Barbs and death

Vindis - Dreamweaver

Yeah, my barb won't be having hax gears anytime soon. He will be an alt, I love playing him, but I just love my archer too much. Might get him LG Gold gears as his current end game w/ the option of upgrading to Nirvy later.

Archer is currently going for LG Vana.

And yeah, I did notice I probably died because I didn't have bell. I also found out the cleric forgot to rebuff me after I died and messed up the first pull lol (didnt holy path to destination the first time resulting in death from invoke channeling; I felt so fast with archer buff on that I didn't even think to holy path lol).

I do have solid shield, but I tend to forget to use it. I should use it more often on pulls, not just on tanking bosses. It stacks with invoke right? I'll get ToP soon if I can. I have Mire already, I'll probably get Frenzy too just because my archer makes great use of it while tanking stuff already. Barbs current genie kinda sucks though 23/60 atm

I don't think I would go claws on barb, but I am considering adding abit more dexterity. I have 60 at the moment already statted, I think I have 75 now green with the engraving from my archer's old misty forest. I also shard Amber's in my weps (Perfs in my +4 Calas atm). I plan to put Amber Gems in whatever I decide on as my end game wep, honestly not sure what that may be at the moment, this is my first high level HA/Melee toon (I've played Archer and Wiz, as well as GF's Cleric and sin).

Also of note, this made me realize that though I did not aim for aps on my archer, but I could theoretically be 3.33 base (and pure dex) if I just bought Deicides since my LG pants are basically waiting on the next good sale to be made. Wonder if that could actually out DD my bow +5 Deicides vs 3 spark x2 r8+7 Bow...(Thats better left to the archer forums I guess lol)

Oh and about farming, I agree, I am generally too busy with IRL to get a whole lot done, which is why my archer isn't already full LG Vana already.

Traz - Dreamweaver

Must - Lost City wrote: »

Traz im not saying or insulting your post i just say not every player has the time spend hours to farm gears, cause sometimes life wont let.


Im not bad geared also, im just saying that not every barb has 20k standing... there so has to get another resource...

That's all the more reason to rely on the crit for damage...that was the point lol.

Must - Lost City

Vindis - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Yeah, my barb won't be having hax gears anytime soon. He will be an alt, I love playing him, but I just love my archer too much. Might get him LG Gold gears as his current end game w/ the option of upgrading to Nirvy later.

Archer is currently going for LG Vana.

And yeah, I did notice I probably died because I didn't have bell. I also found out the cleric forgot to rebuff me after I died and messed up the first pull lol (didnt holy path to destination the first time resulting in death from invoke channeling; I felt so fast with archer buff on that I didn't even think to holy path lol).

I do have solid shield, but I tend to forget to use it. I should use it more often on pulls, not just on tanking bosses. It stacks with invoke right? I'll get ToP soon if I can. I have Mire already, I'll probably get Frenzy too just because my archer makes great use of it while tanking stuff already. Barbs current genie kinda sucks though 23/60 atm

I don't think I would go claws on barb, but I am considering adding abit more dexterity. I have 60 at the moment already statted, I think I have 75 now green with the engraving from my archer's old misty forest. I also shard Amber's in my weps (Perfs in my +4 Calas atm). I plan to put Amber Gems in whatever I decide on as my end game wep, honestly not sure what that may be at the moment, this is my first high level HA/Melee toon (I've played Archer and Wiz, as well as GF's Cleric and sin).

Also of note, this made me realize that though I did not aim for aps on my archer, but I could theoretically be 3.33 base (and pure dex) if I just bought Deicides since my LG pants are basically waiting on the next good sale to be made. Wonder if that could actually out DD my bow +5 Deicides vs 3 spark x2 r8+7 Bow...(Thats better left to the archer forums I guess lol)

Oh and about farming, I agree, I am generally too busy with IRL to get a whole lot done, which is why my archer isn't already full LG Vana already.

I really think u should go pure if u will not have pimped gears, last night i saw 30 teles on my server asking for a barb to go wave 5 for culti the guy was ofering 2 mil just for a barb....

Lolgasmic - Raging Tide

Vindis - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Soo my barb is level 75 now. With like 10.5k hp, he isn't a pure vit build. I think he still has under 100 vit. He will have 150 vit at level 100, 300 str and 60 dex. Anyways, I was wondering how barbs die so often...

Tanking BH59 now I know that is not the case. Invoke is basically game breaking, allowing one to pull everything that exists. Magic mobs are not much of an issue due to Bestial Rage's Antimagic component.

Pull entire Drake path+Invoke+Roar+Sunder+Surf+Bestial Rage when below 50% health+Solid Shield when needed. That many mobs feels like infinite chi. So I can even spark+ after that at times and AoE the mobs again.

I did Glutt's path like that in 2 pulls (mostly because the others could not keep up). Squad was all in BH range, Psy, Mystic, Archer, Cleric, BM, and myself.

Idk, I just figured I would ask since I have seen so many barbs die back in the FC days and even in my archer's BHs like BH Warsong or Delta. Is this a result of them not learning their class properly? Bad refines? Aps barbs ruining real barbs? Could zeal have a factor and people are too used to fighting mobs 1 at a time? Or do most healers really suck that bad?

I feel that a squad with a legit barb and some decent aoes could do alot more than some aps toons. I mean, with a decent barb or seeker friend my faction does Lunar in 3 pulls. 3 pulls is a fast run. Aps doesn't make bosses die that much faster.., AoEs however make mobs die alot faster. Then again, that might just be me speaking as my archer as well (who can pull just like a Barb now, but has nowhere near his survivability from skills or his hp).

/rant

EDIT: To rephrase a question. My barb basically rarely dies. I think hes died twice and one of those times was trying to pull all of BH39 with a stupid vit build cleric healing <.<. So, when you do die as a barb, what reasons do you think made this happen? What are your thoughts while dead?

Me not paying attention to my own HP / aggro
Healer not healing properly / at all

I'm nearly 300 base STR and around 150 or so VIT and I think around 65 base DEX. Occasionally people who shouldn't have as much HP as me will tease me. And then I just tell them right back..... Wanna tank? You ok with luring 50 +/- mobs or taking that ridiculous magic hit from Wurlord in 2-X? b:bye I didn't think so, stay behind me and look pretty. b:angry