In S32 we had the ethereal weapons that gave you +10 million dmg and this S33 season has the Shadow clones from pylons that help out a lot with dmg. The problem however is that on many +120 GR maps there isn’t even a single pylon, just did 4 maps in a row without one. This means that my DH 1350 with half the previous seasons dmg can’t even complete a 125 without pylons when in S32 you would easily complete 135 GRs with the same class/spec/paragon. This is really annoying and i can’t find a way around it other than trying a different class/spec or throwing a lot more paragons at it. Anyone else having similar issues ? I’m running GoD fully augmented with the suggested gems.
Two mistakes to cause that was, roaming too much by killing too little and exploring many potential Pylon spawn spots without killing enough. Pylon spawn chance increase by progress and you supposed to land first one by 25-33% progress mark. If you explore around too fast however, you’ll end up stepping at the zone of a potential spawn of a Pylon and make it vanish or delay its spawn. After you made that mistake you’re at the pity of random outlay of Greater Rift.
tl;dr: If you run around at a high Greater Rift without killing stuff just to find a lucky Pylon, you don’t exactly belong there. Go lower.
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Ah, didn’t know they could keep spawning, i was under the impression that all of them spawned with the map. That could certainly be it then, thanks !
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Pylons spawn dynamically in the map as you progress. You supposed to land up to three or four, with every 25 to 33% progress mark. Don’t run to find a lucky one; you won’t.
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There are many skills needed for pushing into high GRs that you don’t really need otherwise. Some really enjoy that journey, others don’t care for it. Manipulating when and where pylons spawn is part of that skill set (seems you learned how to make them not spawn at all 
), but there are a lot of other aspect to be aware of as well. This is a good start, a few years old by now, but most of it still accurate: https://maxroll.gg/d3/resources/greater-rifts
(note, the link is similar but different from the one above!)
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As i said i thought they spawned with the maps as in nephalem rifts. I understand why now with the lesser dmg output in S33 compared to S32 they will not spawn as early , tried a few 125’s and they do indeed spawn. I did 140+ in S32 with a near identical build but with 2500 ish paragon so i’ll just keep stacking paragons and/or try a different build.
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I think GoD get close to nothing this season so you probably shouldn’t expect to match your clears from S32. Idk if any other DH build gets more value this season? Otherwise just play necro and breeze through 150s like everyone else. 
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Yea i realized that so i’m gathering gear/leveling gems for a Spike Traps Natalya build. Will switch to that as soon as it’s complete.