ItemPassive_Unique_Ring_607_x1 The damage of Explosive Blast is increased by 100% and 3 additionalExplosive Blastsblasts are triggered after casting Explosive Blast.
Is this a bug/typo, or is there really a RING that's a miniature Wand of Woh for Wizards? o.O Jebus.
all legendary power effects are classified as 'ring' items for purposes of testing, you must be new here if you didn't know this.
that might be because D3, underneath, is basically that old if not older.Quote from Rayden_Weiss»
If they intend to leave Falcon Wings in the game, I really hope they update it's texture. It's one of the worst textures in the game.
Actually, many items in the game need texture upgrades, because they look like they're from a 2003 game.
the problem is this: the infinite scaling of GR's means that in solo play, class sets are as evenly balanced as we are likely to see from an end game stand point, there is one set per class that can compete at the same level as each other, but when you get into group play, each player brings a power spike with them which allows a higher level of content clear than can be done solo with that gear set equipped, and as a result in order to function in these higher difficulties you need gear setups that cater to the content at hand.
This situation of imbalance is a weird outcome for a game touting itself as primarily group focused. Is grouping really about 3 people with rag tag gear setups, cobbled together from, even if, partial class set and loose legendaries, catering to one all-mighty, properly garbed in their uniform set person? All classes get their sets, and I doubt they would like to run around in " oh is this useful now, because I scrapped it 10 times already " items, yet, doing that yields the biggest reward.
And maybe I would just wave it off as a quirk in the system if the gap of globe slaves groups and ordinary ones, that come together with their best sets for damage, was only 5 GR levels. But realistically, they are what? Something around 15-20 maybe. Ridiculous.
so i guess the first 3 seasons where if you weren't playing DH you were doing it wrong never happened right?
i believe the term you were looking for is "so we 'jay wilson'ed it'", because ti wasn't already fucked up enough as it was, now we have little to no supporting items for channelling builds after this, deathwish isn't worth using, twisted sword is okish with etched sigil but even then not great since teh attack rate caps out at max 6 ET up at a time regardless of AS, and well they have just basically removed firebird's as a viable set AGAIN, the whole point of the set from my pov was as a giant killer, you melt elites, can't kill trash, it was perfect at this, hell i wouldn't even mind if they removed the dmg buff on white trash mobs as part of the 6p, purely have it be that, a giant killer, it would add something to the game that is increadably lacking currently and that is fucking killing elites, nobody wants to do it outside of rare situations with health linked+pylons due to the sheer health numbers elites have vs the progress they provide relative to normal monsters where the vast majority of progression % comes from, still the devs are fucking clueless when it comes to the wizard class, nerfed galv ward which was hardly being used anyway, also for the entirety of this current PTR patch it was bugged with the "ring" and didn't actually benefit from the power either as the item equipped or as a power in the cube, so there was little point in taking the passive outside of speed farming T10 to make you pseudo immortal if you weren't completely AFK'ing it, and just to add insult to injury, they make flame blades almost useless for high end Grift play, along with the change to fragment of destiny making it mandatory for anything that uses spectral blades due to teh dmg bonus, coupled with the cast speed increase, coupled with the new belt, it will make DMO builds have almost ZERO custom gear slots, as it stands the only flexible slot is the second ring, and maybe at a stretch bracers, you were free to pick a multitude of weapons depending on magic school of the build, but now with FOD being mandatory you have to go with that, and the new source is mandatory, so that means wand of WoH is stuck in cube, since the "jay wilsoned" triumverate can't compete due to the new source offering dmg mitigation over just a flat dmg increase, it is just outright lazy development now, and i pray that they get hammered for it as a result, getting beyond a joke now, wizards have been shat on since 2.0 pre ROS patch, still being shat on 18 months later.
i love the irony and hypocrisy of the statement made within the first few minutes of that video " in retrospect things aren't as overpowered as they seem at first" pretty much sums up the entire wizard class since 2.0 went live, yet they seem unwilling to undo much of the shite they have done unlike the SoH "fix" he mentions here.
i have never played path of exile before, i just used it as an example of a new game in the same genre that is newer and has a decent playerbase from what i hear, as to your point about it being shit, i can only go off what i get told, and while that may be the case with the game the ability to fix that issue may well be easier to do than in D3 as i said this is all relative.
while D3 is stable now, it wasn't always, and i guess this depends on where you are playing from also as US didn't have half as many issues as EU did when D3 first came out.
well that certainly makes things more interesting, i wonder if when they change the ring to a bracer slot effect they will also fix the bug where it isn't interacting with galvanizing ward shield effect at all, but does benefit unstable anomaly shield effect/all other shielding effects properly.
i'm going to repeat this again because every time someone brings up cosmetic effects and wanting shiny rainbows shooting out of our heroes arse holes i get the urge to remind everybody, this game is ancient (relatively speaking) the game engine and code were developed back in mid 2008, and knowing blizzard work began even before then, now obviously as time has gone on they will have updated and upgraded things, but the basic foundation is still the limiting factor, which is the same issue that WoW has in regards to new content there, it is literally at the breaking point for the game engine without a vast overhaul and rewriting all the code and making a new engine for "modern times", path of exile is a much much newer game from the ground up and as such, even as an indie title originally it is still "easier" to create fancy shiny stuff in game as a result, so keep this in mind when asking for stuff in D3, while i like you would love some "proper detail" on some stuff, i know it likely won't happen any time soon and i'm just happy they are still actively developing new stuff for the game at this point.
I'm pretty sure we'll see most of them as season rewards. And to be honest I couldn't care less about some silly wings, the game has 4 players maximum. It's not like you'll get swarmed in cosmetic effects. I would really like them to implement some of PoE stuff like skins for your skills, some glow around your armor, etc...
They should really bring the micro transactions system into EU, we have no problem with that here, as long as it doesn't give gameplay advantages.
using a set as designed: check
you do realise it is possible to farm tier 90+ solo without using bugs/exploits/over powered items right?
firebird wizard (while the wizard needs serious love in regards to skills/passives and such) the set is scaling infinitely therefore it can still perform better than current leaderboards show, it just takes a huge amount of rift fishing and such, so stop whining about gem ranks.
How is that not a bug/exploit again, if they know it's scaling infinitely and they're purposefully (huge amount of rift fishing) using it to get higher-tiered items?
you do realise it is possible to farm tier 90+ solo without using bugs/exploits/over powered items right?
you need to learn to read, the items you get in the season before you use the "rebirth" feature will only be mailed to you when the season ends, so you get the items you have gathered before AND AFTER rebirth, so nothing is lost in terms of gear, only xp is reset etc.
Really need clarification on how the Rebirth feature works, the fact you get the gear from the previous season mailed to you surely means that you may as well farm the 'reworked' sets now, as they will surely be the preferred builds. What is the point in seasons if you lose absolutely nothing apart from XP.
props for trying, but honestly, 3 legendary power passives in the cube + 1.1k+ paragon worth of points, as well as likely lvl 80+ legendary gems equipped in jewellery, makes this "challenge" a bit pointless, if it was purely base items without any extra help then fair play, but as it is, it is just not all there imho.
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Thud reveals items in the world that cannot be seen without revealing the fog of war, in Grifts particularly showing the exact location of pylons, and what that pylon is, giving a general map layout so you can avoid all the major detours which in turn gives you a speed advantage over those of us that don't use this "addon" which is and will always be, cheating, there is no other word for it, if you don't think this is cheating then you need to get back to school because your teachers obviously failed to teach you the correct definition of the word, and the context it is used in.
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it is a random world spawn chest that has no timer, no quest attached to it, it is there purely to slay boggits and loot the chest afterwards, nothing more.
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here's a little breakdown of what diablo 3: reaper of souls is about now'a'days:
season and non season, these are 2 game modes that are completely separate from each other, much like "hardcore" is separate from "normal".
within each game mode exists several different difficulty levels designed to challenge both character level, and gear level, which are as follows:
"normal"
"hard"
"expert"
"master"
then there is a tier of difficulties above master called "torment" and these are a scaling difficulty much like the previous ones, but scale up from torment 1, through to torment 10, which is the hardest difficulty within the difficulty menu.
the maximum level is now 70, and you need to reach this level in order to unlock what many consider to be the true game, aka the item/loot hunt.
once you hit level 70, you will then unlock "paragon" experience, this is an updated version to the original paragon levelling system added back in classic, with the current system you gain "normal" xp to get from level 1 to 70, then once you have reached level cap, you still gain xp, and this xp is added to a new pool which provides points to spend on character power in various different forms, you can add points to increase your attack speed, or give yourself a little bonus armour, you can provide yourself with other boosts that don't directly increase your power upfront, but interact with your character to provide power in other ways, you gain 1 point for every paragon level up to a "soft cap" of 800, once you reach paragon 800 you will only be able to spend points in the "primary" skills of your class, either strength, agility or intellect, with the option also to spend it in vitality if you so desire, as that is also classed as a primary stat, and these 2 categories have no level cap.
each class has available 4 "sets" these are sets of gear that comprise 6 pieces (7 in the case of the "legacy" sets such as inna's hold/tal rasha's elements etc which were available in classic but have been since updated in the current iteration of the game), with many MANY supporting legendary items for non set slots such as bracers/rings/amulets/weapons, however some builds use multiple item sets together to get multiple set bonuses active at a time, you will find this out the more you play and more familiar you become with the classes in general, but more specifically the class you decide to play, on top of that there is a multitude of legendary items for every slot of gear with many having unique and power abilities called "legendary powers" these powers are often used to synergise with gear set bonuses, and/or augment a build to play slightly differently as a result.
recently, there was an addition to the game called "Kanai's cube" this is a repository to transfer power effects on legendary items to use in conjunction with your normal armour items, and allows you to use multiple power effects that would not normally be available due to not being able to wield multiple weapons at once for example, but not only this, it is used as a way to "craft" certain legendary items faster by using a rare quality item and upgrading it in the cube and other such things along those lines.
also a new addition to the game, when you get to level 70 in season mode, you will be able to complete something called "the season journey" as part of this feature if you fulfil certain criteria of the season journey, you will be awarded with a full set of gear for your class based on what blizzard have predetermined for that season, it can be obtained only once, so make certain of your chosen class before levelling up as you will not be able to obtain it again in this manner, and will then be forced to loot it as a normal drop item in the world either through rifts, greater rifts or bounties.
in regard to your feeling overwhelmed by terms and phrases, many of the names of builds are tied into the gear set they are built upon, with a few exceptions, for example "LoN barb" refers to a barbarian using the "legacy of nightmares" ring set, and equipped with "ancient" non set items in all other slots, a "Thorns sader" is a crusader using the "invokers" set of gear, with this gear set, the crusader deals damage not just directly attacking enemies, but when he/she is attacked as well dealing a portion of the damage received back at the attacker, there are many builds for all classes that follow this trend where they build is named either due to the spells/abilities they use, or the gear set they are using in the build, you will become more familiar the more you play and the better you understand the various classes.
hope this helps a little bit, there is much much more to learn as you get more experienced you will find out a whole host of different things about the game that will make your gaming experience even better.
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botters affect me by essentially making it impossible for me to compete at the higher levels of gameplay, even though i have some of the best rolled gear for my class IN THE WORLD, not just in my game region, but the entirety of the D3 game in all regions, but that is now a moot point because gear caps out, so even with my disgustingly good gear i am in no position to compete due to the stupidly high paragon levels people who bot (and generally no lifers in general) have now it makes my effort to compete on solo leaderboards a waste of my time, and group rankings? ha forget it, never happening, so, that's how people who bot affect me, and many 10's of thousands of players like me, in regard to your nonchalant disregard for personal accomplishment with your comment "you don't get anything for high ranking other than epeen", that is extremely rude and factually incorrect.
if we all shared your outlook on things regarding cheating, then bots would be even more prevalent than they already are because your apathetic attitude is disgusting.
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if you can't tell by looking why it has that damage range then you need your eyes testing like.
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for the best xp/hour for the masses it will be T10 regular rifts, as for Grifts specifically it will come down to what you and your party can handle as the highest tier GR and how fast you can reliably clear that tier.
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it is the transmog skin for buying the virtual ticket for blizzcon 2014/attending blizzcon 2014, there is a full set of weapon transmogs associated with the "Warlords of Draenor" theme for the WoW expansion that was released last year.
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ok, here's "proof", back in classic, alkaizer admitted to account sharing with multiple people in order to achieve p100 world first back when the paragon system was first added to the game after a bit of an investigation, due to his play time being near to 24 hours a day for the duration of time it took him to get that p100, he denied botting and eventually said it was due to account sharing, ergo he broke the rules by sharing account information with others which unless it was changed recently is against the EULA.
Empyrian has abused many exploits that have been discovered over the period since seasons were added, and even had the play time average of someone who used a bot during the blood shard fiasco.
wujido recently had his leaderboard ranking wiped and his account suspended for the use of the hellfire amulet exploit.
your prose is regarding enforcing the EULA/TOS of diablo 3, with regard to botting in particular, but should it not apply to all breaches and as such should it not be prudent to have signatories that have not abused ANYTHING in game for personal gains, otherwise what is the point, the open letter is then just a mirror of blizzards apathy towards the subject, by all means they could have a different viewpoint on the subject after having sanctions placed on them for past misdeeds and as such want to make positive changes, but as i said, i dislike the fact that known cheaters are "supporting" this which is absolutely hypocritical to the point being made and the change being asked for.
as i mentioned in my previous post, i have no issue with the contents of the letter, in fact i am fully aware of trying to force blizzard to pull their heads from their collective rectal cavities, and actually tackle this problem properly, my issue is with the aforementioned.
edit: spelling
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while i fully support the initiative, and the sentiment of this posting/open letter, at least 4 of the "signatories" that i know of have been banned/suspended for botting/cheating in the past, isn't it extremely hypocritical to have these signing an open letter advocating against botting when they themselves were/are part of the problem to begin with, not to mention exploiting bugs/issues for personal gain, aside from that i think it needs addressing asap, and blizzard needs to make an actual statement of intent, and not just pussyfoot around the issue like they have done countless times in the past since D3 original release up to and including present day issues where they make a token gesture of banning/suspending 1 person when thousands are involved, obviously they don't publicise individual punishments as they are made on a case by case basis and are kept between blizzard and the individual, it is up to that individual if they wish to share the results of their punishment from blizzard with the community whereby leaving themselves open to major scrutiny and ridicule.
there needs to be an overhaul of the reporting procedures in game, and a way to offer information other than a quick right click>select topic>left click, in order to give context.
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so then what happens when i have the best gear the game has to offer, and the highest level experience i can gather, and the best level gems i can get, am i still supposed to only play the content i "over gear" or am i supposed to push, and if it is the latter, the only way to do this is to fish for that perfect rift where i can actually have a chance of completing it in time due to density issues/bad guardian spawns.