New to Median, could use some direction

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slowmo8686 wrote:sadly there is no "tanky" build for any char in median, every single char is open to the cheesey 1-2 hits deaths from some mobs/boss's, no matter your rese and life and deffences, just the way the game is, sadly


there's no "sadly" about it. if you could easily facetank eveything, it would be boring and unchallenging.
there's always some skill and knowledge involved in reducing the number of deaths.
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Quirinus wrote:
slowmo8686 wrote:sadly there is no "tanky" build for any char in median, every single char is open to the cheesey 1-2 hits deaths from some mobs/boss's, no matter your rese and life and deffences, just the way the game is, sadly


there's no "sadly" about it. if you could easily facetank eveything, it would be boring and unchallenging.
there's always some skill and knowledge involved in reducing the number of deaths.


meh, having boss's that can one shot you almost instanly is not "challening" at all,
just kite and portal cheese.
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slowmo8686 wrote:
Quirinus wrote:
slowmo8686 wrote:sadly there is no "tanky" build for any char in median, every single char is open to the cheesey 1-2 hits deaths from some mobs/boss's, no matter your rese and life and deffences, just the way the game is, sadly


there's no "sadly" about it. if you could easily facetank eveything, it would be boring and unchallenging.
there's always some skill and knowledge involved in reducing the number of deaths.


meh, having boss's that can one shot you almost instanly is not "challening" at all,
just kite and portal cheese.


Learning to not have to portal cheese is what median is about.
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Deafwave wrote:
slowmo8686 wrote:
Quirinus wrote:
slowmo8686 wrote:sadly there is no "tanky" build for any char in median, every single char is open to the cheesey 1-2 hits deaths from some mobs/boss's, no matter your rese and life and deffences, just the way the game is, sadly


there's no "sadly" about it. if you could easily facetank eveything, it would be boring and unchallenging.
there's always some skill and knowledge involved in reducing the number of deaths.


meh, having boss's that can one shot you almost instanly is not "challening" at all,
just kite and portal cheese.


Learning to not have to portal cheese is what median is about.


This is very true. I used to do cheesy crap like rathmas chosen on edyrems to kill toraja and even then it's extremely slow as they run between fences staring at the archers on the other side.

Was annoyed with the uber as a whole but today I learned by properly building my barb, I can tank it very well while being able to kill them at a pretty moderate speed while upping my charm.

Playing the game and getting rewarded is what made XML for me so much more addictive than the previous me who relied on cheap gimmicks. It's frustrating to play this mod sometimes but when you figure it out or even just finally complete that uber - what a great feeling.

Except judgement day. Fuck that rng bullshit to upgrade the charm.


And jitans, fucking fortress spamming regening degenerate...