Thanks man, Crusader is probably the thing I'm most hyped for in RoS, so I REALLY wanna see some stuff on them... but at the same time I don't want to, because I want to keep it fresh for when I play
btw, how is the Punish/Shield Bash build doing? I was planning to run something very shield heavy, was wondering if it's decent.
Thanks man, Crusader is probably the thing I'm most hyped for in RoS, so I REALLY wanna see some stuff on them... but at the same time I don't want to, because I want to keep it fresh for when I play
btw, how is the Punish/Shield Bash build doing? I was planning to run something very shield heavy, was wondering if it's decent.
atm it's not that great
but the crusader class is far from finished, so only time will tell
Yes in this particular build no aura is used, all the auras are very lacking right now as well, the crusader class really needs some constructive feedback or it will be a mess upon release.
Aww that's a shame, I mean I'll probably run some kind of Shield build on live... because fuck it why not :p, but it'd be good if the build was at least decent
How does Fate of the Fell work exactly with the Heaven's fury rune you use? (The one that changes it to cost wrath I'm assuming you still use). Kinda would seem odd seeing 3 rays come out of that?
Hi guys, still working on the Crusader very hard for those who haven't been following the testing on stream.Currently I'm stuck at T4 but I've been able to breeze through the content lower than that with a variety of specs.
Your first report was pretty negative, suggesting the Crusader was far from finished. Are you feeling better about him now? What's gotten better?
Hi guys, still working on the Crusader very hard for those who haven't been following the testing on stream.Currently I'm stuck at T4 but I've been able to breeze through the content lower than that with a variety of specs.
Your first report was pretty negative, suggesting the Crusader was far from finished. Are you feeling better about him now? What's gotten better?
Well basically the set they released for the Crusader "solves" a lot of the issues.
Yes, you are pigeon holed into having to use akarat's champ into your build since two of the set bonuses directly buff it.
But, you solve the issue of wrath regen and APS (Attacks Per Second), it can also solve issue of the 30% reduction they don't have being a "mid-ranged" class, by going the 150% armor rune, this coupled with finery and stacked sockets on gear is very high mitigation.
The crusader set opens up the class to a wide variety of builds/specs to work while the akarat's champion is active.
With enough CD reduction on gear, you can have roughly 50-70% uptime of akarat's.
I don't agree with the design, but for now it is their solution to the crusader class.
Once I have the full set I will be able to comment more ofc.
So we have a new patch! And with it more confusing changes regarding the Crusader class...
The ones that throw me are the changes to the Shield based skills, where it says "X% of your shield block chance as weapon damage" So does that mean that say you have... 30% block chance and you're using Shield Bash which is 300% shield block chance as weapon damage, it'll deal an extra 90% weapon damage?
Because I've got to say... That's even worse than it was before Before it was 250% shield block amount, level 70 Crusader legendary shield has 3464-3774 block value, 250% of that is 8660-9435 extra damage. Compare that to the new version, which is 300% of block chance as weapon damage, take a legendary Crusader 2h Flail, damage range 2227-2654 and the shield we used in the comparion above... Which has a truely epic 11% chance to block, so 300% of that is an extra... 33% weapon damage, or 666-795 damage... How much Strength/block would you need to make that equal to the previous damage?
Don't get me wrong, it's a step in the right direction, because at least Block Chance/Weapon damage scale, but it's still a HUGE nerf to the base values, on a subset of moves that REALLY didn't need nerfing... I mean maybe I'm just being stupid, or my flu addled brain read that wrong... But Manner, reckon you could give them a test, see how badly off my math is?
Hi guys,
I haven't released any crusader content yet but I know a lot of you are looking for some.
Here's somethings I can share for now, more will be added as the beta progresses.
This is the current build I'm using in the beta.
Here is also a short highlight of it's gameplay
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/c/3566232
There are also severals hours of footage of me testing the crusader throughout my twitch highlights for those who want to see more.
http://www.twitch.tv/mannercookie/profile (Go to Highlights section)
Will try to make formatted material for this class, but I believe a lot of it's core items aren't in the game yet.
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Wow, no aura?
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Currently I'm stuck at T4 but I've been able to breeze through the content lower than that with a variety of specs.
Here's the weapons and Set Helm that I plan to use in this future build I am currently working on, still got lots to collect though
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Then again I'm sure there will be other legendary pieces that are more than strong enough to make up for it.
Yes, you are pigeon holed into having to use akarat's champ into your build since two of the set bonuses directly buff it.
But, you solve the issue of wrath regen and APS (Attacks Per Second), it can also solve issue of the 30% reduction they don't have being a "mid-ranged" class, by going the 150% armor rune, this coupled with finery and stacked sockets on gear is very high mitigation.
The crusader set opens up the class to a wide variety of builds/specs to work while the akarat's champion is active.
With enough CD reduction on gear, you can have roughly 50-70% uptime of akarat's.
I don't agree with the design, but for now it is their solution to the crusader class.
Once I have the full set I will be able to comment more ofc.
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Quick update, I managed to find another piece of the set (Now I have 3 + 1 from ring of grandeur)
Which means that I've unlocked the 4 piece bonus and will begin testing of that shortly.
The news with enchanting kind of derailed things but I will be testing the crusader set live on stream as soon as things are a bit organized.
Will update the thread after initial testing as well.
Cheers
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The ones that throw me are the changes to the Shield based skills, where it says "X% of your shield block chance as weapon damage" So does that mean that say you have... 30% block chance and you're using Shield Bash which is 300% shield block chance as weapon damage, it'll deal an extra 90% weapon damage?
Because I've got to say... That's even worse than it was before Before it was 250% shield block amount, level 70 Crusader legendary shield has 3464-3774 block value, 250% of that is 8660-9435 extra damage. Compare that to the new version, which is 300% of block chance as weapon damage, take a legendary Crusader 2h Flail, damage range 2227-2654 and the shield we used in the comparion above... Which has a truely epic 11% chance to block, so 300% of that is an extra... 33% weapon damage, or 666-795 damage... How much Strength/block would you need to make that equal to the previous damage?
Don't get me wrong, it's a step in the right direction, because at least Block Chance/Weapon damage scale, but it's still a HUGE nerf to the base values, on a subset of moves that REALLY didn't need nerfing... I mean maybe I'm just being stupid, or my flu addled brain read that wrong... But Manner, reckon you could give them a test, see how badly off my math is?