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[One Foul Note]

Can I get some tips on my build out?

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/TrAcErX90-1431/hero/40764456

Its really fun to play I think, rolling around with 5 dogs, a gargantuan and then like 5 fetishes. I usually will slow down enemies off the bat with the grasp, then throw down piranhas, let my creatures do some work all while I chill far away throwing firebombs/zombie charger dogs (all the other runes don't have good distance).

Anything I should change? I guess I need to craft a green gem tonight and replace the red one.

Looks good, I'm rocking a very simular build. The only thing I question is having Tribal Rites. Perhaps this is a problem for you, I dunno, but with Zombie Handler I can't see the dogs and gargantuan dying often enough to make that cooldown reduction worth it, especially since you are not using any of the other skills it works with.

 

[scy]

Oh. I actually have two sky splitters. Do you have a sample build? I just tried the skill out and the damage seems kinda weak against elites compared to fissure.

Here. Fist will do less damage than Fissure / Heaven's Tempest but sustain in general goes up. Additionally, Condemn and Heaven's Fury benefit from all the +Holy Gear too. If you have the Heaven's Fury CDR shield, it helps this build out immensely as it means HF is essentially always going. Can use Split beam instead of the DoT one if you want but triple beam can't hit the same target with all the beams I believe.

And Skycutter, not Skysplitter. The Sword that has +15-20% Holy Skill% and summons an angel to your side. The Axe is meh but it'll at least work for testing Holy Cause.

 

[Totakeke]

Here. Fist will do less damage than Fissure / Heaven's Tempest but sustain in general goes up. Additionally, Condemn and Heaven's Fury benefit from all the +Holy Gear too. If you have the Heaven's Fury CDR shield, it helps this build out immensely as it means HF is essentially always going. Can use Split beam instead of the DoT one if you want but triple beam can't hit the same target with all the beams I believe.

And Skycutter, not Skysplitter. The Sword that has +15-20% Holy Skill% and summons an angel to your side. The Axe is meh but it'll at least work for testing Holy Cause.

Oh, thought they were the same. Thanks.

 

[52club]

I cannot believe how much better this game has gotten over time. It is the first game to make me put down Dota 2. I mean everything just works like it should. It is the best $40 I've spent on a game in a while.

 

[Bizazedo]

I was always under the assumption that the "going poor from gems" was more towards Ring/Amulet rerolls. But that's kind of misleading since those don't have a gold cost, the gem cost replaces it.



I think people are reading that wrong: He said that you'll upgrade a slot maybe 5 times. That is, find an item and go, "Shit, I need to reroll this and then it's a clear upgrade" about five times. Off-specs change that number a bit but, for the most part, you're not going through 7-8-9-10+ items per slot and each with 5-6M in gold dumps to reroll.



Each rift run is like 500k gold for me if I vendor all the drops. It's really not that bad.

Agreeing with Scy. If your goal is to make cash because you're going broke, it's really not that bad at all regarding re-rolls. Add on to this that the average player will probably be stopped by a lack of forgotten souls before a lack of gold.

That and if you're really obsessed with making gold, just start selling everything / burn blood shards like mad and sell. Or one of the best ways, powerlevel a buddy from level 1. I usually make 3-5 million gold for powerleveling a buddy from 1-60'ish on his Torment VI.

 

[Teasing_Pink]

Witchdoctor experts, can you please check out my gear / build and suggest anything?
Aiming for fire mainly and going in hard this weekend for the pet mask / gaunts.

Luxury#1795 / http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Luxury-1795

Thank you in advance

Your link is a 404.

 

[prodystopian]

Agreeing with Scy. If your goal is to make cash because you're going broke, it's really not that bad at all regarding re-rolls. Add on to this that the average player will probably be stopped by a lack of forgotten souls before a lack of gold.

That and if you're really obsessed with making gold, just start selling everything / burn blood shards like mad and sell. Or one of the best ways, powerlevel a buddy from level 1. I usually make 3-5 million gold for powerleveling a buddy from 1-60'ish on his Torment VI.

I've been gold starved more than anything else. I haven't had to reroll much on legnedaries and death's breath drop rates are pretty high in T1. I've also been making Royal (not flawless) diamonds and emeralds because I've been trying both out.

This will change soon once I get to a good supply of royal gems, but for right now, I'm gold starved.

 

[eek5]

I tested that very combination of 1-2-3-LTK vs always-on combo strike vs Ghom the other night, and combo strike consistently gave me quicker kill times (42 sec range on T2 vs 47 sec)

Interesting. I wonder if it'd work out the same for me since I'm using the ltk fireball helm. I've been using the column rune lately which is like a ghetto arcane orb and have been liking that a lot so not sure I'd be willing to give up AoE dmg for that extra eDPS.

How much HP does Ghom have on t2?

 

[razgriz417]

The poison nova actually seems to be the exact same effect as the one on Andariels. The light and cold procs from SoH are a 100% on attack, while the nova seems to be a chance on hit. You could use only lightning or cold attacks and the poison nova will proc anyway. Again, I don't think think the weapon is working right.



Yeah, the lightning procs are amazing with some aspd. I'm using a pretty unorthodox build though that makes SoH kind of useless for me. T2 is a breeze and T3 is doable, but not quickly. I guess I could replace Event Horizon with Arc Lightning, but EH is way too good...

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/MegaPanda-1570/hero/180463

Nice, yeah my build isnt really standard either but seems to work well enough in T2, T3 is a bit of a challenge, but since I generally play with my Barb friend who's still trying to break 500k dps, we've been mainly sticking with T1 rifts. And I agree, I love Event Horizon, not just for the meteor proc but its really a great way to get rid of pesky arcanes and frozens from elites
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Razgriz-1810/hero/2865388

 

[jim2point0]

After an hour of not getting anything, I got the massive prison floor AGAIN.

Nothing.

This hotfix is just making me want to quit the game entirely.

 

[scy]

It's really hard to tell when things are measured "per hour." Like, an hour of my clear time and an hour of your clear time are different things entirely. That's a different number of dudes killed, elites killed, chests opened, etc.

 

[jim2point0]

It's really hard to tell when things are measured "per hour." Like, an hour of my clear time and an hour of your clear time are different things entirely. That's a different number of dudes killed, elites killed, chests opened, etc.

I clear a Torment 2 rift in an average of 15 minutes.

I think the game got the message. I jumped into the next rift and got 2 within 5 minutes. A 2-handed forgotten soul, and a sword.

 

[Kintaro]

Working through bounties... ended up with an Infernal Machine plan and a Demon's Hide set plan. =D Not sure how good this set would be for my Crusader, but I'm happy to have the plan none the less.

 

[ParityBit]

This hotfix is just making me want to quit the game entirely.

Any notes for today's hotfix? I have been away from my desk for a long while.

 

[eek5]

After an hour of not getting anything, I got the massive prison floor AGAIN.

Nothing.

This hotfix is just making me want to quit the game entirely.

I've run like 11-12 rifts with the hotfix. The leg drop rates inside rifts isn't drastically different than before. I go on streaks both hot and bad, just like before. The biggest difference is kadala is a lot more generous now. You should be running difficulty that takes you 5-10 mins max to clear a rift then get the shards and gamble away for things for slots you actually want upgrades in.

 

[TrAcEr_x90]

Looks good, I'm rocking a very simular build. The only thing I question is having Tribal Rites. Perhaps this is a problem for you, I dunno, but with Zombie Handler I can't see the dogs and gargantuan dying often enough to make that cooldown reduction worth it, especially since you are not using any of the other skills it works with.

Thanks for looking. I like to resummon the gargantuan because he then almost immediately goes superpowered to attack elite characters. But yeah I could probably switch that out with something else.

 

[Cipherr]

Yes gem costs get crazy if you have alts. If you are playing a single toon, probably won't notice it.


But go roll 4 sets of gear for a WD, Mage, DH, Barb and lets see if your money stays even.

It won't. You can sustain a single character just fine. Its when you need to start rerolling jewelry for 4 toons which costs gems, while acquiring max level gems for multiple slots on 4 characters on top of that. The gold you make from merely playing the game doesn't keep up. Hell the salvaged mats barely keep up. And forgotten souls????? Forget about them. No way no how, lol.

I had millions from vanilla so Ill be okay, but I certainly noticed the huge hole in my pocket growing. Ive spent a ton of gold.

 

[Krassus]

Your link is a 404.

Thanks - http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Luxury-1795/hero/39603715

Any WD Fire Build tips appreciated especially with build, had my SoH equipped and was testing cold pira's is only reason I had that out.

Aiming for mask / gloves combo, but for now fireeeeee.

 

[scy]

Yes gem costs get crazy if you have alts. If you are playing a single toon, probably won't notice it.

But go roll 4 sets of gear for a WD, Mage, DH, Barb and lets see if your money stays even.

>100 Forgotten Souls, >100M Gold (which is a little bit more than what I started RoS with), and at least Royals for all my characters.

I am the 1%, apparently.

I've run like 11-12 rifts with the hotfix. The leg drop rates inside rifts isn't drastically different than before. I go on streaks both hot and bad, just like before. The biggest difference is kadala is a lot more generous now. You should be running difficulty that takes you 5-10 mins max to clear a rift then get the shards and gamble away for things for slots you actually want upgrades in.

In my experience from like a dozen runs last night, it was fairly noticeable on the drop rate change. Average Legendary per run was up to around 2-3 among the group. The first few runs had like 4-5 total drops too. I even got 3 Legendaries (to salvage) from Kadala off my stored 500 shards and another 3 or so over the course or the night.

Too bad I got Deathseer's Cowl three times last night. Because Kadala just has a stock of gimp masks apparently.

 

[jim2point0]

I've run like 11-12 rifts with the hotfix. The leg drop rates inside rifts isn't drastically different than before. I go on streaks both hot and bad, just like before. The biggest difference is kadala is a lot more generous now. You should be running difficulty that takes you 5-10 mins max to clear a rift then get the shards and gamble away for things for slots you actually want upgrades in.

What I want the most are wizards specific set piece that can only be found by playing though. You can't get them from Kadala (at last i dont think so).

 

[Dreams-Visions]

WTF are you guys talking about seriously? The only way to run out of gold on gems is making flawless royals of multiple gem types at the same time. If you make only one type, say rubys for your barb, then youll run out of gems before money. To run out of money before gems you need to be converting into higher tiers across multiple gems types. Not sure why anyone would be doing this. Came into xpak with nothing, have made 8 royals no problem. These are all 1 time gold sinks, singular non-recurring costs. The only other gold sink is enchanting, which again is non-recurring. You're only going to upgrade a slot so many times, maybe 5. Unless you get exceptionally unlucky, its hard to spend more than a couple million rolling an item.

Now as far as gold sources. I make 3-10m a day just playing and selling, depending on how I play.

I agree with this.

However, rolling crit chance into my source and a socket onto my wand cost me somewhere around 35 million, total. and I still have a hat that I burned through about 15m on that never did roll crit chance.

Usually it never takes more than a few re-rolls. I'd say 3-5 re-rolls on average. And of course, it depends on the item being re-rolled. Pants, for example, have very few possible outcomes when trying to roll a socket or something. But certain items are just lurking to fuck you over. Tantalizing you with the possibility of a potential upgrade, locked behind 1/15 odds.

At this point, I'd honestly recommend trashing legs that have something you need to reroll if it has more than 10 or 12 possible outcomes. Odds are long that you even get the property you want. Even longer that it'll offer the range you're looking for. Unless that one property is going to make it something you don't expect to upgrade for weeks. Unless you have several hundred million banked and a couple of hundred forgotten souls taking up inventory space, anyway.

 

[eek5]

What I want the most are wizards specific set piece that can only be found by playing though. You can't get them from Kadala (at last i dont think so).

Why not run T1 or run in a group that can clear faster?

Yes gem costs get crazy if you have alts. If you are playing a single toon, probably won't notice it.


But go roll 4 sets of gear for a WD, Mage, DH, Barb and lets see if your money stays even.

It won't. You can sustain a single character just fine. Its when you need to start rerolling jewelry for 4 toons which costs gems, while acquiring max level gems for multiple slots on 4 characters on top of that. The gold you make from merely playing the game doesn't keep up. Hell the salvaged mats barely keep up. And forgotten souls????? Forget about them. No way no how, lol.

I had millions from vanilla so Ill be okay, but I certainly noticed the huge hole in my pocket growing. Ive spent a ton of gold.

Yeah I'm at a bit over 120 mil spent so far. Have at least royals for my monk, wiz, wd, dh and barb. Shit adds up man!

 

[scy]

At this point, I'd honestly recommend trashing legs that have something you need to reroll if it has more than 10 or 12 possible outcomes. Odds are long that you even get the property you want. Even longer that it'll offer the range you're looking for. Unless that one property is going to make it something you don't expect to upgrade for weeks. Unless you have several hundred million banked and a couple of hundred forgotten souls taking up inventory space, anyway.

I have a Crusader Shield in my stash that, with a 10% Crit Chance roll, will be a fairly decent Damage and Toughness upgrade. Nothing massive but it'll be nice.

It has like 31 possible rolls so I'll probably just forget about it.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Why not run T1 or run in a group that can clear faster?




Yeah I'm at a bit over 120 mil spent so far. Have at least royals for my monk, wiz, wd, dh and barb. Shit adds up man!

I'm down about 60 mill from launch. Full Royals on 3 classes (Wiz, DH, and Crusader).

Honestly, I'm not worried about money at this point. I can make all the max royals I need and still have at least 150m in the bank. In fact, I don't even know why I haven't yet. Probably will when I have some end-game set pieces that I never plan on taking off. I don't have any of those yet, though.

I have a Crusader Shield in my stash that, with a 10% Crit Chance roll, will be a fairly decent Damage and Toughness upgrade. Nothing massive but it'll be nice.

It has like 31 possible rolls so I'll probably just forget about it.

I'm getting frustrated just thinking about that. I actually get angry feels swelling up in my chest when I think about how many times I had to roll my very average source to crit chance. One of the few times a game has made me angry. With each soul spent, I was sitting there thinking about how much time it would take me (life time, hours) to farm back up all of the souls I was investing into that. It reached a point of no return where I was going to have to get it. So much money gone.

This is why I don't go to Casino's.

 

[jim2point0]

Why not run T1 or run in a group that can clear faster?

Because I don't have anyone to run them with?

 

[Shouta]

Hey guys, I got a pair of Gauntlets of Akkhan to drop. What should I reroll on them?

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Darshiro-1660/hero/44468511

I definitely need to get you some more crit chance. That's why your overall DPS is kinda low-ish at the moment. We'll do some runs and I'll see about getting you some accessories.

I don't think combo strike is worth it. Monk generators are kind of bleh. You're probably better off using mythic rhythm to buff bells or LTK.

1-2-3-1-2-bell and 1-2-3-ltk-1-2-3-ltk would probably out eDPS a combo strike setup easily.

Maybe Deadly Reach - The one that increases your damage -> WotHF - Fists of Fury -> LTK? I pretty much only exclusively use Fists of Fury though because I'm a Holy monk. I just need a Skycutter again argh.

Yeah but LoH really shines when your attack speed is high and you can hit really fast. Crusader is slow so probably doesn't benefit from LoH as much even if their proc coef are high (I have no idea). Area damage is 20% chance to deal x% of dmg (the x is what the glove buffs). It's not great until you start stacking it but once you stack it it can become very good DPS boost.

I don't think he could really go wrong rolling either of those stats to CD but losing LoH is probably the better path.

Zeal + Akkarat's using a 1h weapon is reallllly fast. It's hilarious how fast you're thacking enemies. I use it the Rally rune on Akkarat's to basically spam Condemn and Bombardment because it's that fast. I have 7kish LoH and it keeps me alive pretty well. My Thunderfury + Glory Orbs help me cover AoE damage along with Fist of the Heavens - Divine Well.

I think this is one of monks shortcoming honestly. I don't like our sustain options. I have 500 LpSS and 4000 LOH and it feels kinda meh. I'm a little squishy, but it still feels meh.

I know this is kinda how they want it with regards to no massive heal and damage spikes, but it feels like the damage spikes are bigger than my heal spikes.

LpSS seems like you need a lot now to make it super good. So 500 might not be enough. I have 7k ish LoH? And I fill up pretty quickly. I do use MoH for the bubble to give me a bit of time to get started when the enemies move though.

 

[eek5]

I'm down about 60 mill from launch. Full Royals on 3 classes (Wiz, DH, and Crusader).

Honestly, I'm not worried about money at this point. I can make all the max royals I need and still have at least 150m in the bank. In fact, I don't even know why I haven't yet. Probably will when I have some end-game set pieces that I never plan on taking off. I don't have any of those yet, though.

I've mainly held off on making the highest gem because I'm still moving gear around and unsocketing is pretty expensive...

that and I ran out of gems to craft up (at least for emeralds) ;_;

Because I don't have anyone to run them with?

oh

 

[Firemind]

I have a Crusader Shield in my stash that, with a 10% Crit Chance roll, will be a fairly decent Damage and Toughness upgrade. Nothing massive but it'll be nice.

It has like 31 possible rolls so I'll probably just forget about it.

Ugh, shields.

why u no upgrades?

 

[Dreams-Visions]

I've mainly held off on making the highest gem because I'm still moving gear around and unsocketing is pretty expensive...

that and I ran out of gems to craft up (at least for emeralds) ;_;

yea I learned that lesson quick. I wish there was a way to compare stats of items if you added x/y/z property or x/y/z gem. Sometimes the only way to know if something is going to give you more (like weapons) is if you unsocket and look at them both. Which costs silly amounts of money after awhile.

Also, why the fuck can't I just unsocket one (1) gem? Why do I have to unsocket all 3 at high prices when I only want to upgrade one gem as budget allows?

 

[DSmalls84]

I have a Crusader Shield in my stash that, with a 10% Crit Chance roll, will be a fairly decent Damage and Toughness upgrade. Nothing massive but it'll be nice.

It has like 31 possible rolls so I'll probably just forget about it.

I advised someone earlier in the thread to trash it. You will probably go broke before getting the roll you want. So far the Defender of Westmarch is the best shield I have found and it only has like 12 possible stats it can roll. Crusader shields can be a serious resource sink.

 

[larvi]

Finally made a new HF ring:

Not sure if these are really worth farming for compared to other rings. They are nice for building new alts but with power leveling and no need to building anymore once you get each class to 70 that's not very useful either, I would like to get one for HC though.

My first pass through ubers I got 2 of the parts to drop at T2, then I got one more with a T3 pass then the 4th part took me another 6 tries, finally going to T4 before it dropped.

I like being able to make the machine for just the portal you need, that allows you to customize your gear/build/difficulty just for the encounter, i.e. for siege I need more lifre regen, for Maghda you can equip a Countess Julia ammy, etc.

I did them all solo and the Diablo portal was the only one that gave me some trouble, I think because I didn't know what to expect and concentrated only on Diablo and had all of the adds onscreen at the same time which made it hectic, I think for next time I will want to finish each add off as it spawns.

 

[garath]

I have a Crusader Shield in my stash that, with a 10% Crit Chance roll, will be a fairly decent Damage and Toughness upgrade. Nothing massive but it'll be nice.

It has like 31 possible rolls so I'll probably just forget about it.

And that's worse when you can roll the same affix twice in the same roll. Frustrating.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Not sure if these are really worth farming for compared to other rings.

They aren't. The recommendation in this thread is to ignore Hellfire rings entirely now. Too many better ring options and affixes out there.

And that's worse when you can roll the same affix twice in the same roll. Frustrating.

Stop bringing up bad memories.

;_;

 

[scy]

Ugh, shields.

why u no upgrades?

I've had my (admittedly, godlike) Defender of Westmarch since the day my Crusader hit 70. Innate 10% CC, good STR, AR, Life%, good Block%, good proc value, etc.

stark shield 4 lyfe apparently

yea I learned that lesson quick. I wish there was a way to compare stats of items if you added x/y/z property or x/y/z gem. Sometimes the only way to know if something is going to give you more (like weapons) is if you unsocket and look at them both. Which costs silly amounts of money after awhile.

I just remember approximately how much my damage goes up with the Crit Damage% Gem and compare them that way. ~20% difference without the gem? Probably comparable weapons.

Of course, it's been so fucking long since I've seen a weapon to upgrade, I forgot the sweet spot number I was looking for

I advised someone earlier in the thread to trash it. You will probably go broke before getting the roll you want. So far the Defender of Westmarch is the best shield I have found and it only has like 12 possible stats it can roll. Crusader shields can be a serious resource sink.

If it was build changing (Heaven's Fury CDR Shield, basically), I'd care more. But it's also just the AoE Shield Glare one. It'll take way too much luck to get a shield better than my Defender of Westmarch for damage (or my Stormshield for raw tanking) that I just can't be bothered to try too much.

This is why I want Crusader Shields to have something innate to them ala Source/Mojo Damage and Quiver IAS%. There's like so many rolls in the primary affix slot that it's near impossible to get something good and then it's not even noticeably better than a regular Shield anyway since the primary affix slot is so cluttered that unique-to-Crusader Shield options like Skill% or LpWS don't get a real chance anyway.

 

[Ashodin]

Here. Fist will do less damage than Fissure / Heaven's Tempest but sustain in general goes up. Additionally, Condemn and Heaven's Fury benefit from all the +Holy Gear too. If you have the Heaven's Fury CDR shield, it helps this build out immensely as it means HF is essentially always going. Can use Split beam instead of the DoT one if you want but triple beam can't hit the same target with all the beams I believe.

And Skycutter, not Skysplitter. The Sword that has +15-20% Holy Skill% and summons an angel to your side. The Axe is meh but it'll at least work for testing Holy Cause.

scy is jelly because I have this setup :x

Also the triple beams CAN hit the same target, just the targeting tries not to very hard. Which means blessed ground would be better single target. Also with CD from rally, even if you reset the beam, the ground damage stays. So you can cover the entire ground basically.

 

[bcl0328]

I agree with this.

However, rolling crit chance into my source and a socket onto my wand cost me somewhere around 35 million, total. and I still have a hat that I burned through about 15m on that never did roll crit chance.

Usually it never takes more than a few re-rolls. I'd say 3-5 re-rolls on average. And of course, it depends on the item being re-rolled. Pants, for example, have very few possible outcomes when trying to roll a socket or something. But certain items are just lurking to fuck you over. Tantalizing you with the possibility of a potential upgrade, locked behind 1/15 odds.

At this point, I'd honestly recommend trashing legs that have something you need to reroll if it has more than 10 or 12 possible outcomes. Odds are long that you even get the property you want. Even longer that it'll offer the range you're looking for. Unless that one property is going to make it something you don't expect to upgrade for weeks. Unless you have several hundred million banked and a couple of hundred forgotten souls taking up inventory space, anyway.

i stopped playing my DH because i cannot get the rolls i want on any item.

my wizard on the other hand, always get the right stat within 1-2 rerolls. i don't know why. just the way it is.

took me one try to get socket on my wep, one try for crit chance AND crit damage on a ring. (got both in the same roll).

for shits, i tried rerolling a crossbow on my wizard for my DH. wasted 5 rolls and gave up. that character is just unlucky.

 

[Powercast]

Just ran one rift after the hotfix and got 3 legs. All crap but still this never happened before lol.

 

[scy]

scy is jelly because I have this setup :x

Also the triple beams CAN hit the same target, just the targeting tries not to very hard. Which means blessed ground would be better single target. Also with CD from rally, even if you reset the beam, the ground damage stays. So you can cover the entire ground basically.

Can they? I tried with big targets like Siegebreaker and Ghom before and it didn't seem like it did. Granted, it was forever ago and I didn't have HF%/Holy% gear to make the damage standout. Still, I'd probably do Blessed Ground since it can cover so much ground and that probably helps more often.

and yes mad jelly. Even helped another Crusader switch to the same build when he got a godlike Skycutter to drop.

I'll have to settle for crafting a godlike Golden Scourge while crying softly at the +3 Smite target bonus.

 

[Kintaro]

I definitely need to get you some more crit chance. That's why your overall DPS is kinda low-ish at the moment. We'll do some runs and I'll see about getting you some accessories.

You and I both know my luck with drops suck. Not to mention I'm bound by the lack of souls for rerolling stuff =/

 

[Shouta]

You and I both know my luck with drops suck. Not to mention I'm bound by the lack of souls for rerolling stuff =/

Rares don't require souls though, just Death's breath.

 

[prodystopian]

Finally made a new HF ring:

http://sammythieme.com/hf70.png[IMG]

Not sure if these are really worth farming for compared to other rings. They are nice for building new alts but with power leveling and no need to building anymore once you get each class to 70 that's not very useful either, I would like to get one for HC though.

My first pass through ubers I got 2 of the parts to drop at T2, then I got one more with a T3 pass then the 4th part took me another 6 tries, finally going to T4 before it dropped.

I like being able to make the machine for just the portal you need, that allows you to customize your gear/build/difficulty just for the encounter, i.e. for siege I need more lifre regen, for Maghda you can equip a Countess Julia ammy, etc.

I did them all solo and the Diablo portal was the only one that gave me some trouble, I think because I didn't know what to expect and concentrated only on Diablo and had all of the adds onscreen at the same time which made it hectic, I think for next time I will want to finish each add off as it spawns.[/QUOTE]

I'd really like to make one, but the time invested to get just one is too high for leveling an alt when a ruby in a weapon allows you to do master/expert which is +100% or more XP.

 

[bcl0328]

I'd really like to make one, but the time invested to get just one is too high for leveling an alt when a ruby in a weapon allows you to do master/expert which is +100% or more XP.

it's not that much time invested. just go check each act in adventure mode. the secondary proc is pretty good.

 

[Noble Neckbeard]

I don't think this has been posted yet, and it's insanely useful. Especially if you were confused by the Blue posts saying that Legendary crafting materials have the same drop rate as Death's Breath... which they don't.

 

[Fenderputty]

LpSS seems like you need a lot now to make it super good. So 500 might not be enough. I have 7k ish LoH? And I fill up pretty quickly. I do use MoH for the bubble to give me a bit of time to get started when the enemies move though.

The MoH bubble is what's doing it for you. If I use MoH my sustain will fill me up. MoC is so hard to give up though.

 

[Discobird]

I don't think this has been posted yet, and it's insanely useful. Especially if you were confused by the Blue posts saying that Legendary crafting materials have the same drop rate as Death's Breath... which they don't.

Unfortunately that version of the chart is out of date since it's still showing the 25% bonus to legendaries in rifts (not 100%)...

 

[Firemind]

I've had my (admittedly, godlike) Defender of Westmarch since the day my Crusader hit 70. Innate 10% CC, good STR, AR, Life%, good Block%, good proc value, etc.

stark shield 4 lyfe apparently

Those are five primary stats. How?

Or you didn't roll extra block% affix. My perfect crusader shield would roll STR, AR, CC and increased block.

 

[scy]

I don't think this has been posted yet, and it's insanely useful. Especially if you were confused by the Blue posts saying that Legendary crafting materials have the same drop rate as Death's Breath... which they don't.

Because they didn't until Tuesday.

Those are five primary stats. How?

Or you didn't roll extra block% affix. My perfect crusader shield would roll STR, AR, CC and increased block.

Defender of Westmarch has 5 Primary rolls. Yes, it's that good.

My ideal Crusader Shield would probably be All Resist / Socket / Reduced Elite Damage, Crit Chance, Block%, and Damage vs Elites. I have enough STR that it doesn't need a ton of STR to be good for me and the Elite bonus should be bigger.

 

[Noble Neckbeard]

Unfortunately that version of the chart is out of date since it's still showing the 25% bonus to legendaries in rifts (not 100%)...

That's true. If you want the new base chance for Legendaries inside rifts, simply multiply the "Torment Slider" percentage by itself.

 

[Noble Neckbeard]

Because they didn't until Tuesday.

I'm pretty sure they still drop at the rate on that chart. Either that, or my luck is just plain awful. I ran 20 ghosts without a single Aughild drop.

 

[shadowstar]

I thought they said they upped the legendary crafting mat drop rate. Are these from anything specific? I've only ever found 1 and that was prepatch.