As many players are already aware, some Barb skills can be fine-tuned (in a way) by manually overriding the auto-select weapon feature in the skills menu by using the default middle mouse button while hovering over some of the skills while playing on PC.
This becomes important to consider how you want to customize your loadout to function mainly for builds which are heavily constructed around the Key Passive WALKING ARSENAL.
However, in this thread, and with this question I’m about to ask here, I am specifically referring to all other builds – N O T the W.A. ones –
How do you all feel about the default setting of “Auto Select” , where the game basically chooses the “best” weapon for you based on the context of what you presently have equipped in your weapon slots?
Do you all feel like the default “fire and forget mode” that comes built-in to the Barb does a good enough job on auto mode?
Or do you prefer to manually select every time and why or why not, please?
Auto Select doesn’t factor in everything. Always do your own testing.
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Dude, you end up selecting your Skills and assigning them as soon as you get into the game. Auto-Select is not a real mechanism.
Dude, you end up selecting your Skills and assigning them as soon as you get into the game. Auto-Select is not a real mechanism.
carrotfeets , Tell me you don’t understand the difference between a Skill, and the Autoselect feature on weapon types that this thread is about, without telling me that you don’t understand the difference between a Skill, and the Autoselect feature on weapon types that this thread is about .
The Arsenal System has you select any qualifying weapon by Skill. This automatically defaults to your highest DPS weapon equipped. The moment you enter the game, overriding this and manually selecting is superior.
This feature needs to be removed as some people fail to realize this slot can even be modified forcing their hand is a better option. Rod needs coal in his stocking.
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The Tutorial into the Arsenal, Technique, and Expertise system is nearly non-existant. Just figuring out the keybind to bring up the specific Arsenal System menu is not very intuitive I would bet for most players. Like, I am not really sure why the vestigial system of leveling up weapons even exists. You can accomplish it very quickly via cheese-means and if you are a first time player, arbitrarily equipping weapons that are downgrades just to level them is awkward.
Personally, I would like to see the entire Arsenal system and Barbarian Technique/Expertise overhauled. Pretty much everyone uses 2H Axe Technique and Expertise is barely noticeable. You have a ton of skills with limitations on what weapons can even be assigned and some you cannot assign any Arsenal Weapon to. Like, wut? Then you have the issue of Passives and stuff like Ramas which pushes you to assign certain weapons. Amateur levels of design.
It’s cause they never had a long term vision for anything. Still don’t. They keep overhauling everything every other month. They’ll continue to do that and systems like this will remain obsolete. Newly implemented systems will also end up obsolete. They’re just pissing in the wind hoping to hit something.
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I agree with the direction you are going with this carrot . There’s at least 7 choices in that menu right now, and most just feel like filler or fluff