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I always thought of DH as 'kill or be killed', which for me translates to good mobility, decent control, insane damage but very low defenses - so, easier to kill targets then other classes, which now is complete opposite.

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So true, with the wing on and a decent armor and resist, some HP, and we are seeing DH tanking. I miss the day I have to keep moving my rogue ( D1 ) to avoid getting hit by the Butcher, and fire, run, fire, run, and fire run, routine I need to be doing on my Amazon in D2. I am finding my DH more or less always standing and simply serve like turret, but a turret that need like twice or even thrice the time and hit needed as others.

I think Blizzard should bring back the crushing blow on D2 ( one hit will always reduce remaining HP by a certain 1/4, or 1/8 or .. disregard how much HP it might be and how little damage the blow suppose to have ) and this should apply both way ( but perhaps not on PvP ). This will mean players are less likely to just spam their skill all while standing in and between hoards and mobs ( pretty un-realistic and lazy game play I say )

If one got to go through the Natalya's Solace set , one can find reference to Natalya's story somewhat after Diablo II. So the reference goes


Natalya turned from the ways of the Viz-Jaq'taar and sought redemption in the weapons of the demon hunters ( ref. from Natalya's Slayer )

She had new prey, and they would not escape her sight. ( ref. from Natalya's Sight )

Treading through the blood of demons brought her some small semblance of peace. ( ref. from Natalya's Bloody Footprints )

Natalya knew how to use the darkness as a weapon. ( ref. from Natalya's Embrace )

and finally

A symbol of the old ways. ( ref. from Natalya's Reflection )



So from all of that we can confer Natalya is well and around , but she had renounce her Viz-Jaq'taar way and forge herself into a Demon Hunter and sound like she is grungy about the past .. what kind of story might lie with her ... Was she one of the primary protagonist in establishing the order of Demon Hunters or did she just join up. all much for a good story. Did she take the knowledge she's gleamed from working with all those D-II heros and pass it onto the DH(s) ... that's a story to be made here

I still want to echo that I think transmog is great to be able to change a legendary that you find ugly into just a regular piece of tiered armor. There are over 10 choices now for each character class as far as those options go. But changing a legendary into another legendary or a non-legendary into a legendary has a duplicity that I personally cannot get behind. Seeing other people running around wearing legendary skins for legendaries they aren't actually utilizing kind of kills the lore aspect for me.

Not to mention that if each legendary is being given a unique ability, it seems overly deceptive to see another player wearing legendaries when they don't actually have those unique abilities that are supposed to be specifically attributed to said legendaries. It kind of has a disjointed feeling, that I'm sure I will adapt to but won't ever truly feel quite right about. It almost feels like these two new features (transmog and new legendary passives) have a conflict of interest as far as perception goes that I think Blizzard usually tries to avoid but is definitely being overlooked here.

An example that would apply, if transmog existed now, might be seeing someone using a FireWalkers skin over another set of boots, but not seeing any fire trail being left behind. It just has a blatant mismatch feeling to it that I don't particularly care for. It ruins some of the mystique that these legendaries are supposed to carry in their own individuality. If you thought the Firewalkers were ugly and just wanted to cover them up with the skin of a tier 8 boot skin, no big deal there.

On the other side of the spectrum, I want to clarify that I'd be fine with Firewalker boots that were covered by a tier 8 boot skin, to still display the fire trail passive effect, because at least you are actually wearing Firewalkers. It's a little deceptive, but at least the effect matches the actual item equipped to the owner. So if I see the trail I know they are Firewalkers underneath the transmog skin. It's deceptive, but it's a deception to a lesser degree that has a clear logical flow that leads to a clear logical outcome solely based upon immediate visual inspection.

I would have to argue there is a delicate and subtle finesse to this situation that the devs are overlooking.