For starters, I do like a lot of the new legs and I do like how they updated some previous bad ones. But i also do think that some legendaries are not as good as before the patch.
Two items stick out for me because I recently found them. The first one are BT pants. They do not roll as much affixes because of the 4/2 system. Some might argue the set bonus for BT is much better and therefor is better. Well let's take a look at Storm Crow for the wizard.
SC pre patch rolled a ton of affixes and put up a good fight against mempos. If I SC rolled with crit pre patch, safe so say you were very happy. But has anyone seen the new SC? It's awful, and that has been stripped of many affixes because of the 4/2 system.
Anyone else feel the same way? Is it to early to judge them without ros?
I agree with this. I made a post a couple days ago about this kind of thing. Its even worst on weapons that roll 4 primarys ALREADY locked in. Biggest examples Echoing Fury and Windforce is worthless now since its not able too roll socket. Only why Around this is if the mystic will let us roll something different for thos automatic lock in's. But I haven't been able too get confirmation anywhere yet on that.
I agree with the vile wards also, I could understand if the main stat was able too roll up like too like 400-500 but right now its only max 349 witch is only 20 or so more then just crafting shoulders.
I agree with this. I made a post a couple days ago about this kind of thing. Its even worst on weapons that roll 4 primarys ALREADY locked in. Biggest examples Echoing Fury and Windforce is worthless now since its not able too roll socket. Only why Around this is if the mystic will let us roll something different for thos automatic lock in's. But I haven't been able too get confirmation anywhere yet on that.
You are able to change the stats that they are forced to roll at the mystic
The very common legendaries, such as blackthorns, and the crafted ones such as vile wards, aren't supposed to be on equal footing with the rarer legendaries. These are considered entry level legendaries. Good, but not great.
Honestly if you were using the best of the best items or close to the best items your items are still probably very good. Personally I could do MP10 last patch, but I mostly stuck to 8~ because I was more comfortable there, so it's safe to say that my gear was much better than average. The average player wasn't running anywhere close to that. Actually when I posted on the barb forums in a "Hey look at my epeen!" thread someone rated my gear an 8.5/10. I've found a handful of upgrades.
Most of the stuff that we find right now isn't going to be an upgrade, and that's okay. The stuff that we find right now doesn't have to be better than the stuff that was best last patch. It just has to be better, on average, than the stuff that people were finding themselves. I found tons of legendaries pre-patch and almost all of them were garbage no matter what you were using for gear, now if you find a legendary it's probably decent.
The issue is that a lot of us are still using the really broken best gear from last patch. Once RoS hits and we level and everything becomes crafted or self found or whatever the itemization will be fine.
Edit: So to clarify it's not really about us .. We're relics of the previous patch. If we didn't have stupidly amazing gear that we traded for / bought / whatever that's got max sockets, crit, best stats, etc we'd be thrilled about the legendaries now. Of the 100 or so I've found since the patch I've only seen one or two that I thought were completely worthless, not counting 2Hs.
Two items stick out for me because I recently found them. The first one are BT pants. They do not roll as much affixes because of the 4/2 system. Some might argue the set bonus for BT is much better and therefor is better. Well let's take a look at Storm Crow for the wizard.
SC pre patch rolled a ton of affixes and put up a good fight against mempos. If I SC rolled with crit pre patch, safe so say you were very happy. But has anyone seen the new SC? It's awful, and that has been stripped of many affixes because of the 4/2 system.
Anyone else feel the same way? Is it to early to judge them without ros?
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Most of the stuff that we find right now isn't going to be an upgrade, and that's okay. The stuff that we find right now doesn't have to be better than the stuff that was best last patch. It just has to be better, on average, than the stuff that people were finding themselves. I found tons of legendaries pre-patch and almost all of them were garbage no matter what you were using for gear, now if you find a legendary it's probably decent.
The issue is that a lot of us are still using the really broken best gear from last patch. Once RoS hits and we level and everything becomes crafted or self found or whatever the itemization will be fine.
Edit: So to clarify it's not really about us .. We're relics of the previous patch. If we didn't have stupidly amazing gear that we traded for / bought / whatever that's got max sockets, crit, best stats, etc we'd be thrilled about the legendaries now. Of the 100 or so I've found since the patch I've only seen one or two that I thought were completely worthless, not counting 2Hs.