I saw a question elsewhere and it made me wonder… this dude basically posted asking what the heck is wrong with people who play Diablo IV and don’t min-max, and asking how that could possibly be fun. What are y’all’s thoughts?
I’m kinda torn. I don’t like it, personally. If I have my druthers, I like to set up my characters with things that I think are fun and look cool, not necessarily things that are best/most powerful etc. It’s interesting how so many people want every player wearing the exact same gear, using the exact same things (even in the exact same order for some games!)… For a lot of people, their whole goal seems to be to clear rooms as fast as humanely possible, to get to the end and beat the boss as fast as humanely possible so you can see what he drops, lather rinse repeat. I’m like, do you even enjoy playing the game? That feels like work to me. I prefer to take it slow because I like playing the game; I don’t really want to be one-shotting everything all the time, because I I like a challenge, and I often prefer gear that looks cool af over gear that is qualitatively “the best”.
However, I do understand that I’m in the minority on that, or so it seems, and I don’t want to end up with a character that no one will raid with, getting kicked for using the “wrong” gear and skills. In that respect in multiplayer games, I feel pressured to fall in line (assuming I make it to the end game, lol).
What are you guys’ thoughts?
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.
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.
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.
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.
