A friend and I were talking ideas the other day and we though it would be cool if they added a new quality type lvl to items maybe left over from the defense of heaven. something that would be ultra rare, maybe like 50 times rarer then legendaries. Basically it would be a special affix that could effect any item of any level but it would do two things. First it would increase all stats by 30-50%, this would include legendary items also so say a mempo would have 11-14% IAS, etc. Secondly, it would remove all restrictions from the item, including class restrictions, a mighty belt would be usable by every class, 2h weapons could be used in 1h by any class, etc. the class specific stats would become generic "extra 15 to resource" etc. thought it was a pretty cool idea.
Those things don't really bother me honestly. Identifying a whole inventory of items takes a minute max and that's about how long it takes to look each item over anyways so an identify all option would save a few seconds a couple times a run, not a big deal IMO. Gems I craft as I stash them or don't craft them at all, so not really an issue also. And crafted items I like to do 1 or 2 at a time as to not waste DE if I don't need to.
Sure, but that is not the point of this thread, the point is why is there such disparity in the "hardness" of the items required to craft these amulets?.
The way i see it, there is no disparity, your just making the mistake of lumping all crafted items together. This amulet is the first piece of rare jewelry you can craft and only the second one total. If you want to compare it to something compare it to hellfire's, which are uniques and require by far the hardest mats to farm.
I think the brimstone needed is fair and was needed, it's not supposed to be easy anyways.
#27 on that list is Lytylisius#2236 with 3 p100's, obviously a bot since he hasn't logged in after Dec 18th which if im not wrong was the day blizzard banned a huge amount of botters.
Barbs are not weak, not even close. What your seeing is people who don't know how to play anything but ranged or ww barbs getting stomped on because their used to running around with low life/dmg mitigation and feeling OP. if you gear right then you won't have a problem.
Havent played HC in months and got a couple tabs of gear and 17 mil gold.
The usual going gold exchange rate is 1to3 so would like close to that. Not really sure what's in my stash, mostly mid lvl Rares and a few legendaries, some may have value but not totally sure.
Would like about 50 mil SC for everything but willing to take offers.
My mains a barb which I've played since the beginning, but I've also played DH, then monk, and now CM wizard.
Even though I'm not nearly as familiar with the build or play style of my wizard as I am with my barb I'm going to vote wizard. so far it's just much more enjoyable, especially in parties or public games.
I'm a p68 on my barb and p19 on my new wiz.
I do shorter, mp4-6 runs like vault+oasis, tower+stonefort, festering+fields for keys and loot and then i get 15+ machines get together with friends and do a few hours of straight über runs to try and find that elusive trifecta.
IMO, you have a lot of possible upgrades but it's a bit of a process because of the way your ehp overly relies on your blackthorns, which in my opinion is what you should be working towards replacing.
Before even worrying about gear I'd lose that EF, 19.9% fear is 0.1 shy of the worst possible roll and it has nothing else going for it either. I'm not sure about EU prices but before my current EF I had a 1276dps EF with 11.8% fear which cost less then 10 mil, think i paid 6 actually. it didn't have CD but the high dps makes up for it and the fear was low enough to not be annoying.
On other areas I would first;
- Try to replace the Unity with one with vit or all res, or a avg dmg litany/well rolled rare ring.
- find IK gloves with 10 crit and vit.
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- replace the fire walkers with ice climbers, and pants with Str or vit rolled inna's for the AS/MS.
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- Replace the chest with an IK with 800+ armor and 275+ total primaries.
- get an ammy with higher crit.
@Orb, thx. I have a LS mace I use for archon testing and your right it makes a big difference. I'll look into getting a better one when I'm more familiar with the build.
@Loroese, great guide! I read it before but reread it just now and changed a few pieces to start working towards the 2.5 breakpoint. I picked up a crit, vit 130+ int Zuni pox to replace the unity. It doesn't have attack speed but it 70 AR and enough dps stats to allow me to switch my belt to a witching hour, which I did. I also get the 3 set bonus 55 AR but wondering if switching to a tals chest for the AS is worth the drop in ehp. Also bidding on a new MH ring with attack speed instead of cd. Thx again for the advice.
You might want to check the auction because similarily rolled Tal chest sell for under 10 mil, they need like 70+ all res and 200+ vit to be worth anywhere near what your asking. Just saying.
Hello, just lvled my first wiz to 60 this week after feeling a little bored with my barb and was hoping I could get a few pointers. My initial goal was to run archon in mp1-2 for farming and plvling and then have some alt gear for doing high mp key/über runs in groups.
I've read some of guides here so have a general idea but it seems like my wiz just dies too fast and his dps is just way too low and I'm just throwing gold at him trying to fix the problem with little results. I was testing high mp keys/ubers last night so CM right now, mp5 was as far as I could go without dying constantly.
I have some alt gear in my stash I bought/found and using for testing, mempo/Andy (8%), some 6%CC bracers, depth diggers, vit ice climbers, +more. I'm also willing to spend another 1-200 mil on him if need be.
Not in favor of them bein removed but would like to see a little more creativity in the exicution. Maybe have an added ability every 5 minutes or something that increases the difficulty but still allows for skill.
Like I mentioned in the other thread, try equipping your scoundrel with a Buriza-Do Kyanon with as close to 15% freeze chance/80% pierce as you can afford and a star of azkaranth with freeze and AS if you can find one. (use crippling shot and multi shot as skills) also low proc rate on the EF is a must, I went from a 14% to a 10.8% and the difference is very noticeable.
I also tested the cold SOJ and i found the scoundrel setup to be much better for solo play and let's you maximize your dps but the Cold SOJ is the only real option for co-op games.
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The way i see it, there is no disparity, your just making the mistake of lumping all crafted items together. This amulet is the first piece of rare jewelry you can craft and only the second one total. If you want to compare it to something compare it to hellfire's, which are uniques and require by far the hardest mats to farm.
I think the brimstone needed is fair and was needed, it's not supposed to be easy anyways.
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The usual going gold exchange rate is 1to3 so would like close to that. Not really sure what's in my stash, mostly mid lvl Rares and a few legendaries, some may have value but not totally sure.
Would like about 50 mil SC for everything but willing to take offers.
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Even though I'm not nearly as familiar with the build or play style of my wizard as I am with my barb I'm going to vote wizard. so far it's just much more enjoyable, especially in parties or public games.
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I do shorter, mp4-6 runs like vault+oasis, tower+stonefort, festering+fields for keys and loot and then i get 15+ machines get together with friends and do a few hours of straight über runs to try and find that elusive trifecta.
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Before even worrying about gear I'd lose that EF, 19.9% fear is 0.1 shy of the worst possible roll and it has nothing else going for it either. I'm not sure about EU prices but before my current EF I had a 1276dps EF with 11.8% fear which cost less then 10 mil, think i paid 6 actually. it didn't have CD but the high dps makes up for it and the fear was low enough to not be annoying.
On other areas I would first;
- Try to replace the Unity with one with vit or all res, or a avg dmg litany/well rolled rare ring.
- find IK gloves with 10 crit and vit.
Second;
- replace the fire walkers with ice climbers, and pants with Str or vit rolled inna's for the AS/MS.
Third;
- Replace the chest with an IK with 800+ armor and 275+ total primaries.
- get an ammy with higher crit.
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Your white mob to elite ratio is pretty bad 1/27.2, not sure why that is.
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@Orb, thx. I have a LS mace I use for archon testing and your right it makes a big difference. I'll look into getting a better one when I'm more familiar with the build.
@Loroese, great guide! I read it before but reread it just now and changed a few pieces to start working towards the 2.5 breakpoint. I picked up a crit, vit 130+ int Zuni pox to replace the unity. It doesn't have attack speed but it 70 AR and enough dps stats to allow me to switch my belt to a witching hour, which I did. I also get the 3 set bonus 55 AR but wondering if switching to a tals chest for the AS is worth the drop in ehp. Also bidding on a new MH ring with attack speed instead of cd. Thx again for the advice.
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I've read some of guides here so have a general idea but it seems like my wiz just dies too fast and his dps is just way too low and I'm just throwing gold at him trying to fix the problem with little results. I was testing high mp keys/ubers last night so CM right now, mp5 was as far as I could go without dying constantly.
I have some alt gear in my stash I bought/found and using for testing, mempo/Andy (8%), some 6%CC bracers, depth diggers, vit ice climbers, +more. I'm also willing to spend another 1-200 mil on him if need be.
http://www.diabloprogress.com/hero/richtko-1182/EXLAND/19256100
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I also tested the cold SOJ and i found the scoundrel setup to be much better for solo play and let's you maximize your dps but the Cold SOJ is the only real option for co-op games.