Anything is viable if you have enough dps. On act 1, it's definitely viable if you're hitting around 18-24k damage. In act 2, you'll want to have something like 4050k damage in order for it to work.
I feel like its something that is exposed when you join public games.
As far as death goes, this daemon got it right.
No class has an easy time.
I think you're reading too much into discussions.
What? As the Witch Doctor in most parties I'm noted for dying less than everybody else.
Oh, and as far as that WD stream goes the spiders are just icing. He has ~40k DPS from gear/passives, that is what you need to take away from that video. I've been farming act 1 of inferno for a week now and am still ~1000 Int behind his gear and am using a weapon with about 400 less base damage.
Another thing to notice is his attack speed. Poison Darts with splinter and stacked IAS is the way to go in most of Inferno. Allows the max range kiting you need to survive.
Melee naturally have more disadvantages. I can't stack 100+ magic find or kite as well. I can put 200 hours into two characters over the next year or so. I played wow for 7 years.
I'm level 60 inferno with Wiz at the moment. people that are hitting walls are hitting them because they're not doing enough damage/dps. watch some of these people playing various classes on Twitch.tv. they're not doing anything special; they just have good shit that they bought on the Auction House. there's no special magic to the formula; do enough damage and enemies fall before they can harm you.
Seems to be what every victim had in common.
It's a mess 24/7
At least my missing item returned.
