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Diablo III: Reaper of Souls |OT2| Enchantress: Look! More hidden loot!
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If things stay similar to current PTR, then season 3 will be filled with Barbarians like S2 was filled with Monks.
Barbs have a better WW (starts up faster, smoother animation from Rend), viable Rend build, the Bulkathos dual wield set is actually good, the WW set is good, the WOTB Bracers are great and the IK set is broken (will be tuned from broken to great). The IK set makes a bunch of previously unused Legendaries much more powerful as it also buffs your procs (return of TF/Odyn Son/SoH??).
DH and Wizards will be next most used. Both got a reworked set and a brand new set along with new Legendaries. DHs have the RoV belt which is very nice and Wizards have those Meteor boots. Tal Rasha and Nat set also work like IK where it's a global damage bonus and your procs become much stronger.
Barbs have a better WW (starts up faster, smoother animation from Rend), viable Rend build, the Bulkathos dual wield set is actually good, the WW set is good, the WOTB Bracers are great and the IK set is broken (will be tuned from broken to great). The IK set makes a bunch of previously unused Legendaries much more powerful as it also buffs your procs (return of TF/Odyn Son/SoH??).
DH and Wizards will be next most used. Both got a reworked set and a brand new set along with new Legendaries. DHs have the RoV belt which is very nice and Wizards have those Meteor boots. Tal Rasha and Nat set also work like IK where it's a global damage bonus and your procs become much stronger.
barb ik is going to get nerfed, but hopefully they do it intelligently by making it so the ik bonus only affects cota and spenders so that it doesn't work with vile wards
right now ik is basically raekor's but with single target damage thanks to people running the vile wards multiplicative dmg increase with IK's 500% multiplicative damage increase lol--so you clear the entire rift in 3 minutes and then you actually have the single target damage to kill a rift guardian at a decent speed.
How does it buff procs? Or are you just referring to the big attack speed boost from permanent wotb? Or you just mean the damage bonus straight up modifies procs. Yeah, SoH/Odyn Son ww barb the dream
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right now ik is basically raekor's but with single target damage thanks to people running the vile wards multiplicative dmg increase with IK's 500% multiplicative damage increase lol--so you clear the entire rift in 3 minutes and then you actually have the single target damage to kill a rift guardian at a decent speed.
How does it buff procs? Or are you just referring to the big attack speed boost from permanent wotb? Or you just mean the damage bonus straight up modifies procs. Yeah, SoH/Odyn Son ww barb the dream
.How does it buff procs? Or are you just referring to the big attack speed boost from permanent wotb? Or you just mean the damage bonus straight up modifies procs. Yeah, SoH/Odyn Son ww barb the dream
The 500% buff from the set applies to everything you do.
Also, I don't think anyone is running vile wards? T6 is hilariously easy just doing whatever the fuck build you want. Doing 4raekors/6IK is pretty fun though.
CarbonatedFalcon
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The bugged bounty in Act 1 on the PTR is a killer for trying to get a RoRG to test -_-
IK doesn't just do Furious Charge better than Raekors...
It does WW much better than the full WW set. It does Rend better than the Rend set plus the Rend belt.
Basically any build you theory craft on Barb and combine with IK6 will out perform a fully dedicated build. That's a massive imbalance.
I think the value needs to be halved at 250% or even 200%. Having the damage affect everything makes procs a lot stronger which by extension makes a lot of previous Legendaries very viable. They just need to tweak the values so that running IK6 WW doesn't out perform WW set 6 PC.
It does WW much better than the full WW set. It does Rend better than the Rend set plus the Rend belt.
Basically any build you theory craft on Barb and combine with IK6 will out perform a fully dedicated build. That's a massive imbalance.
I think the value needs to be halved at 250% or even 200%. Having the damage affect everything makes procs a lot stronger which by extension makes a lot of previous Legendaries very viable. They just need to tweak the values so that running IK6 WW doesn't out perform WW set 6 PC.
I finally found a damn crossbow worth using. All those mats wasted on trying to craft a barb and it didn't even come close to this. Other than getting unlucky with the pierce number the rest is great.
I've found two of these. Yes, Ancient version. And they both came with 1 pierce. It's infuriating that they make such important stats variable.
I was having a lot of trouble keeping the wrath going for Roland's, but Shield Glare: Zealous Glare + In-Geom helps out a lot. Looking forward to getting the 6 piece bonus to see what that looks like. It seems like it should sustain itself in crowds with shield bash refreshing the glare, then the glare giving wrath, all at +150% attack speed, so it should be pretty crazy. Feels like a combo in Magic: the Gathering.
It does, actually. It doesn't do sustained furious charge better (the charge is just a filler in this case), but charging into a pack of elites with a bunch of whites surrounding them for billions of damage is pretty insane.
Got an Etrayu last night so I'm trying a cold M6... But I'm not sure which skills I should be using, any tips? I've got a quiver with 20% cold too, once I roll CC on it I'll use that.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Akai-1649/hero/56997369
Or should I swap back to fire? I have a fire SoJ.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Akai-1649/hero/56997369
Or should I swap back to fire? I have a fire SoJ.
Should have kept the Vit
This video covers the cold build well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?annot...Eep1mReVfkt&src_vid=cUh23kLr7io&v=wOafimwdpzg
Get rid of all those all res gems. You don't need to stay alive, your job is to kill.
I play the fire build, but not sure how good it is for solo play. Cold might be a bit better for solo.
Raiziel (38 grift guardian). Sudden burst of electricity at least 10x above the regular damage.
Should have kept the Vit
My fatal flaw was not knowing what I was up against. Had I not gotten a bit bored with the game I would have googled the dude's skills
Pyros_Eien
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April/May or something like that. They'll give a 2weeks warning when Season 2 will end, and I assume they'll patch 2.2 right away after it ends. I'd expect it to stay on PTR for 2-4weeks more or so, depending on wether or not they want to remake the sets again or if they're content with what they have and just tweak numbers. Obviously, since it's Blizzard, it could be a lot more than that.
and will be useless with the upcoming patch but its cool while it lasts.
Season 3? Or patch for Season 2 ?
Patch 2.2 makes perma-serenity impossible because the cooldown timer starts at the end of the effect, so there's always a gap. The same thing was done to all the invulerability skills.
- To fully unleash the M6 power you need the rarest quiver, Bombardier's Rucksack, which will let you cast 2 more sentries and have 500% increased dmg where they're all active.
- Try to find another pair of Mara boots, I don't know what was the stat you rerolled originally but leaving that 10% MS was not wise. Remember that now with Mara you have all the companions out, and ferrets passively give you 10% MS. Seing as you're already PL 384 you don't have problems filling the gap with the remaining MS (15%), maximizing your hatred and putting some spare points in DEX/VIT.
- I know ancient Wraps are good, but I'd craft a pair having at least cold dmg or CHC from the get go, even if they're not ancient. So you can reroll one of the other stats to the missing one (Cold or CHC) and have both. I think those would be a dmg increase even over the ancient ones.
- Gems in chest and pants should be all emeralds
- Enforcer gem is not so good anymore, better go with Zei's Stone of Vengeance IMHO.
- Try to get bonus dmg on skills, Cluster Arrow on Quiver, Feet and Head, Sentry on Shoulders and Chest
- Unity ring is your friend if you want to stay alive more. You need 2 of them (one must be equipped on one of your follower) and the follower legendary relic that will make them immortal.
Pyros_Eien
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There's 2 versions of every plan, a pre 60 vanilla version which have varying levels(for example Cain's set is like lvl 20 or whatever and that's the only level you can craft of it) and then a 70 version that was released for RoS of all of them(so there's a 70 cain set too). If you got a 30 legendary plan, it'll only make lvl 30 weapons, until you find the level 70 version which makes lvl 70. You probably shouldn't bother crafting legendaries while leveling other than the Cain set for xp bonus though.
I have the bombadier off season. I'll keep looking for it.
It was a bad +skill damage modifier so I swapped it out.
Yeah ill craft some more wraps, they were a leftover from my monk.
They're all emeralds now, not maxed but I haven't got enough at the moment. It's floored my res tho 500ish in places.
I'll swap the gem out... I've already rolled to some of those skill modifiers.
I'm chasing the unifies for my monk - I know all about it (check my non season chars, tho they haven't been played since GRs were introduced).
Found two gifts last night and an almost perfectly rolled Mara's Kaleidoscope.
Not sure what to do with my wizard anymore in season 2:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Aeglos7-1318/hero/57368602
(Unity ring isn't swapping in for some reason in the armory)
I think it's time to level some gems and see where I can go with it.
Not sure what to do with my wizard anymore in season 2:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Aeglos7-1318/hero/57368602
(Unity ring isn't swapping in for some reason in the armory)
I think it's time to level some gems and see where I can go with it.
Dog Problems
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Almost had a nice ancient Shard of Hate that someone gave to me because they didn't need it, but of course some a-hole runs by and grabs it.
neoism
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Im thinking instead of mid to late June it will probably be in May for the anniversary.
Seasons should really be shorter... I played for like two weeks straight like I was on crack or something and then the feel just stopped... hell I wish they where only 1 month... I made a DH to 70 for the first time and sadly cant get a feel for it.. I got help leveling her and dont really know the best skills... plus pretty sure you have to use the notmove button or whatever its called and I dont really like the kitting gameplay. I only use a 11 button mouse to play this game.. I dont use the keyboard at all.. So other than trying for all ancient items on my monk or make a barb not really sure what to do for the next 2 months... really glad for bloodborne coming in two weeks..
CarbonatedFalcon
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Finally got a Bombardier's on live season today. Based Kadala.
It's pretty good but still sort of a side grade from my other ancient quiver besides the effect of course.
Still looking for another piece or two of the set, but they have to replace ancient pieces :/
It's pretty good but still sort of a side grade from my other ancient quiver besides the effect of course.
Still looking for another piece or two of the set, but they have to replace ancient pieces :/
That side grade is 200% extra damage.
Act V battlefields of eternity on normal/hard
List of the items which will be S3-exclusive:
Dead Man's Legacy (rework)
Dread Iron (rework)
Nagelring (rework)
Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac (rework)
Hammer Belt (Placeholder Name)
Ranslor's Folly
Little Man's Finger
Spirit Guards
Iceblink (Legendary gem)
Mutilation Guard (Legendary gem)
Bottomless Potion of Amplification
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/16542805091?page=1#1
Bane of the Stricken was scrapped. (Bah!)
Dead Man's Legacy (rework)
Dread Iron (rework)
Nagelring (rework)
Obsidian Ring of the Zodiac (rework)
Hammer Belt (Placeholder Name)
Ranslor's Folly
Little Man's Finger
Spirit Guards
Iceblink (Legendary gem)
Mutilation Guard (Legendary gem)
Bottomless Potion of Amplification
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/16542805091?page=1#1
Bane of the Stricken was scrapped. (Bah!)
They're aiming for May. The plan is to have a shorter season cycle from now on, with new content patches heralding the end of the current season.
I think it's the new Energy Twister Bracers.
CarbonatedFalcon
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New Dead Man's Legacy with the new Unhallowed Essence set and a Buriza is pretty good. Also trying out the new Focus/Restraint which is decent, but I think for pushing high solo rifts you'd still want something like Unity and RoRG (depending on what set pieces you have) or SoJ. Particularly since the 6-set will take up all set slots, RoRG only saves you one spot for a one-off piece. Maybe Depth Diggers, dunno.
perryfarrell
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If I want to join the NEOGAF Europe group, I just submit a request to join in-game?
Or do I have send a message in addition, to show I'm a gaffer?
Currently playing through the game again, didn't play since expansion came out. Pretty, preeee-tty, preeeee-tty kewl game, still.
Or do I have send a message in addition, to show I'm a gaffer?
Currently playing through the game again, didn't play since expansion came out. Pretty, preeee-tty, preeeee-tty kewl game, still.
Send me a message: Akai#1649
Went back to non season and botched together a physical Raekor set... 5 minutes later I was breezing through GR 30ish. Not bad. Just need some Vile Wards and rings with sockets.
CarbonatedFalcon
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Tinkered with some gear and used a gift to make a godly Torch. And I got an Inna's helm! Still need some other pieces for the build I want though, particularly the Sunwoko amulet.
My DH definitely feels more powerful though, even if the paper stats are similar or better on my monk now.
Kinda want to play more PTR, kinda don't with the dearth of blue mats in season. The best source is greater rift guardians it seems. And I'm not sure I want to deal with acquiring/leveling gems to properly test builds. Don't know if it's wise to spoil myself leveling another class on season there besides the DH I did.
My DH definitely feels more powerful though, even if the paper stats are similar or better on my monk now.
Kinda want to play more PTR, kinda don't with the dearth of blue mats in season. The best source is greater rift guardians it seems. And I'm not sure I want to deal with acquiring/leveling gems to properly test builds. Don't know if it's wise to spoil myself leveling another class on season there besides the DH I did.
After 500+ Paragon levels in Season 2, I finally found a Templar relic to make my follower immortal. I immediately set to work on see how I can go on the Monk GR ladder, but I seem to be stuck around GR40.
How do you guys play solo Monk in the higher GRs (40+)? I seem to die a bit too much.
What are the recommended passives and gems? I currently mostly use the gems Bane of the Trapped, Taeguk, and Gogok/Bane of the Powerful.
Here's my profile:
http://www.diablo3ladder.com/index.php?action=action_showchar&hid=815148
http://www.diabloprogress.com/hero/saegon-1864/Korra/43980369
How do you guys play solo Monk in the higher GRs (40+)? I seem to die a bit too much.
What are the recommended passives and gems? I currently mostly use the gems Bane of the Trapped, Taeguk, and Gogok/Bane of the Powerful.
Here's my profile:
http://www.diablo3ladder.com/index.php?action=action_showchar&hid=815148
http://www.diabloprogress.com/hero/saegon-1864/Korra/43980369
Your passives, skills and gems are fine. You could drop your third gem for gizzard or the all res gem.
Get elite damage reduction rolled into your chest. Crit damage on your amulet for this build. Wave of light damage on your boots. You are missing secondary resist on your gloves, unity and boots. Get better ones.
Thanks! Will do. Will also craft an Aughild shoulders and bracers for some more damage reduction and elite damage.
Just cleared a 41. I think I can push higher though.
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