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Quote from MeatHeadMikhail»

Would be funny to see Alk vs. Quin for Barb. Alk has been #1 barb since seasons started AFAIK. Sader, well no one plays sader this patch. Wiz EU is like 72 I think.

Quote from Zero(pS)»

Because 5 level GR higher likely means that the power level of a specific set is waaaaay above the rest. And from a guy who used Firebird's for 6 months because it was the only "viable" set, I'm happy they're at least trying to keep some build/item diversity by balancing them. I sincerely doubt this change along is enough to completely break an entire playstyle, but if it does (100%, math proven) then giving them feedback is the best way to have it changed before the patch goes live.

Balanced sets = build diversity. If not for everyone, at least for most players. Major imbalances (like 5-10 GR levels) will sway everyone in favor of a certain set. Then 80% of your playerbase is not "choosing" their specs, but rather going with the FotM.

100% balance will likely never be possible, since even a 5-10% disparity will lead to people choosing sides, but at the very least people who choose a certain path don't need to feel overly gimped (and this is the key factor) because of their choice.

as i said, i'm not disagreeing with the principle of being somewhat balanced across the board, but this change is nonsensical, and my slightly sarcastic point was that some Korean guy had managed to, with some major work to get the combo working, get a much higher GR tier than most, but because he did that doesn't mean all will, furthermore, barbs are currently rocking 70+ solo with the changes being made, wizards are stuck mid 60's AT BEST so tell me again that this is a good change.

Quote from Zero(pS)»

From the few reports I've seen, it looks like Vyrs was gonna be the only viable set and infinitely more powerful than the others (even at crappy rolls) due to these "secondary items". I'm not sure if that's true or not (haven't personally tested it), but if that was the case I'm definitely in favor of the nerf. I'm not a big fan of a single set grealy outperforming the others at the lower gear level.

i can tell you now, vyr-archon was not the only viable end game setup, del'rasha is more than a match for it in terms of overall power output however not playing vyr-archon on season is just a stupid idea with the belt being available, but with the change being made it is a pointless exercise now.

also, is this not further proof that blizzard are balancing around leaderboards when they have categorically stated that they DON'T do that, why is it that everything that is changed on the wizard class done so with the mindset that "oh look some random guy on PTR did a GR level 5 higher than any other class, must nerf it now to stop it from happening", one or 2 players from a thousand is not reason enough to essentially remove an entire build/gear setup at higher tiers of play, not even close, i'm all for fair play across the board, but this is yet another example of blizzard knee jerking yet another nerf that is OTT, this isn't balanced, if you think it is then sorry but you are deluded, on PTR my season wizard has full ancient gear with extremely well rolled stats (almost max of all stats possible on every slot) and i am struggling now to make T10 farming possible with vyr-archon, nevermind clearing 55-60+ GR tiers.

after running around 20 greater rifts and countless normal rifts as well as torment 10 bounties i can say that the nerf on the seasonal belt has left wizards extremely weak, not only that but it makes the "buff" on audacity an absolute farcical change as you are no longer able to stay in melee range of anything (which in D3 15 yards is essentially melee range), so yeah, with the nerfs across the board to CC, and the above nerf to the seasonal belt, you can kiss goodbye to any decent high tier play as archon anymore, takes far too long to ramp stacks up, and even if you do by some miracle manage to get a decent stack count (85+) you are gonna struggle to make use of it anymore.

gotta hand it to the dev team, incompetent numpties when it comes to the wizard class, although i will say one thing, they are at least consistent with their inability to properly adjust the wizard class, so they have that going for them.

unless you play wizard, in which case it is bottom of the pile all time erry time because apparently wizards were OP back in classic or some bullshit like that.

so basically i can have lets say ring of royal grandeur legendary power trasnferred to my "focus" ring, and that means now i am locked out of "jewellery" as an option and cannot use any further legendary powers on a jewellery item, and for weapons, i either use it on my main hand weapon, or off hand, not both, and armour i must select carefully because if i use say the attack speed bonus of a pair of TnT's on my glove slot, i am unable then to add any further legendary powers to any of my other items (unless i unequip that previous item and add a new power to a new item in the item pool)?

the thing that really needs to be clarified is this 1/1/1 limit, is it simply you can only have 1 legendary power active on a ring/amulet slot, or can i have 1 power on all 3 of these slots, is it slot restricted or simply 1 power per item in that slot, like in the quotes above it says "want a second immunity on an amulet, go do it" does this mean i could have say a mara's and then infuse it with a star of azkaranth, and then i'm locked out from using anything on my rings, or can i use this power setup, then put one on each of my rings, similarly does the same thing go for main armour slot items, can i equip say a legendary power on all my armour slot items, just i am limited to 1 power on each item only, or is it 1 power regardless of slot type, so i have to choose if i want it on my chest say, or boots, but not both, and will it work for all weapon slots as in can i get a power on my main hand weapon, and then have one also on my wizard source, or do i have to pick one slot and be done with it? soo many things to clarify, so little time!

Quote from wudijo»

True, EP monk can still be very good for most groups. Maybe you can take is as something like a goal to work towards then.

Other than that, Avoid just being Avoid I guess.^^

and will be boosting avoid when he eventually gets a perma ban because of THud like a number of users did in the recent past?

Quote from lMarcusl

Without the AH, 90% of the game is down.
What are people going to do now, grind for garbage gear?

Sometimes, the idiocy of certain members of the playerbase leaves me speechless. This is not the case. If AH is the reason some people are playing the game, then they can fuck off and die of boredom for all I care. I thought games were played for fun, not for spending 90% of the time sitting in some menu obtaining virtual items without going through the fun of earning them. It's one of those (many) days when I wish the AH wasn't in existence at all. That way people like this wouldn't pollute the community and the forums with crap like this.