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Topic: Patch 2.4 and Season 5 (Read 119640 times)
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Soulflame
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Even with the less pet focused build, the gargs are probably 70% or more of my damage.
I'm pretty sure I've seen crits for 5.5 billion...
I redid my gear slightly, found that I did have a convention in the stash. Not a good one, but good enough to at least run Jeram or Tasker. Although I was running Grin for some P/L action.
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apocrypha
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Planes? Shit, I'm terrified to get in my car now!
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I actually ran out of Veiled Crystals first, which I would have bet was impossible. So now i am back to picking up yellows and mats like a dirty poor.
Quick tip for getting loads of Veiled Crystals first - yellows salvage into a single crystal, but blues & whites salvage into multiple dust and parts. You can convert the arcane dust & reusable parts into veiled crystals in Kanai's Cube, costing only gold. |
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KallDrexx
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If you reforge an ancient legendary, does it only have a 1 out of 10 chance of staying ancient?
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Ragnoros
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If you reforge an ancient legendary, does it only have a 1 out of 10 chance of staying ancient?
Correct. |
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WayAbvPar
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If you reforge an ancient legendary, does it only have a 1 out of 10 chance of staying ancient?
Unless you are swimming in Souls, upgrading rares seems cheaper. |
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apocrypha
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Planes? Shit, I'm terrified to get in my car now!
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Woohoo! Completed the Conqueror season journey for the extra stash tab. Managed a 45 grift (with 4 mins to spare) without any set items on a 3-day old DH. Now I can collect even more shit I don't need!  |
"Bourgeois society stands at the crossroads, either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism" - Rosa Luxemburg, 1915.
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Ragnoros
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I made a thorns crusader to see what all the fuss was about. After a couple days of farming rifts between drops, gambling and crafting I currently have 5 pieces of Roland's, 4 pieces of Seeker of the Light, 3 pieces Akkhan's, and ONE PIECE OF THORNS OF THE INVOKER.
Bleh, gearing a new character sucks with the focus on sets.
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Segoris
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I actually find it quite a bit easier thanks to receiving a starter set. With new chars I do one of two things
1) join a T10 rifts public group to leech. As long as I don't die and make it look like I'm doing something I get free loot (and DBs for upgrading rares) faster than actually grinding out the gear.
2) take my best char and run my most efficient GR level for blood shards (for me that is about GR55 with ~5min clears).
The last char I geared up was a barb who now has 2.5 sets in about 4 hours and 1k death breaths.
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Soulflame
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One step short of another stash: 3 level 55 gems.
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Hutch
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OK, what genius at Blizzard decided that Wizards need to learn to use Firebird? I'm frustrated by the set dungeon.  |
Plant yourself like a tree
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Ironwood
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Same fuckers that think Jade Harvester is fun.
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KallDrexx
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I like how the launcher has some Q&A patting themselves on the back about set dungeons.
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Ironwood
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Thing is, Set Dungeons aren't a bad idea, in honesty. But they shouldn't be fucking mandatory. Like, at all.
Also, they should reward you with shit ? Like, lots of shit ?
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Hutch
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The "reward", in this case, is finishing chapter 4 in the Season journey.
So it's completely optional. I wouldn't mind having that mini-ent pet though.
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Plant yourself like a tree
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Ironwood
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Um, no. What's the point in doing a season at all if you don't want to complete the season journey ?
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KallDrexx
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Also if you consider stash tabs mandatory then it gets much worse (in regards to set dungeons) after chapter 4.
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Paelos
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Um, no. What's the point in doing a season at all if you don't want to complete the season journey ?
Seasonal items? |
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KallDrexx
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Um, no. What's the point in doing a season at all if you don't want to complete the season journey ?
Seasonal items? I thought there were no seasonal items this time around, all items were available among all game modes? |
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Pennilenko
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Yup, they removed seasonal uniques. You can get all of the new gear in any game mode, standard or season. Seasons are now for achievements, cosmetics, utility pets, and stash tabs.
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Malakili
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It's also nice to start from scratch every once in a while, which is why I do it at this point.
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Ironwood
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Check and mate, motherfucker.
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Hutch
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Um, no. What's the point in doing a season at all if you don't want to complete the season journey ?
I am hoping that it will go like last season, where I didn't finish the journey either. I got stuck on the dumb Season step where you had to finish some level of Rift in 5 minutes (or thereabouts). But I was having too much fun to care about that. I got a ton of loot and paragon levels, and put together the most fun Wizard build I've ever played. Seriously, I gained more paragon levels in the last Season than I had previously done in the entire game. |
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Rasix
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Same fuckers that think Jade Harvester is fun.
I fell into this set via the freebies and drops. I really don't enjoy this play style at all. Sadly, it's all I really have gear for and the loot fairy is being stingy. |
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Soulflame
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I'll be leveling gems or messing around with the Arachyr WD tonight, jump in and I'll see if I can get you some better drops.
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Ironwood
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Same fuckers that think Jade Harvester is fun.
I fell into this set via the freebies and drops. I really don't enjoy this play style at all. Sadly, it's all I really have gear for and the loot fairy is being stingy. Yes. I feel your pain. I opened the bag as my WD, not knowing any better. Then I found I was trapped so I said 'Fuck It' and opened the rest as him. Now I have a full set of shit that I hate. |
"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Rasix
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I didn't know that I could hold on to those for another character.  |
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Ironwood
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 Sorry. I guess ignorance was bliss.
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EWSpider
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I have a Crusader up and running in HC if anyone wants a PL for the final step of the Season Journey (or if you just want to play some HC).
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Yegolev
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2/10 WOULD NOT INGEST
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Completing a season to get storage makes Yego smash.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
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SurfD
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So, Is it just me, or did they sort of royally fuck up sets VS high level greater rifts. I have full sets now for almost everything on my witchdoctor (arachyr, Helltooth, Harvester, Zuni). I can fairly reliably solo GR 45. I stuck my head into GR 50 to test with a 6Zuni 2 Helltooth build and got my ass handed to me by just about everything. So goddamned squishy. And looking at the leaderboards, i think i had to go down like 20 rift levels from the top before I found a WD using a set. Just about everybody in the top brackets are running LoN builds......
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WayAbvPar
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You can probably inch up with paragon levels and cubing legendary gems for mainstat bumps, but LoN is pretty nice once you get a lot of good ancients.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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EWSpider
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So, Is it just me, or did they sort of royally fuck up sets VS high level greater rifts. I have full sets now for almost everything on my witchdoctor (arachyr, Helltooth, Harvester, Zuni). I can fairly reliably solo GR 45. I stuck my head into GR 50 to test with a 6Zuni 2 Helltooth build and got my ass handed to me by just about everything. So goddamned squishy. And looking at the leaderboards, i think i had to go down like 20 rift levels from the top before I found a WD using a set. Just about everybody in the top brackets are running LoN builds......
You should be able to push into the 70s with pretty mediocre set gear as long as you are using a good build. Here's an Acid Cloud Helltooth build for example. You can check out the other builds and see what suits your fancy based on what other artifacts you have. Lots of good builds on this site: http://www.icy-veins.com/d3/witch-doctor-acid-cloud-build-with-helltooth-patch-2-4 |
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Soulflame
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I'm dubious. I tried acid cloud with helltooth, the damage from it was utterly unimpressive.
I think I have all the pieces, I can try it again, but I am very skeptical it can push to GR 70.
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Ironwood
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I have a Suwong diviner. It really, really makes Acid Cloud rock.
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EWSpider
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I'm dubious. I tried acid cloud with helltooth, the damage from it was utterly unimpressive.
I think I have all the pieces, I can try it again, but I am very skeptical it can push to GR 70.
It's not just Acid Cloud. Jeram's Bracers augmenting Wall of Death and the Belt letting you put out 15 Sycophants make a big difference as well. If anyone is pushing grifts and feels stuck I'm happy to look at your profile and offer suggestions on where/how to make changes. |
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