I think the biggest difference what d2 did right and d3 horrible wrong is itemization.
In almost any other aspect I would give d3 the upper hand. However they shouldve done so much more for the game (e.g. like GGG did with PoE) and it couldve been really a great game even for the masses...
But we know now why this never happened.
Thanks no mobile games for me. Not even some casual games while waiting, sh*t*ing, etc.
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not so much. I'm regularly ranking within the top50 solo leaderboards of a season.
Top10-20 early season.
I mainly play solo, sometimes with a few friends (lacking lots of paragon thats why I always fall off the ranking later in a season)
I always try to improve the meta builds (which to be quite honest is possible) and play it the way I like. However this is not to be mistaken with playing for fun everything that comes to your mind obviously. You have to stick to OP items. sets and skills.
So I don't see the problem of the question.
There is already a community made up solo self found leaderboard as far as I remember. I didnt bother with that since you need to take screenshots of your achievements and GR pushs and such for them to be valid. I'm just lazy I guess...
The founder of this SSF leaderboard I think was Leviathan. He has some youtube videos about it and is one of the "Westmarch Workshop" guys. Correct me if I'm wrong, not 100% certain xD
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while some of your statements might be true, that's a very pessimistic comment...
I still wish I could get into PoE. But I just can't. Gave it even a 3rd chance some days ago.
That D2 mod is promising. I will give that a shot.
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I could also read that you are passionate about it. that is what it's all about. do what you want and don't care if it's needed or whatever. It's what actually brings the most joy in life.
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out of your list "no set items dropping" is BY FAR the most interesting, the rest is pretty much almost the same. Double goblins, is like a 10-20% faster progress early season, but overall has no real impact on the game.
We shouldnt get all too excited about themed seasons. But at least it's something. I expect xp buff and double blood shards as themes going forward. So nothing to get crazy about
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for a primal kinda bad rolls since it's the worst you can get (100 chd and socket are fixed for primal travelers pledge)
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I also finished it today in 6:30ish. But to be fair I tried it alot. It's a really difficult challenge.
Also it should be obvious that first you need to get used to the build, which 1) is not everyones taste and 2) is pretty difficult to get into. At least when you wanna be efficient, which you need to be in this CR.
Compared to wudijos original run I think it's better to grab the shield and immediately go the lower pathway in the battlefields. There are 4 elites pretty close with alot of density as well. It's really one big chunk of progress you can make during this period, especially with shield (since I think it's very difficult to survive the battlefields mobtype without it)
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i like it, i didnt yet manage to finish it, but what I think is really frustrating, that if you manage to get use to the build and pylon locations and all that stuff, you still need crit luck on boss to finish it in time. i think this is kind of ridiculous.
wudijo is a complete dh nerd, but I give him that that really he did that one on the first try, which is kinda beyond me right now
one thing is for sure, it's actually the first time I will clear this CR for the sake of the challenge and NOT for the mats, cus obviously it's easier to do bounties in that regard...
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that's why "like Emmo said"... he should check his overall gear. I highly expect no matter which class and build that at least there are some additive dmg bonuses already available equal to 40% (so same existing value like like fire neck + bracer), hence suggesting Magefist
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Like Emmo said,
one thing to note as well, is that the Strongarm effect wont apply to mobs that cant be knocked back like Rift guardians and alot of big monster types. Also crowd control immunities can affect the uptime on Strongarms.
If your question was regarding Solo play I would say Magefist would provide the better overall value.
The Strongarm effect however is prefered to use in group, since it will buff the dmg of all party members done to those mobs.
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since you should NOT build your leap rotations about earthquakes but mainly to keep your defensive set bonus up, the main advice here is to change hellfire/focus/restraint to the endless walk set + convention of elements.
I wonder why you use lut socks in cube. Get some useful item there. Cindercoat comes to mind if you're using Fire Seismic Slam.
Regarding your question if AS or AD, I would overall say it depends...CDR can be a good stat if you're using CoE, maximizing Wrath of the Berserker with your prefered CoE element up together with WotB most of the time. Or even RcR.
You also should consider going Bloodshed on Battle Rage. If you die too much that way, you can go Endless Walk + Unity instead.
GL
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it's not like Istvans are completely mandatory to make a supp monk work. But overall you're right of course
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well, so it's not possible on pants and belt either.
on offhands it's also possible. like sources and mojos for example. So should be possible on shields too.
so now we have a complete list of which items can and cannot roll it as a secondary affix
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the stat cannot be rolled on weapons, helms, bracers and gloves. that's what I can tell for sure.
but need some zmonk expert to answer your question for all possible items.
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I agree. thud or bot, they are all cheats so they all should get the same punishment. first people need to realize that and delete any other software that enhances d3 in any way.
the next steps would obviously for blizzard to react and ban accordingly, afterwards we could ask for some legit features to be implemented in an upcoming patch. some useful things that for example thud delivers right now.
one can dream, ...I fear it just wont happen.
look how blizzard handled the last NS cycle. people were essentially encouraged to exploit.
What I'm saying is that I have not much hope for such a petition, especially if the community is pretty separated about what is legit and what is not. What's more important and what's less... it's not really a strong message.