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Guides are really helpful for finding interesting synergies between skills and aspects and whatnot, without having to theorycraft. I find it difficult to enjoy a build unless I understand all those synergies.
So the guides actually enhance my appreciation of the game because they help me discover builds that work, and thus builds that I enjoy.
Interesting. I like to figure that out on my own but we all have preferences.
I enjoy trying to break the game with the best gear/skills until games become too easy, then I go for looks.
Thing is, I enjoy it. You do you. I have more respect for players who like the challenge and wear whatever than the guy min-maxing like I sometimes do.
However, when it comes to coop games. I understand why some people wouldn't want to team up with you. Just make a group of like minded friends. You do you.
Well put! Just play and let play. I think what I'm going to end up doing is min-maxing my druid, and then playing my necromancer for looks and coolness lol.
I'm with ypu, I play what I find fun. Now of course as time goes I try to develop it to something effective but fun is the endgame.
I also like to look cool, and get more enjoyment out of finding a playstyle I like, rather than following a meta.
That said, ARPG's are definitely a numbers game, depending on how far you want to go. If all you want to do is world events in WT4 and regular dungeons, you can play whatever spec you want.
If you want to kill Uber Lilith and push super high tier Nightmare dungeons (especially solo), you'll likely have to rely on the theorycrafters who crunch the numbers for the most optimal setup.
I'm happy to play a spec I find fun, even if it means I can't push super high. It just depends on what's makes the game fun for you
I'm looking at maxroll which propose différent build for a class that way I get playing around a core mechanic I like without beeing too irelevant.
I plan on min maxing once I'll hit a wall in my progression.
In the endgame minnmaxing will be necessary just to attain it and not be a burden in groups.
I dont like looking at wikis or build guides to tell me how to play a video game. If i want to smash my dick on an anvil for 4 hours by trying to get bone spear, corpse explosion and blood spells to work then it means i'm having fun with it.
If people "must do max damage and kill all enemies on-sight" then good for them, I just wont invite them to my parties. I play Diablo for the story believe it or not. Which is why I even played through the arcade game called Diablo 3. I have no interest in making a competitive PVP character with one of 2 viable build options.
You can use Min-Maxing to make off-meta and suboptimal builds work.
Optimise your gear, your defense or you attribues (less in D3+) so that "unplayable" skills can be used.
I think it could be fun to try to find better skill builds and "broken" combos, but the UI makes it so incredibly tedious to change abilities and paragon points so currently I don't enjoy the process.. Right now min-maxing for me would to be to look up some other person's build and copy that
Another thing with Diablo is that gameplay gets pretty repetitive, especially with some builds, so I prefer to use something less than optimal if it makes combat a bit more interactive.