Necromancer OP Beta Damage
With PTR Patch 2.6.0 going live last week, many players received Necromancer Beta access and got some long-awaited play time with the upcoming class. While we're still waiting to see how legendaries and sets will impact the the Necromancer, the community is currently vibrant with Necro-related discussions. One of the biggest talking points has been the crazy amount of damage that the Necros are capable of inflicting.
As seen in a recent Reddit post, the Necromancer is a bit OP right now. The Twitch clips below from Quin69 shows Hamelin and Agnidox being absolutely incinerated.
We've seen several streamers and content creators encounter these massive damage spikes. Revealed in this tweet, Leviathan stated that his Necromancer's Frailty skill is what was inflicting the massive damage occasionally appearing on screen. You can view his initial reaction to the damage in the clip below. Additionally, Bludshedd eliminated a Rift Guardian in an insanely short time. You can view the kill in the second clip below.
Update: 58 Quadrillion
Desolacer was able to inflict approximately 58 quadrillion damage on stream. You can view the damage in the first second of the Twitch clip below.
Blizzard's Response
Blizzard did end up responding on Reddit, reminding players that not all of the tech and balancing is in the Beta right now.
Originally posted by Blizzard (Diablo Subreddit)
There are a few things that could be happening here, but the culprit is most likely Revive (though I imagine Frailty (Scent of Blood) is also playing a part here).
The reason why, and this information is available to all Beta Testers in our private forums, is because Revive is legitimately broken at the moment. Revive is a beastly skill from a technical standpoint, and not all the tech required to make it work (and more importantly, actively balance it) is in the Beta yet. So while we're happy folks are having fun with Revive, testing or comparing the balance of the Necromancer class around it doesn't help us very much right now.
Just, you know, clarification here.
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So either it's something that needs to be seriously needed because the devs are bad at being devs or this game is now 110% retarded
Man, I would absolutely kill for a Recount type option in Diablo.
I am getting really tired of you mr D_O_Aruss. I see you post shit on almost every news, every bigger thread and even on serveral D3 youtubers' videos. Diablo community is shattered enough even without your bullshit. You don't like the game? Fine, move on, just take your attitude with you aswell. We don't want you here.
How to sell Necro DLC? Make him to be OP
This just in... beta has some skills that don't work correctly. News at 11.
beastly skill in 2017. The technology isn't there yet to revive mobs properly. LUL.
Better go and make another vid about how BDD 'stole' your build...
I know you're partnered with Twitch now and that requires going through several more screens just to login (every single time) but do we really need 5 Twitch videos on one newspost preloading themselves?
I know you're probably contracted to promote them as much as possible, but there's a line where it becomes obnoxious at how much it's being pushed in your face. Hopefully it's getting them lots of traffic from others, because all it's achieving for me is making sure I never go near their site.