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Hey Yrkoon/Xzenon, that was me and a rl mate :).

Quite enjoying the DH, even if I am a bit paper pea shooter-ish. Completely and utterly surviving on the fact I have +15K life on hit at the moment.

Glad the servers went down, otherwise I'd have been on until 70 lol.

hehe kool mate hook up with me and i can boost you if u want or get ya geared up, same for your mate, ill jump in and start hitting stuff :)

damn 20 more secs and diablo would have been down :P
 
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Mate did u eventually get your rrog?

I did! The day they changed the drop rates on caches, I got 2 within an hour..... I was actually annoyed rather than happy about it in all honesty, felt like I cheated haha.

The next day after finally getting one, I changed my build up and wa sbetter off without using it. So 3 months trying to get one, got two and a day later I stopped using it.

/life.
 
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Stormee-2968/hero/37243743

My wizzie. Not sure where to go to improve...need a better Cindercoat and rings/amulet to socket. How are people getting these 80Mil+ crits I see people talking about? Is this in group with optimal setup with other players or something?
I have full firebirds and have seen people saying that crits for ridiculous damage - I am a total noob - I never see mine crit...how are they seeing the damage from the DOT?

Your wiz has always been good Stormee. I message you a couple times to group up but never got replies, we need to do some runs on stuff together and gear share.

I'd suggest blizzard with apoc rune. Coupled with your fire hydras the idea is to kite the mobs around your damage area and pin them in there taking max dmg using black hole. So I'd change your meteor for that as blizzard works better.

Other than that I'd say you should get a unity ring and roll a socket to add a leg gem but use that to drop your RoRG and either replace mirroball or cindercoat with the 6th FB piece to keep your 6 set bonus. Unity gives you a boost to elite dmg which is needed for higher grifts. You also have elite dmg boost from the SoJ which is great.

The trick with these wiz builds is to get to the point we have them now regards firebirds etc. But boosting the elite dmg as much as possible as it's higher level grifts 30+ where this build becomes too slow at downing elites to progress further. Unity, SoJ are easy enough. The Furnace is what I am so desperately wanting now though as the DPS is great especially against elites as the stat roll on that weapon is insane.

Edit, also, you need to get strongarm bracers. The stat on them works with blackhole, so when the mob drops from your blackhole (knockback), they take increased dmg. I am using mirror image duplicates, so I have seen a mob get black holed 3/4 times in 5 seconds, I don't think/know if the effect from the strongarm bracers is effecting the black holes my duplicates drop though. I don't think it is.

https://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/xdcx-2305/hero/43624608
 
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What's the difference with the "Seasons" mode that's just been released? Is it any different to the main game??

Yes the season is just the main game but also has a ladder system on Battlenet and some extra goodies incentives ie season only items etc.

The main thing to note is you dont have access to your main stash or any of the loot you acquired from your main characters. So you start off fresh from the very beginning and build to work your way up through the leaderboard where there will be rewards when the season ends.

Once the season ends the season character/loot will be grouped back to your regular non-season characters/stash.
 
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Funny that, the only one I have ever seen dropped post 2.1. Had T&T drop in the same rift from memory!

Yea, luck seems to come in little bursts. I had two T&T and Chanon Bolters drop within a 2 week period, shame the Bolters are pretty useless (I use mine only for the highest DPS 2Her, not for it's special effect).
 
I have a Chanon Bolter, got one a few months ago, with Sentry Build they are a bit meh, but with the right build the traps taunt mobs onto them and then AOE explode, for higher greater rifts i could see a use for one
 
Travis Day talking about gems (normal ones):

Travis Day said:
This is a topic that comes up with some frequency both internally and externally. We have plans for a future patch that will introduce more uses for any gem you have excess of as well as a way to increase your ability to get specific gems that you are lacking *read Topaz*.

As a general philosophy point, anytime we introduce mechanics that are intended to consume limited resources this is something that players will encounter. Whether it's gold, gems, or a specific crafting material, these are all meant to be gathered and consumed at varying rates. Inevitably, and intentionally, there will be times when you need more of some material than you have. The problem isn't that you are running out, the problem is when there is no mechanism for you to alter your gameplay to gather more of the thing you need. When you run out of blue material you start picking up blue items you were ignoring before, when you run out of gold you equip your Boon of the Hoarder if you've found one etc. The problem isn't that people are running low on Topaz from enchanting, the problem is that you have no way to increase the rate of Topaz you find when you want to. This is what we will be addressing in the future.

T6 Ubers are now 100% drop rate.

Great change
 
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Arcane dust is OK. Run a bunch of rifts picking up blues and problem solved. I always run out of it, but you can very quickly accumulate more.

But Topaz for god damn amulet re-rolls.... Nightmare! As you can't specifically farm for topaz. You can farm anything specifically except a specific colour of gem. So I guess they'll address that and it will make me a happy bunny that will.

Stack of 800 useless diamonds. But about 4 topaz left after all being dwindled on failed re-rolls. Annoying!
 
Depends. Different amulets have different gems required to re-roll it. I'm a WD so Topaz is naturally the one I struggle with but my last 2 amulets I've been playing with (Act I cache one and Blackthornes) have both required Amethysts.

I'd rather they split the required gem to re-roll a bit more evenly because Topaz is required for way too many items. A way to specifically farm a gem type is of course welcome.
 
Now they just need to announce "you can now toggle what items auto pick up" allowing you to automatically loot gems, rare items, blue items, potions etc :)

That would be a massive QoL change imo.
 
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