Saw a bunch of people in the general discussion forum post that FW is currently bugged and doing more damage than it’s supposed to. Huh? Is this a recent thing or has it been bugged since release?
I was enjoying learning to use firewall… Damage was good but it wasn’t like outrageous good. So not sure what to think now but I’d rather not be relying on a broken skill o.o
It’s there since release, compared to original D2 it seems to do more damage, can melt bosses in seconds. Something off with the tick rate probably.
I knew Firewall was too good to be true. I’m not even that good with the bugged firewall. Now if they fix the bug I will be a really weak sorceress.
İ think they should leave it as it is
At least it is now ok to use
Yeah, I’d kinda prefer it. It’s not THAT strong imo. It’s certainly strong for the number of skillpoints which is great for hybrid builds. It’s great on bosses but it’s challenging (and annoying lol) to use on random mobs. I have 15 in warmth, 15 in fire mastery, and 10+skills and things with decent fire resistance still take a couple seconds to die with multiple firewalls stacked under them.
But I don’t know how much weaker it used to be. I heard it was bugged before and was too weak. And now it was fixed. But I don’t know what to think anymore.
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well my Firewall kills Diablo so fast on hell i have trouble switching to the MF weapons sometimes. And i did not even max warmth.
Mephisto and Baal also die super fast to it.
I like it, but it is definitly very high damage.
If the only reason my dual-spec sorceress is viable to clear hell is because of a bug, there’s not a flaw with the skill, there’s a flaw with the game.
This is the most I’ve ever enjoyed playing my sorceress, and it’s because it’s the first time I’ve ever been able to truly solo things anywhere I go!
Is that on players 1 or higher? With decent gear, any good skill can do that for the most part. On higher player numbers it’s not quite as fast (unless you have something like infinity) and many other skills / builds can do it faster than firewall.
Killing single stationary targets (tanked by merc) is where it’s best at. For instance, hell cows with 50% fire resistance actually take a while to die in firewall even on players1. Not to mention that firewall is harder to use than most spammable skills. So it should be stronger than them imo.
@Dread
Yeah it’s fun. But hybrid sorcs have always been viable and could clear all of hell without too much problems. Lots of skill combos you can use though most of them use either Blizzard or Orb as the 2nd element.
While I agree with you, but this is about is firewall bugged, and purely comparing fw between D2 and d2r, which clearly shows that d2r fw perform way better than D2 with the same char same gear and fwthat has the same dmg