1.0.1 Patch Notes
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I have read the last 70ish pages of this thread, so here are my thoughts. I do understand that it was a very good gem and it certainly needed a nerf. I was using 3 of these things just for giggles on the third because I could not think of anything else to do with open socket on my 4Ls. It did take away a bit from the game play in my opinion though.
It was very nice to add decoy totem and molten shell for free as well as gain a couple free AoE attacks. None of these things I would use in a normal build since it is too annoying. The biggest thing for me was the easy curses. It really made it much better. Curse on hit on the other hand is just unusable in it's current state. I really think that the other trigger gems need to be buffed up, specifically make them not needed to link to a specific attack to take effect. I loved CwDT since it was just in its own item. I still plan to use CwDT at lvl 1 with lvl 8 decoy totem and lvl 5 enfeeble, but I will be self casting enduring cry again. The biggest thing that needs to be done to make this nerf not such a big deal is to inverse the current level scaling. There really needs to be an incentive to level every gem. The only other gems that some people do not level are movement abilities or gems that they cannot support the required str / dex / int. There really should be a reason / reward to leveling up any gem and I just find it kind of sad to have no use for lvling these. TLDR: Inverse the damage taken requirements per level to give a reason to level this gem so we can use normal skills with it. |
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I don't like the changes to cwdt but it's GGG's game and thgey can do whatever they like with it. If we don;t like that we can vote with our feet and leave.
However GGG need to fix desynch because that has been present since the first build. |
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Yep, a lot of us will be self casting Molten Shell, Devouring Totem, Flammability, Elemental Weakness, Warlord's Mark, Shock Nova, Enduring Cry right before Discharging.
RIP the most fun build in the game. |
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" So I take it you have quite some Life -leech or -regeneration that you rely on, right? So your defense is not your absolute life value and a ~level 15-17 CWDT (fitting to your level 63 character) will trigger before your health gets critical under normal circumstances. |
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I am wondering, was this nerf a result of people using CWDT offensively? All the dischargers coming out of hiding again with autocasted curses etc? I can only assume this gem was originally planned for defensive builds, not as a way to play offensively. (defense through superior offense is a viable point here)
I would love to see some explanations as to why you felt the need to nerf it to this degree. Yes, the gem combo was very strong, and people were able to farm maps/do harder content, easier. Isn't this what you want though? To keep people farming? Keep them playing? All in all, i'm against this nerf. Just because it seperates the gap between good gear and bad gear that much more. I wouldnt want some supersquishy guy taking all my map portals. |
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Oh good, lovely to see an RPG game that actually gets balance updates. I remember the old days where Arkaine's Valor was the 1 and only armor to look for in Diablo 1 simply absolute no-brainer best. Awesome my Scion now gets a dance!! And more bounty on maps and spectral throws good lookin. I do have to point out that now that Spell Damage on Scion is 6% I will have to get a lot of Orb of Regret to regret the 6%spell damage 1 regret the 6% damage node 2 and regret the 6% spell damage 3 and regret anything that was along that line so I can remove them. As levels become harder and harder to come by at high levels I can't afford to waste 3 skill points on a tiny 6%. But good news is I can now undo Bandits quest reward and get the 18% physical damage I should've taken!! Idk whats going to be the recipe for the book that undoes it but I'll look into it.
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the "meh" buff on mortal conviction was step to help out blood magic. You also need to add life or life % to blood magic and push the % of mortal conviction to 65%. this way a life build could use 2 auras. As it stands now Blood magic is a dead fish on the beach gathering flies.
Don't need to say anymore on the "fix" to CWDt. Everyone knows it was a awful "fix". |
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" Would be wise of GGG to read this, cwdt was one of the things that made me come back, it made melee builds fun (always have preferred melee) i knew a change was needed but this was NOT the change that was needed. Another thing that really really annoys me is that big changes like these that ruin a character while we are mid seasson must stop...The currency i need to fix my builds i simply don't have, and i pretty much don't feel like leveling another build that i make just to find they will nerf something pivotal of that build right when i grind my ass off to high level. What i ask myself now is "should i keep leveling my cast on crit toon that im loving or not"? i don't know if that gem will also be nerfed and it will leave me with a broken toon. For now im finding less apeal on playing. Maybe is time to stop the 2 week big ass patches and maybe do monthly balance patch to at least give SOME time to enjoy powerful stuff. Wasn't finding op stuff the coolness of playing arpgs???? but on a 2 week cycle it blows. |
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i like the changes to spectral throw and charges optics!
took me 2 chaos to adapt to the gem changes, also i need to press one additional button. some combos are almost as effective as before the change to cwdt, won´t keep me from reeching lvl 80 in nemesis in a "few" hours playtime. except there is another one-hit-wonder- mob running arround ; ) |
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