About the Whirlwind Barbarian...

[TWolfMech]

Hello everyone!
I noticed that the my Whirlwind Barbarian seemed to land a lot more hits on 1.00 than on patcehs after 1.05. But the only difference on paper is the increase in Enhanced Damage.

Now, while there is a difference in the amount of Enhanced Damage you gain per level, that doesn't explain why it feels to me like I'm landing way more hits in 1.00.
However, there is a patch note to 1.03 that says the following:
"Whirlwind (Barbarian) Decreased the number of attack attempts made when using this skill."

So, could it be that Whirlwind attempts to attack multiple targets per frame, at least in 1.00 - 1.02?
I might be imagining stuff, but can't get this out of my head!

 

[fearedbliss]

That’s correct. In 1.00 the Barb’s whirlwind has a hit check on every frame, which means it can hit 25 times per second. After the nerf you mentioned there are less frame checks but still constant and it has been the same in Classic mode ever since.

 

[TWolfMech]

Thanks for the confirmation! Was really wondering why enemies were getting pulverized like that, when I got Whirlwind on level 30.

 

[fearedbliss]

Lol yea I’ve been tempted to do a 1.00 run especially since the Singling players command is really gonna make things be insane. Specifically things like:

- Maggots dropping stuff is prolly also affected by the player count (increased chance to drop items).
- Necro Corpse Explosion scales based on player count.
- Bone farming might possibly also be affected but not sure.
- Revives might possibly be affected.

Some of this I have it documented here. But ultimately I’ll prolly stick to 1.05b when it comes to prelod.

 

[thrasher_565]

Lol yea I’ve been tempted to do a 1.00 run especially since the Singling players command is really gonna make things be insane. Specifically things like:

- Maggots dropping stuff is prolly also affected by the player count (increased chance to drop items).
- Necro Corpse Explosion scales based on player count.
- Bone farming might possibly also be affected but not sure.
- Revives might possibly be affected.

Some of this I have it documented here. But ultimately I’ll prolly stick to 1.05b when it comes to prelod.

Revives have player hit box atlest in 1.00 so just a blood Golem and maybe a few Revives
play auras are like half the map too...

 

[fearedbliss]

Yea same in 1.05b, you get blocked lol. Maggot Lair is “fun” when you have a golem in front of you.

 

[TWolfMech]

Yea. My 1.00 Necro did the Maggot Lair without Revives. Hard enough with a Golem blockig you. Exp was pretty insane though.

 

[thrasher_565]

the queen can be bugged and will keep spawning maggots but i don't no how it works...dosnmt happen each time unless there a setup for it? there got to be a way to afk levelling but have not come up with it yet...

act 2 normal farming maggots