I've gotten 4 this season, 2 ancient. First one was from first rare to leg upgrade I ever did.
Git gud @ RNG
I am joking around about the "git gud". I've simply had insanely good luck with Furnaces this season. Prior to this season, I have only obtained 2 Furnaces EVER.
If you can, try them both out, although I would contend that BK/Wastes works much better when you have Obsidian Ring of Zodiac cubed. If you don't have much/any cdr on any of your gear, you'll probably find better results out of IK/Wastes. Personally I'm running BK/Wastes despite having crap for cdr because I used my only gift on an ancient BK weapon (I have an ancient IK BB, but it rolled fairly crappy damage wise).
Nope. While the cube and Kadala are their own forms of RNG, they're additional avenues to where we aren't solely at the mercy of whatever drops. I'll agree that it's far easier than ever to get geared up. I'm matching and soon to exceed my previous season numbers and this season's not yet a week old. It's to be expected with how powerful (yet cool) the cube feature is. Does that mean I'm about to be done with season play already? Absolutely not. I've basically got placeholder quality gear in place; I want to replace those with better versions then aim for the stars (and hopefully be able to get a solo rank 60 grift, heh).
I've seen more random disconnects from the game this season alone than in the previous 3 put together, so safe to say I'm glad I am not playing HC. I would consider it were I able to play it offline (thus not dependant upon a network connection), but with the game as is, nope. It's enough to "start over" once a season as it is for me. But what is my cup of tea isn't everyone else's.
@Kazgrel, I think that is exactly what the OP is proposing (except with a convert from solo to group button). Personally, I think doing so is a bad idea.
It's not so much a bad idea as it is a solution in need of a problem. So yeah, in that sense, it's a bad idea. But were such a thing implemented, I wouldn't be bothered one bit, so long as any non-solo specific characters could actually do solo content.
I play mostly with 1-2 other people, but I've often done my own bounty farming in seasons past as well as run solo grift farmed to level up gems. The amount of whining about this whole "disparity" is hilarious.
The only "solution", really, would simply be to have Solo characters, which then would have to be divvied up between SC/HC and seasonal/non-seasonal. That way there can be proper solo leaderboards, if you want to call them that.
I wonder if it's possible to give up the IK set (and CotA) to use Frostburn+Rimeheart+Azurewrath. I have all those items (but not the EQ helmet yet), so I really want to give it a try, because everything that's not fire is interesting. Plus, the cold CC as well as the Rimeheart shatter are insanely powerful on higher greater rifts, where it's not just about DPSDPSDPSDPS anymore, especially for melee classes.
Wouldn't see why not. Could swap out CotA with WotB, or anything else that fancies you. One downside is hexing pants would not be an option (with your proposed setup). The OP's build, in particular, interests me since I've got some well-rolled IK pieces (gloves, chest, belt), but don't use them all in my fire setup since cindercoat (among other items) reign supreme. Also, with a cold setup, I dare wonder if I could abandon war cry since mobs will be locked down so much. Will be interesting to try!
Given that you are at 89% lightning dmg, a well rolled Sun Keeper could also be an option, too (if you have/get one). Odyn Son is a mace, so if your crit chance is in the dirt, main hand it, and SoH off hand. TF is king for killing those pesky goblins, though (or any other mob that tries to run away). The snare effect from the proc is quite nice.
Ah, cold EQ + IK was exactly the concept I had in mind once I saw the PTR notes the other day. I've got an entire cold set stowed away in stash, save for a cold SoJ.
Still think I'll stick with fire primarily because I figure I will ditch EQ from my bars and pick up battle rage with bloodshed rune.
Nice to see the viability of something that isn't fire-based boosted for a change, though. I'm also curious to test out my lightning raekor barb (seeing that FC now has a lightning dmg rune).
Just swapped my wiz from my original lightning build to a fire variant. Opting for black hole and archon over energy armor and familiar currently. Looking to get a mirror ball and cindercoat to make the build shine. Funny enough, half the gear I use is crafted (aug + captain set, devastator).
Not sure about T5/6 viability at this time, but there's something intrinsically fun about setting the entire screen on fire.
Just gonna toss a few ideas out there (I just made the transition from T4 to T6 about 2 weeks ago):
- Helm: The fire dmg from an Andariel's is nice, but there can be other options; I use an earth set helm (str/vit/cc/socket) and Magefist. Given your low HP (armory shows you at 257k while mine is at 430k) you could opt for a life gem, although CDR is much more preferred.
- 2 pc IK: You would have the 3 pc bonus due to the RoRG, and since you are running Bloodthirst it's a nice additional life per fury spent. Not to mention the 100 AR from the 2 pc (which you mentioned you feel you need more of). I run belt + chest...and yes it does pain me not to be using my cinder + Harrington, but the survivability boost I got in return has made T6 go much smoother for me. With AR in the boot and shoulder slots I can probably swap back to my Cinder + Harrington, though (once I get said items, that is).
Bracer is great, rings are good (I'm jelly of your RoRG, I had to reroll an int one), weapons are good (could maybe gun for a better Devastator but I think you'd be better off just hoping for an equal dps/stat Burning Axe to drop). I'm aiming for a set of Luts with AR, but I can't find them at the Kadala Store no matter how many Kadala bills I throw at that woman.
Edit: Forgot a couple of things; I would consider the weapon master passive if you're below 40% crit (especially running Bloodbath rune). Also Impunity rune for War Cry (BananaRiot beat me to that). Last, no unity trick in use by me, but that's due to only having 1 Unity plus I run with friends 90% of the time I'm on D3.
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Cubing Gavel when he's running SS is useless.
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I've gotten 4 this season, 2 ancient. First one was from first rare to leg upgrade I ever did.
Git gud @ RNG
I am joking around about the "git gud". I've simply had insanely good luck with Furnaces this season. Prior to this season, I have only obtained 2 Furnaces EVER.
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If you can, try them both out, although I would contend that BK/Wastes works much better when you have Obsidian Ring of Zodiac cubed. If you don't have much/any cdr on any of your gear, you'll probably find better results out of IK/Wastes. Personally I'm running BK/Wastes despite having crap for cdr because I used my only gift on an ancient BK weapon (I have an ancient IK BB, but it rolled fairly crappy damage wise).
Consider the dilemma a good problem to have.
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Nope. While the cube and Kadala are their own forms of RNG, they're additional avenues to where we aren't solely at the mercy of whatever drops. I'll agree that it's far easier than ever to get geared up. I'm matching and soon to exceed my previous season numbers and this season's not yet a week old. It's to be expected with how powerful (yet cool) the cube feature is. Does that mean I'm about to be done with season play already? Absolutely not. I've basically got placeholder quality gear in place; I want to replace those with better versions then aim for the stars (and hopefully be able to get a solo rank 60 grift, heh).
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@OP: There is no advantage, per se.
I've seen more random disconnects from the game this season alone than in the previous 3 put together, so safe to say I'm glad I am not playing HC. I would consider it were I able to play it offline (thus not dependant upon a network connection), but with the game as is, nope. It's enough to "start over" once a season as it is for me. But what is my cup of tea isn't everyone else's.
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I play mostly with 1-2 other people, but I've often done my own bounty farming in seasons past as well as run solo grift farmed to level up gems. The amount of whining about this whole "disparity" is hilarious.
The only "solution", really, would simply be to have Solo characters, which then would have to be divvied up between SC/HC and seasonal/non-seasonal. That way there can be proper solo leaderboards, if you want to call them that.
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Still think I'll stick with fire primarily because I figure I will ditch EQ from my bars and pick up battle rage with bloodshed rune.
Nice to see the viability of something that isn't fire-based boosted for a change, though. I'm also curious to test out my lightning raekor barb (seeing that FC now has a lightning dmg rune).
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Not sure about T5/6 viability at this time, but there's something intrinsically fun about setting the entire screen on fire.
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Just gonna toss a few ideas out there (I just made the transition from T4 to T6 about 2 weeks ago):
- Helm: The fire dmg from an Andariel's is nice, but there can be other options; I use an earth set helm (str/vit/cc/socket) and Magefist. Given your low HP (armory shows you at 257k while mine is at 430k) you could opt for a life gem, although CDR is much more preferred.
- 2 pc IK: You would have the 3 pc bonus due to the RoRG, and since you are running Bloodthirst it's a nice additional life per fury spent. Not to mention the 100 AR from the 2 pc (which you mentioned you feel you need more of). I run belt + chest...and yes it does pain me not to be using my cinder + Harrington, but the survivability boost I got in return has made T6 go much smoother for me. With AR in the boot and shoulder slots I can probably swap back to my Cinder + Harrington, though (once I get said items, that is).
Bracer is great, rings are good (I'm jelly of your RoRG, I had to reroll an int one), weapons are good (could maybe gun for a better Devastator but I think you'd be better off just hoping for an equal dps/stat Burning Axe to drop). I'm aiming for a set of Luts with AR, but I can't find them at the Kadala Store no matter how many Kadala bills I throw at that woman.
My profile: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Kazgrel-1276/hero/45390565 (I'm constantly changing that last passive, had Juggernaut for key farming or something the other day).
Edit: Forgot a couple of things; I would consider the weapon master passive if you're below 40% crit (especially running Bloodbath rune). Also Impunity rune for War Cry (BananaRiot beat me to that). Last, no unity trick in use by me, but that's due to only having 1 Unity plus I run with friends 90% of the time I'm on D3.