Ratatatat is my demon hunter. On Monday night she and two friends, playing a monk (Silver) and a mage (DB), got together as a group. Our levels ranged from 7 to 10 I believe, which meant that we were not all at the same spot in the storyline. That wasn't a problem, though. Diablo manages to keep everything moving forward, tracking our different positions in progression while still allowing us to play as a group. "Rat" soloed up to level 10 before joining the group. She does not have many abilities, yet, but she does have a pretty devastating crossbow that can be fired at machine gun speed. Imagine the 1930s tommy gun era. The only difference is that in Diablo Rat quickly runs out of ammunition (unlike the movies). Rat generally uses single shot mode for normal mobs; short, rapid sprays for when the number of mobs gets too stifling; and long, murderous bursts against the nastier foes.
Group work is a lot of fun, and goes very fast. We raced through field and dungeon wrecking havoc at every turn. Initially Rat was battling through areas she had already been through solo. Later, when Rat teamed with just DB, she got to see areas she had not yet visited. How that affects her solo play I'm not sure, but then I don't intend to play her solo very much. For solo play I have Barbedwire. Another benefit of group play is that players can trade gear. Rat nearly doubled her damage rating when DB won a rare crossbow and passed it to Rat to use. Wow, could she really blow things away with that!
In addition to that powered up crossbow, Rat does have a couple of defensive moves to stay out of trouble. Her favorite is the tumble, which is a very fast move that she uses to rocket herself out of immediate danger. During boss fights with the group she typically will empty her magazine on the boss right at the start, which attracts a lot of attention from the boss. If it actually succeeds in reaching her, she tumbles away and lets her ammo replenish while single shotting mobs (bosses are always surrounded by piles and piles of mobs). The others in the group are also attacking, of course, but if the boss isn't already down when her ammo loads up she can usually finish it with another long burst.
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| Ratatatat Level 1 |
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| Rat at Level 13 |
BW, meanwhile, continues to progress, but the going has gotten slower. As with WoW, each new level takes longer to complete than the one before. The gear upgrades come a lot slower, as well. However, BW did retrieve a new weapon that sent him back to blade and shield instead of a two-hander. BW found a very rare single hand weapon with a damage rating that was higher than the two-hander he was using. BW is now wielding that blade and has his big shield back. BW will likely be trading back and forth single and two hand weapons, depending on what combination delivers the most damage.
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