No it’s not. Even though they favor group play they will never completely gimp solo play because the game would empty out like an airlock with a farting Klingon. Therefore they bloody well do balance the game for solo play as well as group play and you’d better learn to accept it.
I’m sorry are you possibly talking about some other game? Since when is a zdps toon good at solo play? When did a RGK with absolutely no trash clearing become good for solo play?
I suspect it was less an intended target as a default caused by unintended consequences. As in “H-h-h-how ya gonna keep ’em down on the farm after they’ve seen Paree?”
I suspect that you are right. At this point, I think that Blizzard would be reluctant to get top clears down to GR 141 with their stated nerf/buff tolerances. Also, the 5K paragon target of GR 130 can not be what they are currently going with as Nev even mentioned that clears improved with time as players optimized their builds and practice over the next 2.5 months.
Exactly. You come to my point. DH Impale is low for solo and that is why it is low in group. If it could do 140 Solo with 5K Paragons everyone would use it in group.
Still dodging the point. What zdps toon is good in solo? Also the Zuni poison dart was the best solo witch doctor build last season but wasn’t good for groups. It didn’t fit the meta. The best solo DH was Natalya rapid fire not DH impale. Your premise is provably false.
I do not know what Blizzard is going to do. It certainly is not as outrageous as AoV crusaders in patch 2.6.7 but more similar to AoV crusaders in patch 2.6.7a that were nerfed even further in patch 2.6.8. Of note, AoV crusaders have cleared GR 147 already.
It is too early to know precisely where a 5K paragon player will end up with the new sets in non-season. However, we do know based on prior experience that any class that has cleared GR 147 on the top end was previously nerfed. Also, the top clears correlate with 5K paragon players (with a couple of exceptions). This is why at this early juncture we can easily get insight. All the top clears have crazy paragon level. This gives a clear idea the potential of the build that in general will hold true even at lower paragons.