So distance to ge3t good just got larger?

**pulli** · 23-08-2012, 13:10

Hi there,

I used to happily farm cemetry - suddenly it is nerfed.. I'm not good enough to farm act 2 yet; but by nerfing act 1 they make it even more difficult to catch up to those who can farm act 2.

**korialstraz** · 23-08-2012, 13:24

Originally Posted by pulli

Hi there,

I used to happily farm cemetry - suddenly it is nerfed.. I'm not good enough to farm act 2 yet; but by nerfing act 1 they make it even more difficult to catch up to those who can farm act 2.

I still run cemetery, for the few seconds it takes to check for a pack, I feel it's worth it. Then on to festering woods, run through Leoric's manor backwards, and clear the courtyard. Then clear as much as I find on my way to Butcher, without scouting the entire map. After the patch I had to empty my inventory about 4-5 times each run. I've found 3 upgrades, in the forum of a weapon, glove and shoulder I believe, as well as an upgrade for my friend. In fact on the two first runs, both spawned an elite pack for me in the cemetery, unlike before where it felt like I had less than 50% chance of finding one. RNG ofc, but still.

**pulli** · 23-08-2012, 13:27

Well for me it got even more boring - I now 1 hit every mob & 6 hit most champion packs. Yet act 2 still seems far away - I now died to a champion pack of those monsters that leave poison in their wake. They had extra fast, poison, frozen extra health mods. And I tried to kit them, but I just couldn't leaving me death at the teleport. I died 5 times to that champion pack, leaving me to alt-f4 the game..

Really the game just got more boring for me with this patch. There is even less to do now.

**darkrealm** · 23-08-2012, 15:29

Link your profile. Maybe we can help in some way?

**priest** · 23-08-2012, 15:32

if you one hit white mobs then why don't you go in act 2?

try manipulating your gear into moar AR and armor and you are good to go.

**pulli** · 23-08-2012, 17:31

Here it's the same old profile - notice that I swap overawe/sss out if I'm not at act 1....
650 all res & 6k armour (unbuffed) isn't enough... I found playing the auction also more and more frustrating - whenever I see a decent item I always get overbid at the last minute; I can't be sure when I'm online so if that is possible that's not going to work for me. But really feels weirder and weirder to be able to so easily do act 1, yet at act 2 every 7-8 champion packs result in 1 unbeatable.

**darkrealm** · 23-08-2012, 18:33

Ok let start with the basics:
1) you are stacking physical resists- so any gear that you can replace your priority would be Dex/Physical Resists/Resist All/Vit and then damage modifiers. Both rings and Shoulders i think could be replaced fairly easily
2) Get rid of dashing strike and replace it with Serenity. The 4 second rune or healing one would be best
3) OR if number #2 is not appealing replace it with Deadly reach. That way you can DPS from short range rather than being right up on the mob if it has anti-melee mods.
4) If 2 or 3 does not appeal to you, perhaps try sweeping wind. Extremely fun and good AOE DPS.

Fists of Thunder is wonderful to have, but it can be tricky with Chains/molten mobs. Positioning is very important.

**pulli** · 23-08-2012, 18:38

I'm never ever going to replace dashing strike - that's the single reason I choose the monk - I hate escape manouvres with cd, so I like dashing strike.

The problem are extra fast things with inherent extra fast from themself - they just outrun me if I try to kite. With dashing strike once you start kiting positioning is terribly easy - a reason I picked that. I use dashing strike as my bread and butter, move around, position myself, dodge things, get out of jail for free..

Problem is I'm for 10 days already trying to upgrade my rings/shoulders.. Yet each time I get outbid & the auction is over before I get home again.

**Toetag** · 23-08-2012, 18:51

DR gave you some very good advice. If you choose not to take it then you might find that the Monk isn't for you. Unfortunately for us monks, there are certain skills that are staples. In Inferno, damage mitigation is very important. More important than dps. The more damage dealing abilities that you have in your hotbar, the worse you'll probably do in Inferno. Admittedly, it's less fun, but at least you won't die as much. I only use 2 dps skills and thats fists of thunder and SSS (now that its good, although ive been playing around with cyclone strike a bit lately). Everything else is defense. Serenity, breath of heaven, b;linding flash, mantra of evasion.

**KaoticSoul** · 23-08-2012, 18:58

Get a better main hand weapon with LOH, or a socket and put a star amethyst in it, and grab a decent shield with some resists and crit % and high block chance. My Monk is sporting >1000 dex, 35k life and 500 resists and I finally beat Ghom yesterday. There is no reason with your gear that you cant clear act 2 with no problems. Also, serenity is better than blinding flash in almost all situations. You should trade out SSS or Flash for serenity.