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IK set is pretty much complete crap atm, its gonna get buffed in 1.1 patch but we wont see that patch for atleast a month imo

I would be very, very happy if 1.1 comes in August, but I seriously doubt that. I'd guess 1.1 comes in 2-3 months. Of course I could be wrong.

Knowing my luck, they'll release the patch on Tuesday August 7th because I'm not working that day. lol

Quote from Puttah

I used to also feel a little disheartened that I had managed to get all the way to inferno without a single legendary or set drop for me, but now after 200 hours played, still without having found one, I'm actually quite happy to not find any.

Finding one and seeing that it's absolute trash? No thanks.

Hopefully once they fix legendary items that feeling will change for all of us

Quote from Rethical

I blame the goblins, they are hording our set pieces!!! damn blasted goblins who do they think they are eh!!!

That explains it! I can never catch those little bastards to do enough damage before they port. :/

+1 to OP for not using the term "Godly"

Wish I had the cash to buy those pants btw

It's being deployed today on US servers and tomorrow on the EU servers. It a suck patch anyways. Very minor patch that was delayed 2 weeks for nothing. lol

I had my first set item drop just into Inferno Act 1 on Saturday. It was Tal Rasha's Guardianship. Within an hour I had 3 legendary items drop, 2 gloves and 1 pants. My magic find was pretty low at the time and when I got the set item I had maybe 1-2 stack(s) of NV.

Since then I have logged around 26-30 hours and no set or legendary items have dropped and I'm at 249 magic find with 5 stacks of NV.

It's all random, my friend. Just keep killing and prey to the RNG Gods for decent drops.

Quote from dmist24

@zealot

your dps is quite low, and also you need to up your resist - let say around 500 unbuffed... you definitely need warcry impunity.

give up the following, they have long cooldowns

-wrath
-earthquake

i use this build for full defensive
http://us.battle.net...SVkR!ebV!cacccZ

i change passive to berserk, brawler, nerves sometimes to pump up my dps

I gave this build a try tonight on Inferno Act 2 and progressed almost to Maghda and only had to bypass 1 rare elite that was molten, arcane, illusionist, minion and some other affix, so I'd say the build was a success. Thanks!

Quote from dmist24

@zealot

your dps is quite low, and also you need to up your resist - let say around 500 unbuffed... you definitely need warcry impunity.

give up the following, they have long cooldowns

-wrath
-earthquake

i use this build for full defensive
http://us.battle.net...SVkR!ebV!cacccZ

i change passive to berserk, brawler, nerves sometimes to pump up my dps

I'll try that build tonight.

And for what it's worth, here are my real stats...

Quote from Bohemien

The hamsters got out again, blizz needs to fire their handler.

Or feed the handler to the hamsters.

They're just trying to ease you into the 4 (probably 6+) hour maintenance window tomorrow. You should be thankful. lol

Quote from Kolmagorov

Seems to me that your stats should be sufficient for Act II. What is your playstyle like?

I ask this because a few small playstyle changes made enough difference for me to farm Act 3. I use a 2-hander but my build is very similar to yours. The only difference is that I use Leap with Iron Impact rune rather than Ignore Pain.

I prefer leap because the damage reduction from Iron Impact has much higher uptime than Ignore Pain. I'll leap into a pack, beat them up for 4-6 seconds, and if my health begins to drop after the armor buff is gone I'll charge out and heal myself to full. Then I'll run away for 3-4 seconds until Leap is off cooldown then repeat.

What was killing me before was trying to stand toe-to-toe with elite mobs without a damage reduction cooldown like Leap.

I've been using Ignore Pain as well, but was thinking about giving Leap : Iron Impact a try.

I've also been wanting to use War Cry : Impunity to see if it helps me survive in Inferno Act 2, but I am not sure what to give up.

Here are my skills...

1. Revenge : Provocation
2. Wrath of the Berserker : Insanity
3. Earthquake : Path of Fire
4. Ignore Pain : Ignorance is Bliss
LMB: Cleave : Rupture
RMB: Furious Charge : Dreadnought

When I encounter a champ pack/rare I run in, hit 2, 3, 4 (due to duration timing) and that usually burns stuff down and kills 2-3 champs. Throw off a Revenge every now and then and then run out and use Furious Charge to heal up and pop Ignore Pain again, if it was up.

This has worked for me all the way through Inferno Act 1, but the Earthquake damage just isn't doing the job in Act 2, especially when I encounter mobs that don't stay in melee range. This is why I was thinking about a skill change.

I'm not at home now, so I can't list my exact stats, but I will tonight. Here are guess to what they are.

Using Sword and Board
48-49k life
10-11k damage
7-8k armor
350-420 resists

My weapon is around 812 dps and my shield has 1100-ish armor, 16% block and blocks 3700-ish to 4200-ish damage or something like that. None of my gear has LoH.

I do have a 1200+ dps 2h axe I found and it helps when using Earthquake, but I lose the 54 resist all my shield has and I lose the armor from the shield.

Any thoughts on changes to my setup based on the approximate details above? Again, I can post specifics later when I get home.

Quote from toisaga

So this is my first post on this site and even after reading some of the guides, i still seem to be having trouble with Act 2. Act 1 is now a cake walk. Act 2 white mobs I can seem to handle decently, Wasp are a bitch to handle though... Any ways here are my stats and still setup...

Stength: 1646
Vitality: 982
Dex: 248
Int: 314

Armor: 7847 unbuffed
DPS: 19990.20

APS: 1.53
Crit Chance: 11.5%
Crit Dam: 214%

All Resist: 411-491 *range
Dodge: 13.7%
HP: 41,575

Skills
Left Click: Frenzy w/ Sidearm
Right Click: Furious Charge w/ Dreadnought
1: War Cry w/ Impunity
2: Revenge w/ Provacation
3: Ignore Pain w/ Ignorance is Bliss
4: Wrath of the Berserker w/ Insanity

Passives
Berserker's Rage
Tough as Nails
Nerves or Steel

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I'm having the same issues in inferno act 2 as well, but mainly in group play and against champ packs.

And the wasps are a pain in the ass! Last night my friend and I got a molten, arcane, vortex, frozen and some other affixes(s) champ pack for wasps. Took forever to kill them. Right after that we got a rare elite wasp that had illusion, mortar, minion, plagued and some other affixes. We had to give up on this pack because we couldn't determine the true boss to kill with all of the bees and fireballs on screen.

My skills are almost the same as yours, but my stats are a little lower than what you listed. I play sword and board and have a decent shield, though it could use a higher block percentage.

We have gone back to farming act 1 in hopes of getting some better gear or at least money to buy better gear off the AH. Hopefully this will help.

Not a bad sword since it has a required level of 47.

Quote from lorien1973

Yeah, it's equivalent to that. If you can farm Hell whimsey, it makes a ton more sense to just farm Act 1 inferno. It's a lot easier. Those unicorns in the whimsey hit like trucks.

Thanks. I was thinking that was the case. My barb and monk just hit Inferno, so I'll just progress and farm.

Is the gear that drops from Whimsyshire the same that can drop from acts 3 or 4?

For instance, if I have the Hell staff, will the gear be equivalent to Hell act 3 or 4 gear?