If I find a legendary with a monk but identify it with a barb, will it roll strength or dex? I found a Mad Monarch's Scepter with a monk but I want it on my barb. I have not identified it yet.

Mozdk

Denmark6989 Posts

April 06 2014 21:09 GMT

#16805

Hi

I have a goal of soloing as high a level as possible. My friend says he doesn't believe it's possible to solo the highest torment level. Is this true?

What character is best for being able to solo as high lvl as possible? (Softcore). I only have a frostorb wizard atm. Still only lvl 100 paragorn, but I want to change now, if I need another character. So which one can do the best at high level torment if you solo.

Najda

United States3765 Posts

April 06 2014 22:18 GMT

#16806

On April 07 2014 06:07 Necosarius wrote:
If I find a legendary with a monk but identify it with a barb, will it roll strength or dex? I found a Mad Monarch's Scepter with a monk but I want it on my barb. I have not identified it yet.

Stats roll when you get it, not identify it. This also includes even before you open the cache.

LaNague

Germany9118 Posts

April 06 2014 22:32 GMT

#16807

On April 07 2014 06:09 Mozdk wrote:
Hi

I have a goal of soloing as high a level as possible. My friend says he doesn't believe it's possible to solo the highest torment level. Is this true?

What character is best for being able to solo as high lvl as possible? (Softcore). I only have a frostorb wizard atm. Still only lvl 100 paragorn, but I want to change now, if I need another character. So which one can do the best at high level torment if you solo.

WW barb as long as shard of hate isnt going to get nerfed. It procs 200%*4 or 5, 5 times a second on whirldwind. Its stupid.

Or a tanky monk, but that soloing would be very tedious.

BluzMan

Russian Federation4235 Posts

April 06 2014 22:55 GMT

#16808

On April 07 2014 07:18 Najda wrote:

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Stats roll when you get it, not identify it. This also includes even before you open the cache.

I don't believe the latter is true. I've got two Int helms, int hammer and an int shield opening caches that I farmed with my demon hunter, all legendary. Sure I got two dex cloaks too, but those always roll with dex. Didn't really look at the stats of the rares tho.

Once acquired, the stats of a particular legendary are predetermined, that's true.

rauk

United States2228 Posts

April 06 2014 23:15 GMT

#16809

caches aren't determined on drop for sure

Necosarius

Sweden4042 Posts

April 06 2014 23:45 GMT

#16810

On April 07 2014 07:18 Najda wrote:

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Stats roll when you get it, not identify it. This also includes even before you open the cache.

Shit :/ thanks for answering!

Terranasaur

United States2085 Posts

April 06 2014 23:53 GMT

#16811

Shard of hate isn't one of those that can only drop from a certain act?

Dakkas

2550 Posts

April 07 2014 01:50 GMT

#16812

Caches are at least determined by the level of your character that earned them. When I opened a cache my lvl 50~ Crusader earned, it was full of lvl 50~ gear even though my Barb was lvl 70.

Valiver

Caldeum1977 Posts

April 07 2014 04:36 GMT

#16813

Caches are determined right as you get the cache.

Dakkas

2550 Posts

April 07 2014 05:22 GMT

#16814

Datamined Balance Changes

Remember this may change in future. I like the buffs though it largely seems like a band-aid fix as it doesn't address some fundamental issues. Not a fan of the nerf to the Fires of Heaven rune.

Nikon

Bulgaria5710 Posts

April 07 2014 06:00 GMT

#16815

On April 06 2014 08:04 oneofthem wrote:
crusader not having the melee reduction makes no sense. it's arguably the most melee styled character with the sword and board theme.

It's a melee caster. Which is kinda messed up since if you're getting hit you're doing something wrong, but then you have this shield and skills that enhance your blocking and it's like "Wat." I guess you can build tanky but if you do so, why not play a barb instead - aforementioned 30% reduction and HOLY SHIT SUPERSTITION IS 20% NOW make the barb insanely durable. Without wearing a shield.

The only thing that the crusader has going right now is that you don't actually have to be in melee range to kill stuff -.-;;

PandaCore

Germany553 Posts

April 07 2014 07:28 GMT

#16816

Does anyone else feel that Blackthorne's set is dropping way too much?
Everytime a set item drops, my heart stops for a second and I hope it's either Tal Rasha or Firebird... and when I look at the icon it's Blackthorne's again. Also I see it a lot in the clan chat.

Might be confirmation bias... I don't know

Kipsate

Netherlands45349 Posts

April 07 2014 09:06 GMT

#16817

Step in the right direction for crusaders, however the passives are still shit and we still take way too much damage. I also think that Blessed Hammer should be buffed as well( or a more variety in elements should be used for other skills OR give us more wrath to work with, Fist of Heavens looks interesting to use though. Eagerly looking forward to more.

The only thing that the crusader has going right now is that you don't actually have to be in melee range to kill stuff -.-;;

Blessed Hammer is pretty much the only viable build right now and the range on that is pretty shitty
I can throw some Justice hammers for ranged but that does very mediocre damage.

Dakkas

2550 Posts

April 07 2014 09:12 GMT

#16818

On April 07 2014 16:28 PandaCore wrote:
Does anyone else feel that Blackthorne's set is dropping way too much?
Everytime a set item drops, my heart stops for a second and I hope it's either Tal Rasha or Firebird... and when I look at the icon it's Blackthorne's again. Also I see it a lot in the clan chat.

Might be confirmation bias... I don't know

Yes! I have this problem as well! I have, with exaggeration, found enough for 3 sets since loot 2.0. It's damn infuriating, it's like the game is saying to me "Bro, I think you really want to be immune to molten".

On April 07 2014 18:06 Kipsate wrote:
Step in the right direction for crusaders, however the passives are still shit and we still take way too much damage. I also think that Blessed Hammer should be buffed as well( or a more variety in elements should be used for other skills OR give us more wrath to work with, Fist of Heavens looks interesting to use though. Eagerly looking forward to more.

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Blessed Hammer is pretty much the only viable build right now and the range on that is pretty shitty
I can throw some Justice hammers for ranged but that does very mediocre damage.

It's a band-aid fix, the buffs are useful but like you said, it doesn't address them having the poorest resource generation. Blessed Hammer is hardly the most viable, Heaven's Fury/Fires of Heaven is pretty insane damage as well as being awesomely fun to use as it's pretty much a railgun though it's being nerfed. Sweep is also good, both are much better against bosses than Blessed Hammer though of course Blessed Hammer wins against large groups.

jtype

England2167 Posts

April 07 2014 09:34 GMT

#16819

On April 07 2014 07:32 LaNague wrote:

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WW barb as long as shard of hate isnt going to get nerfed. It procs 200%*4 or 5, 5 times a second on whirldwind. Its stupid.

Or a tanky monk, but that soloing would be very tedious.

There's a video around somewhere of a guy soloing Malthiel on T6 with his Demon Hunter. Not quite the same as being able to solo all the content, but still pretty impressive nonetheless.

andrewlt

United States7702 Posts

April 07 2014 15:23 GMT

#16820

After playing wiz, dh and barb post 2.0, the biggest problem I've faced playing a melee class is hitting runners. Absent using skills like whirlwind, hitting moving enemies is an absolute chore. They have this BW-style interaction going on where you stop to hit something, which moves out of the way. It's almost impossible to hit a treasure goblin using a melee attack. Ditto for all ranged attacks that run away from you. They should fix this before tweaking the numbers.