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The Death of 3-Support Meta on Patch 2.4.2
Rhykker has put together a video analyzing one of the biggest changes coming with Patch 2.4.2, based on the latest PTR build: the death of the 3-support meta at the end-game. Very interesting and quick video for those who haven't been following patch notes on a daily basis. Check it out!
HolyKnight 3000 "Eight" Wallpaper
Holyknight released his latest wallpaper, and it looks glorious. I'm particularly fond of this new wallpaper, as it looks great on my own desktop. He's also celebrating 8 years of working on these - see his "thank you" message about that below.
It's been a long road so far. Many people I probably cannot count have seen my wallpaper art in some way via the multitude of websites and search engines over the years. If your a fan of Diablo I'm sure you have at least seen one of my wallpapers. To all of you truly thank you for enjoying each and every wallpaper I put out, hell even the ones you hate . I know i have had great walls and stinkers but all-in-all this is a hobby done out of love for the game world, the community and beyond.
I use to share my wallpapers with my late father years back he was so proud of them. I wish he could see what I've done these days. It's been over 8 years since the cinematic reveal of Diablo 3 at the World Wide Invitational in 2008. I still remember the very very laggy stream and almost missing the first few seconds of the reveal. I remember scowering the diablofans and diabloii.net forums when people were looking the teasers over with all the clues and hints. All the fun and guesswork and theories that were being done.
I remember having an idea after my first simple wallpaper I made just from the hype. A wallpaper which looks horrible these days but meh. Had to start somewhere. But i still remember having a silly idea with a runeword for a banner on my forum posts that would be in the corners just as an experiment. Figure I'd make the runes look like they were simply on fire. I had a very old graphics program then. But the simple idea looked so cool i was like do I want to go all in and not look back? After a few days maybe longer I did the same effect to all 33 of the original diablo 2 runes. And just like that the Fiery Runes were born and hit the ground running.
So sorry I went down memory lane here. Hopefully I can find that old lost banner art or have some of it somewhere so you guys can see where it all began. But thank you for enjoying my work after all this time. If your still reading this then thank you too. This stuff all means the world to me and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Also Thank you to the many fansites that have come and gone and are still with us that have shared/featured my wallpapers as well over the years. Also thank you to the Diablo 3 Community Management Team members current and past as well. You guys are all awesome.
Last but by no means least I'd like to also say thank you to the countless number of fan artists and artists who have allowed me to use their works in my wallpapers. I tried so hard to make sure you were credited and linked back to as best as possible.
Thank you seriously everyone for 8 proud years working on these wallpapers.
Holyknight3000(Holyknight) - The Runeweaver
I hear u HolyKnight I remember very well the summer before the WWI .. the teasers about the icy runes etc. I was so hyped up and when I saw the release in WWI I was soo thrilled.
I'm currently again using the Fiery Runes wallpaper on my PC:. will put this on my Work laptop...
+1. Bring everything up to par. Re-buff all the nerfs. Open all the bugs back up. Make Diablo 4.
Yeah this vid was made a while ago. I believe Blizz will continue to iterate until this meta is dead, however. I believe Wyatt's message is the most important thing here, not the balance changes. We're still in PTR, and I believe Blizz will keep working on this until their expressed vision is realized.
I still believe there is every indication that Blizz will do its best to kill the 3 support meta before the next patch releases. This is just the first iteration; people need to stop treating new PTR things like they're final.
@Rhykker actually I do work at weekends usually handling spam, looking for content to feature, replying to PMs/reports/appeals and writing the Sunday news article (which usually goes up around noon). It just so happens that yesterday I ruptured my meniscus while playing soccer and the medicine I took completely knocked me out, so news went up later than usual. Other than that, your "queue" concept is spot on
Also to add to that, the main reason for featuring the video is that it works as a quick recap for users who don't follow news and PTR changes on a daily basis (specially for those who can only listen to it for instance, while doing other things). If you disregard the whole "this is what is likely to happen" part of it, it's still a solid source of information imho.
i tried to do some grs with a dh fok (i am a dh supp), we did gr 80 but that was not easy and very annoying especially when the elites teleport or move.
I guess it's possible to do gr85-90 max
Like we know marauder DH can do dmg, but you will lag instantly (and thats with 3 sups).
Shadow DH is a joke afaik (in 100+ group), same with UE.
Mby you can do someting with hydras, but lag will be insane.
Like we can try setups, but there is nothing known (atleast not for me) that does any damage even close to current tested.
Oh man, ain't no rest for the weary! And ouch, sorry to hear about the meniscus, yikes... Hope you recover well! Anyway, thanks for the share!
thank you for enjoying my wallpapers. Good memories on the reveal always fond ones when i look back. the speculation was so fun.