Gauntlet is Awesome

The gauntlett is good fun, but I do wonder why GGG choose to make Hillock so anti-melee. Im sure its gonna wall off alot of players from playing after they have wiped 10 times to him. He is too overtuned as a first mini boss imho. This in excluding a large part of the community.
If u play ranged on him, he is extremly easy tho.

The rest is ok tuned and its good fun - but RIP if you play a char that starts as melee.

Something to think about in the future perhaps - let people be able to atleast get to the town, without having to be a more than average player, then destroy them later on instead.

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Nexaddo wrote:

The gauntlett is good fun, but I do wonder why GGG choose to make Hillock so anti-melee. Im sure its gonna wall off alot of players from playing after they have wiped 10 times to him. He is too overtuned as a first mini boss imho. This in excluding a large part of the community.
If u play ranged on him, he is extremly easy tho.

The rest is ok tuned and its good fun - but RIP if you play a char that starts as melee.

Something to think about in the future perhaps - let people be able to atleast get to the town, without having to be a more than average player, then destroy them later on instead.

He's easier in melee actually, because if you stay close he won't jump. Did him deathless on first try on Duelist. :-)

Practice practice practice

Duelist is easy mode. templar and marauder suck. The worst thing about marauder is your support gem only does something every 3rd hit and when you miss that ruthless hit it feels pretty bad. marauder starting weapon should have rt or something.

Just gotta know timing with marauder takes a bit getting used to.

Zizaran made vid about surviving gauntlet.

If you care enought just go watch and try again.

To be honest the overall player numbers have barely even nudged, in fact it is still less than ever over the previous days before the gauntlet. In all objective metrics it is quite a failed gauntlet and a waste of ressources.

Update: Just died at level 80 to a pack of Boiling Ambushers in a graveyard map all appearing and casting cold snap on me at once! Just like the good old, bad old days! Frickin' CLASSIC, absolutely hilarious and wonderful. RIP. But I achieved my goals and more. First time to 80 in hardcore! And on only my 2nd attempt in the gauntlet! Woo!

Act 4 Malachai was definitely a highlight. Wow. What a rush!

My first attempt made it to 73 before the Depraved Trinity got me. I'm so glad I gave it another shot. I will forever miss that axe I had.

I played a bleed gladiator. I'd planned to go SST, and was leveling with Splitting Steel. But when I finally got SST set up, I realized I liked the damage shape and attack speed of splitting steel better, so I stuck with it. Not the biggest bleed dps, but I enjoyed it!

Here's my path of building, for anyone who's interested:
https://pobb.in/511DITKT173t

Playing this made me realize how well the base game actually is balanced. Think of all the complete bs we don't normally have to contend with. XD It was refreshing but I'm looking forward to playing the (normal) easier version of the campaign next time, whatever league that will be.

Kudos, GGG, for a totally radical experience.

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Mashgesture wrote:

Just gotta know timing with marauder takes a bit getting used to.

I've killed hillock on marauder hundreds of times and a lot in gauntlet. I know the timings.

The trick this gauntlet was to not click the do not move button on the skill for hillock, i kept going oom. If you don't have it clicked you will always walk to them. I was missing at least half of my heavy strikes hitting the air. While it seems irrelevant to do on hillock in the first place its just a habit of mine if something goes on my bars i click it. movement skills have gotten me killed by not having this ticked.

Marauder isn't that much harder than duelist to be honest because you start with a 1.45 aps weapon. My templar was rough since they nerfed the starting sceptre to 1.20 aps... -_-

Still having a blast enjoying gauntlet myself though. Was originally hoping to hit 95 but have since needed to scale that goal back as there just isn't enough time left for me to do so.

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TemjinGold wrote:

Still having a blast enjoying gauntlet myself though. Was originally hoping to hit 95 but have since needed to scale that goal back as there just isn't enough time left for me to do so.

It's the same for me unfortunately. I started late because of work and now I pulled an allnighter to hit 95, but just can't do it.

Got all the way from white maps to t16 and lvl 92,5 over night, but now I'm done. There's just not enough time anymore with early work tomorrow sadly.

Still a really fun experience again, the campaign was extremely challenging and maps were pretty chill after that. I hope it wasn't the last Gauntlet.