The only thing that has been changed about the prime evils is their physical resists and amplify damage values. So if you are using a melee with a maxed amp necro yes it will be quite noticeably easier than every patch since 1.21z, and this is definitely intentional. Otherwise their stats are identical to the last few releases.
Physical resists are pretty close to 1.21z values on prime evils. For example some physical resists in hell on 1.21z and current patch 1.3f:
1.21z:
130% Meph/Diablo(80% base+50% boss hat)
145% Baal(90% base+55% boss hat)
-90% amp from a 1pt necro
=
40% physical resists for Meph/Diablo
55% physical resists for Baal
1.3f:
115% Meph/Diablo(75% base+40% boss hat)
125% Baal(85% base+40% boss hat)
-70% amp from a maxed necro
=
45% physical resists for Meph/Diablo
55% physical resists for Baal
As you can see the numbers come out very close. The biggest difference being you need a necro with maxed amp in 1.3f to hit those values. Anyone still saying melee are shit should really try one out with a necro partner using max amp.
Maniac-FB wrote:
Druid mauler, HC, i'm starting a4 and doing solo Mephisto damn fast. I remember that bosses in normal was soloable when i was 1-2 acts up, but, yes, i never played pure melee char, but i see other chars are the same fast. Too fast, this game was harder i think. Ofcourse, i will finally check it in Castle of Destruction and nightmare/hell. But in my opinion everything looks easier.
How's your gear? I remember soloing normal Mephisto with a shitty ol zealer in 1.21z with some serious twinking and effort. A big boy melee like a mauler shouldn't have many problems tackling him solo this patch provided he has pretty good gear, and stuff like Tancred's set at that level is easily obtainable and quite powerful for it's level.
Did you use a source of amp or decrep? I'm not really surprised you solo'd him though, as kramuti mentioned normal was intentionally toned down a long while back, and physical damage has received quite the buff this patch.
Keep us updated on your progression if you want, I'm interested to hear how it goes if you're doing it all solo.