Prismatic

So I cleared act 1 a few days ago and have hit the wall most other players have hit in inferno of not being able to progress very far into act 2.

The gear I need for act 2 doesn't seem to be available in act 1 so I need to grind a bunch of money to hit the AH ... but where?

I've done skele king and butcher runs a bunch with 5 NV stacks and MF gear equipped to try and get items to sell but not really getting anywhere with that. Am I just having shitty luck or is there better thing to be doing?

I'm not a massive supporter of them but I'd feel a bit weird if they weren't about. I certainly don't want a elected head of state, that's for sure.

Also, 4 day weekend! WOOOOOO

My hat looks silly D:

@emergency said:

When everyone whined about always online, I didn't mind. I knew their would be some issues for the first few days, but everything would settle out and it wouldn't affect me. Two weeks later and every day several times a day they boot me off. It's a bit disgusting, absolutely no one else other than maybe valve could "get away with this". I'm really disappointed in Blizzard. I feel like I gave them the benefit of the doubt and too much credit. When people would whine, I would fervently defend them. After a few weeks of this absolute crap, I feel like readying my pitchfork as well. Shocking service, especially considering the fact it was an expensive for a PC game.

My feelings exactly.

Just got booted for the 10th time in 4 days and can't log back in. Yay.

@wmaustin55: Prismatic#2309 but I'm in Europe not America =(

I have been tinkering all day after reading the advice and think I've landed on a pretty solid build - http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barbarian#WPXVkR!Xcb!cZaccc. I got up to 5 Neph stacks without to much hassle using it ... until I got dc'd and now can't log back in because Blizzard servers STILL don't work after 2 weeks >_>

The Frenzy rune I'm not sure about. 4 of the 5 available seem pretty awesome for Inferno but I'm trying the extra damage for now because that's always nice.

Leap with Iron Impact is really great. I jump in with that, wait 4 seconds, activate Ignore Pain and then when it wears off I Leap again. That combo makes me super tanky for 14 seconds allowing me to put a good chunk of damage down on elites.

I want to change the Ignore Pain rune once I have a better weapon but right now it's helping me a bit with my low dps.

@Ashcrack1087 said:

You should be able to pick up some vit/str/all resist pieces on the AH for cheap, just set a buyout of 100k or so some of my best gear pieces were dirt cheap on the AH.

Thanks for this advice! I managed to get 2 pretty nice bits of armour for 80k each :D I just missed out on an incredible 1h axe though, it got put up just as I was searching and was sold before I could click on it lol

Ah right. I had been using WotB the rest of the game with 100% damage and only just dropped it for Inferno but I've made space for it again =)

Was hoping I could make some super survival build with the 60% dodge but oh well.

Thanks for the advice!

Yeh I'm using the Enchantress, good buffs + she is my favourite character =)

Most of my gear is mid 40 stuff stacked with vitality so you're right about that. The problem I have is no money and crap luck so I've not been able to upgrade much.

What rune do you recommend for Wrath of the Beserker? I'm thinking I should use the dodge rune but not sure if dodge is only for melee attacks or will it work against stuff like molten patches on the ground, arcane enchanted mobs beams etc?

Hey duders.

I am now in Inferno and progressing very slowly through act 1 (just finished Wortham event). I can kill about 80% of elite mobs I find even with my extremely crappy gear. Here are my key stats:

• 52.4k life
• 4710 dps (1h + shield)
• 6428 armour (buffed)
• Between 110 and 250 resists (buffed)
• 176 life per hit
• 832 life per second (buffed)

I have a few questions regarding my gear and build.

This is my current build http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barbarian#bgYVkR!Xcb!cZZccc Does this look viable for most things in Inferno?. My main two questions would be Cleave or Frenzy? and is it advisable to not have a Rage skill on bar at all?

As for gear, apart from strength, vitality and resists, what other stats should I be prioritizing? Also, is 1h + shield the way to go or does the extra dps from dual wielding/2 handers balance out the reduced survivability?

I'm still working on my gear by grinding act 4/Whimsyshire hell. Not having much luck though :(

Here's a tip for anyone that's still trying to gather the parts to make it go quicker.

Have a friend do runs in a separate game at the same time. If either of you find what you need then join that game BEFORE you open the chest/kill the mob and both of you will be able to loot the required item. The only thing it doesn't work for is the plans in act 4 but thankfully they are a common drop. This is how I did it and it took about 1 hour 30 to get all the parts.

Go go unicorn banner!