Exactly what happened but we are getting used to the fact that we didnt get anything for 2 years… I personally have no hope at this moment
Naksiloth, Free is right. Morticks won’t give anyone 7 GR levels. A GG map can absolutely give 7 GR levels when you’re talking about comparing lower tiers like 110-120.
The Slaughter rune procs deal a separate 300% weapon damage splash aoe which is only boosted by set multipliers and gems and nothing else. This damage is nothing for any Barbarian set;
IK and Raekor HOTA have Gavel 800% and Bracer 500%, none of which boost Slaughter damage.
WW has Skull Grasp which is 400% and doesnt boost Slaughter.
Earthquake has the Belt which is 250% and Blade which is 200% and doesn’t boost Slaughter.
Arreat’s Wail is also garbage and contributes zero damage in a rift.
Mortick’s brace is a marginal boost for some builds that need toughness but it is never by itself contributing 7 GR levels worth of damage because only 3 Wrath runes are worth a damn and the other two aren’t boosted by Barb skill multipliers.
The addition of the item is welcome but please don’t act like it’s anything close to what the class needs.
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Yes, people shouldn’t yap, I agree with you 100%. Not sure if you noticed that Free’s updated post below.
OP, please edit the title of the thread so that it doesn’t spread misinformation. That or just delete the thread.
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I don’t quite understand what OP is even asking here.
Does he not know Mortick’s guarantees Berserker can use the Insanity rune which does give 50% increased damage?
Or is he asking for an additional 50% multiplier added to Mortick’s?
Either one seems weird to me…
My best was 105 NS before I stopped playing for season 17, I’ll see if I do 112 first try on Sunday or Monday and report back!
Edit: I just realized this item only adds survivability and minimum damage. It might not even get me 106. If anyone believes it added 7 GRifts then I got snake oil to sell 
Well, the guy in question did manage to clear 7 GR higher, but he also clarified later that it’s not because of Mortick’s, but it’s because he got a ‘GG map’ . So let’s leave it at that. Case solved.
WW should never be a strong build, cause it is a one button
build, mostly.
Charge bard takes a bit of skill, but WW is a snoozefest
and should never be more than a quick bounty build.
The guy in question used IK HotA spec with Mortick, which pretty much increases ALL damage when Set benefit triggered if you read the tooltip of the Set. I still believe it’d be enough to push anyone 7GRs by improving area damage procs and bursts on activation.
If you wanna use it with pure WW spec then yes, you won’t see such benefits in Slaughter and Arreat’s Wail runes. You may call them; worthless, useless, trash and so on for one spec, yet that doesn’t mean anything either. It takes time to WW spec to any sort of worthy buff.
Uh… How about no?
Sure.
I have no idea what you people talk about anymore.
And it increases server burden through mass calculations with disoriented tick rate from scattered blows also have visual clutter on screen. You can not dim that by just reducing visual effects, they ought to redesign that Set to reduce calculations required, if they tend to give it a buff.
Wait, what? What about multishot Dh? Wol monk? Blessed shield Crusader? Dagger of Darts Wd? Invoker Crusader? LoN Wizard Meteor? LoN Dh? … That comment made no sense.
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Go read patch notes and read new Captain Crimson Set.
Ya, Insanity should go up to it’s original 100%.
And? Multishot Dh is still basically a one button spec, just like ww is. For that matter, every other build I mentioned.
Gah… I didn’t see you quote someone else, I thought you were answering to the title.
Those builds you speak are not mobility-channel specs by the way, they can stutter step for animation cancel and increase their attack speed by wrist flicks. WW Barbs don’t have to watch for any kind of cycle to burst, don’t have to worry about positioning, nor have to endure punishment to snowball their damage.
If you want them to get buffed, they’d most likely do that through pairing it with another spec.
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DH takes a lot more skill than any barb build.
Barb is mostly a tank and doesn’t need near the mobility.
Impale for example, you are constantly moving and positioning, stunning
and button mashing.
I have literally fallen asleep playing WW barb.
I remember when DH’s were weak and never in the meta, we
didn’t cry on the boards like you guys.
Here’s a hint, if your class is not up to par, play a different class.
As far as Greater Rifts are concerned, you play only against other barbs.
When DH was weak, I would upgrade my gems with another class, simples.
But you guys get on here and cry like it was November 2 of last year, and
DI was announced.
And they are still “one button”, which was mentioned. A build should not rely on paragon points and perfect rolled gear just to , still, be behind other builds. You can push with multishot, and all of the mentioned builds.
Also, Raekor and Ik are behind as well. Heck, imo, they can change ww to not tick so much and so on, just raise the damage up to where it should be.
Uhh… Those are glass cannons and have to watch where they position. Where a Barbarian can endure anything thrown at him and can push through. They have minutes long warcries and don’t need crowd control at all.
While all those glass cannons you mention are not one trick ponies, they have to position, inflict crowd control and time their bursts to sweep, else they’ll fall like potato sacks.
That’s the result of developers trying to sharpen the professions, Barbarians’ zdps traits pushed forward that they left behind in the dps race.
In case they push Barbarian to deal damage properly then meta will change as well. As I said, it all takes gameplay testing and process runs slow when developers can not estimate the reaction at the face of planned changes.
Tell that to the Dust Devils skill rune, I bet developers still have concerns about whether to change it or remove it.
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Glass cannons? Invoker can facetank just as ww. Ms Dh as well. Every build I listed can push higher with less gear than ww, so no. There is no question about “glass cannon”.
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WTF, so much misinformation being peddled in here. Gonna reply in detail later. Some folks need to do their homework before hitting reply smdh get off the lawn…
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lol let these kids argue for a while 