It’s fun playing a Demon Hunter but I want a better farming class. The Tempest Rush Monk can be fun but I’ve been having problems on even MP1 in terms of staying alive. Pretty much with the monk the main issues are life and resistance. My current build for my monk and his gear essentially makes him a glass cannon against certain elites.
So I decided to switch back to my barbarian, whom I haven’t played in quite a while. I grabbed a few pieces of gear and actually got lucky when my Demon Hunter, ironically, scored some relevant Lacuni Bracers. With that I’m reasonably geared.
Survivability thus far has been decent. Pretty much I’m one shotting everything. The biggest issue is spending rage. With everything going down so fast, it’s really hard to keep up things like Wrath of the Berserker. I think once I clean Act 3, I might try pumping up the Monster Power little by little to see where that sweet spot is.
More than likely, I’ll just do Alkaizer Runs once I finish Act 3. Even with the upcoming buffs to mob density in non-Act 3 areas, I think that the Alkaizer Run still probably will end up being one of the better spots. I’ve seen the increase in mob density on the PTR as demonstrated by some streamers and youtube videos and it honestly doesn’t feel as though it’s been buffed up that much.
Part of the reason to continue doing Alkaizer Runs though is to combine paragon leveling with finding decent drops. Since my barbarian is the lowest of my food chain in terms of paragon levels, it will take some time before I’ll see anything come out of these runs. It’s probably better for me to continue using my Demon Hunter, but I just want to switch it up a bit.
Oh what about Path of Exile you might say. Well, why not just do both? I mean, when Diablo 3 goes down for maintenance, I can switch to Path of Exile and vice versa. I have fun with both games and I don’t think it’s great just playing one game exclusively. Anything can burn you out if you over do it so switching things around helps keep everything fresh.