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5er posted:In however many seasons of dabbling with a wizard, and this season starting as one, I've yet to see a Karini's Halo. The game's just an rear end in a top hat, really. Another season, another ring blocking build completion. Usually for me it's unity (since I need 2 of them anyways), but I def. had one season where I got like 4 or 5 Arlyses before a Karini dropped.
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Ursine Catastrophe posted:Another season, another ring blocking build completion. Usually for me it's unity (since I need 2 of them anyways), but I def. had one season where I got like 4 or 5 Arlyses before a Karini dropped. I think the worst RNG moment I had was season 13, on PS4, I broke GR70 and beyond easily with a WoL monk, and spent most of my time clearing ~GR85 rifts with either that, or a UE MS DH (which I built after feeling fate demanded it, with both a good Yang's and Deadman's drops on the monk). Somewhere around 3 solid weeks with a few disgusting binge sessions each weekend later, I still had not seen *one* primal drop. I played for about three total weeks on PC earlier, mostly splitting time between a raek/hota set and wastes/ww on barb, I could barely hold my own at GR72 and largely just stuck with GR65's, I had racked up about six primals total, two of them being absolute assets to a raek and a wastes build. The game is just a total loving rear end in a top hat sometimes.
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Feb 5, 2019 02:21
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I was doing the Vyr lightning build and in my attempts to get a manald heal I managed to get literally all the gear for Tal star pact including ancient Etched Sigil and the sword
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Feb 5, 2019 02:44
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Yeah sometimes it feels like the RNG has a mind of its own. (And it likes to troll)
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Feb 5, 2019 02:46
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Challenge Rift this week is cookie cutter Shadow, super EZ. Male demon hunters vault like total dorks omg.
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Feb 5, 2019 03:09
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Rinkles posted:Yeah sometimes it feels like the RNG has a mind of its own. (And it likes to troll)
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Feb 5, 2019 03:34
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exquisite tea posted:Challenge Rift this week is cookie cutter Shadow, super EZ. Male demon hunters vault like total dorks omg. For some unexplained reason though, his Enchantress has no skill set in the first tier. Game doesn't let you pick one for the challenge, either. So there are still the little hints of madness if you poke at it.
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Feb 5, 2019 11:46
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Biggest rear end in a top hat move of RNG this season for me, was a RoRG dropping in my first set of Act 1 Torment 1 bounties.
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Feb 5, 2019 12:39
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I keep getting double Primal pieces, I have two helms and two legs so far.
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Feb 5, 2019 13:18
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Mind over Matter posted:For some unexplained reason though, his Enchantress has no skill set in the first tier. Game doesn't let you pick one for the challenge, either. So there are still the little hints of madness if you poke at it. The first and second enchantress tier is often skipped. In other news, I unlocked t13 with my chicken super speed doc but boy howdy he can’t kill bosses.
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Feb 5, 2019 14:12
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Charm is one of the best follower talents for a Shadow DH because it can let you get in some free hits against wandering elites. It’s one reason why I always prefer Enchantress to Templar for high solo GR.
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Feb 5, 2019 14:22
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I use the Templar on my Impale DH cause I'm terrible at Hatred management cause I end up tossing my daggers in weird directions on account of not being able to aim well with a controller. I got no idea how the build expects me to rock Aquianus's or whatever that Chest Unique is called cause I'm almost never above 90% Hatred. I even have one of my passives set to the mini Reaper's Wraps passive cause there's no way I'm keeping myself chock full of loathing without it.
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Feb 5, 2019 14:44
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ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:I use the Templar on my Impale DH cause I'm terrible at Hatred management cause I end up tossing my daggers in weird directions on account of not being able to aim well with a controller.
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Feb 5, 2019 14:54
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Aquila only comes into play in upper GR where mobs will survive for more than one impale to refund Hatred. On lower GR you want to rune Seethe as your main form of resource regeneration.
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Feb 5, 2019 14:56
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I also found running Ricochet gave me more hatred than Overpenetration. You can wear Aquila, cube Chain of Shadows and wear a Witching Hour over using Frost Burns. It's not quite as much damage but it's a decent alternative.
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Feb 5, 2019 15:10
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Ricochet does refund more Hatred than Overpenetration, less finicky about aiming too. What makes Frostburn so good this season though, besides the 20% free elemental damage of course, is its interaction with APD, which more or less becomes essential for survival in high solo GR. Some top clears can apparently still get away with Nemesis but I'm not good enough for that.
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Feb 5, 2019 15:15
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Snacksmaniac posted:The first and second enchantress tier is often skipped. I honestly did not know that, so I learned something. I guess I can see skipping the first tier if you really really don't want either of the CC powers, but why skip the second? Even if you don't want the slow armor, what's wrong with the ranged defense?
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Feb 5, 2019 15:25
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exquisite tea posted:Ricochet does refund more Hatred than Overpenetration, less finicky about aiming too. What makes Frostburn so good this season though, besides the 20% free elemental damage of course, is its interaction with APD, which more or less becomes essential for survival in high solo GR. Some top clears can apparently still get away with Nemesis but I'm not good enough for that. Good to know! I'm just dicking around at GR100 and haven't had to min max too much.
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Feb 5, 2019 15:38
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tetsuo posted:I think the trick is to do rifts high enough that you're not 1 shotting everything so the "hitting an already impaled enemy restores 15 Hatred" passive kicks in. exquisite tea posted:Aquila only comes into play in upper GR where mobs will survive for more than one impale to refund Hatred. On lower GR you want to rune Seethe as your main form of resource regeneration. I'm currently running GR80s solo, I've beaten up to 90 but it's so much easier to die at those levels, so 80 is just a nice spot for me. Are you supposed to be Impaling up close? I tend to Vault around and Impale from a distance for the most part, which probably contributes to a lot of missed daggers. I'm also running Unity, the Elusive Ring, and the Traveler's Set, which means I don't use Convention of Elements.
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exquisite tea posted:Charm is one of the best follower talents for a Shadow DH because it can let you get in some free hits against wandering elites. It’s one reason why I always prefer Enchantress to Templar for high solo GR. Huh -- it had never really occurred to me to swap out the Templar but now I'm going to try this for my Shadow DH. What gear do you give your Enchantress (since I'm assuming she can't use the Thunderfury that's on my Templar)? At least this way I can feel a little less bad about my only Primal of the season being the Enchantress's never-die relic.
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Feb 5, 2019 15:55
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Good weapons for an Enchantress are Tormentor or Sultan of Blinding Sand. I give her an Overwhelming Desire for amulet, oculus ring, and the other ring doesn't really matter.ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:Are you supposed to be Impaling up close? I tend to Vault around and Impale from a distance for the most part, which probably contributes to a lot of missed daggers. You should be rolling right up to elites and unloading those daggers at point blank range. If you have all the relevant defensive pieces then you shouldn't need Unity.
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Feb 5, 2019 16:03
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More than one dagger can hit the same enemy right? Being up close seemed to let me do way more damage.
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Feb 5, 2019 16:04
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Mind over Matter posted:I honestly did not know that, so I learned something. I guess I can see skipping the first tier if you really really don't want either of the CC powers, but why skip the second? Even if you don't want the slow armor, what's wrong with the ranged defense? I can’t remember why but I read it somewhere. Could also be a mistake and it’s not right in that build.
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Feb 5, 2019 17:13
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bamhand posted:More than one dagger can hit the same enemy right? Being up close seemed to let me do way more damage. Correct. poo poo should melt drat near instantly at point blank.
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Feb 5, 2019 17:14
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Whooooooooo rolled a single mystery ring and got obsidian ring of the zodiac! I need that for my wizard build, cubing it means I spend way more time in Archon mode I've been getting lucky with my drops this week
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Feb 5, 2019 20:08
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Wow, it seems lvl 70 rift primal can be not poo poo, and might help the terrible necro squishiness a bit: It'll be all blackthorne's/puzzle rings from now on no doubt.
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Feb 6, 2019 03:53
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exquisite tea posted:Out of all the loot that can roll primal ORotZ isn't the worst thing in the world, since a few specs can wear it but it's really hard to hit max rolls in every category. Nah.. definitely one of the easier items to get perfect without primal
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Rinkles posted:Yeah sometimes it feels like the RNG has a mind of its own. (And it likes to troll) https://twitter.com/desire_sensor/status/969121462090002433 No matter which game, the RNG is always trolling.
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Thanks for all the advice, I switched out my gear and tackled GR90 and managed to beat it without dying even without my Unity. Also experienced far less resource drought.
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Came back to try Season 16 after not playing since Season 5 and wow, IK Barb sure is bonkers. Trillion damage HoTA hits don't play. Cruised to GR70 and got a Primal Furnace for my troubles, feels good. Might try a DH next, I've never actually played one. 
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Feb 6, 2019 11:48
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Hey, I know someone who said the exact same thing to me.
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My Monk is coming along fine. I am gambling for ancient boots but I am not sure if I should reforge for Bracers, Helm or Mainhand right now, they all seem to be kinda difficult to get right stats wise and it's a bit unclear to me what the biggest damage boost would be. Also any euro goons up for some group GR90-100s tonight?
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Tahirovic posted:My Monk is coming along fine. I am gambling for ancient boots but I am not sure if I should reforge for Bracers, Helm or Mainhand right now, they all seem to be kinda difficult to get right stats wise and it's a bit unclear to me what the biggest damage boost would be. Do you have a better non-ancient helm? With how the stats look, I'd definitely lean toward not-ancient there. I'd likely look at rerolling amulet or weapon, but I am not sure how 'bad' your weapon is it looks fine. I'm not sure the economy on monk weapons, though. If they're like wands then it's generally better to upgrade them with dbs. My rule of thumb is prioritize based on how big of an upgrade something is but also on cost. What is most efficient to throw shards after? What is most efficient to throw dbs at? And then reroll the most difficult thing that's never going to be efficient for either of those. Once you've already locked in "good enough to be final" gear you can throw hundreds of thousands of blood shards at one thing. It usually ends up being bracers or gloves, but it could also be helms. Khorne fucked around with this message at 15:21 on Feb 6, 2019 |
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I kind of wish I had a chart of all my deaths in GRs this season. Because I'm reasonably sure it would show that the first twenty seconds of a GR where I'm walking in and don't have stacks or procs of whatever defense I need going is by far when I die the most. It's a minor pet peeve of mine that it is that way, the start shouldn't be twice as difficult as the rest of the rift. I don't know though that there would be an elegant solution beyond something like "invincible for ten seconds upon first entry" or something along those lines. Mind over Matter fucked around with this message at 14:48 on Feb 6, 2019 |
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Tahirovic posted:My Monk is coming along fine. I am gambling for ancient boots but I am not sure if I should reforge for Bracers, Helm or Mainhand right now, they all seem to be kinda difficult to get right stats wise and it's a bit unclear to me what the biggest damage boost would be. On top of everything Khorne said, helm will get you the biggest damage boost, even non ancient. I would just throw bloodshards at it though. Also your mainhand seems fine? Not perfect but has all desirable stats and above average rolls on them.
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Yeah the helm is a pain, it seems to have some lovely bias towards Spirit-regen and I don't think I've seen one drop with a socket yet. I am mostly reforging because souls and bounty mats are so easy to come by and it's targeted. Been throwing all my bloodshards at boots since those have less stat variety than the other slots, so I should be able to get "augment worthy" ancients quicker. The main hand is decent, but the damage roll and legendary roll are only average, the stats are the right ones tough. Reforging helms seemed like the way to go to get 10% crit instead of that useless Spirit Regen. I guess I'll try to upgrade weapons while reforging more helmets and necks. Thanks for the advice, I've never really played this far and gotten to such high GRs before.
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Mind over Matter posted:I kind of wish I had a chart of all my deaths in GRs this season. Because I'm reasonably sure it would show that the first twenty seconds of a GR where I'm walking in and don't have stacks or procs of whatever defense I need going is by far when I die the most. The game is doing you a favor and saying "this floor is bullshit" right from the beginning so that you can port out and reset.
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Mind over Matter posted:It's a minor pet peeve of mine that it is that way, the start shouldn't be twice as difficult as the rest of the rift. I don't know though that there would be an elegant solution beyond something like "invincible for ten seconds upon first entry" or something along those lines. Oh hey necromancers have that!
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xiansi posted:Wow, it seems lvl 70 rift primal can be not poo poo, and might help the terrible necro squishiness a bit: The primal I got from the 70 gr was a the grand father, Im a ww barb.
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