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Patch 2.3 ( August 25 ) - Season 4 August 28th 5 PM PDT / 8 PM EDT
- Ruins of Sescheron & Kanai's Cube (mats from caches)
- Season Journey tracks your progress in season 4, unlocking a pet and player portraits
- New difficulty levels - Torment VII through X
- NO. MORE. TRIALS.
- Keywardens drop machines and Hellfire Amulets will have sockets
- Bonus acts reward an extra cache and set a new bonus act
Brief Class Highlights
- Barbarian: IK6 buffed to 250% damage, new HotA & Seismic Slam builds
- Crusader: NEW SET Seeker of the Light - Blessed Hammer build
- Demon Hunter: New Multishot bow, damage reduction bracers & generator dps belt
- Monk: NEW SET Uliana's Stratagem - Seven-Sided Strike & Exploding Palm build. Shenlong's generator builds.
- Witch Doctor: Helltooth & Manajuma updates & NEW SET Spirit of Arachyr - Spider/Hex/"Creature" build
- Wizard: Vyr's & Chantodo's updates, Archon build
Season 4 exclusives
Bane of the Stricken
New Legendary Gem
Each attack you make against an enemy increases the damage it takes from your attacks by 0.8%
Damage bonus is increased by 0.01% per rank
Gain 25% increased damage against Rift Guardians and bosses at rank 25
Barbarian
Dishonored Legacy
New Mighty Weapon
Cleave deals up to 300-400% increased damage based on percentage of missing Fury
Crusader
Sacred Harness
New Legendary Belt
Judgment - Debilitate is cast at your landing location when casting Falling Sword
Demon Hunter
The Demon's Demise
New Legendary Hand Crossbow
Spike Trap - Sticky Trap spreads to nearby enemies when it explodes
Monk
Lion's Claw
New Legendary Fist Weapon
Seven-Sided Strike performs an additional 7 strikes
Witch Doctor
Henri's Perquisition
New Mojo
The first time an enemy deals damage to you, reduce that damage by 60-80% and Charm the enemy for 3 seconds
Wizard
Fazula's Improbable Chain
New Legendary Belt
You automatically start with 15-20 Archon stacks when entering Archon form
Finally, some other helpful resources from the previous OPs:
- battle.net - Official Blizzard Game Guide
- Crusader Guide - Blizzard's Crusader page, including Skill Calculator
- Diablofans.com - News, Forums, Patch Notes
- r/diablo - Diablo Subreddit
- Diablo.somepage - News, Guides, Class / Item Rankings
- D3Lexicon.com - News, Updates
- Blue Post tracker - D3DB
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The end of the thread title was <Terror-Murdering Hipsters> but it got clipped
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Also, man did my sheet damage take a dive after rerolling to CDR.
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You can only reroll the main stat of an item (STR, INT, DEX) to the main stat of the class you're currently playing. So if you're playing a wizard or witch doctor, you can only reroll the main stat to INT. If you want to roll the main stat to STR, you need to enchant it while playing a crusader or barbarian.
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D3: HexDex#1281, PSN: DireOtter, Live: DireOtter
I'm also debating on my AC rune, between Firestarter for more DPS and Prophet, since I feel pretty squishy without it.
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Personally, I really enjoy them. They give me a chance to play the game again with a fresh start and with people I don't normally get to play with. I typically only play casually so it's nice to be able to play with people who are on similar footing.
As much as I would love to play with SkyandPie, Rolo, and Inquisitor, it'd be rather pointless from my perspective. You all are so far ahead in terms gear and paragon level that anything you touch will instantly explode. I'd basically be chasing guys around as a glorified backpack. The only time that won't be true is greater rifts, but anything even remotely challenging for you there would be nothing but 1 shot instant kills left and right for me.
So while it does fracture the community, there are some benefits to it that I enjoy.
Speaking as someone that was a human backpack last night for two or three runs, yes, I did not contribute much but if I even did something similar a couple nights a week I would catch up fast. In those few runs I went from Paragon 70ish to 85ish (I forget) and came away with a couple of items that gave me enough of a boost to move from soloing T3 to T4 content. If I ever quit being lazy and make some decent gems to socket I'm sure I could boost that further.
I console myself in the belief that my presence added a buff to their loot quality and quantity.
That buff you get by being, relatively, on the same screen as other people increases everyones gains. And while quality is the same no matter what you're doing you actually do get a quality bump, overall, since you can trade with the people you're playing with. Since that's the only way you can trade you can often replace your terribly rolled item X with that super sweet one of the other three people got, but since it's their fifth one, they just want to give it to someone who can make use it.
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I am literally offended to not be included in that illustrious list of personages
Inquisitor77: Rius, you are Sisyphus and melee Wizard is your boulder
Tube: This must be what it felt like to be an Iraqi when Saddam was killed
Bookish Stickers - Mrs. Rius' Etsy shop with bumper stickers and vinyl decals.
No one willingly admits to grouping with a melee wizard.
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Holy Shotgun really, really prefers Prophet. There is just no way to stand toe-to-toe with Firestarter unless you're casting a fire rune from far away like Fist of Heavens, Ascendancy, or a Pet Sader with Bowmen. Firestarter, well, also requires a person to stack fire damage so the DOT isn't as spectacular if he/she started stacking Holy for Fires of Heaven. Prophet also gives you another second life which is invaluable for greater rifts. You get 2 second lives with Prophet and Indestructible passive. I think Wizard is the only other class with 2 second lives (one from passive and one from Firebird).
Top gems for Holy Shotgun would be Bane of the Trapped at 25 to self proc, Mirinae, and the third one is your preference. If toughness is an issue, I would toss in one of those new legendary gems that give you resistance. Or if you're feeling more comfortable when you swap to Prophet, you can go Bane of the Powerful for more DPS. Taeguk is pretty decent as well if you like stacking DPS and armor. Wreath of Lightning is good for AOE since it procs 1,000% damage per second for x seconds. Holy Shotgun's AOE is so-so compared to Condemn so the Wreath can fill in the gap. You could use Pain Enhancer for the DOT if you feel like you're using too many Fires of Heaven casts to kill a pack of mobs.
It's fairly flexible as to what 3rd gem you use. Experiment and see what you prefer.
EDIT: It's always better to have a socket in an amulet. Legendary gems are so powerful you can't just say nope. The gems can get even better over time when you upgrade whereas your amulet is static.
The four piece and barb took me to torment 5. hitting 6 got me to clear grift 34, without a unity even.
I'm using a build I shamelessly stole from @Al_wat I think it was. The Ice Cluster arrow + ice sentry + wolf + the extra hatred Evasive Fire. It seems real good but I definitely have some major issues with damage consistency. With a unity I could probably push grift 35 or 36, but I can't fathom hitting 40+ with it. Cluster arrow just costs so much hatred, even with 35% resource reduction. And it's sooo sloooow to generate with the low attack speed of arcane barb.
That said, I don't have a bombardier's yet, nor a good cold damage amulet to put a third legendary gem in. Just not entirely sure if I'm having as much fun with it as I have with my hydra wizard. It's a very odd playstyle.
I definitely think the female demon hunter in full marauders is the best looking model in the game, though. So bad ass.
that + unity would easily get you over 40
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I got a Baleful remnant eventually but the damage was kind of sad. Though I'm still pleased with how far the Bombard build has gotten me. It may not be so crazy as a Wave of Light/EP monk, but I got to where my FotH and bombard hits would crit for 40-50m. Having 10 of those rain down for free every 7 seconds is solid enough to do well in T6, and I just love the chaos.
Anyway I think I'll put D3 down until the patch hits and I can try out Roland's. 256 paragon levels and not a single gift though, bleh.
get yourself that act 3 cache helm, it is basically mandatory for good resource management. You can also use hex pants if you can stand stutter stepping, or a cindercoat for a fire variant. Fire and phys variants both work, i like cold for the ease of using cull of the weak + trapped gem.
Craft a reapers wraps, it is also mandatory. then work on gambling that rucksack.
it is definitely capable of hitting 40+. i was doing high 30s solo and it was relatively easy. (note: i was using unity).
the trick to playing it is obvs resource management. you are constantly balancing an economy of hatred and number of sentry counters you have stored and deployed.
I'm mainly using mine to instaclear t6 rifts now, since you basically kill hero packs with accidental damage from sentries, and rift guardians in 2 seconds or so. But once I can't oneshot everything and get healing orbs for more oneshotting it gets a lot more complicated.
1) Stack as much RCR as you can get
2) Use the Night Stalker passive (or Blood Vengeance)
3) Put Evasive Fire (cold) on your bar
4) You have to manage your Hatred much more proactively. Instead of just dumping full-bore, go Spender-Generator-Spender-Generator-Generator-Spender-etc. You don't have to stay topped up, but at least keep some Hatred in reserve so you can drop sentries when necessary. Also, most of your damage is in rockets, and there is at least a few seconds of delay between when you shoot and when the rockets do damage. Not spamming gives the rockets a chance to do their thing.
5) Actively monitor how many globes are on the map and when your Prep is going to be up from cooldown. If there is a globe available or Prep is going to be up soon, you can empty your Hatred, grab the globe/hit Prep, pop a couple spenders, and then resume your normal firing pattern.
6) People forget that hitting Companion will grab every single globe on the screen. This is usually a bad thing, as each globe is individually worth way more than the damage buff you get from wolf cry. You generally want to hit Companion when there are no or <2 globes available to pick up (e.g., early on in a fight). Any more than that, you are better off delaying its use until you've picked up a few of the globes or you're in a situation where you can't grab them anyway so you might as well pop it. This happens often enough that you should be able to hit Companion basically whenever it is on cooldown. Also, if both Prep and Companion are up, hit Companion first (not a huge deal, but every bit helps). Otherwise, don't bother waiting for Companion to use Prep.
7) For sentry management, keep 1-2 sentries always available on cooldown. The only time you really need to drop everything as quickly as possible is when you have just entered a new area and there is a pack that needs to get killed ASAP (or if you're on a cramped map and your old sentries can't hit the pack). Otherwise, you are much better off just dropping one off every once in a while in a strategic location (such as in-between rooms). You also generally want to push each new sentry as far forward as possible, so that you are maintaining overlapping fields of fire as you continue to push.
8) If you're playing solo, feel free to kite as much as you want, whenever you want. As long as your sentries can keep hitting the mobs, it doesn't matter where on the map you are. You save a ton of hatred and sentry cooldown time by moving forward, hitting as many mobs as possible, and then pulling them back into the last room where you have 3+ sentries already waiting.
In solo you have to balance between casting a generator and spender. Stacking as much resource cost reduction really does help in those long fights too. You could Blood Vengeance passive to get back Hatred. I know using the word "generator" is like a dirty word in Diablo but for Demon Hunters I think it's a fair trade off for 1 billion DPS bursts. Heaven forbid Demon Hunters have to actually manage resource now and use a generate for x seconds. If they had endless Hatred then Demon Hunters would be even more overpowered...
People tend to cast Sentries too many times and that eats up Hatred so be more aware about each sentry placement to make it the most effective. Sentries themselves actually last a really long time. Just place them in an open area and in a good vantage point on all the mobs. If you're running Cull of the Weak with Polar Sentry, just make sure you place a sentry on top of the elite and the rest further away to proc Zei's gem.
Demon Hunter in a group is a different story where resource management mechanic is trashed and you have Demon Hunters running rampant across the leader boards. When they pair with a "0dog" Witch Doctor using legacy gear to generate endless globes.Thank goodness Blizzard nerfed Final Gift for Witch Doctors. No more infinite globes in patch 2.2.
thank goodness
I've got DH. I've got two pieces of mauders and a rucksack, with the rest of my equipment being good, but not great. I can easily clear a VI rift by myself. I can finish a 21-22 GR with time to spare (I haven't tried much higher than that).
My question is, should I bother with GRs? I am still trying to complete my outfitting. Except for leveling up my gems (which is admittedly nice) I do't see the upside to GRs in terms of potential for gear (as compared to regular VI rifts). I'm not missing something obvious, am I?
GRs serve to level gems, offer "competition", and can be a good source of legendaries because the GR Guardian will pretty reliable drop some.
If they stop being fun, or you feel you can get more out of T6, there's nothing wrong with ignoring GRs.
From a gameplay perspective I like racing through them trying to beat the clock. From a gearing up perspective they haven't been as fruitful as regular old t6 rifts.
I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. Right now I just do a little of both.
Yup, greater rifts can be ignored if you like but there are some benefits playing them if you like the game mode or optimizing time spent.
Greater rifts are nice because you don't have to worry about picking up 1,000 Veil Crystals one at a time. So if you just wanna bash monsters without distraction, it's a nice alternative.
If you want to farm legendaries you could do greater rifts between 35-40. 35-40 leveled greater rifts give you more loot/blood shard/experience per time spent than Torment 6 rifts would (assuming you can destroy Torment 6 with one button). Or at least it feels that way when I see a pile of goodies at the end (averaging 4-5 legendaries per greater rift). Greater rifts between 25-30 usually give me 1-3 legendaries at a time.
Competition is another aspect that Noggin and Walt mentioned. Trying to get on the Solo leader boards is fun for some. 2-4 player leader boards are broken in terms of gearing but possible to get on.
You can also put on your tin foil hat when I think I get more ultra rare items in higher greater rifts. Both my Starmetal Kukris came from Greater Rifts. I also got 2 Gyrfalcon's Footes drops from at the same time from a RG and those are ultra rare for Crusaders.
also: does anyone want to do some serious (non season) uber killing sometime next week? maybe even the weekend (sat march 28 /sun 29)? i have about 30 machines right now, i will have more by then. i understand it can be gruelling so maybe we can set up different times or something. i could easily grind these out myself but i feel like it is a waste without a full group.
I could probably get my monk or crusader set up for some uber killing by then. Getting some carries for a bit for some gear of course would greatly be appreciated. =D
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If the voices in my head convince me to roll a 4th seasonal WD and justify it because then I could have one always in Helltooth gear... PM me for my address so you can give me a solid beating.
Still looking for a GG Hellfire Amulet for my Witch Doctor. I'm free on weekends! Probably will be mindlessly farming keys between now and then. It's a shame that I just recently farmed keys, did Ubers, got poopy amulets, and told myself I wouldn't do it again. Haha...
Heh, that's like me and The Furnace in season 1. I was paragon 575 and found one on literally the last day of the season in the very last T6 rift I ran. I scrambled to farm keys on my barb and was able to clear GR 40 and ranked in the 500s, but it would have been nice to have one earlier to work on getting higher.
This year it's Unity. I've found 3 Furnaces, 4 Blades of Prophecy and 0 Unities. Found 10 last season. RNGesus please.
If you want to power level another WD just let me know. And hey, I might just find an SMK for you this season. I've found a Rhen'Ho, Ukhapian Serpent and a Carneval on my Crusader so far, so why not an SMK?
Oh man... That's how I felt when I was playing Witch Doctor on non-seasons. I actually, drum roll please, fell for that one post that PaulNG said there seems to be a "loot table" when you roll a new toon. That thread was full of people going, "OH MAI GAWD, I got 5 SMK and 10 FURNACE by making a new WD, SO TRUTHS." So instead of being reasonably sane person and shrugging off this ludicrous notion of loot tables, I made 3 Witch Doctors just to see if I could replicate SMK drops people seem to go on about.
I finally found one though so I can move on. Not sure if making a new Witch Doctors did anything for it... *Removes tin foil hat*
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