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Rules & development / Re: Monk vs Barb balance
« on: April 06, 2013, 03:31:53 am »
At extremely high gear levels, I'm pretty sure barbs just stomp monks. It's just a matter of a gear check or getting really lucky with crits.
The issue is that barbs can stack 100% defensive skills and gear which, along with high regen and sprint, lets them drag the duel out for as long as they want against monks. Monks cannot do the same and hope to win. So, monks have to focus on pure damage output. And of course, it just becomes an issue of gear at this point.
Barb defensive scaling can get to really insane amounts. That's just the way the class is designed - everything scales by percentages.
The issue is that barbs can stack 100% defensive skills and gear which, along with high regen and sprint, lets them drag the duel out for as long as they want against monks. Monks cannot do the same and hope to win. So, monks have to focus on pure damage output. And of course, it just becomes an issue of gear at this point.
Barb defensive scaling can get to really insane amounts. That's just the way the class is designed - everything scales by percentages.