02-04-2012, 11:05 PM
(02-04-2012, 10:24 PM)DeeBye Wrote: I did my first playthrough as a Barbarian. I used a shield instead of 2 weapons or a 2-hander. Not once did I ever feel as though I was in any danger of dying, no matter how many enemies were attacking me. I also felt like I was doing massive AoE damage with Cleave and Rend. Stuff was just dying really really fast.
One thing to note is that the difficulty of the beta is not at all indicative of the final game. In many of the discussions related to difficulty the devs have likened the beta to the first few open areas in D2 on normal. Those areas weren't difficult in any way either.
It's also of note that in D3 there will be an added difficulty level after Hell difficulty. How this all pans out into continued challenges for players is yet to be seen.
Many of the issues that arise when talking about difficulty and replayability won't be fully descernable until we see what they do with items.