I posted this in another thread, but I definitely want to hear what other people are thinking so I'll repost.

Random musings in no particular order (I'm lvl 21, and have solo'd everything so far):

1) Lots of skill/rune combos have good synergy, but a lot also overlap in usefulness.

2) Leap/Charging into a huge pack of mobs and groundstoping/revenging/rending them is awesome. With the vampiric rune on rend combo'd with iron impact, revenge, and the groundstomp rune that pulls targets in you can basically own any group of normal mobs. I'm not sure if this strategy will work in later difficulties or if you'll need to combo it with something like ignore pain. One downside to this build is that you won't have room for many other skills/abilities and is a completely 1 sided play style.

3) Weapon throw is good, but I can't figure out any way to really use it in any of my builds. It costs almost no fury so you can spam the hell out of it--I can't wait to get the stun rune for it. Also, side note, it really helps to have force stand still bound to something like space or shift when using this skill. SPOILER: I found weapon throw a pretty good skill to use on the flying bug things outside of Caldeum

4) Ancient spear with grappling hooks is a great way to aggro/pull mobs in a more controlled way than leap attack.

5) Whirlwind is awesome, it does a ton of damage, and you can use it to maneuver towards health globes. I think blood funnel is going to be a must-have rune at higher levels if you plan on using WW, but i haven't unlocked it yet.

6) Since I'm not even done with normal, I've focused 100% on damage output and not really on deaths/survivability. Not sure if this is a good strategy, as I've died a fair number of times but I want to experiment in Normal before things get too tough.

7) Last night before I logged, I had both Cleave and Frenzy as my mouse skills. It seemed pretty powerful as the Frenzy stacks add up fast and will drastically increase the speed of your cleaves once you get to 5 stacks. It's also nice having 1 single target and 1 multiple target attack on the mouse button. I can't tell if cleaved runed with rupture or reaping swing is better.

8) Revenge might be the best class skill. I'm trying to think of a build where it would be good/viable to not have it and am coming up short...

9) I don't know what I'm supposed to do with sprint--might be good for boss fights?

10) Seismic slam is really awesome if you can Line 'em up! (SC2 Shout out), but I'm having a hard time working it into any of my builds as hammer of the ancients and whirlwind seem just as good if not better for most situations. That being said, dropping like 3 slams into a long row of baddies is so satisfying, also it can go through walls. It's amazing vs Waller affix mobs, because of the natural stacking and the ability to go through walls.

11) I haven't tried using a shield yet, as I haven't found any that are good and am worried that my damage output will be too low if I do use one.

12) 2-hand mighty weapons look frigggin sexy.

13) If you get surrounded and don't have a large AoE and/or fury you are going to die.

14) Jailor mobs are tough if you don't have Ancient Spear or Weapon Throw.

15) If you drop an earthquake, everything in it will die (except bosses etc.)

16) The smash rune for Hammer of the Ancients is AMAZING for killing bosses, and you can spam it. I think having this + weapon throw (probably with mighty throw or throwing hammer) will be great for later boss difficulties.

17) Having an AoE lifesteal is pretty much mandatory.

18) Furious charge feels like an overall better skill than leap attack. I'll be excited for the merciless assault rune, as it only takes 5 enemies to proc another instant charge.