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So, messing around in my wizard, having a blast. Using an offshoot of the cookie cutter Firebird hydra set(though no firebird or hydra wand xD). I've been using Toxin with Apoc Blizzard and have been loving it. I've been indecisive with my 3rd gem(Zei's isnt doing me that much right now due to me not being super kitey yet). I started dabbling with Pain Enhancer. I know it works with Blizzard(tested it). However, I have some questions regarding both gems.

1) Do they work together? With how DoTs work, it's hard to tell. I assume both are usable together, but want to verify.

2) Can Toxin ticks proc Pain bleeds?

3) Are there any interactions with these 2 gems and the Firebird DoT?

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ugh...when pets are implented the game is ruined forever.

They better give us pets which automatically pick up all gems/crafting items.
Or just make those items auto-pickups like gold. Seriously: You ALWAYS want to pick those up. Especially when the AH is gone.

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New interview!

EDIT: Nephalem Trials are exactly what Edriel posted previously

/enable tinfoilhat
I really couldn't help but notice, that to the question:
"The crusader has been announced. Is there any plans to release an additional one?"
Josh answers:
"The crusader is the star of the hour *mumble* Reaper of Souls"

If they were ever to release another character at blizzcon, this seems like a pretty good dodge of the question tbh.
Probably just wishful thinking though

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What makes you think that there will be much more stuff announced for the expansion at Blizzcon?

In this interview video, posted in another thread, at 10:00, he says "There's a lot of features we haven't talked about so far with this announcement. We had to think and choose, there's so many features in this expansion. You've discovered a taste of what's coming in Reaper of Souls.".

Even without this confirmation, the expansion is several months away: we won't have the equivalent of the expansion patch notes in a mere announcement. More details are coming later, Blizzard has always loved to give information in dribs and drabs!

Good source!
I totally get the logic that they want to have big stuff to reveal at Blizzcon, I just can't shake the feeling that they knew they had to make a big impression with the announcement of RoS, which to me makes it somewhat unlikely that there's still a lot of REALLY big stuff that they haven't announced.

They obviously still have a lot of new skills to show off, and a deeper look at lootruns andnephalem trials. But do any of you guys actually think they could hold off on something like another new class? Or some cool PvP system? Seems unlikely to me.

EDIT: I just realized that the interview MrJul linked to confirms that there will not be another class for RoS.

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I think they want to push this stuff out as soon as possible to get past these tough times. I'm expecting May/June release with beta beginning after Blizzcon presentation.

Exactly. They're adding one act and one class, and they've been working on this for quite some time now. I would be shocked if we waited longer than May for the release.

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I dropped Elemental Arrow entirely. People are really stuck on the skill. Don't get me wrong..it has plenty of uses, but we have so many other viable options that hardly anyone even looks at.

http://us.battle.net...XPVh!aTe!bcZYcb

The build requires more precise play so is not for everyone, but allows you to use smoke screen as an aggressive ability alongside Fan of Knives to pull of some impressive nukes. In fact I can outright destroy all non-shielding champion packs in infinitely faster than I could with the IAS+Nether Tentacle pre-nerf build.

Grenadier as a passive is a great alternative for archery or sharpshooter depending on your gear. Additionally you can swap the Cluster Rune to something else like Loaded for Bear.

With sufficient vit+resist all you can drop SS for Shadow Power (Gloom) for a more efficient use of discipline.

How do I survive without caltrops or some form of slow? Use the scoundrel with Multishot and a cold weapon. It's more or less a permanent aoe slow. You also have enough burst to destroy reflecting mobs while SS is up (just make sure you read affixes before you fire off some huge damage and kill yourself)

There is huge burst potential with spike traps and you can set them up prior to pulling a pack. Afterwards simply Cluster->Evasive->Cluster->Smoke Screen/Run in for a FoK. If mobs aren't dead simply evasive fire out and they will die shortly after.

I totally changed my gear setup for 1.03 and am able to farm acts 1-4 as good if not better than I could prior to the "nerfs"

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Most people will hate this build, but hopefully a few enjoy it. Enjoy!

Here is a video I came across with the build in action:

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Frost arrow won't pierce through Invul/shielded mobs (it might split, not sure about that, but it's still not a split).
It hits far less targets, and is thus a singletarget spell, NOT an aoe spell, meaning you'd have to get some kind of AOE for huge packs of weak mobs anyway.

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-Smoke screen no longer usable while frozen despite other skills being enabled.

I know this is not true, so this casts doubt in my mind for all your other statements...

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Dunno what you guys are talking about it not being good still. I just went on and tried it and it still works great. But the game as a whole still sucks though.