At this point the only new sets are the Wrath of the wastes (Barbarian), Delsere's Magnum Opus (Wizard), and Unhallowed Essence (Demon hunter). Some of the classic sets like Immortal king, Tal Rasha and Natalya's are also getting a revamp or an overhaul.
No one knows anything more than what has been disclosed in that post, plus the hotfixes applied recently and of course, hands-on experience on the ptr realm where players discovered some undocumented changes that were not covered in the patch notes.
With Crusader being a set behind and Roland's so under-performing Akkhan's, I'm kinda surprised crusader isn't one of the ones getting attention. I totally understand Wizard getting attention too, with Firebird's being the only option and so far behind other classes. I also realize that Crusader has 3 "styles" between zDPS, condemn and Pony, so don't take this as a sader whine, I'm not saying sader is not in a decent spot. I'm just saying that pony and condemn share 80% of their pieces and have little wiggle room at all in what they wear, so a new set would be very welcome.
My best guess is that the next content patch after 2.2 (the one between season 3 and 4), will update the remaining sets ( Vyr's, EQ, helltooth, jade, etc) and add an additional set to the remaining classes (perhaps 2 for the sader), so that each class has 4 sets.
my sader in the 2.2 PTR, not really well geared, with full Roland can shieldbash enemies for over 3kkk per cast... and without any primary skill so it's a shieldbash spam feast of pain.
if you played the PTR... rolands set does very well atm... it has a LOT of defensive capabilities now ( with the use of skills CD of abilities get reduced )
the new ring of the zodiac allows for faster CD for skills (at random) which means rolands can NOW have perma arkhans ( also with the new change to rolands we can also have perma laws .. concecrate... sheild glare... iron skin (50% damage reduction ) and concecrate when needed...
if you have been following certain streamers ( they have done 2 billion crits with rolands and the new sheild bash bracers ) .. i mean ur offensive and Defensive capabilites are up there now with the other sets ( its just u need to be front line and more aware ^^ )
the combination with the current focus + restrain allows the 2 bliion crts btw
if not u can go with zodiac + unity combo and live like a baws and set all ur gems to be offensive as you will be UBER defensive now ^^
"the new ring of the zodiac allows for faster CD for skills"
This ring has always been very poorly itemized. To use it, you are giving up Unity/SOJ or RoRG, reducing defense/damage.
Perma AC we already have. Perma Iron-skin is ok. Perma-laws sounds RSI inducing. The question, I suppose, becomes one of if Iron Skin/Law is worth more than the ring slot, which I suspect it is, AND if such a spammy style is personally playable, which, for me, is unappealing. This would mean never letting three skills drop off instead of just one; one 20 seconds, one 7 seconds and one 5 seconds. It still sounds like it is quite locked in on specific pieces, too.
the fact you don't find it appealing doesn't mean it's not working or it's not strong enough, in my opinion the Roland set it's a valid option as it is now. About the spamming style, try to bind some abilities to your numlock
I have yet to see a Roland's build achieve perma-AC or even a decently high rift without extreme hp ping-pong. In my opinion, it's not, but neither of us is Blizz, so it doesn't really matter.
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Will the other classes (crusader, wd, and monk) be receiving new sets as well? Anyone know?
At this point the only new sets are the Wrath of the wastes (Barbarian), Delsere's Magnum Opus (Wizard), and Unhallowed Essence (Demon hunter). Some of the classic sets like Immortal king, Tal Rasha and Natalya's are also getting a revamp or an overhaul.
These are the most recently updated ptr patch notes: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/18061643/patch-220-ptr-patch-notes-2-25-2015
No one knows anything more than what has been disclosed in that post, plus the hotfixes applied recently and of course, hands-on experience on the ptr realm where players discovered some undocumented changes that were not covered in the patch notes.
With Crusader being a set behind and Roland's so under-performing Akkhan's, I'm kinda surprised crusader isn't one of the ones getting attention. I totally understand Wizard getting attention too, with Firebird's being the only option and so far behind other classes. I also realize that Crusader has 3 "styles" between zDPS, condemn and Pony, so don't take this as a sader whine, I'm not saying sader is not in a decent spot. I'm just saying that pony and condemn share 80% of their pieces and have little wiggle room at all in what they wear, so a new set would be very welcome.
My best guess is that the next content patch after 2.2 (the one between season 3 and 4), will update the remaining sets ( Vyr's, EQ, helltooth, jade, etc) and add an additional set to the remaining classes (perhaps 2 for the sader), so that each class has 4 sets.
Roland so under-performing you say?
my sader in the 2.2 PTR, not really well geared, with full Roland can shieldbash enemies for over 3kkk per cast... and without any primary skill so it's a shieldbash spam feast of pain.
Roland's suffers defensively, regardless how comparable it may be offensively.
if you played the PTR... rolands set does very well atm... it has a LOT of defensive capabilities now ( with the use of skills CD of abilities get reduced )
the new ring of the zodiac allows for faster CD for skills (at random) which means rolands can NOW have perma arkhans ( also with the new change to rolands we can also have perma laws .. concecrate... sheild glare... iron skin (50% damage reduction ) and concecrate when needed...
if you have been following certain streamers ( they have done 2 billion crits with rolands and the new sheild bash bracers ) .. i mean ur offensive and Defensive capabilites are up there now with the other sets ( its just u need to be front line and more aware ^^ )
the combination with the current focus + restrain allows the 2 bliion crts btw
if not u can go with zodiac + unity combo and live like a baws and set all ur gems to be offensive as you will be UBER defensive now ^^
"the new ring of the zodiac allows for faster CD for skills"
This ring has always been very poorly itemized. To use it, you are giving up Unity/SOJ or RoRG, reducing defense/damage.
Perma AC we already have. Perma Iron-skin is ok. Perma-laws sounds RSI inducing. The question, I suppose, becomes one of if Iron Skin/Law is worth more than the ring slot, which I suspect it is, AND if such a spammy style is personally playable, which, for me, is unappealing. This would mean never letting three skills drop off instead of just one; one 20 seconds, one 7 seconds and one 5 seconds. It still sounds like it is quite locked in on specific pieces, too.
the fact you don't find it appealing doesn't mean it's not working or it's not strong enough, in my opinion the Roland set it's a valid option as it is now. About the spamming style, try to bind some abilities to your numlock
I have yet to see a Roland's build achieve perma-AC or even a decently high rift without extreme hp ping-pong. In my opinion, it's not, but neither of us is Blizz, so it doesn't really matter.