I invested alot time into HC LVL 28 pvp and I am happy

I love the challenge of figuring out core builds with such a low ceiling on the items. It still takes me a great amount of time researching builds and items but I am not completely overwhelmed.

I have twinked my mara pretty hard. I have found quite a few omnipotent foes too. Even tho facebreaker builds are considered op under lvl 28 I feel as though alot of geofrs brass maul and ungils boot knife builds are very comparable in dps.

When I look through the uniques you have put under the ceiling cap for lvl 28 pvp I am astonished at how complete it feels. I think about the core builds for each class and it seems like there are a few niche builds u can work on and change and put little twists into that keep reinventing classic builds, which were previously thought as the best, only to end up countered by almost the same build but a different off hand or 1 curse.

The way u have the lvl 28 arena set up puts me in a place at comfort knowing that I dont have to compete with the top 10 ladder in order to pvp. I can focus on the micro builds and early game farm and actually feel like I am getting a complete experience from the game with just a simple 3v3 and 1v1 pvp. I would love to see 2v2 and 4v4s thou. 2v2 IS A MUST imo. so many times where its pretty much impossible to get a 3v3 together in hardcore. I have learned a few ways to get pvp matches rolling steady in hardcore though. Make use of the party ability global and local chat, also friend good duelers u come across. Me and my friends actually take in rogue players and balance the team ourselves to make it a fair and fun fight with other players. Today I gave up the best player to the other team just to get a good challenge...unfortunately their combo was too great and I lost my first game lol. Was a hell of a battle and so much fun.

One thing I would like fixed....possibly allowing the grouping and matchmaking for pvp to be global throughout the act 2 instances. What I mean is when u form parties and queue up, to me it seems like I can only access pvp matches with those in town with me.

balancing everything is near impossible but I feel like the lvl 28 pvp is almost as good as it gets for pvp. Even with flickerstrike chaining and stunlock, things I really dont complain about because I believe there is a way to counter them.

If people really spend time and get to know the prefix suffix crafting system and how item levels work its not very hard to twink a char and actually pretty expensive. I imagine a top geared twink char may be around 3 exalts unless u decide to get some really high ticket items like astramentis and dreamfragments ring.

ps
-when is cutthroat comming out?!
-and good job on POE and lvl 28 arena.

Agree pretty much with everything. I think low level PvP is awesome except for the fact it's hard to find good matches. A ladder/ranking system would go a long way to popularize pvp.

ya everyone tells me to go to softcore but I would prefer the items in hardcore plus it was my main pve so all my currency is in hardcore. Let me tell u first, I am not gonna make a muel and transfer it all to softcore lol.

I got around 6 good3v3 matches today in about 45 mins with the help of friends and inviting people from global. Again we balanced the teams ourselves and still had fun witha couple new players just gettin use to pvp. They seemed to like it even though they got 1 hit lol. The way I kinda did it was, I went against the twink and the newer players battled amongst themselves. once that was over....the pain train came rolling in :) we did give out free icecream though to heal the wounds.

I think the best way to fix the matchmaking is allow the pool from all towns to queue against eachother. when I say all towns I mean act 2 instances all pool pvp into 1. I imagine this poses some difficulties with networking hence why it hasnt been done.

I'm adding you ingame :D for the 1 month I actively pvp I experienced 2 3v3 games, and 3 properly geared 1v1 opponents.

totall add me man I am always up for a challenge. Just to let everyone that challenges me know that I appreciate good humor and wont tolerate trolls lol. Not calling you a troll, I have just got alot of negative feedback for twinking. I hope you are twinked and ready to own!

The more and more I think about it I realize how amazing the arena is. So many maps so many different feels each fight. I am really hoping for FFA and 2v2 tho.