The abandoned PTR

[Slomo4shO-1943]

Yes, it was hyperbole. Most of the changes were insignificant. But hey, they buffed sorcereres so yay?

I am sure buffing unused skills so they are still p1 useless will entice more people to use said skills…

I am sure more level 85 zones are great for those running a single elemental damage (thanks to synergies) and are hitting walls without high rune words…

I am sure buffing mercs will make act 2 dominance a thing of the past…

I am sure the mid level runeword added will be used by everyone as 6 socket weapons are plentiful in NM…

Lets Talk Runewords

Before discussing runewords, lets have a small discussion about sockets in gear and some of the level requirements for higher socket items. First order of business is that Normal difficulty has a maximum of 3 sockets in any piece of gear regardless of whether the maximum sockets for said piece is higher. This limit increases to 4 for Nightmare. This is to say that it is impossible to find any weapons with 5 or 6 sockets in Nightmare and below through monster drops. Socketing using Larzuk results…

I am sure adding/modifying one or two set bonus to sets make them completely viable and useful now…

Feedback on low level sets

Since PTR is closing tomorrow until further notice, I am posting this thread here as well. Classic sets are mostly worthless in LOD with the rare exceptions. Most Low level sets only spawn with 2 affixes which is basically in line with Magic items. Magic items dropped in the game can have two magical attributes, one from a Prefix and another from a Suffix. Rares and Uniques can have up to 6 affixes. Magic and Rare items can also roll staffmods (auto mods) on class specific gear as well as staff…

A small team of rejects is how we ended up with 1.10 to begin with. The real development team for Diablo exited Blizzard North in the summer of 2003.