01-21-2015, 08:48 AM | #241 |
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Also managed to GR 30 and still getting nearly one shotted by the RG's. I can clear with plenty of time, but damn, they seem to hit fooking hard! Need more def on my barb I guess. Maybe I will try sword/shield.
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01-21-2015, 08:51 AM | #242 |
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That's the problem I ran into with my Jade build. I could clear super fast but come the RG I would just stall out... DPS is dependent on the one cooldown so you can only really nuke him every 8-12s or so (depending on your CDR). Rest of the time is spent running around not dying while your dots tick on him.
Darts build excels at single-target damage so RGs typically are one of the easier parts of GRs for me right now. |
01-21-2015, 08:59 AM | #243 |
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Really love darts, not sure what other build I would have. Piranha-nado + darts targeting the mob furthest away results in shit melting quite quickly. Infinite Fetishes helps with that, but it is by far the most dps heavy character I have at the moment.
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01-21-2015, 09:19 AM | #244 |
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It is a fun build but does have its drawbacks. Because Dagger of Darts adds such a phenomenal DPS increase, you can't run SMK with it (well, you could, but DoD is the ideal weapon); not being able to constantly reposition your FA means there are many times you have to stop attacking to let your shitheads reposition themselves so they're not shooting into corners, up stairs, etc. I do think it offers much more effective DPS than a traditional pet build though, since you can focus specific targets you want to melt instead of letting them just have at 'er
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01-21-2015, 09:27 AM | #245 |
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Yea, the god damn FA shooting walls/objects is the biggest pain. Just spirit walk the fuck back a bit and reset.
Used to use firebats with the swarm or whatever it was, simply because it melted the shit out of everything, but it was pretty wonky and not viable beyond T1. |
01-21-2015, 09:38 AM | #246 |
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I really wish they made *more of our mana spenders viable builds. I guess Jade kinda counts with Haunt, but the bulk of your damage comes from Soul Harvest. Never was a huge Zombie Bears fan but at least it was making you consider taking some mana regeneration abilities. Currently things like Vision Quest and Rush of Essence (or w/e.. mana restore one when using spirit spells) are useless. Again though, we have like 5-6 viable endgame builds so can't complain too much I guess. Just like having options
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01-23-2015, 08:09 AM | #247 |
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Made some BIG CHANGES to my build... got rid of all my stupid Zuni crap because it seriously limits a lot of item slots. Feels uncomfortable not having a steady supply of fetishes running around at all times but with the Dagger of Darts you proc Sycophants so frequently I barely noticed. Then Fetish Army turns into just another Elite/Rift Guardian cooldown for a ridiculous DPS boost. It actually works quite well. I've swapped in Grave Injustice as well so it is pretty much always up, I think it's improved my clear times significantly.
Did a GR35 last night, only had 24 seconds to spare though. Still my current high. Will attempt 36 tonight. Question for people... I'm looking at grabbing a Tal Rasha's chest armor for my WD. TR is a Wizard set. What's awesome about it is it always has an IAS roll, which is crucial for my build. My question thus is, if I level a Wizard to 70 and gamble for a TR armor (smart loot and all), could I then go on my WD and reroll it to try and get a +skill% (in my case, Fetish Army) roll on it? Or can it only roll Wizard skills? Or, to put the question more vaguely, can other classes get skill% bonuses on sets from a class? Anyone have any experience with this? |
01-23-2015, 08:33 AM | #248 |
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I think it's possible to reroll base stats, I have rerolled DH Hungering Shot to Monk Way Of The Hundred Fists on a Blackthorn Belt, so rerolling stats is possible while set bonus naturally will never change.
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01-23-2015, 08:43 AM | #249 |
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Yeah I'm not concerned with the set bonuses, just the skill affix. That's encouraging to know! I hope it still applies even though it's a different class' set (though not class-restricted to equip)
Could potentially be a huge DPS gain. My attacks / second right now when buffed up (Gogok gem + Enchantress aura + BBV) are at 2.64. If I can push that to 3/sec that'd be hawt |
01-23-2015, 08:53 AM | #250 |
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I rerolled Tasker and Theo found on my WD and rerolled DH stats
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01-23-2015, 09:07 AM | #251 |
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Nice. Still have yet to find TNTs on my Doctor, but I've never played a traditional pet build that required them so it hasn't been a huge deal for me.
Currently wearing like 3 diff sets, feel like a mutt |
01-23-2015, 09:13 AM | #252 |
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It seems like the drop rate for the RORG is higher now as I have now done 20 act 1 bounties and have yet to get one to come out the cache for my season DH since the one on my season Barb isn't that bad, just with the strength was higher as it's pretty low.
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01-23-2015, 09:29 AM | #253 |
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I annoyingly got a lvl 29 RORG on a guy I was dicking around with, made me so mad. (I had a lvl 70 ancient wep with -37 lvl requirement so wanted to try it for the lulz) Still have only had one drop on my main guy, thankfully the rolls have been good
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01-23-2015, 03:57 PM | #254 |
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Thinking of dropping my Enforcer gem and picking up Pain Enhancer. Enforcer seems to scale really poorly, and the lvl 25 PE bonus (3% IAS per bleeding target) seems pretty hot. Dunno. Have to test this ish out
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01-27-2015, 08:10 AM | #255 |
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Finally got me an SMK last night
...DoD better for dart build though... Tried using the SMK, and while 100% uptime on FA (without zuni) and BBV is nice, the killing still feels way slower because you're only really hitting a single target at a time. Rift Guardian times are faster but everything else dies so much slower, including elite packs which in turn are much more dangerous now because they're up for so much longer. May use the SMK and the Mask of Jeram I've gotten and make another WD, traditional pet build though. Then I still have my full Jade set too I wanna use. And I wanna try my hand at a Tiki doc. Gonna just have like 8 Witch Doctors of diff builds |
01-27-2015, 08:22 AM | #256 |
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I am at a point of trade off with mine. With Carnevil + SMK and the uptime of FA + BBV, single targets melt faster than a group AOE would be. Only real problem comes with Avengers if they have other affixes that make life difficult.
Honestly, need to attain a better understanding of WD. I have logged the least amount of hours on that char. |
01-27-2015, 08:24 AM | #257 |
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Witch Doctor is easily your favourite class then I take it lol.
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01-27-2015, 08:25 AM | #258 |
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Try using the SMK with a traditional pet build. Instead of Carnevil go with a Mask of Jeram and Tasker and Theo gloves, take Physical dmg instead of Poison, just stand back and let your minions do the slaying \m/ for you
I prefer the Carnevil playstyle more though... but Dagger of Darts is pretty much required to play with it IMO at higher GRfits |
01-27-2015, 08:25 AM | #259 |
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Oh yeah. I have a Barb that I dick around with and a Wizard I levelled up but can't stand, WD 4 lyf
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01-27-2015, 08:28 AM | #260 |
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Wizard seems reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally boring regardless of what build I use.
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01-27-2015, 08:29 AM | #261 |
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Guy sounds mad cocky/arrogant but has no reason to be. Total superiority complex. "IF THEY COULD SEE ME NOW!!!!!!!!" any time you kill 6 monsters.
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01-27-2015, 08:37 AM | #262 |
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I think that Wizards are sorta crap, I'm mean I liked it when I first played one but to me without the Firebird set they can't really deal enough damage solo. My dads WD has Tasker and Theo and Mask Of Jeram, makes life easier in group play, but you're right about Dagger Of Darts being necessary for a Carnevil build. I think for the next season I'll either be a Monk or Demon Hunter, DH with the 6 piece bonus of Marauder is pretty strong and with Kridershot(legendary bonus of Elemental Arrow generating hated instead of costing it) and the Bombardier's Rucksack(allows 2 extra sentries) that just makes it more powerful.
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01-27-2015, 08:43 AM | #263 |
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Oh yeah, SMK build definitely more group-friendly. My buddy plays a Tikidoc which is kind of the modified zPDS build which is incredible for groups. Everything is locked down and everyone can just nuke frozen bad guys. It's great.
I'm excited for season 2. I wanna get that leveling gem and basically get a 70 of everything within a week haha |
01-27-2015, 08:51 AM | #264 |
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My monk is pretty fun. I have the head piece that causes Wave of Light to be cast on the opponent. I use the rune that causes WoL to be a pillar and drop pillars on faces all day. Pretty fun but simple. Still have my oh shit buttons for elites that just won't quit. Still havent replaced my level 60 bonesabre on that char.
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01-27-2015, 08:54 AM | #265 |
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Oh yeah Monk defs looks fun. Never tried it out but holy hellballs you can zip through shit so fast on one.
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01-27-2015, 09:06 AM | #266 |
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Yeah, my uncles monk has 3 full set bonus', Aughild's, Blackthorne's, and Sunwuko's as well as a very good Flying Dragon making him a beast in uber battles. He used to be in the top 500 on the Monk leaderboard too.
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01-28-2015, 09:43 AM | #267 |
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are you guys doing Season only or just staying on your grind with regular toons?
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01-28-2015, 09:44 AM | #268 |
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I'm hitting season 2 with righteous fury, though right now I've just been playing regular
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01-29-2015, 07:59 AM | #269 |
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I've been doing season since it started, went back to my regulars to get their paragon to 300 while I worked at getting my season paragon up as much as I could.
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01-29-2015, 08:16 AM | #270 |
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I'm pretty much stuck at GR36 right now. Don't really feel like changing my build around to get a couple levels higher. May need to get an ancient weapon or change a gem around or something
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01-29-2015, 08:51 AM | #271 |
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Not really much of a point now anyway with the season being just about over. The only thing I really hate has to do with my luck in the RNG, I got a pretty good Furnace at paragon 250(my only one to drop at that, while in a game with my dad who was the one to actually get the drop) and my SHIT luck as I've never even seen The Witching Hour, blew 1500 blood shards on only belts and haven't gotten it, only get yellows, blues and Vigilant/Sebor's and a few other legendary belts but always those same ones.
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01-29-2015, 09:11 AM | #272 |
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I've got a really good WH, not perfect but damn near close for my needs:
41% CHD 5% IAS 15% life 468 int (was my reroll) Ideally I'd like to have +skill% instead of 15% life but I suppose I can't go full glass cannon... the CHD is near perfect, would've liked a 7% IAS but whaddaya gonna do |
01-29-2015, 09:18 AM | #273 |
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Also took off my Ice Climbers and Tasker and Theo gloves... was hoping the defensive boost of the IC would be worth losing a bit of offensive stats (the Taskers don't help dart build much at all), but having my attacks dip below 2.5/second made me feel really slow. Went back to Cain's set. Such a simple easily craftable set that is very strong.
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01-30-2015, 07:59 AM | #274 |
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I used Cain's a lot myself for awhile, for lower levels or new 70s it's really good until you get better gear.
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02-02-2015, 12:16 AM | #275 |
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Hit paragon level 400 tonight. Cool. Can completely fill two stats per category now.
Still getting super frustrated at trying to get higher greater rift levels. 36 appears to be my cap. May try out Jade again once my season WD is in the normal pool of heroes (hate swapping gear/skills constantly on one char), but I don't know. May try out a Tiki build as well, my buddy just finished a 38 using his. Might just say eff it and try my Barb out. Or just stop playing since this game is making me rage more than give me enjoyment lately. Bad sign. |
02-02-2015, 05:30 AM | #276 |
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You should try a new character that is completely opposite of your WD. I would suggest your Barb. Gear him up a bit and enjoy happy smashings of faceholes.
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02-02-2015, 08:13 AM | #277 |
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Maybe. Might just take a break from the game since it is making me want to break lots of expensive electronics around me when I play it seems.
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02-02-2015, 09:13 AM | #278 |
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Yeah, when I get like that I take a few weeks off before coming back.
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02-02-2015, 10:53 AM | #279 |
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I can't imagine ever getting annoyed at Diablo. I've thrown a few controllers in my time.
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02-02-2015, 11:04 AM | #280 |
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Mostly just as a result of trying to push the higher-end stuff. It gets maddening when every affix on elite packs one-shots you, and you die to things that you fully expected to not be hit by. It's like new-age Contra shit.
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