Can we have Chant Vyr back to S18?
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Iâm super excited to play the whirlwind Barb in Season 19! This is going to be the most fun Iâve had in Diablo 3 in a long time. I do enjoy the Demon Hunter but the Barbarian will always be my first love. 
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Yey, Thank you for the effort you put in to bring us these balance changes this soon. No backsies on the sader either, in fact its a deal shake on it 
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P.s I got your back Nev.
Again like every other RGK ever. Now I will admit this might hit your solo really hard and that does suck, but for 4 man RGK youâll be just fine, right up there with Thorns NecroâŚlikely still better weâll have to see.
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Thank you for your hard work and dedication- and thank you for letting us know what youâre working on. Really excited about S19!
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never forget, people only complain because they actually care. if they didnt, they would not be here⌠every whine about blizzard is just proof that people are playing and listening.
every complaint directed at you is actually directed at blizzard, the monolithic entity that we cannot place a name or face to⌠so you will do.
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But I must say it looks still strong on paper especially considering I did assume 10k str 20 k main Stat can be achieved around 1000 paragon and augmented 100 caldesian gear but I do agree also with bracers of fury cc i did ate teeth on hf as skill always wanted it to be worth of use till now it was impossible to achieve with aov I think max clears will float around 140 on ns on season i think 135 ish i am curious how this overall change would influence LOD block based biuld I think through this change hf is now tied to Aov set permanently
Thank you so much Nev and devs for listening to the community!!
Happy the sader nerf isnt (and doesnt feel like) a nerf and thank you so much for reverting the Lamentation nerf. Sader and Barb were the 2 classes I was uber keen to run in season 19 and these tweaks have reignited my enthusiasm.
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Wrong, the build based and pig stacks much faster.
And this is the BIG problem, I think Ivory Tower will be the solo meta for sader âŚ
I think neff shield was a big mistake, they should have set the 2p bonus. If FoH is weak, just buff Darklight . Wouldnât like to have bligther fishing again
Thank you Nev for all your hard work in solving some of our reported issues. Although there are other issues thatâs the best can be done.
Regarding shield of fury, agree open cap raises untrollable concerns, we are skeptical that this is over nerfed, some how the teamâs maths are always off. We strongly believe nerfing or even removing AoV 2pc is a better solution than capping shield of fury. Capping bone ringer nerfed other builds along with the targeted thorns necro that werent broken. Capping shield of fury to such a low cap also kills the rgk and other playstyle as well.
Please do pass the feed back to the team that the community will be testing this effect and reserve the right if possible to adjust in future patches.
Have a great weekend, donât work too hard 
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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Actions on community feedback amd Clear communication regarding what has been done and what is planned is all we want!!!
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First, thank you, Nev, for the awesome news and the much improved comunications.
This was proposed by the Barb comunity even before the prior de-buff. You listened. Thatâs great. The WW really fits the next seasonal buff so it might be a bit op in s19 but will come back to the ground after that.
And may be make the lower cap 125, pls 
This will clearly put the sader build in a good spot the next season, not very op but still strong. May needed tweaks after that and allâs good.
Thisâs necessary to avoid exploits. But I still think it needs some love, like increase the damage cap to 250%. Currently the build cannot clear more than 135 in ns.
I hope the other problems with Armory profiles and especially party games will be resolved soon.
I donât think itâs necessary. Increasing the testing phase in general, I agree, but ptr phase doesnât need to be that long. Just need to improve your analytics based on the data.
My proposal: Start the PTR testing phase before the end of the previous season, make it independent to live server, may be increase the testing phase to event a month, and collect data, feedbacks and make changes weekly, so you may have maximum 4-5 patches tested before the new season begins, and lots of time to make adjustments, fix problems and test. I believe most people will still play in season, especially people outside NA, maybe bored and go to ptr for a change, try some new things, look around and the come back.
And you should also limit the ptr paragon cap, like to 5000. And you also need an assistance to filter feedbacks to avoid trolls like the last time.
Finally, I wish you good health and a happy weekend. Sincerely wish you luck on getting some assistances. Peace!
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Coming in a blog post soon, as stated earlier by nev.
The Sader nerf of 20 stacks does no effect for solo. It will still clear 150.
On the other hand, Sader RGK is completely destroyed. I really donât want season 19 to be Blighter fishing again, but looks like it will be the case.
Question Nev
This was asked in another thread but no answer or response was given that I saw. Have they fixed the 300 kill streak bonus to not kill/damage the players at all? This is a detrimental effect for the HC players (not myself but will be an annoyance in SC still)
If you make it attack at below 75%, youâll never kill him. His only thorn attack is the poison attack.
Nev,
Capping Sader shield stacks at 20 will do nothing to solo. They will still clear 150.
However, it will completely wreck Sader RGK, giving us no choice but to fish for blighter on thorn necro again and itâs not fun.
We played a couple games earlier and we had a lot of fun with Sader RGK because we didnât have to gamble for boss again. And we all think if this is what you had in mind for Sader RGK, youâre doing it right. But now capping at 20 just completely destroys it.
A logical nerf would be capping it at 120 stacks (equivalent to 1min), equivalent to Bone Ringerâs 60 stacks (equivalent to 1min).
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Maybe you guys should remember there are millions of people on the other side of the screen.
Jerking them around by:
- Refusing to post the start date for S19 so they can plan for it.
- Buff/nerf/over-nerf make ww barb garbage for YEARS
- Let wiz and necro be gods for YEARS
- Broken group/invite system that is still broken.
- Recently played with:⌠still broken.
Think about that perhaps?
People have been patient for literal YEARS.
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My thinking is aligned with yours. More accurately, Ivory Towe will be stronger than pig sticker version. It may not do 150, but it will certainly have a 145+. I would like this build to nerff to the point of LoD BS/Condenm and invoker for balance (~ GR138), but keep the shield with infinite stacks.
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And the problem with ivory tower is that it kills orlash in a very similar way to blighter on thorns. Its not fun promoting fishing. Idc if rg kill time is 3-4+ mins as long as there are consistencies. Its not fun when some takes 1 min to kill and others 7 min+