP
-Demon Barbs are known for high crit rates and spike damage

Thats all I can think of. :P

Sgt - Raging Tide

Knownase - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Lets see:

-Tank Class
-Nice HP
-Low Dex/Accurate Rates
-We drink HP charms like nothing
-People will always want you in squad
-Low DD power at first
-Second pick in TT groups (usuallyb:quiet)
-People love our buffs!
-End game with good gear, we are nukes.
-Repairs are high for us

At level 89+
-Sage Barbs are known for high defense and HP
-Demon Barbs are known for high crit rates and spike damage

Thats all I can think of. :P

Cool, I knew that already. How many hours do I have to play to reach endgame?

Fuzzy_Wuzzy - Raging Tide

Sgt - Raging Tide wrote: »

Cool, I knew that already. How many hours do I have to play to reach endgame?

That all depends on how much disposable income you have to throw at your tiger....


but honestly.... "how many hrs?" ... as easy as exp is these days unless u wanna take out a second mortgage on the house *cough ULMOS cough* its months not hrs.....

Stressedout - Dreamweaver

Fuzzy_Wuzzy - Raging Tide wrote: »

That all depends on how much disposable income you have to throw at your tiger....


but honestly.... "how many hrs?" ... as easy as exp is these days unless u wanna take out a second mortgage on the house *cough ULMOS cough* its months not hrs.....

^ Quoted for truth b:laugh It does take quite awhile to level a barb to endgame (directly relevant to how much cash ya wanna spend), however I say the result is worth it.

Best thing to remember: you will NOT do decent damge until endgame. You are not a DD, don't spend money/spirit trying to pretend you'll out dps a BM. Basically focus on being able to **** off all the mobs, and stay alive. Succeed at that and you will be well liked as a barb = )

Yulk - Heavens Tear

Knownase - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Lets see:

-Tank Class
-Nice HP
Your forgetting about nice P.DEF, its definitely true

-Low Dex/Accurate Rates
True for a barb with minimum DEX

-We drink HP charms like nothing

I barely relied on charm and I never remembered draining HP charms at all on mine, except for when I had to tank w/ no healer. Barbs are not meant to be squishy by any standards unless they using that white equips, Armageddon skill or too low leveled.

-People will always want you in squad

who wouldn't want a barb?

-Low DD power at first

True if you don't open with debuff

-Second pick in TT groups (usuallyb:quiet)
-People love our buffs!

HP buffs are epic, hands down
-End game with good gear, we are nukes.
-Repairs are high for us

I never had high repairs except for lots of waves from rebirth, but I use more mana pots and powders than everything else though.

At level 89+
-Sage Barbs are known for high defense and HP
-Demon Barbs are known for high crit rates and spike damage


Thats all I can think of. :P

There is a lot more but yeah

Brutu - Heavens Tear

"True for a barb with minimum DEX

I barely relied on charm and I never remembered draining HP charms at all on mine, except for when I had to tank w/ no healer. Barbs are not meant to be squishy by any standards unless they using that white equips, Armageddon skill or too low leveled.


True if you don't open with debuff


I never had high repairs except for lots of waves from rebirth, but I use more mana pots and powders than everything else though." -

1)Most barbs have minimum DEX, and even with a slightly hybrid build it sucks completely until one can get duel mistys.

2)Pre level 60s 99% of barbs use white equips or quest equips or at the very least very cheap gear from AH, mainly because it isn't worth it to get 1337 badass gear if your trading it in in 2 days.

3)Even with debuff we won't be beating DDs, an example is my level 80 barb vs a level 80 psy being that the psy does about 10k dps whilst I do about 1.8-2k in tiger form.... And it only gets worse as you see lower levels.

Heck my level 66 archer now gets about 50% more dps then my barb in humanoid form.

Sgt - Raging Tide

Fuzzy_Wuzzy - Raging Tide wrote: »

That all depends on how much disposable income you have to throw at your tiger....


but honestly.... "how many hrs?" ... as easy as exp is these days unless u wanna take out a second mortgage on the house *cough ULMOS cough* its months not hrs.....

Aw...
Well, I don't have too much disposable income this year, too many good games.
Mass Effect 2, Bad Company 2, Splinter Cell, Heavy Rain, etc, etc.
On a semi-related note, anyone wanna donate to my cause?