I have to agree that last several pages have been a bummer read through.
People that played on Asia servers, what are your thoughts on the Crusader so far? I can't wait to start mine tomorrow night after I pick up my CE from GameStop. Going to sideline my Barb and take Fem-Crusader straight to the end of Act V.
I didn't want to ruin it too much so I only played through the skeleton king/level 12 (didn't get to 13 for steed charge).
Thoughts:
-Nerfed XP gain was super noticeable, hard only got me to level 10 before the SK.It was annoying instead of fun, paragon levels on NA will help with that.
-A strong 2h with sweep attack instead of shield charge was way better early on, once I got 10 I just used the 2h passive when I had those, and the other when I got a better 1h though.
-Glare is awesome and way more useful than I expected.
-Provoke lets you just spam finishers on things a lot of the time. Feels WAY less limited than Fury does.
-Graphics are awesome, female crusader looks great and has a super fun dry wit when she talks to people (I actually laughed at some of her conversations).
-Related to above, recruiting Haedrig is hilarious.
Class felt fun, very visceral to bash things in the face with.
Oh, and blessed hammers were the last thing I got, absolutely wrecked packs of mobs, and costs almost nothing. Bad single target though.