Gem of Speed Proposal

General Discussion
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OK, why no Gem of Speed? Got Gems for everything else. Why not. Seems like a no brainer.

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I don’t understand the purpose of the gem…

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Two already exist; Boon of the Hoarder and Wreath of Lightning.

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Movement speed or attack speed?

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Movement speed:

  • Boon of the Hoarder
  • Wreath of Lightning

Attack speed:

  • Gogok of Swiftness
  • Pain Enhancer

That’s why I don’t understand the proposal…

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Case closed.
Gem(s) of Speed already exists.

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Don’t people already fly across the screen. :airplane:

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“No brainer” is right…

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Speed being a secondary effect of those Gems as apposed to a primary.

And WittyGem, no need to be obnoxious or derogatory to me for asking a question. Everyone else, thank you for your attention.

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So? The point still stands, 4 gems buffing speed already exist. There’s zero need for another.

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Exactly!
Maybe, a good suggestion would be a 4th slot to allocate one more Gem. On gear pieces wouldn’t make sense, but what about a 4th Kanai’s Cube Slot specific to place a Legendary Gem at its full power?

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Oh I know what you need. A little pouch of white, magick powder, that your hero can snort up their nose, and then they go BRRRRRR. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

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A gem dedicated to speed only, increasing both movement and attack speed, as well as cooldown would be rather powerful which is why these effects are split, to force some sort of logistical give/take.

Personally, I’d like to see some of the shard effects return as level 50 or even level 100 powers.

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I’d like to see the followers able to use more of the legendary gems. Hoarder (and allow it to Emanate or Emanate when equipped in band of Avarice. The support damage gems; Iceblink and Gem of Efficacious Toxin. Although Iceblink needs reworked to apply itself or be procced by cold damage not skills. Even Gogok for more attack speed and heals from the Templar.

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They won’t give you movement speed bonus for free as a permanent state, there’s always a backdraw because otherwise you wouldn’t even need active movement abilities. Case closed.

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As well thought and reasoned a response here. Thanks for that.

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So an Echoing Fury gem? That seems way too powerful.

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Clearly, which is why it was not proposed. Context matters more when willfully culled.

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Toxin and Iceblink would be really nice, bridges the solo/group gap a bit more. I guess Hoarder isn’t really all that necessary, any good T16 build can stomp through rifts even with a Hoarder gem so that extra one you could use if it was on the follower would be overkill right?

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I think pretty much all classes have some sort of speed build. Add boon, wreath and Warzechian Armguards and you’re flying basically

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