You know, I have been thinking for quite a while now, The rarest one handed sword in the game which is Rimeheart is not even good enough to justify how rare it is.
I am disappointed with how some of the developers have thought of a weapon like this when they dont take the rarity of an item in consideration. Rimeheart is the rarest sword in the game, and I feel that it should reflect what the ability is like on a extremely rare item.
When rimeheart was first introduced, it was considered weak by how low the base damage was, but after they increased the damage to 10000%, its still even weaker by how they still kept in the only way it proc'd was when enemies were frozen.
Rimeheart also sucks because of how low the proc rate affects the item as a whole by proc coefficients, at times, i have seen videos of people using rimeheart that their damage was very low even though it was 10000% cold damage. Although it may be increased by cold damage, it is still considerably weaker than other swords out there.
Even so, rimeheart can only be used by 5 classes, crusader is an exception by how they do not have cold skills other than consecration, that will be tweaked. demon hunters dont even use swords, and the other classes benefit from the item. So many people don't even use it because of how subpar Rimeheart is.
In the future, I would like to propose that in order for the rarity of this sword to be justifiable, the proc rate needs to be increased, and remove the proc coefficient of the sword. Bump the chance from 10% to 15% so that it's in line with wreath or mirinae, be also applicable to chilled and frozen mobs rather than frozen and increase the damage by around 2000% more. That way, it will give players more incentive on finding that rare item rather than the impression of the item sucks.
Post any thoughts on this issue, because this topic frustrates me by how the developers have not addressed this topic yet. I am hoping that the developers will listen to us in tandem to how they removed health potions and keeping it to one.
I use it for my s2 barb. the proc is quite nice. its about 50% chance i either insta shatter or render an elite pack from 100% HP to 50% HP. from there ruthless takes affect. Yea I know it says 10% but FC Barbs are AoE masters.
IDK what you are talking about its great.
If it were to be buffed it should be retroactive to 15% chance.
a guaranteed proc on frozen enemies makes it OP, even better than its legacy counter part. That means itll be not on par with the Furnace but better than it by 100 times. Because then at this point people will be using Rimeheart instead of bows for DH. FYI to the OP, DH can equip swords. you dont see it cuz no one uses grenades.
The thing is, however ôwerful the proc, an item which is unreliable isn't powerful at all. "In attempts at a rift boss, you'll die 20 times and onsehot him once" isn't a good item.
for farming, no. for top ranks, yes. you just keep doing it until you get lucky. after all, thats how GR runs work.
You know, I have been thinking for quite a while now, The rarest one handed sword in the game which is Rimeheart is not even good enough to justify how rare it is.
I am disappointed with how some of the developers have thought of a weapon like this when they dont take the rarity of an item in consideration. Rimeheart is the rarest sword in the game, and I feel that it should reflect what the ability is like on a extremely rare item.
When rimeheart was first introduced, it was considered weak by how low the base damage was, but after they increased the damage to 10000%, its still even weaker by how they still kept in the only way it proc'd was when enemies were frozen.
Rimeheart also sucks because of how low the proc rate affects the item as a whole by proc coefficients, at times, i have seen videos of people using rimeheart that their damage was very low even though it was 10000% cold damage. Although it may be increased by cold damage, it is still considerably weaker than other swords out there.
Even so, rimeheart can only be used by 5 classes, crusader is an exception by how they do not have cold skills other than consecration, that will be tweaked. demon hunters dont even use swords, and the other classes benefit from the item. So many people don't even use it because of how subpar Rimeheart is.
In the future, I would like to propose that in order for the rarity of this sword to be justifiable, the proc rate needs to be increased, and remove the proc coefficient of the sword. Bump the chance from 10% to 15% so that it's in line with wreath or mirinae, be also applicable to chilled and frozen mobs rather than frozen and increase the damage by around 2000% more. That way, it will give players more incentive on finding that rare item rather than the impression of the item sucks.
Post any thoughts on this issue, because this topic frustrates me by how the developers have not addressed this topic yet. I am hoping that the developers will listen to us in tandem to how they removed health potions and keeping it to one.
I use it for my s2 barb. the proc is quite nice. its about 50% chance i either insta shatter or render an elite pack from 100% HP to 50% HP. from there ruthless takes affect. Yea I know it says 10% but FC Barbs are AoE masters.
IDK what you are talking about its great.
If it were to be buffed it should be retroactive to 15% chance.
a guaranteed proc on frozen enemies makes it OP, even better than its legacy counter part. That means itll be not on par with the Furnace but better than it by 100 times. Because then at this point people will be using Rimeheart instead of bows for DH. FYI to the OP, DH can equip swords. you dont see it cuz no one uses grenades.
THEY HATE US, CUZ THEY AIN'T US
What if the effect was "chance on hit to FREEZE target and deal 10000% weapon damage"
part of the difficulty I find with proccing on my frost wizard is the fact they need to be frozen first which can be hard to do consistently
often they are only chilled
im happy with the other suggestion for it to also apply to chilled enemies with no other changes but I agree its a little lacklustre at present
for farming, no. for top ranks, yes. you just keep doing it until you get lucky. after all, thats how GR runs work.