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Sn0_Man

Tebellong44238 Posts

February 16 2018 20:41 GMT

#27301

They've only posted Chieftan and Berserker so far. The rest are being reworked but the details aren't out there. With release 2 weeks out, and patch notes generally 2-3 days in advance of release, they have more than 10 days to spoil the other 15 classes. Expect them to milk the changes for as much hype as they can generate, rather than release it all at once.

Soltanol

Germany55 Posts

February 17 2018 17:47 GMT

#27302

That Spectral Shieldthrow Gem looks cool, i always loved playing Crusader as Captain America in Diablo 3, this seems pretty similiar

-Archangel-

Croatia7457 Posts

February 19 2018 07:52 GMT

#27303

On February 18 2018 02:47 Soltanol wrote:
That Spectral Shieldthrow Gem looks cool, i always loved playing Crusader as Captain America in Diablo 3, this seems pretty similiar

And new video confirms that it is cool. Fork or Chain make it such

ticklishmusic

United States15977 Posts

February 19 2018 16:23 GMT

#27304

I skipped abyss league (burnt out, and it looked like breach in lines instead of circles) but looks like the next should be good if they're reworking ascendancies, adding content and of course the new challenge league.

nukem1

345 Posts

February 19 2018 18:38 GMT

#27305

Abyss league was pretty bad, but the expansion was actually good. Map changes (not only reworks but also having the option to shape or not, the way "memory fragments" are obtained, pushing influence) make grinding more interesting. Shaper/Elder items are pretty op. Hopefully the ascendancy changes are good.

hunts

United States2113 Posts

February 19 2018 22:06 GMT

#27306

Basically what nukem said. The expansion was good but breach itself was meh. Elder items are quite strong. I know people are using conversion weapons as stay sticks for some really strong things, I made a pretty op es wander with a lightning damage per int shaper wand

HolydaKing

21254 Posts

February 19 2018 22:19 GMT

#27307

While Abyssal Depths were a non factor, I liked Abyss better than most leagues. It added tons of monsters to my maps, at least. And these dropped maps fairly frequently. Some leagues that I liked less would be Prophecy, Warbands, Talisman and Rampage.

I got a feeling I'll like Bestiary less. But I'm still very excited for the Ascendancy changes and new fated Prophecy items. And hopefully some balance changes too.

ASoo

2865 Posts

February 19 2018 23:53 GMT

#27308

Hoping for, but not expecting, a sextant rework. I think I'm just not using sextants at all this league, either way.

That Chieftain reveal has me pretty hyped, thinking about starting the league with Sire of Shards Flame Totem silliness. Got a bunch of other things I'm hyped about too, though, and I'm sure I'll think of more as the other Ascendancies get shown.

Lachrymose

Australia1928 Posts

February 20 2018 02:45 GMT

#27309

The problem with sextants is you can't really just opt out like that and still run maps and have fun unless you like being poor. If you want to not sextant you basically have to do lab.

bo1b

Australia12814 Posts

February 20 2018 03:51 GMT

#27310

Farming guardians was more profitable then shaped vaults for me, by far.

Sextant drama is pretty heavily overblown, like everything reddit gets it's hands on.

Lachrymose

Australia1928 Posts

February 20 2018 10:21 GMT

#27311

I don't know. I tried selling sextants all last league and it was miserable.

-Archangel-

Croatia7457 Posts

February 20 2018 12:46 GMT

#27312

So by reading Berserker more closely its penalty might not affect CI characters since 20% life degen of 1 is less than 1.

So any ideas on a good CI weapon build from a Marauder start? HoWa comes to mind immediately but not sure if you can get over 1000 int easily.
Brutus Lead Sprinkler as well if we use Geofry chest and Shaper gloves and max strength but that would be super expensive.

Ryndika

1489 Posts

February 20 2018 12:50 GMT

#27313

I tested with over 600 maps and not in single set or in general sextants made me money. Running without sextant was always more c/hr.
Different amounts and different maps. Burial chambers can break even if you run couple thousand at least I think. Vault probably barely break even if you have support.

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

February 20 2018 13:35 GMT

#27314

Sextant prices rose a lot once it became the "meta" thing to do. Probably profitable if you were doing shaped Vaults earlier than that but if you were paying full price for sextants after the market value adjusted, you probably weren't making much from them.

-Archangel-

Croatia7457 Posts

February 20 2018 13:56 GMT

#27315

I only used sextants to up my chance of red maps dropping when I was running low or wanted a connected map to drop.

bo1b

Australia12814 Posts

February 20 2018 14:33 GMT

#27316

On February 20 2018 21:50 Ryndika wrote:
I tested with over 600 maps and not in single set or in general sextants made me money. Running without sextant was always more c/hr.
Different amounts and different maps. Burial chambers can break even if you run couple thousand at least I think. Vault probably barely break even if you have support.

Channel is extremely profitable with sextants, according to the data I got.

ticklishmusic

United States15977 Posts

February 20 2018 14:54 GMT

#27317

sextants required a fair bit of setup/ investment to get going, with locking all the bad mods and getting your map unlocked in just the right way. it was profitable, but boring as hell.

vndestiny

Singapore3441 Posts

February 20 2018 15:00 GMT

#27318

I like sextant to be valuable, cause then I can sell them for more.

Can't sextant Poorjoy's Asylum so I completely abandoned them in Abyss. Steadily income by selling them once in awhile though.

EchelonTee

United States5256 Posts

February 21 2018 02:42 GMT

#27319

nvm

Faeny

647 Posts

February 21 2018 06:30 GMT

#27320

I do think sextants will get changes - pretty sure I noticed one of the senior staff post that he didn't really like it at all. Plus the new upgrade-any-map-to-t16 orb probably comes with adjustments. Otherwise some white map surrounded by other maps with an easy boss will probably be the next thing.

New hierophant is crazy. No more totem damage penalty finally! The spell leech that everyone wants? Easy power and endurance charge generation (rip scion hierophant)? 100% playing hierophant league starter unless something even more crazy comes out.

Not really happy about how berserker is only good for attackers now. I like it when an ascendancy opens a variety of builds and supports different things rather than a more narrow focus.

Bestiary crafting - I wonder how much of a pain in the ass it'll be. Capture mobs, THEN use up to 4 of them to craft...but you have to fight them again. All the crafting that's like essences (roll a rare with one guaranteed affix) is going to be a bust I bet, but anything more like mastercrafting (adding a specific mod to a rare) will be much better received. Actually, if we do get some choices like mastercrafting, that'll be super good. 90% of the options will be a dud I bet, though.