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Am I the only one not bothered by stuff like this ?

I've played d2 for so long and I'm so accustomed to this happening on a regular basis. I even enjoyed such a thing to happen cause it usually inspired me to play a new class an build.

Funny how things change.

I think you'll enjoy the game most by playing the class you want to play & how you want to play it. Unfortunately the game punishes you for this.

Personally just play the Wizard. Since you have limited time to play this game it's not going to negatively effect you regardless of what class you play.

I've been able to do grift 43 with this build (soft core). This is with out unity though. I've only tried 44 once and I got a really bad rift that wrecked me. If I got one similar to the 43's I've done I should be able to do that too.

Add an Odyn Son, higher leveled legendary gems (mine are low), higher paragon level (im not even 500) more ancient items and switching to unity if necessary and I see this build approaching 50...maybe.

My ancients are so tanky now though. Almost makes the bonus from IK lowering the CD pointless lol

Greetings SCAPepsi !
Just to be clear, as this could potentially be misunderstood: When a support or anyone is using bane of the trapped, the damage % will not apply for your mates unless they are also wearing bane of the trapped. The crusaders you see using bane of the trapped, are only using it for the AoE slow, the gems secondary. This is only to activate the DPS' bane of the trapped without the DPS' having to get close to the monsters.