I have done my first two runs using the same character I used in:
Same gear et al.
It took me 14:30 to do the GR75 before. I just did it in 5:00. This is a big change.
The Bastion change is what did all the work. I could see enemies die very fast when it was one on one. However, how much it did in groups was all over the place.
I would have the “chains”, yes they are visible, only go to nearby mobs and sometimes mobs a fair distance away. I could never seem to get the action out of it no matter the density. I just seemed random on its distance.
I had a few other oddities with it. The best example is what happened to a minion of an elite. One minion ran to the far side of the screen. When the elite died, he blew up way over there. I saw this happen a number of times where things would suddenly die a ways off, or in one case (what I assume is bloodshed), the area around me was cleared of all enemies, even though they were over 50% life.
Its wonkiness aside, it does help and feel good most of the time.
I am able to breeze through 130s on live with WW set and I can barely get through GR110 with the new frenzy build even with an extra 1k paragon. Something is not right with the damage tuning for the new set.
For me Bastions added 15 GR levels, and possible closer to 20 if I could optimize around it. That is extremely powerful. I did a GR95 a bit faster than a a GR80 on Live.
With Undisputed Champion I broke through to 105.
Now I’m still trying to figure out the Savages set, but it is crazy strong in comparison, but also very fragile.
the new set is really fun to play and it is nice that barb has something that could potentially be a bosskiller BUT in its state now it’s too weak (dmg isn’t competative)!
Bastion may need another buff to give more stacks to bring the dmg up while also give a little more thoughness the set feels pretty squishy, the stacks need a longer duration
What other gear are you guys using, and what do you have cubed? I assume you’re using Aquila chest piece and the pants that add 100% to primary attacks?
well i have several thousand hours on barb and cleared 130 casually on season as a low paragon solo player…and i know how the set works what you don’t get is that it will fall behind ww and maybe r6hota or even charge on barb and it also won’t be on par with other classes top builds
i know what blizz said in their blog post but maaybe their planned goals for balancing aren’t ideal to begin with
to be fair i have to do more testing but my overall impression (and others like wudijo on his stream) was that it lacks power and little toughness as well + ww is definetly better
that seems ok assuming your gear isn’t super great - i have some time on my hands today and will also do some 110s then^^
Yes, but it tends to get squashed rather quickly as it is a melee build. So you are going to be in the Guardians face and sucking up their attacks. The great part is that it stacks Stricken so fast that you should be able to dump some Damage for mitigation to achieve better survivability
tested a little more: frenzy 110s about 8 mins with 19k mainstat and mediocre gear and a 115 in 13 mins
thats okeish but clearly behind ww ( and shotgun, rapid fire, hydra -even without bug, new wd set)
hope it gets a little more tuned up