Yes.
T17 = GR100
T18 = GR120
T19 = GR135
T20 = GR150
With this, finally we can fight Act bosses and Uber at their peak (GR100~150)
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A reduction, followed by a rescale of the difficulties would be great imo. Sadly, if there is any change to the difficulties, I believe that it would only be Blizzard adding torment levels.
Why not build a new game mode to set difficulty level with an object in town. We can also add a reset world function to it.
We all have had some great ideas over the last years/months, but these are in general limited to changing numbers of functions on skills and items, but a whole new game mode is blowing it out of proportion, even for me.
I think the most difficult thing to implement I asked for was to replace the visuals on Arcane Orb and Molten Arrow with some other visuals that are already in the game and could be used for that, but a whole new game mode is on a much different levelā¦
I am so proud of you. My little clueso, all growed up 
I think they should take SOJ back to itās roots when it had +1 to all skills.
SOJ legendary power idea: When a SOJ drops it will randomly roll a skill that the class you are playing could use. That skill will randomly get a skill rune added to it. For example, if you are a Barbarian and a SOJ drops it could have the following legendary power āIgnore Pain gains the effect of the āIron Hideā skill rune.ā Playing a wizard? You could receive āDiamond Skin gains the effect of the āPrismā skill rune.ā Demon hunter? you could luck out with āMulti-shot gains the effect of the āFull Broadsideā skill rune.ā
I believe this would open up a whole world of interesting build options while returning SOJ to itās D2 roots.
Edited for spelling errors
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I wouldnāt necessarily say that would return SoJ to Diablo 2 roots. If you want to return SoJ to itās roots, then imo, it would need to provide both a boost to resource (just as Diablo 2 version greatly boosted your mana), a global damage buff (which would the closest we could get to the Diablo 2 version +1 to all offensive skills modifier), and maybe (a big maybe btw) a modifier that boosted the effectiveness and/or duration of skills by a small percentage.
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āIncreases all resource generation by 100%ā
I donāt think thereās anything like this in the game, as it stands. Could be wrong.
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Thatās not an SoJ-type power ,thatās more an ouroboros -type power.
Thank You. No more needs to be said!
I donāt believe so either. We have some items that reduces resource cost, or allow skills to grant resource or refund resource cost; but we donāt have any that just freely boosts resource generation, as far as Iām aware of course.
Uh no.
Diablo 2 version of SoJ had the following stats.
- +1 to all skills
- increase maximum mana by 25%
- +1-12 lightning damage
- +20 mana
Now converting that from Diablo 2 to Diablo 3:
- Mana increase is simple to bring over to Diablo 3 as you could just have it boost characterās resource by a percentage.
- The ā+ 1 to all skillsā modifier isnāt as simple since Diablo 3 doesnāt have skill levels; so thatās where the global damage buff would come in. Also ā+1 to all skillsā the modifier wasnāt only used to boost damage, but also to improve the effects of other non-damaging skills. So thatās where a global boost to skill effects would be needed.
So an example of such power would be:
Stone of Jordan:
- You deal 30-50% more damage. Increase the duration and base of effects of all non-damaging skills, as well as your resource amount by 15%.
Now, a quick note: Iām in no way am asking for this as a legendary power. Iām only saying that if you wanted to pay homage to the Diablo 2 version of Stone of Jordan, then a legendary power similar to the one I wrote out would be ideal for that.
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Uh, yes. Go read up on what Ouroboros means. I would say Stone of Jordanās main power in D2 was the +skills, not the resource generation. The oft-suggested ādouble your highest elemental damage %, and all elemental damage is increased by that amount.ā makes the most sense.
There is this one Monk-specific ring that increases your resource generation (from Generators) by xx%, and there a also the BK swords that generate 15 Fury per second, though I am not sure if the latter one is what you are referring to.
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Diablo 2 version of SoJ didnāt increase mana regeneration or helped with mana generation. It only increased the mana amount that your character had, and for some builds, that was just as important as the + skills.
Again, the proposed legendary power would be if the developers wanted to actually pay homage to the Diablo 2 version of Stone of Jordan (as the Diablo 2 version did almost everything in the proposed legendary power). Whether you think it would suit something else more doesnāt matter.
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Whoops, I forgot bout that ring and bul-kathosās oath. Good catch there. Theyāre probably the closest that we got to items boosting resource regeneration.
Watch someone tells me about another one that I completely missed heh.
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haha, yeah, the Wizard belt that gives you +10-12 Arcane Power when you use a Primary Skill, ā¦
ā¦or the Crusader Flail Akkhanās Addendum which gives Akaratās Champion the Embodyment of Power rune, which increases the Wrath Generation on Akaratās Champion from 5 to 10, if that counts as wellā¦
ā¦ and then there are affixes like Arcane Power on Crit and Fury per Hit. I personally donāt like these.
I think that things likeā¦
- x% increased maximum resource
- x% increased resource generation (like from Primaries)
- x% increased resource re-generation
- x% increased resource regeneration for +3 seconds after you used a Primary Skill
ā¦ should have been in the game and be a lot more prevalent.
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Well the belt falls under what I had mentioned earlier:
But good catch on that flail; and while it does require Akaratās Champion, it is possible to have it active to near permanence thanks to cdr. So thatās a double whoops from me.
Weāll probably see more of these in Diablo 4.
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Think Hetchman is on to something there, but I think making it usable with a DR or damage buff would make it better. Hellfire Ring would make an interesting target for āGain X Rune to Y Class skillā
Pre-2.6.9 patch notes I suggested potential changes to SoJ:
SoJ - All your elemental's damage bonuses are equal to the sum of each different static elemental bonus you have.
This way it doesnāt matter which element you rolled on your gear, it could make some otherwise sad rolls much better and allow for some better combined skill options (despite the fact that most people are 1 skill wonders).
SoJ - Double your elemental's damage bonuses and each of your elementalās damage bonus is equal to your highest static elemental bonus to skill.
With this change, you actually see the need to focus the elements still but itās much more rewarding to do so, where the setup allows.
SoJ - Increase all your elemental's damage bonuses by your Elite Damage Bonus.
A different approach that brings out some of the unique characteristics of SoJ and intriguing gear combinations.
SoJ - Reduce the resource cost of all abilities by 25-35% and each of your elementalās damage bonus is equal to your highest static elemental bonus to skill.
Trying to make it useful too? Great with Captains and resource hog builds.
SoJ - Reduces the number of Set items required for Set bonuses by 1 (to a maximum of 2)
Basically the companion version of RoRG, all those 2 item sets now only require 1 item and SoJ.
SoJ - Reduce all damage taken by 77%. Reduce this bonus by 7% for each gem socketed into your gear.
Canāt help it, have to throw something crazy out there.
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These are some pretty reasonable powers. I like them. Not for SoJ, but they would be good to have in game. You could build around them! Maybe one could be on Kredeās Flame, or Exarian.
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Some of your ideas are similar to what I had in the past; for example:
My variation of using the elite damage was:
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