Boeroer

You like some good hairsplitting I presume. I just responded to a post where someone said that they would like a ranged barb - and I agree. Nothing more. I think we should leave it to OBS how they want to see their barbarians. By the way: From PoE, ingame description of the class. Increased font weight by me. Pwnd! Maybe OBS doesn't want do get into animal totem territory. Maybe they do. But I guess since druids and rangers already are associated with animals the chances are not too high. But who knows?

Nope. It's a seperate instance of FoD that doesn't profit from your talents. So it's normal unbuffed FoD. Same as with Frenzy from the Sanguine Plate and Greater Frenzy by the way. I didn't test it excessively so I can't answer the last question. I think it will add an additional FoD lash on top of the other, but can't say for sure. I guess it would be better to use that weapon on a barbarian or monk for a higher proc chance thorugh AoE use or a rogue for higher lash damage (since lashes are calculated with the actual physical damage you did - including dmg mods like Sneak Attack/Deathblows).

Sure, but other subclasses like paladin orders or priests' faith have special talents. Same with the Black Jacked Fighter: less damage, less ACC, but more weapon skills. It's not that far fetched that you could give a barb subclass a "madman tosses grenades" ability or something like that. As far as barbs are concerned I can't think of too may distinct subclasses.

Do you have Swift or even Lightning Strikes? Because Frenzy's speed bonus doesn't stack with Swift Strikes. Besides that, Frenzy is perfect for a monk. He doesn't want to have too high deflection anyway because he wants some wounds - and the speed bonus is nice, too. Frenzy boosts fortitude by 16 points, which is much more important than 10 deflection (except against Cleansing Flames from Thaos). If you have Iron Wheel your armor can be fairly light. For example durgan reinforced Gwisk Glas with 0 recovery penalty or the Robes of the Tidebringer. For the last fight Angio's Gameson with it's DAoM use might also be great.

You mean they run around with you - but when combat starts they fetch their folding chairs, prepare some hot dogs on the mobile grill, grab some beers and maybe do some whooping?

I also think that a ranged barb variant with grenades would be fun (it could be a simple x/encounter ability similar to an AoE spell like Fireball, no need to introduce throwing weapons for that). Could scale with level or simply get some additional talents which alter/improve it. Other than that, I don't see how you can go into "rage mode" with ranged weapons. I mean a machine gun would fit, but luckily we don't have that. The thing that comes close is using all guns you have, run into the fray and go berzerk, fire away, dropping guns and pulling out fresh ones - until they are all empty. Kind of Heart of Fury, but with pistols or blunderbusses.

We could call the ship the Black Bead instead. It's like a pearl, but less obvious. Instead of Depp, we could ask Robert Carlyle. I mean he already was the model for Serafen.

The ship could be made from bast. And it has a very creative design, like a piece of art... It's basically, well... (jump in!)

Right. The questline for our beloved wicht companion (who's name is "Gnarr" by the way) will be that you'll have to mend his soul. He will never be a poster child, but maybe you can stop him from chewing Aloth's ankles all the time.

I often use Pull of Eora to bring together a lot of enemies and then cast all kinds of spells onto their heads (or under their feet) that do damage/CC repeatedly. Like Chillfog, Malignant Cloud, Wall spells and so on. Or I use implement + Blast on them. Putting a druid's fire stag in the middle of a crowd which suffers from Pull of Eora is also funny. The best part however is that there's no immunity. It works with every type of enemy. And often the actions they were trying to complete - like casting spells or rushing my backline - get completely cancelled once they have been dragged around.

That sounds great and promising.

Acuan Giamas'ses spell stealing works with carnage. It's fun. The best part is that Blood Thirst and Bloodlust also get triggered by kills via spells. They both stack with Frenzy. If you manage to steal Calling the World's Maw from an ogre Druid and start to cast it with no recovery the game breaks.

I like that! The ship could still be there - as a shipwreck or just slightly damaged (sails burned or torn or whatever). Yeah Fluffle - if we could pin the thread that would be very helpful I guess. Once this goes to 2. page it will lose momentum.

It's going to be a wicht barbarian. I know because Robert Carlyle called and told me...

I have a feeling that Dangerous Implement might become a WP modal. Don't know about Blast though. It makes sense, but it seems to be too strong in comparison to Penetrating Shot (confirmed modal) for example.

So Robert Carlyle was lying? I'm shocked! Funny - because my first impulse was Ian but then Robert called and... maybe it's a conspiracy!

I also thought about that. But then Robert Carlyle called - he wants his passport photo back.

I want my wicht barbarian.

I have the suspicion that carnage is not a mandatory - or an "automatic" - ability anymore. Maybe in a subclass, maybe universally.

They did?

Dammit. I'm at my wit's end.

Solo barbarian is fun. You quickly reach lvl 11 and then it's Heart of Fury fest all the time.

I really need to read more carefully. Especially text...

Ah - I never realized those were horns. The two pics at the bottom make it clear though. Looks like Fire Godlike, yes. But maybe that was the first iteration of the companion who now is a moon godlike. It's definitely no dwarf...

Not any more...