[NvPinder]

Originally Posted by Dingobloo

I'm only farming act 1 inferno and I've gotta ask, if that's the case why is prismatic armor so underutilised? Is force armor even post-nerf really still that awesome?

On the same note why is glass cannon taken for 15% damage (a good amount admittedly) when you lose 10% armor and resists? that Seems pretty hefty, or is the combination with force armor just better because you're already getting hit over 35% you might as well take the damage because you're still only getting hit for that much?

It just seems impossible to stop certain elites getting in on me, and when they do I worry that glass cannon and lack of blur would make things worse than they currently are. Are you just farming sections you know have nothing fast enough to get in? are you just killing stuff fast enough that it doesn't matter? Do you farm with a buddy?

Cheers for the food for thought.

Prismatic armor is actually amazing, Once you have enough overall armor/res/life that you can survive the 'unavoidable' hits for less than 1/3rd of your health w/ prismatic on, it's way better than force. You pretty much hit the nail on the head with the fact that progression wise, your gear is basically always so borderline that a lot of mobs are hitting you for much more than 1/3rd of total hp.

regarding glass cannon, its just far far better getting the extra damage as a range class. Whilst defense is obviously necessary for when creeps do get the occasional hit on you, 15% dmg can be the difference between 1 or 2 hitting white mobs instead of 2-4 hitting them.

Farming is almost always easier/better solo unless you have a buddy who is more geared than you who is willing to farm less effectively than they can in a higher act to help you farm quicker. Progression however I generally find much easier in a team, both because it's easier to skip an "Impossible(read: invul minions)" mob with 2 people as opposed to one and 'event' bosses or w/e you want to call them, for those i find 3 or 4 people best, since when one dies you have 1 res and 1 tank. This is purely preference tho and also requires good coordination between the people and equal level of patience etc. A lot of people I know do prefer to do progression solo.

But yeah, i'd highly suggest not ramming your head against the wall trying to prrogress, the game should be very tough in inferno but as a general rule i'd say if your dying relatively consistently to white mobs then you're far to under-geared to keep progressing and go back and farm more armor if you're not even getting 3 hits out of force armor, or more dps if you are but are just struggling to kill the things quick enough.