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So I'm playing the firebird wizard with the icy-veins meteor build. Is there any good reason not to use Ring of Royal Grandeur instead of Convention of Elements to let me swap out the set shoulder piece for Mantle of Channeling and get that much more damage and armor while stationary? Seems like it plays in really well to the Flame Ward/Compass Rose set/etc style play.
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Convention of Elements boosts your damage by up to twice as much as the shoulders.
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Jul 31, 2019 11:57
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Nehru the Damaja posted:So I'm playing the firebird wizard with the icy-veins meteor build. Is there any good reason not to use Ring of Royal Grandeur instead of Convention of Elements to let me swap out the set shoulder piece for Mantle of Channeling and get that much more damage and armor while stationary? Seems like it plays in really well to the Flame Ward/Compass Rose set/etc style play. Fun > optimal. If you find CoE tedious/unfun/not worth it, absolutely replace it with something else that helps without being either of those things. Eventually you might reach the point where you need it to push those last GRs, but until then do whatever!
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Jul 31, 2019 12:18
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Nehru the Damaja posted:Is it viable/worthwhile to do a petless Necromancer? I'm not super into pet classes but corpse explosions and blood novas sound like my idea of a good time. The most viable petless Necromancer build, is a Wizard of just about any kind.
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Jul 31, 2019 15:09
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Nehru the Damaja posted:Is it viable/worthwhile to do a petless Necromancer? I'm not super into pet classes but corpse explosions and blood novas sound like my idea of a good time. Depends on what you consider "viable/worthwhile". Tornado Brawler Necro is pretty great for speedfarming and not bad for pushing, but you're not going to get the same mileage as other builds.
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Jul 31, 2019 23:54
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Got through several levels of the cathedral in my last play through before trying one of those rift challenge he's (first time playing this game) and my wizard got some spell where he sits put and starts firing off arcane torpedoes or something. Just shredded everything, especially when I got some crazy strong spellbook. Was a riot and I was giggling just pointing in different directions. In short, I got bit by the bug.
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Aug 1, 2019 00:00
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Can I play without the necro pack? I have RoS
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codo27 posted:Can I play without the necro pack? I have RoS Yep.
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TraderStav posted:Got through several levels of the cathedral in my last play through before trying one of those rift challenge he's (first time playing this game) and my wizard got some spell where he sits put and starts firing off arcane torpedoes or something. Just shredded everything, especially when I got some crazy strong spellbook. Was a riot and I was giggling just pointing in different directions. Arcane Torrent is that spell. Channelling wizard builds can be pretty good, quite a few items to support then plus the Tal Rasha set can be used if you want.
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Aug 1, 2019 08:07
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Firebird's Finery is better up front once you've got all the bits, Arcane Torrent plus meteors dropping all around! That said all I want to do is a solid Vyr's but I can not get The Swami to drop 
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Aug 1, 2019 10:41
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Firebird is super wonky and not really fun. Tal's is the poo poo.
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Aug 1, 2019 15:05
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Weird/annoying things about Firebird: You poo poo out humongous amounts of damage but it's super inconsistent because your meteors can just barely miss the target repeatedly, or they can land spot on and erase them. Elites and bosses melt faster than normal enemies. Your protection is mostly tied to standing still and eating melee attacks. Compass Rose set is your only real defense when moving and rifts with primarily ranged enemies like spear hunters will eat you alive. To its credit, it's the easiest set dungeon I've ever done, so there's that. And Etched Sigil is really the only non-set item you need to be "online" in a meaningful way. You definitely want all the other stuff but you're not going to be an incomplete do-nothing train wreck without the belt or bracers or whatever so long as you have Etched Sigil.
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Aug 1, 2019 15:43
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Clear this week's NA CR with 3 and a half minutes to spare on the first try. Did the guy just stop for a sandwich halfway through and then come back or something? Meanwhile I remember past runs where they found some idiot savant with a build that dies if someone even looks at you funny and 0 damage boosting items and they clear it 2 minutes faster than me.
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Aug 1, 2019 16:36
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Ugh, for real?
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Aug 2, 2019 07:32
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the chances of any given primal being useful are pretty slim
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Aug 2, 2019 15:45
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My welfare primal this season was a Unity that was only slightly better than the ancient version I was using. I was able to roll off main stat so I can use it on any class, in theory.
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Aug 2, 2019 15:51
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Rinkles posted:the chances of any given primal being useful are pretty slim I guess I'm just spoiled that the last season I ran I got a primal of the IK chest for my barb.
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Aug 2, 2019 16:58
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when should we know the next season's date?
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Aug 2, 2019 21:07
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They posted today on the official forums that this season is ending on the 18th. The new season is usually 2 weeks after that so around the end of the month. PTR was very  so we'll probably see record low numbers of players 
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Aug 2, 2019 22:42
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I'm 2 conquests and some gem grinding away from my space wings. Switching to Vyr's/Chantodo's was a huge spike in effectiveness over Firebird.
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Aug 3, 2019 08:39
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Don't think I've ever done a HC run proper in this, what's a good HC build for a quick 70 and some GR climb before the season is up? I was thinking necro corpse lance or demon hunter but idk any DH builds right now...I hate turrets.
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Aug 6, 2019 04:30
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Swilo posted:They posted today on the official forums that this season is ending on the 18th. The new season is usually 2 weeks after that so around the end of the month. The idea of a spontaneous effect that's only going to free up a gear slot on a follower is loving lol. If the rewards for next season are just as meh as the seasonal bonus, I might skip it entirely, considering that right now I think all the time I'd normally be pouring into Diablo 3 on my Switch is indefinitely going to be taken up by Fire Emblem, and MUA3.
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Aug 6, 2019 14:05
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I dunno, I feel like this effect actually changes your play style rather than have you do the same thing but bigger numbers. The effects are unique and can't generally be gained by other means.
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Aug 6, 2019 14:18
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bamhand posted:I dunno, I feel like this effect actually changes your play style rather than have you do the same thing but bigger numbers. The effects are unique and can't generally be gained by other means. Except for the extremely common ring that provides the exact same benefit and that everyone in the world just throws on their follower? I’m mixed about this because with the gem they’ve effectively indefinitely continued the season of Nightmares but then this season they give us practically nothing.
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Aug 6, 2019 14:35
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The ring doesn't give you reduced cooldown or resource costs. Both of which can significantly alter how you play. I'm not saying the effect is super exciting or anything but it actually changes how you play instead of making you tankier or do more damage. I guess what I'm saying is the last two seasons were actually more boring than this because they just meant you shove a unity or CoE into your build rather than this new season is a fantastic new thing.
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Aug 6, 2019 14:48
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Those bonus rings are cool for ranged/pet classes where you can run to them when they spawn but they are pretty useless for the builds I play on my Barb and Sader since they are all about getting right up in motherfuckers faces and ain't got time for moving into a glowing circle that appeared half a screen away.
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Aug 6, 2019 15:22
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Tokubetsu posted:Don't think I've ever done a HC run proper in this, what's a good HC build for a quick 70 and some GR climb before the season is up? I was thinking necro corpse lance or demon hunter but idk any DH builds right now...I hate turrets. Helltooth Witch Doctor is my go to for my first HC of the season but it's slow as mud just super easy survivablity. Add me Darkhold#1887 if you want a carry. If you do decide to use either a DH or a WD I can give you some cast off gear along with the carry. I briefly had a necro but I lost it midseason.
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Aug 6, 2019 17:35
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5er posted:If the rewards for next season are just as meh as the seasonal bonus, I might skip it entirely Good news! There are no new rewards if you already have them because they stated from now on they will just be recycling previous seasons. No new stash slot, no new cosmetics, no new pet, nothing.
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Aug 6, 2019 18:53
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Swilo posted:Good news! There are no new rewards if you already have them because they stated from now on they will just be recycling previous seasons. No new stash slot, no new cosmetics, no new pet, nothing. They added 5 more stash slots, but you can only get one per season (on PC) so that's something to work towards.
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Aug 6, 2019 19:20
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Pretty sure they rolled that back to a single new tab, my dude. The spaghetti code can’t handle every player having that much storage, apparently.
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Aug 6, 2019 19:32
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I think this is the first time we've had new item changes in like two years so I'm most excited about those tbqh.
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Aug 6, 2019 19:42
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exquisite tea posted:I think this is the first time we've had new item changes in like two years so I'm most excited about those tbqh.  The more useless legendary items they remove from the pool, the better.
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Aug 6, 2019 19:57
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It’s weird that we have untexted legendaries at this point.
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Aug 6, 2019 20:05
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Nailbiter will forever be a piece of poo poo, it's just the way of things.
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Aug 6, 2019 20:59
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Just imagine a reworked blackthorn's. 
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Aug 7, 2019 00:44
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Suburban Dad posted:Just imagine a reworked blackthorn's. Blackthorn's update: game now plays the price is right loser sound each time a piece drops.
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Russad posted:Pretty sure they rolled that back to a single new tab, my dude. The spaghetti code can’t handle every player having that much storage, apparently. It was even bugged on the PTR and would visually unlock another tab but you couldn't actually store anything in it.
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Aug 7, 2019 02:31
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How many stash tabs does one person really need anyway.
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Aug 7, 2019 03:20
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always more
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I started playing in the seasons with the sole goal of unlocking stash tabs. Now I never play anything but seasonal characters.
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