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Makhaira said:
Can't view it since I'm at work, but if it's QS then it won't buff the Pet build which is what most viewed as OP before?
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It was a mix of Addling Toads (With the Flayer); Grin Reaper; Fetishes, QS, Acid blobs and optional for other pets (Dogs, Garg).

The QS has received a major buff apparently which just tears things apart - the big thing is the synergy between the Grin Reaper and the primary abilities, you can get lots of toads and Queen Spiders up, as well as max. Fetishes (as you can currently).

Absolutely tearing through everything in T6 - with or without the Garg Dog!


http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/blog/14569138/#monk
Additionally, the PTR Changelog shows that DH and Monk receive 1 Armour for each point of Dexterity, scrapping dodge. However Monk still has Dodge chance abilities on top of those changes. I find that quite ridiculous as the DH is hardly going to be heavily armoured, and should be the most dextrous of all the classes due to her already-mobility-based abilities.
 
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RedvGreen said:
For those who haven't seen it yet, WD becomes even more disgustingly OP'd after 2.1 with buffs to Queen Spider and others...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p0bio2kBuIg
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Ahh this is why you was telling frogman to get the grim reaper.

Best thing is that your pets do stuff now instead of just standing around, currently even 15 lil minions is useless since half just stand around and do nothing much but 23 all attacking properly is insane.
 
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Been tempted to get RoS for a while. Any recommendations on the cheapest place to get this from now? Best I have found is £17 for a cd key.
 
Fallen god said:
Ahh this is why you was telling frogman to get the grim reaper.

Best thing is that your pets do stuff now instead of just standing around, currently even 15 lil minions is useless since half just stand around and do nothing much but 23 all attacking properly is insane.
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Couple this with full zunni's and you will have 2 separate fetish armieis permantly. Total ownage :cool:
 
Does anyone know how to setup AMD raptr to record on the PTR? Mine seems to just work for normal Diablo but I cant seem to select the correct file in it to get it to work on PTR.

I ask because i'll post up some short videos of the Wizzard firebirds set with different specs. I have all the different set's and weps that most wizards want to run with, so can post a video of most combo's if people want specific ones.

Ive been having a play tonight, now that it lets me copy my live toon over again and doing Ghom runs, for speed, to see the difference in skills and item changes.

It's fun just stacking enough dps onto Ghom to get the firebirds dot to stick and then just kiting him about for a few seconds until he dies, seeing what the differences are in the dot values.

Ive had him ticking down for 190mil+ :D with my un optimized gear!!!

It seems that they might have changed it, or im doing something wrong, because the dot values now go up and down a lot, almost like some of the damage drops off if you don't keep applying it. This isn't a problem really as you can just spam more dmg on him, but it might be a counter to the "hit and run" spec that I had developed.

I did a couple of T6 rifts and can still drop some mirror images, hydras, fire blizzard and teleport past the pack to the next, letting the other die, so the amount of damage is still enough to wipe out trash and elite packs off screen, but unlike before you sometimes have to circle around a bit to finish off yellows now. I like it though, seems balanced.

You get a massive amount of mobility now as a wiz, you can plonk a load of damage down and then circle around the outside, dragging everything into your damage area until it dies and then move on.

Its a pretty fun play style! Wiz's are back!

edit - obviously this is on T6 :)
 
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Scratch what I said about the damage dropping off, im a noob! Kiting him about with the full firebirds dot is just the snapshot value from when it reaches that 3000% and stick for ever. The extra huge number damage is the additional damage from hydras and mirror images etc. Once I recast them the white damage shoots back up to 190mil+ :)

edit - ok new record, 243mil dot ticks!
 
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Smudge said:
Scratch what I said about the damage dropping off, im a noob! Kiting him about with the full firebirds dot is just the snapshot value from when it reaches that 3000% and stick for ever. The extra huge number damage is the additional damage from hydras and mirror images etc. Once I recast them the white damage shoots back up to 190mil+ :)

edit - ok new record, 243mil dot ticks!
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I'm trying hard to get firebirds everything (failing...) because this sounds awesome. Videos of your Wiz would be awesome and welcomed!
 
Ive ditched my cindercoat for a firebirds chest now and dropped the rrog for a stone of Jorden, this is what has given me that extra 50mil in the dot ticks! I also got some more survivability at the expense of the fire reduction resource cost, but, to be honest, with this spec I can just cast and run, so I regen whilst running to the next pack. I'll be sure to update my live toon with the final spec, so people can copy it, when I logout tonight.

Ghom is dying too fast on T6 to get a good measure of the damage now, so I might have to start experimenting on azmo or something!
 
Playing my Wiz, I have got some good items, but....
Stone of Jordan I got, was for a DH.
Cindercoat I got, was for a monk.
Theo's I got, was for a DH.

600+ caches down, still no RoRG.
I've got Firebirds chest, pants and source, never seen anything else drop other than the chest 3 more times, all worse versions than what I have.

I mean, you couldn't make this crap up. I put the work into this game, the guys will tell you and it's just getting ridiculous now and making me consider quitting now.
 
Sounds like RNG is screwing you bud :(


Below is my wiz,

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/DeanT77-2965/hero/40558518
This was my first character and havent played it in ages, any tips at all in terms of build - feels like the items I have are ok'ish?

Unsure what skill route to go with though to help me out whilst farming for firebirds.

I have ZERO idea about what direction to go with wizards :D
 
50% gold buff this weekend. Multiplicative so if you have 3000% gold find, you'll now have 4500%.

Seems a bit redundant though, gold earned now can't be used on seasons and I don't think anyone is really short of gold at this point?
 
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Sounds like RNG is screwing you bud :(


Below is my wiz,

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/DeanT77-2965/hero/40558518
This was my first character and havent played it in ages, any tips at all in terms of build - feels like the items I have are ok'ish?

Unsure what skill route to go with though to help me out whilst farming for firebirds.

I have ZERO idea about what direction to go with wizards :D
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Here is my Wiz as a comparison Dean -

https://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/xdcx-2305/hero/43624608

My build is not great but it works good with my gear up to T4. Gear wise your wizard can obviously be a lot better, like you running fire damage items I see but only using meteor. I'd drop meteor and take sparkflint familiar, just get a build that works good enough to drop stuff as you want to farm firebirds anyway so don't worry about the roles on that gear you have just now just make do, most of it being replaced as you gear up.

Stormee and Messiah have good wizards also, check theirs but they are also just farming gear but do have builds that are downing stuff good to get to where they want. We're all at that stage at moment, not sure how much firebirds these guys have by now. But Smudge advice is what we should all be looking to jump onboard with wizards going forward, just need the gear to get along the lines of what he is doing first.

And MooMoo, extra gold welcomed by me! I have less than 1mil :p
 
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