Magic / Defense

joe05 · Post by **joe05** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:59 pm

Guys - about what % do you keep your characters magic finding ? ... I have my Barbarian at 60% with good armor, but could go to 88% with average armor ... that leads to my next question = how important is the defense number ?

Lonelypilgrim · Post by **Lonelypilgrim** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:35 am

I don`t care much about finding magic items and so i keep my defence up.For a close melee fighter with no elemental skills definately needs a higher defence.

I usualy keep my magic finding somewhere near 20% with my assasin.

joe05 · Post by **joe05** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 1:45 am

LonelyPilgrim - thanks. I've been having a hard time finding good yellow/gold weapons. The blue weapons being sold are better than the yellow ones I found. I've tossed 2 gold spears; 4 gold swords; 2 gold daggers; 1 gold mace etc, not to mention all the yellow weapons. I just can't find me a good axe :-( . I even whacked Mephisto 10+ times to try and get me something good, but no luck. It cost me one death + my merc bit the dust 3 times

. I'm trying Izual now, but he keeps dropping junk. At this point, I'm using two Military Picks(...one is very fast + 10% IAS) and the attack rating is high, but the damage is "low". I'm at a loss whether to dump one and "buy" a blue high damage axe

. I need one for the % mana adder . I'm using the Frenzy Barbarian build and am a bit concerned with Diablo coming up. Seems I may be running away more than fighting.
My Pick is 7-19(...+92 to attack rating); the Blue Axe I passed on was 10-34; +18 max dam; + 39% enhanched damage ... I'm regretting that decision.
Oh well, guess if I went with swords, I'd have found a bunch of gold axes ... seems the game won't give you what you need
Third go-around on the Barbarian and he always finds what he's "NOT" mastering in.